Busy Life

I knew that this past week/weekend was going to be busy. I just didn't know how busy! On Friday, my new boss (!!!) called and we agreed for me to start Monday afternoon. I also learned that most of my clothes are too formal for their dress code, so that means shopping! :)
Friday also held the baby shower R and I threw for our sister-in-law. It was going to be a "Gender Reveal Couples Shower," and I was really nervous about the whole thing! Fortunately, it turned out to be much more chill than I thought. Which is good. Because I am for too proper for life in party situations. Anyway, the whole thing turned out so cute! We had pink and blue everywhere, along with some pretty good food! My mother-in-law talked to the local Dairy Queen, and they agreed to communicate with the doctors and put either a pink or blue layer in the middle of an ice cream cake for us. When A & E cut the first slice of the cake, a pastel blue layer of ice cream greeted the squealing grandparents and other excited guests. So Jordan and I are welcoming a nephew in December! I am so excited for A & E - they both wanted a boy so badly!
Saturday, we were invited to a birthday party for Jordan's friend. We spent the day fixing Jordan's new dirt bike (well, Jordan fixed it. I watched movies with R) and then went over to the party for supper and hanging out at the lake.
Today, it's just been nice to chill. If you could see us now, you would probably laugh. I have dishes in the sink and dirty laundry in the laundry room, but we are sitting happily on our respective couches watching "Bones" - you know, bonding time and all that :)

!!!!!!!!!

Ok, this is crazy. Totally amzing. I am blown away. Speechless!!
Two hours after my post yesterday, I got a call from my interviewer who informed me I got the job!!! I am so excited! I really think I'm going to love this job. I'll be working with people at a physical therapy clinic during normal day hours. I won't have to wear uncomfortable shoes. I won't be working on commission. I'm so excited!!!
God is so great - The night before I got the call, I was laying in bed. Jordan walked in and said he could "hear me thinking" and that I should stop worrying. Easy for him to say! After an hour of silently freaking out, I told God that I was sick of worrying. I can't control the outcome anyway. I finally just let go. I fell asleep right away... then the next morning, I got the call that I got the job! :)

Hope

Like I said, I had a job interview last week - for a job I really really really want! I'm supposed to hear the result tomorrow or the next day. It's hard to have high hopes but low expectations. I mean, I really want this job, and it's hard to imagine me not getting it. (I don't know if I've ever sounded more prideful in my life lol) You know what I mean though? At the same time, I know I need to prepare for the worst. Not getting the job. I guess we'll see in a couple days!
God has been so good to Jordan and me. In the midst of all the sadness, exhaustion and grief we've had to go through in the last month and a half, He has given us so many "happy moments" where we know He is still with us and loves us. Just one example, we've been visiting different churches in the area and that in itself has been disappointing until this week. I know for a fact at the last church we visited, God sent people our way to encourage us, make us feel welcome, and to show that there is a church somewhere out there that cares about people!
Now, I don't want to sound all annoyed and negative - I hope it doesn't come across that way! I am very grateful and so amazed at the way God works in our lives. I am blown away at His love for us and how He provides without fail!

Grief

In the past month to six weeks, my husband's family has had six funerals of close family members. I have so much respect for my husband - he handles his emotions in a much more controlled manner than I do, and even though I let him know I'm there for him, he remains strong for me! And believe me, I am an emotional wreck at funerals!
But at the same time, these funerals have been encouraging. Yes, you heard me right. I have grown more in my walk with God in this past month than I have for a long time. He has been using these funerals and my husband's family and even complete strangers to lift my spirits and encourage me to look beyond my own grief. I get so caught up in losing the person, that I forget that God can use death. I think part of the explanation for my feelings is that most of the funerals I have attended in my own family end with complete sadness that comes with knowing the people never knew Christ.
I know this post seems rambling and jumbled, but that's how I feel right now.
So many people were reached with the Gospel, just because someone died. This is a good thing! But death is such a terrible twisted concept - yet God can still use it for His purpose! How amazing! It totally stretches my imagination... I don't think I will ever fully grasp it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ju6ybnRFFI&feature=colike

Job Hunting

Well, good luck to me! I'm going to apply and interview at some jobs this afternoon. Why do I always get so nervous even if I'm just picking up an application?
Part of me is scared to get a job. I don't want to start only to find out I hate it two weeks in. I've done that before and I don't want to again.
And another part of me feels like such a pansy! Haha probably the practical side of me.
At the same time, I think I'm ready for a job. I want to be around people and help them. I don't like being by myself all day - it gets pretty lonely!
It is so nice for me to know that all our finances aren't resting on my income only. What a load off my shoulders! When Jordan was going to school, I had to pay the rent and the bills. Honestly, I didn't mind, but it sure was stressful!
But that chapter of our life is over. And we're starting a new one. Hopefully with some good news about jobs :)

Catching Up

Wow. So much has happened in the past 7 months, and I have definately not been keeping up with my posting!! Here's some recap:

We got engaged!
(Well, I guess this was longer than 7 months ago... closer to a year, but you know!)

We got married!!

Took a few too many pictures...

Then celebrated with a huge reception afterwards!

We travelled to Breckinridge, CO for our honeymoon.

Not much snow, and we only skiied one day, but we had a blast just being together!

We came back to NE to celebrate my birthday and Christmas with

 family by opening wedding presents!

And a Blake Shelton concert when we got back to Lincoln!

Our little one-bedroom apartment - our first home!

It was tiny, but very special to us.

We stayed here until June when Jordan graduated.

More pics will come later, these are all just from December and January! But it caught you up a little bit :) We are loving married life! I keep thinking we're still in the "honeymoon stage", because we haven't even had a huge fight... it's great! :)

Since January, Jordan has graduated from Milford and has a job in Grand Island. We moved from Lincoln to Grand Island in the middle of June... pics to come cuz this brand new apartment is sweet!! I'm searching for a job, but it is such a comfort to hear Jordan tell me to take the time and find one I will actually like!

God has provided and He has blessed us. I am so grateful for a husband who has the same desire as me to follow God and seek out His will. Jordan is a wonderful leader, and I still sometimes pinch myself to see if I'm dreaming!

Ok, enough gushing :) I'll sign off for now!