Welcome Weasley

Today I finally talked Matt into letting me get a pet.  Since we live in an apartment we couldn't get the pet we wanted (a dog) so I got the next best thing, a HAMSTER! Matt was really nervous at first because he has never had a rodent before, I on the other hand have had a ton of them.  So I talked him into it and we went to Petco and picked her out.  She is a long haired hamster but her hair is much shorter than most long haired hamsters. Her name is Weasley and she is so cute! She loves running on her wheel and giving herself a bath.  Matt is really warming up to her but won't touch her just yet, but I know he will sooner than later.  Pets make life just a little bit brighter! 

Until next time...Genesis 1:28

FIVE Years and Counting

Five years ago today Matt and I started dating.  It was my first year at college and his second. I was on a theatre scholarship and he was on a speech scholarship.  At our school the theatre director was the assistant coach of speech so Matt knew him very well, and Matt auditioned for the play that year (his very first play.)  When I first saw Matt I thought to myself, "ohh he is cute, I could see myself becoming "friends" with him."  I soon found out that he was dating someone, so I gave up on that.  A few weeks later we got our parts and found out that in the play I was cheating on my husband with Matt's character!  So throughout the whole month of August we were on stage together, back stage together, & running lines in the hall.  We had so many lines and scenes together we had to practice, just the two of us.  We became very good friends but he still had a girlfriend so we were ONLY friends.  In the middle of September it was club day, and Quinn (our director) asked Matt and I if we would sit at the theatre table because we were the only two who could get out of class at that time.  We talked about music, and found out we both had a very simular taste in music.  We also talked about being Christians!  After finding these two things out about him I was really starting to form a "crush" on him.  Toward the end of our time at the table Quinn came over and asked Matt where his girlfriend was, and Matt said, "we broke up last night."  BINGO!!!!  After finding that out, it was Game On!  Two days later we were talking on Myspace (yeah Myspace), we were just having casual conversations about the play.  I really needed to head to work so I told him I had to go but he could text me, and gave him my number, and he asked me out on a date that day.  For a week straight we would text everyday all day, and stayed on the phone until 3 AM, then would go to school the next day and spend even more time together.  Exactly a week later it was time for our first date! He picked me up, opened the door, and brought me flowers.  He was the most caring guy I had ever dated.  For the next week the same thing happened, texting, staying up all night on the phone, and being together all day at school.  One week after our first date we went on our second date and he asked me to be his girlfriend.  

The past 5 years have been like a fairy tale! He is such a fun person to be around.  I know that God has made him for me and me for him! We are such an amazing team! That is what marriage is about, being the best team possible.


Until next time...Mark 10:6-9  

                                                                          2007

                                Honeymoon 2012 (sorry we are so sweaty)

Stop & Smell the Roses

I stole this from my best friend who stole it from someone else.  This is something that I am going to try to do in 31 days, and I encourage you to try and do the same! Good Luck!!

one: Hand write a letter and mail it via snail mail.

two:  Buy a stranger a cup of coffee without them knowing it was you.

three: Call someone that you don't see very often and catch up.

four: Write a list of 5 things that you love about yourself

five: Leave an encouraging note somewhere for a stranger to find.

six: Make a play list of your 5 favorite songs. Listen to it while you watch the sunrise or the sunset.

seven: Try something new.

eight: Think about a goal you've been wanting to meet. Take a step toward conquering that goal.

nine: Thank 3 people that consistently impact your life in a positive way.

ten: Try a new recipe.

eleven: Do something that is unique to where you live.

twelve:  Write down 3 inspirational quotes. Post them in place where you'll see them throughout the week.

thirteen: Clean out your closet and donate what you don't use anymore.

fourteen: Surprise someone just because.

fifteen: Meet a need.

sixteen: Make a mix CD for someone.

seventeen: Do something that is out of your comfort zone.

eighteen: Redecorate something in your home. 

nineteen: Write a letter to your younger self.

twenty: Make a bucket list

twenty-one: Show appreciation for your job.

