Origami at Work?

May 10th

It was pretty slow today so naturally I looked up origami diagrams :) (I have lots of fun at work....some days anyways)

Bunny: Was unique with being square and all but it was pretty easy.

Penguin: I asked my manager what her favorite animal was and she said "Penguin". So after 10min I finally found a cool origami penguin, BOY was it challenging! It took my quite awhile I even had to watch the video because the diagram was too hard to understand in some parts. But it turned out great and is now on my managers bulitain board in her office ;)

-BW

Small Group at the Park

May 13th

Today for small group we ate dinner at our place and then walked to the park 3 blocks from our apartment :) we played around for a bit on the fun structure, what can I say we are still kids, and then the guys( Ryan, Jon, & Mike) went off to play tennis and the girls(Mary, Megan, and I) spread out a blanket and talked :) the weather was perfect and the conversation was great, mostly about marriage (all newly married), children (Mary & Jon are expecting their first), and family. I love them all to death, they are awesome friends!

- BW

Fishing & "Camping In"

In April and May Ryan was getting the itch, the itch to go fishing! It was all he talked about, haha ;) he finally got license and found his old tackle box and fishing pole and got out there. The next time he went out I got license and borrowed a pole from my parents and we caught 2 decent sized crappie, perfect for our dinner.

And with us being in the outdoorsy mood we decided to finally set up the tent we got as wedding gift but inside our apartment! It took up our whole living room, it's a pretty great tent! We fully intended to "camp in" that night but as we laid there, and I was about to fall asleep Ryan said "why are we sleeping out here on the floor instead of our bed in the other room?" "because it's fun" I said .... (dead silence while we both feel how hard the floor is and think about how much better we'd sleep in the bed) ... Then in unison "let's sleep in the bed" haha so it was a fun evening of fishing and "camping" and ended with a great nights sleep on our pillow top mattress. ;)


-BW

HE IS RISEN!

Good Friday

For this years Good Friday service at church the youth were put in charge of the service. We only had a couple months notice but the leadership team came up with some ideas and then we worked the details out with the kids and I think it tuned out great.

I wrote skit about 4 high school kids during study hall. 2 were believers and 2 were not. In the skit the believers get to share their faith by telling the story Good Friday. Once they finish with Jesus being buried they ask "that's it! He just dies!? Doesn't he come back to life like he said he would?" (the school bell rings) and the believers invite them to come to church on Sunday to find out what happens 3 days later.

After that we did communion and showed a video compilation of the Jesus movies to the "Revelation Song" by Kari Jobe (very powerful) and ended with people being able to dip their fingers in red paint and mark on a cross the youth had built as they left the service.

-BW

"How deep the Father's love for us,
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss,
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the chosen One,
Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon a cross,
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed I hear my mocking voice,
Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that left Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished

I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom"

A Walk in the Park

Grandpa & Grandma came for a visit in April, they took us out for dinner and then we went for a walk at Walker Johnson Park. The flowers were beautiful, and somewhere along the way we just couldn't seem to find Ryan or my siblings but we saw a pretty awesome statue ;P

- BW

Valentines Day '12

When I got home from work and went to put my leftovers in the fridge I had lovely bouquet waiting for me :) and one that I could eat too!! (AND to top it off, he made it himself :) I'm one lucky girl!

-BW