goodbye blog

so my blog is having major issues and is not saving past posts. i think i've come to the conclusion that no one reads my blog enough for me to want to move it and start over. so...to stay up on our life and pictures from italy check out matt's blog

happy birthday ashley!

happy 21st birthday to you! i love you! have a great day! wish we could be there :o( eat an extra piece of cake for matt and me.

valentine's day came early!

my valentine's day present from matt

(what more could a girl ask for?)

matt's valentine's day present from me

(what more could a guy ask for?)

boston anyone??

here's the weather report for today:

here's me dressing up to face the weather today:

5 shirts/sweaters/jacket
3 pants
2 hats
2 pairs of socks
1 pair of boots
1 scarf
1 pair of gloves
1 set of earmuffs
and a partridge in a pear tree!!

happy birthday to you!

happy birthday mattie!
i love you! :o)

all-nighter!

first off, i would like to say how proud i am of matt for pulling an all-nighter last night. i, myself have never been able to stay awake all night studying, but i applaud you for your dedication!

secondly, i pray the day comes quickly when you will never have to do all-nighters to study again!

p.s. i hope our little study date from 4-6am proved beneficial. i'm tired!

love you!

faith in the little things

i've noticed lately that somewhat catastrophic events will happen in our life and i feel sometimes that we'll NEVER get through it. usually it's small little things like trying to make $20 of groceries stretch for 10 days for 2 people for 2-3 meals a day and sometimes it's somewhat bigger things like how in the world is matt going to fit in all the classes that he needs to graduate (i think he's going on about 22+ credits for this semester - i lost count).

it's in those really low points where i feel like i have faith the size of a grain of sand that God really shows Himself to be faithful. God has blessed us in ways we never could have imagined. something as silly as the fact that it hasn't really snowed here in boston at all this winter (so far) which i think will go down in boston's history and being the mildest winter - i know God knows that i couldn't handle a blizzard and has been making this winter mild maybe just for me. not that i say that with a selfish attitude, but i know that He is looking out for me. my list goes on and on of all the silly thing that i get so worked up and stressed out about, but i'm glad to know that in the end God uses those things as a blessing.

so without getting worked up about it, but rather posting a prayer request, i know God knows where we're going to be after matt graduates in may, but the fact that we don't know is overwhelming. our prayer request is that God would present an opportunity for matt to work in ministry where he could bring home a paycheck. we pray that the opportunity would be so obvious that the decision would be easy and soon enough to plan the process of where we need to go.

we love you all and pray that you would see God's blessings in even the little things.

a week that will go down in history... (at least for us)

this past week has been absolutely wonderful and we hardly know where to begin, but we'll try.

2 fridays ago, we celebrated our own christmas with fun little presents. my favorite was my new waffle maker that we have used several times this christmas break.

we've tried chocolate chip, peanut butter chip, strawberry with cool whip, and plain with powdered sugar! i think we like them all!

saturday we were off to new jersey to visit matt's mom and her family. on sunday, amanda and jasen flew in from houston and after circling the newark airport at least 8 times we finally got the hugs we had been waiting for :o)

on christmas morning, we were surprised by tons of generous gifts of which our favorite were...

new pjs

and a magic bullet! sweet!


the next 2 days we spent in NYC which was the highlight of our trip! here's a little tour:

DAY 1
we took the train from NJ to NYC which was tons of fun!


after checking into to our hotel (hilton times square - thanks to mr. ashdown), we spent a majority of the morning in soho and did some shopping


the famous dean & delucca


a trip through washington square park


a sneak peak of the empire state building


the biggest macy's ever


the clock tower


a view of the empire state building at night from our hotel


times square


the famous rockefeller christmas tree


trump tower - now when all the apprentice's get fired and they have to take a cab ride home...we can say we've been there. sweet!


a slice of heaven...according to matt & jasen


the view of 42nd street from the 42nd floor - where we stayed


DAY 2
our day started with the empire state building and after waiting in line for over 2 hours, we made it to the 86th floor (i think). it was freezing cold and started snowing when we were up there, but it was so awesome! we could see all of nyc!


