Dustin and Candice Williams

Amazing Duo

2010-03-13T09:39:00.004-05:00

Scarlett Lillian and Stephen Knuth have to be one of the cutest couples we've ever met. You can truly see their love for one another. I admire them for several reasons : their faith, their mad photography skills, and their positivity. Ironically, we have something in common with them ... Stephen lives in San Diego and Scarlett lives in Florida. Sound familiar? :)

While Stephen was in Jax., FL visiting his sweetheart we had the opportunity to model for him and Scarlett Lillian as they used some new off camera lighting equipment. Here are some of Scarlett Lillian's pictures from the shoot.

Photoshoot with Pink Coffee Photoart

2010-02-12T21:10:00.003-05:00

Hey ya'll,

It's up! Lyndsay blogged pictures from our shoot!! We are so tickled pink with them. Her work is so clean, crisp and FRESH! She produces such great quality. Please be sure to check out her blog post at www.pinkcoffeephotoart.com or just click here for the direct blog post!!

Here are some of our favorites ...

Timothy Jay Photography

2010-02-11T15:39:00.004-05:00

I met Timothy Jay about three years ago through Dustin. Tim is a lifestyle photographer based in Jacksonville, FL who has been in the business between five to six years. He is willing to travel to any destination. He is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. He's easy to get along with and wants nothing more than to please you. He also works at Bento located at the Town Center and if he's not there you can catch him at Mochi, right next door. :)

Tim photographed our engagement and wedding. He has also photographed us to promote his photography business and website. His work gets better and better every time I see new posts. With that being said two of my friends have used him for their weddings and they're pictures look great! So, when you get the chance check out his website at www.timothyjayphoto.com

Our "Twilight" pic :)

Our niece, Reagan

Dear Blog, please forgive me ...

2010-02-11T13:07:00.003-05:00

Wow, I think my last entry was in October. Whew! Sorry Mr. Blog, truly. It's the beginning of February and it's been a great start to 2010. Florida has experienced an unusually cold spell for the last several months. Personally, I've enjoyed it. As a Floridian we do not usually get the opportunity to experience the seasons, so I've been excited about the weather change. Although, I must say, we didn't really have a "fall" ,so to speak, it seems as though it went from Spring to Winter in a matter of weeks. This weather has really taken a toll on some but little do they know that in just a couple of months they will be WISHING it was cooler. We will soon experience Florida's well known humidity and heat. Every girl just loves frizzy weather now don't they!? Hey, I look at it this way ... at least we are not shoveling snow out of our driveways! There's a brightside to everything.

Just a couple of weeks ago Dustin and I started attending a Life group at Chet's Creek Church and we absolutely love the class and the couples we get to fellowship with every Sunday! From day one they were extremely welcoming and in that same week I attended a girls dinner hosted by the lovely Meghan Dunn (her and her husband lead our young couples class). Dustin got the chance to hang out with the guys that same night. We both got home around 11:30p.m. and shared our evening with one another. We loved the fact that we FINALLY found a good group of couples to hang out with.

Just this past Sunday Dustin and I had a blast at our photoshoot with Lyndsay, owner of Pink Coffee Photoart. She is truly talented in many ways. She is an AWESOME photographer, very fashionable, knows how to make a mean bib necklace and, my favorite, yarn pom poms to go on her yarn wreath. Is there anything this girl can't do? I think NOT! Check out her blog and see what I'm ranting and raving about! She is also conducting her own mentoring program where she will answer any questions you may have about photography and the best part is, she's GIVING AWAY a spot to one lucky photographer, so if you're interested in finding out "How To Make Pink Coffee" please visit her website for details. Today is the last day to enter her contest. I've entered and I'm crossing my fingers!!! :)

Tune in tomorrow, she will be posting our session on her blog, I can't wait to see them!

I hope everyone has a blessed day!

Day Three: Thinking about My Relationships

2009-10-14T18:34:00.003-04:00

"You can thrive in your careers, acquire wealth and reputation, even experience tremendous impact in your ministry. But if your relationships are languishing, nothing else matter." -Tom Holladay

Did you know Jesus believes that Nothing is more important than relationships?

