Tag - I'm It

My friend Heather C was tagged, and now she has tagged me. The "rules" are to go into my My Pictures, open the fourth album and post the fourth photo in that album. I use a Mac so, it isn't so clear cut for me. I followed the directions a closely as I could, and here's what I came up with:

The story is that my friend Rachel, from college, got a few friends together every once in a while to go have a delicious home-cooked meal at her grandmother's house. I had a chance to go once, and this is me with Rachel's roommate, Emily, after eating a ton of food. =) Also, Emily ended up being a big help on my wedding day, helping to keep things running smoothly and on-time.


okay, so now i tag... um... joelle, and beth b. i think i'm supposed to tag more than two, but i can't think of anyone else who hasn't already been tagged. =P

big big news

about a month ago, we received an anonymous charitable donation to cover one whole month's rent for us, through a ministry called Helping Hands. WOW! that was a shocker! amazing, right?!

and on TOP of that, get this: so when daniel lost his job at the church, we applied for some financial help from the insurance company. they only granted us 3 weeks worth. we appealed their decision TWICE, and we found out this week that we got the whole other 2 months' worth! how exciting! this is 60% of what daniel made at the church for 2 whole months. woohoo! praise God! this will get us to the end of our lease with no trouble at all!

now these financial provisions from God really ARE paying the bills! before they were sweet encouragements that helped us financially, but more so helped our spirits. but God has, as usual, just gone ahead and blown our socks off with much more than we "could ever ask or imagine" (eph. 4:20)

jack

jack was neutered last week. poor guy has had that silly cone on his head for 8 days. i think it's kind of cute, though. =) anyway, with jack on my mind, i realized i had posted very few pictures of him! how sad for anyone who hasn't had the chance to enjoy his adorability. hehe.

this is when he was just a tiny little guy














see how small??














maybe this is inappropriate, but i just can't get over how cute it is! he used to sit in our pants all the time in the bathroom! how funny is that?



















this is him now. i like this picture because you get a good view of his spots.














why can't they just stay puppies forever? i just looked through a few pictures of him now, and he's just REALLY not as photogenic these days. oh well. still pretty darn cute!

busy bee

wow, i haven't posted much since i started my job at starbucks. it has been quite a challenge acclimating to the much busier schedule. also, daniel started substitute teaching today - HOORAY FOR DANIEL! he's excited; he's been looking forward to getting started for weeks now.

anywho, i wanted to share some more pics that i finally got onto my computer. daniel and i celebrated 6 months of marriage on november 30. well, not "celebrated," per se. so in december, when we ended up in sunny florida, we decided to set aside some time to actually celebrate.



















we stayed in a DARLING bed and breakfast for 50% off (daniel is my hero).




























we took walks along the river and in downtown stuart.














we ate at a cute little mexican place.





























also, we enjoyed lots of family time. i got to meet a bunch of dad c's family for the first time. we stayed with daniel's cousin and her hubby, and i really enjoyed them. we had a great time. except that we accidentally let all of their cats out of the house one time, and i felt really awful. thankfully they all came back home quickly =)