Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday to me!! Friday was my birthday and we spent it driving. We actually celebrated it on Thursday. Chris picked me up from class and took me to lunch. Then we were to see Indiana Jones. I got to open my first present there. I got some workout clothes and a watch - which I needed terribly. Then we went out to eat with some of my friends... Emily, Nicole, and Todd. It was awesome! Here's a picture of my cake that I took with my AWESOME new camera that I also got from my hunny:

Anyway, as I said before, we left this weekend and went to Winter Park, Florida for Adam Shaw and Jackie Erd's wedding. It was very beautiful! Her bridesmaids wore long yellow dresses with navy blue sashes. All the groomsmen wore their dress blues (the Army formal uniform). I had a great time getting to know the guys Chris has been getting to know in ROTC the past two years.

Here is another picture I took of them right after the ceremony:

On Sunday, we went to SeaWorld! It was Chris's first time to go so that made it even more exciting for us. The traffic was terrible (considering it was Memorial Day weekend), but we survived a 20 mile trip that took 2 hours. I think that we stood in lines most of the day, but when we finally got to see the shows it was for sure worth it. We started with the Shamu show and then we went to the sea lion show. We went around to the different exhibits like Wild Arctic and Penguin Encounter and Shark Encounter. Our lunch was VERY expensive. I have a new found respect for all the parents that were there. I was realizing that our lunch for just 2 people was $30 so that means that the people beside us with 4 kids probably spent $100 on just their lunch! I am NOT ready for that!! We ended our day with the dolphin show. It was very good and I was very jealous of the trainers. Maybe I should go back to school and be a vet......ok, not really. Here are some more pictures:

Well, that's about it for us. Chris is going to be packing this week. His company is paying for him to stay in an apartment for 30 days starting next Thursday. So we have a little more time to look for somewhere to live. We are looking at apartments but for what we are going to pay in rent, we could get a house if we could save to make the down payment.

Have a good week everyone!! God Bless!

We have a plan!!

This is a picture of downtown Covington, Georgia (where we are going to be moving).

Well, Chris got a job. They offered it to him on Wednesday and he accepted it yesterday. We aren't sure when he will be moving there, but we are looking for an apartment for a few months. As soon as we know more, I will update.

Love yall!!

Rachel

Graduation!! Yay!

Hooray! The day is finally here. Chris has finished all his finals and he is going to graduate on Saturday. On top of that, he is commissioning as a 2LT in the Army on Friday. So, those are two very great accomplishments. I will try to get some pictures up asap after the ceremonies this weekend. I have all my classes added and I am ready for them to start on May 22 so August 7 can get here and I can be an alum too.

Still no job offers yet. We are waiting patiently for someone to call. We were really getting down and feeling sorry for ourselves and I got some perspective from my teacher I am interning with right now. She listens to sermons with her husband and he was telling me that she was learning about what it means to glorify God. She said that her assumption (and mine) was that you glorify God when you do things like sing in church and pray. Instead, the pastor said that when you glorify something, you place it above everything else. I had heard this before but I was thinking of it as placing God before the things I enjoy - like my husband or my family or my job. Instead, she changed my thinking and said that I should even put God before the things I am struggling with. For example, if I was sick and devoted all my time on how bad I felt and how awful the sickness was so much that it was all I thought about, I am not glorifying God. I would be glorifying my situation above my Savior. So, that got me thinking -- Chris and I have been dwelling so much on the fact that we don't have jobs lined up and we have had a terrible year or so that we could not be thankful for what we do have. We've changed our perspective. We are no longer dwelling on our joblessness - but instead thanking God for providing and meeting our needs. He takes care of us even when we are ungrateful. Amazing!

Keep praying that we will have open hearts to hear where God is leading us. God is preparing someone to hire Chris, we just have to wait on His timing. :)