northwest manhattan


northeast manhattan


south manhattan (with the statue of liberty)


southeast manhattan


past wall street's famous new york stock exchange


then we went to visit miss lady liberty - we didn't take the ferry, but we saw her from land



matt's artistic picture in battery park


we went to ground zero and saw the memorial


then we headed north on the subway to central park





from there we were pooped and our feet were sore, so we grabbed a bite to eat and headed back to new jersey!

it was a wonderful trip :o)

we're off!

today's the day! we're off to italy for 8 days! love you and happy birthday to my mom and to my dad-in-law!

happy birthday ashley!

happy 21st birthday to you! i love you! have a great day! wish we could be there :o( eat an extra piece of cake for matt and me.

valentine's day came early!

my valentine's day present from matt

(what more could a girl ask for?)

matt's valentine's day present from me

(what more could a guy ask for?)

boston anyone??

here's the weather report for today:

here's me dressing up to face the weather today:

5 shirts/sweaters/jacket
3 pants
2 hats
2 pairs of socks
1 pair of boots
1 scarf
1 pair of gloves
1 set of earmuffs
and a partridge in a pear tree!!

happy birthday to you!

happy birthday mattie!
i love you! :o)

all-nighter!

first off, i would like to say how proud i am of matt for pulling an all-nighter last night. i, myself have never been able to stay awake all night studying, but i applaud you for your dedication!

secondly, i pray the day comes quickly when you will never have to do all-nighters to study again!

p.s. i hope our little study date from 4-6am proved beneficial. i'm tired!

love you!

faith in the little things

i've noticed lately that somewhat catastrophic events will happen in our life and i feel sometimes that we'll NEVER get through it. usually it's small little things like trying to make $20 of groceries stretch for 10 days for 2 people for 2-3 meals a day and sometimes it's somewhat bigger things like how in the world is matt going to fit in all the classes that he needs to graduate (i think he's going on about 22+ credits for this semester - i lost count).

it's in those really low points where i feel like i have faith the size of a grain of sand that God really shows Himself to be faithful. God has blessed us in ways we never could have imagined. something as silly as the fact that it hasn't really snowed here in boston at all this winter (so far) which i think will go down in boston's history and being the mildest winter - i know God knows that i couldn't handle a blizzard and has been making this winter mild maybe just for me. not that i say that with a selfish attitude, but i know that He is looking out for me. my list goes on and on of all the silly thing that i get so worked up and stressed out about, but i'm glad to know that in the end God uses those things as a blessing.

so without getting worked up about it, but rather posting a prayer request, i know God knows where we're going to be after matt graduates in may, but the fact that we don't know is overwhelming. our prayer request is that God would present an opportunity for matt to work in ministry where he could bring home a paycheck. we pray that the opportunity would be so obvious that the decision would be easy and soon enough to plan the process of where we need to go.

we love you all and pray that you would see God's blessings in even the little things.

a week that will go down in history... (at least for us)

this past week has been absolutely wonderful and we hardly know where to begin, but we'll try.

2 fridays ago, we celebrated our own christmas with fun little presents. my favorite was my new waffle maker that we have used several times this christmas break.

we've tried chocolate chip, peanut butter chip, strawberry with cool whip, and plain with powdered sugar! i think we like them all!

saturday we were off to new jersey to visit matt's mom and her family. on sunday, amanda and jasen flew in from houston and after circling the newark airport at least 8 times we finally got the hugs we had been waiting for :o)

on christmas morning, we were surprised by tons of generous gifts of which our favorite were...

new pjs

and a magic bullet! sweet!


the next 2 days we spent in NYC which was the highlight of our trip! here's a little tour:

DAY 1
we took the train from NJ to NYC which was tons of fun!


after checking into to our hotel (hilton times square - thanks to mr. ashdown), we spent a majority of the morning in soho and did some shopping


the famous dean & delucca


a trip through washington square park


a sneak peak of the empire state building


the biggest macy's ever


the clock tower


a view of the empire state building at night from our hotel


times square


the famous rockefeller christmas tree


trump tower - now when all the apprentice's get fired and they have to take a cab ride home...we can say we've been there. sweet!


