A day of Weddingness!

Yea for getting things semi accomplished! Today we went to Helzberg to look at rings for Josh and for my wedding band. Fun I think we found one that we like! Josh found one but we are gonna look online too! After the ring shopping' we headed church shopping' OK so really we only went to one place but it is all good! We really liked it and hopefully it will work out. If not God will provide another option! The Building would be great because it would be large enough to have the ceremony and the reception both there! After that we headed to lunch with Marie at Olive Garden!!! YUM!!! But with a mild amount of disappointment because Marie will be leaving soon to go to Brazil and may not be here for the wedding! Sad face for me! We then had other errands to run and a short meeting with the Mom -in-law to be. And then we headed back to the bubble (Oxford) for kids night and coffee house.

As I Sit

As I sit here thinking on the past 3 years I realize I am so different now compared to then. Which in many ways is great and encouraging. But in other ways scary. The realization that in 203 days I will be a wife. It is wild. So many emotions rush over me. I am excited and happy, nervous and scared, confused and anxious. My life is preparing to change and I am hopefully prepared. The one thing that comforts me is knowing that I am not "making" it on my own I have a saviour that has already made it for me, and He is always right beside me so regardless of how tough life seems I know He is here for me.

For me right now the fun part about the upcoming wedding is knowing that regardless of what I wear or who my bridesmaids are or what the cake tastes like(ok so Josh might care about the cake) I am still marring a wonderful guy whom I Love and what people remember about the wedding does not concern me all that much because at the end of the day it will all be over and I will be Mrs. Joshua Eric Parson. (well hopefully LOL)

Princess Party and Geek Night

Well from the title you might expect that we (The bridge) held separate events for the guys and girls this weekend...But really it is not as it seems. Friday night after all children had left and we wen home, Ricky, Christina, Andy, Phil and Alyssa decorated Josh's room in pink ribbon and streamers and tons more randomness. The princess theme began when Ricky went to purchase a cake mix for Josh's birthday(9/11 they were celebrating late bc of all the busyness) and he found a Pink confetti princess cake. So the theme continued and Josh room was transformed in to a 6 years old dream room! Now to the Geek Night. The guys and girls began geek night last year and have upheld the tradition. It usually starts around 3 and ends the next morning at some point. I usually do not attend because for the most part it is "not my cup of tea" according to Josh. But really I don't mind playing games but I tend to get frustrated because I don't know what I am doing most of the time, and instead of helping to explain, I either get transitioned out of the game or left feeling irritated because I can't learn while playing with others because stuff goes to fast for me to catch up. But all in all I had a good time. As of right now the night continues and I am doing laundry!!

Parents Night Out Round 1

Parents night out went great we had 4 kids(the regulars) but what I thought was the best part of the evening was when Mason and Brody's mom said "I have never left my children with anyone other that my mother-in-law" I was like wow! The boys are 4 and almost 3 that blew my mind. One on how much she trusted us and second on how much pressure that puts on them as a family. But the kids did great and all went well!! and I made yummy rice crispy treats.

Bring Back My Car! Please!

Well supposedly my car is riding on the back of a flatbed truck headed to Columbus but it is a 32 hour drive! After it arrives there are other details that we have to attend to such as getting it fixed! But time will tell...The boys found out some interesting stuff about what everything meant(the stuff that was written) but I am currently not gonna post it just for security reasons sorry!

Good Morning... We located your car.

So a random discovery was made this morning at 2:55 am... yes while I was fast asleep in my cozy bed. I received a call on my cell regarding my car! They found it Albuquerque, New Mexico! Only 1379.14 mile away form the location of which it was stolen. A mere 23 hour drive.... But it gets better...really. The phone number that the officer called me from was a Wright Patt Air force Research number, so I called it back and spoke with a guy that probably thought I was nuts (one because I called at 3:30am and second because I was calling a research lab about a stolen car) He was very nice he said "well I am very sorry about your car but there must be some misunderstanding we have not called you." At this point I am stressed and worried and frustrated. So I find the paperwork that the Police Officer gave me when we filed the complaint. So again at 3:30 or 4:00 am I call the Montgomery Police Department to see if this is real or just a hoax. The dispatcher explained that someone had called and it was correct they had found the car in the New Mexico area. She gave me the tow company's number and told me to call them. So I called them and got another dispatcher. He kindly explained that he was unaware of what cars he had because he was just the dispatcher so I needed to call once they opened which was at 8am. So I deiced it would be best to get some sleep if I could. I woke up at 8 so I could call the tow company back and hopefully get more information. But what did I forget? THAT NEW MEXICO IS 2 HOURS BEHIND US!!!! So the poor guy had to deal with me again before they opened. So instead I called my insurance guy and talked to him about all the randomness and gave him an update. He informed me that he would take care of the rest for now!

