House Hunting Life

Hello on this beautiful Sunday morning!  Church services were awesome today, I am so blessed to have a great place to go to and worship and praise my Lord. 

I have another small bit of news that I haven't shared yet because I've been a little wishy washy about it... For about the past two months I've been house hunting and as of last Tuesday I finally found the house that I want, located in the place that I wanted, and I put an offer in on it and the seller accepted!!!!  We are now under contract and scheduled to close in about two weeks!  I'm so excited and anxious all at the same time.  My mind is just reeling 24/7 with all these ideas and plans that I have for this little house.  Pictures will be coming soon.  It's going to be perfect for myself and my Lil Man and hopefully for my future family when we make that decision.  I definitely have lots of work to do within the next month of painting, and cleaning, and then packing, and moving that it's going to be a ruff one but I'm ready.  And hopefully, if all continues well, I'll be having a house warming party shortly after Memorial weekend!!! :) Yeah! 

As for everything else in life, things are going pretty much the same.  As much as I love Spring and the upcoming Summer I hate that I have allergies and battling them everyday is never any fun.  Thanks to the holistic lifestyle I lead and the whole food supplements I take I'm able to combat my runny nose and itchy eyes without doing any shots or serious prescription medication. But I still have mornings like today where I sneezed and sniffled all through church. 

I think this is one of my favorite roses that my secretary brings from her garden.  I love the peachy color and the ruffled petals!  So beautiful!

  

April Life

Just a few recent pics... easter/a family/flowers

My handsome Lil Man!!  Easter was spent up in Oklahoma, which is where my Mother and Grandmother are working right now, with our family.  We had a blast but the seven and a half hour drive was not the most pleasant of things.  I was thankful for the three day weekend. 

Now that picnik.com is officially closed down I have had lots of fun playing around on a new site that is similar called picmonkey.com. 

This precious family was an absolute joy to photograph.  They live in Oklahoma and just so happen to be in need of some up to date family pictures while I was there.  Thank you for allowing me the privilage to capture this time in your lives for you!  :)

Now that Spring is finally here my secretary and her garden are at work every morning to make me smile.  I'm so thankful for the beauty she brings with her everyday!  (Herself and her roses!!!)

My Busy/Love Life

There are no words to describe how busy I feel these days.  My blog posting history proves I've been lacking in the "free time" that I dedicate to myself.  So, let me take a few moments... on my lunch break... to go back and fill you in. 

My last post was seniors pics, before that was the beginning of spring, and before that was the announcement of my boyfriend!  :)  That's what I'm going to talk about.  Things are wonderful and within the past four months we have taken two major turns that have just about thrown me for a loop.  To be completely honest, and I guess I should be, we've been seeing each other since last August.  I'm the one who refused to admit to being in a relationship until Christmas.  And let me explain... I simply didn't want everyone up in my personal business when I wasn't sure how it was going to go.  We live in a small community where we've both been almost our entire lives and we know a lot of people.  I just wasn't ready to go through all of that blah stuff until I felt more secure and stable in my feelings for him. 
So, Christmas rolls around and he finally convinces me to announce that yes, it's official, we are in a committed relationship.  Doing this was a relief.  Our families were supportive and excited!  We've been having a blast since then.  He has a daughter and I have my son and up until this point we've sort of created this little distant family that spends time together and sees each other when we all can. 
Now, like within the last week, turn number 2 has happened and the big M word has finally surfaced.  Marriage.  Forever.  Long-term.  New house.  Babies!  These are all the things that have been discussed and decided on.  I'm very happy and almost giddy to be writing this but I have to get it out... I'm in love and it's time to start planning our future!  Hot Tamales!  Holy Cow!  I still haven't processed this all the way, but ready or not I can't keep letting my past scare me into doing nothing because I'm so afraid of failing again. 
My mother asked me the other day what more I needed my boyfriend to do in order for me to fall more in love with him?  What more did he need to do for me to find him more desirable?  What more could he do in order for me to trust him more?  How much more time did I need to go by before I feel that I can't be without him?  I don't have an answer to any of these questions because there's not one.  He's already done and proven everything that he had to.  I'm in love with him, for who he is as a man on the inside... the way he holds my face when he kisses me is just an added bonus!!!!! :)  Nothing but myself is holding me back.  I've really spent a lot of time praying for guidance and clarity as to whether or not this is who I'm meant to be with and so far everything has fell into place and looks to be moving towards forever.

No, he has not proposed yet, but I'm pretty sure he's made a visit to a certain local jewelry store!!!! Shhhhh, that's between us!  :)  I'm not 100% sure what my future holds, but I'm 99.9% sure.