Still alive..

I'm still around even though my blog might not show that. I'm currently at work after a nice 5 days off.

After having 5 days off I really would prefer to be at home but alas I am here. So I'll make the best of it and blog:-)

What have I been up too?

Well we went to Florida for 9 days which was great! I loved it and getting to do all the fun parks and dinner shows. My favorite was probably Sea World and I'm even going to write that I cried while watching the Shamu show. It was just so cool to me to see how incredible God's creation is. Jared was a trooper and a super nice husband because I know that doing all the animal parks and dinner shows are not his favorite. But he did get to go to Harry Potter, which I also enjoyed and I am now actually reading the books. Everything at Harry Potter was very true to the movies. One of the rides made both Jared and I feel SUPER sick, so I didnt even end up going on the other major roller coaster. So that really is not so fun or it made me realize I might be getting old and I can't ride roller coasters anymore...I'm hoping that it was just the ride and that I can still enjoy Cedar Point maybe even this summer.

Currently(besides being at work) I'm looking forward to our reception/pig roast fun on June 9th. Hopefully the weather will be nice. I just ordered some fun collages, canvas prints and a couple other picture things for it. I'm excited to see how they turned out! I am also quite excited to have a mashed potato bar and have super yummy cupcakes!! YES!

And then at the end of June, its time for Panama!! Yeah mission trips! I'm so excited to go as a leader and be able to have that experience. God is so good. And I'm also excited because we finally have a youth pastor at church and I think we may start small groups soon and I would just love that. But back to the mission trip, I know its not about the fun excursions that we are going to have although we are going on a boat to an island where howler monkeys abound! And then we are going on a jungle viewing thing, which is going to be beautiful! And I am also most excited about being a leader and meeting and being able to impact alot of teens.


God is so good!

just a random post

So as I was wishing that someone else had posted something new, I decided to write a new post.

I'm sure its not going to be very exciting, so be forewarned.

I did FINALLY go see The Hunger Games and.......I loved it! It was actually very close to the book and I just loved all the people who starred in the movie. I feel like they did such a fabulous job of picking people who were portrayed in the book. I dragged Jared to the movie, I'm not sure if he understood the whole thing but at least I didn't have to go alone.

I need to find a new dresser and have been looking but havent found anything that I have to have yet. Oh well, I guess the search will continue!

I think we may be getting internet at our house (still feels weird to stay that). Which would be quite nice! Then we can watch Netflix and be able to go on the internet, besides on my phone.

Well thats all for my nothingness post. Maybe if I think of something exciting I'll write more later. Or maybe I'll go on my phone and put up a picture or two.

Mrs.

Well if you can guess from the title, we got married :-)

I am so terrible at keeping up this here blog but whatever. March 29th was the day, and yes it was a Thursday if you are looking at a calendar and wondering. It was so fun and laid back. And everything went well!

I am now an old married woman, Mrs. Ashleigh Wendzel to be exact.

We went to Chicago for the weekend after the wedding, and it was really fun. I felt really wealthy since we stayed at the Ritz Carlton! Whoa! But it was so fun! Really pretty hotel as well!
We got city passes which was great, because then you have to wait in next to no lines and its a really sweet deal! If you go to Chicago, you should probably get yourself some city passes.

And now in less than 2 weeks we are going to Florida!!!! YES! And going to Universal Studios to none other than The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! Oh yeah!

Yesterday we had my mom, stepdad and twins(sisters) over for Easter and it was way fun and all of my food was pretty tasty too!

So married life is good as well. It still seems strange to have someone there all the time but good as well. The only problem we had was my bed, which had a really comfy piece of memory foam for one person but with two people it was a FAIL!! Last Monday morning I could have really hurt someone because I got no sleep and I was mad! But.....problem solved without the memory foam:-) And I am now a much happier woman and maybe even wife, haha!!

A much needed post!

So I officially stink at keeping up my blog!

A lot has happened recently and yet there was silence! Oops! But here is an update...

1. I got engaged!!! Yep:-) its true! Jared asked me and I said yes. I suppose I should write the story but I'm not feeling very motivated currently so maybe tomorrow. Then it wouldn't be so long between posts.
2. I am getting married in 3 weeks from today!!! Ahh:-) I'm excited! Then in April we are going to Florida! Which will be fantastic!
3. I am going to Panama in July for 2 weeks! I am so looking forward to it! God is so good!
4. I read all of the hunger games books and loved, loved, loved them!! They are so good! I am so looking forward to the movie coming out, even though I don't have high hopes for it even coming close to the book, I still think it will be fun.
5. I can't think of anything else so that's all!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Today is my birthday! And I'm going to be having one the above cakes today! I am pretty excited!!

It is from Boonzaaijer Bakery in Kalamazoo, it is my favorite place to have cake from. They are a dutch bakery and have other tasty dutch treats, and even chocolate letters at the right time of year. My great grandpa used to go to the Netherlands and would always bring us back the first letters of our name in Droste chocolate.

If you have never had their cakes, well you are missing out:-) If you are ever in the area you should definitely go buy a slice or a cake.

I Made It! (well almost)

I have survived 5 days of taking care of the twins, numerous horses, 4 dogs and 5 cats. Whew!

Well it wasn't bad at all, despite what I may have just made it seem like. It was fun! We did a lot of fun things and had lots of really tasty foods! Currently the twins are out riding their donkeys and I am finally relaxing.

We went to the library and I am currently reading The Hunger Games and finding it very good. I am trying to stay out of the book zone where all I think about is the characters and then forget about real life, but if I hadn't been watching the zoo all weekend I probably would be on book 2 at least and definitely in a book zone. So I guess its a good thing, I am in charge here.

On another note, my birthday is tomorrow! I both love and hate my birthday. I love it because well its my day, I can pretty much do what I want and for some reason I feel pretty special all day. But I don't really like it because I'm turning another year older, 26 to be exact. Where did 25 go? I feel like I just turned 25! and now tomorrow I will be 26! What?!

I don't really know what I might even want for my birthday, I need my hair hi-lighted so maybe I'll ask for that or I could really use some new make-up. I also need to decide where to eat for my birthday dinner, since it is my birthday I should probably decide. I am kind of leaning toward Olive Garden and getting the tasty ravioli that I love which has mushrooms and tasty sun dried tomato sauce. I think I may have just made my decision, now that I'm salivating and wishing I was eating that right now. I guess tonight I will have to settle for some Annie's organic Mac and Cheese.

Maybe you'll even get a post from me tomorrow on my birthday! I guess that will depend on what I end up doing with my day:-)

Brrr!!

Not only do we now have snow :-( but this morning it was 7 degrees! Super cold!
But I will admit it looks pretty see the attached photo:)

Off to church I go!