Slacker!

Man, I am such a slacker. One of my goals for 2010 was to blog more, and I am being such a slacker!

Let's play catch-up...

Since my last post, I have not gotten a whole lot of stuff done for the wedding. We finalized the lists, got our engagement pics done, and that is about it. The reason why we haven't gotten a whole lot done for the wedding is because...we have decided to buy a house!

What in the heck are we thinking?!?!?

Buying a house is such a stressful task. We are pre-approved for the loan, and have a contract on a house, but it seems like almost everyday, the bank wants to know more about your income, your credit, or whatever. We are praying that everything will go through and we won't have any issues, but you never know what will happen. I will definitely be glad when it is all done! The house is great though. Everything is clean, updated, and neutral! The only changes we will need to make are painting and changing out knobs/handles and ceiling fans. But, you know that I cannot stop thinking about paint colors or checking out Lowe's online. It is great--3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, laundry room, kitchen, huge living room, 2 car garage, and has the CUTEST back patio/porch. And, I think that we got it at a GREAT price. The housing market in Snyder is ridiculous! Here are two pictures--one of the front and one of the back porch. These are pictures from the realtor's website, so they aren't the greatest.

This past weekend was the D.Now weekend for our church youth group. We had a lot more kids show up than expected, and we had a great time. My friend Sarah and I were the leaders for the 10th grade girls group, and we had a good time together. The weekend didn't end up going as planned for us, but in the end, we all learned some valuable life lessons.

Hunter officially started baseball last week, so we are all SUPER pumped about that! We are a family of baseball fanatics! Plus, Hunter is the baby of the family, and we all think he is just fabulous. Look forward to a lot of fun pictures from baseball...

I have also started a new book. I am accomplishing several of my 2010 goals in this--reading more and becoming a better Christian. I have heard about this book for a long time, but just kept putting off reading it. One of the leaders at a youth camp I went to this past summer with our youth group RAVED about it, but I forgot about it until I was able to watch Francis Chan @ the Passion conference in Atlanta this year. So, after that, I decided to get the book, and I started it last night. I read the first chapter, and it has already blown me away.

This book is going to challenge us all to obtain a closer relationship with Christ. God longs for us to have a passionate relationship with Him. We cannot achieve that by working harder on our list of do's and don'ts, but we can have that deep relationship with Him if we TRULY fall in love with Christ. Once we encounter the love that He has for us, we will never be the same again. I am finding this out through this book. This book also has sweet videos that go along with stuff in the chapters. To watch the videos or get more information on this book visit http://www.crazylovebook.com/. I challenge you to read this along with me...we will be changed together.