"From the beginning to end, nothing is more important than relationships. In the beginning, God created you for relationships. He made you to relate to him and to others. Miss out on relationships, and you're missing the core reason for which God put you on this planet. And in the end, nothing is more important, because nothing will last longer than relationships. Your relationships with God and others will last all the way into eternity ... A life without relationships may well be a simpler life, but it is also an empty life." - Tom Holladay.

"'The most important [commandment]', answered Jesus, 'is this: ...'Love the Lord your God with ALL your heart and with ALL your soul and with ALL your mind and with ALL your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself'" (Mark 12:29-31). The path to putting God first starts with the word all.

My church is doing a 40 day campaign on LOVE and the book we are reading through this journey is titled The Relationship Principles of Jesus by Tom Holladay, Teaching Pastor, at Saddleback Church. This devotional book is PROFOUND. It walks you day by day, step by step, through how to live out six foundational truths taught by Jesus. This book will truly help transform my (your) relationships! I strongly encourage everyone to look into reading this devotional with a friend, spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend, small group, etc. It's already changing my life and I'm only on day 3!

Red Envelope Day

2009-03-23T08:40:00.001-04:00

Tuesday, March 31, be a part of a nationwide anit-abortion campaign. Address a RED envelope to: President Barack Obama, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20500. On the back, write the following message: "This envelope represents one child who died because of an abortion. It is empty because the life that was taken is now unable to be a part of our world. Responsibility begins with conception." For more information on this campaign, go to www.redenvelopeday.com

Take Your Mark ... Get Ready ... Get Set ... GOO!

2009-03-14T17:05:00.002-04:00

What a glorious day it was today at the 32nd Annual Gate River Run. Dustin and I woke up at 5:45 a.m. this morning and began getting ready. We were meeting his parents, and my mom at Dustin's parents house and left at 7 a.m. to pick up our niece, Reagan. It was EXTREMELY foggy this morning and we were pretty bummed. It's a good thing God knows what He's doing, we were actually very grateful for the fog. Not once did we feel hot. Once the cannon was shot, we were trying to shuffle our way in. It was SO CROWDED we started 8.5 minutes late. So we finished the race in 1 hour 52 minutes. During the peak of the race I was asking myself "why did I decide to do this?" I was really feeling the BURN on my legs and feet. I also didn't think the Hart Bridge was going to be all that bad ... holy moly was I in for a "treat". This was, physically, one of the HARDEST things I've ever accomplished. I plan on training A LOT more for next year's race.

Springing Forward to New Beginnings

2009-03-05T10:45:00.004-05:00

House
Hi everyone! I hope you are enjoying your day. Well, last time I wrote you I announced that my wonderful husband and I were building a house. As expected, we've had some frustrating moments but we continue to pray them away and accept the things we have no control of. We knew it wasn't going to be the easiest process. Meanwhile, we met with the builder last week who showed us our house plans. We then went to the actual lot and he showed us where the house would sit.

We were supposed to break ground this week but our house would have been done way sooner than we needed it to be. So, with that being said, we found out that we would be breaking ground in early April and our closing date is now July 15.

While we wait, Dustin and I have been busy packing our apartment. We've packed the office (which took forever and it's one of the smallest areas of our apartment ... go figure?) We will be moving out of our apartment April 11 and we'll be moving in with his parents, who have been nice enough to let us stay at their house rent free, as we wait for our house to be built. What a praise! We'll be saving a lot of money thanks to their kindness and generosity. I'm also excited to live with them because they eat so healthy and I know that I'll finally loose those pesky pounds I've been trying to get rid of. :)

Upcoming Events
A week from this Saturday Dustin and I will be running the 32nd Annual Gate River Run together. For those of you who don't know what this race is here's a little blurb about it ... "Last year over 18,000 runners and walkers participated in one of the three featured events. The 15K is the main event with over 14,000 runners and walkers. The Gate River Run is the largest 15K in the United States and will once again served as the USA 15K Championship. The other featured events are the Florida Times-Union 5K for Charity and the adidas Junior River Run. Both of these events had over 2,000 participants last year." For the past two years I was running/walking the 5K. I'm so proud to be running the 15K with Dustin. This will be his 8th year running it. He is very excited to reach his 10th year, he wants to have a BIG party. If you'd like to read more about the race please go to Gate River Run .

