I feel so blessed

After a week and a half of being home Malea and I are doing well. We had a rough couple of days this week because she was having some major gas issues but after cutting everything I would normally eat out of my diet things seem to be going much better. I feel so blessed to have an adorable baby that sleeps so well at night and that takes great naps during the day. I have also been blessed and encouraged by the amount of support that Matt and I have received. Our first few nights home my mom was here with us, then Matt's mom came up from San Jose to stay for a couple of nights, and right now my friend Renee is here helping out, cooking and cleaning for us! I have been so spoiled that when Renee goes home on Monday I hope that I can survive! :) It seems like all I do right now is feed Malea so it's nice to have someone here helping out to get other things done as well! This has been a big week for Malea; at one week she lost her umbilical cord stump, the next day she got her first bath, she has slept through 5 nights (other than me waking her up to feed her), she drank from her first bottle and she even got to go hang out with Grandma so that Matt and I could go to Erase the Dark! Well it's time to go feed AGAIN so I've got to run but I thought I'd just send out a little update with some pictures since it's been awhile since I posted. :)

Our little Malea

Well she's finally here! Our little Malea Elizabeth Moseley arrived late Monday night at 11:29pm. It was an incredibly long day but in the end it was worth it. We arrived at the hospital at 4:30am so when 11:29pm rolled around I was ready to be finished. I labored for hours upon hours but 1 1/2 pushes for the nurse and 3 pushes for my doctor and she was out! If they hadn't made me not push through 2 contractions (hardest thing I've ever had to do) my doctor probably would have missed the birth! We are at home now, happy, somewhat rested and incredibly grateful for a health, beautiful daughter. The Lord has TRULY blessed us!!!

Here's what I looked like early in the day after only about 7 hours of laboring.

Julie is an AMAZING friend and labor coach. I would never have been able to get through the day without her calm, comforting direction and love.

Praise the Lord for an incredible and supportive husband. I also couldn't have made it through the day without him.

Here's a quite impressive contraction if I do say so myself. I don't remember any of this, I was zoned out on the bed in a totally different world. (You can ask Matt it's his favorite thing to tell everyone.)

Here we are getting our first picture with little Malea. Can you believe all that hair!?!? I STILL can't believe it!

Me with my little girl.

Here she is getting ready for her hospital pictures.

Here we are getting to take her home. I can't believe that you get to walk in one day and then walk out the next with a baby!

Here she is relaxing with daddy after a long couple of days at the hospital.
Me and my girl tired after a first long night at home.

I can't wait for you all to meet her! She is more beautiful than I could have imagined, we are lucky parents--but Matt's already decided that she's never going to get to leave the house without him... and I think he's going to get a shot gun. :)

My last day of work!!!

This is me celebrating that today was my last day of work!!!!! I know that having a baby and caring for her will also be work but at least it will be something that will make me feel good about myself rather than just sitting on a phone all morning scheduling appointments. When I decided to make the 10th my last day of work it seemed like it would never come but now that it's here I can hardly believe it! Of course if Malea decides to keep procrastinating on her delivery I might be bored out of my mind... but nevertheless I'm still excited to not have to wake up every morning and drag my tired butt over to the computer, eat my bowl of cereal while logging onto the server and then start making calls by 6:45am to people that live in states thousands of miles away. Don't get me wrong I do like my job but I think I'm excited for the change that is coming my way. :) So hip hip hooray for no more work for Anna!!!!!

2008

2008 was a good year. Looking back over the past 12 months it's hard to believe that so much has happened in such a short amount of time. Here are some of the highlights of my year:

My last sister getting married on January 26th

Putting our house on the market with high hopes that it would sell. Even though it didn't sell we know that there's a reason and that God has a plan... He always does even if we don't understand it. :)

Our weekend trip to San Jose for Matt's dad's birthday. A fun-filled weekend that we'll never forget!

The women's retreat in April that rocked Kathy's world. Good times were had by all. :)

My totally awesome birthday party in June. :)

Having Emily take our pictures. Little did we know that all three of us are actually in these pictures, we just hadn't discovered I was pregnant yet!

