Super Bowl Ring

Hey there. Sorry, it's been a little while since I wrote on here! Well, we recently received our Super Bowl Rings and it was a fun and eventful night. We started by going to the Conrad downtown, which is one of the few 5 star hotels in the country. It is pretty amazing. I had never been inside. We had Hour deuvres (sp?) and wine and milled around visiting. It was SO great to see everyone!! It was a complete reunion. All of the girls came back, including ones from out of state. I forgot how fun it was to be with them! My girl Lauren was looking as beautiful as ever and told me all about her beautiful daughter Gracie. She is so cute and looking more and more like her mommy every day! I got to see my room mate from the Super Bowl, Heather, my love. She is a blast and it was SO fun to just hang out and be silly the whole time in Miami. The parties there were amazing, and it was such a breathtaking experience, that I'm glad I got to share it with a fun friend. We went all the way back to the Firebirds together. My girl Jessica was as silly as always, and everyone was looking gorgeous. The waiters treated us like we were worth a million bucks, even though we weren't. The food was amazing! They had perfectly cooked beef medallions and all kinds of finger food.

We were lucky enough to have our significant others with us. Ethan showed up and became my camera man for the night. The Pacers were playing the Lakers the next day, so the Lakers were there, and Ethan got to see them! He brags that he made eye contact with Kobe Bryant. Some of the girls were getting pictures with him. They had the Lombardi trophy there, and we took all kinds of picture with it! It's heavy!! Then they started the ceremony with a DVD show of the Super Bowl. It gave me chills just seeing the game and remembering the rain and just how special and amazing that experience was!! Thank you Lord for such a blessing. That whole time was so magical that I could never explain it to anyone. You just had to be there. I am so unworthy to be so blessed.

They called my name to come get my box, but we all had to wait to open it together, since none of us had seen how the ring looks. When we opened it, we couldn't believe how huge it was!! I kept thinking it would be a lot smaller, since it is the girl version. It still is really big. There are 19 diamonds on the top with a horseshoe. It says world champions around it. On one side it says Super Bowl XLI, Colts, Faith, and the score. On the other side it says my name and Our Time since that was the theme of our Super Bowl experience. I think it's neat and I really think a lot of Dungy to put Faith on the rings. Inscribed on the inside is my full name.

Here are a few pictures. There will be more to come!!

My lover, my friend

Well, I was sitting here tonight thinking about how long I've been with Ethan. Over 6 years. That's right...6 years!!! I just can't believe it. We hit our second wedding anniversary in Sept., and our wedding still feels like it was just a little while ago. Where does the time go?! That day was the most important and perfect day of my life. I was surrounded by so many loved ones that held a very special place in my heart. Each and every one contributing to who I am today in some way. I could never thank each of you enough for being there for my on my special day. I really feel that MY wedding was the most perfect wedding ever. I hope everyone feels that way about their own wedding. They should. I feel as if the heavens parted, and God shone his light down on us and blessed us so much that I can't even think of the day without crying. We cracked out the old wedding tapes again on this anniversary, and I always cry. I just can't help it. The whole thing was so emotional for me...

Ethan is amazing and I really can't believe that God made such a perfect soul-mate for me. He is such a loving and caring husband that deals with all of my faults day in and day out. We were just talking the other night about how a lot of people say the first few years of marriage are the hardest. And that sometimes they can be just miserable. We totally disagree!!! We have had an amazing two years and are happier and even more in love than when we were dating. Sometimes I wonder why God chose to bless me with such a wonderful man, who is sensitive to all of my needs and loves me for who I am. I think Ethan and I, and all of you who have a healthy marriage, are an encouragement to so many and we don't even realize it. I had someone ask me the other day, an old friend I hadn't seen in a while, if Ethan and I were still happy. I told them yes, SO MUCH SO, and they said good, there's still hope for me then.... Not only as Christians are we examples to the world, but we also can show the world what God meant marriage to be. The binding of three, you, him, and the Lord. A chord of three cannot be broken (that's in the bible somewhere).

