I Love being Jake's Girlfriend

Hello all! It's been awhile and I apologize. I was away on choir tour to the midwest of Michigan. It was mostly non-fun,  although parts of it I did have a small amount of fun. I was happiest when I got back and had our final concert at the Spring Arbor Free Methodist Church and got to see my sweet boyfriend along with his family. Angie and Drew came along as well and I was happy they did. So since I have been requested to tell a Jake story from Brittney, I will do so.

Last night Jake had soccer practice till 6:30 while i hung around his house doing my laundry and talking to his roommates. We were reminscing about the days when Jake and I started liking each other, and I told them how Jake caught my interest when he came to my Halloween party. He was so kind and brought over his strobe light which we asked for. He came to the halloween party dressed as Johnny Appleseed and he was adorable. After that night I added him on facebook as a friend and wrote on his wall thanking him for coming and letting us borrow the strobe light. I still was intimidated by Jake a little but I would go over to his K-house all the time with Andrea. Jake was rarely ever there, but one day I went over in the afternoon to do laundry with Amanda Brucki, and we watched survivor. Jake came in and watched it with us and offered me some candy. We talked a little bit about painting and that was the first time we had a conversation. There is a lot more that comes after that, but it would take me a month to type it all out. So that was the early beginnings. ANYWAYS, that was quite the rabbit trail, now back to last night. Jake was all tuckered out after soccer practice, (I watched him for a little bit from my house) and so he layed his head on my lap and had a nice little nap. After this, we went out to "Culver's" where we both had doubly delicious butter burgers with fries and pop. I had never been to this place, but it was fun. Then we went to Meijer where he purchased 2 Xbox live 1 month-1 for me :). We headed back to his house where we played Halo 3, since I was going through withdrawl. I declared the month of April- Halo Month! 

Correction

Soo..I thought today was the 20th of March.. hence the title of my previous post. I now realize I have been mistaken and i feel dumb for it. So I apologize and please ignore my previous post or pretend that it is a post from the future (tomorrow)

March 20th

4 months ago today, a handsome boy asked me to be his girlfriend. I am glad I made the right decision and never could have dreamed of anything better or anyone better suited for me than him. It's exciting to see how far 4 months has taken us. I've learned so much about this boy and yet am still learning. 

Tonight my mom is going to highlight my hair for me!! I am very excited about this becuase since Christmas time I have had to deal with the mistake of dying my hair red and then dark brown over top to cover it. I am seriously vowing never dye my hair dark again. I prefer to be blonde or at least light brown. I hope it turns out okay. I will also get a hair cut, which I am in dire need of one. I don't like cutting my hair, but a trim is neccessary. Jakes' hair has grown quite a bit since he got it cut. I like his hair a lot at this point in time, and he is planning on growing it out which I am sure I will like. He is such a goodlooking guy, I can't wait to see him tomorrow!

Best Friends.

My days are filled with many things; ups and downs, excitement and dissapointment, suprises and the predictable. My days may be filled with many things, but they feel incomplete when I can't share them with you. I am thankful that you listen to me each night to tell you the details of my ordinary day. You are my best friend and I love you for who you are. 

I 

Incredible

I just got finished talking to Jake via Oovoo. It's amazing talking with him makes me feel so incredible. We webcam and its so awesome to hear his voice and see his handsome face. I have the runniest of all runny noses right now.. im not sure if its allergies or a sinus infection.. either way its annoying and I cannot sleep. I think I shall make some tea...While I do that, I am going to post some pictures of my favourite guy in the whole world. Some of them are ones we have taken on our webcam dates. 

Spring Break Here I come!

Well, Spring break may be uneventful this year, but thats okay. I plan to get a lot of things accomplished by about wednesday such as read the book for anatomy and write the paper, do my assessment portfolio (huge project) and some other various lesson plans that I need to get done. 

I hung out with Carrie today, we had tea and looked at cars since she is looking to purchase a new one in the near future! 