twenty-two: Treat yourself.

twenty-three: Think about what blogging has done for you.

twenty-four: Do something that gets your creative juices flowing.

twenty-five: Take someone to dinner that you need to catch up with

twenty-six: Watch your favorite movie of all time.

twenty-seven: Visit a place that you've never been before .

twenty-eight: Collect all of your loose change and either donate it or use it to do something fun.

twenty-nine: Make a list of at least 10 things that you are grateful for.

thirty: Write a letter for yourself to read in 5 years.

thirty-one: Create a collage of things that represent you

Until next time...I Timothy 4:12

It's Raining Cats & Dogs

It has been storming for the last two days, I don't mean like on and off light showers, I'm talking like tornadoes forming, hail, the whole shabang! For two days I have sat in bed WIDE awake listening to the booming thunder as Matt sleeps perfectly next to me. That man could sleep through ANYTHING!! 

 I am a huge fan of storms, especially at night, but the past two nights it as been so loud it is far from soothing!  After a WHOLE summer of a drought the rain is definitely refreshing, I love sitting at my desk at work just watching it through the window.  What a great thing the Lord provides for us, rain.  Just think about all the things that depend on rain to live. 

Not only do I love storms for the rain, but for the lightning.  Lighting is one of my all time favorite things, it is so interesting to me! Last night Matt and I drove in the storm and I have NEVER seen lighting like that.  It looked like someone was shooting off 400 silent fireworks ALL night long, the lighting was insane!  It was EVERYWHERE! There was less than one second between each bolt! It was so cool. God's creations never cease to amaze me! Isn't it an awesome thing that we can serve such an amazing, forgiving, loving, all knowing Father!!

Until next time...Psalm 46:10

IT"S HERE!!!

I just got my passport in the mail today and I'm as excited as a kid on Christmas!  I am the last one of our group that is going to Haiti to get theirs (I'm always last).  Of course my picture looks horrendous! I leave for Haiti on January 7, 2013 and I'll be back the 17th.  We will be staying in Cap Haitian, and helping missionaries who live there. (you can check out their blogs on my blog list <---)  I have been on several short term mission trips and I have been out of the country several time, but never both of them together!  I really wish Matt was going with me, but he is not.  He is not much of a traveler, but that is not the actual reason he is not going.  He is wanting to go to seminary, and we are trying to save money for me to go to Haiti and him to go to seminary, and saving for both of us to go and seminary just is not in the cards for us!

Growing up, out of the country missions wasn't something that my home church focused on, yes he helped  build a church in Belize, but just our preacher went.  Now that I am older and have gone to Bible college my heart for missions has really grown!  I have three friends who lived in Mexico for awhile and pretty much speak fluent Spanish, and one of those friends just got back from a three week trip to Sierra Leone, Africa. Just being around them, and the friends from school who want to be full time missionaries has really changed my life.

I cannot wait to go, and just experience the greatness that God is doing there through the missionaries. I know that when I get home my life will never be the same and I am 100% okay with that!!

Until next time...Matthew 28:19-20

This is a video of my favorite artist, that he filmed while he and his wife were in Haiti!

 

If you would like to donate to my trip or want more information feel free to comment!

You Are Good Enough for God!

Today was a fall festival at the campground Matt works at. There were several bands that played and some speakers. Beholder played in front of several people who have probably never heard that type of music before! It was really cool just to see the expressions on the old people's faces. The band sounded great as usual! And one of my very best friends, AJ played acoustic and sang (she has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard.) All of our friends were there plus some new people we got to meet! So overall it was a great day.

One of the speakers just happened I be yours truly! My whole life I've loved public speaking, I loved speech class, acting classes, and pretty much anything else that involved speaking! It is really the main talent the Lord blessed me with! I also have a testimony to share, as all people do. So after I got my associates degree I had no clue what I wanted to do so I took a year off. After the year I really felt the Lord telling me to go to Bible college and be a speaker. Anywho, I was asked to give my testimony today and I was so excited! Although I love speaking, when I get my testimony I get really nervous! Matt said a quick prayer with me and it was my turn.

