Unplanned Weekend

This weekend was so fun and I really had no definite plans going into it. I knew Friday night with Kari and Saturday morning with Susan, but other than that - nothing. It was just nice to have fun, work on projects, and catch up with friends! Enjoy the photos -

Nothing says rockin good Friday night like a trip to the fabric store!

Kari and I both commented on how much we hated the fabric store as kids because our moms would take FOREVER in there! Silver glitter anyone?

Elastic waistbands - ahhh


Snip snip snip 18 yards of tulle!


Ta Da! I'm ready to run!

Saturday morning I had brunch with Susan my RD from college. She was in town for a wedding - Terri and Joel's, big congrats to them - so we went to the Real Food Cafe, my fav! It was so good to see her, and to hear how life has changed but God is good, I felt so encourgaed after talking with her!

On my way home from Alger Heights and brunch, I stopped into the Hoogendyks. They had 7 kids this weekend, whoa! But, they had plans to go to a horse barn and invited me along, what a great way to spend a beautiful afternoon!

Wes and I are checking out the horses

Eliza Mae riding the ponies - like 4 times!

Will got in on the riding action too!

So did Marta, but here we're just hugging! :)

I also spent time chatting with Melissa and hung out with Jeff on Sunday night. This weekend I was reminded how blessed I am to have great friends! More great memories coming soon!

Puff in Jammies!

For all you Puff fans out there - and I know there's many! Hey, it's almost Halloween and besides it's hilarious when she just keels over with clothes on! :) She hates it, we love it!

Shout out to Joel and Terri who got married this weekend, thanks for bringing friends into town for me to see! :) Weekend photos coming soon, awesome low key fun!

Tink about it!

The title of this post is in honor of one of Lindsay's former exchange students, he sounded like Boris from Bullwinkle and Rocky, he always said, 'Just tink about it!' I heard a quote on the radio tonight and I really liked it, so tink about it! :)

Great minds talk about ideas.

Average minds talk about events.

Small minds talk about people.

-Eleanor Roosevelt

Happy Wednesday to everyone!

Shopping Weekend

This weekend was our ladies shopping retreat in Birch Run - so fun! we had a great turn out, and a lot of fun. I drove over Friday night with a few other girlfriends, got there just in time for our evening speaker, chatting with our roommates, swimming and running in the pool, thanks Sarah!, more chatting and dramatic brides on TLC!

Saturday was great too, I spent time with some great women whom I dont always get a chance to spend time with. And we shopped until we dropped! Dave Ramsey style of course! :) I forgot to get the camera out during the day, until lunch and once we got home and opened the trunk - whoa!

See the lady in front of the man in red - the fuzz above her head is definitely not blurry camera, it's her enormous bangs! I wish I could have gotten a better photo.

Darcie and Kim - and the trunk, this is a huge trunk too!

TO THE BRIM :)

For all you Puff fans out there: coming soon Puff in Jammies! Hope everyone had a fantastic Columbus Day!

Friend Making Monday

What are your hobbies? What do you want to learn to do? What do you wish you could do?

Hobbies:

Running (not lately though)

Youth Ministry and FLOCK groups

Shopping (for shoes)

Reading (I'm always trying to learn something from books)

Painting my nails

Arranging flowers

Swimming in Lake Michigan

Learn:

Sew (I cant even put a button on!)

Be kind and gracious

Cook!

Think critically

Cut/do hair

Sail

Swim (freestyle w/out sinking!)

Photography

Wish:

Camp, and love it!

Travel to exciting places

Do a backflip

Run a Marathon

Go to bed on time :)

Own a Mini!

I'm sure there's more, I just cant think of any right now. Go on over to Amber's to see what other people said!

I love Autumn, I love how the grass fades, and the leaves get vibrant, what a contrast!

Congratulations to Laura and Austin on their engagement!

Cooooooold

I know that some of you reading are located in significantly warmer regions of the world, so you might be interested in this. Thursday morning I jumped in my car, bc naturally I was running late, and hit the wipers to clear what I thought was morning dew on my windshield. Boy was I shocked when they made a loud scraping noise over ice!! AUGH! I had to scrape my car on October 1, 2009!

Watching the MSU - UofM game now, Go Blue!

Busy B Weekend

This weekend brought a lot of fun! It started Friday night with dinner at a very crowded One Trick Pony with Kari and Emily, then we walked around Art Prize in the UICA - very cool! Then Saturday Jeff and I headed up to his alma mater Central Michigan University to see the campus and visit my cousin Dana who just transfered there. It was a lot of fun seeing her, she has a great dorm room and building, so new, so nice! :) Here are a few photos from the weekend -

Here I am in a balloon creature!

Me and Emily outside the UICA - I love the dutch girl in the window: the entire window was a mural, it was almost like cross stitching really neat.

Checking out Art Prize


I dont know what these were called, Starburst maybe?! There were three in the room, each about 5 feet in diameter.

Kari and I riding double in the front seat of Em's mini!

Football at CMU! - Go Chips!

Jeff and me taking it in - a little misty!

Me and Dana!

In other news, Marvin and Linds finally got the internets at their house - yay! And congratulations to John and Kerry Postema - cant wait for April 22 to meet the new little one!