all smiles!

Hello All! I know its been FOREVER! I promised Aunt Angie I would get some new pictures up and Erin as well....so, not much to say except I've never been happier, life is good, God is good!

Introductions into my other life...

I have to admit I was pretty upset when I recieved an A- for my blog...just because I didn't have any pictures. It's just myself and Jared and those are never really fun....so I went through my camera and found some picutres. The picutres I am going to try and upload are those of Jareds niece and nephews. I figure maybe you would like to meet them. Hopefully you will bare with, because I am not used to putting pictures on here. Most of the pictures will have Jared in them because it's from his birthday party. You will all soon come to realize Jared is not very photogenic.

This is a picture of Alex. Alex is the oldest of the kids and is turning 12 on the 27th. He is a great kid and is always so helpful when I babysit them.

Now this is Scott. I believe Scott is 7. He is a good boy. He absolutey loves to tell you about his day in detail and is pretty much willing to do anythig for anyone. He has such a good heart and is always wanting to be a helper...he is more of a leader rather than a follower.

Tori is the only girl out of the crew. She is 6 and is definately spoiled by mommy and daddy. She gets away with anything and often times has special priviliges. Jared and I have talked about it and we both think its such a bad idea. The other boys see how she gets special treatment...but she is not our child.

Can you tell by looking at this picture that he is awnery? Well he is. This is Noah and he is the youngest....4 I believe. Noah is the most unique child I have ever met. Wes and Melissa ( Jareds sister and brother-in-law) have their hands full. Everything Noah eats has to be glutin free...so alot of times they have to prepare special desserts for him and alot of things he has to have his own jar of. He is a total Ham, can always make you laugh.

So there ya have it. That would be some pictures for Aunt Ang, and plus everyone gets to meet some kids I enjoy hanging around. I think it has been mentioned before but all of the kids are adopted. The oldest three are actual siblings adopted from ashland county and then noah was adopted from marion county. I have heard about their pasts and I'm glad that I am able to know them and that they have had a great home provided to them :)

Deadline met!

I can't get into Erins website, so I'm not sure if she has updated yet or not...and I know Ash is doing amazing even being really pregnant...and I know Em has not yet updated....we must keep Aunt Ang happy guys! I'm never sure what to write about because my life is not that eventful. It's always the same ol stuff. Still working and going to school.
Tonight I went to the HS spring musical. Kate did a fabulous job! When did she grow up so fast???? Do you guys ever feel that way? Jared willingly came with me even know he really didn't want to go at first...afterwards he mentioned it several times how he enjoyed it. It was really good...it actually sounded like everyone could sing as well! I remember back in the day when I was in theater....I knew I wasn't the best singer...so I just sang quietly...or mouthed the words..but there were some who didn't bother and sang at the top of their lungs! lol...its all good though.
As of late my days have been spent studying and working, and spending as much time with Jared as possible. It's wierd to think I will not get to see him for possibly up to a yr. Ash your strong and I'm proud of you...I hope I can keep my head up. Jared leaves for training May 1 and then I won't see him for 10 to 12 months. It seems like it has come so fast. Makes me sick to my stomach to even think about it. Anyway I really do not have much more to add...I need to get some sleep, I've been attending the Bridge service in the gym on Sunday's and find myself LOVING it. It really is the highlight of my week. Ok well I hope everyone is doing well..and can't wait to catch up on some blogs!

I got the phone call :(

Well I hope everyone had a very nice christmas! I know that I did. It was so much fun going around and visiting with family. I was picking up my room tonight when I got a phone call from Aunt Ang, yes she was scolding me for not having the blog updated. So, I said I would have it updated tonight...knew I had to do it!
Not much is going on. I am working as usually and am on my winter break from school. Finally dwindling down to the last few classes before I am on the waitlist for clinicals. Work is going well. I really enjoy working at RS, but sometimes it is very frustrating with some of the people I work with. I would much rather just work with all guys much less drama that way. Other than that not much else goes on with work and school.
Jared and I are doing great. It seems he makes me smile everyday and we always are having something to talk about. I'm glad Ashley was able to take a picture of him and I even though he looks like he was smoking something, lol. Last monday was my christmas with his family, it was fun. We ate dinner and then went downstairs by the fire to open presents and watch a movie. The family didn't have much money this year, but all the kids went through their own " stuff " in their rooms and each of them put together a gift bag for me. It was by far the best gifts ever. Each of them colored me a picture and made me a card. I recieved a homemade candle from the oldest Alex, Football cards, and a homemade puzzle scott colored for me and from Tori the only girl I recieved a beautiful BIG gold pin with a nice BIG purple gem dangling from it, and a kiss from the youngest Noah. They are such givers. From Jared I recieved a candle warmer that I loved from dutch heritage last year ( I was impressed he remembered ) and an electric blanket...yes folks an electric blanket. He is very practical I suppose lol. It's nice thought def. keeps me warm at night!
Christmas with mom and dad was fun, I got a nice gift from dad and a nice gift from mom...both which are very special to me. This year at grandma babcocks I actually was allowed to take some pictures. It will be nice since grandma never used to let me...and this year she was giving the crooked finger to anyone who was not willingly taking a picture with her. She is doing well, def. gaining some weight which makes me happy. At grandmas I even got a really nice picture of my mom. I will have to upload it sometime. Then at grandm Pughs I got a great picture of her. At first she refused to smile so I had to say something that made her burst into laughter. I simply said " grandma just think of grandpa naked " it worked and I got a great picture.
Anyway I am gonna head to bed soon. I have to work in the morning and I am hopefully seeing jared tomorrow night. I hope that everyone had a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! Love you all!

