Holiday Newness

So I'm just going to come out and say that this Christmas so far, has been strange.  I very clearly, have not adjusted to being married and how to deal with the holidays.  It hasn't "felt" like Christmas to me, and I realized it's because I don't have any of my traditions to enjoy.  No baking frenzy with my mom, no watching Christmas movies with the whole family multiple days throughout the month, no family Christmas tree decorating or putting up lights.  It's weird.  Don't get me wrong, it hasn't been bad...just strange.  Me and Christian cut our own tree, we decorated it ourselves and although it was sweet it didn't "feel" like the tradition of decorating the one with my mom, dad, sister and brother.  We are starting to watch Christmas movies, but last year the Cortez family wore Christian out with our love of the "Christmas Carol" I think we watched three different versions (Muppets, Mickey, Allistor Sim) and then we went to the Alley theater to see the play.

Ha.  That made me laugh I guess that'd wear anyone out on one story.  But not the Cortez Family.  Why? It's tradition.  Allistor Sim's Christmas Carol we've watch all our lives, the Muppets...come on! Mickey's...it's short 30 minutes of bliss, and the Alley Theater has become a Christmas Eve tradition!  So this year to save from killing him, we're only doing two...haha.  I'll watch two on my own.  See....weird?  It's so unexpected.  What do I do?

Well, I know the answer.  The answer is me and Christian will begin to make our own traditions.  And over the years, I'm sure they will become more familiar than the ones I know now.  Even as I write that I'm doubtful, because I have 26 years of wonderful habit that I don't want to let go.  In the end, I guess I don't really have to let them all go.  However, I'm not primarily a part of the Cortez family anymore, I'm part of the Christian & Destiny family, and we've gotta learn to combine.

So, yes.  It's been hard for me.  Sidenote: Alyse, enjoy the time you have there, because when things change, although equally as lovely, it's strange and not easy to get use to! 

I'm excited for us to create our own traditions I can't live without, we are a little family of two (and two dogs), and these two little people with very different Christmas traditions are having to learn to meld them together to creat something new, a little scary, but very beautiful.  Wow...marriage is hardcore!  I'm excited to send out Christmas cards from our little family, if you want to get one and I don't have your address from the Wedding, please message it to me!

In the meantime, we'll be in our little corner of the world, combining and creating our own traditions: cutting trees with knives, waking up to a fallen tree, throwing away things that we wanted....so far the things we have experienced we may not want to repeat...but my husband is right: everything we do this season is wonderfully us, married, and there's, "Still more coming baby" <3



-Mrs. Warren

Holiday Love

It's been a while since my last post! So much has occurred since then!  Here is a little picture update!

The Color Run came and went! It was amazing, ran 3.25 miles in 35 minutes!I felt so accomplished and have always wanted to do a 5k, and I officially have!  Next year we will most likely do the Texans run, that way Christian can enjoy it, as getting color splashed on you seemed a little girly to him :) Since then I have been running less, cause I'm not training anymore, but have still been getting in two runs every week :) Can't wait to do it again next year, def. a fun tradition :)

Thanksgiving!! I had a glorious five days off, and during that time did a huge amount of traveling!  From being at my parents the night before and thankgiving day to moving south to be with the warrens and go Christmas tree shopping!  It was wonderful and reminded me how blessed I am with family, and how much I love them!  Here are some memories of this wonderful holiday!

My beautiful momma and me on Thanksgiving :)

Christian & Melody :)

Our doggies traveled allll over with us <3

After our black friday shopping with made smores :)

 One of the most fun things we did during the break was take the opportunity to go cut down our very own tree! Which we did! Or Christian did, and I helped hold it while he cut! It was so much fun, my talented new sister Melody took pictures, so hopefully we got a Christmas card worthy one to send out!  Even if not it was so much fun, riding the hay wagon to the farm, cutting, and just enjoying our time outside!  Think we created a new tradition!

Beautiful Trees!

Husband & Wife

Family standing in front of our tree!!

Got the tree allll set up :)

Love all the colors!