Finding out that I was pregnant on June 20th!
My sister's baby, Parker, being born on the 4th of July (in the same room Malea will be born in)!Seeing our baby for the first time on July 31st. And then also finding out "it" was a GIRL on September 23rd!!!
Our day trip to Ashland to escape all of the yucky smoke. Fun times with Heather dying our hair. :)
Our trip to Louisiana in September!

Getting reacquainted with old friends and growing even closer to both old and new friends.
Fireworks in October!!!
Cousin bake day. Always a fun time but this year it was even better with all the little kids helping out.
And my least favorite thing of 2008...

ALL THE SMOKE!!! I definitely won't miss that in 2009. :)

Thanks to everyone in my life that helped make this such a great year for me (and Matt)! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Happy Birthday Matt

Today is Matt's birthday, December 27th. In honor of celebrating his 28 years I wanted to brag on him a little. I have to say that I think I am the luckiest girl there is. Matthew means "gift from God" and that is truly what Matt has been to me. Matt is the most amazing husband, so caring, loving, gentle, understanding, honoring, trustworthy, the list goes on and on. I am so proud of him in every aspect of his life. He is an incredibly hard worker and through that he has always been a good provider. He is well into his career as a Commercial Lender but he is always striving to learn more and to further his career in banking. He never gives up, even when times are tough. This has been a tough year for most bankers but God has provided for Matt and he had a great year at Golden Valley Bank.

He is also the most loving father. He is always looking out for me and he is so patient with me even though sometimes I know I can be a bit of a pill. Pregnancy has had it's good and bad moments but through them all Matt has been completely understanding and he continues to have a loving attitude toward me. He is so gentle and so concerned for me and Malea's well being. I have to admit that I am excited to be a mom but I am more excited to see Matt be a dad. He is going to be, and already is, the most amazing father. He loves Malea so much and I can't wait until she can be here with us. Matt has been there with me for all of the pregnancy classes, he's read all the books, he talks to Malea when he gets home from work every night, he reads to her before we go to bed and he is always kissing my belly telling her how much he loves her. What a lucky girl she's going to be!

I could go on and on about how proud I am of my husband and how much I love him but right now I have to stop because he is waiting for me so that we can leave to go to dinner. I just have to say one more thing though... Matt I love you more than you could ever know. I am honored to be your wife. You have more integrity than any man I know and your love for the Lord inspires me to want to know Him more. I couldn't have asked for a better husband and I definitely don't deserve you, but for some reason God decided to bless me with such an incredible "gift". Happy birthday Babe!!!

God totally healed me!

Tuesday night I woke up about 2am (so I guess technically it was Wednesday but whatever) and my throat was killing me! I never seem to get the flu or any of the other seasonal sicknesses but EVERY dang year I get the soar throat, runny nose, lose your voice thing. I've already had it once this year and I was miserable for 2 weeks! Needless to say when I woke up the other night and my throat was killing me I was super frustrated. It's hard because my job is to talk to people on the phone all day so I knew that I wouldn't be able to let my voice rest on Wednesday.

So there I am awake at 2am, frustrated to no end, and not able to sleep because my throat hurt. I rolled over and popped a Zinc lozenge in my mouth (I had put them on my night stand because I kind of had a feeling it was coming) and I just started praying that God would heal me. I finally fell back to sleep but when I woke up at 6:15am it was still really hurting. I thought about just going back to sleep but I knew that I had a lot of work to do so I dragged myself out of bed.

All morning my throat bothered me but I kept praying, drinking lots of water and popping those Zinc lozenges (they're from Trader Joe's and they are the best!). Later in the afternoon my throat was feeling a little better but I still wasn't 100% so I tried to take it easy and I skipped my afternoon walk on my treadmill.

Last night when I went to bed I was anticipating another miserable night but I totally slept well, except for getting up and having to go to the bathroom, and this morning when I woke up my throat felt great! Praise the Lord! I've never only had a 1 day sickness but I'm so grateful that God healed me and that I can get back to work, working out, and life as usual! Woo-hoo!

4 Years

Today Matt and I have been married for four years. I can't believe it has been that long! In some ways it feels like the time has flown by and in other ways it feels like we have known each other forever.

