Moments Captured Through A Lens

By the way, Nate and Alli's wedding went beautifully.

For pictures, you can look at these links from Lukas VanDyke's website:

Engagement photos: http://www.lukasvandyke.com/?p=4345

Wedding photos and slide show: http://www.lukasvandyke.com/?p=4351

Lukas and Suzy did such a wonderful job! Beautiful pictures that captured the moments and characters perfectly. :) I think I may fly them back here for whenever I get married to do my photos!

There were many tears, especially from me, but also a lot of joyful laughter and prayers. The whole wedding was blessed and the presence of friends for such a glorious celebration was unforgettable.

I cried as we prayed over Alli before getting in line, got it together to go down the aisle, cried when Alli walked down the aisle and Dad gave her away, cried while Nate and Alli spoke their written vows to one another, and cried and laughed as I hugged them both afterward. I thought I'd cried all I could cry, so when I got up at the reception to give my toast, I was sure I had it all together, good to go! Nope. I lost it even worse than during the wedding, ending with a tearful smile. :P Apparently, not only did I make my dad cry with my toast and tears, but other guests as well, haha.

Alli and Nate had a wonderful and eventful ( ;) ) honeymoon and took a few pictures. While they were gone their bible study group came and finished their house so that they would be able to move in right away and not have to stay at our parents house their first night back. They slept on an air mattress for a while until Alli got her bed moved over. She's been by every day the past week to collect her things randomly, and from what I've heard, she's having a fun time decorating her house and being a wife. I haven't seen the house since its had furniture in it, but when I do, I'll be sure to snap some pictures to share with all of you. :)

So, there's an update on the happy newlyweds, and an update on my life in the post prior to this one. :)

To brighter days,

~Cassie

Random Eloquence

Hey guys, I don't know if anybody reads this but I realize that I haven't posted anything in a while. I deeply apologize! Life has been kind of crazy with school and finals week coming up. Trying to keep my head above water! Prayers would be greatly appreciated since some of my classes are pretty difficult and I'm barely pulling through. I'm most worried about my East Asian Cultures class because it involves so much foreign information, dates, names, and traditions that I have to reproduce from memory without notes.

I'm also having trouble with Art Appreciation. As much as I enjoy that class (we basically just look at slides of art and read about them in our books then have tests over them), its hard to remember the eccentric names of the artists, their art, and what time period or style they represent.

*sigh*

Help.
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In other news:

So a friend of mine was having a bad day the other day and posted a status on her Facebook saying "Seriously, screw life". For some reason, I felt compelled to comment. At first I was going to be short and sweet, but ended up having the longest comment on her status.

Here's what I wrote:

Seriously, lighten up. Life could be so much worse. Think of the people in Africa, who are starving. All those children who are malnourished, who don't have clean water or food. We are so lucky. Also, we have Jesus, and a lot of people don't even know about Him. You have friends, family, you're able to go to school and learn. You're young and have your whole life ahead of you to do whatever you want and to fulfill your dreams. The whole world is practically wrapped around our fingers. You have freedom, when others are persecuted and under the hold of Communism.

Life isn't so bad if you look for the silver linings. You're entitled to bad days, to be an Eeyore every now and then, but really, in comparison you have it pretty easy. To say "Screw life" is to basically slap God in the face for everything He's blessed you with, including your life.

Just sayin'. If its people that you're upset at, then screw them. Not life. You have control over your relationships: whether you choose to keep those people in your life, or push them out. Life itself has nothing to do with it.


Sometimes I feel so eloquent. :D Just thought I'd share this with you. :)

Look for brighter days,

~Cassie