Yes, a full 15 days later, I'm still a happy wife! hehe.

Not much to update on, I suppose.. I'm just chillin at home until I find out of I'll be able to work at the school again this year. I want to go back so badly! So, until I find out, I'm just doing all the regular housewife stuff. Right now I'm at my mom-in-law's apartment upstairs doing some laundry & getting caught up on internet time. I love where we live, it's such a cute little neighborhood.

I went to see Amber for a good deal of the weekend. She had a day off, so I drove down there and we went shopping in Corpus all day. I miss her so much! She's so fun to be around, and I wish she didn't live so far away. Sighhh. I my sister.

That's all for now! I'll get back to my wifely duties and finish this laundry.

Love you alls!

I still love married life.

I just can't help it, I love everything about being married. I love having a husband, and I love being a wife. I even love how he snores.. is that crazy? He's a loud one, too. But I find now that I can't sleep without hearing him snore. I slept over at my in-laws' house the other night, because Jason's sister was getting married the next day, so I spent the night with her and her fiance spent the night with Jason, and I could not sleep in total silence, lol. I missed the floor shaking snores. I missed him. He's amazing.

My lovely sister-in-law got married yesterday! Her wedding was superbly gorgeous. God blessed her with a wonderful man, and they seem so happy together. I'm so excited for them.

I guess I don't have many updates right now. We're still figuring this whole thing out.

Love,

The Mrs.

I'm still married!

We've gotten a kick start into married life, and this is actually our first week as husband and wife that we can just relax. The first week was our honeymoon, which was relaxing, but it was a lot of travel and what not.. then we came back and the following week I was in the ER and sick. So last weekend was the first time I felt totally 100% better and ready to take on everything.. which, I didn't know at the time, included taking on my cousin's death. My cousin Drew died last Saturday, and we got the news the next day. Drew was only 17 years old, about to start his senior year. He was on a trip with his parents & his brother Bryce, and their baseball team, and after they won a big game they went down to the lake to celebrate.. a few of the guys had jumped off a cliff into the water, and my silly cousin could never be outdone. He did a flip, and he landed wrong on the water and was damaged internally, and he drowned. All the guys dove in after him but they couldn't find him, so someone called 911 and when the rescue crew got there, they didn't have their gear on or anything, and then realized they had forgotten their flippers and lights and stuff like that, so they couldn't go in after him. It had already been quite a while and I think it was generally assumed that Drew wouldn't be found alive, but it still sucked that these guys weren't even prepared to do anything. There was another member of the fire department there on his day off, he was there with his son and he had all his gear, so he went down and found Drew at like 40 feet under the water.. he brought him up and they worked on him for a while, and they worked on him the whole way to the hospital and worked longer at the hospital, but there was nothing anyone could do. Drew had already gone to be with the Lord, and he wasn't coming back. His parents and his brother took it really hard, and so did his girlfriend that he'd been with for a year and a half.. the entire community took it hard. Drew was a very loved guy, and everyone turned out for his funeral. I was in Missouri all week for it, and to spend time with family. Jason couldn't go cuz he'd used up the rest of his vacation time on our honeymoon, so we had to spend almost a week apart. We all love & miss him so much, but it's such a huge comfort knowing that Drew was a Christian, and he's in a way better place now. I'm bummed because he's not with us anymore, but I'd never want him to come back because he's experiencing so much joy and happiness right now, that I'd never want him to have to leave that. I'm just overjoyed knowing that I'll see him again one day. And, I really hope that Drew and Bonnie, Jason's cousin, aren't causing too much trouble up there. I shudder to think of those two hitting it off really well and driving all the saints crazy.  Another way I like to look at it is the way my friend Jackie has explained it before, that when a loved one dies and they go to be with the Lord, that's just God picking another flower for His bouquet. Drew didn't leave forever, God just picked him to be a part of his beautiful bouquet right now.

It just goes to show that you really need to be sure of where you're going when you die, because it could be any time at all. Drew was 17 years old, and he had his whole life ahead of him. Nobody expected him to go so early. God knew, but no one else did. If you're not sure of where you're going when you pass on from this life, then you're in a very dangerous place. You can't just sit on the fence and lead a "good life", and hope that it takes you straight to Heaven's gate, because it won't. Jesus Christ is the only way. You can lead a righteous life and do everything you're supposed to do, but if you don't know Jesus as your personal Savior, then it's all a waste for you. It's like my pastor says all the time, that if you don't have that personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then you better live it up while you're here on earth, because this is the best you'll ever get. That's sad to think that this could be the best you'll ever experience, with so much hate and evil in this world, don't you think? God has something so much better for you, and He loves you and He wants you to have every good thing that He intends for you to have. He wants you to experience Heaven, when your time on this earth is through. Just be sure you know where you're headed after this.