Four years ago we were married at the Mt. Shasta Resort and it was a gorgeous wedding. We still have people tell us that it was the best wedding they ever attended; one of our friends even told us that it was better than her own wedding--now that's a compliment!

Little did Matt and I know that we were in for the greatest adventure of our lives. Our first year of marriage was not all bliss but through the tough times we learned how to love each other deeper, how to communicate more effectively and how to argue without killing each other. :) Matt and I are both very passionate and stubborn people so it was an interesting year figuring out how to make things work for us. But through it all our first year was still amazing. In only 1 year of marriage we bought our first car together, started building our first home together, and moved in with my mom (woo-hoo!). The living with the in law thing was a temporary solution to how to save a ton of money when building our first home. I know it wasn't Matt's favorite thing but we were both grateful for the free housing. We also celebrated our first year of marriage with a trip to Seattle that Matt planned as a surprise for me. We had an amazing time dining at fancy restaurants, wine tasting, buying art, and walking around the city; we absolutely fell in love with Seattle.

Our second year started off amazing! We were completely caught up in the construction of our new home and somehow, even though we were at my moms, we discovered a deeper and greater passion for one another that we had not noticed in our first year together. I cannot describe how much fun and joy we had together building our first home and dreaming of the days when we would start a family together in our home. In January of 2006 we moved into our new home and it was such a joy and a miracle from the Lord. That month we totally saw God move in our lives and provide for us financially in a way that we had never seen him move. It turns out that Matt had calculated our payments wrong so when it was time to move in we found out that it was going to be about $300 more than we had counted on and we freaked out. I remember both of us sitting on our bed, at my mom's, and crying because we thought that we were going to have to sell our house before even moving into it. But God totally came through for us and even though the numbers didn't add up we trusted in him to provide for us (as we felt he was moving us to do) and there has never been a month that we have come up short! Through that experience God totally brought us closer to Him and closer to one another. That year was also filled with more trips and adventures. That summer we took a week long trip to Kauai (thanks dad!) with my family and we had so much fun! Matt and I both love the beach so we soaked up the sun, and snorkeled and surfed our hearts out while we were there. A month later we celebrated our second anniversary with at trip to Colorado Springs for a friends wedding. We spent a week out there sight seeing and I enjoyed taking strolls down memory lane with Matt as he showed me all the places he used to go as a kid growing up there.

Our third year started off even better than the other two. Matt and I continued to grow deeper in our relationship with one another and God continued to work in our lives even though it didn't always fell like it. Looking back I remember feeling like I was in such a dry season but I see how God used it to strengthen Matt and I and I remember feeling so blessed hearing Matt's cries to God to speak to me. Matt loves God so much but I have never seen him get so angry with the Lord as he did when he was crying out on my behalf. That winter we hosted our first Thanksgiving and our first Christmas in our new-ish home and we enjoyed hosting many other parties with friends and family. We were also fortunate enough to get to do a lot of traveling this year. Thanks to my wonderful dad, who believes in showing his kids the world, we were incredibly fortunate to get to take a 12 day cruise to visit 5 European countries. We spent 7 days on the open seas where we stuffed our faces with great food and rode out a huge storm that put up 40 ft swells--it was unreal! Once we reached land we got to tour Cobh, Ireland; Southern England; Paris, France; Brugge, Belgium; and Amsterdam. We also spent an extra day in Holland to tour the tulip fields before our flight home. On our way home we took a 4 day layover in NY which was so fun. Matt had never been to NY before so everything was exciting to him and we made the most of it: seeing a Broadway musical, eating at fancy restaurants and visiting the highest building in NY. After that 3 week trip we headed home and only 10 days after our return Matt left for Chile for 1 month. That was a hard month but it was also so neat in other ways. It was great to see our relationship grow even though we couldn't see each other and sometimes we went days without being able to speak on the phone. Needless to say though I was happy to see him when he got home! After that was when Matt came home and wanted children, so like I mentioned in "Our Story" we flipped a coin and the adventure began. What an exciting way to end three incredible years.