a slice of heaven...according to matt & jasen


the view of 42nd street from the 42nd floor - where we stayed


DAY 2
our day started with the empire state building and after waiting in line for over 2 hours, we made it to the 86th floor (i think). it was freezing cold and started snowing when we were up there, but it was so awesome! we could see all of nyc!


northwest manhattan


northeast manhattan


south manhattan (with the statue of liberty)


southeast manhattan


past wall street's famous new york stock exchange


then we went to visit miss lady liberty - we didn't take the ferry, but we saw her from land



matt's artistic picture in battery park


we went to ground zero and saw the memorial


then we headed north on the subway to central park





from there we were pooped and our feet were sore, so we grabbed a bite to eat and headed back to new jersey!

it was a wonderful trip :o)

note to self....

when living in new england, check the weather before getting dressed and leaving for the day. if the sun in shining, that doesn't mean it's warm outside! i guess sometimes you learn the hard way...

i'm cold!

happy birthday ashley!

happy 21st birthday to you! i love you! have a great day! wish we could be there :o( eat an extra piece of cake for matt and me.

valentine's day came early!

my valentine's day present from matt

(what more could a girl ask for?)

matt's valentine's day present from me

(what more could a guy ask for?)

boston anyone??

here's the weather report for today:

here's me dressing up to face the weather today:

5 shirts/sweaters/jacket
3 pants
2 hats
2 pairs of socks
1 pair of boots
1 scarf
1 pair of gloves
1 set of earmuffs
and a partridge in a pear tree!!

happy birthday to you!

happy birthday mattie!
i love you! :o)

all-nighter!

first off, i would like to say how proud i am of matt for pulling an all-nighter last night. i, myself have never been able to stay awake all night studying, but i applaud you for your dedication!

secondly, i pray the day comes quickly when you will never have to do all-nighters to study again!

p.s. i hope our little study date from 4-6am proved beneficial. i'm tired!

love you!

faith in the little things

i've noticed lately that somewhat catastrophic events will happen in our life and i feel sometimes that we'll NEVER get through it. usually it's small little things like trying to make $20 of groceries stretch for 10 days for 2 people for 2-3 meals a day and sometimes it's somewhat bigger things like how in the world is matt going to fit in all the classes that he needs to graduate (i think he's going on about 22+ credits for this semester - i lost count).

it's in those really low points where i feel like i have faith the size of a grain of sand that God really shows Himself to be faithful. God has blessed us in ways we never could have imagined. something as silly as the fact that it hasn't really snowed here in boston at all this winter (so far) which i think will go down in boston's history and being the mildest winter - i know God knows that i couldn't handle a blizzard and has been making this winter mild maybe just for me. not that i say that with a selfish attitude, but i know that He is looking out for me. my list goes on and on of all the silly thing that i get so worked up and stressed out about, but i'm glad to know that in the end God uses those things as a blessing.

so without getting worked up about it, but rather posting a prayer request, i know God knows where we're going to be after matt graduates in may, but the fact that we don't know is overwhelming. our prayer request is that God would present an opportunity for matt to work in ministry where he could bring home a paycheck. we pray that the opportunity would be so obvious that the decision would be easy and soon enough to plan the process of where we need to go.

we love you all and pray that you would see God's blessings in even the little things.

a week that will go down in history... (at least for us)

this past week has been absolutely wonderful and we hardly know where to begin, but we'll try.

