Came across this in an email devotional I get. Wanted to share and put somewhere I would not lose it.

Settling in

Things are coming together.
We now have window coverings, which we did not have for the first two weeks we lived in the house. My amazing seamstress mom made valences for the kitchen bathroom and our bedroom.
We started painting, we are having a red and grey kitchen.
We hung new light fixtures.
Put picture frames up.
It is becoming our home.
Friends and family keep coming over to check it out. So glad we now have place to invite friends over. Had a great time hanging out and laughing till late last night.
Our doggie Trout is doing great, no accidents in the house and loves attention. He does have some quirks like scarring himself as he looks at his reflection, which he is doing in the picture below.

  We had some friends get married up north so we decided to take a little trip, our first trip together since honeymoon. It was so much fun! We spent an afternoon in San Fransisco, Pier 39, Gheridelli, and The Buena Vista. We had delicious bread bowls with tomato soup (our favorite soup).
We stayed in Pleasanton a nice town. Our hotel, which I found on Hotwire (a great site for finding good deals for hotels) had a huge indoor gym connected to it. Wish we could have spent more time there but we did get a short workout in the morning before the wedding. It was an early wedding then we headed down the coast, a beautiful drive, where we stopped in San Simeon for the night. We had delicious Mexican food and hubby taught me Cribbage. We woke up and walked along the beach then headed down to Santa Barbara to visit my brother. Driving along the coast was beautiful, I kept saying it was breathtaking. Part of the way we had no radio so Cam became the radio, I would say a genre he would start singing I would chime in, we had so much fun.

 

God has definitely blessed us and we are so thankful. The sermon Sunday was great...We are chosen royalty and we have a reputation to keep, we should continually strive to bring God glory and that is my prayer; that through blessings and trials I would reveal God's glory!

So many changes

 

 

My life has changed in so many ways:
new last name
new home
new doggie
.......just a few

Life has been busy even though I do not have a full time job some days it feels like I do. From moving and cleaning to driving to one job or another, or squeezing a few minutes in with the hubbie...it is hard to think straight. Well to say the least I unspeakably thank ful for all the God has given. He has provided, protected and had a hand in mine and my husbands life. We cannot thank God enough. My amazing husband sang a beautiful song at church sunday that summons up alittle how we feel right now...ten thousand reasons by Matt Redman
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
O my soul.Worship His holy name.
Sing like never before. O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning
It's time to sing Your song again
Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me
Let me be singing when the evening comes

You're rich in love, and You're slow to anger
Your name is great, and Your heart is kind
For all Your goodness I will keep on singing
Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find

And on that day when my strength is failing
The end draws near and my time has come
Still my soul will sing Your praise unending
Ten thousand years and then forevermore

A beautiful song to remind us what really matters in this life.