we're back home after a whirlwind wedding weekend and i'm finally getting the chance to sit down and write after getting a few friendly reminders that i haven't updated in quite some time. so first, congratulations nate and nicole! few things are so beautiful as a love that is true and it was an honor to be a part of your special day. here are just a few pictures of the day...
and the day after the wedding, matt and i celebrated our 1 year anniversary! the year went so fast and i'm even more blessed today than yesterday to have matt as my husband. sorry, no pictures from that...we celebrated by having nate and nicole's leftover cake (ours was a little too freezer burned to enjoy more than i finger lick of frosting!) and driving back to chicago.
so june was weddings but may was all babies. congratulations to all our friends and family whose families have now grown from 2 to 3 :) - welcome to the world benjamin lewicki, jeremiah eisenga, cole van drunen, ethan landon, kylee wielenga, james van wyk, and avalene vander plas!
we also moved into our new apartment at the end of may. we're pretty much all settled in...we don't forget where things are, so that's a good sign. nothing's really on the walls, but here's a few pictures of our new place...visitors welcome any time!!
well that's about it with us. i'll leave you with a tribute to bruiser, so affectionately named by nicole...
it's a rainy sunday here and i thought i'd finally take some time to write again....if anyone checks this at all anymore. quite a bit has happened in the last month and i really can't believe it's nearing the end of april....because the end of april means summer is almost here....and summer means...weddings, friends having babies, moving to a new apartment, matt being home more, and probably lots of baseball :).we have been on the search for a new place to live b/c the owners of the condo we live in now want to put it back on the market. in the beginning it was fun to look with a friend of ours that also needs a new place to live. but i've decided that this is a perfect example of too many options makes everything more complicated. and then of course being dutch doesn't help....always gotta see if there's a little better deal out there. matt's down to 6 weeks left of his first year and i'm down to 3 weeks left of my first semester. i'm actually in the process of applying to a different school...one that's a little closer to where we live and i like how they run their masters program a little better too. plus, they offer morning classes on tuesday and thursday, which would be great for coaching in the fall. hopefully this new school accepts my transfer credits and i can continue on my way to teaching....eventually.and kudos to my wonderful husband who pulled off a great birthday surprise for me last weekend. saturday morning i get a phone call from my dad. he's calling to say happy birthday a day early b/c he doesn't want to forget, and asks what we have going on for the day. i say, the twins are in town playing the white sox so we're going to the game. he says, man i wish i could go with you. i say, me too! he says, well why don't you open up your door cause i'm really sick of standing outside! i was surprised...stumped...shocked. up until this point i think matt had yet to pull off a complete surprise on me...i usually am too nosy and spoil at least a little bit of it....not on purpose of course...but this time i had no clue at all. so off we went to the sox/twins game, sitting in the 8th row down the 1st base line. freezing cold but totally worth it. it was a great birthday weekend.well, i thought i would have more to write about....but i also have a self-nagging reminder that i should probably be working on my end of the year projects instead of blogging. i hope everyone is enjoying the start to a long awaited spring!
i have seen a dog that can moon dance. i'm not even lying, even though i didn't believe it myself until i saw it. a couple weeks ago at work, a resident brought her dog into the office....it was just a little one named "lady" (sorry i'm not good at all with types of dogs). and when you tell her to dance, she really can slide her little legs back and wiggle her little butt to something that resembles a moon dance...or at least as much of a moon dance that a dog would be able to do. she can even do other fun tricks like walk on her back legs and kiss your foot if told to "love" you. my job is interesting....at the oak brook club, you just never know what you're going to see.
starting last week i picked up some more part time employment at a printing/paper company. a teacher at timothy has a husband who has a big project there and needed a little extra help assembling the packets. so yet again, i add a random job to the resume of part-time, short-term employment. i enjoy it though.....especially when i say i get to work at dunder mifflin :).
i am really looking forward to this weekend. brother ben is coming for the last weekend of his spring break. brother nate and soon to be sister nicole are flying back into chicago from their break in florida. and friend kelsie is coming to interview at timothy! a full house - i love it! now the only problem is i have to go clean up the house and make sure we have enough food.
oh, and happy square root day!
right now i'm sitting in my living room, listening to some music and finishing up my homework....with the windows wide open - my favorite way to welcome spring. ok, so spring really isn't here yet but a day like today is an absolute blessing for the winter blues.
this weekend i was able to go to baby shower for Tori, a long time friend. i must admit that it's still an adjustment to see my friends pregnant, and with more friends' babies on the way, i'm starting the transition from buying off the wedding registries to putting onesies and diapers on the gift lists. but it's all been lots of fun...and i guess it is getting to that stage of life. matt tells me not to feel any pressure :).
the rest of the weekend was celebrating dad's birthday, getting a bridesmaid dress, and going to grandma's for sunday lunch, complete with getting stocked up on applesauce and paring knifes...oh, good times :). i wish i had a few pictures to show for the weekend or really anything that's been happening the past while (which usually isn't much more than work and class), but i've been slacking in that department a little bit. the only one i do have is nicole trying wedding dresses on (which obviously can't go on here for nate's little eyes) and the results of nate, jake, and matt's fishing trip. so here you go....