Doggies got all snuggled by it!

My husband putting up the star!

The finished product :) Beautiful!

Life has been so busy lately.  Working, as always, and it seems there is always something to do every weekend.  As a matter of fact, it seems me and Christian have to PLAN to do nothing, or else the weekend gets booked!  We got lazy, however, and it does seem every weekend is booked up until Christmas!  It's tiring, but worth it, my favorite thing is to be around family! As a matter of fact as soon as Christian gets home we are packing up the doggies and heading to my parents to celebrate my little sister's birthday! It's gonna be a blast, and I'm ready for two days of relaxing!

Hope everyone's Christmas season has started off right :)

Cheers,
Mrs. Warren

Ready for the week!

This week is going to be jam-packed! I am so READY!

This week I am preparing for a Juice Cleanse.  I certainly do not get enough of the nutrients I need, especially because I work all the time! Which means cooking has become something I am able to enjoy only once in blue moon!  This makes me sad, but until I am able to work less than full time, it is my lot!  So we eat out a lot, not horribly, but not fresh home-cooked either!  My Warren sisters invited me to do a juice cleanse with them this week.  I wasn't sure about it, but as I started looking into the benefits of it, I decided I would!

This weekend we bought a juicer.  It's a Black & Decker model, we bought the cheapest one we could find, since we weren't sure this was something that would really catch on!  However, it had a four out of five star rating online from about 400 people, so we felt safe that if we did enjoy it, this would still be a good choice!  After using it for the first time tonight, I would have to say I approve! It works wonderfully!

So tonight I made enough juice for myself for tomorrow!  Nothing but juice for seven days! Well I'm going to cheat, ONLY because tomorrow we will have been married for six months and Christian is doing something special for me- couldn't say no to that :)  So except for one meal tomorrow, nothing but juice till Saturday!  I have heard that this cleanse gives lots of energy, and cleans out your system! I went online to find recipes so when I went shopping today I'd know what to get!  I loved looking at all the freshness, I love the way fruits and veggies look naturally, it reminds me how creative and amazing God really is.  How much He cared for what He was creating in order to allow us to be healthy and happy!   Beautiful! Take a look!

I got a huge variety of things, because I wanted a variety of juices to chose from for the week.  Tonight I made a ginger lemon juice: 1 (1 inch) piece of ginger root, 1 fresh lemon, 6 carrots, and one apple =my favorite! Stomach cleanser: 1 handful of grapes, 1 handful of strawberries, 3 apples and 1 oranges. & Green juice: 3 pears, 5 stalks of kale, 3 large pieces of romaine lettuce,1 small lemon! All are great, and wonderfully nutritious!

So I'm set for Monday! Ready for my juice, and my hot date with my husband :D  What else this week has in store: Quality time with my bro and his wife-spending the night Friday night (seeing the new bond movie!), going to the Nutcracker market Saturday with my sister, and the Color run on Sunday :D I'm so psyched, it's gonna be a great week!

More posts to come, in the mean time...everyone have a great week! Expect great things, our God is a great God :)

-mrs.warren

Joy-full life

"Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it is rained down from Heaven, at our very doors." Tryon Edwards

This is so true!  I feel overwhelmed with thanksgiving for the blessings God has given Christian and I.  So much is going on that we are SO excited about!  I will split them out into posts, because there would be too much to write!!

One of my biggest blessings lately is the health and happiness of family :) I do wish I could see my side of the family more often-they are determined to live up north-but I am so grateful to say that my grandmother (who is battling cancer) has taken a huge turn for the better, and after weeks of feeling bad and being bedridden, she is feeling more like herself again!  I do miss my family as I don't get to see them nearly as much as I'd like...so I look to Thanksgiving with much anticipation as I will be able to be around them again =) My parents are blessed in being able to travel to California next weekend, and I could not be more happy for them :) They are going to visit-along the way-the park we most enjoyed on our honeymoon...California Adventures! 

