A night alone...

Matt is off to Dallas for the night to see Cliffy play the Rangers and have a night with his old roomies (who he affectionately still refers to as his roomies although he only has one now - me!) Funny story though because they all get to the game only to find Cliff has the night off :( Oh well we are so pumped to go in August for the weekend to watch him play - and see Missy and Brady!! That leaves the night to myself to spend way too long cooking fried rice for one, watch legally blonde, and catch up on some reading - oh my life without the hubby.

I must say, lately I have been so thankful for our church. Houston's First Baptist. It was definitely a process finding one to get plugged into because let's be honest, there is no perfect church. We are all a bunch of imperfect people coming together to worship a perfect God - but that's the beauty of grace and we need to accept that. I love that the Word is taught every Sunday. Greg Matte brings truth no matter how confrontational it is. It's challenging and honest and I am seeing God move. Prayers are being answered, worship is created every Sunday, hearts are changed. Mine has been changed towards the body of church and prayer itself. I love seeing God move through prayer. And Matt and I are involved in a sunday class - Newly wed or close. It's so great to have other couples to get to know - they are great people. And the leadership in the class is so wise and willing to pour into marriages. This church is so passionate about helping grow godly marriages. We are so blessed to be around this ministry. We just started a bible study downtown with some other couples and its a highlight of our week to get together with our new friends. Now, we are praying for a place to serve instead of just being poured into...

Some highlights lately... My mom, dad, a couple of their friends and Jayme and I got to go see WICKED in Houston!!! This has been a dream of mine for literally years. It was an amazing experience - I love musicals :) Matt Warren and Alyssa Harris just tied the knot last weekend. It was a beautiful wedding full of so much love and we could not be happier for them. And they are moving down here only 5 minutes from us! yay. We love our friends.

And lastly, I was rearended this week on the highway while I was stopped in traffic. Then as I changed lanes to pull over, the lady drove next to me, made eye contact with me and then proceeded forward. That did not go over well with my insurance adjuster self so I followed her about a mile on the phone with the cops. The cop came and pulled her over, discovered she did not have a driver's license and then decided to arrest her for a hit and run! Justice was served. I am so sick of people thinking the law does not apply to them so it felt good to do something about it. As for me, my neck hurt a little but I'm fine - Pebbles is fine and just had a little scratch on the bumper. It sounded a lot worse than it actually was!


Jayme and I at Wicked (her wedding is coming up in 2 weeks!! yay)


The girls at Alyssa's wedding


She was such a beautiful bride and dear friend of mine.



I wanted to include this shout out to a few of my besties - at a wedding we had name cards and they had all 3 of our new married last names. We were excited!

Summer

This has been the summer of weddings but Matt and I have enjoyed every one. After Haley's wedding we got to celebrate with my childhood friend Jennifer. Her wedding was so much fun and great to get together with all our old friends. Thankfully her and Jeremy are staying close by so we can have some married hang outs! Our friend Charley Hart married Lauren and it was a blast seeing all our friends and watching them get married. Finally, we had Ryan and Amanda's wedding here in Houston. It was a beautiful ceremony and we're so excited for them to enjoy married life here in Houston. Up next... Alyssa and Matt! Whoop :)

Lately, Matt and I have been seeing a lot of movies and just enjoying hanging out together. Our favorite recent was Knight and Day and Matt's least favorite was Letters to Juliet. I had to give him some Hubby points for even going with me! We just started a bible study with our Newly-wed Sunday school class. It's been great meeting more people in the area that are in the same stage of life as us. We have loved this class and it's been such a blessing to our marriage. We are studying prayer and really learning to depend on God and come to him in prayer for everything everyday. Every Sunday we are encouraged with things to strengthen our marriage. We've learned the role of the wife and of the husband, how to resolve conflict and effective communication... all these things are so important in marriage!

This past weekend we went to Austin with some of our friends. Our friend Erica is an up and coming musician and we got to see her play on Friday night. She is amazing!! Saturday we went to Krause springs and it's one of the top swimming holes in Texas. Don't know what a swimming hole is? See picture below. It's a natural spring filled swimming area with rope swing and cliff jumping included. The next day we went to the Austin Stone and heard a great sermon from Matt Carter on faith. What is faith? It is believing in God's Word. Not working too hard, not hoping you will get everything you ask for, but believing that what God says IS. We played some volleyball with friends and then headed back to the woodlands for my dad's barbeque and the woodlands AMAZING fireworks show. I absolutely love holiday weekends.

Woodlands Girls at Jenn's wedding.

My new favorite picture - Laura and I at Krause Springs in the butterfly garden.

The gang at Krause Springs

With my parents at the Woodlands fireworks show

until next time :)