Ketchup

Wow. It's been A WHILE. Figured it's time to work on "ketchin' up" on the 'ole blog. In some ways, not much has happened in the last few months, and in other ways, it seems like A LOT has happened. The biggest news, I'm growing a baby girl in my belly!!

Wade and I have stayed busy with work, church stuff, and house-hunting. The house-hunting has been less than successful, but we're not stressed about it. We have no deadline/lease, etc. to be out of our rental place, so at this point, with "baby girl" expected in October, we figure we will probably just wait until the new year to resume the hunt. We'll get settled with our precious girl, and then find our perfect starter home.

I'm going to do my best to get back to blogging, mostly because this is the best way for me to remember things that we've done, places we've been, etc. My "journal" of sorts....stay tuned!

Happy Birthday, Maddie!!

Just one year ago, I was blessed to see this beautiful little angel, my niece Madigan, enter this world,

 And she brings me so much joy!

 I love you Ladybug! Happy First Birthday!!

"Can you believe I'm 1 already??"

My Husband Cheated

We are just about to start the process of purchasing our first home, and with that and some other major changes in our lives, Wade & I decided to "skip" Valentine's Day this year. He recently bought me a charm bracelet that I had been wanting, and we have gone out to eat a few times recently, so we made the decision not to buy gifts, go to a fancy dinner, or really celebrate at all. Last night, he actually sat through an entire chick-flick (the movie Valentine's Day, to be exact) and that was good enough for me!!

Well, he cheated. This morning, not long after arriving at work, an unmarked truck pulled up to my office, and a man walked up and asked for me. I thought to myself, "oh no, what did I do now?" but the nice man smiled and said, "I have some flowers for you". I started thinking "hmm, maybe my mom sent them. That was nice of her." The man went back to his truck and brought me my flowers. They were so pretty!! Wade's note read: "So sue me, forever my love" and I sat bawling at my desk.

What a sweet guy the Lord gave me!

Sanctity of Life

This past Saturday marked the 38th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling of Roe v. Wade. This ruling essentially legalized abortion in the United States of America. With this ruling, women throughout the nation were given the "choice" to voluntarily kill their unborn child.

There are many mistakes our nation, as a whole, has made, but this is one of the greatest. Life begins at conception.

My good friend linked to this video on Facebook, and I just had to share it. A beautiful look at the miracle of God's creation, life.

My beautiful cousin, Sara

Today is "Show us your life--Singles" over at Kelly's Korner! She did this once before and two couples are even engaged after meeting there, so I asked my beatiful cousin, Sara, if she would mind if I included her in the fun!

Meet Sara, 26 years old, Christian, Southern, Amazing, lives in Central Florida.

One of the most genuine, kind-hearted, sweet-spirited people I know.

She LOVES sports, especially football, and she's huge Jaguars and Gators fan (which is hard for me to swallow....I love my Noles :)) She has worked in Sports Marketing before and is someone I would consider a "diehard" when it comes to sports.

Sara loves to travel and see new places. She enjoys relaxing, but she also has a sense of adventure and loves to try new things!

Sara has a puppy named Tripp that is her pride & joy. It's easy to see that they love each other dearly!

Sara is very close to her family, and loves spending time with them.

 Sara with her sister Jacqueline.

Sara loves country music, and loves to have a good time. She is SO fun to be around! She loves kids, and has even taught Sunday School. She love Jesus with all her heart, and is just waiting patiently for the Lord to bring her the guy that He has destined for her.

Sara with my niece, Maddie. 

She is a dedicated, loyal friend, and I say this about her as a friend, not just her cousin. Any person, guy or girl, would be lucky to know her. An amazing, beautiful person, inside and out!

Shootin' some skeets....

Saturday, we joined some friends from church to go shooting, and shoot we did! We shot several different shotguns, a couple of different handguns, and my new rifle. We had a blast and can't wait to do it again!

A Social Network Christmas

I'm sure many of you have already seen this, but I just HAD to post this video. Really good!!

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