Today was a crazy day finding out more information little by little. For the most part my car is in great condition minus a dent in the back side panel, a busted headlight, 2 extra bags full of clothes?, random marker writing in the inside like "I love Daddy, B-U-S-T-I-C, etc., and an extra 2000 miles!

Car News :(

So in order to have my car issue resolved I must wait 30 days after the date it was stolen!! so really when the lady asked what day was it stolen I should of said last night not this morning! Bummer! Well insurance is an amazing thing to have but they can be a pain! So as for now we (josh and I) are sharing a car and attempting to use his Granny's Truck... but what happens the truck is not working for some reason. AHHH I love cars! really!

Our Officiant

We have an official officiant!! Yea! We had lunch with Ken Dillard today and he has agreed to marry us! So now I check another thing off my list!! Yea for wedding planning! I really like to call him our Officiant because all the wedding books call them that but really he is a pastor so he is even more official!! LOL

PS How much do we pay an officiant?

Bridal EXPO!!

Well yesterday after my crazy morning my mother, sister and I went to the Dayton Bridal Expo! It was a lot overwhelming. There were lots vendors and tons of dresses. It was good to see some of the ideas and how things were put together but frustrating how pushy some people were. and the Comment "hunny you better hurry April is not far off" made me a little nervous. But it will work out and as for now it is a no stress deal!!!

Dude where is my Car?

OK so that was not quite my reaction this morning as I awoke to my mother-in-law to be in a slight panic. Why was she panicking well because my 2004 Honda accord was missing. Yes missing! Not in the driveway where it was left the evening before. Someone stole my car just in case you are confused by my babbling. So our morning consisted of police reports and insurance conversations. I am however grateful that there was nothing of too much value in the car. The only things that were important were... my true love waits ring(i have had it a while like 6years I am a little attached) money from Ruby Tuesday about 130 :(. and well the car of course!

Let the planning begin!!!

Well we have started planning and it is just a little crazy... ok more than a little!! This week has flown by and with the realization that we only have X amount of days until I am MRS. JOSHUA PARSON. That sounds so weird! But in a good way. Here is a recap of my last few days...

We have played Ultimate Frisbee 3 times this week that is ridiculous!!

Last night Whitney, Chad, Josh and I went to the melting pot YUM!!! it was a great time.

I started a favorites list and it was kinda fun:
Fruit – pomegranate
Ice Cream – Mint Chocolate Chip (the green kind it taste better)
Or a hot fudge Sunday not chocolate syrup it has to be fudge!!
Dinner - pasta with Alfredo
Vegetable: celery (a like most) raw!
Drink - Lemon Aid without Ice
To play: Probably Softball… but I like volleyball and am starting to like Ultimate now that I am not really bad anymore.
To Watch - Soccer, even though I usually don't know what all is going on. Or Hockey it is fun to watch too.
I like to clean when I am frustrated – my outlet
Favorite chores – Laundry
Color – pink and brown, but I like most
Candy: Sweet tarts(chewy) laffy taffy the big one not the small ones
Restaurant-Olive Garden/melting pot
Season - early summer late spring
Reading in the afternoon when it is sunny and warm but not too hot
Shoes – flip flops and flats
Snack – pretzels and animal crackers

Ring Pics

Sorry to all who have asked I meant to post these the other day but life has been interfering with my blog! How dare it, I know! LOL!









