Long Weekend

So, we finally got the blizzard that I have been hoping for all winter long. Kinda funny that it came after the official 1st day of spring, but hey, it came. The Lord totally kept me safe on my way home from work early on Thursday, in VERY UNSAFE driving conditions. And then I also took off on Friday as well. So, I basically had a 3.5 day long weekend, and it was WONDERFUL! We had a weekend of fun (and all free-yea!) things including indoor rock climbing, bowling, dinner with the fam, dinner with friends, and Chris had his first hockey game. He joined a league along with some of my guy co-workers, and he is VERY EXCITED to be playing again. And you know what? Now that I think about it, it didn't even strike me to take a pic at any point while we were at the rink or during the game, but perhaps I can get some and post them after the next game!
Pics are below…

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Lotsa pics......

We took Chris' nephew, Jacob, to a hockey game for his b-day...

Both "boys" had to have snacks during the game :) Chris had a funnel cake and Jacob had BLUE cotton candy

Cotton candy face, but let me tell ya, this was BEFORE the cotton candy beard came! :) haha

Since I am the queen of free stuff (seriously, I even have a list of different places that you can go online and sign up for newsletters and get free stuff from places like Red Robin, Mimi's Cafe, Quizno's etc....if you want that doc, I'd be happy to email it to you, just lemme know), we had free game play cards from Dave & Buster's, so we went there kinda for my b-day since I had never been before and had always wanted to go.

Of course, we had to play the NASCAR game. :)

So I was 48, yep, I beat Chris at a NASCAR game, and not only that, but I beat him TWO times in a row! :)

Chris' intimidation stare before air hockey

Um, it apparently didn't work too well, cuz I SMOKED him, 5-0

Pic of our first Bridal Fair in Johnstown....
Chris setup his nice new equipment so people could see.
He also had one of his previous weddings playing
We thought the best way to lure them would be CANDY :)

My hubby, the cameraman! :)

Our dog has the WEIRDEST ways of relaxing on the couch....

That was fast!

Well, the Lord sure is quick sometimes. Chris just got off the phone with unemployment, and he will be eligible for 5 more months of benefits! PRAISE GOD!
Just wanted to share the already-answered prayer with you! God is SO GOOD, huh? :)
Thank you, Lord!

Seems it has been almost 3 weeks since I last updated you on things, so.....

The Bridal Fair was quite a bust as far as interested brides went, but it was a very small one, so we didn't really expect much outta it. We just wanted to get out feet wet as far as fairs went, but it did do some good as far as networking goes, so that was a plus. We do have another fair coming up in April. This fair last year had about 100 brides come through, so hopefully that might drum up some business.
Chris and I personally have been doing very well lately, however, it is getting harder and harder to not get discouraged since NO BUSINESS WHATSOEVER has come our way just yet. Luckily, Chris has had unemployment to keep us afloat til now, but we just found out today that his funds are now exhausted. So, though we have money to "make it" through the end of this month, starting April 1st, only the Lord knows where we will find money to make rent, bills, etc. I am not telling you this to make you feel sorry for us; it's just simply the truth of the matter at this point. Chris and I have EVERY FAITH that we will get through this and that the Lord will somehow provide. In fact, we have already seen Him at work in many different and very vivid ways in our lives since deciding to start this business, but if you could just continue to pray for us, we would REALLY APPRECIATE it! :) I will keep you posted!
ONLY because of HIM
hol & chris

ps....have some recent pics of diff things that i will post sometime this week. xoxo