Focus, Kristin......Focus!

No more sitting around!

I've declared a major and laid out a plan.

On September 3rd, I'll be back in the college scene!

Excited and nervous.....Pray for me :-)

I'm Goin' Back!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game.........

Elizabeth and I spent Sunday evening at an Altoona Curve baseball game. Our group of 7 decided last minute to make the trip, and I must say that it was definitely worth it! The park was amazing, the fire works were beautiful, and the cheese fries were delicious :-)

Both of our dads caught a fly ball.....well, kinda. The way Elizabeths dad dove for his....gosh, he should have tried out for the team :-)

Not a Failure, but a Huge Success

Its been a while, I know. I could try to blame the busy summer months, but the truth is that I've had a total lack of motivation to blog over the past few weeks. Once again, there is something that I need to post about but have had no idea where to start. Does that ever happen to anyone else? Anyway, I'll stop rambling and get to my point.....


In my last post I told everyone about this amazing guy I had met, completely fallen for, and had recently started courting. I can't really explain what happened next, because I'm still working it all out in my own head. All I can say is that we felt God saying that this was not what He wanted for us. So we decided to end the courtship.

At first, I was pretty upset. Not understanding why after only one month God would ask us to, for total lack of a different word, 'breakup'. I felt like the courtship had been a FAILURE. But then, after praying about it for a while, I had this 'conversation' with myself.
"What is the purpose of courtship?
It's to allow time to become someones friend, get to know them, and decide if you could spend the rest of your life with them.
How so?
You spend time talking to them and getting to know them, and avoid the physical side of a relationship.
Wait a minute, that's what we did! So really our courtship was a SUCCESS!"

I thank God everyday for bringing me and Adam together the way He did. I can come out of this with all the respect and dignity that I went into it with. How so? I never gave Adam anything.....and I don't mean material things, if you get my point. Adam never asked anything physical of me. He respected me as any man should respect a lady. I thank God for making Adam the man he is.

What am I saying? Through all of this I have gained a best friend! I can't tell you how many hours we spent just talking, getting to know each other. We know each other inside-out and will never look back with regrets on our 'physical side' of the relationship.

So even though we'll always have the memory of our courtship, we can look back with no regrets. We can move on in life, stay connected, and be friends with out any awkwardness.....since that is ultimately where our courtship lead us.

So Adam, if you're reading this, I want to say Thank You and let you to know that you really are and always will be my Best Friend. I type with tears in my eyes......I know you've been in Hampton less than 24 hours, but I already miss my best friend. I promise I'm not counting days, but I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving so I can cream you and Wray in Jenga :-)
And as I said at the beginning of this post, you are pretty amazing....even if you can't wink ;-P

I pray God's best for you this year; I know he has great things planned for you!

With all that said, here are some pictures of stuff that I should have been blogging about all summer :-) Enjoy.....

My summer started with attending Adam's graduation from MC.

Here I am at the graduation with one of the coolest guys ever, Adam's Pap.

This one may sound silly, but thats ok. I had to sell my first car :(

Here she is, just moments before she left my driveway for the last time.....

I also made sure Cosette had her 'summer dose' of sugar :-)

What are Aunts for, anyway?

Wray took me for a ride on his new motorcycle...of which

he is quite proud.....

......took advantage of some photo opportunities :-)

And last but not least, became the queen of Jenga :-P