2 fridays ago, we celebrated our own christmas with fun little presents. my favorite was my new waffle maker that we have used several times this christmas break.

we've tried chocolate chip, peanut butter chip, strawberry with cool whip, and plain with powdered sugar! i think we like them all!

saturday we were off to new jersey to visit matt's mom and her family. on sunday, amanda and jasen flew in from houston and after circling the newark airport at least 8 times we finally got the hugs we had been waiting for :o)

on christmas morning, we were surprised by tons of generous gifts of which our favorite were...

new pjs

and a magic bullet! sweet!


the next 2 days we spent in NYC which was the highlight of our trip! here's a little tour:

DAY 1
we took the train from NJ to NYC which was tons of fun!


after checking into to our hotel (hilton times square - thanks to mr. ashdown), we spent a majority of the morning in soho and did some shopping


the famous dean & delucca


a trip through washington square park


a sneak peak of the empire state building


the biggest macy's ever


the clock tower


a view of the empire state building at night from our hotel


times square


the famous rockefeller christmas tree


trump tower - now when all the apprentice's get fired and they have to take a cab ride home...we can say we've been there. sweet!


a slice of heaven...according to matt & jasen


the view of 42nd street from the 42nd floor - where we stayed


DAY 2
our day started with the empire state building and after waiting in line for over 2 hours, we made it to the 86th floor (i think). it was freezing cold and started snowing when we were up there, but it was so awesome! we could see all of nyc!


northwest manhattan


northeast manhattan


south manhattan (with the statue of liberty)


southeast manhattan


past wall street's famous new york stock exchange


then we went to visit miss lady liberty - we didn't take the ferry, but we saw her from land



matt's artistic picture in battery park


we went to ground zero and saw the memorial


then we headed north on the subway to central park





from there we were pooped and our feet were sore, so we grabbed a bite to eat and headed back to new jersey!

it was a wonderful trip :o)

i think i may have a slight case of ocd!

so today i really came to grips with myself and a slight problem that i have. i'm an obsessive planner - to the point where it sometimes drives me insane. i don't know if that's because i'm a product of my mother who is also a great planner or if that's because i've learned that without a well thought out plan, you waste a lot of time. i even had my father-in-law tell me, "you don't like to go anywhere without a plan do you?" to which i said, "who does?"

for example, we're going to italy in less than two weeks and i have no idea what's going on. i don't know what time we're leaving, when we're getting there, what i need to pack, how much money to bring, where we're going on our free days, what kind of shoes to wear, what kind of food to bring, etc, etc. i feel like i can hardly enjoy the anticipation because i'm freaking out!

i've quickly learned that there are a lot of people that enjoy "flying by the seat of their pants" so to speak, but as for me - i have every detail planned and i like it like that!

i'm sorry to those that i've driven up a wall with my obsessive compulsiveness.

happy birthday ashley!

happy 21st birthday to you! i love you! have a great day! wish we could be there :o( eat an extra piece of cake for matt and me.

valentine's day came early!

my valentine's day present from matt

(what more could a girl ask for?)

matt's valentine's day present from me

(what more could a guy ask for?)

boston anyone??

here's the weather report for today:

here's me dressing up to face the weather today:

5 shirts/sweaters/jacket
3 pants
2 hats
2 pairs of socks
1 pair of boots
1 scarf
1 pair of gloves
1 set of earmuffs
and a partridge in a pear tree!!

happy birthday to you!

happy birthday mattie!
i love you! :o)

all-nighter!

first off, i would like to say how proud i am of matt for pulling an all-nighter last night. i, myself have never been able to stay awake all night studying, but i applaud you for your dedication!

secondly, i pray the day comes quickly when you will never have to do all-nighters to study again!

p.s. i hope our little study date from 4-6am proved beneficial. i'm tired!

love you!

faith in the little things

i've noticed lately that somewhat catastrophic events will happen in our life and i feel sometimes that we'll NEVER get through it. usually it's small little things like trying to make $20 of groceries stretch for 10 days for 2 people for 2-3 meals a day and sometimes it's somewhat bigger things like how in the world is matt going to fit in all the classes that he needs to graduate (i think he's going on about 22+ credits for this semester - i lost count).

it's in those really low points where i feel like i have faith the size of a grain of sand that God really shows Himself to be faithful. God has blessed us in ways we never could have imagined. something as silly as the fact that it hasn't really snowed here in boston at all this winter (so far) which i think will go down in boston's history and being the mildest winter - i know God knows that i couldn't handle a blizzard and has been making this winter mild maybe just for me. not that i say that with a selfish attitude, but i know that He is looking out for me. my list goes on and on of all the silly thing that i get so worked up and stressed out about, but i'm glad to know that in the end God uses those things as a blessing.

