Brrrrrrrr

I don't think you ever get "used to" the cold and now that we live in IL, there is plenty of cold! Since we take the bus most days, there is usually a 5 or 10 minute period where we wait outside at the bus stop. The other night it was extra cold it seemed so I tried to bundle up as much as possible. I guess you could say this is how we stay warm in IL...

Thanks Mom and Dad for the Christmas gift! That collar is coming in handy :)

Anyone else ready for Spring?? :)

Who can fix it?

Taylor can! My drivers side window went out last Friday so we called a couple auto body shops to see how much it would be to fix. Let's just say that the responses we received were absurd and my car isn't exactly new, so we weren't interested in investing that much. Well, Taylor decided that he would try and fix it! So last weekend, after multiple hours of YouTube-ing videos, Taylor called and purchased the part and starting working on the car. The result? See the video below...

Go Taylor! Let us know if you need any car repairs :)

Dinner and Bowling

Why do boys not smile? Oh well!

A couple weeks ago Taylor found out that on Tuesdays you can go to a local bowling alley and receive 2 games of bowling and pizza for a really inexpensive price. So guess what we did last Tuesday? You guessed it!

If you didn't already know, Taylor loves bowling, I mean he loves it. So about the 5th frame of the first game he looked at me and said, "Ok, I reached my goal." I said, "Your goal?". "Yeah, I have certain goals I try to reach during each game so that I can bowl over 200." I couldn't help but laugh! My goal is generally to not put it in the gutter each time, let alone have a certain number of pins by each frame! Haha.

Look at that form (and yes, this shot was a strike)!

Well the night was a lot of fun and I'm sure you if you're ever in the area on a Tuesday night, you will find us at the bowling alley every now and then :) Have a great weekend!

Sam's Cafe

(Photo stolen from the internet!)

We really enjoy trying out new restaurants around town and this past weekend we checked another one off out list! Ashley, our hair stylist, suggested trying out Sam's Cafe for breakfast. I ended up being pleasantly surprised with the food. When we walked in I looked at Taylor and said, "Are you sure we want to eat here?", (ha!) it wasn't our normal cleanliness/look. We decided to just stay and check it out and it turned out to be pretty good. It's located in downtown CU which is usually a fun area to checkout. I wouldn't say it will be a must-go-to when we have visitors but it was a good breakfast for an even better price!

Wednesday Word

Taylor is reading a book currently called "Hole In Our Gospel" and the other day this was the introductory quote from a chapter he was reading...

I thought that was such a powerful and true statement of how I act so many times. I hope and pray that we can all have the courage to ask God how we can help others in need and not be afraid if His answer isn't exactly what we thought it would be.

Happy Wednesday!

122-52

Taylor played on one of my boss's basketball teams the other night since they were missing a few people. I think he had a lot of fun (he is always up for a game of basketball) but the game didn't turn out quite how he was hoping.

The final score was... 122-52! Shocked? Yeah, I was too. I guess my boss's team is more of a "recreational" team but since the competitive league didn't have enough teams they randomly placed rec teams in the competitive league. I guess when that happens you get scores like 122-52! Come to find out, the other team had a few players that used to play pro overseas and multiple players who played at our local community college. So that score made a little more sense after hearing that.

Taylor, as usual, played very well and probably had about half his teams points! So I think the guys were pretty impressed. Maybe he'll get asked to play next year? :)

What truly matters

Tayor and I are completely on the Tebow bandwagon and I don't see us getting off anytime soon. I don't care if the Broncos win or if they lose; I don't care if he throws the game winning touchdown in the 4th quarter or 50 interceptions; what I do care about are the lives that Tebow is impacting and the stance that he is taking for Christ. Those are the things truly matter and will last far beyond his NFL career, or any of our careers. ESPN posted this article today and it almost made me teary eyed at my desk. I just had to share...

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7455943/believing-tim-tebow

Also, sorry for being MIA for so long. I know it's nothing new :) I plan on working on lots of posts/updates this weekend since we have a 3 day weekend!