Senior Design Project Worked!

Our friend Kayla made Tori cupcakes for her birthday!

Tori is stylish.

For those of you who have been following our post over the last 9 months will know that since the beginning of last semester, I have been working on a project. Since this project state quite frankly that you can or cannot graduate, it's kind of a big deal! But after a long hard battle, my group and I came through and got the win! So now I can graduate, so I can get a job, so I can afford a place to live and food to eat, and so Tori and I are ready for our next chapter in life!

We had a little party to celebrate the end of senior design, with bunny pizza (and cake)! Tori's parents came over to my parent's house and it was great! It is so nice that our families can get together with no awkwardness or tension and that we can just sit around telling stories and joking with one another. Truly, we are blessed!

In preparation for that next chapter, over the weekend Tori was able to get some stuff done! She had another fitting and picked out chairs for the ceremony! We also went to some mattress places to see what we are interested in! We really think a good night's sleep is important!

Brooke made Tori a "Special" salad...

This week so far, we have been pretty relaxed. I took Tori out for her Birthday! Even though it was last week, I had so much school going on that I had to postpone surprising her until tonight! We grabbed some tacos and went to see the Croods, which was a really cute movie! So success!!

Now that the semester is almost over, the wedding is feeling closer and closer and anticipation is growing. We are so excited and trying to enjoy every minute of it! I hope you are all having a great week! We will check back in next week!

We also participated in TOMS One Day Without Shoes!

The theme for this week must be feet, seeing as we have three pictures of feet...

Getting Close!

Not only are we so close to the ending of school, but just the other day we passed the 50 days mark until we get married. Wow. Our week was fairly normal, lots of school work, small groups (below us the picture of the study we're doing, it's really good!!) and constantly running around. Haha. We did eat at one of our favorites this week: Hawaiian Grindz. So unhealthy, I know. Haha.

Friday, Daniel and I helped out with an event called Operation 1:27. It was an art auction to raise money for victims of human trafficking. It went really well! My friend Kayla put the whole thing and did an amazing job! I added some pictures if the art I made and a clip from the song Daniel and I performed. Not our best performance. Haha.

Saturday was mostly schoolwork until Maggie came to Orlando! She stayed the night after we walked around Waterford! It was SO nice to spend time with her! Sunday was my birthday, we went to church and Daniel's grandparent's after! It was nice to see all of Daniel's family! They had cake and ice cream for me. :) Brooke and Gabby also drove to Orlando, so I had all 5 bridesmaids here for my birthday!

We ended up going to CityWalk and it was fun, we just walked around and then ate Moe's! After, Daniel and I attempted to watch Lincoln, but we were way to exhausted! Haha. Well, that's pretty much it! Daniel's boards came in yesterday, so he was pretty excited! He's so cute! His presentation is this Friday! He's almost done! Pray for him, he's got so much to do! But he's doing so good. I'm so so proud. Ocala this weekend! Yay!

Busy Bees!

One word to describe lately: Busy. We have been on a constant go. Though we can see that light at the end of the tunnel, as far as school goes, it's still lots of work until we are finally done for the semester.

Last Wednesday we babysat some of favorite children. The Evans, of course. Thursday was small group, great as always. I made brownies. Friday, we actually had a Good Friday service at Genesis. It was incredible. Worshiping with the Genesis family is incredible. We are constantly reminding ourselves that God has called us to Melbourne... We are not ready to leave this amazing community, but there is peace and assurance in doing so!

Friday night we met up with our good friends Stephen and Amanda, who are also engaged! We made and ate dinner together, talked about our lives, our futures and our wedding plans. We also got Jeremiah's, which is awesome. And then we went back and played a board game called Settlers of Katan. It was lots of fun, and I won...

Saturday, I cleaned and did schoolwork while Daniel was in the lab all day. My parents came to Orlando to come to our Easter service and we met up for dinner and walked around Waterford. It was SO nice to see them.

