Fireproof YOUR Marriage!

This Saturday was an amazing day in disguise. Dustin and I had an eye doctor appointment in Franklin, In so he got up early and made us breakfast. We got there around 9:30 and were brought right in to get our preliminary testings and dilations done. We sat there for about an hour before we were even seen. Our doctor is a very nice Christian woman with family and marriage at the top of her agenda. She mentioned to Dustin that we go see the movie Fireproof and that it was being shown currently at Greenwood's AMC Theater. She had mentioned to Dustin (Mr. Military man) that her husband (a former Marine...ok so since there isn't such a thing as former,) a Marine was crying throughout the movie. She mentioned the same thing to me as I went in for my exam. So it was in the back of our minds as we were a bit irritated at the wait. When we were finally finished with my contact issues, we headed home.

When we got home, we decided to look and see what times and where the movie Fireproof was being shown. We decided to hit the Rave Motion Pictures in Plainfield, Indiana at the Metropolis (kinda like the Jefferson Pointe of Plainfield). So Dustin begins working on the neighbor's high def antenna.

The movie started at 4:25 that evening so we didn't eat any lunch and just decided on popcorn for lunch. We get there and the movie begins with all these wonderful Christian themes and I was worried that Dustin would shut down and not like it. Come to find out we were both teared up and crying multiple times throughout the movie. This movie is very inspirational and very real. So at the end of the movie there is a website to visit.

http://www.fireproofmymarriage.com

This website is so powerful because of the amount of resources for couples. Dr. Smalley is one of my favorite author's dealing with Christian living and he is very much a part of this. There is a couple's study that you can buy at your local Christian store or even online.

I found this last night online at Dustin's urging to check out the website. It was about 7:30 or so and he was playing Rock Band--thinking he was getting some self-esteem (those of you that play Rock Band know what I mean with the crowd cheering and saying 'you rock!'). Anyway Dustin said to call Berean to see if we could go pick it up and we did. We are very excited to start the study together and even go further into our marriage.

Now don't get me wrong, seeking marital advice and help isn't always about people having problems. Instead, it is something that every couple should keep in mind because this is our most important relationship, second to God. I will definitely keep an update on how this study goes and how it works for us. But for now please take the time to check out the website and pray for the best your family (marriage) can have.

Chicago Trip 08 Oct 2008

Dustin and I went on a random day trip to visit the 2nd largest city in the country: Chicago. We left Indianapolis around 7am our time and got to the Museum of Science and Industry around 10:00 or so. We stopped and got gas at our IGA for $3.19, got two Starbuck's iced coffees, two slim jims and headed off. We ran through some cool places, such as Wolf Lake... did you know there really is a Wolf Lake and it is huge?! Everyone always asked where the lake was... I found it! It is in NW Indiana! I believe the lake is bigger than the village of Wolf Lake, Indiana. Below are some pictures that we took while we were there. By the way, even though there are many oil refineries in the Chicago area... the pice for a gallon of gas changed twice while we were there. It began at $3.99 a gallon to $4.09 a gallon.

Here Dustin is posing in front of the U-505 only surviving German submarine U-boat from World War II. We paid extra to take the tour inside the boat and it was amazing. Everything was still original from when we captured the boat. So very exciting and eerie at the same time.


Here is one of the torpeedoes that was left on the boat once captured. We had to take the picture from above because it was so long.

This is the top of the U-505 standing next to it on the floor.


Here I am next to the coper propeller on the aft of the boat.




Just to get an idea of how big the engines were in this U-505, this is just one of the pistons.

Moving on in the museum, I made Dustin lie on the tracks because he was being annoying.

Now he's just being serious because it was hilarious.



The two conductors in our life :)


A picture Dustin took of a train.


We are avid N-scale train builders and this is an HO-Scale of Seattle, Washinton (See the Space Needle in the back left?).

Here is a close up just so you can see the true to life this is. Amazing!


After spending about two hours in the Museum of Science and Industry we were starving. Remember, we only had a slim jim and an iced coffee for breakfast. So we asked the locals where we should eat to get an authentic Chicago Deep-Dish pizza. They sent us to this place. It took 40 minutes for the pizza to cook. We bought a medium and we could only eat about one piece each! Delicious!!


The parking guy at Gino's East allowed us to park there for the whole day so we decided to walk to Hershey's. Here I am posing with a 50 serving pice of chocolate. We didn't buy any chocolate; instead we bought flavored twizzlers. I also got a frozen mocha when I had to dump out before going to the Hancock building.

The view 96 stories high in the Hancock building. We went to the lounge because it was cheaper to go to the lounge and have a drink to look at the view than going to the observation deck and looking out that way. This was a better view than most get in the Sears tower!

Here I am with my Chardonney and the skyline of Chicago.

When we got done with our drinks and pictures we decided to go see the "shiny ball thing." The bartender was laughing and told us it was known as the "bean." He said it was only a mile south from the Hancock tower so we decide to walk it. On the way Dustin took some of these pictures below on the Magnificant Mile. I do have to say that I did trip over Dustin's foot and rolled my left ankle and my Hershey's bag when flying and a lady helped me. It was pretty funny but so much pain!

Of course if it has to do with radio, Dustin has to take a picture.


More pretty sky line.



Here we are---sweaty and excited to be at the Bean! (aka shiny ball thing.)




Here is the pic of the bean from a distance.


This trip really was a great one. We will definitely be going back at some point when we have more than just a day.