A New Recipe

1 evening of investigating living situations
2 planned apartment visits
18 credit hours of classes
2 large Midterms
2 papers returned with good notes
1 dead car
1 missed baptism
1 appointment with missionaries
1 night of jumping a car
1 dinner of tomatoes and zucchini
1 interview with the bishop
1 visiting teaching appointment
2 large handfuls of studying in the library
1 Muncie Symphony Orchestra concert
4 tie-dyed shirts
2 beaded necklaces
1 wonderful visit by Sarah and Phil's Mom
1 3 month anniversary
1 valentines day (mixture of poems and peanut butter)

Combine all ingredients in a girl's life. Mix. Place in a university to bake for one week. Add a dash of wedding plans to taste. Finish with adding a generous amount of kind, considerate, and thoughtful fiancé! Chill and Enjoy a wonderful week in the life of Kim!

wonderful weekend

Things have been crazy here in the wonderful world of Kim since the last update. So here are the plans as of today. The official time of the wedding is 10am in the Logan Temple on June 10th 2008!

This weekend was a fun one. On Saturday we traveled up to Warsaw and had dad take some engagement pictures for us at the Botanical Gardens in downtown Fort Wayne. We accidentally went on Dr. Seuss day at the gardens though so there were tons of little children running around the place, which made for an interesting time for taking engagement pictures! But it turned out to be a good thing because during some of them I am laughing at the kids being silly, so it ended up being a blessing in disguise. On Sunday we went to church in Warsaw with Mom and Dad. Phil finally had to meet everyone from my home ward, every time we have gone to Warsaw he has gotten out of going to church there, but this time he couldn't quite get out of it. After church we ate lunch with the family and came back to Muncie so that we could go to Why I Believe with the missionaries and some investigators. Okay so that was pretty much the entire weekend. This week I am going to go up to Fort Wayne to meet mom and try to figure out my wedding dress!

Here are our top picks of the pictures that we took on Saturday, I tried to put more up but the internet is really slow right now, but maybe later.

Once upon a Time...

...there was a girl named Kim. She started school at Ball State in August. She met this prince of a guy, Phil, in the Young Single Adults there. Kim, being her sweet,little, innocent self, asked this guy out to lunch to use up her extra money on her lunch card all in hopes of him falling for her charity and goodness. Phil, after a few lunches, fell for her generosity and good looks and Kim became his girlfriend. The two of them began doing things together like walks around campus, cooking dinner, and other such things that dating nerds like to do. Over the long and harsh winter break, our couple went to Nauvoo together for a friend's wedding and to each other's homes. After winter break the two resumed their pattern of dating and could often be seen eating meals together at all of the posh campus eateries but normally they went to Phil's house to cook dinner together. It was such an evening that Phil, after an evening full of conversation, suddenly dropped to one knee and asked if she would marry him. After a week of being secretly engaged (Kim said "yes," of course) Phil called Kim's father to ask fo permission to marry his daughter. Of course Kim's father, being the kind and gracious king that he is, said yes! And after June, they will live happily ever after.

Wicked Weekend

So this weekend was great because it was a long weekend for MLK day, so I was able to spend all weekend hanging out with Phil. Most people went home for the weekend, except a for a few of us who are further away than most. Friday night I went to a presentation on campus with Phil so that he could get extra credit for three of his classes. It was good. It was some comedy thing that had to do with race relations and such things. On Saturday we were at the library all day and spent part of the evening at the old institute building with the few people who were in Muncie over the weekend playing games and such. Later on in the evening we went to Late Nite to get free food and make some crafts. We made some homemade ice cream in a sandwich bag, and made this giant 3-d stars to hang up. On Sunday I had church, which didn't start until eleven because our ward switched for the New Year. I don't really like the change because it is right during lunch time! In the evening we had Mike and Amy Gebs over to Phil's house for dinner and some games. Finally we reach Monday, classes weren't meeting today because of the holiday so we studied together some in the morning then we went to a service project at Second Harvest Food Bank. There we switched potatoes from a fifty pound bag into smaller ones so that they would be more suitable for families to eat and not rot. Right after that I ran into Old Navy and picked up some new clothes with a gift card that I got for Christmas last year. (Thanks Aunt Kate!!) I am going to make some dinner right now. Then it is off to Family Home Evening with all the gang!

New Year, New Semester

This is the first week of the new semester. I have now been to all of the classes that I will have for the remainder of the academic year. I have lots of interesting classes. I am taking Latin, Public Speaking, Geography, History, Biology, and an Elementary Education class. They all seem to be going well so far at least, but no one has assigned any projects yet, so maybe that is it. It is great to be down at school again. I have had a chance to see all of my friends from church and from my dorm. It has been wonderful to see everyone and get caught up with what they are up to and how their breaks went. It is especially great to see Phil on a regular basis again. We have been hanging and doing stuff with Jared and Emily. So as you can tell life is great down here in Muncie!
I hope that yours is going just as well, if not better!

Winter Break Fun

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Sorry I am a little behind but I didn't think that it was too important to update the blog because the few people who read it saw me during the first part of break, but now things have been a tad bit crazy.
First I went down to Muncie to meet up with Phil so that we could drive over to Nauvoo for a friend's wedding, which went really well. We stayed with the groom's family the night before the wedding because they had extra rooms for us in their hotel. Then on the day of the wedding Phil and I walked to the Visitor Center in about four to six inches of snow, only to discover that all of the historic Nauvoo buildings were closed because of the weather. After the wedding we started the long drive back to Muncie and got there really late. On Saturday we continued our trek to Batesville to visit his family. We did some stuff around town on Saturday and then on Sunday I went to church with his family and met some of the people from his ward. On Monday morning we went flying with Phil's dad. It was super duper fun and Amazing! Then we took the long drive up to Warsaw that evening to spend the New Year with the family playing dominoes and the usual New Year's Eve activities. New Year's Day we went on a walk and later on in the afternoon went to Grandma Lich's for Christmas with the family. In the evening Phil and I left for Muncie so that he could get back to Batesville before it was too late, but instead we both got stuck in Muncie because the roads were really bad because of the snow and wind. I stayed with Michael and Amy Gebs and Phil just stayed at his house in town. Then we met up in the morning and kicked around town for a bit and headed our separate ways.
So as you can tell it has been an exciting and wonderful Christmas break. I can't wait to get back down to Muncie to see all of my friends and such. I am not too excited for classes to start again but my social life has had enough of a break so far!
Hope all is well!

Winter Break Begins...

So it was a surprisingly fun week. It was finals week, which means I don't have my normal classes but I do have HUGE tests. I didn't have any finals on Monday or Tuesday, but I had to make up for that at the end of the week. I spent most of the week in the library studying with Phil. (We were actually studying and we took a few pictures too) I stayed in Muncie over the weekend to hang out with Phil and a few other people who were staying in town. We had tons of snow there on Saturday and Sunday which was a great way to start the break!