Friday Night Football

I love that football season has started again! The High School in my town had their first game this past Friday night! I have been going to these games my entire life and I still enjoy being there! Things have defiantly changed, but I always enjoy the time with my family and some of my friends! The Indians didn't win on Friday night, but it was still a good game! Here are a few pictures from the evening!

Abby, Whitney, and myself! Whitney was excited about her Indian game card!

Whitney and I!

Abby, Myself, and my Mom!

Ethan and I!

September 1st 2010

September 1st....I cant's believe how fast this year is going by. It's crazy. Can you believe that there are only 114 days until Christmas? I love Christmas! On Monday Ethan and I will have been married for 15 months :) Not that anyone is counting!

Ethan is loving his classes this semester and is enjoying his job at our church working as the student intern! There are lots of exciting events and trips that the youth is doing this year and we are excited to be a part of them! We have built some great relationships with some of the youth and it is awesome to watch as Christ works in their lives!

Christ has been teaching me so much lately and I am humbled by this. I am so thankful for my Savior who loves me and draws me to himself! Even though I fail Him over and over again. He continues to draw me to Himself. He has been making it extra clear to Ethan and I that He will ALWAYS provide for us. It is so easy to complain about all the things we wish we had or wish we could do. We were reminded yesterday that He has provided for us more than we could ever ask for or that we ever desire. We do not lake anything. He is so faithful to us! This also humbles me.

We are still in the process of preparing for seminary. We have yet to finalize were we will be going, but we are looking into Southern Seminary and Southeastern Seminary. We are praying that the Lord will make is very clear on where He wants us. We know that He will. In His timing. Ethan graduates with his Bachelor's degree in July, so our plan in to move to seminary in July. We are very excited about this next stage in ministry and look forward to continue preparing in this way! Both seminaries have a seminary wives institute and I am very excited about taking classes! It has been a while since I have been in school but I am looking forward to it!

I love being Ethan's wife! I love serving him. I am far from perfect, but if there is one thing I have learned over the past 15 months is that marriage sanctifies you. I love caring for our home. I am so thankful for Ethan and his godly leadership. It has been such a honor to stand by him and I am excited to stand by him for the rest of my life! Where ever the Lord leads us!

The photo above was taken last night from our front porch as the sun was setting! This pictures is one of the reasons that I love Florida!

Wedding # 3

My cousin Rachel married Matt this past Saturday! Everything was beautiful!! I had the honor of singing in their beautiful wedding along with my brother Dave. We sang Be Thou My Vision as the bridal party and Rachel came down the isle. Talk about a tear jerking moment :) It was so great to see family and friends! Rachel was a beautiful bride! Here are some pictures from Saturday!

James and Ethan! James was one if the ring bearers! He did such a great job!

My sweet husband! I love this man!

Me with the beautiful bride!!

Yummy cake!

The next three photos were taken by the photographer.

Pam Saxon

www.hekeepsmesinging.blogspot.com

She did an amazing job!

You have to love the bird seed exit! Ethan and I had bird seed and boy did it hurt. I made sure to be gental when I threw it at them :)

These beautiful flowers were designed and created by Sweet Aroma Floral Design.

Amber and Sarah, along with so many others wonderful helping hands did an amazing job with all of the flowers!

Thursdays Thanksgiving

I wanted to take some time today to share with you someone that I am extremely thankful for! My sweet cousin Rachel has made a huge impact on my life. She is a godly example and her love for the Lord is evident in all that she does! Rachel is getting married this Saturday and I could not be more thrilled for her and her groom Matt! Both Matt and Rachel's love for the Lord and their desire to bring glory to Him is evident in their lives and in their relationship! Ethan and I are so excited for them!

Rachel, You are such a blessing in my life and so many others! I am excited and honored to be apart of your wedding day! You are going to be a beautiful bride! I love you Rachel! Congratulations!

Rachel and I- Summer 2009

Take 3 :)

I am so thankful to have such great friends who are such amazing photographers! Last weekend at our friends wedding these pictures were taken! Our sweet friend Pam happened to be the photographer for the wedding! Make sure to check out her blog: www.hekeepsmesinging.blogspot.com ! She is absolutely amazing! She took these pictures of us during the reception!

Take # 1 : Surprise kiss from Ethan!

Take # 2

Take # 3: Finally :)

Pam, Thank you for capturing SO many moments in mine and Ethan's life! There is no way that we could ever thank you for all the photos you have taken for us! These photos are priceless and so are you!! We are so thankful for you sweet friendship and we look forward to having you capture many more moments in our future! We love you!

Wedding # 2

August is full of wedding for the Crowder's to attend! We have a total of 3 this month! This past weekend was the wedding of our long time friend Ben. He married one of the sweetest girls ever, Maureen(aka. Moe). Ben is one of Ethan's best friends and he was also one of the best men in mine and Ethan's wedding! Ethan was a groomsman so we headed to the rehearsal on Friday afternoon and enjoyed a mini getaway since the wedding was out of town. The wedding was beautiful and the food was so yummy! We ate good all weekend :) My favorite part was the wedding cake and the photo booth :) Can't wait to see how those pictures turned out! Here are a few pictures that I took over the weekend!

Ashley and I at the rehearsal. Ashley is married to Mike, who is Ben's older brother. Mike was also in our wedding and Ethan was in Mike and Ashley's wedding this past May! Ashley is a sweet heart and I enjoyed getting to catch up with her!

Ethan and I at the rehearsal dinner! It was at a steak house and the food was great!

The guys waiting on the ceremony to start!

My handsome husband and I!

Ben and Moe!

Photo by Whitney Hoffler

www.hekeepsmesinging.blogspot.com

Photography by Pam Saxon

Weekend Recap

On Friday night Ethan and I went to my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew's house to spend some time with them and my cousin Sarah who was also there! My sister and cousin were preparing the flowers for my other cousins wedding on Saturday so I was also there to help them! We enjoyed catching up with all of them and playing with our nephew James! Saturday was the wedding so I stayed to help them finish the flowers. Ethan was going to Island's of Adventure on Sunday so he left Saturday afternoon to go stay with some of his friends. My cousin was getting married on the beach so we headed that way with all the flowers and enjoyed a beautiful wedding and a great time catching up with family! Ethan came home last night!! It was a busy, but fun weekend!!

Ethan took this picture while hanging out with James on Saturday morning!

On our way to the wedding! James loves my iPhone!

I just want to squeeze him!!

My cousin Glen and his new wife Meagan!