Raspberry time

if you don't know it by now... I love my fruit. Especially freshly picked fruit (awesome in the summers) 

The  fruit of the week is...  RASPBERRIES

Why you should eat raspberries 

• Low calorie sweet snack that is filled with dietary fiber and anti-oxidants
• High source of Vitamin C, Vitamin A, and Vitamin E
• Helps fight cancer, aging, and inflammation
• A tasty overall treat that is good for you :)

Eat them plain or in scones... or for a perfect summer treat top put onto your favorite ice cream! 

James 4:10 "Humble yourselves before the LORD, and he will lift you up"

What my weekend looked like.

I had one of the best weekends in a long time. Chad and I headed up northern to the cabin for an extended weekend. We did so many fun things and truly relaxed, something that I should do more often. Not only did we get to relax but we did get to indulge in some of our favorite things such as Chemex brewed coffee, fishing, boat rides, and so much more. 

This Lady caught 6 fish this weekend!

not only did I get time on the boat but got to spend it with my other favorite furbaby Lacy girl.

Seriously, doesn't my weekend look like heaven ;)

Matthew 6:33" But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well"

The Story of C & H

Here is the story I met the most wonderful man of my life.


{ OUTLINE OF C & H }
summer 2007- boy and girl meet
fall 2007- boy and girl go to same school
november 3 2007 boy and girl start dating
winter 2008 boy and girl have their first kiss
summer 2008 travel to Africa for mission trip
fall 2008 boy and girl decide they are in love
spring 2009 boy and girl graduate high school
fall 2009 both start college- already in their sophmore year
fall 2010 boy and girl go to Praque for mission trip
summer 2011 boy and girl seperate while girl spends summer in New York
fall 2011 boy graduates
spring 2012 girl graduates
spring 2012  boy and girl get engaged

{ OUR STORY }


{ summer 2007 }

C and I had attended the same church for several years. We knew of each other, but never really had been friends until 2007 when we both went on a mission trip to Salt Lake City, Utah. This trip required us to take a 20+ hour bus ride to arrive at our destination. Saying this the team got to be very close with one another. 

Utah Mission Trip 2007

We realized during this trip that we would both be attending the same high school next year (an optional high school for students in the south suburbs in Minnesota, called the School of Environmental Studies)

We had a short conversation about that, and became 'kinda' friends at that point. We ran into each other a couple more times before the beginning of the school year but that was that.

{ september 2007 }

Then the school year started. Being at a new school, you suddenly become better friends with 

Before we were dating, X-man being beat up by Spiderwomen

So C & I's friends began to hang out more. 

and gradually C started to take interest in me. He would talk to me more, come to visit me at my desk more frequently, and after some time asked me to help him out with his algebra homework. 

we kept "doing homework" with one another but really we were starting the initial phases of dating. Our homework sessions turned into hang out sessions, and before we knew it we were dating

  { november 3 2007 }.

We spent a lot of time together both at school and at church and developed an amazing relationship with our Pastor and his wife 

We continued to date all through out High School 
{ spring 2009 }

and began to travel parts of the world with one another


{ 2008 }

Africa 2008

{ spring 2010 }

Florida 2010

{ fall 2010 }

Prague 2010

{ early winter 2011 } and before we knew it we were in love.

{ december 2011 } Chad graduated from the Art Institute 

{ may 2012 } Then I graduated from North Central 

and then we decided, it was time for the next step.
{ may 2012 } Chad proposed

 I am so excited to pursue marriage as we continue to develop our relationship with one another and to see what God has in store for us next!