Busy, busy, busy!

Okay...so I know it's been a while since I have posted anything, I never knew that getting ready for a wedding was SO time consuming! Wow! It's been soooo busy, I really don't even know where to start! =o) Thankfully we're gonna be done with all the getting ready and all the planning in just 11 short days...well almost 10! It's hard to believe that the time has gone by so quickly and that in just 10 days I will be married to the most wonderful man in all the world. God sure has been good!!! This will probably be my last post until after the wedding. I will get back on here and post as soon as I find the time. I hope to get pictures of the inside of the house posted once I'm able to get it all unpacked after we get back from the honeymoon. Well...I hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July!!! See y'all in a while!

Memorial Day and Pictures

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!
I wanted to take this time to thank all of you who have served, do serve, and will serve to preserve our country's freedom!

I will be spending my memorial day with Josh and my soon-to-be In-laws. Both my parents have to work and will be pretty much all day...so to save me from being by myself all day my wonderful Husband-to-be said they could come pick me up and spend the day with me!

Here are some pictures that we took a couple of weeks ago...I've not had the time to post anything until today. Enjoy!!!

God's Been Good

I heard this song at a revival a few months back and it was such a blessing to me that I had to find it somewhere. I found out that Legacy Five sings it. I LOVE this song!!!

Easter Pics and Flowers

Me acting...well...like me!

Josh and Karlee.

Josh and I outside of my Grandparents house Sunday afternoon.

The BEAUTIFUL flowers that my Sweetheart surprised me with Tuesday night.

I love the flowers, they are so bright and springy, well that and they came from Josh! :o)

Pictures of "Our House"...FINALLY!

Yesterday was the first opportunity for me to get pictures of mine and Josh's house. These are just of the outside, the inside is still being worked on. I will post inside pictures when it's all finished.

The front of the house. Please excuse all the weeds everywhere, we haven't had the chance to do anything about all that stuff yet.

The back of the house...again, excuse the weeds.

The driveway facing the road. I LOVE it, it's so pretty!!!

The lake in the back yard. The halfway point of our property is where you see that storage building behind the lake. We have a total of 3 acres.

The water is REALLY murky and yellow from all the rain and pollen, but if you can see them there are two catfish at the surface of the water.

A little friend that was on the back deck of the house...isn't he pretty!

The view from the back deck off the kitchen.

View from the back deck off the master bedroom.

The view from our front porch! Isn't it pretty and peaceful!

I fell in LOVE with the dogwood and azeleas, I thought it was so beautiful!!!

Picture Update

~taken March 20, 2009~

A New Look For Josh

"OUR PHONE CONVERSATION"

Josh: I've got a surprise for you.

Me: A surprise...tell me!!!

Josh: No, I won't tell but you can guess.

Me: Give me a hint.

Josh: It's something different about me.

Me: YOU SHAVED YOUR GOATEE OFF!!!

Josh: Yes, I knicked it while I was trimming it, and it was either leave it looking goofy or shave it off. So I shaved it off.

Me: I can't WAIT to see it!

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Josh and I had talked about his facial hair before and whether I liked it or not. I told him that I did, but I would like to see what he would look like without it, but I told him that he could keep it because I like his goatee. Well....now that I have seen him without his goatee. =o) Josh asked me which one I preferred. I told him that I liked the "no-goatee" better, but that he could still make his own choice as to which one he wanted because after all....it's his face! He said he is going to stay "goatee free" until winter time. So, Hello Winter means Hello Goatee!! LOL

My Colors...No date yet...House Update!

I have changed the colors for my wedding about 3 or 4 different times. Am I the only one that did that??? Well...it was first teal and brown, then it was turquoise and brown...well...then I went to Michaels to see what they would have as far as flowers go because I wanted turquoise colored silk Gerbera daisies...they didn't have any. As I looked at their choice of colors for their daisies I then made the decision to change my colors when I saw the flowers in the picture. I fell in love with both the colors and the flowers! So it's official and Lord willing it will not change...these are my colors for the wedding. All the bright summery shade of orange, yellow, blue, pink, and green. Each bridesmaid will wear a different color dress and the groomsmen will wear a tie to match the bridesmaid they are paired with.

I'm getting SO excited now that I am actually starting to plan things. I think Momma is started to get somewhat nervous. We still haven't set a date yet because we are still waiting on some things with the house. (I will update you on that in a minute) Lord willing we want to be married by fall. We are praying that a specific date will work out, it's a very special date for the both of us...we are hoping for July 11th. We were both saved on July 11th, just 10 years apart! So we thought that since July 11th is on a Saturday this year, and it is a special day in both our lives that it would be so neat to get married on the day that we both got saved. So just help us pray that if that be the Lord's will, He will work it out.

We put a contract in on that house I had asked you to help us pray about a few weeks ago. We are waiting on a closing date to be set. The deadline to close on is March 9th, and if we don't close by then it will be $50 for every day we don't close. So please help us pray about that as well.

Oh yeah, I also did TONS of research on the internet and found a very modest and very beautiful dress for $134.99 and what this company does is you send them your measurements and they make the dress to your size, and they will send it to you with no shipping costs. The same dress was being sold on another site for $600.00! So, Lord willing I will be ordering my dress soon...hopefully!

Valentines Day 2009

Josh and I at a Valentine Banquet

My Valentines Day gift from my Sweetheart!!

We thoroughly enjoyed our first valentines day together! We went to his church's valentine banquet with his parents and had a blast! I wish I would have been able to get some pictures of it, but the lighting in the room we were in was not right and the picture didn't turn out right...but anyways! Hehehe We had a WONDERFUL 1st Valentines Day!!!

Obeying The 6" Rule

Josh and I exactly 6" apart.

See...we're obedient!!!

And here is another picture just to prove it!

Engagement Pictures!

Me sitting at Arbys waiting on the food and having no idea what it about to happen!

Still waiting...still no clue!

Smiling...waiting...still no idea!

Enjoying our food. At this point Josh got up and went out to the car to get "his mom's jacket" and when he returned he had a dozen roses and a card.

Opening the card...

Reading the very sweet card. When I got to the end of the card and read the last statement which was "BTW, I have a question that I need to ask you, but I can't ask in this card"...and this is what I saw next.....

...my Sweetheart down on one knee asking me to marry him!!!

Me talking about how shocked and surprised I was.

Daddy putting the engagement ring on my finger.

My BEAUTIFUL ring!!!

All I could do after that was just sit there and smile at my handsome Fiance!

Me telling how unexpected and surprised I was...can't ya tell?

Me and my FIANCE!

Isn't he handsome?!?!?!

Me calling and telling...I'M ENGAGED!!!

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I'm sorry some of the pictures were blurry, but I believe we got some pretty good ones!!! We haven't set a date yet, I will post it as soon as we do. We are working on getting a house, our offer got accepted but the contract has yet to be put in. We have already had an inspector come and look at the house and there are some repairs that need to be done. Please help us pray about that! We are both so excited to see what the Lord is going to do for us in the future! God sure has been, still is and forever will be GOOD!!!!

News Flash....

I'M ENGAGED!

Post and pictures to follow when I get the chance!!!