Tagged, (better late than never)!!

Amanda tagged me, but we have been out of town, so here it is:

Here are the tagging rules:

1. Post the rules on your blog
2. Write 6 random things about yourself
3. Tag 6 people at the end of your post
4. If you are tagged, DO IT and pass it along

1. I was probably considered a nerd in high school. It's ok though, I was proud of it. I love to learn, I love school supplies, and why is it so bad to have your backpack packed for the next school year in week 3 of summer! Preston claims that he rescued me from my "nerdness", but it is still there!

2. I have a small obsession with "The Hills", DON'T JUDGE ME! It is a show on MTV about Lauren Conrad and her friends, Yes, it is a reality show about nothing! I can't help it, who does not want to be young, wealthy, and in California? Ok, maybe not all of you, but it would be a blast, for a little while at least.

3. I think that I might be considered an "art slut", I like all genres of art. I like sewing, drawing, painting, scrapbooking, making cards, doodling, photography, painting murals, anything that I can get my hands on I like to to do. I do not think I could just pick one and do it for the rest of my life.

4. I got braces when I was in the fourth grade. I am not quite sure what my dentist was thinking, since I had not even lost all of my teeth yet. Well, I do know what he was thinking, I sucked my thumb until I was 9. My mouth was so messed up. I had an enormous overbite and the only way to get me to stop was putting in a "gate". Which was placed in the top of my mouth and would not let my thumb rest there. This was done along with my braces... made for great pictures! The one thing I remember the most about braces, was "THE CHAIN" ! That was probably the most painful thing I have ever felt. It was a group of the colored rubber bands, but they were all connected so they brought your teeth closer together. OUCH!

5. I am reading "Same Kind of Different As Me". It is a great book, but it is really sad. I had to skip over some of it because I could not read it.

6. I am a Lion through and through. At Pine Cove, you have to take a personality test. There are Lion, Beaver, Otter, and Retriever. The qualities pretty much match the animal. Well, I am very much a lion:

Lion- This personality likes to lead. The lion is good at making decisions and is very goal-oriented. They enjoy challenges, difficult assignments, and opportunity for advancement. Because lions are thinking of the goal, they can step on people to reach it. Lions can be very aggressive and competitive. Lions must learn not to be too bossy or to take charge in other's affairs.
Biblical Example: Paul
Case Study: Acts 9:3-19
Strength: Goal-oriented, strong, direct
Weakness: Argumentative, too dictatorial
Limitation: Doesn't understand that directness can hurt others, hard time expressing grace

One of my biggest strengths/weaknesses is that I am a very critical person. It can be a good thing, ( I tend to have a lot of self-motivation and discipline) but most of the time it is a weakness. I seem to always find the bad in people, and I can be very skeptical. However, I know that God makes no mistakes and I am always praying that God would use those characteristics in me to glorify him!

If you want to learn about your personality type you can go to smalleyonline.com

I am tagging:
1. Jenn Crouse
2. Jessica Schmale
3. Tonya Leiva
4. Ashley Parks
5. Jenn Sapaugh (again)
6. Glenna Harding (again)

Just a Thought!

I was just thinking...
I wish for the next debate, there would be NO talking, just the two candidates sitting on stage, and a list of all of their credentials would be posted on the screen. So that the American people could pass on all of the stupid comments, and we could see who we are actually voting for!

HE CAN!!!!

Ok, I don't know if you guys have seen this, but it BLEW me away!



The story:
A son asked his father (who had a heart condition) if he would run a marathon with him. The father said yes and so they began to train. They completed the marathon and went on to run more marathons. Eventually, the son asked the father if he would run the Iron Man with him, and the father said yes. The Iron Man is a triathlon that consists of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride and ends with a 26.2 mile run!
Here is their race:

I seriously can not watch this video and not praise our God with my whole being!! It is an unbelievable picture of a relationship between father and son and God's relationship with us! HE CAN!

First Cardinal Football Game!

