is "awesomeness" a word?

Sorry that it's upside down....I rotated it but when it imports, it keeps flipping over...anyhow that's how homework makes me feel.... Overwhelmed!

"D"

...well Stu and I had sort of a date night yesterday... we were lucky enough to be added to the guest list to the Caedmon's Call concert, thanks to Aric (he plays bass in Smithband). And if awesomeness is a real word, that is the best way to describe it. We had a great time and heard wonderful music from them. Derek Webb and Andrew Osenga played some of their stuff too, both of which are incredible. The show was over 3 hours and we had a fabulous time. Thanks to Aric again!

We later ended the night with a little homework which is sort of sad because it was friday night after all and we both had had a long day of school and stress. Stu was almost late for a test and I had great difficulty in residential construction when my TA told my and my lab partner how to do something the wrong way! 

So here's what happened.... We were in-charge of  two walls for our groups structure. we cut all of the lumber and had put one of the walls together. (after asking the TA a question about the studs and where they needed to be placed. He told us that there needed to be a 3inch over hang and then place the stud at 16 inches on center. Well we did that and our group later told us that it was not a 3 inch, but a 3 1/2 inch over hang...) so with our 3 and not 3 1/2 inch over hang, it made it so that our studs were 1/2 off! Gross! So we had a great time taking that wall apart and I have to say that it was terrible because the nails were in there with a nail gun! It was no fun and hard because I don't have that much arm strength and not so graceful with a hammer and crowbar. 

Anyhow, back the the friday night studying.... we started taking pictures of Daisy, which is usually what happens when we are looking for reasons not to study....and they were pretty funny!

-good night

Eloise Anne Hecker

Some of our best friends had a wonderful surprise Easter morning. Chris and Erin Hecker had their baby and it's a girl! She is so sweet and has really long feet! Chris called Stu very earlier on Easter morning to share this wonderful news with us and we are so excited for them and their little Eloise Anne!!

this was one of the pictures that they sent out to family and friends

We stopped by the hospital on our way to our Easter service  to congratulate the new mom and dad and welcome the sweet little girl. She's tiny!

The Easter Bunny blessed the Heckers!

power tools and a paint brush

so...I never thought that I would be use power tools ever! Well, one of my classes right now has completely set me apart from most ladies my age. Interior Design seems to be a very girlie career choice but I now think otherwise. In residential construction I sit in a class full of guys and only about 10 percent girls. In there we have learned about the steps required to pour a concrete slab, how to complete an estimate for any sort of construction job, and then yesterday I was in the construction lab handling 2x4's and power tools. I learned how to use the nail gun, actually two different ones, a framing gun and a rough framing gun, and then two different sort of hand saws. All of which were pretty scary because I want to keep all of my fingers. Anyway, I think that it is crazy. I think that you could say that an Interior Design degree is a well rounded one....

....randomness of a school day....

I have decided that I don't like when it rains and I have to walk around campus. The buildings that I go to and from are on completely different ends of the school(and up and down lots of stairs). It is hard not to get wet, even when you have an umbrella. 

Stu and I have a great love for Chick Fil A. It's yummy. But I had a little time to kill today so I decided to head down to the student union and eat a little Chick Fil A among the student population, instead of eating my PB&J in one of my studio classes. I was very disappointed when I found a seat and started eating. I was aware that the Chick Fil A on campus was different than the regular one, but still very disappointed when I figured out that the difference is that they don't use peanut oil. :( That just proves to me once more that the regular Chick Fil A is awesome!

I know that Stu and I are sort of grown up and mentally older than our actual age, but I amazed every time I sit with the typical college student population surrounding me, jut how much that is true. It's crazy and I am glad that I was able to bypass that stage, the typical college student stage of life. It always sounds like its going to be the end of the world for them or something. 

Well, I am putting off my studying, so I am off! 

fabrics and delight!

I have just accepted a summer internship with Bravo Interior Design

I get to help create beautiful spaces like this! And hopefully if things work out, it could be a job after the internship is over. I am very blessed to get this, I had an interview last week and the girls in the office said that I seemed like the right person! Thanks to Will (Stu's brother) and his friend Chris. David Bravo, the owner of Bravo Interior Design is said to be the best in the city. I'm excited! 

spring break

Hanging out after some coffee at Taft Street

Picking the nose of the Blue Bell Cow at the Blue Bell Factory in Brenham on the way home

Deliciousness 

Stu and I have been soooo busy this semester with school, work, CARES, and life in general that we decided when spring break came we weren't going to do anything. That was the plan, and we sort of stuck to it...

We started the week off by sleeping in a lot and enjoying our time together. Then on Tuesday we headed down to Houston to go through Stu's stuff from his Mom's house. On the way down highway 290 we stopped on the side of the road at the Smith's old RV Park and fed Maggie the Cow some crackers over the fence, which was sad and great at the same time. 

We stayed the night at Johnny and Jenni Simmons' and had a wonderful time getting to visit with them. We think that they are some of the greatest people, Jenni is so kind and sweet. Then the next day we enjoyed lunch with some of Stu's friends, right before we started the main purpose of our trip. 

After that, we enjoyed dinner with Marsha, Stu's Mom. Then checked into the Intercontinental for the night. After check in we headed to HFBC to see if we could run into Stephen, Star, and the rest of the Smiths. We were really happy that we were able to sit and hang out with them because we don't get to that often. (we are usually in a rush) It was nice to talk them see how they are adjusting to the change. 

On the way home the next afternoon we made a pit stop in Brenham at the Blue Bell Factory and enjoyed a cup of heavenly ice cream. Yummy!