Last night Rachelle slept over and we had a great time just talking for hours and hours...so much fun! 

Tonight I am going with my step cousin Jennifer and my mom to see slum dog millionaire.. I m not sure if I will like this movie or not..we will see.
That's all for now. 

Rain Drops on Roses

My favourite things...
There are so many wonderful things in life that I enjoy, so I will just mention a few.

Tea Time with the Ladies

Watching Jake play Soccer

Summer weather 

Written Letters from friends

Jake

Thunderstorms

Ocean

Sunshine

Picnics 

Taking our time

Dance Parties

Baby Drew

Anne of Green Gables

Occasional Friday nights with Angie, while our boys play Halo

Hammocks

Barbeques

Unexpected Kisses

Swimming
Hot tubs

Nature walks

Exploring

Accompanying Jake wherever he goes

Helping take photographs

Flannel sheets in the winter

First Snow

Flowers given with Love

Flip Flops

(wow, lots of F's in a row)

Shutters

Sunsets

Thrift Store Shopping with my Mom

Pet store paroozing with Jake

Sundays! 

Weekends

Holding Hands 

That's all for now. 

How to Treat a Girl

It's almost been 4 whole months since Jake and I started dating, it feels a lot longer than that in a good way. I never thought I would love someone so much in this short amount of time but he makes it so easy. Brittney had sent me this message a while ago about "How to Treat a Girl"  and when I first read it, I was like...no way would a guy ever do those things, but Jake has proved me wrong. What an awesome fellow is he.

LEAVE HER CUTE TEXT MESSAGES.
KISS HER IN FR0NT 0F Y0UR FRIENDS.
TRUST HER 0VER EVERY0NE ELSE.
TELL HER SHE L00KS BEAUTIFUL.
L00K HER IN THE EYE WHEN Y0U TALK T0 HER.
TELL HER STUPID J0KES T0 MAKE HER LAUGH.
LET HER MESS WITH Y0UR HAIR.
MESS WITH HER HAIR.
JUST WALK AR0UND WITH HER.
INCLUDE HER IN ALL THINGS Y0U D0.
WHEN SHE CRYS D0 WHATEVER IT TAKES T0 MAKE HER SMIlE.
F0RGIVE HER F0R HER MISTAKES.
L00K AT HER LIKES SHE'S THE 0NLY GIRL Y0U SEE.
TICKLE HER EVEN WHEN SHE SAYS ST0P.
H0LD HER HAND EVEN WHEN Y0U ARE AROUND Y0UR FRIENDS.
WHEN SHE IS MAD AT YOU, TELL HER YOU LOVE HER
LET HER FALL ASLEEP IN Y0UR ARMS.
GET HER MAD, THEN KISS HER.
TEASE HER & LET HER TEASE Y0U BACK.
STAY UP WITH HER ALL NIGHT WHEN SHES SICK.
WATCH HER FAV0RITE M0VIE WITH HER
KISS HER F0REHEAD.
GIVE HER THE W0RLD.
WRITE HER LETTERS.
LET HER WEAR Y0UR CL0THES.
WHEN SHES SAD, HANG 0UT WITH HER.
LET HER KN0W SHE'S IMP0RTANT.
LET HER TAKE ALL THE PH0T0S 0F Y0U SHE WANTS.
KISS HER IN THE RAIN.
CALL HER EVERY NIGHT.
AND WHEN Y0U FALL IN L0VE WITH HER, TELL HER.
AND WHEN Y0U D0 TELL HER. L0VE HER LIKE Y0U NEVER L0VED BEF0RE.

Rectus Femoralis

I forgot to label the rectus femoris on the cat today on my test. We have been disecting cats in anatomy lab, against my will, and were being tested today. We have 1 minute at each station where there is a cat with the muscles labeled and we have to answer what muscle it is, the origin, the insertion and the action. This is a very difficult task. I know I did not do very well because as I was moving on to another station I would suddenly remember the real name for one of the previous muscles but since there are 100, i couldnt remember what station number it was at. It was stressful to say the least but I am relieved that it is over.

