Home :)

For the first Spring Break ever, I am at home in Quincy. Its been so wonderful though spending time with family and of course making the usual friday night trip to Gem City :) Last night I got to watch the Olympics with my parents which is quite a treat - my mom saw Apollo Ohno was on and sprinted out of the kitchen to go watch him on the big TV. I ran to follow (watching her is almost as exciting as watching Apollo) and completely crashed on the slick hard wood floor! 
Later that night I got to see my friend Laura who is home for the weekend yay! 
Today my mom, sister and I went to the Sheila Walsh event at our church. It was a great morning/afternoon of teaching from the Word and learning how to trust in God.   I loved getting connected back into the Crossing and seeing some familiar faces. 


The wedding planning is in full swing this week! I went to the Bridal Expo today at the OLCC and was bombarded by photographers - which I already have an amazing one booked - but the event should have been called photography expo. Oh well I got to register for lots of free stuff, maybe Kory & I will win a free trip to Mexico :)


Tomorrow we are off to Alpha, IL to visit with my cousin Kristin and her precious baby Audrey and the rest of the Speer family. Can't wait to hear some baby talk!


winter-breakin' it,
Katie

yucky.

Thats how I feel today. My tummy hurts and it needs to be fed but nothing tastes good. I had to make a quick exit from the shower because I thought I was going to pass out since I am so weak. Now I sit on my sofa with a full bowl of cold soup, sprite, water, and crackers waiting to be devoured.
I am so thankful that I have nurturing housemates to mommy me and take care of me.
Friends marathon the rest of the day.

in a whining mood,

Katie

Tyler Perry, Game Nights, and The Bachelor...what else could a girl ask for?

Friday night has become "date night" or at least "lets see each other night" for Kory and I this year. This past friday we went to our favorite place - Las Charreada's or better known as La Chas. Then he surprised me by renting the new Tyler Perry movie (I'm a HUGE fan) after telling me he was going to rent some action/war movie. Now, while I'm a huge supporter of his films, this was definitely not his best...just a warning, do not base your opinion off of "I can do bad all by myself" even the title is sub-par!

Saturday after a relaxing day my roommate and our girlfriends surprised my friend steph at work with an impromptu game night. We had so much fun "imagining if" Jake Pavelka, Vienna, and Umfundisi Jim Lo (our dean of chapel) were playing the game with us!

To back-track, on thursday I had off work so I spent 6 hours (yes I'm not the best with priorities at times) watching the first three episodes of this season's The Bachelor. I am hooked! I even looked up the spoilers... terrible idea! 
Monday night we got together to watch it after waiting 15 minutes so it could be Tivo'ed without commercials! This was much better than sitting on my laptop for 6 hours :)

Dear Jake, thanks for bringing girlfriends together!

Katie

I'm going to be a pastor's wife.

As crazy as that may sound considering Kory's major is Social Work we have just accepted a position at our home church, The Crossing where Kory will be a Children's Pastor! How awesome is God? We now see why he was called to serve at Kanakuk for a summer, and why God has led both of us to be very involved in the lives of children in Marion.

This was so not part of our plan which is the best part! That is just how God works, start taking control of your life and he will sweep in and take back the reins so you don't mess up His wonderful plan.

We are looking forward to moving back home next December, [something I thought I would never say] but until then I will live in Marion working at the Boys & Girls Club and he will work in Quincy until we get married -- only 194 days!-- and then he will move to part-time until december.

Enjoying the journey!
Katie

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