so without getting worked up about it, but rather posting a prayer request, i know God knows where we're going to be after matt graduates in may, but the fact that we don't know is overwhelming. our prayer request is that God would present an opportunity for matt to work in ministry where he could bring home a paycheck. we pray that the opportunity would be so obvious that the decision would be easy and soon enough to plan the process of where we need to go.

we love you all and pray that you would see God's blessings in even the little things.

a week that will go down in history... (at least for us)

this past week has been absolutely wonderful and we hardly know where to begin, but we'll try.

2 fridays ago, we celebrated our own christmas with fun little presents. my favorite was my new waffle maker that we have used several times this christmas break.

we've tried chocolate chip, peanut butter chip, strawberry with cool whip, and plain with powdered sugar! i think we like them all!

saturday we were off to new jersey to visit matt's mom and her family. on sunday, amanda and jasen flew in from houston and after circling the newark airport at least 8 times we finally got the hugs we had been waiting for :o)

on christmas morning, we were surprised by tons of generous gifts of which our favorite were...

new pjs

and a magic bullet! sweet!


the next 2 days we spent in NYC which was the highlight of our trip! here's a little tour:

DAY 1
we took the train from NJ to NYC which was tons of fun!


after checking into to our hotel (hilton times square - thanks to mr. ashdown), we spent a majority of the morning in soho and did some shopping


the famous dean & delucca


a trip through washington square park


a sneak peak of the empire state building


the biggest macy's ever


the clock tower


a view of the empire state building at night from our hotel


times square


the famous rockefeller christmas tree


trump tower - now when all the apprentice's get fired and they have to take a cab ride home...we can say we've been there. sweet!


a slice of heaven...according to matt & jasen


the view of 42nd street from the 42nd floor - where we stayed


DAY 2
our day started with the empire state building and after waiting in line for over 2 hours, we made it to the 86th floor (i think). it was freezing cold and started snowing when we were up there, but it was so awesome! we could see all of nyc!


northwest manhattan


northeast manhattan


south manhattan (with the statue of liberty)


southeast manhattan


past wall street's famous new york stock exchange


then we went to visit miss lady liberty - we didn't take the ferry, but we saw her from land



matt's artistic picture in battery park


we went to ground zero and saw the memorial


then we headed north on the subway to central park





from there we were pooped and our feet were sore, so we grabbed a bite to eat and headed back to new jersey!

it was a wonderful trip :o)

the countdown begins!

there are 44 school days left until graduation!

72 days total (until May 4th)
- 8 days in Rome
- 20 days for weekends
------------
= 44 days left!!

can you feel the excitement??

happy birthday ashley!

happy 21st birthday to you! i love you! have a great day! wish we could be there :o( eat an extra piece of cake for matt and me.

valentine's day came early!

my valentine's day present from matt

(what more could a girl ask for?)

matt's valentine's day present from me

(what more could a guy ask for?)

boston anyone??

here's the weather report for today:

here's me dressing up to face the weather today:

5 shirts/sweaters/jacket
3 pants
2 hats
2 pairs of socks
1 pair of boots
1 scarf
1 pair of gloves
1 set of earmuffs
and a partridge in a pear tree!!

happy birthday to you!

happy birthday mattie!
i love you! :o)

all-nighter!

first off, i would like to say how proud i am of matt for pulling an all-nighter last night. i, myself have never been able to stay awake all night studying, but i applaud you for your dedication!

secondly, i pray the day comes quickly when you will never have to do all-nighters to study again!

p.s. i hope our little study date from 4-6am proved beneficial. i'm tired!

love you!

