Day 2: 2 years ago...

Here is yesterdays Blog. Sorry it's a day late, internet at home wasn't working very well.

2 years ago I was starting a new road in my life. I transfered from Dordt into Southwestern Iowa Community College (SWCC) as a 2nd semester freshman. I was freaked. I moved into an uptown apartment building, the same building as Brad and Katie Leusink (another girl we knew from Sioux Center). I was in a one bedroom apartment with no oven, stove, nothing. We had public restrooms, which meant everyone on that floor used them. Yuck. I was super excited to be at SWCC though and I was excited to be closer to Brad. I started classes in January and really enjoyed being an Ag student there. I gained many new friends and a lot of memories were made in Creston. Brad and I were in a serious relationship and we spent a lot of time with each other at school, working with calves, and at home.

Stepping into a whole new mode of life was quite the change. I was raised in Sioux County for 16 years of my life, and I was only 18. Sioux County was my lifestyle. Safe. Secure. Everyone knows everyone and everything. Creston was, well, Creston. I knew 2 people, Katie and Brad, granted I met friends very quickly because Brad had been in at SWCC before me, so I gained all of his friends as mine also. It was scary to be on my own, Own, OWN. Ma and Pa were over 3 1/2 hours away. I had no job. I had my own place. And I was at a completely new school with very few people.

23 months ago Brad proposed to me. The most exciting night of my life. He was so cute. :) I had an Idea that he was eventually going to propose because we had talked about it, but I had never expected it to be only 2 months after I moved down to Creston to be closer to him. I was ecstatic to plan a wedding.

2 years later, here we are. Married for 8 months, have our own house, 2 kids (dogs), he has a full time job after us graduating from SWCC, and I'm working on my Batchelors at ISU. 2 years ago I would have never expected us to be this far. I'd never guess we'd be so blessed together. 2 years later, I have everything I need, Brad, Love, and a Home.

How has your life changed in the last 2 years? Is it what you expected... or is it way off the course of what you guessed? Its amazing to think what your path is, and then to reflect back and see how different God's path was from yours!

<3 Roz