Many of you know the story of our fourth year: pain and heartache but HUGE growth in our relationship both spiritually, mentally and physically. Every year I think, "it can't get any better than this" and every year I am proven wrong. Our fourth year has been absolutely incredible. I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband; a man that loves me so much that he would do anything for me. I think this year God had not only given us a deeper love for one another but he has deepened the level of our friendship. I cannot imagine my life without Matt. He is the most honorable, respectable, loving, caring, and amazing man that I know. I am SO BLESSED to have him as my husband and I am SO EXCITED to see him take on the new role of fatherhood. I am actually more excited to see Matt be a dad than I am to see myself be a mom. He is going to be so amazing and I know that it will just blow me away!

So here's to you Babe! I love you, I respect you, I am so proud of you, and I definitely consider myself the luckiest girl in the world!

He loves me, he loves me not...

HE LOVES ME!!! It's a good feeling to get flowers for no reason other than the fact that your husband just loves you a lot! Last night Matt surprised me with some beautiful flowers when he walked through the door. I'm so blessed to have such an amazing husband!!! :)

God's Goodness

Sunday night Nathan preached a great message but the one thing that stood out to me the most was what he said about God's goodness. He said that "one of the greatest schemes of the enemy is to blind the world from seeing how GOOD God is." This statement hit me like a ton of bricks because how many times in my life have I been so focused on what I'm not getting that I miss out on how much God is really blessing me? Probably a lot! It's so easy to get caught up in what we aren't getting that we lose focus on what we've been given. So I decided that I wanted to proclaim to the world some of the good that God has done in my life. I have been blessed so much by the Lord that the least I can do is to recognize that and be grateful for it. So here's some of the good:

1. God has blessed me with great parents who may have stopped loving one another but NEVER stopped loving me
2. God has blessed me with a great family: sisters, a brother, cousins, 4 uncles and incredible grandparents
3. God has always blessed me with great friends: always the right ones for the right time in my life
4. God has blessed me with an amazing husband that loves everything about me: the good, bad, and the ugly
5. God has always provided for me financially even though sometimes it seemed impossible
6. God has always provided great jobs for me; I don't remember the last time I had to look for a job, because the right job has always come in His perfect timing
7. God knows that I love to travel and has provided incredible opportunities for me to live on the East Coast and Hawaii, and to visit every state on the East Coast, the Grand Canyon, Los Vegas, Colorado, Ireland, England, France, Belgium, and Holland
8. God has blessed Matt and I with a beautiful home which we have been able to use to bless others
9. God has blessed me with 4 nephews and 1 niece all of whom are healthy and adorable
10. God has blessed Matt and I with the incredible gift of a baby who is healthy and growing inside of me

These are just a few of the MANY ways that God has blessed me in my life. I am so grateful for all of the good that God has done in my life and even though I know I will still have doubts I pray that I can look at all of the ways God has blessed me and have faith that whatever the situation I know that He is in control and that He has my best interest in mind. What are the ways in which God has been good in your life?

4th of July--What a day!!!

The 4th of July was a very eventful day for my family. Despite the fact that there were no fireworks this was probably the best 4th of July ever! At 4:30am I got a call from my mom saying that my sister had just gone into labor. Only an hour and a half later we were all racing to the hospital. With no drugs and no surgery Alisha popped out Parker Joel Knudsen at 8:56am on Friday morning! Parker was 7lbs, 10oz and 21 1/2 inches long. He is perfect. I instantly fell in love and I think he is the most adorable baby boy that I have ever seen. Here are a few pictures from Parker's birthday:

Mommy and Daddy with baby Parker

Me and baby Parker--he's so cute I couldn't stop kissing him!
Parker showing us his eyes for the first time, snuggled on Grandpa's lap
After all the excitement of Parker's birth the day just kept getting more exciting. My cousin, Tim Nelson, ran in the Men's 10,000M for the Olympic trials. He didn't qualify, but he came in 10th place which means that my cousin is the 10th best runner in the whole nation in that event! How crazy is that!?! I was glued to the TV watching the race; Billy and I sat about 2 feet from the TV tracking Tim. He was at the front of the pack for the first part of the race but then toward the end he started slowing down (the paper said he cramped up a little) and he was in the middle of the pack. It was just so crazy to see my cousin on TV running for the Olympic Trials!!! We are all so proud! Here is a picture of the article that was in the paper. I should have gotten a picture of us glued to the TV, that would have been better. :)

God is Good!

It's funny how we never learn but how God is always faithful. We always think that we know the best way to run our lives but really when it comes down to it... we have no clue. I am learning, AGAIN, that God is good and that He is always faithful. He has blessed me in so many ways and even though I may not have answers to some of life's questions I know that in the right time God will give me the answers. I am so blessed. I have an AMAZING husband, a beautiful home, a wonderful family, 2 cute kitties, great friends, and so much more!!!

I love my husband!

There are many things I would like to say about my husband, but for a lack of time, I just want to praise him for his latest wonderful-ness.

As I mentioned before, my birthday was this weekend. Matt was so amazing; he went to Kreations (all by himself) and picked out two adorable tank tops for me, he also planned a fabulous party--at which I felt very special. Then on my actual birthday we skipped church and went on a walk and then came home where he surprised me by giving me a massage!

And that's not all... yesterday was a super busy day for me. Starting at 6:15am I worked a full 7 1/2 hours for work and then I still needed to clean the bathrooms, the floors, dust, etc. So I called Matt and asked him if he would go grocery shopping with me after he got home, but instead he said he would just go by himself on his way home. I agreed and emailed him my grocery list. So after he had worked a full day my wonderful husband went to Wal*Mart for me and got every single thing on my list, he even turned around and went back to the store because I had left him a message to get a couple more things. (I would never have done that, I would have been like "forget it, I'll get it later!") I have to say too that he got all the right things, all the right brands, all the right sizes, everything was perfect! He's amazing. :)

So thank you Matt! You are a wonderful, thoughtful husband and I am so blessed to have you as my husband!!!

It's my BIRTHDAY!!!

Today is my birthday. Today I turn 27, wow that's a big number! :) Here are some pictures from my party last night. Thank you to all who came and for making me feel so special!

Long day at the computer

I have been sitting at the computer for about 7 hours now so this is going to be quick! I'm so excited because I have been dying to get a new digital camera for about a year now. My old camera is about 5 years old (which in electronic years is about 50 years old) and the battery doesn't work anymore, so I have really been needing to buy a new one. We don't usually have a bunch of extra cash so when I got my surprise contest money the other day I knew exactly what I was going to do with it. So this afternoon I went on Costco.com (thanks Em for the tip) and I purchased my new camera!!! It will be here just in time for my birthday so I am STOKED! Just thought I'd share. Here are some pictures of it...

Yay for me!!!

I logged onto my work email this morning and this is what was there to greet me:

"Congratulations to Anna and Robin for winning the May contest of most calls generated and most meetings scheduled. That’s $250 a piece!"

Woo-hoo!!! I totally forgot all about the contest!!! I'm so excited! My birthday is in about a week and a half so this is a very good birthday surprise for me!!!

Wednesday... a good day

Yesterday was a good day. I worked in the morning, then I ran a bunch of errands, and then I got to spend about 7 1/2 hours hanging out with my wonderful friend Beckie Luff.

One of the most exciting things about yesterday was that I got to go pick up my jeans! A couple of weeks ago Angie and I went boutique shopping (SO much fun!!!) and I was convinced by Angie and the store manager at Kreations that I HAD TO buy this pair of 7's. I am a jeans lover so they didn't have to do too much "convincing" because looking at my reflection in the mirror I knew that I had never looked better in a pair of jeans before, it's as if they were made just for me. (I will be wearing them this Sunday at the Stirring in case you are interested.) :) So anyways I couldn't convince myself to cough up the cash that day so I put them on layaway. It has been killing me! I think about them all the time so yesterday I just couldn't stand it anymore and I went and picked them up. I still haven't put them on yet, because I have been too busy, but I am sooooo excited!