faith in the little things

i've noticed lately that somewhat catastrophic events will happen in our life and i feel sometimes that we'll NEVER get through it. usually it's small little things like trying to make $20 of groceries stretch for 10 days for 2 people for 2-3 meals a day and sometimes it's somewhat bigger things like how in the world is matt going to fit in all the classes that he needs to graduate (i think he's going on about 22+ credits for this semester - i lost count).

it's in those really low points where i feel like i have faith the size of a grain of sand that God really shows Himself to be faithful. God has blessed us in ways we never could have imagined. something as silly as the fact that it hasn't really snowed here in boston at all this winter (so far) which i think will go down in boston's history and being the mildest winter - i know God knows that i couldn't handle a blizzard and has been making this winter mild maybe just for me. not that i say that with a selfish attitude, but i know that He is looking out for me. my list goes on and on of all the silly thing that i get so worked up and stressed out about, but i'm glad to know that in the end God uses those things as a blessing.

so without getting worked up about it, but rather posting a prayer request, i know God knows where we're going to be after matt graduates in may, but the fact that we don't know is overwhelming. our prayer request is that God would present an opportunity for matt to work in ministry where he could bring home a paycheck. we pray that the opportunity would be so obvious that the decision would be easy and soon enough to plan the process of where we need to go.

we love you all and pray that you would see God's blessings in even the little things.

a week that will go down in history... (at least for us)

this past week has been absolutely wonderful and we hardly know where to begin, but we'll try.

2 fridays ago, we celebrated our own christmas with fun little presents. my favorite was my new waffle maker that we have used several times this christmas break.

we've tried chocolate chip, peanut butter chip, strawberry with cool whip, and plain with powdered sugar! i think we like them all!

saturday we were off to new jersey to visit matt's mom and her family. on sunday, amanda and jasen flew in from houston and after circling the newark airport at least 8 times we finally got the hugs we had been waiting for :o)

on christmas morning, we were surprised by tons of generous gifts of which our favorite were...

new pjs

and a magic bullet! sweet!


the next 2 days we spent in NYC which was the highlight of our trip! here's a little tour:

DAY 1
we took the train from NJ to NYC which was tons of fun!


after checking into to our hotel (hilton times square - thanks to mr. ashdown), we spent a majority of the morning in soho and did some shopping


the famous dean & delucca


a trip through washington square park


a sneak peak of the empire state building


the biggest macy's ever


the clock tower


a view of the empire state building at night from our hotel


times square


the famous rockefeller christmas tree


trump tower - now when all the apprentice's get fired and they have to take a cab ride home...we can say we've been there. sweet!


a slice of heaven...according to matt & jasen


the view of 42nd street from the 42nd floor - where we stayed


DAY 2
our day started with the empire state building and after waiting in line for over 2 hours, we made it to the 86th floor (i think). it was freezing cold and started snowing when we were up there, but it was so awesome! we could see all of nyc!


northwest manhattan


northeast manhattan


south manhattan (with the statue of liberty)


southeast manhattan


past wall street's famous new york stock exchange


then we went to visit miss lady liberty - we didn't take the ferry, but we saw her from land



matt's artistic picture in battery park


we went to ground zero and saw the memorial


then we headed north on the subway to central park





from there we were pooped and our feet were sore, so we grabbed a bite to eat and headed back to new jersey!

it was a wonderful trip :o)

new address

Hey Guys, we had a little mix up with blogger yesterday due to an upgrade by google. As a result my old blog is now directly connected with matt's and i have to use his account in order to post.
However, matt created my own google account and re-created my blog, (the one you are looking at) and forwarded my old web address bound4boston.blogspot.com to a new one: boundforboston.blogspot.com. For the time being you will be automatically forwarded to this new address, but for the future please direct yourselves to boundforboston.blogspot.com.

Thank you so much, and sorry for the inconvenience. Hope you all are doing well!

