A Game of Tag About my man!!

The Game of Tag about your MAN:

1. Who is your man? Christopher Daniel Manack
2. How long have you been together? 2 years and will be married in 4 months!
3. How long dated? 2 years
4. How old is your man? 22
5. Who eats more? Thats debatable because I love to snack and he doesn't so it seems like I eat more but during meals he def eats more.
6. Who said "I love you" first? He did
7. Who is taller? Chris! By like 8 inches!
8. Who sings better? Although he tries so hard I am gonna have to say I do... sorry babe!
9. Who is smarter? Chris for sure is way book smarter! I may have a little more common sense when it comes to people and situations though.
10. Whose temper is worse? Again ... not sure.. we fuel each other because we are both so competitive. I think it depends on the situation.
11. Who does the laundry? I have a feeling that will be my job.
12. Who takes out the garbage? This is gonna be a Chris job but I bet I end up doing it!
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? haha good luck Chris I sleep in the middle!!
14. Who pays the bills? Chris will
15. Who is better with the computer? I use a Mac he uses a PC so obviously me since my computer is so much better!!!!
16. Who mows the lawn? Chris will
17. Who cooks dinner? I will cook!!
18. Who drives when you are together? We switch... mostly Chris though.
19. Who pays when you go out? Chris does but sometimes he will let me!
20. Who is most stubborn? We both are!
21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Uh .. according to Chris he has never been wrong. haha just kidding we both are pretty good at this.
22. Whose parents do you see the most? It is pretty even
23. Who kissed who first? He kissed me.
24. Who asked who out? He asked me out for a "lunch" date haha.
25. Who proposed? Chris
26. Who is more sensitive? Me
27. Who has more friends? Prob him because i am a homebody and I have a few really close friends and he has a bunch of social friends. Although now all our friends are both of ours so I guess we have the same amount of friends!
28. Who has more siblings? same ... I am the middle of 3 and he is the oldest of 3.
29. Who wears the pants in the family? Chris will..... hey I'm ok with that!

Lets see what you have to say Nicole, about Kevin!!!!

Love you all!!!

Wedding Cake

No this isn't the cake we picked but last night we did get our wedding cake all squared away. It is exciting! Poor Chris had to sit through a three hour meeting deciding whether or not to do diamonds and dots or swirls or monogram and on and on. He was a pretty good sport though! He even threw a few suggestions in here and there! We got to try it and it was delicious! MMM can't wait for the real thing! I feel like there is a lot of waiting around involved in wedding planning. You pick out all these really fun things but yet you don't get to see it again until your wedding day! That's ok because I know it will be worth it i just wish it was a little closer than 4 months away!

So Chris and I are starting a small group on Sunday through The Village Church and we are really excited! It is a young marrieds, even though we aren't yet married!! We just want to get plugged in and start making friends haha! It is so fun getting to start our new life together and join things as a couple! We (well right now I) have a black lab named Benga. I had to take him to a vet and fill in all the info and I told them well, I am engaged but will be married and this is all Chris' info etc. So now when the call me they ask for Mrs. Manack and when we get medicine or a bill or anything for the dog it says Chris and Jackie Manack on it! It is so weird but AWESOME at the same time! Guess I better get use to it!

I have a huge homework assignment I should be doing right now but I just wanted to let all the girls in my wedding know how excited I am that they can be there! I know that is kind of a random thought but I just am so thankful for each and every person! I am so excited I get to spend this important day with the most important people to me!

Ok thats all! I hope the Lord blesses your day!! Love you All!!

Iowa- Missy's Wedding

My cousin Missy got married this weekend in Iowa! She is now Melissa Collins! It was a lot of fun and she was beautiful. I love family get togethers! We have a large large family but it is always a blast when everyone is together. My whole immediate family was there which was awesome! Chris and Savannah G bonded and we now call him her boyfriend haha. She was kissing on him this weekend, but since she is 8 months old and precious I let it go!
This is little Savannah with Chris' glasses on. She is so cute!! Here are some pics of us at the wedding!!


We did have some bad news this weekend however. My mom's parents (my grandma and grandpa Shattuck) are not doing that well. My grandfather was admitted into the ICU when we got to Iowa so we never got to see him :( . My grandmother is also very sick and not doing that great. My family needs some prayers. They are the sweetest people I have ever met. Anyways if you could just remember them in your prayers. Thank you guys!

well hope everyone had a great weekend! Love you all!!

