so much going on lately. trying to plan the next few months: between youth group stuff, thanksgiving celebrations and christmas, too. with travelling required to see the family, it's a little more complicated anymore.
dan and i have a youth leaders' retreat coming up next month. i'm real excited for. not only is it a weekend out at westminster highlands, but we'll be hearing from other youth leaders, sharing ideas and whatnot. and, well... it's a weekend with dan at his favorite place on earth... it's sure to be a good time.
so, with everything with brandy having a baby dan and i started talking more about what we'd name our kids. i know, i know, it's early, we've got PLENTY of time... but it's still fun to talk about it. and we found 4 that we agree on, even. now, he's adamant that he wants 3, but i want 4... we'll just take however many God gives us. :) in any event here's the four names we came up with (they are, of course, subject to change at any time haha):
Calan Daniel (Cal like in California - scottish name - and daniel... well, my brother and my kids' daddy's name... )
Aric John (John after his grandpa, my great grandpa and my uncle... his dad has the same name, too, even tho he doesn't go by it)
Leila Katherine (Leila was my... great great aunt, i think and katherine was my great great grandma, also dan's mom's middle name)
Moriah Anne (the mountain Abraham sacrificed Isaac - just liked the name, and dan's grandma's name)
on a different note, dan and i have a couple halloween parties tonight. one at his friend ken's house and one at my aunt and uncle (rose and tom's) house. even though neither of us really like halloween, we figured we'd make an appearance at both to see friends and family. i'll let you know about our costume after we do it. don't want to give it all away... :)
save the date cards are coming along... started working on it more, i hope to do them next week. have to go to michaels for a few things, and walmart has the best price we've found for pictures... they're going to be so cute, i can't wait to get them done. :) then i can (FINALLY) cross it off my list of things to do! yay! i just keep transferring it from one list to the next... but not actually getting it done.
had a meeting at geneva about going back for my masters. i haven't technically applied yet, but that's what i'm going to do. go for a masters in family and marriage counseling. i recently did a spiritual gift/personality test (a pretty intense one, too. haha) and some of the results, while not surprising, were intriguing to me. my top 3 spiritual gifts were: 1. serving/ministry/helps 2. encouraging/exhorting and 3. mercy. a few things about my personality revealed i would be good at helping with hospital visits and bereavement... and the one profession that was clear through every aspect of the personality test was counseling. i think it's clear what i need to do. i've taken those before (none quite like this one) where counseling was always one of the top 3... sometimes the other two were nursing or teaching, but always had counseling in the midst. i guess i should have taken the hint and realized that's what God's been calling me to. well... now i'm doing it. i'm going to go for it and actually do it now. :) it's very exciting!
had 2 youth events so far... going to give the youth the wrong idea about youth group if we're not careful.. we have yet to have an actual meeting... just a bonfire and a tailgate party! this sunday will be our first real meeting. we'll see what happens. have had a good turn out for the first two events, so hopefully this will turn out well, too. :) they're great youth, i enjoy them a lot. they're so smart, and they're really on the right track with it Jesus. good times. the church is talking about mission trips for next year. i have just two issues with what they're discussing so far (tho, two big issues...) one. i'm getting married next year. don't know if we can go. depends when it is and such. two. three of the four trips they proposed are to go to WV. i hate west virginia and i have voted them out of the union. i have such bad memories there, and i don't know that i can spend a week there on a mission trip. we'll see what happens, though. i'm trying to be open minded about it, i'm just not sure how it will all work out. thankfully, it's not for me to work out. it's all in God's hands.
take care of you for me.
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