New Post!!

Haha, it’s been a while since my last post! Now I’m posting as Mrs. Olson Married life is wonderful!!! So far, we have painted the kitchen and our bedroom (last night we stayed up to paint our bedroom, put together our new bed and 2 “dressers” they’re kinda like mini-dressers - they fit perfectly in the space) We are both very excited about our new home, and slowly it is becoming “our” home. Oh! We got a really good deal on a KitchenAid mixer, of all the things I wanted in our home a KitchenAid mixer was WAY up there on the list! We had waited, and waited – not exactly sure why (heh) AND on a whim after taking care of all of Buddy’s (Mom and Dad O’s – really Kristy’s dog) information to fly him to Hong Kong, we decided to go to the Coast (yes the “Coast” not the “beach” or the “shore” – if you’ve been out on the West Coast you understand there is not as much beach as rocky coastal area.) Out by the coast there is an outlet mall with a Kitchen Collection store, the mixer was on sale on top of on sale – We got a nicer mixer than we expected to get at a cheaper price then the cheaper mixer!! Praise the Lord! He is so good to us, I don’t even understand that. So many times I think “Lord, why are you so good to me (us)? I don’t even serve you adequately. I know I could do more, I want to do more, but so often I fail – Why would you bless me anyway?”…..Mind boggling. He is worthy to be praised!! Praise be to the name of the Lord!! What a good God. Again I am reminded of a much earlier post as I reflect on my failure to praise our AWESOME, POWERFUL, MAJESTIC, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS CREATOR AND GOD as I ought! He is SOO good!! He does everything for our good and His Glory – How often I fail to see my Majestic Creator’s Mighty hand in my life. Praise be the name of the Lord.

Here are some pictures of our mixer AND our HOUSE!! I can’t wait to get some of the new bedroom pictures up! We are very excited about the way that turned out

 

WEDDING MANIA!!!!!!!!!!

Well, the wedding is only 18 days away… I can hardly believe that it’s true! I also can hardly believe I will be married soon! It seemed like forever and now it is a little less than 3 weeks away. I am ready to begin my new life with my soon to be husband! The long distance stuff was good for us, but I am ready for it to be over. God taught me alot and I know that I never want to be apart from him again! – I miss him more every single day… it’s getting ridiculous lol. Saturday my wonderful, awesome, great, adorable fiance is coming to see me!!!! Then, he will not leave me anymore! Always together!! It is totally lonely being without him. I love the time with my family, don’t get me wrong, it is incredibly awesome to have this time!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT nobody else is my Andy – and my Andy is my other half. So I need my other half to be whole! – Well, now that I got all that out!
Wedding plans are going well!!! Praise the Lord everything is falling into place, infact other than calls I do not have to do any other wedding plans until after Andy arrives………… Praise the Lord! It was fun planning the wedding, but it can become stressful too!
What I have left to do is to print the programs, get our marriage license, go to premarital counseling, meet with the baker, meet with the florist (my aunt), meet with the emcee, talk with the pianist, double up on some reception things, and settle an exact time with the hair dresser. So, basically it’s alot of communication – ALOT OF TALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I will just give a HUGE sigh of relief once all of the planning is finished!! (Just in time to enjoy the BIG day right??) I hope so! I plan to enjoy my 13 days with my Fiance once he gets here! I accomplished all of my goals I planned to complete before he got here – So that’s GOOD!! I want a stress-free, enjoyable time with the man I will soon marry!
I also realize it has been MONTHS since I last posted – and I know that it will probably not be until the next month after our wedding when I post again – BUT when I do post again I am sure my wonderful new husband will help me put PiCtUrEs up!!!!!!!!! The REAL fun part of bloggin!!! It’ll be great!! So catch me in August!!!

Andy is coming!!!

Andy will be with me in 11 days!!!!!!! Yay! Friends of ours are getting married, and both Andy and I are in the wedding, so it gave a good reason for Andy to come out. I can barely wait until he does!! Anyway at some point I will figure out how to add pictures, and put up what I can, maybe I’ll be able to put up pictures from our friends wedding…Maybe I’ll ask Andy to help I’m just very excited that I will get to be with him for a few days I’m sleepy, so I think that’s all I will write for now…

Mrs. Olson…. :)

I had SO SO much fun with Andy this last week! We registered, we packed, we watched movies, we drank coffee, we shopped, we laughed, we just flat out enjoyed eachother’s company! My life is so blessed by Andy’s presence! I love him! I can’t wait to become Mrs. Olson So crazy, because that is what I call his mom and that will be my name. We’ll have the same name! hehe. When Andy came out we exchanged Christmas gifts, and he got me my one wish I asked for! (which totally seemed impossible) I got the necklace I will wear at our wedding! That’s all for now, I’ll need to post later, but it will be definately later.