Two weeks after that, we will be attending a wedding of one of my good friends (whom I've known since the 8th grade). I'm so excited for April and Robert. I can't believe how fast time goes by.

Please continue to pray for each other. We need to lock arms, especially in these hard economic times. It seems as though no one has job security these days. The only thing that will not change is our trust we have in the Lord. It's not always easy to think that way but we've been trying to more than ever. We keep reminding ourselves that God will always provide. "Commit your work to the Lord, and then your plans will succeed." Prv. 16:3

I'd love to hear how everyone is doing! Enjoy the rest of your day and weekend. :)

P.S. Several weeks ago Dustin and I bought a camera at Target, it was on a MAJOR sale, so I will be taking a lot of pictures of the building process.

Our First House

2009-01-27T09:37:00.003-05:00

After a lot of praying and research we've decided to build a house on the Northside of Jacksonville. We are so happy. This past weekend we put up our "SOLD" sign on our lot. Yesterday we went to the design studio and picked out everything from our shingle, brick and stone color to the grout color! We are so excited for the upcoming months. Right now we are waiting on the permits which take about 30-45 days to get approved. We should be breaking ground in March and we should be moving in around mid to late July.

We are so excited!

Our backyard is all woods and to the right is a pond

We are so happy to be in a cul-de-sac ! Great for raising kids.

True Story ...

2009-01-05T18:23:00.002-05:00

Happy New Year!! I can't believe it's already 2009, how exciting! Dustin and I were so blessed in 2008 and we pray that God may continue to bless us in 2009. There will be many changes within the next several months, God willing I will go full-time at my job, I'll be turning 25 (dear Lord) and Dustin will be 24 and we will be moving into a house, God willing. For the past couple of months Dustin and I have been researching and looking for houses. Our lease will be up on April 29th . We all know how fast time flies so it'll be here before we know it. We are so picky as to where we want to live because we feel as though there are so many important factors we must consider: neighborhood, future schools, location etc.

On a sad note, I LOST my camera ... yes, yes I did. True story. I'm SO sad. I went to grab it on the day of my graduation and couldn't find it. I was running late so I told myself I would look for it later and I have yet to find it! I'm so sad.

Have a great rest of the week!

Love,

2008 Has Been GREAT!

2008-12-13T23:31:00.003-05:00

Hola! I'm officially a COLLEGE GRADUATE. As I was sitting in my seat listening to all the speeches, I couldn't help but think "wow, all those years of school and in just minutes I will be walking across the stage to receive my bachelor's," it's almost like a blur to me now. It feels great to just sit here on my comfy couch watching TV and playing on the laptop not having to worry about any research proposals, projects, papers, etc.

This year has been such a blessing. For starters, I married the most wonderful man (and my best friend), we got a sweet puppy who we consider to be our little baby, I graduated from college and I just know God has much more in store.

Thank you for all your support and love!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ...

2008-12-07T08:32:00.004-05:00

I LOVE Christmas, it's such a great reminder of Jesus and His birth. I'm so grateful for Him and my family. I am also very thankful that I am able to spend time with the ones I love. We are very thankful that Toni & Kim (Dustin's parents) gave us our very first tree. We were very excited to put it up and decorate it.

Our little puppy Mia is going to be six months this month! She's growing up. I think she's in the "teen" stage of dog, she's so rebellious. She likes to run around the house as fast as she can and through the tightest parts of the furniture (such as the dining room chairs) and she likes to run a lap UNDER the Christmas tree...and it drives me CRAZY that she does this. She wrinkles up the tree skirt and sometimes she just hangs out back there. If anyone has any good ideas let me know!

Dustin and I before the Jag vs. Titan game it was so much fun and SOO cold.

