Child your Forgiven and Loved

I am laying in my love seat (i'm so small I fit right into the 5 foot space perfectly) watching the Mavericks versus the Nuggets (Jon keeps screaming and getting angry, eh, I knew this wasn't the year for the Mavs). I feel so blessed to be in the situation that I am in. Not only am I engaged to my best friend, I have been accepted into Graduate school (where I have already received several scholarships/grants), I am now a car owner, I have a great job that I am learning so much at, I have the love of my family and friends. I truly feel as though the awkwardness of my life previously was just a huge stepping stone to what feels like bliss. The idea of me being a mother and a wife just seems only a few heartbeats away, and yet, i'm still so scared of what is to come. Within the past year I have become even stronger in my faith in my Lord. I get now what it means to truly live your life through God's love; when we do this, he provides all that we need. I'm not trying to be all evangelical and stuff, but my life is truth that their is a higher being who loves us all.

I am not a perfect person, I have done things that would not be considered immoral, yet I am loved and forgiven by him. I feel so thankful for all that he has done for me and for all that he has done for my family and for Jon and his family. Some could say I was a wild child in high school, the typical staying out late teenage girl flirting with boys, underage drinking at times, but the first week before college started God put an amazing person in my life. At that time I was still attending church, but young and naive I didn't give my heart to God just my physical self every sunday. When I met Jon something inside of me wanted to be a good person, to settle down and respect myself as a temple. Jon is my angel, he saved me from all of the negative things I probably would have gotten into had I not met him. And now, almost 5 years later, God still uses Jon daily in my life to show his love to me. We both depend on each other for support and encouragement; we depend on each other for advice and for love.

So, as our lives begin to blossom I can't help but smile everytime I feel God is with me. When my favorite christian song comes on the radio I look up and smile, when I think of my Dad and how he has fought through his cancer, I smile, when I think of how strong my Mom was while supporting her fragile and tired bodied husband, I smile, and when I think of Jon as a father and my future husband, I smile. God provides so many opportunities to show us he is here and alive within our lives. We just have to look for those moments of faith, to search for those special songs that come on the radio, to open our hearts to a neverending love.

Because afer all, we are all children in God's eyes and we are all forgiven and loved.

My New Sportage

Tuesday night Jonathan and I went to CarMax for the second night in a row to check out this cute car that I had falled in love with; a Kia Sportage. We took it for a test drive, checked out all of the features and amenities, and took the plunge. We had been recently approved the night before through CarMax so they had all of our information ready to go. So now I am a new car owner of a 2007 Kia Sportage. Check out my new car!

Right after test driving it

Driving it off the CarMax lot!

Hi babe from the inside of my new ride!

Made it home safe and sound! I'm so proud of my little SUV
The next morning, walking to my car to go to work
About to drive to work, smile!

Home after a long day of work.

Jonathan and I went to Chuy's to celebrate!

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the knowledge to know the difference.

Thank you Lord for continually showing me love and support.

Happy "5" de Mayo

These are flowers that Sharron brought from her garden, I loved these colors and they smelled so beautiful. Throughout the whole day they just kept opening up more and more and the smell of them was so calming. I thought they were so beautiful despite the white fan behind them :)

To celebrate Cinco de Mayo at work, we brought tons of great stuff to eat and indulge on. Here's the list of yummy treats:

-Tammie made the best Chicken Tortilla soup I've ever had!

-Jenny made a tastey 4 layer dip including cream cheese (i loved this part), black beans, rotel and shredded cheese

-Blanca made spanish rice (soo good!) and brought chips and dip

-Mrs. Parker brought beef fajitas and all of the fixins that go along with it (the meat was great!)

-Sharron brought a yummy 7 layered dip

-I bought Tres Leches cake trimmed with strawberries and peaches (no words to describe how yummy this was)

Overall it was a great sinful day, I ate way too much food, but got a lot of work done. I'm prepping for my summer swim classes I'm having at work, and did a lot of cleaning and organizing of the clinic. I'm such an organizing freak, but I love to do it.

Check out some of the food we had:

This past weekend

Frank, Janet, and Jon at the Houston Zoo last summer

So, Jonathan received a call from his mother Friday morning saying that she had to take Frank(jon's dad) to the hospital because he was having pain in his lower back. He had recently had a sonogram to view his gall bladder on Thursday. Friday Janet (jon's mom) took Frank to the hospital because he was in so much pain, the results showed that he had 2 gall stones and his gall bladder was extremely inflamed. So Jon and I went up to Dallas to visit him; we got in around 10:30 Friday night and went to visit Frank for just a little while. He was wiped out. The doctors told him that he would have to stay in the hospital for the weekend and that they probably couldn't do the surgery till Sunday or Monday. Saturday around noon we found out that Frank was going into surgery in an hour. So we all went up to hospital, spent time with him before his surgery and patiently waited for him to come out. During the wait we watched the television and the news; the weather was really bad and their were tornado watches, thunderstorm warnings all over the Dallas area. Valley Ranch pratice bubble collapses!! : News Flash! We saw that the Cowboys practice bubble had collapses and we later found out from hospital personnel that some of the victims were to come to RHD, where we were.

Jon's father is out of surgery and actually came home today (Tuesday). The doctor informed us that surgery went well and that it was a very good thing they did the surgery when they did it. His gall bladder could have become even more infected and could have spread to the liver. Their were actually 3 stones removed.

Overall, ,it was a blessed weekend. Jon's father seems to be doing okay. I just pray that God continues to be with him during this healing process and will be with Janet, as they both need to change certain things in their lives to be sure that they are both healthy. I love them both and I'm so excited to be joining their family. I pray that they just continue to be open to becoming healthy and loving one another.