Planting Roots

It's been a little over a month since have lived in our fixer upper home.  I'm still in awe that we have a house.  This home is our miracle home.

Three weeks before we left Florida we found out our housing fell through.  When I got the news of our housing had to change I honestly didn't know what to do.  My flesh wanted to panic, cry, and complain but instead I had peace about it.  I knew it was Holy Spirit giving me that peace.  So instead, I took a deep breath (maybe more), talked with Holy Spirit again to help stay calm and trust, and called Sean letting him know what happened.

Naturally, we started hunting for another rental property.  We looked for a few days and could not find a decent property that we liked or in the price range we wanted to stay in.  So our real estate friends suggested we look into buying a home and we decided to go down that route.  They were willing to go visit any home we wanted to "see" to make sure it was suitable for us and that nothing else was wrong with the house.  I don't think we even really "looked" at many houses.

We saw this house online and I immediately fell in love with the outside.  As we looked at the property details I knew this was going to be our house.  I told Sean that this home was going to be ours.  Our friends went to go look at this house and we put an offer on it within the next couple of days.  We never saw the house in person until after the contract was pending... That's God!

This home is a miracle.  The Lord orchestrated every part of this process.  I had moments of worry and doubt but I reminded myself to trust.  It's hard to trust when you are walking by faith and into the unknown territory.  By trusting and remaining faithful of God's promises to us we got this beautiful home.

This house has so much potential and we are excited to live here and make it come alive.  There are lots of updates that need to happen (every room) but we are so honored that we get to do it.  It's wonderful to know that the Lord has entrusted us with this home to make it our own and to know that His love will resonate here.  This home has been consecrated back to Him.  This home belongs to Him.

2 years

Yesterday was our 2 year anniversary! I seriously can't believe that we have been married for two years already.  It feels like a lifetime and yet, it doesn't feel like that long at all!  I seriously don't know where I would be without Sean in my life.  I know I would probably be fine single but I do know I would miserable too.  Sean is the best thing that has happened to me.  Marriage isn't always fun or easy but it's a great journey to be on with the person God designs for you.  Sean challenges me all the time.  He helps me get out of my comfort zone & encourages me in everything. Even if I don't want to be encouraged, he still does it.  He's definitely my creative half.  I'm thankful that he dreams BIG so I can I can dream BIGGER.  I really do love this man more than words can say.

Happy Anniversary, my husband! 

1 year anniversary

Sunday was our one year anniversary!  I cannot believe it has already been a year of marriage.  It has been a great first year.  I do feel like it was a some what of a hard first year too.  I have been trying to go from Miss Independent to a Dependent married woman.  Fortunately, I am learning that it does not mean that I have to become completely incompetent.  I am still working on the dependency thing but it has been a wonderful year with Sean and I seriously cannot live my life without him.  God sent me the best man.  He is truly my better half (Sean, don't let this go to your head). 

So our original plans for our 1 yr getaway was to go back to Bama for a wedding, UA v LSU (ROLL TIDE!), and see friends and family.  We ended up not going home due to lack of funds (trying to pay off bills).  So, we just had a low-key weekend to ourselves.  It VERY needed and we loved every lazy second of it.  Friday night we went to dinner at Carrabba's.  It was a great meal and the best part of that night was an engagement!  An elderly couple sitting across the restaurant got engaged!  Love does not die after a certain age.  It was beautiful and they looked so happy.

Saturday,  we went to the fair!  I was so excited because I have not been to the fair since I was a kid.  We had a great time!  There was a petting zoo, games, food, and all of the regular things you would see at the fair.  Here are some pictures from the fair.

 

There was a section of different animals from the around the world.  It was pretty incredible.  They had a tiger, a bobcat, lemurs, parrots, monkeys, and more.

A lemur

A silver fox that is so pretty!

The biggest porcupine I have ever seen.

Here are the petting zoo pictures:

The goats loved the people that they would jump on the gate.

               

The best parts of the fair: funnel cakes for me & fried oreos for Sean.  We were happy to have these items & very thankful we do not eat these often.  HA!

Do you recognize what movie this picture is from?

The last music scene in Grease!

Sean got me something cheesy... A hat that says "Sean's Girl." I did pick out the hat and saying.

On Sunday, we went out to lunch and then had ice cream for dessert!  We did eat our top layer cake since we moved and that didn't even last us a whole year!  We actually ate some of our cake a month after we were married.  We did not get to really eat any of our cake on our wedding day so we decided to break the tradition!

Since we got married, I have been wanting to have our vows written out & framed by our bed. So for our one year we decided to get a flat canvas, paint it a little bit, & write out our vows on them. I did mess up on mine a little bit because I am easily distracted but they turned out great over all! I can't wait to buy some frames for them to hang on our wall. Right now they are propped on top of our headboard. 

We want to thank everyone who wished us a great anniversary! We had a great anniversary and we are thrilled to spend another year together as one.