It's been a seriously long time since I've posted anything on this blog, and a whole lot of things have happened since my last post. Since I'm positive that my last post was when we were in our townhouse apartment. And now we own a house, I have successfully planned and orchestrated my sister-in-law's wedding, celebrated my first anniversary with my husband, went on our first family vacation, started a new job and have graduated from college. We have also talked about and have plans to expand our little family.
And in every step God has showed me something greater about myself. Daniel and I have leaned upon him in seriously everything these past 9 months since I last posted. I think I can honestly say I have grown tremendously in my faith and in my relationship with God.
So lets start with landmark one! We bought a house! It is Daniel and mine's biggest blessing from our first year of marriage. And what's funny is we literally had no plans to buy right away, we got into our townhouse and loved it, outside of the parking situation we had, and having to clean two floors. We had plenty of space and our neighbors and neighborhood was great and conveniently located. But one day I decided to just see what was out there, I started showing Daniel some houses and one day we just found ourselves walking into a realtors office and the ball began to roll! We got pre-approved for the budget we had planned for and began looking at houses. Majority of the houses in our budget, in the area we were looking at we either very sketchy or needed a whole lot of love Daniel and I just didn't have. And then we found the little ranch house on Butrico Rd, and I was in love! The neighborhood is great, it was in a great location.. meaning close to Daniel's job, parents and close to church and my school. And within our budget! It didn't have too much work that needed to be done, although there is work to be done, but I'm not afraid of some work! The yard is fenced in for Fenny and not too big that we'd have to spend hours to mow it, even when we have to push mow. So we put in our offer, got approved and the headache began! The process felt forever, and it was right before Christmas, which is already a crazy time of the year anyway. But we got it! Everything went well, and I am still completely in love with my house!
(just a small heads up I'm snagging most of my pictures from Instagram.. so they may all be weird or cut off like this one!)
Also, my living room has since changed, remember I am 9 months behind on this blog and an interior designer and am allowed to change my house several times!
Following buying our house, was Rebekah's wedding! Which was whirlwind as time got closer and closer! I had bouquets, boutonnieres and belts to make, the ceremony decoration to still come up with and the actual setting up. But all that rush, and lack of sleep was so worth it, to be apart of her day, and just how beautiful she, and the decorations all looked! And the platform decoration was sold! Someone liked the idea so much they bought it from us! Which was a blessing since we had to tear down and pack everything up!
Following Rebekah's wedding we celebrated our 1 year anniversary. The weekend was crazy, and a lot was going on the weekend of our anniversary. I had school that Saturday and it was the same weekend as women's conference and of course our actual anniversary day was a Sunday, so we didn't really do to much celebrating, but we did have a vacation planned which was going to double as our family vacation and anniversary trip. But of course Daniel bought me roses and we enjoyed a nice relaxing and romantic evening.
A month later we finally got to go on our vacation! Our MUCH NEEDED vacation! This trip was long waited, since we booked our trip in September. Although, we had no idea what to expect since we were going in April to Maine, and the weather further north is never as warm as the south, and we were enjoying 80 degree weather, we just didn't know what we would get. But the weather was nice, some days were chillier than others. But we still spent just about everyday outside. But never on the Beach, I just wasn't brave enough to go out on a New England beach in April.
We did a lot of sight seeing, which included the lighthouses. We went into Boston Twice, once included watching a Red Sox game, second including a trip to the aquarium, which was probably the best I've been too. On our way up to Maine, we did stop in Uxbridge, Mass to venture around where my Pepe used to live and even went to the Southwick Zoo, which was phenomenal! Literally the best Zoo ever! It was a great and very very relaxing vacation. The towns were quiet and quaint and perfect for us to get away from our busy schedules here in Virginia.
And then the last thing I'll talk about in this post! I graduated from College! FINALLY! It literally has been the longest 3 years of my life, but I wouldn't change them for anything! Looking back at where I was when I first moved here, I thought I was so grown.. but I can now say I knew nothing, and still know nothing about being grown. But I have learned that I cannot make it in the world without God on my side. I cannot please this world and have complete joy and happiness. And obviously so much has happened since moving away from Pennsylvania and beginning my life here in Virginia, somethings I wish never happened, but most I'm so thankful they did. I've learned a lot and have become more confident and more independent. I'm proud of my journey.. now I just need to figure out what is next. I'm working just not yet in my field of study. But like I mentioned, were talking about starting a family.. which I will leave to another post. So until then I'm just waiting on the Lord to continually direct every one of my foot steps.
