Last night the kids had a couple of friends over to watch movies for a couple of hours. There was kool-aid and popcorn, and watching of the Percy Jackson movie and the Pokemon movie(or one of many that Joel ownes, he told me he would have to pick out the best one fore movie night). They both made movie and drink tickets for their friends, which they "used" when they got to the "movie".
Nate, the kids and I went to the Huntington Beach Parade this morning. They say it is the biggest one west of the Mississippi. There were about half a million people at the parade today. It was a fun parade with horses, bands, dropped flags, and tons of waying american flags. The kids were bored after an hour, while we stayed for the duration of 2 hours.
Then we had lunch of sandwiches and hit the pool. 2.5 hrs at the pool, watching the kids swim, play volleyball, and dive. Now everyone is sitting around relaxing. We may go back out to watch the fireworks off the pier. The kids want to go but the adults are tired and want to stay home.
Happy Birthday to my Aunt Dawn and Happy Anniversary to my sister Dawn and her husband David.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Husbands as Best Friends
The movie "My Best Friends Wedding" came out in 1997, before I was married. I love Julia Roberts and was very upset at the end of the movie when the guy picks his bride over Julia Roberts (the best friend). As I sit here watching the movie 13 years later, I completely understand the choice he made. He was in love, and she was the best friend....They would always be great friends but their relationship would change as he was now married and needed to put his wife first.
I look at my marriage and am thankful to have married my best friend. Over the past 11 years, our marriage has become stronger as we lean on God first and each other second. Communication is key to making a marriage work. The husband and wife need to communicate with each other and not have secrets, lies or withhold info from each other.
I thank God every day for by husband and best friend.....Nate!
I look at my marriage and am thankful to have married my best friend. Over the past 11 years, our marriage has become stronger as we lean on God first and each other second. Communication is key to making a marriage work. The husband and wife need to communicate with each other and not have secrets, lies or withhold info from each other.
I thank God every day for by husband and best friend.....Nate!
I got a Job!
The Lord answers our prayers in His time not ours. I applied for many jobs, sent out a ton of resumes, and went on quite a few interviews. Now God has opened the door to a great serving job at King's Fish House in Anahiem. The restaurant is about 6 blocks from Disney, 2 blocks from Anaheim Angels Stadium and the Honda Center (where the Ducks play hockey). So this is a very busy restaurant. I start on Monday July 12th, so I have a week to play with the kids, lay by the pool and read. I am looking forward to this "vacation" because I am not stressed about finding a job, going to interviews and feeling guilty for being at the pool.
This does not solve all our problems....we still have to live until Nate and I get through training and start making money. Pray that our finances hold out till then.
This does not solve all our problems....we still have to live until Nate and I get through training and start making money. Pray that our finances hold out till then.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
One Month
So we have made it thru the first month living in CA. We have been thru no power, no keys, no food, no jobs, no tv, no phone, playing at the pool, at the beach, at the park, lots of sunscreen, 2 earthquakes (that we did not feel but some other people we know did), tears, laughter, many phone calls to parents back in Alabama, resumes, lots of applications, even more resumes being sent out, not enought interviews, unpacking the boxes, teaching the dogs not to bark at everyone, learning how to clean up after the dogs, a new church, navigating traffic, and the biggest thing.....praying more and more every day, trusting God to handle all our problems and trusting Him to take care of us every step of the way.
God has blessed us with power, keys, food, Nate a job, tv, phone, time to play at the pool, beach and park with the kids, neighbors who are quickly becoming friends, wonderful parents who call and check on us as well as pray for us, letters from home from friends and family, and peace about all the tings that are to come our way.
We are glad we moved, we know this is the best, next step for our family but it has not been an easy move for anyone. This month has been an adjustment from all things we knew in Alabama.
I just want to thank all our family and friends that have supported us in this move, whether thru prayers, phone calls, cards, letters, emails, facebook messages, text messages, money, tears, hugs, smiles, and love. We love and miss you all. We have plenty of room for anyone who wants to visit. We have an open floor space in the living room (where a couch should go).
Please continue to pray for us as I look for a job, Nate starts his job on Friday and we continue to adjust to living out here.
God has blessed us with power, keys, food, Nate a job, tv, phone, time to play at the pool, beach and park with the kids, neighbors who are quickly becoming friends, wonderful parents who call and check on us as well as pray for us, letters from home from friends and family, and peace about all the tings that are to come our way.
We are glad we moved, we know this is the best, next step for our family but it has not been an easy move for anyone. This month has been an adjustment from all things we knew in Alabama.
I just want to thank all our family and friends that have supported us in this move, whether thru prayers, phone calls, cards, letters, emails, facebook messages, text messages, money, tears, hugs, smiles, and love. We love and miss you all. We have plenty of room for anyone who wants to visit. We have an open floor space in the living room (where a couch should go).
