Crazy Storm

The other night we had the craziest thunder and lightning storm I've ever seen! I literally sat mezmorized in my bedroom for at least 30 minutes watching just a part of this storm that lasted hours! God sure is amazing and powerful!

When the lightning flashed, it lit up the ENTIRE sky, it was practically blinding!

Part of the lightning.

How dark it was when the lightning wasn't flashing!

100,000

I'm probably a total dork for posting this, but my car rolled over to 100,000 miles last weekend as we were driving through the Cascade Lakes! My parents bought it for me 4 years ago, when my other car completely died in the middle of the road multiple times. This car has seen numerous trips to Oregon from California and to California from Oregon. It has had many friends, going on many trips from our girls camping trip (where PGBEIS was born, right Sam :)) to driving to weddings to driving away from our own wedding! This car has smelled like chlorine after so many swim practices and smelled like Christmas trees that Evan and I have cut down and taken home.

Thanks to such a great car that has brought so many fun memories. Here's to another 100,000 :)

Brian and Erika Get Married!

This weekend on July 18, 2009 the little sister I never had got married in Chico to a wonderful guy! I have known Erika since she was only 2 years old, and I have had the joy to witness their relationship since it started in high school 5 years ago! The wedding was beautiful, I laughed, I cried, it was an amazing time to witness the start of the marriage, see great friends and family!


Jaclyn and me, before she moves from France to Germany at the end of summer!
First Dance!
First kiss and Mr. and Mrs. Tumminelli!
So happy :)

Mom and Dad

Cutting the cake and eating it! They were nice to each other :)

The happy couple! I hope they have a wonderful honeymoon on their Mexican cruise!

I Love Weddings!

Brian and Erika Tumminelli! I will never get sick of going to weddings, watching a couple dedicate their lives to themselves and the Lord. My favorite picture!

MAT Graduation I forgot to post

Since I flew to Ecuador the day after I officially graduated, and life has been INSANE since then, I haven't posted anything about graduation. So since that day is pretty important (I graduated with a Masters in Teaching, endorsements to teach middle school and high school English, Spanish and English as a second language), something I dreamt of my whole life, I wanted to make a post about it! I can't wait until the day I actually get a 'yes' to a teaching job and can have my own classroom!

Moving!

It's official! Evan and I had our prayers answered and found a new house to move into when our lease is up at the end of August! We are kind of sad because it worked out that we are moving into the house that our friends Gary and Courtney are moving out of to go to San Diego, but we couldn't be happier to move in! It is an adorable 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage, with fireplace, awesome little kitchen (with a dishwasher and garbage disposal!) and a 2 door refrigerator that has an ice dispenser! It has a great sized fenced backyard so that hopefully very soon we can add corgi puppies to our family (2 that look just like the link pictures)! The rent and utilities for the new place is basically the same as our place now, so really we are getting a win win situation. Also we are just a few houses down the road from our closest friends up here who we are always hanging out with! God has blessed us and we cannot wait until moving day, September 1st!

Our house!

The kitchen!

No is always a hard word to hear, regardless of how much you pray and prepare yourself for it. Today I heard that I wasn't offered either Spanish teaching job that I applied for. So it's looking like after all my hard work, endorsements and degree earned, I still won't be a teacher next year...I know that God has his reasons, but it's still so hard to feel rejected. Why wasn't I good enough, why don't I get this opportunity. Especially for someone like me who is already hard on myself, it's easy for me to say well yeah I guess I'm not good enough and I didn't really deserve the job. I'm just hoping that I can take this No better than others in the past and try to find the good side...if there is one.

Regardless, God is still good and still in control, of this I'm certain.