Thursday, August 25, 2005

A Whole New World

I'm feeling a little Disney today. Why not? I feel a bit like Aladdin...scruffy boy wins the heart of the beautiful princess. :)

Being married is fun. It's a lot of work, too. But it sure is nice to come home and be with the person you love. We never wanted to leave each other when we were together before we were married, and now we don't have to. It's nice.

The apartment is...well, um...there's a lot going on. Unpacking, packing, driving, moving. Trying to find a place for things while we're figuring out where to put others. Lots of cardboard. Eventually, our place is going to look really, really cool. But until then, we just keep plugging away. Once we have things a little more together, we're going to have a housewarming party.

We're learning about each other, figuring out how to live together, and enjoying being married.

We'll keep you posted with more updates. Peace.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

I'm a wife!

It's fun and still a little wierd to say, "my husband." We haven't been married very long, but I'm enjoying it immensely.

I LOVE decorating our apartment. It's a lot of fun to be able to control the style of the house you live in. My mom has good taste, but it's definitely not mine. It's so much fun to walk through stores and figure what would look good in which room. Jesse and I really enjoy our what seems to be turning into weekly visits to IKEA to pick up little odds and ends, decor, bed frames and such. When we get the computer hooked up at the apartment, I hope to be able to post pics for y'all to see our fun little space.

Thank you all who came to the wedding to share in our day. It was totally wonderful to see/meet you. We were so blessed by all of you being there. Thanks again.

Monday, August 15, 2005

WE'RE MARRIED!

I can't believe it's actually happened. Amy and I are married! Thanks to all of you who made it to the wedding and got to share our day. It was absolutely amazing to see how many people came to the wedding and the reception.

We're so excited...partly that the wedding is finally over (finally, a chance to rest a little) and mostly because we're just happy to be together. Now we get to put our apartment together and finish moving. (We didn't have much of a chance to move, since we got our place the Wed. before the wedding.)

I'm so grateful for the generosity of our family and friends. You all blessed us beyond anything we expected. We feel very loved and we're so thankful. We opened presents last night and it was just...overwhelming. We've been given so much.

Go to Chris and Jenni's blog to see a picture of us kissing. That was fun.

More stories and anecdotes to come...

Friday, August 12, 2005

T minus 22 hours and 2 minutes...

The wedding is tomorrow.

It seems so surreal to be saying that...my wedding...tomorrow...those words don't feel like they belong in the same sentence. I am marrying the woman that I want to spend my life with, minister with, have fun with, have children with...tomorrow.

We are starting a new life, one that isn't each of us separately but both of us together. It's really a mystery. It's impossible to understand. I am in awe of God creating this way of living, and I am shocked by how good his creation is.

I can barely concentrate on anything. It seems like there is so much left to do...but there really isn't. The only truly important thing tomorrow is for us to make our covenant, and all the rest is just presentation.

Jesus, let this be a picture of your love for your church. We want to display what you have given us for everyone there to see. I want you to love being with us and seeing us on our wedding day! Thank you so much for creating this.

Monday, August 08, 2005

PTL!

Right now we are waiting for the application to clear for an apartment. We should now by today (Monday) or tomorrow, if we'll be able to move in. We should be able to, we just might have to pay a higher deposit because neither of us has ever rented before. So please continue to keep us in your prayers.

It's a totally awesome apartment complex. It's called Southridge and it's on Meridian next to 512. Thankfully, there's a stand of big trees between the complex and the freeway. The grounds are well maintained, among the best maintain except for the complexes that are stratospherically expensive. There's an outdoor pool/indoor spa. Free tanning. Fitness center. Raquetball court with free equipment. A community center that we can rent for throwing a housewarming party.

The apartment itself is in wonderful condition. Edit: And it's NOT apartment beige. And there was much rejoicing through all the land. "yay" The carpet is grey. Actually, the apartment is beige, they just showed us the one with grey carpet. I guess I'm kinda bummed, but I'll live. It DOES make the apartment seem brighter though, so that's cool. The appliances in the kitchen are stainless steel with the exception of the fridge. There's a full size washer and dryer in the unit. A big walk-in closet in the bedroom. A pantry. A big porch and a relatively big storage area. I'm really, really happy with it. And it's BIG. Almost 800 sq ft. And since we're signing a 12 month lease (when the app goes through), we get one month free rent, which we can take as one month free rent or prorate out for the entire 12 months, which would drop our rent about $40. It's really awesome.

Thank you Lord for bringing us to this apartment. You are so amazingly wonderful. We love you.

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Apartment Hunting

I'd like to ask you all to pray for us. We're having trouble finding an apartment we can afford that close enough to Jesse's work, that isn't infested by fleas or other vermin. The complex we really wanted to get into doesn't have any one bedrooms available. We're running out of time cause the wedding's in 10 days.