Tell Me MOOR: March 2010

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Aloha Adventure!

Vacations can never come too soon and they can never last long enough! Pete and I have been counting the days until March 18th ever since we booked our trip to Kauai in January. It was a busy week leading up to our trip and we left in a scurry trying to get everything done in time. I had a bad cold and was packing up until the last minute. The second we stepped off the plane and inhaled the fresh Hawaiian air, it was like we entered a dream-a dream that we never wanted to end.

We enjoyed island life-beach hopping, hiking, ziplining, a boat tour, seafood, tropical drinks, sun bathing, and more. It was an adventure to say the least and we fell in love with the island of Kauai. The best part about it all was the endless time together. We were talking about it with some of our friends upon arriving home and vacations like this one make you remember all the little reasons you got married in the first place. :)

Whether a week long tropical vacation in the sun or a weekend camping trip 50 miles from home-I strongly believe one-on-one vacations with your spouse is a must on the marriage check list. It gives you time to really appreciate each other, relax, remember, and look forward. My only problem is when the vacation has to end. For as long as I can remember I get a big knot in my stomach on the last day of a great vacation dreading the end of something soo good. My mom told me this quote a few years ago and I always remember it after a memorable trip. . .

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened!"

-Dr. Seuss

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Student Nurses who love Babies

March of Dimes is an amazing organization that raises money for babies. The mission of March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

When we lived in San Diego, I raised money and did one of their walks. It was a wonderful expereince! I have decided to do it again this spring in Astoria, OR on May 1st. I started a team called "Student Nurses who love Babies". I truly do love babies and I hope to go into a field of nursing that strives to help babies and keep babies healthy.

Please check out the website below-join the team if you want to come out and walk (it will be so much fun) or donate to this cause! Thank-you for your support!

http://www.marchforbabies.org/team/t1385458

Our Theme Song

"Better Together"

By Jack Johnson

There's no combination of words
I could put on the back of a postcard
No song that I could sing
But I can try for your heart
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things
Like a, shoebox of photographs
With sepiatone loving
Love is the answer,
At least for most of the questions in my heart
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and
Sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing it's always better when we're together

[Chorus:]
MMM it's always better when we're together
Yeah, we'll look at them stars when we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

And all of these moments
Just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone
When the morning light sings
And brings new things
For tomorrow night you see
That they'll be gone too
Too many things I have to do
But if all of these dreams might find their way
Into my day to day scene
I'd be under the impression
I was somewhere in between
With only two
Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do
Or places we got to be
We'll Sit beneath the mango tree now

It's always better when we're together
Mmmm, we're somewhere in between together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

MMmmmm MMMmmmm Mmmmmm
I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now, and when I wake up,
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time,
And there is no, no song I could sing
And there is no, combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing
We're better together.

Our Favorite Poem

Bits and pieces.

People. People important to you, people unimportant to you cross your life, touch it with love and carelessness and move on. There are people who leave you and you breathe a sigh of relief and wonder why you ever came into contact with them. There are people who leave you and you breathe a sigh of remorse and wonder why they had to go away and leave such a gaping hole. Children leave parents; friends leave friends. Aquaintances move on. People change homes. People grow apart. Enemies hate and move on. Friends love and move on. You think on the many who have moved into your hazy memory. You look on those present and wonder.

I believe in God's master plan in lives. He moves people in and out of each other's lives, and each leaves his mark on the other. You find you are made up of bits and pieces of all who ever touched your life, and you are more because of it, and you would be less if they had not touched you.

Pray God that you accept the bits and pieces in humility and wonder, and never question,

and never regret.

Bits and pieces.