Last Friday we attended our First Columbus Cardinal Football game...

So before the game I tried to get some pictures...at first it did not go so well...

After some bribing with gum and candy...

Fisher's serious look...

Air Force One!!!

While I am out for a couple of days, I am going to try and catch up on some blogging...

About 2 weeks ago, we got the honor to visit Air Force One and to meet the President! What an experience... I have never been in the presence of so many guns and security! They would not let you take your camera onto the airplane, but it was UNBELIEVABLE! At one point Grace and I were sitting in the cockpit and I was holding her back from pressing the millions of buttons...We got to see all of his quarters and Grace touched "barnie" the dog! It was a memory that I will never forget...

Here are some pics of the day...

Grace and Fish waiting in the security line

Picture with my uncle

Fish and Preston

George and Laura getting off of the helicopter

Mingling

Photo with the Pres

The Plane

Nose Surgery!

Today, I embarked on a journey to fix my nose! I have had such bad sinus problems for the past 3 years and finally I could take it no loner...

Now is probably not the time to ask me if it was worth it!

Our journey started last night, Preston and I drove to Brehnam (we left Grace and Fisher at Preston's parents) and ate at Chile's for a very very long overdue date! We had such a great time, he is such a gentleman, he constantly reminds me of how much I honor and love him!
After dinner, we continued on up to College Station, where our doctor's main office and hospital is. We had a great night getting to hang out with some of the college staff from this summer and just spending some time together...it turned out to be a great date night...

That was the Fun part...

S0...we set our alarms for 5:15 and made our way to Physicians Hospital in College Station (very nice by the way) got all of the paperwork filled out and gave some blood... then we waited until about 6:45... and I got all hooked up to my IV and mentally got prepared to go under

Side note: it amazes me that after children how things make me so much more anxious. I was so nervous to have the surgery because now I am a mommy and there is so much more at stake for me. I have used this opportunity though to really press into God and conquer my anxiousness, he is SO faithful. I had specifically prayed for sweet nurses and doctors and God was so fatihful! They kept me so calm and of course Preston was my rock! He is so good at keeping you laughing and joking around that you forget what you are about to do. But the sense of peace I had could have only come God...

Anyways the surgery was the EASY part for me... I just laid there and talked to the anestisiologist about the Eagles' concert he was going to and drifted off into a sweet sleep...

I had three things done:

• They placed two small balloons (one on either sie) of my sinus passages (which he said were so small it took like 15-20 min just to find them) and inflated them so that they would stay open and allow fluids to drain
• Then they shaved some of a bone in my nose that was rubbing on my cheek bone I think and giving me constant headaches
• Then they straightend my severley deviated septum
  

I woke up and proceeded (so I am told) to insist to the recovery room nurses that our pharmacy in Columbus was Walgreens...even though we do not even have a Walgreens, all we have is a Walmart...after a quick check with Preston, they figured it was the medicine talking...
We went to the post-op room and waited until I was concious enough to go home...

After the 2 hour car ride, we safely made it home...

Now comes the PAIN!!!

It is a really weird sensation, because my nose is constantly bleeding out of my nose and into my stomach at the same time, so all I can taste and smell is blood...YUMMY! Actually it has been a problem because any time I try and eat something, it makes me vomit, but I have not eaten all day, so I am also trying not pass out at the same time...

Oh yeah... it also feels like someone hit me upside the head with a two by four and then took a sharp knife and just scratched the dog out of the inside of my nose...

So, I am really hanging onto the doctor's words that, " I am going to feel like I am living in a whole new world!" But as of right now I am stuck in bed, hence the long blog...

My ONE year old!!!

Fisher turned ONE last week! WOW! This year has been full of so many changes for Preston and I and we are honored to have been entrusted with our "Fishstick"!!!
Here are some pics of Fish and his first year...

Fisher day one: a little bluer than normal!

our Ethiopian child...

Christmas...

July...

August
ONE YEAR OLD!!!