Our Christmas Tree :)

Dustin and the baby sleeping

Our sweet little girl

Mia under the Christmas tree

It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year!

2008-12-06T22:39:00.003-05:00

I'm so relieved that it is finally December. I finally get to graduate Friday, Dec. 12 at 11 a.m.! I'm so happy. I've been in college for several years. I've changed my major so many times (Kim P. I know you're probably laughing if you're reading this) and never thought I'd be done. Ahh ... I can't stop saying how relieved I am.

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. We had a great time. We played croquet in the early afternoon and played boardgames the rest of the night! The Williams family is serious about our games ... well, especially Dustin and I (haha).

The weekend before Thanksgiving Dustin and I had pictures taken with Meg Doyle. She's so good at what she does. We had such a great time spending getting to know her better. Be sure to check out her site. Now we're just trying to decide which picture we're going to use as our Christmas card.

This is little miss Reagan on Thanksgiving playing croquet.

Her "Papa" giving her some pointers ...

She LOVES posing for the camera! Especially in her pretty dress that her great grandmother made for her in just a matter of days ... "Gigi" is very talented.

Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity ... The Shack

2008-09-09T19:25:00.003-04:00

I'm not much of a reader but for the last month or so I've been hearing about a book called The Shack that a lot of people I know were reading or had read it just recently. I would listen and just think "that's nice...I have other things to do besides read..FOR FUN!" but I finally borrowed the book from a friend and I CAN'T PUT IT DOWN! It's seriously amazing. It's filled with so much truth. Below you will see the website link you can go to that tells you more about the book. I don't want to tell you too much and give anything away. At this website you can read the Foreword and Ch. 1 of the book.

I have a very busy schedule, but anytime I have a minute I read as much as I can. Recording Artist, Michael W. Smith put it best when he said The Shack will leave you craving for the presence of God.

You will laugh, cry and repent of your own lack of faith along the way. I urge you to check this book out at your local library, or buy it. I plan on buying my own copy soon. If you DO decide to read it, please tell me what you think about it! It's one of those books you JUST HAVE to share with your friends and family.

http://www. theshackbook. com/

Miss Mia

2008-08-26T17:09:00.005-04:00

It's been a while since I've updated you all. Bare with me because this will most likely be a LONG post. We've been so busy lately, sorry! Here's the latest...

-We got a puppy!
-We survived TS Fay
-I started my LAST semester at UNF today!

Mia
This past Sunday, Dustin and I added a new addition to our family, Mia. Mia is our 2.5 month old toy poodle. She's so sweet,so cute and so small! As I was walking her this afternoon a girl stopped me and she "she's got to be the smallest puppy I've ever seen; she looks like a stuffed animal!"
I totally forgot how HARD it is to potty train a pup. She's doing good ... she has little pee-pee accidents every now and then, granted it's the size of a rain drop but I don't want her to think she can do that just anywhere. She doesn't really like the grass, she's quite the Diva! I'm reconsidering naming her that name instead...teehee. She is full of energy and I guess I'm getting old because I'm so tired! LOL I feel bad for her because she goes to the vet Thursday for her shots :(

Out little girl ...

Dustin and Mia

Reagan and Mia having a good time!

FAY
Tropical Storm Fay came through our area and stayed for a WHILE last week. Our apartment has a roof leak because of the storm and our area experienced a lot of flooding. Other than that we survived it!

University of North FL

Today was the first day of my LAST semester at UNF. As you can imagine, I'm very, very excited. I'm taking a total of three classes, this includes my internship with Jacksonville Magazine. My other two classes are Mass Communication Research, not too fun. It's all about how to research and ofcourse we have massive writing assignments. We have two projects due in this class. One involves groups and the group must write a 15-17 page research proposal. We also have a concept explication which involves a comprehensive explication of a mass communications concept and the analysis and evaluation of the past research on the concept and this paper is only 5-6 pages in length. My third class is Public Relations Campaigns and it's a hands-on approach to public relations planning. The entire class will work as a full service public relations/advertising agency to develop a complete integrated communication plan which includes research, goals and objectives, implementation, and evaluation, for a non-profit organization. The client is REAL and we found out that the client is Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary The mission of Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary is to provide a safe environment to many of the great cat species that are endangered or threatened due to loss of natural habitat. Our primary focus is in the rescue of cats from serious situations. As a class we will work with this client and create a plan that best meets its needs. The class is basically being transformed into a business and each class member has to apply for a position (i.e. account manager, account executive, campaign director, etc.). We have to have a cover letter and resume and we are to get in front of the class and tell everyone why we feel we are qualified for the position. I'm really excited about this class!

