Story of 2 Miracles

If you aren't already following their story, go check out Confessions of a CF Husband and the amazing journey Nate, Tricia, and Gwyneth are on. I've been following their blog since Gwyneth was born and am amazed by God with every new post. Tricia has CF and needed a double lung transplant. Then her and her husband Nate found out she was pregnant. Against all odds, Gwyneth was born on January 8, 2008. Tricia also received a double lung transplant on April 2, 2008. Now Tricia is "home" and they are waiting to take little Gwyneth home. Go visit their blog and see what miracles God has done in their lives. You can't miss them!

My 2nd Birthday Celebration/Surprise

You know something is important when you celebrate it twice and it is just as fun the second time. Today I was expecting to celebrate my birthday with my parents since they weren't able to come down last weekend. Well, I ended up being surprised with a Surprise party made up of my parents, my little brother, Randy and friends, April D., Courtney F., Jacob & Laura, and Grant, Sarah, Rhett & Hudson. Wow! How fun! And I was surprised. It was a great ending to a wonderful birthday week.

Randy & I are so blessed to have such loving family and friends. To sit and watch our close friends visit with my parents and brother and really want to get to know them is incredible. Thank you Randy & Mom for planning such a great lunch party. I really appreciate you thinking so much of my 25th birthday to plan a party with our friends. Love you!

Surprise!

Me & My parents :)

Almost the whole group - sorry we left you out Sarah!

I needed a little help - thanks Rhett!

Me & My wonderful Hubby

Randy just had to feed cake to me like at our wedding!

Daniel and April - aren't they cute?!

New Look

So you may have noticed the changes in the look of our blog. I found this cool site, scrapblog.com, through another blog and thought, I should try this out. I've seen so many cool and fun blog headers and never knew how to get my own. Until now. And so I did what anyone would do, I emailed my fellow blogger/friend/creative person and shared it with her. She in turn created a really cool header for her blog and posted about it. Why didn't I think of that? :) Anyways, now when I visit her favorite blogs I see fun, creative, snazzy headers on several of them. So if it worked for her to inspire some creativity, here goes nothing. I'm challenging my blog readers (all five of you) to do some spring blog cleaning and updating. See what you can come up with. You might be surprised!

#25

So yesterday I turned 25 - yes, that is one quarter of a century (people keep reminding me of that). I had a wonderful day and weekend, and get to celebrate again this coming weekend!

I woke up to my hubby singing his version of Happy Birthday and then French Toast that he made for me. Thank you Randy! Then it was off to work, where my cube was decorated by my fun co-workers. Sadly, I forgot to take a picture of it, but let's just say I had to almost crawl out of my cube any time I needed to get something. :) My parents and brother surprised me with a beautiful flower arrangement of yellow daisies and roses. Daisies are my favorites (along with tulips)!





Laura (co-worker) took me to Olive Garden for lunch for some yummy soup and salad. Then back to work for the afternoon. I got home and Randy was so antsy for me to open my gift. So I did and guess what? He got me a cool, flexible tripod for our camera! It is like a Gorillapod, but a different brand and made for heavier cameras. I am so excited to get to use it on our next trip. Currently it is wrapped around Randy's bike, holding my camera. Silly boys!

Randy, Sonia, and Bruce took me to Outback for my birthday dinner. The steak was wonderful and I got a cool chocolate ice cream dessert because it was my birthday. And no, I didn't have to sing or dance for it. :) Although Randy tried really hard to make me believe I had to...lol!


My gift


Sonia & Bruce


Love this pic minus the glare from the blinds.


That's better.

My birthday was a very blessed day. I got so many calls, emails, and messages from family and friends wishing me a happy birthday. I am very blessed. Can't wait to see what happens in the coming year!

Prayer Please!

UPDATE: We saw Alexis and her parents last night at church. She is doing so good! Her hand is all bandaged up, but she seems to be fine. She was playing with the other kids and being Lexi! Her mom said they go back on Monday to see if the blood supply is still getting to the tip of her finger. If not, they will have to do another surgery to help it heal. All in all, she is doing great for a 2 year old! Thanks for your prayers!