I got on the stage and my nerves were calmed, I told my story (the short version) and got all the to the end before I teared up! I hate crying in front of people it is the most annoying thing! So after I was done I was really mad for crying but Matt told me my tears probably affected someone more than it would have if I hadn't cried!

God knows your heart, and everyone else's hearts so my tears were not a bad thing! It was in my heart to cry and the Lord knew that! So let them fall and don't be ashamed!

The reason I titled this "You Are Good Enough for God", is because that what I focused on in my story! I never felt that I was worth His love, why would He need to love me, a messed up teen with a crazy life when He could love the "normal" kids? The truth is, no matter what you've done or haven't done, or what some did to you or what someone didn't do to you, you are still worth it! And He loves you for every that you are!

Until next time...John 3:16

Beholder in my Kitchen

So last night, after I cooked a big meal for my dad's birthday, Matt was having his band over for a Bible study.  Being the AWESOME wife I am, I made snacks for them.  Well the guys could not make it over until after ten, because of work, so I made the snacks, set everything out for them, and went to bed at about 10:10 (I like my sleep.)  While laying in bed I was SURE I was going to wake up to a sink full of dirty dishes and the kitchen destroyed!  About 1:30 I woke up to the sound of dishes being moved around, I got up to tell them to be quiet (which I did,) but in a much nicer way than I had planned.  When I walked in the kitchen I saw Matt doing the dishes, Josh (guitarist) drying the dishes, and Kevin (drummer) putting the dishes away!! This moring when I woke up I saw they hadn't just done the dishes but cleaned the kitchen! It really just made my whole day or night! I am so thankful to have such amazing people in my life!

Until next time.....Galations 6:10

Call of Duty, Hunger Games, Josh Scogin, & Ron Weasley

I have only been a wife for a little over 6 months so I'm still learning the ropes, but I feel I'm doing a good job.  Matt and I have been dating since 2007 so we have been together what seems like forever, so being married is pretty much the same as dating only now we live together, and as my best friend Arica says "being married is like having a sleepover with your best friend every night." And that is exactly what it is like.  Matt and I have so much fun together it seems unreal.  I think all too often people think to have fun you have to DO something, but I disagree. 

Matt is a HUGE gamer and I am a HUGE reader, and many nights I sit in the man cave with him while he plays his games and I read, if something exciting happens in my book that I want to share, he pauses the game and I tell him what just happened.  He most likley couldn't care less, but remember we are actors so he makes it seem like he does. And visa versa, when he screams "WOAH!!!!" I act like I'm really concerned with what just happen and I stop reading and listen.  Even if it is something we don't care too much for if our spouse does, we listen.  When I was sooooo nervous about to tears because I knew if Peeta AND Katniss didn't win the Hunger Games my life would end, Matt acted just as concerned and he didn't even know what the book was about.  

Matt's biggest hero is a guy named Josh Scogin, he is the lead "singer" of Matt's favorite band, The Chariot.  One day while we were driving to Matt's parents house (about 20-25 minutes away) I got a  lesson on why Josh Scogin was the greatest person to ever walk this earth (other than Jesus of course.)  I really am not a huge fan of the Chariot, but I sure pretended like I cared, because he cared, my soul mate, the only man I have ever loved more than my dad or brother cared, so I cared.  And Matt "cares" and Ron Weasley, because I care, the woman he vowed to love FOREVER.    

We all want to share our lives with the people we love and too many people are too selfish to shut up and listen, so I challenge you to shut up and listen, put on a smile, and ask questions!

Until next time...Ephesians 5:22-23

New to Blogging

Wow, this is a new thing! I have never even thought about blogging before. I recently starting reading three blogs from families that are missionaries in Haiti, because in January I will be meeting them! That's right I am going to Haiti in January for a week, and I'm super excited, but more on that later! So after reading their blogs I thought about starting one myself and here I am! Well, until next time...Psalm 107:8.