One Year

Tonight (12/13) is exactly a year from Madison and my first date, the 17th will be a year in our relationship. To celebrate he gave me this beautiful ring with my birth stone and accent diamonds...

He is so wonderful, I am so lucky to have him as a boyfriend! :)

Coffee House 2010

For those of you that don't know waht Christmas Coffeehouse is, it's a campus wide talent show including singing, dance, videography, and intrumental performances. Some are funny, and some are serious... My favorite of them all is this... ** If you have yet to see the video of the bed intruder on youtube, do so before watching this video.

Christmas Convocation and Other Engagements!

Well last Thursday, our campus wide reading day we had a special convocation that was focused on Christmas, with a surprise appearance by the Easter Bunny!

 As you can see, although this convocation was not manditory, a majority of the students came anyway!

The night before Christmas convo, Jake proposed to my cousin Katie (soon to be Mrs. Ford) and of course I have some pics of the ring!!

 

Black and White is my personal favorite!

Grant Mason Holland Turns One!

This Saturday Madison and I traveled an hour and a half to Burnt Chimney, Virginia, for Grant's first birthday party! We got there a few hours early to help Christy set up... there was a lot to do, but this was the result of our labor...

 as you can see, we had a lot to do! Christy definately did most of the work though!

Once everything was set up we finally got a chance to relax and take a few pics of / with the birthday boy!

Then it was cake time!!!

Unlike his brother, Grant was in no way afraid of getting his hands dirty... he was all about the cake! He even started sharing it with guests!

And as if there wasn't enough excitement, the day ended with Virginia's first snowfall of the season.



What happens in Indiana

While still on Thanksgiving break I recieved a picture from Madison. He and his family live on a beautiful lake and are surrounded by beautiful homes. While at their house, Madison and his family saw a bald eagle through their telescope. Madison was able to get this picture and send it to me.

Isn't it gorgeous! And to think Benjamin Franklin wanted our national bird to be a turkey!

My Favorite Things About Home

Because the up and coming holiday is Thanksgiving, I think a blog about the things I have become more thankful for after going away to school is in order. To start things off, I am thankful for the homemade food and snacks that are always there waiting for me!

Yes! Those are cake cookies!
Secondly, I never thought I would miss these guys as much as I did!

Forget gas prices! The real crime is how expensive a load of laundry is! Thanks Mom and Dad for paying the water bill!

Finally, the thing that I have taken most for granted all of these years is this...

Being able to take a shower WITHOUT SHOES!!!

Be thankful this holiday! :)

Hall Meetings Weren't Fun Until Now!

Well, as I start this blog, Madison and I will be seperate for exactly nine days! Not as long as previous times, but still a great length of time to be apart. Before we left for break we had a few gatherings with friends and hall mates...

Here is a picture of me and a few girls on my hall dressed up for halloween...
Left to Right: Kelly (yellow brick road), Me (good witch of the north), Jess (tin man), Ashley (cowardly lion), Darian (to-to), Krista (dorothy), and Jessica (scare-crow)

To answer the question that I know is in all of your minds, YES! We did win best group costumes!

Only a week later we were back in business with an 80s themed hall meeting. (For those of you that don't know what hall meeting is, it is a time on Tuesday nights that the hall gathers together to hear announcements about what is taking place at Liberty)... and NO! It's not fun or interesting unless we dress up!

Here is a WONDERFUL picture of Krista and I dressed up for 80s hall meeting! Gotta love that 80s style!