Holiday Season is here!! :)

It's about that time!! I loveeee this time of year! So much fun and excitiement! Yes, I've already decorated my dorm room for Christmas! Not trying to skip Thanksgiving, but i just love this time and got a little anxious! :) So here are plenty of pics!! Enjoy and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

 We had engagement pics taken!!!

Btw, we set a date! May 23, 2015!

Now time to decorate the halls! 

 Sugar Cookies!

 Today I took some girls i was babysitting to the zoo! After that

and chickfila they wanted to go see Mr. Matt at work! :)

 Another adorable kid i keep! He makes life so sweet!

Yes... I should win the babysitter of the year award! :)

My room is all ready for christmas!

Mom, Nana, and i went to Christmas Village!

Just enjoying life!

Life lately has been really great (as always lol)! I made it through midterms (WOOHOO!), enjoyed fall break, and besides that just enjoyed everyday life! For fall break the student leaders at college went on a retreat to the lake. It was a great time  of relaxing and alot of  laughs!!

Then there is the awesome date nights with my man! Last weekend we carved a pumpkin with his younger sister. He did great! We girls just supervise! Then each Wednesday night is our date night. Last Wednesday we went out to eat, then went to the movies! Can i rabbit trail from there? I really do love a good deal and using a coupon. I honestly believe this is one way God blesses me. Like Wednesday night I had coupons for free movie tickets, candy, and most of our dinner. It is a continuous things and honestly Matt and i are often surprised ourselves. We are both full time college students and who really has money anyway, but by the grace of God we are able to (In my opinion) eat like kings and queens, dress in very nice clothing, and enjoy outings that we would never be able to do if it was not for sales, coupons, and yard sales! I just wanted to tell you how blessed we  are! :) As we are both called into ministry it is often asked how would it work financially. My opinion is if God is providing this well now i have no doubt that He will continue. Btw, also have i said lately how much i love my fiance?! Each day i realize more and more how perfect we are for  each other.

Finally, lately God has really been laying on my heart to "bloom where I'm planted" meaning in my life I do not have to be a children's minister to impact children's lives. I keep children almost on a daily basis. So last night i was keeping some kids and as they were playing i was reading my quiet time. Well they asked what i was reading and long story short they do not go to church and do not have a Bible. Why have i missed this opportunity so many times before?! So then i decided to teach them a song about Jesus and this lead to us talking about Jesus. Their attention span was short, but i pray for those nuggets of truth that was planted! :)

Besides that.... I love my life as RA, fiance, student, daughter, granddaughter (Please continue praying for both of my sick grandmothers!), friend and daughter in Christ! :) 

Enjoy the pics! 

JEN 

PRAISE REPORT!

Soooo I do not think I've mentioned it on this blog, but I'm sure I have on www.jenniferandkathryn.blogspot.com about my grandmother's cancer. She found out over the summer and it was pretty serious. Well it's had it's ups and downs. First round of chemo did not go so well and so she just finished her second round. She got the results back from her scan last week and *drum roll* and her cancer has shrunk 40%!!! We are praising the Lord and thankful for what He is doing! She will continue chemo treatements and hopefully it will get the rest! Please keep praying!:)

JEN

Camping!

We had an amazing weekend and it isn't even over yet! It was not quite what I expected, but it has been full of memories! :) My family, matt and I went camping this weekend! It was tent camping and it was a blast! We cooked by the fire, played cards, rested and just enjoyed being away from the normal life! It came a terrible rain tonights so we decided to quickly pack up and come home. Wasn't what we had planned, but still great memories! Poor matt.... first camping trip ever and it will forever be unforgetable! We are now cuddled up on the couch, eating pizza (Our homemade chili over the fire got soaked), and watching a movie for abnomal psychology (A little disturbing...lol)! Oh how i love my life and my fiance!! :) He is an amazing man who can make anything a blast! This is one weekend we will remember forever!

JEN

They were good!

Life as a gift!!

Hi blogging world! :) It's been quite a while. I really had great intentions of blogging, but it just never really happened. One of my professors the other day said something about how a life that is not worth journal is a life not worth living. I'm not sure that is exactly true, but i do think it is cool to journal so that one day you can look back and see what happened in your life. So with that said, i plan on using this blog as a journal type of thing. If you don't want to hear what all has been going on in my life then i advise you not to read this blog... lol This is also a way for my parents and grandmothers to keep up with my life seeing that I am not able to go home much at all anymore! So I hope you enjoy this ride as my wonderful life unfolds!! :)

Below are just some fun pics from life lately with Matt (my fiance!), being RA (resident assistant) at college, and some other random fun things about life!

God has really been laying on my heart lately how i work so hard and stay so busy, yet life is passing by with great fury. I want to stop and smell the flowers. i want to hear the birds sing and enjoy life. So feel free to follow me as i enjoy the life God has so richly blessed me with! :)

JEN

Matt and I went on a date to tree top! It has put-put, go karts, and an arcade!

We had coupons which made it even better! It was a blast! :)

 Moving back to school.... 1 out of the 4 to come!

 Move in day for the new students!!

 One of the precious kids i keep! I'm SO blessed to be able to work with children!

 Cooking has become my hobby! This is a YUMMY apple cake!

 All of the RA's cooked this dinner! It was amazing!

 Some more adorable kids!

 With Matt at the Vulcan!

 Oh how I miss this kid!

 Matt and I went to the zoo!!

 Last Sunday at Enon. We had a back to school bash and the fire truck came

and sprayed the kids down! Angela and I had as much fun as the kids!

 Orientation day!

 Some of the amazing girls on my hall!

Love these girls! :)

 

 

 

That's all the pictures for now!
JEN

NEW BLOG!

Hi! So, I've decided to begin a new blog with more of a simple fun loving atmosphere! My life is always a joy and I look forward to keeping you updated. Not sure if anyone will really care, but I'm looking forward to it! :) Stay tuned to see what is going on in my life!

JEN