After Surgery

We have had so many people tell us that they want to bring food over after the surgery. I thought it would be helpful for everyone if you wanted to cook or pick up food for Marshall to have an idea of what a few of his favorite foods are: 1. Creamed Corn 2. Chicken Casserole 3. Vegetable Soup 4. Brunswick Stew (Bullock's is the best...) 5. Baked Chicken 6. Creamed Potatoes 7. BBQ Chicken 8. Pizza Desserts 1. Angel Food Cake with Strawberries 2. Snicker's Ice Cream 3. Apple Turnovers 4. Any type of Cobbler He is not picky so anything you want to make will be perfect. This is just a helpful list for if you want to bring something. Thanks for your support and prayers throughout these past few months!

Camping (a little late)

Well, speaking as someone who does not like camping, we had a wonderful time! It was a great opportunity for Memorial Day weekend to be at the beach for cheap. Although almost all of us ended up with colds, sore throats, and other... unfortunate side effects, we all had a great time. It was fun to just be able to get away and not think about anything and sometimes laugh until we hurt. Here are some pictures.

The video as promised....

This video is the cutest thing... Marshall and I watched it the other night and were laughing so hard.

Marshall's Birthday Golf!! (great present)

Sorry I am a horrible blogger and never update it... but here is something I have been wanting to post for a couple weeks!  

For Marshall's birthday I always try to plan an activity to do as well as a present.  Last year I didn't tell him where we were going and drove him to Frankie's Fun Park (because he ALWAYS used to talk about how he wanted to go there sometime) and we ate in the little diner, played putt putt and played games in the arcade.  

This year, I had to make it something he wouldn't expect and something I knew he would enjoy.  I decided to research golf courses in the Raleigh-Wake Forest area and make a tee time for Tuesday (his birthday).  It was a perfect thing to do because it falls on my Spring Break with the students.  After looking at websistes and calling some places I made a tee time for his birthday at River Ridge Golf Course (the only 4 1/2 star golf course in Raleigh).  However, the weather was not going to cooperate for his birthday.  So, instead we ended up going on Wednesday instead of his actual birthday (bummer, I know).  It was so much fun though... and he was totally proud of me for making a tee time (which I have never done before).  

Marshall was the only one playing and I was in charge of driving the golf cart... because I would beast him at golf and c'mon, he doesn't want to get beat on his birthday.  

SNOW!

So... we had our first snow day!!! I was super excited that I didn't have to go in to work on the teacher workdays and I had a whole week (well, almost) to hang out at home with Marshall. On Wednesday, I finally convinced him we needed to go out to Target...

Good News!!

Hey! I want to thank everyone who has been praying for me and Rachel during this time. I received a phone call today from Blue Cross/Blue Shield today letting me know that they are going to insure me! This is a huge relief for both of us. We still have a lot of bills to pay from before I had insurance, but we are so thankful that we will not have to pay for much more. This insurance does have a higher premium than some of the others we applied for but it also has 100% coverage after we meet our deductable. Please continue to pray that we have the means to pay the original bills and that we will get a good report when I finally get the tests done that I have been holding off on becuase of the lack of insurance. We are hoping to have an appointment sometime in early February to have an MRI and an Angiography. Again, we ask that you continue to pray and we know that God is faithful to provide for all of our needs both financially and physically!

-Marshall and Rachel

Our First Christmas!

It is so hard to believe that we are already at almost 7 months being married! It has all been so incredible and FAST! It has truly blessed my life being married to Marshall. I really cannot imagine moving out of that phase of life (college) into getting my job without having him with me.

Now, on to Christmas! We are so excited about having our first Christmas together and having our first TREE! We are not fake tree people so we went out to buy our tree the week after Thanksgiving after we got back from Haiti. We both decided that we liked short, fat trees- so that is what we got...

We spent Christmas Eve with my family and we are traveling around for Christmas day to go to see all of our family around the area. It will be a busy but fun day. We were just talking on the way home in the car about how we can't believe Christmas is almost over. It goes by so fast! It is so fun to see all of our wrapped presents under the tree though.

We hope that everyone has a GREAT Christmas!!! :)