My In-laws.  I. Love. Them.  I know what a blessing it is to be able to say this.  I have heard the drama of in-laws many times, and I can honestly say that I know God gave Christian to me, and me to him because there is a purpose for our marriage and a partnership in love.  Also, he gave me to him to be a part of this family.  I know it.  God is teaching me a lot through them, and it's just such a blessing to have three more sisters, another mom, and dad :) 

Monday marks me and Christian being married for 6 months!!  I know it's not that long, but when I think about it, it's very hard to believe that I have been married for half a year!  Christian has already prepared me for a surprise on Monday after work, and I just remain in awe that God brought my husband to American Eagle at the same time I was there, and allowed me to be wise enough to see him.  I was fiercely pursued, and I am fiercely kept.   I love him more and more, truly, every day.  I love our life together.  

This past Sunday, we had a prophet come and speak at our church (Christ Church for the Nations), and he prophesied some things over Christian and I that has given me a much needed refreshing. To be used by God as a couple, for His Kingdom, is truly exciting.  I am SO ready to begin doing something outside myself, and my job...something more for the Kingdom-with my best friend.

-mrs. warren

A happy, messy home

About two weeks ago...we had yet again another disagreement over the cleanliness of the house.  I get frustrated sometimes because we are on two different playing fields when it comes to being clean.  I grew up with a mom that showed me how to clean...but more importantly how to do it well.  Christian grew up not having to clean much at all, except his room, and even then not how I was taught in the least.

Before we got married this wasn't an issue. I lived in the house, therefore the house was clean, and I was happy.  Then we both live in the house, therefore the house does not stay clean, and I tend to be unhappy.  After many disagreements about this issue, we have both had to change our view and behavior to fit each other more perfectly.  Then, one morning I was sitting at work...and God was reminding me of all the wonderful things Christian does do for our family, and all the unmeasurable help he has been to me since we've met.  Christian really did help set me free from so many things in my life. And  then it came it me.

I much rather live in a messy home with Christian, than a spotless one alone.  BY FAR.  I find myself so frustrated over things that are so unimportant-and yes, having no dust on the floor in comparison is unimportant-and that is one of the very creative ways I believe that the enemy causes division in marriage, and relationships in general. 

My mom always quotes, "it's the little foxes that spoil the vines." Referring to Song of Solomon 2:15, " Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom."  He puts thoughts into our heads, and we begin to focus on what we are unhappy about, what's not perfect, what we wish was, and what we don't have.  They are meaningless little nothings, that can turn into horrible arguments, that can then cause bitterness and resentment. 

I want to be a wife that appreciates my husband, despite his flaws.  I want to encourage, uplift, and refresh him.  I don't want to be the nag that the Bible speaks of, where it would be better to live on the roof than in the house with her.

No, everyday I want to make true the statement, "The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the LORD." Proverbs 18:22  I believe  more intensely and fully now-then I could even try to comprehend before marriage- that God uses marriage for a purpose-one being, to mold us into who God created us to be. THAT means, that even though being clean is not a bad thing, being so clean that a house can not be lived in, is. 

I am so thankful that Christian is teaching me (without knowing it) to make changes in who I am, changes that I believe are helping me become more of the Destiny that God had in mind. But then of course, I am...because I am finally with my other half :)

Marriage rumor...fact or fiction

Prior to wedded bliss, I heard in passing/jokes/magazine articles/blogs that post wedding weight gain is an issue.  Hmm I thought this was crazy talk, and then I got married.  We've been married almost three months and here is the truth in the Warren home....

YES It's TRUE!

Christian did gain a little (shhhh ;}) but then he got sick and one of the perks of sickness, cause it's the only one...is weight loss.  So he's back to normal! I have gained about 4 lbs...which yeah yeah isn't horrible, but when you're pettite & under 5ft in height, every lb counts!

I realized that I don't want marriage to become an excuse to become undisciplined in things I use to be very disciplined in before marriage.  Keeping up with my appearance being one of them.