For our first anniversary, we watched our wedding tapes, ate old stale cake (Ethan liked it), lit our unity candle, and relaxed all day together. We ate by candlelight, and then went to Sullivans (a really expensive steak place) for dinner. I think later on went to Chicago for a shopping trip. Our second year anniversary was fun. We ate a picnic in the park, took a walk on the canal where we got engaged at. We even sat on the bench where it happened. It gave me chills. He took to the Adam's Mark Restaurant, one of the nicest in town, and I had fillet minon. He got me all kinds of running gear since I'm attempting to continue racing (side note, I ran tonight in the bitter cold for the first time, and it really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be!). If you are wondering what the bump on Ethan's head is...it's from hitting himself with the car door accidentally!!! DON'T ASK, and don't you dare tell him I told!! :)

Happy Halloween

Hello everyone! I haven't been on in a while and I wanted to say hello again. This Halloween has been so much fun. We had over 100 trick or treaters at our house! I think that's because our division is SO full of kids, and we live on the main street. It was crazy. There were so many that we couldn't even sit down the whole time. We just left the door open and kids just kept coming by. We gave out tons of candy. I LOVE seeing their little cute costumes. There was a little nemo girl that loved Bella and every time Bella got close to lick her, the little girl would just giggle! I gave her candy and she goes "Dank guu". We also had a little Cookie Monster and Elmo that were about 4 and had little eyeballs on top of their heads. They waddled up the porch and I just wanted to grab them and squeeze them!! Of course we had quite a few colts players, and one little boy looked like a real miniature player! He had the pads and tights and everything.


We've had a bet going on whose is the best. Let's be honest.....it's my boo!

Speaking of the Colts. GO COLTS. It's kind of funny to me that so many people keep asking me if I really miss it. Or they ask me why I quit, like I must be crazy. I really do not miss cheering. I miss the girls, cause I loved them...but I don't miss the schedule, and holding perfectly still on the sidelines while everyone else is sitting comfortably and going crazy. I definitely miss the game atmosphere, but I would rather be back in the stands. It was great during the time, but I know it was time to be done. I'm very content with going to the Super Bowl and my team winning it. I think that is a perfect last memory.

Things are going great right now. Ethan's job is good, and he just hired his own secretary to help out. I love my job in Broad Ripple. It's neat to see our commercials on TV at night. I've had several friends, close friends, find out they are pregnant. I am so happy for them, but at the same time it really makes me question if it's time for us. I like my life and my freedom, and don't feel ready for a kid. But at the same time, I would love to have children the same age as my friends. And I'm sure it would be amazing to love something so much. It would be cool to have our own family. As of right now, we are sticking to the 2 or 3 more years plan, but I just can't believe how many of my friends are having families!!

Please pray for the health of my family. It's really weird, but it seems like right now everyone is having health issues. Almost every day, someone in my family is going to the doctor. My grandpa just got diagnosed with cancer again and is struggling with trying to decide what procedure to do for it. He has a few options. My father just pulled his hamstring and may have severed the muscle, which requires surgery. He also just found out that his lungs are not functioning properly. My mom is getting tested for diabetes. And my grandma just finally scheduled a surgery date in December for knee replacements. She has been in so much pain that she really hasn't been able to walk for a couple of years.

Do you ever wonder what significance we have? I was wondering that the other day. I work in an office in Broad Ripple making TV commercials. What significance is that? What am I really doing for God? I had a great discussion with Ethan who put things into perspective for me and might for you too. We were created with a purpose...to love God and do His will. I think a lot of times we get so hung up in wanting to do something huge and amazing for Him. At least I do. Or thinking that we are special and are going to be used in this BIG way. But really, being used in a big way to God may not be the same big way to us. Our calling could be to be a janitor that loves the Lord and witnesses whenever possible. Billy Graham accepted the Lord because of a janitor. As humans, we think we need to be successful, but we may be called to something unsuccessful in the world's eyes, but still is something important in God's. Instead of spending so much time praying that God would use us in awesome ways, maybe we should just be praying for strength to be obedient with whatever we are called to do. If we do enough small tasks that show obedience, who knows, maybe one day we'll wake up and realize God really was using us for something great that we couldn't see or didn't realize at the time....