I'm really terrible at this!

So, yes I know it's been awhile. At least I do update every so often. Life with Amber has been interesting. I will not go into all the details, but things are going better. God is good is all I can say. I am really glad I have family to talk to when things have gotten me down. I just had been so sad lately and letting things get in my way...but thanks to friends and mostly family you all helped so much!
I recently have started attending church again. I absolutely LOVE Pastor Trainer. I think God will do great things through him with our church. Church is something I look forward to again. I'm not proud to say that before I never wanted to go, but sadly it was the truth. Our church has definately been growing and it is really exciting :) Starting in September we are going to be having a second service now. It will be at the same time as the first service, but it will be more contemporary.....not sure how much more contemporary one can get lol. I am excited though. The Pastor for the second service is a missionary candidate, so that is pretty interesting. We are currently doing a series called " A walk Across The Room". It's a series on how each individuals personal story always boils down to someone taking a walk across the room to introduce it to you. Well not every story, but most stories. Our Pastor is so into it, and he is genuine you can tell. He is great at keeping ones attention as well. So, if you couldn't tell....I'm excited!
Work is going well....I still like my job. School starts mid september...I no longer have enough classes to be full time...which isn't great b/c that equals no heath insurance...hope I don't get sick! I actually need to stop procrastinating...I haven't even scheduled my classes yet...YIKES. I'm ready to be done and graduated. I just have to keep telling myself I can do it.
In other news, I'm dating Jared. I am not sure how fast word spreads in the family, but him and I have always been friends since we last broke up...I think on both parts we were a lil afraid, bc we became to serious to fast. I like spending time with him, but I like my time apart as well...at least for now. With Josh I was with him every single stinkin second of the day! EW. lol. I totally learned my lesson there. Ok, well I have to get up and go to work in the morning, so I'm gonna get going. As I always say i am going to try and keep up with this...very unlikely but I am going to try. Love you all!

Ho Hum

Well today is just another day. I have an exam coming up here at 5, not to thrilled about it...but oh well. It's definately been a rough couple of days. Work is keeping me busy as well as school.
Yesterday I was suppose to babysit Jared's niece and nephews while his sister ( melissa) had a ladies night out and her husband (wes) was working. When I got to their house I noticed that Melissa's van was missing but Jared's mom ( Cindy ) her van was there. So I went inside, and Cindy began to tell me what was going on. Well Melissa's 3 oldest are home schooled and they had their state testing yesterday. Afterwards all the mansfield christian home schoolers went swimming at a pool in Bellville. Melissa asked her mom to go along, because she was taking noah the three year old, and she felt she needed an extra pair of eyes bc so many children were there. They went along their day swimming when Cindy told melissa she saw noah run of towards the slide. Melissa went looking for him, couldn't find him anywhere, from across the pool she saw a small body at the bottom of the pool. She screamed for a woman to get noah. He had went all the way to the bottom and he is three so he couldn't swim back to the top. They got him out and they said he was throwing up a ton of water. Poor guy was frightend so terrible. They kept him over night for observation so he wouldn't dry drown or get pnemonia. I definately can't imagine how Melissa was feeling, my heart almost stopped just hearing the story. Noah is definately a dare devil, so who knows he may be more cautious about things now. I did have fun with the other children though. We took pics, and played outside....you know that making mud pies is like the best thing ever! lol.
Anyway not much else is new, so I probably should stop procrastinating and go study. I will talk to everyone later!

Who knew???

lol, who knew actually waking up early could be soo good. I have been getting up like i said early. However this morning I woke up at 7:45. I do not have to be to work until 10, but I woke up I had 100% whole grain wheat english muffin, grapefruit, so pineapple juice stuff ( not the healthiest) but only a sm. class full and my vitamins! For lunch Ihave yet another veggie sub on wheat, and some fruit. Which this all makes me very happy! I would like to start waking up and going for like just a 20 minute walk....we will see :)
Yesterday I had my first anatomy exam(midterm) yesterday...boy was it hard, but I believe I did well bc i studied my butt off! Ok, well I suppose that will be all for now. I am gonna keep chugging along today. Hope everyone has a good day!