You all know how it is, you start dating someone...and you spend over an hour picking out what to wear, putting on make up.  I remember my very first date with christian...and I had no woman home to help me get dressed, it was horrible! But it took forever for me to pick out that perfect outfit, and get my hair just right, and the butterflies were insane! Those days were awesome :)

I even wore lipstick which I never do :)

Our 'technical' first date at My brothers wedding :)

Well now we're married, and we wake up together, we have morning breath together, messed up hair, and it is just not the same as it use to be. We are very comfortable together, and that's normal (and actually it's much better than the butterflies :]), but I never want to stop caring about how I look.  I've done too much research for work on how physical appearance means a lot to men, and for a husband..He notices if his wife lets herself go.  Now I know I'm no where 'letting myself go'.  But I do know that it just takes a little, to let a little more, and a little more, and a little more.....sooo I'm getting back on the working out wagon!  Woot woot...and my inspiration? Well of course my amazing hubby :) but also! Dun dun dun dunnnnnn

Yesssss! The funnest 5k ever! Every time you pass specific marks you get a hit of color, literal color on you..and by the end of the run you look something like this.....

Oh yeah, this is gonna be me!

I've never made it to 3 miles before in my life, I've only ever been able to run two, which isn't a lot I know...but I got there, and stayed there, then stopped running.  Then I really stopped, and haven't really run in almost a year.  So two weeks ago I signed myself and Rachel (my sister-in-law) up for this awesomness run!  So now that I've actually spent hard earned money on this run I HAVE to train because November 11 is going to be here in no time! This week was that time, and I've run twice so far!! 

Christian is very proud of me, and that means a lot :) I'm excited to get back in shape for myself and for my husband!  Wish me luck on this little journey!

At this very moment the hubs and I are rooting on the USA compete in the Olympics, getting excited in anticipation for the rain, loving our simple and beautiful life.  God is so good.

Cheers :)
DW

Two months!

I'm not sure why, or how long it will last...but so many things remind me of our wonderful honeymoon.  I miss it so much, I so wish that the honeymoon could have lasted a year and the wedding planning just a week! Woulda been bliss!

We had such a heavenly time...and it really is the most wonderful thing...getting married, and then spending your very first week as husband and wife, in a completely foreign and different situation than normal.  We sort of felt invisible.  Untouchable.  Alone.  It's not normal life, it's much better than that.  Everything that touched us that week will stay with me forever, and so it's nice when life as we know it is sometimes touched with this little spark of the honeymoon, and I feel like I'm transported back to that magical week and even if for a moment, I'm in that honeymoon love bubble :)

Today it's because my wonderful aunt gave us the photo both pictures from the wedding, and I automatically think of us leaving to go to the house, and Christian telling me how beautiful I was, and how blessed he was to marry me. We got home and opened all our gifts and only got about four hours of sleep before we were up and on our way to the airport, and then although I didn't know it, we were off to the most amazing week of our lives <3  Also,  Brave came out, and advertisements are everywhere! Brave was one of the hugely highlighted things in California.  When we went to Disney California Adventure it was everywhere, so every time I see that red hair, I sigh...and remember how much fun we had! Then there is a new Cirque De Soliel coming to the Sam Houston raceway, and that's one of the very first things we did when we arrived in LA that sunday...Iris :)  That really was just heavenly.  Things like this happen a lot, and I remember so many of the sweet looks, jokes, special moments, and memories only me and Christian will have.

Tomorrow marks two official months of marriage! Lol not a big deal I know, but it's been the most amazing two months of my life :) I'm just so thankful that God allowed our paths to cross and enter into this amazing journey together!

So in cheesy memory of the first two months of our marriage, I'll leave you with some of my favorite pictures from the wedding and the honeymoon :) I get excited, because every morning I wake up...I'm a wife :)

Starting the marriage off right

Yeah I've never been happier

Best Kiss Ever.

My daddy :)

Being Silly

Brave!

I can't even express in words how much fun we had on our honeymoon.  It wasn't a lazy, isolated event.  We were out and about loving life and laughing as much as we could.  We laughed and loved hard.

