Letter to my husband

I was organizing Bradley and my shoes boxes, that are full with love notes, card, ext. From the last 7 years. I stumbled across a letter that said "to my dearest husband". The letter was writen before Bradley and I started dating, before I really even knew him. It was dated Dec. 9th, 2002. In the letter I talked about how I can't wait to be with him, my furure husband. How much I'm going to love him and can't wait to know him. I remembered praying 3 months before I met Bradley, that I would lose my life for Christ and focus on him. Allowing God to bring a man into my life that was my husband. That I didn't want to date or be with any other guy, than my husband. God answered those prayers and brought Brad into my life. We started dating Dec. 25th, 2002. I forgot all about this love note I had written to my "future husband". and put it away in a box, that I found a few nights ago. I read it, then came up to Bradley and said "here, I think this is yours". Bradley got teary eyed. The part I did not expect is the part where I just cried in his arms, thinking of how GOOD God is and how much I LOVE my husband! How this letter was written to him, my husband and he now read it. It's simply wonderful the blessings God brings! Bradley is such a blessing from the LORD! And  I thank GOD that we are together!  I love you, my dearest husband!!

New Year Resolutions

It's time to start making and working on those Resolutions! I of course, have just a few of my own!!

1. Draw more near to Christ.

2. Be a better wife than I was in 2009 to Bradley!

3. Go to London to see Castles!

4. See/visit my family more often!

5. Sing at places (Pursuing my dream)

6. Eat healthy and get toned.

7. Find a church and get more involved in that church. (We haven't found one yet in Forney)

8. Live each day to it's fullest

9. Join a dance studio

10. Finish my wedding scrapbook (and any others I have)

11. See real snow!

12. Get half way through my degree. (wishful thinking)

13. Have a more servant heart. Helping others

I should PROBABLY stop with the Resolutions.  Oh how I could go on for all eternity with all the things I want to do this year! I hope I reach each goal and then some!

Happy New Year! Make the most of each moment!

A look back onto 2009

Happy New Year everyone! We can hardly believe it's 2010! Time to set those New Year Resolutions! We have already set a few ourselves! Now, we have to help each other stick to them! 2009 came and went fast! We enjoyed every moment with our family and friends through the Holidays! A lot happened in 2009. We celebrated a lot of birthdays! Joy turned 23. Bradley, 24. Joy's youngest brother, Bobby turned 16! Kellea and Daniel turned 21! Michael turned 18! Kenneth 17 and got his first "real" girlfriend. John turned 27! (wow) And our nephew Zackie turned one! We had two open heart surgerys in the family; Joy's dad and our nephew Zachary. Which both of them recovered very well! Praise be to God! We celebrated our one year of marriage on May 25th!! Along with John and Shannon on July 19th! We got another Papillon puppy, named Bella. Having two puppies has been great! Max and Bel give each other great company and help ware one another out! They have high spirits and are great companions for us! A lot of our friends had babies!! Crazy how fast time has gone by! That all of us are getting married and having babies! We can't wait 'til that day comes for us! Joy's parents divorced in January...That has been pretty hard on all 5 kids. Seeing your parents split after 29 years of marriage and 5 kids later, is never easy. We are trusting in the Lord. And pray the best for both parents. Joys mom was diagnosed with Lupus. after several months of pain and her not being able to get out of bed, losing her job, struggling to keep fevers down. She finally found out what was going on. She has been on different medications to try to get her symptoms to not be so bad. Right now she is on a LOW dues of chemo. The doctor is working with her to see what works for her. We are just praying that her symptoms get better, so she can live a normal life. We lost a few loved ones. Bradley's great grandpa, Tommy. and step grandpa, David. Joy's grandpa, Russ. Losing them has been so hard. But we know we will see them again in Heaven one day!

Joy dyed her hair dark brown! looks great! We got a new car. A Dodge Avenger. Which we are both very grateful for! Joy also switched jobs from the Bank, back into daycare here in Forney. It's been a very great job! Joy loves working with children. We've both gone back to school. After a year break, having fun being married! Joy is studying to be a Sonographer and is expected to graduate in 2012. Bradley is working on getting his associates degree, in muti media. Bradley is still with SouthWest air lines and loves it! He works with a lot of great people! We've been very blessed woth his job! We are looking forward to what 2010 brings! We are praying for great health and happiness for all of us and our loved ones! Keep Christ the center of your lives! Pray faithfully and keep your loved ones close! Make it a great year!!