Allie and Matt

happy birthday ashley!

happy 21st birthday to you! i love you! have a great day! wish we could be there :o( eat an extra piece of cake for matt and me.

valentine's day came early!

my valentine's day present from matt

(what more could a girl ask for?)

matt's valentine's day present from me

(what more could a guy ask for?)

boston anyone??

here's the weather report for today:

here's me dressing up to face the weather today:

5 shirts/sweaters/jacket
3 pants
2 hats
2 pairs of socks
1 pair of boots
1 scarf
1 pair of gloves
1 set of earmuffs
and a partridge in a pear tree!!

happy birthday to you!

happy birthday mattie!
i love you! :o)

all-nighter!

first off, i would like to say how proud i am of matt for pulling an all-nighter last night. i, myself have never been able to stay awake all night studying, but i applaud you for your dedication!

secondly, i pray the day comes quickly when you will never have to do all-nighters to study again!

p.s. i hope our little study date from 4-6am proved beneficial. i'm tired!

love you!

faith in the little things

i've noticed lately that somewhat catastrophic events will happen in our life and i feel sometimes that we'll NEVER get through it. usually it's small little things like trying to make $20 of groceries stretch for 10 days for 2 people for 2-3 meals a day and sometimes it's somewhat bigger things like how in the world is matt going to fit in all the classes that he needs to graduate (i think he's going on about 22+ credits for this semester - i lost count).

it's in those really low points where i feel like i have faith the size of a grain of sand that God really shows Himself to be faithful. God has blessed us in ways we never could have imagined. something as silly as the fact that it hasn't really snowed here in boston at all this winter (so far) which i think will go down in boston's history and being the mildest winter - i know God knows that i couldn't handle a blizzard and has been making this winter mild maybe just for me. not that i say that with a selfish attitude, but i know that He is looking out for me. my list goes on and on of all the silly thing that i get so worked up and stressed out about, but i'm glad to know that in the end God uses those things as a blessing.

so without getting worked up about it, but rather posting a prayer request, i know God knows where we're going to be after matt graduates in may, but the fact that we don't know is overwhelming. our prayer request is that God would present an opportunity for matt to work in ministry where he could bring home a paycheck. we pray that the opportunity would be so obvious that the decision would be easy and soon enough to plan the process of where we need to go.

we love you all and pray that you would see God's blessings in even the little things.

a week that will go down in history... (at least for us)

this past week has been absolutely wonderful and we hardly know where to begin, but we'll try.

2 fridays ago, we celebrated our own christmas with fun little presents. my favorite was my new waffle maker that we have used several times this christmas break.

we've tried chocolate chip, peanut butter chip, strawberry with cool whip, and plain with powdered sugar! i think we like them all!

saturday we were off to new jersey to visit matt's mom and her family. on sunday, amanda and jasen flew in from houston and after circling the newark airport at least 8 times we finally got the hugs we had been waiting for :o)

on christmas morning, we were surprised by tons of generous gifts of which our favorite were...

new pjs

and a magic bullet! sweet!


the next 2 days we spent in NYC which was the highlight of our trip! here's a little tour:

DAY 1
we took the train from NJ to NYC which was tons of fun!


after checking into to our hotel (hilton times square - thanks to mr. ashdown), we spent a majority of the morning in soho and did some shopping


the famous dean & delucca


a trip through washington square park


a sneak peak of the empire state building


the biggest macy's ever


the clock tower


a view of the empire state building at night from our hotel


times square


the famous rockefeller christmas tree


trump tower - now when all the apprentice's get fired and they have to take a cab ride home...we can say we've been there. sweet!


a slice of heaven...according to matt & jasen


the view of 42nd street from the 42nd floor - where we stayed


DAY 2
our day started with the empire state building and after waiting in line for over 2 hours, we made it to the 86th floor (i think). it was freezing cold and started snowing when we were up there, but it was so awesome! we could see all of nyc!


northwest manhattan


northeast manhattan


south manhattan (with the statue of liberty)


southeast manhattan


past wall street's famous new york stock exchange


then we went to visit miss lady liberty - we didn't take the ferry, but we saw her from land



matt's artistic picture in battery park


we went to ground zero and saw the memorial


then we headed north on the subway to central park





from there we were pooped and our feet were sore, so we grabbed a bite to eat and headed back to new jersey!

it was a wonderful trip :o)