These pictures make me cry

Christian kept me company late into the night because I couldn't sleep :)

In N Out...christians fav :)

Life is sweet.  It's been two beautiful months.  I am overwhelmed with my blessing.  Until next time, we will be loving each other, and praying that you are doing the same with your loved ones :)

-The Warrens

Honeymooners in the house!

Married 50ish days so far. Wedding. Was. A. Blast! I can't express how AMAZING our wedding really was, and as amazing as our pictures are(and they are!). They can only touch the surface of the love, joy, and fun we had that day:) everything went EXACTLY as planned (how many brides can say that?!?)! Thanks to my go getter mom, and a groom who understood his brides vision perfectly (as she talked to him about it enough;]). Seriously. He took charge and the moment I got to the venue, thinking I'd have a couple house to help set up before getting ready, I was pulled away to get dressed and was floored as I walked down the stairs and saw everything I had planned, exactly how it looked in my head....except way more magical, and ten times more beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed planning my wedding, I loved every part of it....even the hard parts, and every hour and folded piece of paper was worth it. Magic. If you wanna see the magic yourself check these out:) http://erikadphoto.passgallery.com/event/533Bm113584 Marriage. God knew what He was doing. So much has happened in the few days we've been married. Well, obviously we got married, had an amazing-too short- honeymoon, we had a week at home before I was sent off to Austin for work training for my new job for two weeks, and since then have done our best to settle our little home while we both work full time! Some of the best "after marriage" newness is: -Christian never leaves:) at the end of the day we are always together....this is amazing! - we have help for the other. I haven't worked full time in a loooooong time and Christian has really stepped up and helped around the home, it's truly a blessing to have a partner, that you can always count on! -life is sooo much easier! No having to meet up, drive separately anywhere, we are saving on sanity and gas, it's amazing:) -there is such joy in being taken, being a wife. It feels safer, and more purposeful. Its finally knowing that you are a full person, and the other half of you God created is now part of you:) me and Chris fit each other so well, we certainly we were not that smart to recognize how perfect we fit, and how well we would work together! Thank goodness for the wisdom of God and His hand and care in our lives:) I am determined this week to finish thank you cards!!! We have so much to be thankful for, our wedding was only the success it was because we had amazing family and frLiends to share in our joy:) Until next time, us warrens will be living simply in our little corner of the world. Growing, learning, and hopefully becoming more and more of who we were created to be, together:) Cheers!

Best stress ever

Wow, *whew*  the day I am able to sit down and do nothing, will be heaven!  I work, go home and work till way past midnight, and it's almost coming to an end.

I am very emotional lately.  I go from, "I HATE this stupid wedding stuff", to "oh my gosh I only have week left in this amazing season I don't want it to end!"  Hahaha, oh me.  Literally I have at least two of those break downs/lift ups a week.  This weekend was amazing/hard.  See! There I go again.

Friday/Saturday: High Point:
Friday Christian had his bachelor party (which he loved), and Saturday I had my bachelorette party!  My bridesmaids are one of a kind, they planned such a sweet day for me.  We first started at painting with a twist! Which, btw...as I had believed, they TEACH you how to paint.  As it normally goes, however, when I'm involved things seem to get crazy! That Saturday I sat in front of my easel with a beautiful sketch of my doggie, Pepper, and they instruct, "Begin to paint!" So this particular class was not a class at all, but a chance to get creative.  Wow.  Sooo I tried my best, and even though I realized I am no painting artist, I had a blast.  My sister in law made pies in mason jars, and brought DDP to enjoy as we worked, it was lovely.

 

My Pretty Pepper!

The real thing!

From there we went to lunch at Thai Cottage, I am in LOVE with Thai food! It was amazing, and lastly we traveled down to Herman Park to the very spot where, a day shy of a year ago, Christian got on one knee, and made me the happiest woman alive :)  We then walked to a secluded park bench, and I began to open my amazing gifts, and with each gift came a hand written letter from each gal with well wishes and memories of when we first met and their take on me and Christian's journey.

I am one blessed woman.

