Catch Up!

I'm sorry it has been so long since I have posted! I promise to try to keep up with this blog better. A lot of things have been going on since I last posted. My mom and dad and brother, Eric, were here the 10th through the 13th, and we had a really good time. On that Saturday, we went to the Texas Renaissance Festival in Plantersville, which is about 45 minutes from College Station. It's close to Navasota, so it wasn't a very long drive. I didn't realize how large the Festival would be! We spent 6 and a half hours there, and didn't even see two whole sections of the Festival. It was so much fun, though. We got to practice archery, watch jousting, eat Bratwurst, and listen to some great music. Lauren even got a Henna tattoo! I would definitely go back another time. Maybe now that Lauren has her Dirndl, we can go back on Thanksgiving weekend for the Celtic Christmas weekend. For those of you who don't know, a Dirndl is a traditional German/Bavarian dress. You see them alot around Oktoberfest time.

On Sunday, we went to church and then we went shopping for Eric's birthday and I got some new clothes too! Sunday night, we went to see a new movie that came out recently, Fireproof. I highly recommend this movie! It was incredible. I honestly feel that every married couple, young or old, should see it. It was made by Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia. They are the same church that made Facing the Giants. Wonderful movie!

Lauren and I have been really busy with school lately. We've had the first round of exams, and now we're preparing for a couple more, but other than my Political Science class, I won't have another exam until finals. Lauren's Nazi Germany class with Dr. Krammer is going wonderfully. It is definitely the highlight of her week, with German coming in a close second. I'm really enjoying my Visual Rhetoric class and look forward to going to it.

Speaking of German, Lauren has decided that she plans on continuing at A&M for her Master's degree in German History, specializing in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. Dr. Krammer will be her major professor, which she couldn't be more excited about. In that light, she decided, after discussing it with her advisor, to change her minor from Sociology to German. They thought that it would be much easier for her in doing graduate research to have more German background.

I know this is a very long post, but I wanted to catch everyone up on what has been going on with Lauren and me. I hope everyone is doing well and getting ready for a great holiday season!

Ryan