Calvin College Graduation: We Did It!

On Saturday, May 22, Jeff and I graduated from Calvin College!

Here are some photos of the day!

The dress Noems made me for my rehearsal dinner last summer :)

My Aunt Alice made our cake all the way in Canada! She did a TERRIFIC job and it tasted soooo good! Thanks Aunt Alice!

My nieces-Audrey and Caroline :)

We did it!

Our South Bend Home!

Looks like Jeff and I found a "home" to live in for the next few years! Ours is on the left! It's a nice, two-story townhouse on the edge of the lot--yah!!! We will be moving in early/mid August before Jeff starts his program at ND.

Summer Goals

Every summer I try to come up with some goals I want to accomplish (that's just the kind of person I am I guess!). Last summer I had one goal--"GET MARRIED!" and that one was successfully done! Well with summer beginning for me tomorrow I thought I would sit down and think about what I want to all learn, try, and do! My hope is that by blogging these goals I will be more apt to remember to accomplish them--along with a few nudges and reminders of course :)

• Goal 1: Find a job! (and sooner rather than later please!)
• Goal 2: Learn to golf--at least how to swing a club without pulling a muscle or frustrating my husband.
• Goal 3: Make a wedding album! After making one for my mother and mother-in-law I think it's about time I make one for myself!
• Goal 4: Learn how to cook. (okay, so I know how to cook--but not that well so practice would be good!)
• Goal 5: Buy all produce at the local farmer's market. (I've always wanted to go there, but have not yet!)
• Goal 6: Go camping! (Funny goal, I know....but I never really went camping that much growing up and I always wanted to!)
• Goal 7: Run 5 miles without dying--I once could do this, but am shamefully not in that condition anymore!
• Goal 8: Get on track with devotions--unfortunately this always gets booted out of my "busy" schedule and I'd love to get it back on track! (let me know if you have any good suggestions of books to use)
• Goal 9: Try bare-footing again--I do it about once every summer and get a little scared of the falls....but it's time to be brave!
  
• Goal 10: HAVE FUN OF COURSE!

Let me know if you have any other good things I should try--always love doing something new!
Allie :)

A Canadian Wedding!

This past weekend my family headed up to Ottawa, Ontario to celebrate the wedding of my cousin Emma and her fiance Richard! After a long drive and sleep at Granny's we headed out to see the star of the weekend--Emma! What a fun weekend (despite the horrible weather--rainy and 40 degrees!). Emma looked beautiful of course and was glowing the entire time. Becky and I were the MC's for the reception and had a lot of fun :)
Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Buist!