so i officially moved to texas this weekend, ya'll. i think it's gonna be a lot of fun there. me and cane are gonna have us a big 'ol adventure when i get down there. i think i'm going to wear a ten gallon hat the first week i am down there and start all my sentences with "howdy". what do ya'll think? too much?
well, moving to texas has made everything feel so real. saturday we got the uhaul and car not that full entirely full unpacked in seriously 30 minutes. big shout out to all the people who helped us to make the move not painful at all. the apartment is looking more like a home and less like the bachelor pad that it was, with black sheets and navy curtains. haha it's so neat to see how canaan and i's lives are slowly merging into one. we are both definitely nervous- nervous to not disappoint and be the best we can be for one another. which i take as a good sign because if we both are nervous about that, then we are both trying our best to be the best for one another. i am also hoping to get a job really soon. being off work for a while to get ready for the move and the wedding has showed me that i am really not one for being at home all of the time. i like my days being full and busy. i'm definitely not a workaholic, but i would like to contribute somewhere. i didn't take any pics of the apartment yet, because it's not completely settled in, but we will as soon as i get there!
ok, so on to something else i'm excited about. FALL. it is finally fall in tennessee. so stinking excited. driving back yesterday, we saw the trees slowly starting to change here. loving it. i miss the drives to knoxville only for the reason of seeing the leaves change. i love getting warm drinks at starbucks now. i love being able to wear my moccasins, scarves, jackets, flannel, plaid, and boots. i love friday night football games and having the smell of pumpkin in the house. i can't wait to decorate my new home in fall attire. pumpkins and mums are a must. tell me your favorite thing about fall! chances are , i'll agree with you.
last thing: i got a twitter. follow me!
hey ya'll! so it has officially been FOREVER since i've last blogged. but, as most of you who will be reading this will know, i am getting MARRIED and moving to good 'ol texas in a mere 2.5 weeks. yes, not months. weeks.
this has been an amazing season. i can't believe it's about to happen. not only am i getting married and becoming a WIFE, but i am moving to an entirely new city in an entirely new state. and getting a new job when i get down there. i am not sure what that job is quite yet, but the Lord is good and we will figure that out when the time comes. what i am thankful for is that my soon-to-be fiance husband [goodness, that's weird] is already down there and has been tremendously blessed with people embracing him in their loving homes. we are also blessed to have people down there we already know, which makes it feel like such a small world. so i'm so glad that becoming a new married couple isn't joined with jumping into the vast unknown together as well. canaan is established there and can therefore help me adjust.
i'm really looking forward to:
-getting to go on a grown up trip on a plane and everything with just my man and me and have a vacation. no family. just me and my husband. what a strange feeling! am i really this old already? can i handle this? [a week in maui, i think i can manage].
-being able to live life with cane and experience things together. it has been so long since i have just been able to do simple things with him. it's going to be an absolute blast.
-i can't wait to decorate our home and "nest". it's one of my all-time favorite things to do. canaan is so good about telling me to "do my thing". haha he's the absolute best. i let him handle the tech-y stuff with complete trust. and he trusts me with the decorating and arranging of the bedroom, kitchen, etc.
-getting to know my youth girls down in plano. i got to go on a mission trip back in july with canaan's youth group and get to know an AMAZING group of soon-to-be freshmen girls. i will have the honor of doing life with them when i get down there, and cannot wait. God has already blessed me more than i deserve by connecting with them. they already amaze me with their hearts.
-texas football games. this is the only other state that takes football as seriously as i do.
-becoming an
aunt again!! one of my good good friends from college and her husband
are adopting a teenage boy form belize! so unbelievably excites for this
season for them. please be praying for them as they embark such a
unique time of parenthood. they are also making clocks to sell to raise
money for the adoption, so please help them by buying one! they make
them custom, so read here to learn how to get one! yayay!
so it's coming down to the wire. pray that i can finish out the next two weeks as stress-less as the other 9.5 months were. we do not want to worry about anything. what the important thing is is that at the end of the day on october 6th, cane and i will be married. everything else won't matter.
please pray that moving to texas this weekend will be without much hassle and go well. we are so thankful to have good, strong friends who are going to help us move on both ends- tennessee and texas. couldn't do it without them!
scripture for this season:
"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us."
1 john 4:7-12