Sunday morning came along, and we had two Easter services! Happy late Easter everyone! Both services went really well, however.... Just before out second service the school's cafeteria (where we have service) began to fill with smoke. Eventually we evacuated everyone from the room and discovered the air conditioning had broken and overheated! Crazy stuff! But certainly made for a good story! It was quite ironic that one of the songs we were singing is titled Burn Us Up. Great song, check it out. It's things like that when I know our God has a sense of humor. Afterwards, we went out to lunch with my lovely parents and relaxedly did schoolwork when they left.

Monday and Tuesday have been hectic going to classes and driving around. Daniel has been spending most of his time in the lab these days. He'll be graduating in exactly a month! I'm not sure if he knows I'm probably as ready as he is for this senior design project to be over with! Hahaha. I had a speech Monday, I did it on human trafficking and got an A! My professor even asked if she could use my speech for a student example for future classes! I was feeling pretty good! On top of that I passed the GKT today! Which is a big deal! Basically, it means I'm one step closer to being a teacher! Now it's time to take big girl classes! We also led worship for FCA Monday, which also went really well!

We got ColdStone to celebrate my passing of the GKT, which I meant to hold up in the picture! It's pretty rare that I'm the one driving... Haha. Anyways, I also went to my girls small group tonight which was really good. We talked a lot about Proverbs 31, and being women who are clothed in strength and dignity. So, below is a picture of us being clothed in strength and dignity. Hahaha. I love these girls!!

Also, we've had Chick fil A like four times this week. And, I don't think we've gotten to bed earlier than 11 in the past week (unusual)... We've also been extremely social, which is great. Random facts, just for you, my friend...

Appartment! With Two P's!

As far as big news, the highest in priority concerning Tori and me is, we figured out where we were gonna live and even paid for the application! We are so excited! It is in a wonderful location and so we are definitely excited! In the application, Tori pointed out that I never put her birth year, just the day and month, and I spelt apartment with two P's! Oh well, it's all good! Haha. Here's our floor plan, for kicks and giggles.

We also passed the two months till the big day on Monday! It is quickly approaching and we are oh so excited!  Ready for it all! :)

Aside from these exciting hurtles we've passed in the past week, we also ran a 5k, went out on a smokin' date, did school work (although senioritus is kicking in), we went to our second small group of this season, and we were able to contribute to UCF's FCA both Monday and Tuesday through Worship!

Also, while we were on our date night, our waitress informed us that she had been working at Chili's for 11 years and it was her last night! In her honor, some of the employees at Chili's were dressed in silly hats and accessories. So I decided to go ahead and make myself a nose and Tori a hat! It was really fun and Tori and I enjoyed brightening her day!

Life is definitely going wonderfully right now, a bit busy, but we are flying over the storm! We hope you are having an exciting week! Have a great week! :)

We also had cupcakes one day. Obviously, proportionate to our sizes.

Life is Exciting!

It's official! Daniel had accepted a job offer from Harris Corporation! We officially know where we are headed and are so excited! I am so very proud of Daniel and his many accomplishments! He is going to be such a great provider for our family! And he's just full of cute.

In other news, school of course has been crazy... Especially for me! We started a new small group through our church, which is exciting and something I am really looking forward to this week! We also went home to Ocala for Friday and Saturday! Always nice to see our families! The reason was that Daniel's suit came in! So he was trying it on and trying to finalize for the groomsmen!

We both were able to lead a song each this past weekend at church. It was such a great service! Worship, message, everything was just SO GOOD. So thankful for our family there. Daniel ended up playing some basketball with some men from the church afterwards, and he's definitely feeling that this week! Hahaha. Sunday night, we went to dinner with my lovely cousin, Caleb. We tried a new place called Burger 21, and it was delicious!! Excited to go back there again!

Among other things FCA is going really well. We are so pleased to be able to serve alongside the Evans on campus. I go to another small group with some other ladies from UCF, which has been really fun, getting to know new people! 

