2 more days! I leave this Friday for England and I'm just starting to pack. The temps will be in the 60s & 70s and rainy. Not too bad! I'll get to miss out on 2 weeks of Texas-hot weather. We fly out Friday night at 10:00pm and will arrive in the Azores (Portuguese islands) around 3:00pm on Saturday. Ooh, how special - a day trip to the island of Terceira! The plane leaves there at 5:00am on Sunday morning & we should land at Lakenheath AFB 3:00pm Sunday. Hooray paid vacation to Europe! I won't get to travel like Warren & Micah have been doing - I'll just check out the local villages and head to London over the 4th of July weekend. Please keep me in your prayers, pray especially that the plane doesn't crash - cause, come on . . . What a way to ruin a vacation!

Hmmm, I'm thinkin' about changing the wedding date . . .

Granted, it won't happen - but it's no fun having a super-awesome dress that I'm not allowed to wear for a whole year! (Ok, now it's less than a year, but without shiny-dress-wearing capabilities it feels longer.) Maybe we could get hitched this fall. Ah, a fall wedding, how nice. The leaves would be falling (hence the name "fall") and the wind would be blowing. I have been noticing the sweat-inducing temperatures that are going on as of late, and seeing as how the wedding's planned for this time next year, well - it's gonna be hot. Hot, hot, sweaty hot. Ick!

Hey all you gnarley surfer dudes! Ok, so I'm not a surfer - but I always wanted to be, except for the possibility of being eaten by a shark. That would bite. (Rimshot!) Hee hee, I'm hilarious! Just to update everybody, (ya know, in case you care) I got a new job! Hooray new job and more money! God surprised me with that one, but I'm not complaining! I start after we get back from England, which is July 12th (unless the plane breaks down, then it could be a few days later). Thursday I've got to register for the fall semester, I don't even want to think about school! So, what's new in you lives?


Post-surgery Chris! 

Here's a little something to make you laugh! This is Chris a day after he had his wisdom teeth removed.

June 11, 2004 . . . I year till the wedding! Hooray wedding! From now on I can say I'm getting married in less than a year! Yikes, that can be just as scary as it is exciting. Right now we're in the middle of a wedding dress nightmare - we took it to the cleaners & it came back dirtier than when we left it, so it's going in for the 3rd round of cleaning. Poor little dress . . . It's all good - my momma used her big girl voice with the evil cleaner people. On a brighter note, God is blessing me so much more than I ever could have dreamed of: I got a new job, and I wasn't even looking for one! A few weeks ago I filled out some paperwork for an opening at the base, honestly never expecting to hear anything back about it, and it turns out I got the position! Once I get back from England I'll start there & make more money than I ever could've asked for with any other job - needless to say I'm in shock right now! In just a few more weeks and Warren & Micah will be home, I'm so ready to see them! I miss their ugly faces! :)

Garrett loves Warren! 

Ok, this one's pretty mild & since Micah's a giant baby ;) I'll only go this far. This was taken a couple of nights before Warren left for California. Micah looks so happy because this was before he knew he was going too!

my promotion! 

Here's me getting my new stripes! Hooray!!! Granted, I know most of you don't care, but I'm just testing the waters of this new picture thing. . . The best is yet to come, I promised Carly some embarrassing pictures of Garrett! This is just a test to see if this thing works! Muahahahahahahah! It's 3:30am and I so should be sleeping, but we stopped by Starbucks tonite and I'm wired from a caffeine high and can't sleep. As for the pics of G-rat: it won't be the really bad one unless he consents (or the demand for it is high!), but I do have others to terrorize him with.

Three weeks til I go to England! I'm excited about being there, but not about getting there. First of all I'm gonna have to pack two weeks worth of stuff into my duffel bag. That's not so bad, unless something busts open & messes up my clothes. I like airports and real airplanes, but this trip will be without both. Granted, I'm flying in a plane, but a C-130 is like a flying school bus. You know, they're big, clunky and break down a lot. So, lets all pray really hard it doesn't break down in mid-air. If it so chooses to do so, then the next time you hear from me will be via the little black box that always happens to survive the crash, assuming this hunk of junk has one.

Hooray! Summer is here! Summer is here! Ah, bring on the 100+ temperatures & sunburns. . . I hope you guys had an awesome Memorial Day weekend. Sunday I went with Mom, Dad & Chris to the National Cemetery in Dallas for a memorial service. In the presence of all those veterans I felt very proud and undeserving. For the sake of our freedom they watched their closest friends die before their very eyes, put their lives on hold and everyday live with those memories and the lingering pain from mental and physical injuries. My 'desk job' with the guard seems very insignificant. Thousands upon thousands of people have dedicated their lives to protecting our country, this causes me to pause and realize that I am lacking in the dedication department. God calls us all to relentless obedience and service: we must be willing to die for him without batting an eye, pack up and move to the ends of the Earth for his sake and have compassion for that really annoying person everyone likes to avoid. How willing am I to serve Christ? Is my life truly dedicated to the God of the Universe?