JACKSONVILLE MAGAZINE
Things have been going well at the internship. Some days are more exciting than others. I just finished writing copy for our Top Dentist issue that will come out in October's issue. I'm excited for the upcoming events we will have booths at (i.e. Caring Chef's, Southern Women's Show, Home and Patio Show).

Other than that we are doing very well. We're looking forward to our cruise in December as well as my graduation. It's been quite the year for us and we are stoked about everything!

We're in magazines!

2008-08-08T21:11:00.001-04:00

Hi everyone! As some of you may know Dustin and I are in the Jacksonville Magazine this month. Click the link below to check us out. Once you see the page, click on it to enlarge.

JACKSONVILLE MAGAZINE

We are also on Hidden Hills' website too ...

Hidden Hills Country Club

We are also in a Hidden Hills ad which is advertised in Premier Bride Magazine, Northeast Florida's Premier Bridal Guide, Fall/Winter 2008.

This has totally been a conceited post but we are so excited about this!

Home Photo shoot

2008-08-06T16:35:00.010-04:00

Today was such an exciting day. Me and another intern, Brittany, assisted the photographer at a home shoot for Jacksonville Magazine's Home edition. The house will be featured in the fall 2008 edition, which comes out in October, I can't wait to see the pictures. Anyway, 33-year-old Molly and 44-year-old Larry are the owners of the home. She and Larry are expecting their first child in seven weeks and she doesn't even look pregnant, lucky! Molly owns her own company, Zeal Interiors; Larry owns an aviation company. She calls her style "modern organic". They have one of the most unique homes I've ever seen. Just about every piece of furniture is from a different part of the world. For example,the baby crib that will be kept in their room is from New Zealand and her front doors are from Beijing China.

Even though she has a lot of imported furniture she also has very innovative pieces as well. She has quite the imagination and best of all it's affordable! "Your home is your sanctuary away from the world. Good, balanced design does not have to be expensive," Molly said.

I had many favorite pieces and rooms today but the coolest fixture was in the master bathtub. The faucet wasn't fixed into the wall as most are. The fixture is located on the ceiling so when you turn the knob it pours down from the ceiling. Just in case you were wondering, KOHLER makes it. Click here, KOHLER to view a fixture similar to the one I am speaking of. The only difference between the one on the website and the one in their house is that the one in their house didn't look like a shower head.

Visit her website at:
ZEAL INTERIORS

Picture** This is actually located in her living room. The necklace not in the frame is from Mexico, where they got married. The necklace in the frame in an antique.

Be sure to visit our website JACKSONVILLE MAGAZINE

Internship

2008-08-04T18:17:00.009-04:00

I had the BEST first day at my internship. I seriously learned and did so much. Jacksonville Magazine has four publications, Jacksonville Magazine(the mother ship of all the magazines), 904, Home and Taste. This Wednesday I will be assisting the photographer in St. Augustine with a photoshoot that will be published in Jacksonville's Home issue, I'm really excited. Check out this month's issue of Jacksonville Magazine, Dustin and I are in the wedding section.

One of my tasks today was to gather information and write up sponsorship information for the Wedding Giveaway. Just to give you a glimpse,the wedding venue will be at Serenata Beach Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, they are just one of the many sponsors participating.

This is the MAIN magazine. Editorial ranges from
personality profiles, restaurant spotlights, travel,
local history and current events.

