how long will this last?

not going to lie, I have had blog before and as you can probably guess, they are no longer with us. I think that updating a blog is much like keeping the excitement after church camp. For those of you who have never been to church camp, you really missed and it's probably too late for you to go now... but, what happens is that the last night at camp there is a time where you can dedicate (or rededicate, depending on how holy you are) your life to God. You sing songs, you cry, and you think that the excitement you have is the Holy Spirit. Then, you come back to your home or school and you are on fire for God and you stop lying and cussing and you talk about camp all the time for 1 week. After this, the uncool kids who did not go to camp start to make fun of you and since you do not have your camp counselors and fellow campers with you, the excitement starts to die down to where you eventually are dreading going to camp the following year but then on the last day you rededicate yourself and the cycle begins. **Disclaimer: This is not true for everyone and for those who really take the step of dedicating themselves to the Lord, there really is the feeling of the Holy Spirit living in you. However, most 8 year kids do not really take this that seriously.** So, what I was saying is that when writing a blog, it is really easy to get excited about it at first and want to write about everything you do that day. You have new blog titles like "New Toothbrush!" and "Dancing with the Stars Starts Tonight!" and then two weeks later it is "Weekly Update" until you just stop blogging. Hm, well I am hoping that does not happen because the main reason for this blog is for Jeremy and I to keep in contact with our friends and family. Granted, we still have 8 1/2 months (269 days) until the BIG DAY, but I thought we could start early :)

This weekend was very eventful and VERY fun for the two of us. On Saturday, my parents threw us an engagement party at my grandparent's house in Muncie. It was sooo fun to be with our families and bridal party and to see all the different ages interacting. God blessed us with amazing weather that started literally a half hour before the party began and we were able to enjoy each other outside and inside.

Our two beautiful moms helping to set up. My mom is on the left, my future mother-in-law is on the right :)

I had to put this one on here. This is one of Jeremy's friends and roommate, Jacob, playing a game with my grandpa. Jacob is getting ready to go to dentistry school and my grandpa has been a dentist for over 30 years so it was neat to see them interact :)

Bring on the games! My dad was an amazing host and had us play some really fun games... including having the bridesmaids make Jeremy his future honeymoon clothes. My lil sis and maid of honor, Carly, and my best friend Emily are helping with an outfit later entitled "Soccer Dad"

Jeremy modeling his honeymoon clothes. And yes, my grandparents and parents were watching all of this :)

Me and my beautiful bridesmaids: Alicia, Carly, me, Emily, Heather, and Katie. We are missing Vanessa because she is in Memphis for Teach for America but other than that, we're all here :)

My beautiful, beautiful sister and me.

My family! Jeremy, me, Mom, Dad, & Carly.

One of my favorite couples and greatest friends Emily (bridesmaid) and Michael (groomsman)!

And finally... the future bride and groom :)


There was even more to the weekend as we left the party around 8pm and headed to Kings Island with Jeremy's family! More on that to come...however, I need to run some errands and hit up the gym before interning tonight.

God Bless,
Amber