One great thing about today so far is that my Strings class was cancelled! Strings is 730am and I was very thankful I didn't have to go. To be honest, i wasnt planning on going anyways since I had my anatomy exam right after and wanted some extra study time. 

I have one more midterm tonight at 6oclock.. I am not sure when I will study for it.. perhaps around 2 oclock. 
Well its lunch time, this has been a boring blog about school daze. 

Geese are not compliant

Lesson learned- Geese are not cooperative in any sense of the word. I don't mean to generalize, but in my experience with geese, which have been few and far between, have not been pleasant. Jake and I were trying to capture the beauty that which is the Canadian Geese on his pond. Our objective was to either have the geese swim close enough to where we were on the shore, or to have them fly above us within range so Jake could get a nice shot. The pond is large and we tried to be sneaky, but everytime we would get close, those darn geese would swim swiftly away. Jake hid in the brushes and I went on the other side of the pond to try to scare them towards him. They wouldn't do it. Finally, as I distracted them Jake was able to sneak up behind them and get close to them, but then they took flight and flew away! Jake quickly took the shot as they were flying above the pond but they were quite far away. The picture still turned out nicely though. We spotted some yellow tuplips as well, which we found out later were crokuses. Jake decided to capture the first sign of spring with his camera and it turned out very well. I love taking pictures with Jake. It has to be one of my favourite Sunday afternoon activities.

Sundays are my favourite day of the week I think. This Sunday was no exception. We started the day off right by going to church at Cascades Baptist Church. The Barney's pick me up at my house at 9:30 and we sometimes eat breakfast in the car. I really love going to this church! The pastor is from England and right now we have been studying the old law (legalistic) and Grace. How thankful I am that God has given us Grace. I know this does not mean because God will forgive us we can do whatever we want, but it is reassuring that we don't have to be binded by rules and regulations, and that when we sin, God always forgives us.

After church, we come back to the Barney's house and have a wonderful home-cooked meal. Mrs. Barney is an excellent cook and I love eating there! Yesterday we had Roast-Beast, potatoes and carrots, salad, and something else but I cannot remember it. Nick, Angie and Baby Drew also came over for lunch and it was very entertaining. Drew is such a cute baby, that it is always a great time when he is around.

When lunch is over, Jake and I usually have a nap on the couch. Everyone was in the living room watching Basketball and we napped and fell asleep holding hands, it was the best. I listened to all the conversations and it was very soothing and relaxing. Gus (one of their three cats) came and slept on Jake as well, we were all very cozy. I of course always awaken before Jake does, so He then put his feet on my lap while I worked on homework and studying for my anatomy exam. Mrs. Barney made me a tea, which was just what I needed after a lovely dinner and nap, and to warm me up from the dampness outside. It had been stormy and rainy all afternoon. Suddenly the sun started to peek out, and I could smell cookies in the oven. I woke Jake up and had to pull him up with all my strength to try to make him sit up. He is very hard to get up. We enjoyed freshly baked cookies and milk and ventured on outside. This is when we started taking pictures outdoors. (I am going to see if I can scan some of Jake's pictures and post them on my blog. They are wonderful.)

While we were by the pond Jake's dad called for us to come in for dinner. We got what we needed outside, so we were ready to eat cheese burgers. My socks were also very wet since I did not bring any running shoes, and only had my dress shoes for church. I still wanted to go on the adventure though, so wet feet to me was worth it.

After dinner, Jake took a few more pictures while I worked on a bit of homework. We headed back to school about 8 oclock and then went to the lab to develop the pictures Jake had taken that day. I love helping Jake develop his photographs. I don't really do to much to help, but I am in charge of timing each process and I like to keep him company.

Well, this post isn't really finished. I know it's a pretty detailed account of my sunday afternoon, but I thought I would share how much I love them. I am now off to class!