six flags, andrea's wedding shower

mom, ty, and i went to six flags to help celebrate ty's 9th bday! it was a blast and ty was even brave enough to ride batman!

the 3d ride was a bit later in the day as you could probably tell....

andrea's bridal shower was today at my house! katie and i (the ladies in white) were two of the hosts. it went really well, all of our food was delicious! including the always popular (c/o kim's recipe) fruit dip.

andrea cracked us up with her one request, a barbie bridal cake.

vacations all i ever wanted

well i'm back in norman, ok after a long vacation, including the family trip to florida and then relaxation in coleman for several days. in florida, we got to enjoy plenty of beach time.

There was plenty of driving time of course--15 hours total! and that was with three of us in the backseat together. it wasn't too bad though and we really didn't have one of our traditional knock down drag out fights luckily.

Every evening we got to enjoy delicious seafood. By the last evening, however, kyle, ty, and I were wanting something different! so we ordered Chinese food while the others had seafood yet again!

I didn’t make many pictures over the fourth, but I will share my favorite one! This one captures a dramatic moment by miss jenny, when she saw lightening in the distance and feared there would be no swimming.

Fun with friends

Hi everyone! Had a fun time this weekend going out with the girls! We had lots of fun chatting, laughing, and busting a move.

On Sunday, Nathan and I went to church in Norman. There was a really good lesson on hungering and thirsting for righteousness. As opposed to always pursuing happiness, as most people try to do. In pursuit of righteousness, happiness will be a byproduct. It was very uplifting. After church we got do enjoy a delicious meal at Ted's.

4 more days of my summer class!! I will be glad when its finished. After that I really need to finish up my thesis. Although, the time pressure on that has kind of eased up since one of the profs on my committee is apparently going to be out of pocket until the the second week in August! Ah, the leisurely life of a college professor....

I will be co-teaching a class this fall! I'm excited about it because I'm hoping it will help me decide if teaching is something I would like to do after I graduate. Its an upper division I/O psychology course. So, we'll see how it goes....

No pics, just updates

I don't know about any of you, but sometimes I feel a little funny about posting details of my happenings online. Sometimes I feel like I should be intentionally vague about certain aspects of my life, like when I'll be out of town. Anyway....

My old roommate and dear friend has left me for Peace Corps work in Moldova. If anyone wants to hear chronicles of her tales, check out http://sunflowerlenses.blogspot.com/. I miss you Rebecca!

In other news....I've been busy as a bee with house work. Well, more purchasing things for my house and deciding where to put/arrange them. I'm very pleased with my progress and the look of my home. :) I'm just very slow to get it the way I want it. Stay tuned for pictures in coming days!

Family vacation is coming up very soon! I'm hoping for some fun on the beach, good meals, and relaxation with the family.

Tonight I'm going to go up to OKC to have dinner and go out on the town with some girlfriends. In fact, I should probably be getting ready now! We are going to eat dinner at Cheesecake Factory, which is one of my absolute favorites. :)

its magic!

i have honed my skills in photoshop. now i can be the airbrushed model ive always wanted to be!

btw....dani is supposed to get induced tonight! everyone keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

summer times

hello! i've been a busy bee the last week or two. i've been waiting to blog until i had the pictures that detail my business!


not last weekend, but the weekend before nathan and i went to a wedding of one of his old college friends. the wedding was in norman and the reception was in okc. we had a great time, the only downfall was the fact that my fabulous new dress was also seen on another guest!! *gasp. i know.

here is nathan with one of his best friends who flew in from california. he impressed us with stories of meeting carrot top and carson daly.

here is the happy couple!

the next day after the wedding we went to miami, ok to meet nathan's family. his parents were very friendly and warm, so we had a nice time. this is us with nathan's nephew who was also visiting.

on the way back we decided to drive through missouri and arkansas. we went to the ouchita state park in arkansas and devils den! the picture of us driving is also a good shot of nathan's head injury, acquired when he was giving me a piggy back ride after the wedding. it was pretty bad!

the next weekend was off to coleman for dani's baby shower at kim's house. it was nice seeing the family!

after the shower we went out to lake with dad. i would post a picture of that, but i've got one in my bikini and i don't want to be one of those girls.

beginning of summer

Well now that school has finished things have winded down a bit, still going just at a more relaxed pace. This weekend I'm going to a wedding and then to Miami, OK to meet Nathan's family. I'm thinking I will make some brownies to take with me, because I've been informed that his mom loves them. :)

I mentioned earlier how I'm writing a paper with another grad student on leading for creativity. Well, yesterday Mumford was actually highly complementary of the section I wrote. Making me very happy!

This past week I was a bit sick it turns out. So, I went to the doctors at Goddard (the OU health services). The doc immediately diagnosed me with strep throat. Even though all I've had is a sore throat that wouldn't go away. So, I suspect a misdiagnosis. I'm feeling much better now either way.

I've seen Chronicles of Narnia and Iron Man recently. Both were good! I do NOT recommend Horton hears a who. It was not good at all.