A little information about the ring... it is white gold and is a three stone set. The center diamond is larger than the two on either side, and they (the diamonds) are from one of my grandmother's (my mom's mom) rings.

Sorry for the blurry pics... it is hard to take a picture when the thing will not stop shining!! LOL!!

Happy Day!

So as I sit at work on my lunch break the realization has hit me that I am getting married!!! We are past the Oh My I am Engaged to Um I have 200 and few Days to Plan a wedding! I am so excited and not overwhelmed quite yet! (OK a little) The only complete decision that has been made is the City: Dayton! oh and the Month: April!!

The girls at work were thrilled about the news. It has been a crazy busy day but full of excitement!

Let there be light

I have power!!!! it came back on around 8pm!!!

Hello IKE

After a wonderful and crazy weekend Josh and I traveled back to maimisburg to visit his family. With the warning of the arrival of IKE we left earlier to get to Oxford before the weather got bad. So we ventured out into the crazy wind. With 2 detours and driving under a giant tree that was laying onto a power line. There were so many tree limbs and power lines down. These are some pictures of the mess in Oxford.

Once we got into town we were welcomed by a lovely town of no electricity. With church in less than two hours we had lots of decisions to make. We decided to have service on a very simple scale. We had the piano and the small drum. It was pretty cool. We did not expect to have very many people but God had bigger plans we had 30+ people and still had our 3 kids! So it was pretty neat to have service without electricity.

After church the real journey began. We were all very hungry and there was no power anywhere in town so we began a drive to find something with power and with food. So We found an IHOP. I have never been to an IHOP before but this was not the most wonderful experience. We waited 1 hour to be seated and another hour to be served our food. So the whole thing took forever and was pretty crazy.

After a night of craziness the town is still out of power. When Monday arrived school was closed and my work had closed so it turned into a wonderful day of rest and running. If that makes any sense at all. LOL We had a pretty released morning. Then at lunch time we deiced that 1. we needed to cook the meat that was in our fridge so it would not spoil. 2. that we should cook out in the trailer park. It was pretty cool we fed many of the children and families in the trailer park with hamburgers and hot dogs. Then we got some chicken. Subway donated their bread and the lettuce. Later a woman brought us some apples and a watermelon. It was wonderful just to see different people come together to help serve and feed those who could not cook because of the power outage.

Lion King and My Ring!!!

Josh and I went to Lion King! We went to see it at the at the Ohio theater. The Ohio Theater is a small theater that was built in 1928 as a orchestra theater and now it is used as a play theater and has old movies during the summer. The theater is located downtown across from the State House building in Columbus. It was amazing. The costumes and actors were crazy. I can't believe how intricate and elaborate the outfits were. CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE.

After the show we went to walk to the car and there was tons of people. So we crossed the street and I began to tell him about the state house and about where my mom works (across from the state house) and so we decided to walk up and wait until some of the traffic was gone so we were not sitting in a car for forever. Little did I know that was not the real reason. We walked up to a small little court yard where there were trees and a few benches. After talking about the show and other things that I can't even remember, probably because it all is still a little bit of a blur. Standing there walking in circles. Josh started to get a little nervous about something. By the time I had realized what he was nervous about he was on one knee holding my hand and a ring! And what do I say "Are you serious?" followed by "Um that's the wrong hand" he was holding my right hand. His response was "regardless" and I said "YES" but if you ask him he was say "it was basically a run of the mill proposal and she said I guess so!" But that is his exaggeration. It was wonderful and more than I could of ever imagined. So as of now Josh and I are engaged and we are looking to get married next Spring so YEA!!! I will be posting pics of the ring soon.

Wonderful Weekend

So this weekend was amazing!!! Josh and I went to Columbus to semi celebrate his birthday. We got in late Friday night. And we got up around 7:30am on Saturday, to drop off my car to be checked because the maintenance light was on. So what we expected to be a quick take a look and nothing was wrong, turned into a crazy $430.00 bill! I was so beyond upset. No one told me that is was gonna cost anything!! Not that I was completely right because I signed the maintenance agreement and did not ask how much it should cost. We know one of the Sales managers and he was able to help us out! Thank you and Praise the Lord! After that we headed to do a few errands. And then to Tracey's House (my sister) for Grandparents day and to hang out. After that we went to Lion King!! Read on......