The Ledge where Christian Sat me down and popped the question :)

Sunday-Low Point:
Yesterday Christian came to my parents to drop off lots of stuff for me, and we had planned to go to the woodlands and have a much needed date.  Instead, however, we began talking about finances.  This area in particular, I have never been able to empathize with what a Man goes through when it comes to the pressures of supporting a family.  I truly believe God gave me to Christian for many reasons, but one is to help him stress less, and remember that when we are faithful to God, He WILL be faithful to us. Needless to say we got into an argument on the one year anniversary of our engagement, and we didn't go out, but instead had just an emotional day that led to me making myself sick and having to rest and do nothing the rest of the evening.  *Whew*! 

TMI?  I don't know, but what I do know and have realized is that as we get closer to the day, the stresses of life sure do impact our attitudes and mindsets and the enemy really feeds on those. I know our marriage is a tool of God for some greater purpose than we realize, and when you do the work of God, satan will try and subvert that plan.  Yet, despite everything around us that seems to be going wrong,   I am reminded of the scripture, "Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Mark 10:9

Countdown: 4 days to go.  Please pray for peace, smoothness, and for everything to go off without a hitch. Pray for great weather, and just for everyone to be in a great mood and ready to partay!

Cheers!
Des

The Year of the Blog!

I am probably one of the worst bloggers ever. However, I have decided this will be the year of the blog!  I am going to make a amazing effort to blog often! This will be my first year as a wife, and I have concluded that there is no better time than now to give everyone a window into the newly wedded life of Christian & Destiny Warren!!  Christian is such a (typically) closed individual-I have stories that would shock you!-but I am the blessed woman that gets to see every side of him! So for those of you who would like to know the man- Christian Warren- a little better, than this is the place to be! It will be a joy sharing our first year of marriage with you, the ups and downs, excitements, challenges, and more!  God has been so good to us, and He continues to be! The most amazing things written here will undoubtedly be the blessings from our Lord and His ever present provision and hand over our life. 

Dun Dun Dunnnn.....the countdown has begun! 10 days until an awesome party uniting the Cortez household with the Warren clan! Can NOT wait!  This, however, also means that stress has settled in-in full capacity! As of right now I am living with my amazing parents in their home, as Christian settles into our home in Houston. We have split the dogs....He has Cooper (the male), and I have Pepper (the almost human female).  Pepper of course is as happy as she could be playing with Mulder (my moms pooch) and Cooper stays at home and wallows in pity for his long lost love ;)

And me and Christian fit our dogs well.  Because as Cooper has been at home being his calm and slightly lazy self...to some extent so has Christian! ha! And just like pepper (who never is calm and who is always finding something to do) I am running around like a chicken with his head cut off, and yes...it's crunch time!  As a matter of a fact, yesterday, I decided to be Extra-graceful and fall down the stairs! Lovely. I know.  Being the superwoman I am, I thought I could easily be on the phone, have a hot glue gun, glue sticks and doilies under one arm, and hold a huge frame in the other...instead I found myself gliding down the stairs, and as a result I have neck strain and bruising on my bum!

Called Christian and he was going to bed around 11-with not much going on that night.  I, however, had the wonderful task of creating a rough draft of the seating chart for the wedding.  Not an easy task, and one that has the ability to anger even the calmest of people and almost make you hate how many wonderful people you know! lol, j/k ;)  So as Christian and Cooper hit the hay, me and pepper burned the midnight oil and finally got it finished!

Today's project: Finish seating chart-finish gluing 100 programs!  My wonderful mom has been such a blessing in helping me with all this last minute projects!

Thought I'd leave you with an image of me and christian, and the poochies that compliment us so well :) Our little family :)

They are so cute :)

<3

Wedding Blessings

Man is God good, I can't even begin to fully express how much God has been in our wedding planning process.  I feel as if His hand is not just on the wedding-to-be but on our relationship as well.  I've heard about so many weddings that were just one major stress after the other, and the day of wasn't any better.  It is my goal to do absolutely NOTHING but relax, be pampered and enjoy my new hubby the day of the wedding.  In order to achieve this lofty goal, I am doing all the necessary prep work-well me and my awesome God. 