"904 : Northeast Florida’s Business & Executive Life Authority
is set to become the market’s sole glossy periodical designed to
chronicle the region’s unprecedented growth, as well as cover the
provocative people and issues that affect our economic future."
-Info. provided by Jacksonville Magazine website

"Features the area's most elegant homes and well-appointed
businesses, insightsinto interior design trends, professional
perspectives on the creative use of art, antiques and accent
pieces, profiles of leading local artists, guides to local resources
and other topics of interest to the Northeast Florida homeowner."
-Info. provided on website

"Jacksonville Magazineís Taste is an annual supplement featuring
dining listings and menus from more than 250 First Coast restaurants
and bars." -Info. provided on website.

Dustin's college graduation

2008-08-01T23:31:00.004-04:00

He did it! Dustin graduated today at 3 p.m. with his Bachelor of Business Administration in Transportation & Logistics. We are all so very proud of him. After graduation we went and celebrated at Pusser's Caribbean Grille ... the name sounds gross but their food is far from that!

Additionally,we just booked a cruise today as well. We'll be sailing to San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and St. Martin on Saturday, Dec. 13th (the day after I graduate from UNF). We are really excited :)

Curried Pork Tenderloin...m'mm good...with pineapple sauce

Saturday Dustin had a graduation bar-b-q party. We bar-b-q'd and we all played volleyball ALL day long. Unfortunately, I was playing too and was not able to take any pictures ... sorry! Dustin has really developed an interest in volleyball. For the past several Saturdays him and some of our friends have been playing. They even watch it on TV every chance they get ... they are so funny ... they are SO serious about it too. They spent an entire afternoon practicing their serves. It's cute.

It is finished!

2008-07-30T12:46:00.002-04:00

Whoa! I just got done with my press kit. Wow, that was such an intense assignment. I was up until 11:30 p.m. working on the finishing touches. This morning I went to Kinko's and had everything printed on nice business paper. Simple right? Well, after the associate printed my papers I found margin errors and I accidentally had him print the wrong news release...it was one thing after another, he basically printed fifty million papers for me. After several attempts we fixed the errors and I finally was able to breath at ease knowing that it was all printed, finally. I haven't turned it in yet, 2 p.m. it is due. I can't wait to see what grade I have earned.

**Just two more days until Dustin is officially a college graduate! Friday is his graduation and Saturday is his bar-b-q graduation party. I will definitely be taking a lot of pictures :) Have a nice rest of the week, everyone.

Our first home together ...

2008-07-23T11:50:00.005-04:00

Hola,

Here are some pictures of our home. We are slowly decorating. We are both really busy with school and work so we don't have too much time to decorate but we do what we can :)

The first three pictures are our living room. We have an office right when you come in the front door on the right hand side.

Our lovely dining room

Our cute kitchen

Our bedroom and view of the patio

Our bathroom

Better Late than never!

2008-07-16T21:43:00.006-04:00

Here are our 4th of July pics. We had such a great time. We had a bar-b-q, had yummy dessert and watched fireworks downtown.

RaeAnn, Rick, Reagan, Dustin and Me

Gigi, Toni, Reagan and Kim

Delicious Fruit Pizza I made

Our niece, Reagan and Dustin

Me and my sister-in-law, RaeAnn

My father and mother-in law, Kim & Toni

My mom, Roxi and I

The fireworks were a little too loud for Reagan

It's Almost time ...

2008-07-16T21:14:00.002-04:00

Exactly two weeks from today my Public Relations Writing class will finally come to an end! This has been one of the most difficult classes I've taken. I have a HUGE project due 2 weeks from today too ... yikes! We have to create a press kit (it's a pre-packaged set of promotional materials prepared for major events and new product launches. Its purpose is to give editors and reporters a variety of information and resources that make writing about the topic easier for the reporter. There are so many things within the press kit and they are very time consuming. We can't make anything up ... no fabricated interviews ... it all has to be factual. This class is only six weeks long so creating all of this with such little time is very stressful to say the least... Don't get me wrong I'm extremely excited for the semester to come to an end because Dustin graduates two weeks from this Friday and I'll start my internship the following Monday!

