jen and steph

jen and steph
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so this is a picture of my wonderful sister steph. she just got back from visiting her fiance in alaska. that's right i am going to be related to an alaskan. and that alaskan is jonathon hamilton. so i wanted to blog about her because she is one of my closest friends and in a year she will be far away - cause they are moving to the great beyond of alaska. anyway - this picture does show a lot of her personality for those of you who know her you can agree.

so nothing else much is knew. we are just hanging out and preparing for a big weekend of helping christy move. i hope that all of you are having a wonderful day!!

another day in the "exciting" life of the corbins

jen and mark new years 2
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well - this photo was taken new years eve. yup a long, long time ago. but i'm a little slow at uploading pictures. this weekend mark and i are hanging out with his parents. we're going to go to shady maple of course and then go to the outlets!! that's the best part. although i know some people would beg to differ.

mark and i have been learning a lot lately. well me (jen) especially. last night i was reading in my devotions and i was reminded that our God has everything at HIs fingertips. it is easy to think in human terms and see the small picture. but God has the larger view and i need to remember that. life may seem difficult and we may go through hard times, but God has a perfect purpose for it. i can trust my life to him.

well school is rapidly approaching. no matter how long of a summer i think that i have, it never seems long enough. people keep talking to me about school and asking if my classroom is ready or telling me "wonderful" stories about my future students and i just want to climb back into my summer vacation hole and live there forever (but of course get paid for it :) )

anyway - i'd better go! we have to get an early start tomorrow morning! have a wonderful evening

the newest addition to the corbin family!!!

pose for the camera
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yes this is our puppy charlie. he is a chocolate lab and almost 16 weeks old. we got him a little over a month ago. time flies!!! i was a little worried for awhile because he would just lay on the carpet! i know some of you are thinking - well what's the problem with that? i know i'm wondering now why i was worried. anyway - he seems to have adjusted well to his new home. he is finally getting housebroken. now that i say that he will probably pee 3 times on the carpet tonight. ugh!!! we bought a crate for him (its kind of like a cage, but nicer :) ) its his little home/den whatever. that has helped a lot with the house breaking. he does some of the cutest things. he started hiding behind our couch that is against the wall as well as climbing into the middle shelf of our end table. but one of his most favorite things to do is go to my parents house and play with their fluffy white samoyed keesha. (that is their dog) keesha isn't really friendly, but charlie doesn't really seem to mind. he just keeps bugging her until she gives in. she's pretty old and is grumpy and cranky. anyway- he has been a lot of fun. and i'm sure that i will have many stories to come.

Welcome to our Blog!!!

hey all - yes we finally did it. mark and i started a blog. of course, it will be just me most of the time. mark isn't much of a writer. so not much is new or exciting or adventurous in the corbin life. we are working on getting settled into our new apartment of which there will be pictures to follow. now i must tell you that part of my hesitation of starting one of these is that i usually have nothing funny to say or an interesting way to say it. so don't expect awe from my blog. we thought this would be a good way to keep in touch with family and friends. well - i promise that i will write more later! love to you all!