Finding our Home Sweet Home

As I am writing this entry I am waiting to be picked up by my fabulous realtor. Eric and I have been searching for our future home for 3 weeks now. It might only seem short to many people, but to us it has been a long journey. We fell in love with a home last weekend, but found out that someone else sent in an offer before we did. We have also seen countless homes, and none of them have been Brinkman worthy of living in.

We are going to see a home today, I have some good feelings about this one. We'll just have to wait and see. We will let you know the verdict later. Til then, have a wonderful Friday!

Happy Birthday Leslee

I wanted to give a shout out to my wonderful sister, Leslee. She turned 24 today and I am praying she has a wonderful day!! Love you Les!

To keep you entertained

I am aware that I have not kept up with the blog. It has been a busy week here in the Brinkman family and I plan on telling you all about it. Till then enjoy this silly survey about me.
1.High heels or boots? uggs!! but since we live in TX and it's never cold, then I would say heels
2. What time did you get up this morning? alarm clock is set for 7:30am, we don't get up till 8:30am.
4. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Star Trek! It was awesome!
5. What is your favorite TV show? So You Think You Can Dance?, Grey's, and 24
6. What do you usually have for breakfast? Depends on my mood. Today I chose Apple Jacks. A fine decision!
7. What is your middle name? Cathryn
8. What food do you dislike? watermelon
9. What is your favorite song at the moment? What Can I do (but love you): Joy Williams
10. Favorite sandwich? Jimmy Johns #12: Beach Club, easy on the sprouts and no cucumbers
11. What characteristic do you despise? selfishness
12. Clothing? sun dresses
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation? Hawaii, Germany, Italy, and France
14. Are you an organized person? depends on what it is. I am very organized with my scrapbooking materials but not so much with my makeup
15. Where would you like to retire to? Wherever my family is
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? I can't remember what I did last year
17. What are you going to do when you finish this? clean, lay out, and read
18. Furthest place you are sending this? IL, but if the Campell's read this then Hawaii
19. Person you expect to send it back first? Leslee? Molly? V? Chelsea?
20.When is your birthday? July 15
21. Morning person or a night person? Night
22. What is your shoe size? 8 or 8 1/2
23. Pets? 7 fish
24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? I got a job on Monday. I am a pre-school teacher at Redeemer Lutheran School!!
25. What did you want to be when you were little? a teacher...I always knew what I wanted to do. God put the desire in my heart and I followed it!
27. What is your favorite flower? bright colored roses
28. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? June 17th! Our Germany trip!!
29. What was the last thing you ate? ham and cheese sandwich
31. Do you wish on stars? nope
32. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? periwinkle
33. How is the weather right now? hot hot hot
34. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Eric!
35. Favorite soft drink? shirley temple, does that count?
36. Favorite restaurant? too many to choose one. Thai Chile in San Antonio
37. Hair color? dark brown, but i hope to change it to light brown!! :)
38. What was your favorite toy as a child? my cabbage patch baby doll
39. Summer or winter? Summer!
40. Chocolate or vanilla? vanilla
41. Coffee or tea? sweet tea!
42. Do you want your friends to do this also? Yes!
43. When was the last time you cried? hmm it's been a stressful week.
44. What is under your bed? books, weights, and binders
45. What did you do last night? went to small group and then made rice crispies
47. Salty or sweet? Both, together. white chocolate covered pretzels!! my favorite!!!!
48. How many keys on your key ring? 6
49. How many years at your current job? will start in August!!
50. Favorite day of the week? Friday
51. Positive or negative? Optimistic
52. How many people will you send this to? whoever reads the blog
53. How many will respond? I hope at least one person
54. Do you like finding out all this stuff about your friends? of course!!!

Spring Banquet

Eric and I went to Concordia's Spring Banquet. We enjoyed the great view, played black jack, and of course danced the night away! They had the dinner and dance at Oasis, huge restaurant that overlooks Lake Travis. We had a great time and it was one of those nights that it hit me, "I'm graduating!"

Sorry I have not posted lately. It's the week before finals and my mind is focusing on projects and exams. I promise I will not let down the readers and provide exciting tales of the Brinkmans soon!

17 days

I can't believe I only have 17 days left until I am a college graduate! I can still remember my senior year of high school, sitting on the floor in my bedroom trying to choose what college to attend. I took a leap of faith and left the Alamo city for weird Austin. I didn't know anyone at my school, let alone the whole city, but I trusted in God the whole time. Little did I know I would fall in love with a boy from Illinois, meet incredible friends, and be actively involved with Austin Stone. I still have finals and projects to do before crossing the stage in my cap and gown, but I am so excited to end this chapter of my life and see what God has in store for me.
Here are some pictures that sums up my last four years at Concordia University!

I have been truly blessed during my college years and I look forward to posting pictures of my graduation!

love you all,
Christine

La Casa de Brinkmans

We have lived in a humble abode for almost nine months. We love our one bedroom apartment, and as you can see I love to make it cute and comfy. We enjoy having our family and friends over for dinner and play a few rounds of catch phrase. If you are ever in the Austin area please call us! We would love for you to hang out at our home sweet home!

Cardboard Stories

This is the video that was played after the message at Austin Stone Church on Sunday.
http://www.vimeo.com/4125092
God is amazing!

Enjoy,
Christine