Wedding Bands

Well we purchased our wedding bands! I am kind of thinking maybe we should have waited because now i just want to wear mine! Its awesome! I tried to convince Chris today how fun it would be to act like we were little kids and play wedding! Then we could wear our rings but not for real just for pretend! Chris didn't really go for that but hey I tried! I really do feel like a little kid playing house sometimes! I don't feel like it is real yet. I mean i know in four months I will have a new last name, have to share a house with a boy, and have a new "family". But it hasn't hit me yet that this is real!! I can't wait until the second it hits me ... I am thinking it will be walking down the aisle!

Other than that we have no more wedding updates! My little brother turns 18 on Friday!! AHH oh my gosh! He is so old! I can't believe it. He is just the most precious person EVER. I know I know he is my brother but really just the greatest boy ever. We are all going to Iowa this weekend for my cousin's wedding! Chris and I are so excited to see Savannah Grace, Nicole and Kevin and ALL of my relatives! It will be a blast! OK well I am going to bed! I hope things are going great for everyone and that the Lord is blessing you! I love you all!!

Jackie

True You Photography!! Our Engagements!!!

Our engagement pictures from our photographer are up!!!! She has a blog where she posted a few ... you can look at the list of my favorite blogs its linked. If you want to see them all go to trueyouphoto.com/anderson!! Love you guys!

Engagement Pictures

Chris and I went and got our engagement pictures done this weekend. We met our photographer Christa Davidson at the canals in Las Colinas and then we went and took some pictures with Chris' mom as well. Since we don't have the pictures from our photographer yet I will share some of the ones Kathy took. Hope everyone is doing well!! Love you All!!!!

I love music

I am not skilled to understand
What God has willed, what God has planned
I only know at His right hand
Stands one who is my Savior

I take Him at His word and deed
Christ died to save me; this I read
And in my heart I find a need
Of Him to be my savior

That He would leave His place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior

I heard this song on the radio today "My Savior My God" by Aaron Shust and i just wanted to share it! Awesome song put me in a great mood! I have to go to school soon so I am having a short break in between work and class. Hope you all are having an awesome day and are as excited as I am that TOMORROW IS FRIDAY!!!

September 11th

I spent this morning watching the news from the morning of 9/11/01. They played the coverage of this terrible day. It amazed me how much I forgot, how I had already distanced this from my mind. I sat and watched and was so sad all over again for these families who were involved and re-live this event every day not just once a year. Tomorrow we will all go about our usual day and because the date says 9/12 we won't think about these people. Some of these people remember every day because they lost a loved one or even went through this event. I just pray that we love on the people we have every day and be thankful that we have them. We live in a broken and fallen world, every person struggles and has tragic events going on in their lives. Anyways, after rambling what I want to say is that in the midst of our suffering no matter how big or small, if we place our faith and trust is in Christ we are safe from the grasp of the devil. No I dont mean we won't have sorrows, troubles, tragic events, but no matter what the outcome even through death we are taken to live with our heavenly Father, and nobody not even Satan can touch that salvation. Praise the Lord for that!!!!

On another note Chris and I ordered our invitations yesterday! SOOO exciting! It will be here so soon.

I love you all and hope everything is well and that God is continually blessing you!!

Visit To Norman!

Chris and I made a trip up to Norman this weekend! We had a blast! Friday night we got to Katie and Ryan's and chatted with Katie for a bit and then went to Campus Corner to see some people we haven't seen in forever. We ran into a bunch of people we miss a ton, Lindsey, Brooke, Richard, Ryan, Zach, Trey the list goes on. It was so great to see everyone!!

Saturday Chris went to the game!! I walked around Campus with him before and went and saw some of our friends! After I went back to hang out with Katie at her salon on campus corner! It was lots of fun to just be able to sit and hang out! CAN'T WAIT FOR HER TO MOVE HERE!
Anyways we met back up with Chris after the game and went to meet Ryan at a tail gate!

After the game we went back to the Martin's watched their wedding video:) watched more football then went to On The Border for dinner ...mmmmm!!! Afterwards we went back up to campus corner and sat listening to music at Brothers! We had the best time with our sweet friends Katie and Ryan and seeing some of our other friends this weekened! It makes me miss Norman a tad bit!!

A game of tag... Read to find out if you are it!

SO my sister has tagged me in this little game. So here it goes....

The Rules:

1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules. (**if you’re a non-blogger, you can email them!)
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

1. As a child my idea of a fun Saturday was organizing my mom's kitchen pantry and doing chores... I was and still am a little strange.

2. As a kid Chris never liked Salad dressing so he would put water on his salad.

3. In first grade I really like saved by the bell and Tiffany Amber Thiessen was my favorite. So I told my teacher on the first day my name was Tiffany and so up until open house when my parents came I was Tiffany!! IT was AWESOME.. and then i went back to being dumb ol Jackie.

4. In second grade Chris really wanted to wear glasses so for the year book picture he snuck a pair of glasses out of his house and took his picture with them on. His mom paid for re-takes!

