PRAYERS NEEDED!!

For those of you who went to Montreat or have been to a Montreat Soccer game know Howard Fisher. Right now he is still in Jamaica and is really sick with Aplastic Anemia. He's been sick since Christmas Eve or so and is continuing to become weaker and weaker. I'm not going to post a lot of details on here because not a lot of people know exactly what is going on and I'd rather not give out the wrong information. However, prayer is a powerful thing! So if you're friends with Howard, know Howard, or don't even know him offer some prayers his way.

Right now we need to get him back to the States in order to get the treatment that he needs. Pray that he will be strong enough to make the flight and get the treatment that he needs. Pray that God will keep His hands on Howard, his family, and his friends. This is a tough time for everyone because it's hard getting information from Jamaica and knowing exactly what is going on.

The school has sent Stephen Jackson over to Jamaica to get some information and relay it back to the school as well as be there for Howard and comfort him. Montreat had a prayer time for him today for about an hour and let me tell you....prayers are very POWERFUL! I can't tell you exactly what happened but just believe me when I sa

y that.

Please just take a minute and pray for Howard. He's a wonderful guy who has a great personality and a great smile! He's friends with everyone at Montreat and is on the Montreat Soccer team. He's the kind of guy that wants to make people laugh and help people out so take the time now and help him out by praying for him. Even if you have no idea who I'm talking about....God will know! So pray and pass this along to your friends as well and ask them to pray...send this information to your prayer chain or church and ask them to pray as well. When I get details from the school with updates I'll let you all know but for now we can just pray.

Successful Saturday!!

Well....I just added a wedding countdown on my blog so everyone can see....4 months and 27 days....dang!!! it's approaching quick!!

Anyways today I had a mother/daughter day and we spent it doing various things. First I went and had my dress taken to the alterations place so I got to put my dress on again! I can't wait to wear it again! It's so dang comfty and pretty!! Now....if I can just get my mind set to working out so I can look as good as possible in that dress.....hm

mm....any motivation is welcome! But yea so I'll get my dress back during Spring Break and then have pictures done sometime in March or April. I'm excited about my Bridal Portraits!! If any of you have already had them done then share your experience with me!!!

After that was done mom and I got some more scrapbooking things at AC Moore so that wraps up the scrapbooking and coloring book stuff for the wedding. Things are slowly but surely getting done and it's exciting. I've also heard from some people that they have marked the wedding on their calendar so it's becoming more and more real for me now!!

Let's see....what else....oh our engagement announcement will run in my home newspaper a week from tomorrow! Aaron will have one in his hometown as well but not sure when yet. I've also started putting stuff onto a wedding website on

Theknot.com so check that out as well! That will give you more information on us and the wedding. Hopefully I'll get it completely done when I'm back at school with Aaron.

Now I'm just relaxing until I go back to school o

n Tuesday for my last semester!! The one last big hurdle I have to get through before the wedding!! Exciting stuff!!

Oh and I just read a quote from a friend of mine and I think it is totally true!!

"We were given: Two hands to hold. Two legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find." -Unknown

Until next time!!

wedding plans

Well.....it's been a while but I have lots of wedding updates which is exciting!! First off though....Aaron and I are 1/2 way done with our senior year which is insane!!! The first semester flew by and now we have about 2 more weeks until school starts up again. We had a wonderful holiday and it was nice because we were able to spend time with both families. I got several presents for Christmas that we will be able to use when we get married and I'm excited about that!

One special present that I got was a communion set from my grandpa. I asked him if he would be willing to make one since he does ceramics and I got it for Christmas. It's so pretty! I can't wait to use that!

Aaron came to my house for New Years and stayed about a week. We go so much done which was amazing! We got all the addresses we needed for save the dates and invitations which is great because now we don't have to worry about that anymore. The save the dates are going out in the mail soon which is exciting and makes everything seem real now! wow!

While Aaron was here we ended up going to the mall and we walked right by a Men's Warehouse and decided to go ahead and get the tuxs taken care of so Aaron and my dad have both been fitted for a tux and now the rest of the guys can just go to one in their town and get fitted and it gets picked up in Aville right before the wedding! I'm so glad that part is EASY!

I got some decorations done for the wedding and might I say they are CUTE! I'm excited to have all of that set up and I can't wait! I'm ready to see what everything is going to look like! Although it does seem like time needs to slow down a bit because it is flying fast and we are now just over 5 months away from being married....eek!

Aaron and I also got our program covers, fans, and invitation styles all picked out too and now it just needs to be printed and put together! whoo hoo! We also went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond and registered for some stuff there and now we're registered there and at Target. Hopefully Aaron will register at Lowes at some point if we can register there.