On a different note, I tried "Zumba" for the first time on Monday night at UNF and it was AMAZING! For those of you that don't know what Zumba is, it's a class full of Latin beats and Latin flavor and the moves are influenced by Latin dances and hip-hop dance. What a work-out ... sweat was literally flying off my face (gross...I know...but I don't typically sweat like that) ... SO find a Zumba near you. Haha

*Prayer Requests*

--Please keep me in prayer, my project counts as 50 percent of my grade ... it's worth 300 pts.

New Happenings ...

2008-07-11T17:39:00.003-04:00

What a year it has been so far and it's just getting started! We kicked the year off with our beautiful wedding and next month Dustin graduates UNF with his Bachelor's in Transportation and Logistics. He took a great job offer locally and started May 5th. It's great that he doesn't have to work nights anymore like he had to while working as an Outbound Supervisor at UPS. He is a step higher now at the new company than he was at UPS. For those of you that don't know, Dustin has worked for UPS for the last four years and he wanted to do something different. He's still in the same field he just wanted to learn something new in his field. I love that he has a normal sleeping pattern now and he's not falling asleep on me when we would try to hang out ... bless his heart.

As most of you know I've been in college for quite sometime now ... I was beginning to think attending college was my CAREER. BUT I'm happy to announce that I will be graduating this December, God willing ofcourse. I am a Public Relations major with a minor in Elementary Education. I'm not sure what I want to do just yet. I have landed an internship at Jacksonville Magazine and I will begin August 4 - December 12 or when I reach 210 hours whichever comes first. I'm very excited about my internship there. My main interest is "Event Planning" so I think I will be helping out a lot for the Home and Patio Show and some other events they will have booths at. I also submitted one of our wedding photos about a month ago to Jacksonville Magazine and it should be in either their August or September issue...so be sure to look for it :)

Sorry so late!

2008-07-10T06:08:00.005-04:00

Hey everyone I haven't been on here in like 3 months! Danielle reminded me that I still have one of these ... haha. So here's the update ... Dustin and I have been married for almost 2 months now and it's so awesome! God has truly blessed me and has breathed so much life back into me.

The wedding coordinator at Hidden Hills mentioned to me that she put several of our pictures in the Premier Bride Magazine in their Hidden Hills ad. I can't wait to see it! She also put us on the Hidden Hills website ... haha we feel like mini-celebrities. Here are some of our favorite pictures...

This picture will be in Jacksonville Magazine either in their August or September issue

That cake was SOOO good. Courtesy of Angie's Wedding Cakes

My mom and Dustin's mom, Toni

My sister, M.O.H and my niece/flower girl, Reagan

Spring

2008-03-26T20:07:00.003-04:00

It's been such a long time since I've made a post. I've been busy with school and planning. There are 59 days left until the wedding. Now the fun begins.

Last Saturday our friend Angela took pictures of Dustin and I at Hannah Park...

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2007-12-26T09:47:00.001-05:00

Hey there! Hope everyone had a wonderful CHRISTmas. Dustin and I had a lovely one with our family and friends. We went to the Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine for a brunch and had Christmas at Dustin's parent's house.

Me, Dustin and our good friend Brad

Me, Dustin, my sister Catherine and her boyfriend Joey @ The Casa Monica Hotel

Catherine, our mom Roxi, and me

Me and my best friend Stacy Christmas Eve

Our Gingerbread houses we created Christmas Day

Jaguars vs. Chargers... 24-17

2007-11-19T17:14:00.000-05:00

Yesterday (Sunday November 18th) Dustin and I went to the Jaguar/Charger football game. We had a blast! A friend of his from work has awesome season tickets that were twenty rows up from the 20 yd. line! Pretty stinkin' awesome. As many of you may know Dustin is from San Diego so he's a Charger and boy did he get a lot of grief! Haha

The weather was awesome! Although, we felt at one point that the side of our faces were going to melt because the sun was beating on us so bad!

Dustin and I before the game...

How cool is that?

Touchdown Jaguars!!

Jones-Drew #32...what a tank!

The Lovebirds!

