Hello, Goodbye!

Goodness, gracious it's been a while!

I wanted to let everyone know that I probably won't be using this blog very much anymore (not that that's a huge surprise, as I haven't used it in about three months) because I've recently (yesterday) moved to a new blog site, and will be blogging there from now on about various things. I'll still post about Brent and I, so there'll still be a personal element, but I'm going to expand on other things as well.

Anyway, thanks for following all this time! I do hope you'll follow me over at my new blog: Our On-Purpose Life!

Have a blessed day!

P.S. - I'll still be leaving this blog up, if anyone's ever interested.

Easter & April

We have exactly 2 weeks...TWO WEEKS...of our first year at Rhema left. It has gone by so fast, we can't even believe it! We've grown and learned so much, have formed amazing friendships, and have had an awesome time here in Oklahoma. We're coming up on our first year of living here too (July 1st!), which is also CRAZY.

These are plastered all over campus, reminding us crazy Bible students to do our best!

Easter weekend was super fun! Saturday evening, we hung out with our friends Jordan and Amanda. We went to Victory Christian Center's Easter production of the last week of Jesus' life. Right as we parked, an awesome dude in a golf cart picked us up to take us to the front entrance. It was a BRILLIANT production. So well done. I don't know if I've ever seen a play so done so well.

 

 

Packed house!

 

The next morning, Brent and I went to church. Afterwards, we had our own Easter lunch. It was the first time I had ever cooked a holiday meal, even if it was just for two. (And so what if the ham I bought was pre-cooked? I still put it in the oven!)

We ate outside - it was a gorgeous day!

Southern sweet tea with my, um...Northern sweetie.

We laid on a blanket after lunch, out back. Brent did homework and I tried to nap, but ended up just interrupting him by trying to take pictures.

Me being a stalker again. This is Bertie, the adorable older woman who lives a few apartments down from us. She was hiding Easter eggs for her grandkids who were visiting. She's too adorable for words. I had to take a picture!

I know you're jealous of this meal.

I've recently been attempting to live more simply. Part of this new adventure included making my very own mixes.

Here are the tortillas - so delish! I also made my very own chili. It was so good! I'll never buy canned again...especially because they don't have Cattle Drive out here! ;)

Cookie Dough Brownies! These brownies were actually made with chocolate chips, not my mix. And the cookie dough frosting is homemade and eggless!

Kosher is Kool!

The Saturday after Easter, we went on a triple date to a Hibachi restaurant! Then we went to a frozen yogurt place.

David & Courtney, from Oregon.

Amanda & Jordan, from Pennsylvania.

So, before anyone came out to start cooking for us, they brought us this box of hot towels. We felt just like Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer. Sure enough, the people at the other end of our table just patted their hands with them and put them back in the box, so we all awkwardly did the same. Then a server came and took them away. Um....cool? Maybe we're just not that fancy. ;)

We came home to find a white crayon attached to the notice-holder outside our door!

The day after our triple date, the three of us girls went and did some shopping. So here I am modeling some of my fashion-forward finds... ;)

Brent and I went to Barnes and Noble the next Saturday. He did homework, and I read magazines. It was sooooooooooooooooooooo relaxing.

On our way home, we passed a shaved ice shack, like Snoasis back home. The line was even farther down the road then what you can see here! CA-RAZY!

Last Sunday was a volunteer expo at our church. Brent and I are on the altar care team, so we, along with our friend Remon, manned the booth!

We came home to find THIS on our living room floor. We've seen these a few times. I always think they're cockroaches, but apparently it's just a common beetle...so we're told. Praise the Lord we've never had cockroaches! Ewww....

 And finally, we found some Voila! Reminds me of being at my mother-in-love's house back home!

 

Misc. Pictures from February & March

Here's a nice batch of random pictures from February and March...

 

First up, I work with four-year olds. There's this one girl who is UH-dorable, and she's from Brazil. Her grandparents were visiting, and they brought her this awesome gift.

 Some of our neighbors built a snowman on their front steps...

FOOD! We love making pita pizzas! 

Brent and an awesome picture we found at the Salvation Army.

We had this conversation. I swear, I'm so much better with finances than I used to be! This was a one-time thing!

We SOOOO love our new friends, Jordan and Amanda! They're like, our twin couple!

Jordan makes his own techno music, and wants to be a DJ. He was showing Brent some of his stuff.

I got a bit spray paint happy....

I painted a side table I bought at an estate sale, and I made my own jewelry hanger with an old picture frame and some hooks from the Dollar Tree!

An old heirloom. :)

BBQ at Ty & Jenni's!

 

St. Patrick's Day!

Surprise Facetime call from Jim in Australia!

YUM!

One of the kids at the daycare had an awesome jacket, so one of my coworkers took advantage...

During Spring Break, I worked with some of the older kids. This is the girl from Brazil's older brother! It was his 10th birthday.

His parents! They're third year students at RBTC.

I made cherry pie wontons!

Mikayla and me, after a study group. Her sisters, mom and I were waiting in the Walmart parking lot for her dad and another friend to come out.

Got up early to get my driver's license renewed, only to FAIL my written exam!

I know...I know.....I didn't study the driver's manual.

Sister-in-love, Kera, got all of us Butler girls the same necklace. It's an owl, because we were all so wise for marrying Butler boys! :)

Our blue bathroom!

Sunset on our campus...

Rhema Bible Church at sunset!

Rhema Bible Training College at sunset!



Finally, Brent eating dinner!