"There's no other love like the love for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother."

- Astrid Alauda



Last night our brothers Mark & Nate came over and surprised us with a Valetine's Day treat. Mugs with purple daisies planted in them on a tray with candles lit and sweetheart candies scattered about.

After the last few days that I have had, it definitely made my day and is making my day today all that much better.

I know the other girls appreciated it so much as well!

I am so thankful for the brothers that God has put in my life so show me what a man of God truly looks like and that care for us.

So thank you, Mark & Nate. You are true brothers and I love you both dearly, even though I dont' see either of you nearly enough.




Peace, love, and the ever disgusting applesauce,

Lauren :)


PS: Beth & Karrah have pictures. I will make sure they are put up soon!

productivity.

I think that I was a little bit too productive today. I have a headache because I am so tired, but I'm on a roll with this being productive business, so I thought that I would go ahead and post this...

Today I went to Home Depot, bought some screws, and screwed the latter to the bunk bed. I have been sleeping on this top bunk since last August (oh snap! it's almost been a year!) and the ladder has always been shaky and not screwed in. 

Several times I have actually been near death as I scrambled to turn my alarm off early in the morning. But no more. I have a solid foundation. 

Ok, now it's time for me to climb up that sturdy ladder and get some z's. 

Buenos Noches! 

Bethany

CHAOS is the greek word for BLESS

our view

the kitchen

the dining "area"

living space view #1

living space view #2

the coke bottle shelf of residency...

well hello. 

i have decided to share with you the inner workings of our apartment (just one little snippet, don't get crazy...) 

thanks to the most amazing brothers in Christ (Tom and Dan, and whoever else was behind the V-Day flower giving...) we now have a ritualistic mark of residency.

a glass coke bottle containing one yellow rose and one white rose.

Sarah, Bethany, Emily, Sandi and I received one on V-Day of this year, and now that Sandi has moved out, so has her coke bottle and flowers. to mark the occasion of Sarah Carlson moving in, Emily, Bethany, and I came home Friday night and found a ltittle present for Emily's returning home and glass coke bottle with one yellow rose and one white rose in it with a note tied around the neck of thebottle that read: 

"Sarah Carleson 

Happy Belated Valentine's Day!!! 

-Dan"

there you have it. 

they are all still in the bottles, all dried out (no water in them...so not THAT gross, geez) on a shelf in the living room. there they will stay...until we all move out i guess. i know i'm taking mine with me :)

 sooner than later i will give you all a little tour of the ever changing landscape that is the apartment.

Ta Ta For Now

-Lauren

Bethany and I are on our way to pick up Emily!!! But first, breakfast at Eggs'n'Things :)

Wednesday - apple pie and forgiveness
Thursday - my neighborhood family and prayer
Friday - my brother's show

God and the life he has given me is good :)

Decorated Matt Slaven's living room this weekend with Nate and Megan and I had so much fun! Pictures will come soon!

Pictures from the other night!

Friday night my friend Eva texted me and told me that she wanted to go on an adventure. We came up with two ideas...a moonlit hike or midnight bocci ball. We decided that bocci ball would be the most fun so we found a friend who had a set of balls and off we went.....but first, we had to get dressed up for the occasion

we felt so beautiful! Then we convinced Lor to join us in the madness and we were for  reals ready to go!

We got into a bit of mischief as we walked to the park. We took this picture in someone's driveway just as they were pulling in. :)

It's a good thing that I randomly grabbed a tape measure to clip to my belt. We had a couple of close calls. 

(Mine was the yellow...and it was the closest).

The game continued and we had a lot of fun just enjoying life together. It was good to just be silly for a while. I think that God likes to watch his daughters being silly and laughing and not taking themselves so seriously.

Love, 

Beth

One of the many things we do with our friday nights:

Late night boche ball sessions with the girls :)

you know when you are a bible college student when...

when your fridge looks like this: