Saying Goodbye

Today is officially our last full day in Florida. While we are so excited to begin a new chapter in our life and to be closer to family it is hard to leave here. Last night we went out with our two best friends down here, Stephanie and Dennis. It was SO hard to say goodbye, even though I know they're going to come visit us soon. They have been there for us through thick and thin, and visa versa. After I returned from dropping Jon off at the airport the day he deployed I went home, put on my pajamas and cuddled up with a box of tissues in bed fully expecting to cry myself to sleep...but it was Stephanie and Dennis at my front door right as I crawled in bed to take me out to breakfast and get me out. These two have heard my tears and wiped them away, we worked together for 2 years and through them i've learned so much...They are truly amazing and we will miss them dearly. It's always so hard to leave people that you've grown close to...but i'm trusting God to bring more people like them into our lives and into Stephanie and Dennis' lives as well...

Tonight we have Jon's going away dinner with his coworkers at Olive Garden...then he has a briefing in the morning and then we'll hit the road. Our stop tomorrow night will be outside Shreveport, LA. Please pray for safe travels!

Empty House

I write this post laying on our air mattress in our empty livingroom while watching TV on an empty box :)

The movers have come and gone and needless to say, we are quite impressed with how fast that process was. Our movers literally had the whole house packed in about 3 hours. They did awesome. Packing the truck yesterday took a bit longer, but they had to do inventory and make sure everything was secured and boxed well.

Tonight, while Jon and I were watching TV on the floor, we both went back to the memory of when we first got married---> We moved into our little townhouse with basically no furniture until my dad drove it down a month later. When our landlord came over a couple weeks after we moved in he asked us if we were still unpacking because all we had was a lawn chair and our TV on the floor in our livingroom.

I will say, we really really miss our bed, but other than that, it's not too bad. However I really wanted a cookie tonight and as Jon pulled the cookie dough out of the fridge we realized we didnt have a pan to cook it on! haha. But it's kinda nice to have a completely empty house...it kinda makes this whole moving process seem more real.

Our plan is to leave here Wednesday afternoon so that we can get into Abilene on Friday and take care of house stuff before the weekend. It's kinda down to the crunch on if the house is going to be done by the time we get there...but we're trying not to stress about it...everything else so far has happened smoothly so we're trusting all to continue that way.

It's just so awesome to have a feeling of peace through all of this. Everything has just fallen into place so well that we know we are in His will. In fact, my new job called me yesterday and informed me they just had a pay increase and upped my pay a dollar more than the original offer... God is so good to those who are faithful!!!

Anyway! Just 3.5 more days in Florida!!!!!

Thank you all for your prayers through all this! Please pray for safe travels over this week!

Love you all!

Getting Ready

I know it seems like all our posts lately have been about us and this whole moving process, but really, besides work, this move is the main thing happening in our lives right now. haha. We are planning on hopefully leaving Florida on the 31st of this month, if not the 31st then we will definately leave on the 1st of April. That leaves us now with 12 days left here in Florida! CRAZY! It's kind of stressful because we know we are leaving in less than 2 weeks...and not ONE thing is done!!! We can't pack anything, we can't set up for our water and electric to be turned on in Texas because we are still waiting on our house to be completed and keeping our fingers crossed that it will be completely finished by the time we get there...as far as the house goes...it's coming along. It now is completely bricked, has a roof, driveway, and now I believe they are mainly working on the inside. But we received pictures a few days ago and it's coming along wonderfully! Over these next couple weeks please pray for our sanity and for a safe move. We would greatly appreciate it!!!!

Congrats!!!

Happy 25th Wedding Anniversary

to my wonderfulin-laws!!!!!!

25 years is something to really be proud of!

We're blessed to have such a loving example before us!

Happy Anniversary you two kids!!! ;)