Some things still have to get done before I go back to school though and one of them is going and getting my dress altered! I get to put it on again and I can't wait! I believe that is it! I'm also hoping my best friend from college will be able to make it this weekend and hang out some! We're gonna get some more stuff done before we go back to school.

Oh and the other thing....bridal showers will start up soon which is gonna be fun! I'm not sure how many we have right now because the numbers keep changing but I'm looking forward to those parties as well and seeing what all we get.

156 days....

Sorry I don't have any pictures to go on here......maybe next time!

199 days...

So my wedding dress came in today! yay! My parents and I went to go pick it up after they called and told us it had arrived. It was awesome! Here's a picture of the dress!

You seriously didn't think you could see it before the wedding did you....come on now!

It's so hard to believe that it's Thanksgiving already! I am so thankful to get a break from being at school and getting to spend time with my family. I have a busy week ahead but I'm looking forward to it! When Thanksgiving break is over then I only have 4 days of classes left and one exam. So about a week and 1/2 left then I'm back home again for a 5 week Christmas break.

This morning mom woke me up and we got started on making goodies for Thanksgiving...yum! We've made haystacks, chocolate peanut balls, peppermint bark, and chocolate fudge. We still have to make Ritz crackers and chocolate and pretzels dipped in chocolate. Then it's onto cooking food for dinner tonight which is the start of our Thanksgiving feast!

Aaron is at home with his family for Thanksgiving and this is the last time we'll be apart for Thanksgiving. Now we'll have to figure out where we're going and when for the holidays. We'll see how that goes. He's gonna come to my house on Saturday and spend the weekend with us until we go back to school on Monday. Sunday we get to go and see Phantom of the Opera at DPAC! I'm so excited about getting to do that!

Everyone have a wonderful Thanksgiving and remember to be thankful for what you have in your life. Take the time to thank God for the blessings He has given you in your life. I know I will!

The pictures are up!!

A couple of weeks ago Aaron and I had our engagement pictures done by Leslie Carmichael of Barefoot Photography and I got the CD today! I already had my proofs but I was waiting for the CD so I could put the pictures up on Facebook and now they are up! Yay! So go check them out and enjoy! My mom took the first half of the pictures and then Leslie took the others in the 2nd outfit.

Here's a peek at a picture and go to Facebook for the rest!

I'm so excited to have the pictures finally! Now we can get going on other things for the wedding! More updates later! We haven't been able to do much lately because of school and soccer (for Aaron) so hopefully when that winds down some we'll have more things to share!

Bye for now!

Engagement pictures!!

Well today Aaron and I had our engagement pictures done by Leslie Carmichael of Barefoot Photography. We spent about 2 hours taking pictures and then came back to school to look at the pictures and narrow them down. We went from about 350 to 100. We aren't quite done yet but it's been fun seeing how the pictures have turned out and seeing the end product. It will be difficult narrowing it down even more but I'm excited to be able to post these pictures later. Check back in a few days to see if I have any posted! In the meantime here's a picture for ya'll to enjoy!

Homecoming '09

This weekend was Homecoming at Montreat. It was full of sports events, dances, coffee houses, inflatable slides, and many other things. It was a lot of fun this year because there were more things to do! My parents came up for the weekend which was awesome because I got to hang out with them the whole time. Aaron and I went out to dinner with them Friday night to Okie Dokie's Smokehouse which is an AWESOME and DELICIOUS BBQ restaurant.

We had lunch outside on the porch of one of the guys dorms and it was fun. It was actually good for once cuz they were grilling burgers and hotdogs instead of the normal cafe food....

Sea food anyone?!?

My parents, Aaron and I walked around the lake for a little to pass time after lunch. We saw the swans, fish, and some other things.

There was a volleyball game and I went with my parents for a little bit. It was a tough game. I only stayed for the first two sets because there were other games going on. Montreat won one and lost one while I was there. However, we ended up winning in 5! yay!

From there we went to the girls soccer game. That game was so awesome! We were tied 0-0 and then the other team scored. We were down 0-1 and KK went for a free kick and scored in the last ten minutes of the game to tie it 1-1. Then we had

another free kick about 2 minutes later and that was the game winning goal leading to the first win for the girls this season. AWESOME!

Then the guys played after that. That game was good too and we won that 2-0. I was distracted by a certain little girl named Ryann who is adorable! I watched the game some too of course and saw both goals. They were ridiculous! It was a good day for Montreat!

Oh and mom went on a motorcycle ride with Aaron's dad....crazy!

Can you find me and mom in the picture?--->