Week in Review

River Day

Today I crossed the first thing off of my
Summer 2013 to-do list: Go to the river! It was

so relaxing to be able to sit in the sun with a book and

not have to worry about anything. I also got 

to spend some time with my brother, (from

another mother), Clay. I'm starting off the summer

by reading The Great Gatsby. I haven't read it before, but

wanted to finish it before seeing the new movie!

Here's the rest of my 

Summer Reading List:

The Great Gatsby

The Circle Maker

Life of Pi

Water for Elephants

The Happiness Project

Enlistment

After waiting for nearly two years, Zach

enlisted in the Army on Thursday.

His family and I went to Fort Lee

to watch him enlist, and it wasn't until

we got in the car to go home that it really sunk in.

I'm dating a soldier. 

So of course I started tearing up.

He doesn't leave for another two months

but I already know it's going to be hard.

We're so used to seeing and talking to each other

every single day, so months apart without hearing or seeing

each other is going to be awful.

But, I have no doubt that this is going to 

be good for the both of us.

I'm just grateful that God made him wait

so patiently for this time to come, because if

he enlisted two, or even one year ago, it wouldn't

of been the same. We needed those two years to

learn and grow and love.

And all of this time apart is

just going to be another growing experience.

It's almost that time

May is here, which means it's almost time

for the hot weather. I can't wait!

Now, I love lists. 

I love making them and being able to

cross things off. It makes me feel accomplished.

So, here's my list of things that I would

love to do this summer!

Summer 2013 To Do List

Go to the beach

Go camping

Help someone who needs it

Ride a bike

Read

Shoot off fireworks

Try a new recipe

Go to a concert

Sit around a fire

Take more photos

Join a new bible study

See a movie at the drive-in

Go hiking

Throw a party

Get an A in my first Vet Tech class

Go to the river

Have a photoshoot

Get a pedicure

Go to a farmer's market

Give someone a gift

Have a craft day

Build with tools

Breakfast for dinner

Go out of state

Discover a new ice cream shop

Go on a road trip

Eat crab legs

Celebrate my birthday

Make s'mores

Make art

Keep an eye out for my Summer Reading List!

Things are changing

My first blog post. 

I guess the question is, why start blogging?

Well, things are changing in my life.

BIG things. 

Zach is enlisting in the Army on THURSDAY. 

Two days from now things are going to be completely different. 

The moment he signs that contract he's theirs for 6 years. He'll get his

date for bootcamp, and then training is after that.

Which means weeks and weeks without him here.

After training he'll go away to a base, where ever they want to send him.

Things are no longer going to be normal, and honestly,

I'm going to have a LOT of spare time on my hands.

Hence, blogging :)