A beautiful day & updates on life.

As reported before Steven and I have been regularly attending a church here in Delta. Today during our Thanksgiving service we were both baptized. It was an amazing day. It started early with making mashed potatoes at 8am (without a mixer!) followed by Sunday School and then service. Our church is small. It probably only seats about 100 people and it was filled. Normally we only have about 40 people, but not today. Today we filled the pews and God filled hearts. The sermon was absolutely amazing and touching. It was great to have family and friends there with us and to meet even more people. During the invitation Steven's brother was saved and it was the most amazing thing to witness. It took everything I had not to break down in tears. Following that Steven and I along with another couple were baptized. I can't lie, last night I was ridiculously nervous. I even made Steven practice falling backwards so that I could sleep. Today though it was easy and my nerves were washed away. We enjoyed a great Thanksgiving lunch afterwards with great company and then a time for testimony and singing. A beautiful day indeed.

In other news:
* July 24,2010. We have officially set the date! The day I get to be Mrs. Varble!
*Tuesday is my first day of subbing, FINALLY! I've been waiting, lets hope it goes well!

Planning

Wedding Planning. I didn't think it would be easy, but I didn't think it would be overly stressful either. I'm fairly easy going about things and don't have this grand idea of what I want. It's proving to be quite stressful though. We are moving the date up to late July of 2010. After a couple of talks with our pastor and talking with each other we think that it's going to be the best idea. Doing so has put me into searching for deals hard core. Our money is tight and we need to do things cheap. Having said that if anyone knows ANYONE who will do ANYTHING for a wedding and do a really good job for not a lot of money, let me know. I'm looking forward to it all and I'll keep posting as time passes, but right now I'm just excited and ready for it...already. :)

Wedding Bells are Ringing!

Last night. November 8,2009 was by far the best day of my life to date. The day itself was beautiful. Every time I stepped out of the house the sky looked like a masterpiece and the weather was perfect. The morning started off a little rocky, but after church and a decent sermon I felt completely refreshed and ready to go. I had no patience as I waited for 3 hours to pass in order to be able to leave to go see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Once we were on the road I was completely pumped. We first stopped by Olive Garden for dinner. It was of course delicious. Then we were off to see the concert. I could not even hold in my excitement. I had never been to a concert let alone one of this magnitude. As we sat there waiting for the show to start my anticipation kept growing. I then joked to Steven "you should have asked me to marry you tonight because I think this is the best date of my life". We laughed about it and then the show started. It was absolutely amazing. It nearly moved me to tears a couple of times. The performers are just that spectacular and the lighting adds so much to the show. After the show was over I was on cloud nine already and had written it off as the best night of my life thus far. When we got out of the building and on the sidewalk and as i was trying to keep up with the crowd of people in order to get across the street quickly, Steven was holding me back. Slowing his steps and keeping us on the corner of the sidewalk. He said "Did you have a good night?" I said yes and he said "Do you know what would make it better?" and I said what? and he said" if you would marry me" and got down on one knee with my ring right there in that crowd of people. He says that there were people gasping and watching but the world around me had stopped and I could only see him. I'm not sure I took a breath. I said yes and hugged him and was completely in shock. It was a better night than I could have even dreamed of and I am SO happy for our future together!

Cheers and Jeers

Cheer: Steven and I setting a date...for baptism that is. November 22nd. This is your open invitation to join us in celebrating a wonderful day. If it helps at all it is also a potluck day! Free food!
Cheer: Not feeling stressed even though I have no idea what is happening in life right now.
Jeer: Not knowing what is happening in life. I hate paperwork and red tape. Just work out already!
Jeer: Housework. Ugh. I'm home all day and it just stares me in the face. I hate it. Still considering hiring that teenager...
Cheer: Next Sunday Steven and I are going to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra! I'm very excited! Happy early Christmas to us!
Cheer: Surprises. On Saturday Steven took me to Toledo and I had no idea where we were going. It was for our anniversary. We ended up at Outback Steak house. I've never had many surprises like that it was very exciting!
Cheer: Happiness. I can honestly say that I've never been this happy in life up to this point. I am truly blessed.
Jeer: Ridiculous names in the Bible. Steven and I have been trying to read the Bible together. We are in Genesis and it is going through the genealogy of everyone. The names are ridiculous. It's so hard to spit them out, but I give it my best shot.