One of my huge weaknesses is the WE channel, where you can find "Say Yes to the Dress", "Bridezillas" and "My fair Wedding".  What amazes me about these shows is the amount of $$$$$ people will spend on ONE day.  To each his own, but the moment we got engaged me and Christian had a very solid view of how we wanted our priorities set. Home first, wedding later (if possible).  So already there was a question if we would even have one.  After prayer and lots of consideration, we decided we wanted both-but we wanted to be smart, and there would be absolutely NO debt associated with our wedding-rings and all (which we've heard people do now-a-days!)

God showed favor in giving us a home that is perfect for where we are in life.  It's beautiful, and as the months go by it is more filled-with 'things' and with love.  I love our home.

My wonderful parents have been such a blessing in paying for the majority of our venue, which includes the caterer, DJ, and quite a bit of decorations.  Huge right?!? Yes it is, what was awesome is that we saw one venue...fell in love and reserved our date.  We hardly had to look at all, it will be the location for both the ceremony and the reception-hassel free!  God has handed us a huge gift in our photographer-who is amazing, and reasonably priced, both of our parents have purchased us decorations here and there, our invitations and programs are being done by one of my bridesmaids uncles-who is amazing btw, and is doing our stuff at a fraction of the cost that is normally charged!  I've been stressing over hair and makeup-and a past co-worker is offering to do it!  I bought my authentically vintage 50's gown for so little-took it to get altered last week, and if it hadn't been for me being slightly picky in one area it would have been done already! I could truly go on and on.

Literally every week we are greeted with a different blessing, whether its something we are getting for free, or a much better price, God continues to bless our union-to-be.  He makes us look good, and I can't thank or praise Him enough for the Love He is and gives.  We are almost at the 3 month mark, and everything is going as planned.  I can not wait to marry my mister, at the end of the day wedding or not...I want to be His wife...that's what it's all about.  Marriage is good, and it matters.

Cheers :)

Less than four months to go!

God really understood the creatures He created when He said in Genesis 2:18, "It is not good for man to be alone".  Adam wasn't utterly alone, he had been given the job to name all the creatures God had created, and well he had GOD Himself as a companion. Imagine being able to talk and hear God talk back in a way that none of us can imagine.  What's interesting is that God didn't flinch when He noticed adam was lonely.  He understood.


What a loving God we serve, He truly understood those He created.  We needed more. 

I am so ready to be married.  I live in a house all by myself and at times it's nice, but I sure can say that this home is not home when Christian is not here...and well...he's not here, a lot! Some people have told me to enjoy this time by myself because I won't have it anymore...and well that's probably true too, but you know what I've been engaged for almost a year, and I'm ready to begin this life-long journey as  a wife.   I'm ready to always come home to a home that feels like home...sigh

I feel like I have senorities for an engaged person.  Lol I'm so done with being engaged.  This weekend is going to be fun (for me :P) as we are going shopping for Christian's clothes for our big day.  I have my dress, petticoat, shoes, and veil! I'm so ready to be married...have I said that already? Now it's christian's turn to get his stuff, which i'm very excited to get...I think we're getting rings this weekend as well :) I'm vewy excited!

As we were talking tonight I realized how much men (or maybe it's just him) do not care about details of a wedding. We still have so many things to do-not difficult- just lots...and well it cracks me up to hear him say, "POM POMS?!?" hahaha..sigh, he doesn't see the vision :P  What I've also realized is holy cow so many changes when you get married: Homestead exemption, license, name, I went to get my registration sticker and geez my address needs to be changed.  So much change is going to take place.  It's the best stress I've ever experience in my life.

Planning a wedding is truly one of the biggest blessing.  I hope years down the road, I can get in touch with some of what I'm feeling during this process and relive it through pictures and pintrest, because I don't really want it to end-but I want it to end!!! It's a crazy nonsensical feeling lol :)

Four months to go....