Day 16-23

Well howdy everyone.  Sorry for those of you who were expecting a blog on Sunday, I was wore out from the awesome day that we had....  so I will blog next week.  Just kidding with y'all. 

So the week went well for the most part.  I ended up throwing a disc out in my back which pushed a rib out or something along those lines.  My loving fiance set up an appointment to get it fixed.  Man I love this woman.  God is so awesome to create people who care and look out for one another.  The week progressed normally other than that.  I had another class, Tanya saved more people at work.  The norm.  Lol.  Well, we have our engagement photos this Saturday, which it is supposed to rain, so please pray that God decides there should not be any water falling from the heavens on Saturday or at least until I can get Tanya into some shelter.  We are really excited for that.  God continues to guide us in our walk with Him and He is teaching both of us some really cool things.  We have picked up a couple of books to read.  Tanya is reading For Women Only and I am reading For Men Only.  We are going through them as they are Christ centered books that look into how men and women differ in their thoughts and actions.  This way we can better understand each other and serve each other better.  Tanya brought up the idea which I know many of you may be surprised as I am a huge bookworm.  I think I have read around 3 books since High School.  Really, it is more like 4-5 but she has this awesome heart to seek out my heart and wants to learn everything there is and I LOVE it!!!  We are having great conversations about the how and why of who we are and why we think and act certain ways... it is awesome. 

We have HUGE wedding news as Tanya has found her wedding dress. It is beautiful and the colors are amazing and set her gorgeous eyes off.  The train resembles.... actually I have no clue what I am talking about.  Tanya had a girls day and went to look at dresses with some of her close friends that were not working, living 15,032 miles away, or saving the world from attacks and located the perfect dress.  Of course, as many of you who know Tanya, would know that the dress is on sale.  Sales follow Tanya and create themselves to be around Tanya.  It is wonderful.  I believe that the bridesmaids dresses have also been located.  We are cruising along in our wedding preparations.  My grandmother living here in Ohio is researching wedding cakes for both design and cost and all that good stuff.  Debra, my mother, is working on the centerpieces and I get to hear new ideas almost every night.  We are working on honeymoon plans and are really excited about those.  We have our eye on a couple places but have not landed on a decision just yet. 

On Sunday we got to hear Pastor Connie preach about parenting and the raising of children.  It is like a golden nugget every time we get to hear him preach.  We had a great conversation about our expectations and a couple  of different things we would do in raising our children.  Then we headed to Bob Hartenstein's (sp?) class to hear him talk and it was just like he was talking to us.  He covered topics that we have been talking about and where we think that God would like us to be.  It was just great to hear everyone in the class.  After we went to Max and Erma's for lunch with Mom and Dad and Grandma and Grandpa.  The conversation was based around fantasy football and wedding stuff.  For anyone who does not know, we as family have a league that is headed by my sister, Flu Flu.  It is just a family league with Dad, Grandpa, Megan, Tanya, Bryan (Megan's husband), Kyle (Bryan's brother), Chuck, and myself and none of us are competitive... lol ok maybe we are.  After lunch we headed over to Sycamore Creek Country Club to look at their facilities for a rehearsal dinner and ding ding ding we found a winner.  It has a large room with a fireplace and is in a setting that will be intimate and cozy.  The food I hear is pretty good although I think we might want to make sure for the other guests.  From there we left and Tanya raided, (by my asking), my closet and cleaned house.  She tossed things that were too small, completely outdated, goofy, and things that I should never wear.  This also created a problem... We have engagement photos on Saturday and my closet is now half the size.  Tanya took me shopping and she picked out a new outfit for the photos.  Man this woman steals my heart and warms it with every breath she takes.  She serves to no end.  I am so blessed.  I will post pictures as soon as I get a digital copy from Kort.  We are both very excited and have a couple of pictures that we would like.  If anyone has any ideas we would love to hear them.  We both kind of just go with the flow and we would love some direction. 

In other news Tanya has allowed me to build a room in the garage for my lathe and woodworking.  My grandfather is going to help me build it, hopefully this week.  I have already order chisels, I have to some wood for a special project that I might need some ideas on, and wouldn't you know it, the company selling the lathe that I was going to wait until Friday to order was selected as the only lathe.... that was on sale for today only.  Wow God continues to bless His children.  So, it is ordered and I just have to wait until it is delivered, hopefully Friday, until I can set it up and start working on my secret project. 

I know I am missing some important stuff to let you all know about but I can not think of it.  Sorry, but this will have to do for now.  Please keep us in your prayers as we continue this process.  Pray for us to continue to grow closer to Christ and that we can represent Him in every aspect of our lives.  Pray that He will continue to bind our hearts together.  Pray for the many people that are so graciously offering their services to help us Jennifer Hart, Amy Pricey, Grandma, Grandpa, Angie and her husband, my parents, Sherri, Megan and everyone that is continuing to pray for us.  I am sorry if I did not mention you by name but know we are very grateful for your help and prayers.  Pray most of all that people will be able to see Christ in what we do and that we can point the to the One who created us and extends His hands to each and every person.