Ten Years ago today

Ten years ago today I married my best friend. I can not believe it has been 10 years. I will never forget the way Terry ask me to marry him. He took me on a trip to Gulf Shores on New Years, and under a beautiful full moon, at my favorite place, on one knee, he ask me to be his wife (and might I add with a beautiful ring). I remember being excited, scared and in shock. I had no idea, and if you know me, you know how nosy I am, and how hard that had to be lol. This was a second marriage for both of us so we talked about what we wanted and did not want. We decided against a big wedding(been there done that), we would just come back to Gulf Shores and get married on the 4th of July. We did not want it to be a big deal just family. We told our friends and everyone wanted to be a part of our day. So, by the time it was all said and done over 30 people followed us to the beach. We were going to get married on the beach, but the more I thought about the weather that time of year I decided it was a bad idea, and boy was I right it was over 100 degrees that day. We got married at the Gulf Shores Wedding Chapel, and it was beautiful. My mom gave me away and Briana stood beside me. I wish I had a pic to put on here(only have real live pics), it was so simple and so pretty. Everyone that was important to us was there. After we were married we went to lunch, and then that night we had a party at the pool and watched the fireworks, it was magical.

Over the past 10 years there have been many ups and downs, but I can tell you one thing that has only grown stronger and that is my love for Terry. Through everything that has happened the one constant person in my life has always been Terry. He has always been faithful, hard working and my friend through all we have been through. So many couples give up when it gets hard, it has only made us stronger as a couple. And, I am so proud of that. The most important thing that has happened in this last ten years is that Terry gave his life to Christ and I rededicated my life to Christ. We did not start our marriage seeking God, but we are daily seeking Him, and want to have a marriage that brings glory to Him.

Terry, I know you will read this(you are one of my few readers lol) and I just want you to know how much I love you and I am so blessed to have you in my life. Thank you for loving me and our children. Thank you for always supporting me, and being my very best friend in the world. And, most of all thank you for showing Briana how a woman should be treated, and Alex how a man should treat his wife. Thank you for putting up with my crazy self. I can not wait to watch you grow old since I will not be doing that (ha!ha!). I can not wait to see what God is going to do in our lives, I am ready for the ride good or bad I am going on this ride with you. I love you, happy anniversary.

My baby boy is 6

Today is Alex's 6th birthday. We had a great party at the splash pad. He had a few friends, it is hard to have a party this time of year, many people are out of town. But, his best buddies were there and we had a blast. He got lots of good stuff and we were able to talk about how blessed God has made our lives. I love when there are real teachable moments. Then we went and spent his money at the game store (his favorite thing PSP2), and had dinner at Ci Cis pizza (he got to choose). I am so blessed to have this wonderful little boy in my life. Alex is such a fun boy, he is hard headed, head strong, full of himself, and a full time job, but I would not change one crazy moment. I can not wait to see what God has planned for his life. I can not wait until all of the court stuff is over and he is legally my son. He is already my son, but I just can not wait till the day that I have a birth certificate that has my name as his mother and Terry as his father. We are having a party when that happens, so look for that soon (my biggest prayer). Please join me in this prayer. We are getting closer to the court date (July 18). I know that my God has this under control but my human self wants it all done now. I can not even imagine my life with out him. He is such a full of life, wild man, and I love him more than anything. I am a blessed woman to have a wonderful husband, a beautiful young woman as my daughter, and a live wire son. Thank you God for my family. Today was a great day.

Boy has this been a busy week so far. VBS in the morning and learning the business the rest of the afternoon. VBS has been fun, you know you are old when you miss the flags being marched in. But, I do miss the pledging of the flags and the bible. Don't get me wrong I have loved everything, and it is awesome to see my son learn about Gods word. And, the best part for me is to see all of the youth that have given a part of their summer to pour in to the lives of young children. This blows me away to see all of the youth up and at the church ready to go at 8am. It is one thing for an adult to give of their time, but for teenagers wow. I am proud of my daughter and all of the students there.
As far as the business I am still in shock, I can not believe this is my new business. I would be lying is I said I was not overwhelmed, but I am learning and I am so grateful to God for this opportunity in my life. Thank you God for being in control of my life and moving me out of the way and pulling me out of my comfort zone. This is such a God thing it has completely blow me away to see God work out things that I just knew could not work. That is what I get for thinking lol. Stay posted for more updates on whats to come.

Faith

I am in the last week of work. I can not believe this is happening. I have four days left at my job. I am definitely stepping out on faith. I start learning the business next Tuesday, and I will be in there from then on. I am ready to get in there and see how it all works. I will keep you updated on how it goes. Also, I want to remind those who read my blog to keep our July 18th court date in your prayers.

New Direction

Well many things have changed in my world over the past two weeks. God has truly changed directions for my life. Terry and I will be taking over a prepared food business in M'boro. Wow!!!!! It is totally a God thing how this whole thing has happened. I still have not wrapped my brain around this. But, it is going to happen. We will be taking over July 1st, it is part of a franchise right now and we are going to drop them and do it on our own. So, we will not have our new name until August 1st. We are going to be Kitchen 2 Kitchen, so every one needs to come and buy food from me. I will post more info later. Just pray that all goes through will no problems.

Random

Thought I would post, not much going on. Just work and sleep. I have been working alot. I am not complaining, I am thankful I have the ability to work and a job I enjoy. I work the night shift, so it is interesting, you would think old folks would want to sleep lol, but believe me they do not. I just love them any way.

We went to Briana's end of the year program last night and it was wonderful. I am so glad it all worked out for her to go to LCA. I was so nervous about her going back to school, we had been homeschooling for 4 years, but it has been a great year. She has done so well,I am so proud of her. I just can not believe she is going to be a senior next year.

Life is just going to fast, I wish somehow I could slow it down just a bit. I was reading on Jamie's blog about how she is leaving her twenty's and it dawned on me I am about to leave my thirty's, wow. I will be 39 this year, don't tell anyone lol. I use to think 40 was so old, not so much now. How did I get to be almost 40? I am sorta shocked by this, I was just 30. I don't think I like it, I am just not having any more birthdays after this year, can I do that? lol.

Alex

The court date that was suppose to happen today is not going to happen. We have been put off till July 18th. The court appointed attorney for the biological father asked for more time. I am a little bummed about it, I wanted it to be over. I think everyone that would read my blog knows the story, but here is the short version. We have had Alex since he was 18 months old and he will be 6 on June 21st. We have been trying to adopt and the mother (who is my sister) has signed off and the BF had to be notified and he was given 30 days to respond, five days before his time was up he sent papers saying he did not want us to adopt. When Alex was a baby I took him to see the BF and gave him my phone # and address, and he never made any attempt to contact. So, we are not sure where this is all going. I am just praying that Judge Corlew will see him for what he is. He is in prison and has been most of his life. He is only doing this because he is mad at my sister, and has nothing to do with Alex. I know that there is purpose in all of this and I am definitely learning to be patient. I know that God has had His hand on this from the beginning and that He is going to take care of this, but to be honest the waiting is driving me bananas. I want him to be my legal son NOW. OK I feel better. I am asking all my blog friends to pray, specifically for Judge Corlew.