let it snow! let it snow! let it snow!

so i s\'pose it\'s about time to update.  hate to move those amazing pictures down, but i guess it has to happen sooner or later!

life is absolutely insane right now.  there\'s so much to do!  but this time next week i will be school-stress-free!!  and i am SO excited!

there is SNOW here.  lots of it.  on thursday it just started snowing like CRAZY!  it\'s great!  cold... but i love it!  yesterday, while doing my loads of homework... i sat on the third floor of the library - right by the window - trying to write my unit plan, but mostly watching everyone in the snow.  it\'s really something y\'all miss out on at home.  i love tennessee, but that is its one fault.  it\'s SOO pretty!  i just kept thinking of God\'s awesome power - the Creator - who does these amazing things.  Little things.  I mean, who needs snow?  It\'s wet and cold and dangerous.  but GORGEOUS.  and to think that he is responsible for every tiny, sparkling flake.  thursday night, i just curled up on the couch with some of my mom\'s great hot chocolate and watched Serendipity with Darin (ain\'t he a great guy!)... with all the snow outside... it was just this amazingly perfect warm feeling of the holidays... i know it sounds silly, but i just can\'t help but compare it to God\'s warmth and love.  it\'s this completely safe, cared for feeling that i love.  God\'s embrace.  perfect.

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a little story for you...

He took me to this place where you eat dinner on the beach - like, a few feet from the water... i knew we were going out - we had set tonight aside as a \"date night\" - but i had no clue where we were going.  we had our little table and then two beach chairs set up in front of it... right along the water.  there were maybe 8 other couples out there too...

we sat in the beach chairs first - as the sun set :) 

while the other couples were coming in and sitting down, our waiters were preparing our table behind us.  ( i didn\'t even know!)  at the perfect moment, one waiter came to us and asked if we wanted him to take our picture.  he kept taking more pictures and it seemed kinda strange.  then 3 or 4 waiters came to us and told us we could be seated. 

on the table there were these cocktails for us to enjoy before the meal.  on my drink, my ring!!  when i looked over, darin was on his knee!!!  (i was absolutely freaking out.) 

 he asked me to marry him.  i said \"of course i will marry you!\"  everyone around us was watching and began congratulating us... some were crying and talking about how they \"got chills\".. it was funny.  anyhow... to top it off, later we DANCED!  (freak out!!)  on the beach!  it was amazing!!!  anyway... that\'s the basic story!

WE ARE ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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So long windy (and stinkin cold) city....

photo from bouclee

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the flakes are comin...

                          it is SNOWING!!! 
and unbelievably cold... the wind is just so intense.  it literally hurts to walk outside.  saturday, at home, justin was wearing shorts and flipflops.  today - just 4 days and 500 miles later - snow.  good thing i remembered my winter clothes this time!

andrew osenga from caedmon\'s call sang in chapel today - good stuff!  there was a drama group too, pretty good, but they didn\'t let him sing much because of it - i\'d like to hear more.  and you should check him out too

i have insane amounts of things to do before friday... grrrr.... back to reality.

3 DAYS til ARUBA!!!

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 HAPPY BIRTHDAY
MATT BEARD!!

photo from Habas

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