Please be keeping our campus in your prayers. Many are still shaken over the tragedy and fear of yesterday. Just knowing that the building is right next to mine has shaken Daniel and I quite a bit. There is no doubt that our God is protecting this campus. We are so blessed. I have been spending the last two days in thanks for a day that could have been so much worse. Thank you for your prayers!

Hope you all have a good week!

Spring Break and Bridal Shower!

So, I know a bridal shower isn't the typical picture that comes to mind when thinking about spring break, but that was the big event that was in our minds! All week Tori and I were making preparations for the wedding and anticipating the bridal shower all at the same time. We had a lot of time over spring break to get wedding things done! We did crafts, we finished getting invitations ready to send out, we printed things, we printed more things, I ordered a lot of my outfit for the wedding, and Tori had her first real fitting, which went well so I've heard ;) .  Oh, we also had a meeting with Pam, our wedding coordinator, to go over some of the details! It's starting to feel really really close now! Sooooo excited!!

As for the bridal shower, Tori really had a good time! If you are reading this and there are no pictures, come back in the morning! Tori's mom and Tori's maid of honor, Maggie,  did a wonderful job getting everything set up! Of course they did have some help in the end from Brooke, Gabby, Kristina, and Sophia, the bridesmaids, and Tori, the bride to be! All I really know about the shower was that there was a lot of love shot our way! We received so many wonderful gifts and we loved every single one of them!

So that was our amazing week! I hope you enjoyed reading and about it! Have a great week and we will talk to you next Tuesday! God bless!

My beautiful mother!

My beautiful sister-in-love

The beautiful mother-in-love-to-be!

One of my flower girls!

Blessed beyond words!

The moms, the bridesmaids and a flower girl! ;)

Love these girls!

THE best and most beautiful maid of honor, ladies and gentlemen: Maggie Priest.

Some awesome decorations:

Blog MAKEOVER. Love Knows No Boundaries.

Hey Everyone, you may have noticed the blog is a little different! It needed a makeover. So, now: new look, new name. The blog is now titled "Love Knows No Boundaries." This actually came directly from our wedding invitations. We've been wanting to name the blog for quite some time now... And when the idea came across from our invitations, we knew it would be great for so many reasons. Not only does God's love know no boundaries, but I like to think that way about our love too. Both are so special. Another reason why we chose it has to do with the fact that we are so passionate about traveling. This blog will certainly include our adventures and travels across the world, knowing no boundaries. Cool. ;)

I'm sorry it's been too long since a post, but now you can expect a post every Tuesday!! We've designated that as our official post day, so you can know what and when to expect.

Here are some updates:

• The new, perfect and beautiful invitations arrived! (pictured above) Hooray! Time to get them out! 
• It's spring break! So we're taking this opportunity to really get some wedding things done!
• I had my first fitting last Friday and it was a disaster! Long story short: The ladies spoke little English and did NOT know what they were doing. I was so nervous, sweaty and uncomfortable. Luckily, my mom and I managed the guts to take my dress and hit the road. Hahaha. I ended up setting up an appointment with the lady who has done all my prom dresses and I feel so much more at peace now! So, my new first dress fitting is Saturday!
• My bridal shower is Saturday, which is also very exciting!!
• Daniel's mom is now also making the flower girl dresses! YES.

Now, I'm gonna hand it over to Daniel to tell you about these pictures, as well as a couple more things!

Sooooo, hi, this is Daniel now and I am going to share something pretty amazing! Tori and I will officially be living in Viera, Florida because I am officially getting a job offer from a company located there! I had an interview this past Friday and it went really well. After a long and exciting interview the hiring manager said that I would be getting a job offer from human resources soon! :) So now we know where we will be living and what an amazing blessing that is! To celebrate the morning after, Tori and I went to get breakfast and Boston Coffee House, which is one of our favorites! After devouring our meal and coffee, we broke out into a hardcore homework session before going to the UCF basketball game! Go Knights!