Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Our favorite verse....

So today I revamped our page.  I hope you like it....i'm not an html genius so there are a few flaws but I will choose to ignore them.  lol.   And I guess that gives away about how hard I work at work..shhhh... lol.  On the header it has the bible verse Jeremiah 29:11


 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."   


When I first met Justin, on our first date..... He prayed for our meal.  He was the first man I've ever gone out with who actually took initiative and prayed! Not to much later he let me in on his favorite bible verse, and this was it! Jeremiah 29:11.  Now I have always liked this verse, but Justin LOVES this verse.  Over the years, I know why.  It has also become my favorite verse out of the bible, because those words have such a strong meaning.  Our 3 years of marriage have been a rocky road with things like money, jobs, finances.  This gives us such a strong hope and security.  It is the best reminder that we will be okay and the God  will ALWAYS provide.  


It's funny...looking back He always has provided.  I remember a time right after I had lost my job and we had no money to pay our bills.  Not even to buy groceries... One day we received an unexpected tax return check in the mail of $500.00.  I don't know how it happened or where the error was.  It totally got us through and we had food on our table that month.  It was incredible.  Time and time again, God has always been right there holding our hands and holding us up.  He is the best daddy ever! ( So are you dad!) 


I hope you all can find as much meaning in this verse and find the same hope and security that we have found in it.  It is perspective and life changing.  

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Distance makes the HEART grow fonder......

So this past week, I took off to Washington DC~  Our really good friends Craig and Jenn actually took me with them! Craig had to work this past weekend and Jen actually went with.  They realized last week that while Craig was working, Jen would just be sitting in the hotel room doing nothing! BORING!!!!!!!!!!!! So after trying to get one of her sisters to go I was the lucky one chosen! hahaha! I took a red eye flight(which i'm never doing EVER again) out on thursday night, got there friday morning and we started on our journey! Jen and I walked everywhere and saw everything and even got a hang of the metro! we didnt' get lost not even once! ( i can't say that about the many tickets i lost.. meaning I lost my metro ticket!).
We had so much fun! We wen't out to dinner with Craig's co-workers one night and they were very lovely people! We had a blast! So after being gone for 4 days, not having my husband there, but being with totally awesome people, my was really starting to miss my hubs! I mean I've never been away from him for so long, that I can remember.  a few days.... but almost 6 days! (including travel).  Not cool! So I will probably never go by myself again without him.  Whenever I saw something totally cool, I said to Jen......man Justin would have loved that! There is just something totally priceless of sharing something like that with the one you love, and both being equally excited about it!

To say the least, I am very thankful for the Westerbeek's and letting me come along and being so gracious to me the whole trip! Now it's back into the swing of things.....It's nice and you almost forget how much you can miss the daily grind....when the one you LOVE is in the midst of it.
Justin had a great time filling his weekend with lot's of cool things....He got to go on a ride along with his brother Darrin, He got to hang out with his friend Andrew, and see his family! what a cool way to catch up!

Anywho! hope ya'll are having an awesome weekend!

Loves