Home for the Holidays… :) Christ is King!

Finals are over, and so is the first semester of my SENIOR year in college!! Wow, how the Lord has brought me through. I could not have done all of this without Him. He has truly grown and changed me this year in ways I never thought possible. My faith and resolve in the Lord has grown to higher degrees of dependence on Him. I truly enjoyed every class I took. It was alot, but it was SOO good. I would not have traded this semester for anything. Honestly, it was VERY VERY difficult to be away from my sweetheart, Andy, but yet I knew and have come to see it true that the Lord would do great things this year in our lives to draw us closer to Him and prepare us for marriage. I know it to be true in my life, and in Andy’s as well. I have seen such growth in his life and I am so thankful for a willing, loving, godly man that too as I believe that marriage is for the rest of our lives. Only death will break the bound of marriage, where forever we will worship the Lord! I just try to keep life in perspective. He’ll be my husband in due time – and in the mean time I can enjoy all of the people and experiences God brings my way. I LOVE MY FAMILY AND MY CHURCH FAMILY! (Of course, I have 2 church families – 1 at home and 1 at college, plus a college family) People have just become so important to me, more than ever before. 1 person can make such a difference in another’s life. We just had our cantata at my home church (Bensalem) tonight…One of the themes of the cantata was to love and be giving toward others. I feel sorry for those who love no one but themselves – they MUST be miserable. I get so much joy and fulfillment by loving others. It’s like a hug – You don’t give one without getting one back. So often when you show joy and kindness to others you can’t help but get it in return. Even from the gruff people – I love seeing a hard person soften! It’s so wonderful. Everyone needs to be loved!!!!!!!!!! And of course during this Christmas season people are more tender being reminded of Jesus Christ, God, coming to earth not to live, but to die and show the ultimate love for human kind! He died for ME! He died for YOU!!!!! But He didn’t just die! He rose again and is my Savior! (John 3:16, Acts 16:31, Romans 6:23, Romans 10:9-10) Truly it is a gift (Ephesians 2:8-10). Never again will a lamb have to be slain to picture payment of my sins. “It is finished!” Just as He cried from Calvary. How POWERFUL my Savior is! He is LORD! He is KING! He is Eternal! Just as Isaiah 6:9 says that His names will be “…Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace…” How amazing is the Lord of Glory!!! – Christmas time is a great time to think about what God did for us! I am so glad that I get to be with my family this Christmas! I am very excited that I get to see Andy not this coming tuesday, but next tuesday. In seven months I will be married and looking forward to a lifetime of love with my love of a lifetime! That is SOO exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many wedding plans to be accomplished during that time! But I will make sure it is a good time of fellowshipping with him as well! I think that is what I miss the most about him not being with me, just good old talking! No problems of time zones or school work! I will blog more tomorrow, but I need to get going – I don’t think I even wrote about the things I planned to write about, but that’s quite alright, because I enjoy far more thinking about God, and thinking about Andy and my family. So, that’s all for now!

Fall Break! L O V E my family!!!!

Have I mentioned I love my family?? Agh! They are so wonderful. I am home for fall break, and so totally happy to be here! I have such a wonderful family. I spent the past 2 days hanging out with my mom doing the “necessary” shopping bit while I am home… So fun! We got those little 4 long pictures you get in those “picture fun” booths in the mall. Totally fun, and wonderful memories. Well tomorrow I get to hang out with John and Ruthie – Can’t wait!!! (and Erin’s coming to sleep over tomorrow too!!!) THEN on Saturday I get to spend MOST of the day with my FAMILIA! We have so much fun together, and to echo Tim’s one about having fun with the family. We certainly do, they laugh like crazy. Good memories, I will certainly miss my family when Andy and I move to Oregon. However, I am thankful that the  Lord is allowing us to be near his family. As obviously such a family person, I need that line in my life for now anyway (hence why He’s allowing us to). If God so chooses to move us away I am so thankful for the strong ties He’s given all along. I love Andy’s family so much, and can’t wait to officially make them mine! What a blessing to find the man of my dreams and get to marry him! Even on top of that to be joined into his wonderful family just thrills me! Blessing abound in God’s will. It amazes me how everything in my life, and everything in this world just completely points me back to my Great Almighty God! I was telling my mom today, I just am so amazed how God made this world to point back to Him. We were actually talking about parents making sacrifices for their children, which obviously took me directly to God’s sacrifice for me of Jesus Christ (God) on the cross. Wow, what an amazing God. Ok, now I am totally distracted, got talking with the family, and watching “Deal or No Deal” anyway…I’ll write more later!