Chicago!!!!

I'm back from the windy city, and it was such an amazing trip! We saw so many awesome things, and I was so excited for Aaron to see the city that I love so much, and the family that I love even more! Here are so pictures from the trip :)


We went to go see the comedy troupe the Second City where Mike Meyers, Steve Carell, Chris Farley, Tina Fey, and all of those other hilarious people came from. And I put this picture up to show you how adorable Aaron is.


The Chicago Symphony! We didn't get to see them but hopefully one day we will :)


The Bean!


The water was green for St. Patrick's Day!


We just arrived at O'Hare Airport


We got candy at the Hershey's Factory...yumm!


The Zoo! It was a beautiful sunny day, and the zoo was free. It was a good day :)


Aaron at the Navy Pier


Us at the Navy Pier...it was a bit windy


A view of the city and Lake Michigan from the park. Beautiful!


Wrigley Field!! Right after this, we got to drive through the city with my cousins and he showed us all of the places where they filmed the Dark Knight...it was so fun.


We watched a 4D film about the earth...it freaked me out to say the least. But we look cool! lol.


On our way to the Aquarium...we look a little cold here...that's because we were. :)


Aaron got us tickets to see Jersey Boys!! I loved it, and we got a sweet deal because we got rush tickets...25 bucks each for 100 dollar seats! We are bargain shoppers.


This was an amazing Italian restaurant where we enjoyed some wine and pasta! ...and Tirmasu :)

I'm so excited, I just can't hide it!

Lot's of good things are happening here lately and I just feel so lucky.

I haven't heard back from Santa Fe yet but I am really hoping that I will know if I got the internship by Friday. Aside from that hanging in the air, I am really excited about what the future holds! Which is funny, because I have NO IDEA what I am gonna do.

Anyhow, I am super excited about spring break which is in t-minus 2 days!?!?! Aaron and I are headed to houston to see my family for a day, and then we are headed to CHICAGO!! Aaron has never been there, and all my dad's family lives there so we decided to head there for vacation! I love this city, and I can't wait to show Aaron around. I will definitely post some pictures when we get back!! :)

Another beautiful and amazing thing I just found out yesterday is that my two best friends from Dallas are coming to my recital in April! I love them, and we have been friends since middle school, and this will be the first time they have seen me perform since high school. When Sarah told me, I wanted to cry, and she said "
"Nicole, don't cry, that's what best friends are for!" So I cried. I love them.

God is good. That's really what this post is about. I'm really overwhelmed by His goodness and find great peace and adoration in my life these days. :)

Much love,
Nicole

Money must be Funny in a Rich Man's World

Money. This has been on my mind kind of a lot lately. I don't make a lot of it, that might be why, but really money has never been extremely important to me, and I've never felt that I needed a lot of it.

Last semester I decided to stop singing at the church I was singing at so I could attend my own church. With this decision came of loss of around 250 bucks a month. For a college kid, that's huge. Even if I wasn't in college, that's huge. But I really felt like God was telling me to leave that church, and that it was the right thing to do. I knew he would take care of that extra money.

It really is amazing how God works, because honestly I really haven't missed it that much. Sure, I can't go out to eat as often as I want, or go shopping unless it is for a gift. I might have to wait 4 months to get my haircut but God is providing, and I think He is providing because I followed His will.

Recently, I have been thinking about tithing. To be perfectly honest, this is never something I did because I never felt like I had enough money to tithe. Ironic!?!? I think I'm so willing to give God certain aspects of myself but money?! What does God care about money?!?! He doesn't. He cares about my heart. He cares about me giving. He cares about me being willing to give something up knowing that no matter what He will provide for me more than I can provide for myself.

Money must be funny in a rich man's world. These are lyrics from an Abba song. I thought about these words, and it was speaking about a man that is rich in dollar bills. I am rich in grace. I am rich in love. I am rich in forgiveness. I am rich in hope. So yes, I guess money is sort of....funny.