It's beginning to look a lot like FALL

2007-11-04T15:08:00.000-05:00

I love this time of year. It's cooling down (finally) and we are able to keep our windows open and enjoy this fall like weather. Yesterday and today have been the coolest yet and Dustin and I have been enjoying the time well spent with our family and friends.

Visit with the Turbides...

2007-10-21T22:35:00.000-04:00

Last Thursday and Friday Dustin's good friend Peter and his wife Ashley were in Jacksonville and hung out with us. Peter has been stationed in Bahrain for the past year. For the next six months he will be in Pensacola and after that he and Ashley will be headed out to SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA where he will be stationed for a while (however long that is). Ah, how Dustin and I would love to live in San Diego...who knows maybe we will depending on what job offers are presented to him around graduation time. Anyway, we had such a wonderful time with them...we miss them terribly already! I never thought I could do so much eating in just 2 days! We took them to all of our favorite places...including Rita's Italian Ice! The picture I've attached was taken in St. Augustine.

**PRAYER REQUEST**
--Our Fall semester is coming to an end and finals and many projects are due soon.
--Job offers for Dustin
--Ashley and Peter (and Ashley is graduating in May '08)

Dustin loves a good o'l caramel candy apple! He's not one for sweets so I had to capture this moment...plus his lips were super blue from the sprinkles! Haha

Kim's Birthday bash!

2007-10-15T08:58:00.000-04:00

On Saturday 10/13 we celebrated Kim's b-day! Toni made a chocolate malted milk ball ice cream cake (YUM!) and Reagan had the most fun with it! Everyone was talking and I looked over at Reagan and she had given up on her spoon and decided to just eat it how she wanted to and I went and grabbed my camera and shot a video...

Lately she's been doing this "scary" face and it's hilarious!

Universal Studios

2007-10-07T11:03:00.000-04:00

August we all took a fun trip to Universal Studios to celebrate
Dustin's mom's birthday!

Wedding Planning

2007-10-02T23:02:00.000-04:00

The wedding planning is going extremely well. Dustin pokes fun at me because I've gotten so much accomplished but the way I look at it is the more we can get accomplished now the less stressed we'll be when the BIG DAY approaches!

What We've Gotten Accomplished:
-Reserved place of ceremony and reception
-Ordered cake
-Ordered flowers
-Bridesmaid dresses picked out and all the ladies look great in them
-Wedding Theme (we are going for a romantic feel...with "wine" as our color)
-Have a D.J. (thanks Magan)

**Bought my dress this past Sunday =)

Engagement Pictures

2007-10-02T21:50:00.001-04:00

This past weekend Dustin and I had our engagement pictures taken around some parts of Jacksonville. Timothy Jay is our photographer and good friend; he will be the one taking pictures at our wedding as well. Timothyjayphoto.com

Hanna Park

Hidden Hills

Downtown Jacksonville

Hidden Hills

More Cali Pictures

2007-10-02T21:34:00.001-04:00

Here is a continuation of pictures from our trip.

"The Cliffs"

Laguna Beach

Our favorite fast food restaurant "El Pollo Loco"

LOLOL I had to put this...it was so funny (Yogurt Mill)

Our California Trip

2007-10-02T21:26:00.000-04:00

San Diego,California has to be one of the prettiest places I've been to. I can't wait to go back again. We miss you Lori, Kevin, and Garrett. Can't wait to see you guys in May of 2008!

Dana Point (View from Ritz-Carlton)

Dustin surfing in Coronado Beach

The San Diego Zoo

Padres vs. Astros

Coronado Island

The proposal

2007-10-02T21:10:00.001-04:00

On August 21, 2007 (our 11 months anniversary), Dustin proposed to me at La Jolla Park in San Diego, California. It couldn't have been more perfect. Aunt Lori packed us a picnic and Dustin hide the ring in it. Before we had our picnic we had gone to what the locals call "the cliffs" we were beat after the climb down and up. I was so sweaty and stinky for his proposal (haha). Everything happened as God wanted and it came out absolutely perfect. Thank you Aunt Lori, uncle Kevin and Garrett for making that day even more special for us.