Life As It Should Be

    Gosh, it feels like it's been forever since I've posted, we have been so busy!! The weekend of the 9th we celebrated my 23rd birthday with some friends, as well as participated in an awesome new middle school ministry.
    The ministry is called UnPaved. It's geared towards middle schoolers and once again, it was awesome! Andrew and the band played for the two day event and I volunteered to help with registration, concessions, and pretty much anything else! After that, we then traveled to Denver last weekend to do the same thing all over again. It was our first UnPaved event outside of Lincoln so we were pretty pumped. The devil must have known that we were at work for the Lord because he tried his best to ruin our event...from the generator going out (the band needs a lot of power the run and the church didn't have enough!), to videos not working when we showed them to the kids, to frustrated and tired workers, and large groups cancelling a day before the event; he was certainly on a destructive path. Luckily, he didn't succeed. The event was awesome and we really felt like God was at work in each one of those kids! We really look forward to seeing this ministry grow and being a part of it every step of the way.
    Here are a few pictures from my birthday and the two UnPaved events:

The group out for my birthday



One of my best friends, Annette



Practicing before the event in Denver

He's awesome

The theme for this year

Concession girls!

Speakers, band, and volunteers...what an awesome group of people!

Couldn't resist :)

    Hope you once again enjoyed the update! We can't believe that November is only a week away. October, like the rest of the year, has just flown by! On halloween Andrew and the band get to play at People's City Mission for a food drive they hold every year.We're pretty excited about it, but also excited that it'll be our last major event for the year as far as the band goes. After that we're looking forward to coming to Texas for Thanksgiving! Can't wait to see everyone! Have a wonderful week.
- Carrie

Fall has arrived!

    Ahhhh fall has made it to Nebraska and it is beautiful! With Andrew's birthday coming up on Tuesday and mine the following Saturday, we decided to celebrate with family this weekend. Today Andrew and I, along with his parents and Grandma, went to the apple orchards. It could not have been a more perfect fall day with temperatures in the 60s, no wind, and a clear blue sky. I'd never picked my own apples so I was very excited. We picked enough for me to make a couple fresh apple pies, and then some! There was also a vineyard and pumpkin patch so we took part in those festivities as well.

    We had a blast and ended up bringing home some delicious wine, lovely pumpkins for our front porch, and some yummy apples! Below are some of my favorite pictures of the day:



A pretty accurate description of our relationship lol



I found some clippers, decided we should return them to the owners,
but not before some goofing around!



My very first "fresh off the tree" apple




All the ones the guys wanted were at the top...
I was the choice individual to be hoisted up to get them. Brought
me back to my good ole cheerleading days!



There were so many pumpkins...Andrew the fun hater only let me get three
I think this one is especially cute...if pumpkins can be cute ?

    Well, I hope y'all enjoyed the pictures! It was a wonderful day and Andrew and I have decided to make this a new fall tradition!

Love y'all and happy fall!!!!
    Carrie