Not at my wedding

In an effort to see what type of wedding cakes I may like, I was looking at pictures online of cakes other people have had made for their big day. There is quite a bit of hype over a wedding cake. They say it is the 2nd most photographed part of the wedding, or something like that. I found a couple that I like, but I also found all of these that are quite "interesting". You will never see a cake like any of these at the Reill-Cepek wedding:

For Chuck:

National Oatmeal month!

Good news for all of you oatmeal lovers out there: it's national oatmeal month! I've decided that in honor of oatmeal month I am going to try to have oatmeal at least twice a week. Not that this is really a huge difference in my life. I really like oatmeal and eat a lot of it. My favorite way to eat a steamy hot bowl of oatmeal is to mix in granola, banana slices, drizzle honey and add just a bit of cream. Yumm... I'm getting hungry just talking about it.

So folks, do me a favor: Appreciate oatmeal this month and eat a lot of it. Plus, it's good for your heart :)

the big moment

Because my family lives far away (and many of my friends as well), I have decided to share this with you, via the youtube:







Thanks to Ben and Melanie Kendrew for this gift.

my friend Glendon is home...

I stole this picture from my friend Kaytee's facebook. Her husband just got home on Thursday and I just needed to share with you all. Kaytee and Glendon are some of my favorite friends. They are two of the most intentional and loving people I know. I'm so happy they are together right now. I'm so happy Glendon is home...finally and I'm so thankful for his service.
These two know what it is to have a long distance relationship and Kaytee is often times my biggest support, even when she doesn't mean to be. I love you guys!

It's snowing tonight!

Feeling fine in 2009

My plane was late getting into Seattle last night. I was supposed to get in at 11:20pm but it was about an hour late. I woke up this morning still unable to hear. My last few days in PA, I came down with a cold. Nothing too debilitating, just a lot of congestion. Needless to say, flying with the cold, was not fun and I am now feeling terrible. Everything sounds like I am underwater and my head is throbbing. I'm hoping that it will pass soon...

That being said, it was a little strange to wake up in my apartment this morning. I enjoyed staying at my future mother-in-laws home so much. I loved waking up to the smell of coffee or some baked good. I really had the best Christmas and New Year's of my life. I love my new family and feel so embraced/welcome by them. Ron and I made so many good memories over the past 2 weeks. Saying good-bye was hard. But I know that this long distance period is almost over. And for that I am so thankful!
Here are a couple of pictures that I had on my camera from my time in PA. The first few are from having coffee with some former Geneva students/former RAs, then there is a picture of Ron and I in a carriage, the next few are from the Conway Youth Group dinner, and then my favorite pic of us after the Christmas Eve service: