Show Us Your Life- Jenny Edition

I love matchmaking, so I was very happy when Jenny told me about "Show Us Your Life". It meant that I could possibly play a role in helping her find the love of her life and since she absolutely deserves that, it was an honor to be asked to write about her. Here are the things that I love about Jenny and you'll probably love, too, if you're lucky enough to get to meet her:

- She loves Jesus more than anything and she always does a great job of trying to make sure that her decisions are God's will and not her own. She's done this through prayer, Bible study, and patiently waiting when she's unsure of a clear answer on what to do in her life.

- She's a wonderful friend and does an excellent job of maintaining friendships, even though many of them are long distance now. She's been in 5 weddings that I can think of off the top of my head, including my own, and a few of those have been people that she's known since childhood. She's very good about writing letters, making phone calls, and e-mailing to make sure that she knows what's going on in the life of her friends. The four of us in this picture volunteered together during 2008-2009 in Kentucky and we still keep in touch through a notebook that we send to each other with updates on our lives.

                                                     From left: Kim, Jenna, Jenny, Jess

- She's adventurous and does things like finding new places to hike, traveling to far-off places, rock climbing, and SKYDIVING.

 

Off-roading... we weren't really, but it was a cute picture with Jenny in the middle.

                           
- She loves to watch football... isn't this every guy's idea of the perfect woman?

- She likes to be active and does a great job of staying in shape. This is especially difficult to do in Berea, KY because there aren't a ton of places to exercise there, but she still manages to find spinning classes and go running.

                             Jenny's on the right. This is from a team marathon in Louisville 2009.
                                                  
- She's a good cook, which I know because I was her housemate for 1 year. She also came up with fun food themes, such as Derby Pie and Hot Browns in honor of the Kentucky Derby.

                                              At the Kentucky Derby. Jenny's on the left.

- She's ultra-smart. She was her high school valedictorian and she went to Vanderbilt University for her Master's degree in School Counseling.

- She's great at helping people. Some of the big responsibilities of her job are organizing Christmas basket distributions for families in Kentucky who don't have much money and may not be able to afford much for their families at Christmastime. She also organizes School Readiness to make sure that kids have all of the school supplies that they need when they return to school in the fall. Those are just two of the big things that she does, plus she advocates for the various needs of people on a daily basis.

In conclusion, Jenny's a total catch and you (or the loved one that you think she'd be right for) should get to know her!

http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/2012/02/show-us-your-life-show-us-your-singles.html

Best Concert Ever!

We went to see The Fray and Kelly Clarkson in concert last night and it was such a blast! My dream concerts are/have been U2, The Fray, and Taylor Swift. We were able to see U2 last June, so I was excited to check another band off the list when I heard that The Fray were coming to Virginia Beach. I also held off on getting tickets because it was at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater and I figured the lawn seats weren't going to sell out. My waiting paid off and I was able to buy 2 tickets for the concert on Groupon for $15 last month.

Some of the highlights from the concert last night were:
1) It finally being cool enough to wear a sweatshirt and jeans.
2) Walking to the lawn and being asked if we wanted a free upgrade to seats in the Amphitheater (we took them, duh.)
3) People-watching, especially because there's a very diverse following of people who listen to Kelly Clarkson and The Fray. Some of my favorites were:
    a) Seeing a dad with his teenage daughter who was in a wheelchair as they talked and joked around.
    b) The group of 5 junior high girls who were dancing and singing along with the music.
    c) The 2 men who appeared to be a couple and knew every word to every Kelly Clarkson song.
    d) The 2 women in their 40's who ran into the bathroom and screamed with excitement because all of the stalls were unoccupied before the concert began.
    e) The junior high girl who was there with her family and appeared to be doing the Monster Mash to Kelly Clarkson's music.
4) Singing as loudly as I could to "Because of You," "Stronger," and "Since U Been Gone" during the Kelly Clarkson portion.
5) Kelly Clarkson covering "Already Gone" by Leona Lewis and saying that she had forgotten the words in the middle of it. Luckily, she was in the audience at that point, so people were able to help her out.
6) This one's my favorite: A woman recognized us from Essential Church during the break between Kelly Clarkson and The Fray. She said that she was going to be leaving early with her daughter and asked if we wanted to take their seats that were even closer to the front. We were probably about 100 feet from the stage and didn't even need to look at the screens to see them. So cool and it was very kind of her!
7) Giving Miss Kim's phone number to Joe... (this one's a lie, but I would have loved for it to happen.)
8) Singing along with Andrew to every song by The Fray.
9) Getting to experience all of this with Andrew because I have so much fun with him and because The Fray is the one band that both of us love listening to.
10) No traffic getting out of the parking lot. We figured out that a lot of the kids were there to see Kelly Clarkson and if they stayed until the end of The Fray, it would be way past their bedtimes.

This night was something I had looked forward to for a long time and it absolutely exceeded my expectations!