This summer is FLYING by!

Updates:

1) Neal and I celebrated our 2nd year anniversary at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse and can I just say its my new FAVORITE restaurant....too bad I won't be able to afford going there for another 5 million years! We had a great night and I love my husband more than I did on the day we got married...i am a lucky woman!

2) 2 wedding down, 2 more to go. Greg and Andrea Allison and Kayla and Darren Simms are now happily married.

3) I got to see some of my BEST friends from college this past weekend and I don't think i realized how much I missed them until I got to spend 2 fun days with them. This trip involved : the Cheesecake Factory (ohhh yum), laying out at the pool, McCallister's Deli, and a great wedding!

4) I'm really starting to get back into running. Not that I really ever got "out" of running, but running was just to stay in shape. Now I'm starting to train and have some personal goals set. I'm feeling good although I do seem to have more daily aches and pains than I did when I was in college ( I don't like getting old!). Here are my goals (to be attained by the summer of 2011):

5k- Run low 19's. I have currently only ran one race so far this summer and ran 20:44.

Half Marathon- 1:25. I ran 1:31 in the Indy Mini this past year....this goal MAY be a little steep.

My last goal is to at some point in my running career win prize money for running in a race. How sweet would that be!!

5) On the topic of goals Neal and I have been working on memorizing scripture lately. We are going to work on one verse a week. God's word is so powerful and we've just realized how little we really STUDY and Memorize scripture.

6) Molly's 22! Went to Indy to celebrate her b-day with my mom, dad, aunt and Kaiden. Everytime I go to Broadripple or basically anywhere in Indy I REALLY want to live there. Its hard not to wish I was there instead of in Goshen, but I need to remember to be thankful for where we are RIGHT now. But....Indy is a REALLY sweet city. We ended our day in Broadripple at the Flying Cupcake, a store devoted just to cupcakes...how sweet!

7) BIG recruiting month for Neal so he was gone for 10 days and just got back Wed. You think that I'd be used to him being gone by now because of the amount of time he has to be away because of his job but it never gets any easier. It's just not quite as fun without ski around! He'll be gone a few more times this month, but no more 10 days away so thats great!

8) XC has already started! I have big expectations for the season and I'll post more about that later.

9) I've really been into looking at blogs about decorating and DIY house design ideas. Now all I need is a HOUSE!

10) Things I'm looking forward to: hearing ANYTHING about the RD position, free day at the fair (steak tips!!), Cody coming to Goshen, picking blueberries with my momma ,and the next 25 days of blessed summer before school starts!!

I just wrote this whole LONG post and Neal says to me, "I don't even read your blog anymore because I didn't think you wrote in it anymore because its been like a year since your last post." So...I'm thinking I MAY be the only one reading this anymore. :)

My brother in law is a stud!

Exciting news that most people already know but definitely deserves to be noted on my blog : Cody Young was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles and is now officially a big leaguer! I'm so proud of him and his life story is a true testament to the healing power and saving grace of Jesus. I'm excited for him and what new things he will get to experience.

Cody will now be playing for the Bluefield Orioles in WV! I'm ready to plan a roadtrip!

I wanna be THE PIONEER WOMAN

If you haven't heard of or know of THE PIONEER WOMAN you need to. (Need...seriously). Go to her blog: thepioneerwoman.com and be amazed.

She makes me want to cook all day long! If anyone needs an early Christmas present for me...haha, I would love her cookbook.

I'm backkkkk!

Alright, I'm back....can't guarantee for how long, but I actually feel like blogging again. I watched the movie Julia and Julia about a few weeks ago and really related to what the girl in the movie said...."That she can't seem to stick with anything". I get interested and uninterested in things like flipping a light switch. ADD? I think so. :)

Lets update the last few months....

July: Got a new car!! Thankfully, Neal's jeep qualified for the cash for clunkers program and we were able to get a CUTE lil hyundai accent for a MUCH cheaper price. I'll post a picture here soon and then you will understand why Neal feels a little "feminine" when driving it around.

August: I started back to school in my second year teaching special education in Goshen and also the cc team started having meets. Found out that I LOVE being a cross country coach! OHHHh and Neal competed in the NATIONAL AMATEUR WING EATING CONTEST in Buffalo NY! We drove through the night to NY with our good friends Korey and Corrine and watched Neal stuff about 2 lbs of wings into his mouth in like 10 minutes. (Only to get disqualified, but we won't discuss that one!)

September: Basketball guys came back onto campus, which is always a good time to get to see the players from last season and meet the new freshmen. (I'll definitely post pictures of this as well :))

October: The XC team got 3rd in conference, which is great considering the 1st two teams ended up making it to state! Two of my girls got all conference and we also made it to regionals as a team.

November: Traveled with Liss and Adri up to Hanover Indiana to watch the basketball team play. Hiked alot and got lost, which was hilarious. Goshen came up with two

"exciting, come-from-behind," wins that weekend. We also beat IWU in our first conference game of the season...SO EXCITING

December: Christmas was celebrated at my parents on Christmas eve and Neal's parents on Christmas, and I got surprised by Neal with golf clubs ( I think he really would like for me to get into golf) and a NOOK!

January: It was cold and I watched LOTS of basketball...and thats about all I can remember, haha!

February: Went to see Sinbad in South Bend and he was AWESOME! Also a bit of a sad month because Goshen ended their basketball season at St. Francis in the tournament. Really wanted to go to Branson and will definitely miss E, Nate, and Shawn next year....I don't think anyone was ready for the season to be over!

March: Crazy month at school...I am REALLY blessed to be able to keep my job next year and still be full time at Chandler! I have grown to love my kids so much and am excited that I will be able to work with them to achieve their goals again next year :)

April: Went down to Indy for the final four festivities and had the priveledge to be a part of a lunch with speakers Gary and Barb Rosenburg. They had some encouraging, as well as, challenging things to say to coaches and their lives and our relationships together and with God. I'm also excited because my Aunt Tracy will be getting married this month!

Pictures to come, I need to go fix some homemade chicken and noodle soup for my sick husband.