Update

Life has returned to its "normal" self. Ethan starts classes back this week, and life as we have grow accustomed to is back in full swing. Ethan does much better with the "busy" lifestyle than I do. I am very much a homebody, so we balance each other out very well. I am very thankful for this.

We have lots of fun and exciting things coming up this Spring and I am very thankful that we are able to be apart of so much. God has given us lots of opportunities and I am excited to see what He is going to do through them.

Our prayer is that as the Lord continues to lead us, that we will be faithful and obedient to His call. Regardless of how big or small it may seem.

We are called, as Christians, to be obedient to His word. This is struggle. It is easy to choose the things we want to be obedient to, but as Christians, we are commanded to obey His word and His leading. Not parts of it, but all of it. My prayer is that I will daily lay down my cross, surrendering to His will and His will alone.


This picture was taken by our sweet friend, Whitney, last Saturday while we were out to lunch.

My Best Friend :)

Ethan and I in Disney back in December.

195 days and counting....

And what are we counting down? Well, the days until we move to Kentucky for Seminary! It is hard to believe that it is only 195 days away. We are very excited about this next step and continue to feel the Lord leading us in this direction.

We have decided to move in with Ethan's parents to save money for seminary. We are thankful that they have extra rooms and are willing to let us use them! We are planning to move this Friday and because of Christmas I wanted to wait to pack up our apartment. So Ethan and I are now spending our evenings with packing. Last night it dawned on both of us that we are leaving our first home. So many wonderful memories have been made there and I am so thankful for our little apartment! Thankfully, you can take memories with you :)

Below is a picture of Ethan and I when we first started to move our things into the apartment!

We are looking forward to the next several months as we prepare to move to seminary. We are thankful for our families who lovingly support us!

We hope that you all had a great Christmas and enjoyed celebrating the birth of our Savior! I will post about Christmas as soon as I have some extra time to upload the pictures!

-Anna

North Point's iBand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9XNfWNooz4

Pretty cool if you ask me :)

Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party

On Friday night we went down to Disney World for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party! It's one of my favorite things to go to at Disney! You have to buy a separate ticket and they don't allow as many people to come into the park. They also do free hot chocolate and cookies :) There is hardly any wait and we walked right onto most of the rides! The park is decorated so beautifully! The weather was great and we enjoyed the time with family!

Cinderella's Castle

Ethan and I!

Shannon and I!

O' Christmas Tree, O' Christmas Tree

Merry Christmas! This is by far my favorite time of the year and for many different reasons! My favorite being Jesus Birthday! I am so thankful that God send His son to this earth to save us!

Ethan and I put up our Christmas Tree last weekend! I love that we are able to continue traditions and start new traditions together! This is our second Christmas being married! This year we were a little more prepared and started buying gifts a few at a time over the past couple of months. We still have a good bit of shopping to do, but I enjoy it! Here is a picture of our tree and us after shopping last week!

Notice that Ethan is still smiling :)

A great Thanksgiving!

I have so much to be thankful for! A wonderful family, an amazing husband, great friends, but most of all a loving and gracious Savior who chose me, and brought me to Himself!

I could go on and on and I believe that all of us could.

Ethan and I spent thanksgiving with his family and then stopped by my grandparents house on our way to Georgia. We are so blessed to have such great families on both sides! After a quick stop at my grandparents house were on the road to my dad's hunting camp in Georgia! We spent the rest of our weekend there. I have been hunting since I was a little girl and I love deer meat! I would much rather eat and cook deer meat then anything else! I killed my first doe when I was 16 while hunting with my dad! I am now on the hunt for a big buck and sadly passed one up while hunting this past weekend. I wasn't able to get a good shot and didn't feel confident that I could make a good shot. So I let him walk. I'm letting him get bigger for next year :) On Saturday evening I was hunting with my dad(this was when I let the buck walk) and Ethan was hunting by himself. It was almost dark when my dad and I heard Ethan shoot. So we waited a few minutes and then went to his stand. He has shot at a doe and she had run off into the woods. It took us a little while to find where she had gone, but when we did we were so excited to find that she was a huge doe! We were all thrilled! I can't wait to fill our freezer with deer meat! I am thankful that God made deer for us to harvest! We had a great time with my dad and some of his family!

I failed to take any pictures on thanksgiving, but did get a picture of Ethan and I and Ethan and his doe while we were hunting!