Please continue to pray for us as I look for a job, Nate starts his job on Friday and we continue to adjust to living out here.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Answered Prayers
Nate got a job today!
We have been praying that Nate would be able to get a good serving job. He applied at a restaurant about 15min from us, Maggianos, Little Italy! He applied about 3 weeks ago and was called back on Friday for an interview. As we were sitting down to dinner tonight, the restaurant called and offered him the job. He starts this Saturday. We are so happy and thankful for this answered prayer.
When the phone rang at dinner, Nate jumped to answer it. He walked in the other room and I told the kids that we were hoping that this would be a job for Nate. Cori looked at me and crossed her fingers....I smiled and said no we need to pray. She immeditaly bowed her head and started praying out loud for Nate's job.
After Nate told us about the job, he went to tell his parents. I told the kids now we had to thank God for the answered prayers and give him the glory for the new job. So we prayed again over our dinner.
God is giving us peace thru all these trials and we are learning to lean on him more and more every day. I had an interview today and another one on Wed morning. Thank you for all of you who are praying for us. We feel your prayers and support. Please keep praying for us.
We have been praying that Nate would be able to get a good serving job. He applied at a restaurant about 15min from us, Maggianos, Little Italy! He applied about 3 weeks ago and was called back on Friday for an interview. As we were sitting down to dinner tonight, the restaurant called and offered him the job. He starts this Saturday. We are so happy and thankful for this answered prayer.
When the phone rang at dinner, Nate jumped to answer it. He walked in the other room and I told the kids that we were hoping that this would be a job for Nate. Cori looked at me and crossed her fingers....I smiled and said no we need to pray. She immeditaly bowed her head and started praying out loud for Nate's job.
After Nate told us about the job, he went to tell his parents. I told the kids now we had to thank God for the answered prayers and give him the glory for the new job. So we prayed again over our dinner.
God is giving us peace thru all these trials and we are learning to lean on him more and more every day. I had an interview today and another one on Wed morning. Thank you for all of you who are praying for us. We feel your prayers and support. Please keep praying for us.
New Church
Yesterday we went to church for the first time in CA. We found a christian church in Huntington Beach about 10 min from our house. The church was nice and the time/service we went was suppose to be a mix of contemporary and traditional. When we walked in there were a bunch of people all about 70-80 years old in Hawaiian shirts. When the music started we had a wonderful light show....where we expected KISS to join the group on stage. It was just a lot different from our church in B'ham....Brook Hills.
I never thought I would be so upset to miss our church. I started crying when the first song started and could not stop crying. I had to go get a tissue and tears just kept coming all the way thru the service and on the way home. I feel bad for Nate and all my tears. I am happy to be taking this next step in our lives and feel God is leading and blessing us along the way. I just keep having these weird moments of tears that I can't control. This is so NOT me!
The service went well and the pastor gave a good message from the book of James. He talked about faith verses works. He spoke on how we as christians must not just talk about our faith but also put it into action. We can't just pray for the people in need but reach out a hand to them as well. It was a good message, even thru the tears.
Next Sunday is the 4th and most of the churches in the area are cancelling services because of the huge parade that goes all the way thru Huntington Beach. We are going to try to take the kids to the parade which is a very big deal here in HB. The next week we are going to try a church Nate's dad recommended in Costa Mesa.
I never thought I would be so upset to miss our church. I started crying when the first song started and could not stop crying. I had to go get a tissue and tears just kept coming all the way thru the service and on the way home. I feel bad for Nate and all my tears. I am happy to be taking this next step in our lives and feel God is leading and blessing us along the way. I just keep having these weird moments of tears that I can't control. This is so NOT me!
The service went well and the pastor gave a good message from the book of James. He talked about faith verses works. He spoke on how we as christians must not just talk about our faith but also put it into action. We can't just pray for the people in need but reach out a hand to them as well. It was a good message, even thru the tears.
Next Sunday is the 4th and most of the churches in the area are cancelling services because of the huge parade that goes all the way thru Huntington Beach. We are going to try to take the kids to the parade which is a very big deal here in HB. The next week we are going to try a church Nate's dad recommended in Costa Mesa.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Not liking the new job
I thought that I would love this new job. It had a lot of new posibilities as well as the potential money. I have worked for them for 2 weeks without much success. I have been working for 12 hours a day 6 days a week while Nate takes care of the kids, house and dogs. I have been un-happy with having to go business to business selling sports tickets and products. After much prayers, tears and hurt feet I quit my job today. So I am back on the job hunt in the morning. We will just keep praying and trusting God to take care of us.
I guess I will see what God has in store for us next. Nate said tonight that he cant wait to look back on these past few weeks and months and laugh at all we have gone thru and just say "Thanks" to God for gettingus thru. I think that same way.
I guess I will see what God has in store for us next. Nate said tonight that he cant wait to look back on these past few weeks and months and laugh at all we have gone thru and just say "Thanks" to God for gettingus thru. I think that same way.
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