5. Chris and I both played basketball in highschool ... which isn't really random but we have found out that we have been in the same gym and the same places multiple times in highschool!! .. thats weird

6. I lived in Germany as a small child because my father was in the air force.

7. The first time Chris was out in the snow .. instead of enjoying it like most little kids.. he was worried the whole time about his shoes getting dirty.

8. Sometimes I start laughing about nothing and the more I try to stop the harder I laugh, and Chris is pulled into these laughing attacks with me. We are special.

We are tagging our list of friends on here haha .. Katie and Ryan and Angela and Chris! and anyone else who wants to join in!!

Boomer Sooner!!!

Well Chris and I are leaving tomorrow to go to Norman! I am very excited! I have not been there since late June and Chris hasn't been there since we graduated in May. Its kind of weird going back knowing that it is not home. Oh well it is going to be a blast! Our friends The Martins :) are being so gracious and letting us stay at their house, which I am so excited about getting to spend more time with Katie! Katie is also letting Chris use her ticked to go to the OU/ Miami game on Saturday and he is soo pumped about that! It will be awesome to see some people we haven't seen in months! Ahh I am just so excited!

Sunday I am getting to meet with Haley for coffee which I am just so excited about as well! One of my favorite things to do is sit and hear how God is blessing my friends! I see His work in my life but it just makes me smile to hear other people testify to His love and mercy! Anyways, after that Chris and I have our second pre-marital counseling session with Scott Ward, he is going to marry us! He is so great and we are learning alot from him!

Other than that i am thinking I will never get all my reading done this weekend but hopefully I can do it in the car ride to Norman! No real news on the wedding stuff except we picked out our invitations and that is always exciting!!

Hope everyone has a Fantastic weekend!!! Love you!!

A Day In The Life

Well if I wasn't about to fall asleep I am sure this would end up being long.. so lucky for those of you reading I am tired! We found out that Benga is still undiagnosed but we got some medicine so hopefully it will get better!
Chris and I went to dinner with Connor and Lacey tonight at Mexi-go which was lots of fun, as always! On our way out we ran into Chassity and Joey and got some starbucks. It was a fun evening of catching up with friends!!
Well I am off to bed. Hope your all had a blessed day! Love You!!!!

Exhausted!

Well the first day of the week and I am so tired! It was a long day! Today I have three classes so it is my longest day of the week but it feels good to get it over with. I am learning so much but in learning so much I am learning I know NOTHING about what i thought I knew alot about. I don't know if that made any sense but God has humbled me beyond measure in the last week.
I realize that I will never reach a level of rest and satisfaction in my knowledge of God because there is so much to know that no one human could possibly know it all. Even all humans put together could never come close to understanding the complex mind of our wonderful Savior. It is a troubling conclusion as well as a relief! I can do nothing to make God love me more. His love for me is unconditional and it is perfect, I can never lose this and I can never gain more. It puts the whole perspective of salvation through works to test. If the scripture says that God's love for us is perfect and that his love for us is unconditional then nothing I do will change this. By saying I can earn his love I am questioning God's power. I don't deserve anything, I can't earn anything, there is no checklist that I can follow to get a ticket into heaven. No it is by the grace of my Lord and the mercy of his hand that I can be saved by faith and faith alone. What God has given us to study clearly states, "for it is by grace we have been saved through faith" what a magnificent thought. I don't have to try to be perfect because I would fall short everytime but through the blood of the lamb I am made perfect in Christ. I still can't wrap my mind around that amazing truth!! God is so good!! I am nothing apart from his power. This was just on my mind after class today.
Well poor little Benga has a Vet appointment tomorrow morning :( He is limping so bad and it has been going on for a while. I hope everything is ok. He is making me so sad because we can't play ball with him or take him for walks and well, we all know Labs need to get their energy out.
That is all for now! I hope everyone is have a wonderful night! Love you all!!

Labor Day Weekend

I hope everyone had a wonderful labor day!! I got to meet with one of my favorite people for coffee, Katie Martin, and had some much needed catch up time! Three hours went by way too fast but I am so glad I got to see my friend! After that I am now studying for my classes this week!

Other than that nothing eventful has happened in the last couple days. I am starting to feel kind of lonely! I mean not like I am all alone lonely but I am ready to start life lonely... if that makes sense. I can't wait to get involved in a church and meet people and for Chris and I to start meeting other couples as well! I am absolutely LOVING living with my family right now though! I have a little less than five months to enjoy with them before i get married and enjoying every second! I didn't put a pic of Puerto Vallerta on the last entry so I thought I would share some on this one!!











Well that is all for the moment! Love you all and I hope all is well!!