I just got an email this morning from a friend of ours from church. Her little girl had the tip of her finger cut off in an accident last night. They were able to reattach it, but will have to wait until tomorrow to see if it will start to heal on its own, or if she will need a second surgery. Alexis is 2 and was "helping" her grandpa outside when the accident happened. Please be praying for Alexis, her parents - Brian & Kim, and her grandpa. Pray that her finger will start to heal and she won't need the second surgery. Pray also for her grandpa and parents. Thanks!

Haircuts, fish and frogs...oh, my!

So what have we been up to? Lots and lots, and here is a peak.

Last weekend, Randy and 7 other guys from church went camping and canoeing on the Brazos. They left on Friday and returned on Sunday. This was 3 days of "roughing" it and hanging with the guys. According to Randy, they fished, canoed, threw things into the fire, and listened to snoring and frogs at night (my words - not his). I really wanted him to blog about it, but I guess just having him take pictures of their adventures is enough. :)

Group Shot

My Hubby and his fish - he was so proud!

And what did I do while Randy was gone for 3 days? Well, I went to visit my parents and to the wedding of some dear friends of ours - Ernesto & Sherry. It was so good to see old friends and catch up on what is going on in our lives. My parents even had been going through old home movies and we took a trip down memory lane while I was there. It was so funny to see my brother wearing neon green and black striped pants and me in my kindergarten graduation. Ah, the memories!

Oh and last but not least....I got my hair cut. I'd been wanting to do something different for a while now, but couldn't decide what. Well, after talking to Sarah and getting a idea, I went Saturday to get it cut. And this is the result:

It is way shorter than I have ever had it before, but I like it. Granted I can't make it look like it did the day the stylist cut it, but I like it all the same. Its fun and different, and for all of you who like long hair (aka, Dad), it will grow back. :)

So that is what is going on in our lives. Randy starts his clinicals this week. He is excited and ready to get experience as a paramedic. Tomorrow April begins and that means a birthday and anniversary. Wow! A year already! Time has flown. I'll post more later about our first year of marriage and all we've learned. God has definitely blessed us.

Peach blooms from my parents' trees

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-10

Tagged!

Sarah W. tagged me so here goes:

10 Years Ago...I was in my Spring Semester of my Freshman year at MHS. I was in Choir, Student Council, involved in my youth group at church, and “going-out” with Jason Krohn – my first boyfriend. My best friends were Alison C. & Tiffany S. I was about to turn 15 and probably spent most weekends with my family and friends or doing stuff with my youth group. :) I had an exciting life….lol!

Things on my to-do list today:

• Pick up our volunteer t-shirts…finally!
• Finalize volunteers for Sunday.
• Cook dinner for my hubby.
• Hang out with Sarah, Rhett & Huddy….can’t wait!
• Oh yeah, and finish my work (this should probably be #1).
  

What would I do if I became loaded:

• Buy a house with a big backyard so we could get a dog (or two).
• Pay off our debt.
• Give money to our church and friends who are serving around the world.
• Buy my hubby a truck so he wouldn’t have to drive the go-cart anymore.
• Give money to my family and friends.
• Take a trip to see the world.

Three of my bad habits:

• Procrastinating on cleaning the apartment.
• Trying to do things all myself.
• Not exercising enough.

Five jobs I've had:

• Babysitter/adopted “aunt”
• Clerk at Marietta Pharmacy
• Receptionist for Photographs by Lawrence
• Student Tutor/Secretary at ECU Student Support Services
• Accountant – Fossil, Inc. and now BancTec, Inc.

Five things people don't know about me:

1. I almost never buy clothes for myself unless they are on sale. I just can’t justify spending $40 for a pair of jeans, when they are $25 when they go on sale. Thus I will wait until I know something is on sale to go buy it. My hubby loves me – I can find the bargains!
2. I love shoes – going to Payless is a weakness for me. But then again, see #1, I won’t buy unless they are reasonable or on sale.
3. I love routine – but I also love surprises. It drives Randy crazy! I want to be surprised, but I also drill him with questions about the surprise. I think it is the fun of the discovery.
4. I hate driving in Dallas rush hour traffic – however I do it every morning and evening. Go figure!
5. I am terrible about keeping up with family and friends. I can go 3-4 weeks without calling my own brother. I do call my parents more often. It is something I am working on.

I tag Janelle F., Laura H., Gilda S., Julie R., Kevyn Y., and Jami C.