Cookies!

So Krista(my roommate) has never, ever baked cookies in her 20 years of life, she has never baked cookies. Wow I can't imagine to have never baked cookies. So after work we baked some very yummy cookies.

Ultimate and Happy Birthday to my BF!

Happy Birthday to Josh!! Yea! My boyfriend is getting old! LOL. Today Josh turned 23. After I got off work. I went to and had a discipleship meeting with Kaitlyn!! Then I headed to the Boys house to bake a cake and have dinner with Josh. Then we went and played Ultimate Frisbee. It was hot and sticky but super fun!!

Rest and Know that I am God!!

Well life after Momentum is pretty nice. I have been able to refocus and allow myself to take a moment to breathe!! Last week might of been one of my worst weeks ever, not because of everything that was going on, but because of how I allowed frustration to control my attitude and my actions. God is beyond amazing though because when you least expect it he allows people to step into you life and say things that will remind you that despite our downfalls and short comings he is in control and when we take our eyes off ourselves and fix them on Him we will succeed!

Kid's Night Mayhem

Kids night was crazy! It was hard to help be in control when I had my focus in so many different places. Kristi came and we were able to talk and work on homework. But while trying to deal with her I miss/lacked in my helping with the kids, which is the reason we are there primarily.

random side not : "Across the Universe is a Very odd movie!!

Momentum

Yea Momentum is OVER!!!! Here is a recap of the weekend...

Friday- We had a crazy day with the planning and preparation for the evening. I had to get the food confirmed and pick up the keys for the hotels. Decorate the room and load in the sound equipment, and other things that I am surely overlooking. We had about 50-60 people there it was smaller than we had expected but ultimately it was what God wanted and that is what matters. Adam spoke on Apologetics it was a good but I had heard some of the stuff that was presented. Our Pizza was gross!!! The Cookies and Brownies were great! We have tons left over yum. After dinner we had the scavenger hunt! Fun stuff the teams did pretty well it was pretty funny watching and judging the pics. The upper class teams dominated.

Side note I hate Drama!!!! We have great leaders and some that are ready to serve and lead but we have some that I honestly don't think they all have grown up...I hope they will soon!

Saturday- The staff slept in later than the Community Leaders. This might of been a first! We got to the session and had most of the people return from the night before. It was good. Lunch was super fun. We had hot dogs and hamburgers. And played wacky Olympics they were great fun!! Sorry Betsy. We got into a flower fight after the games. Then we had our final session. After our session we had ice cream and brownies on cook field and a great time playing Ultimate Frisbee!

Sunday- We had a good morning session with Adam and Andi before they headed home.

Tonight was our 3rd service! we had 94 people. Last week we had 67 and the first week we had 127!!

Update: On Kristi

So Kristi has called me a few times this week. It has been a great opportunity for me to share with her. She is seeking and really confused by the social influences that are being pressed upon her. She has been calling to confess, and in some ways I feel she is looking for a response (something negative or a huge criticism) but I have given advice and helped her to reason why and what she is doing or headed. I am excited to be able to share with her and that she is willing to open up and share, but I am nervous because she is headed down a rough path of disappointment and disaster if she does not realize who is actually in control.

Interview #3

So I had my interview today and it was forever long!!! I was there for 2 hours. Which I guess is a good thing because they probably would of not kept me there that long if I was having a bad interview. Because my interview was 2 hours I ended up being late to work (Ruby Tuesday) and upon arrival I was informed that I was waiting on our District, Regional and Assistant Regional Manager! Yea for craziness! So of all days for me to have to wait on them it had to be the day that I was late and not with it at all. I was a mess really but it is life. The whole thing went fine but I was just flustered and felt like I was not keeping up at all.

After Work we (the guys and I) did pancakes at Morris hall which is a dorm on campus. It went ok for the most part, ok minus the part where we pretty much got kicked off. In order to do things in the dorm area you have to go through an adviser... news to us oh well! Now we know.

YEA! A Phone Call

So innomark called again to day and I have another interview!!!