The second greatest thing about yesterday was getting to spend so much time with Beckie. We used to spend a ton of time hanging out but life has been busy so we just haven't had the time. But yesterday was really fun. I helped her learn how to put pictures and slide shows on her myspace page, I created a blog for her so that she could comment on everyone's blogs--and then write her own when she gets time, and I helped her juggle the boys since Brad is out of town. Over all it was a great day. We had good conversations and the night ended with us eating tuna fish sandwiches and talking over mango martinis. What could be better? I am so blessed by Beckie's friendship, and even though it's been awhile since we've had a lot of time to hang out, yesterday I was reminded all over again why we are such great friends.

The third greatest thing about yesterday was getting so much cuddle time with Gavin! He is such a sweetie and he is a good cuddler. I was cracking up because when I was taking off my shirt last night I realized that the whole front part was all crusty from spit up and drool... all totally worth it for good Gavin cuddles. :)

Well that's pretty much it for now. Until next time...

Sunday Night

I just have to start by saying that Jenna is the most amazing worship leader that we have ever had at The Stirring (sorry David Lim!)!!! Every time I see her get up there I get so excited; she definitely has the anointing for leading worship!

Last night was so A--MAZE--ING! Nathan's message on the gifts of the Spirit was incredible. I have been taught the gifts many times but not in this way. I was actually really surprised because as he explained some of them I was thinking to myself, "I have never thought of it that way but wow! I guess maybe I have that gift". It was actually kind of funny (not funny like ha-ha but funny like hmm... never thought of it like that) because he totally called me out on the Administration gift which I had never thought I had. I'm still not sure if it's a spiritual gift or more of a talent of mine but either way I had never thought of it before. The other one that really surprised me was the Pastoral gift. Never in a million years would I have thought I had a pastoral gift but as he was explaining it I leaned over to Heather and said, "that's totally Matt," and she just looked at me and said, "yeah, and you too!" "Really?" I thought to myself I guess maybe that's true, and the more I thought about it the more right I thought she was. Praise the Lord for good friends that call out the best in you. It's funny because Nate mentioned that "if you have a life group with 30 people in it then that probably means you are leader" (referring to Sean and Rebecca) and the thought occurred to me that if you have a small group with 6-10 people in it (like Matt's and mine always are) then it probably means that you are a pastor. How cool is that? I felt like all night the Lord kept speaking things to me and it was so awesome! After last night I am so encouraged by the gifts that the Lord has given to me but I am also realizing the responsibility that comes with having gifts like discernment, hospitality, exhortation, administration, faith, and pastor. I can only pray that the Lord will use me as He has gifted me and that I will be able to use my gifts to bless the lives of others.

One other thought is that if you have the gift of healing, prophesy, or miracles I want to know who you are! Don't be scared by your gift but be encouraged because the Lord wants to use you to change peoples lives at The Stirring and all over the world!!!

Gifts

Last night The Stirring was awesome. Nathan spoke on spiritual gifts and it was so encouraging.

For me the night started out with me not wanting to go to church. Matt and I spent the entire day setting up my new desk that I bought on Craigslist for $30, I love that website, so I was tired and did not want to leave the house. I tried talking Matt into staying home but since we are responsible for setting up too he said "no way." So I dragged my butt and here's what happened...

Jacob did an awesome job with worship and during the offering song I felt like God was saying that he wanted to heal me. As you all know I have been in a lot of pain, off and on for the last few months and I still don't know what's wrong with me, so I was completely open to whatever God wanted to do. Then Nate got up and spoke on spiritual gifts and I was so encouraged by remembering the gifts that God has given me. Some of my gifts I operate in all of the time but others I don't use as much and it was encouraging to hear Nate remind us that God has given us those gift so that we can fit into and be a part of the family. For me that reminder was huge because over the past 5 years at The Stirring I have often struggled with feeling like I don't fit in. So many times I have just done my own thing because I didn't feel like anyone wanted me to be a part of the family. Even after Dan's message last week I felt so discouraged thinking that what I was doing wasn't good enough. But last night I was reminded that even though I feel that way sometimes, God has me right where He wants me.

During the last worship song I asked Alyssa to pray for me. I didn't tell her that I felt like God wanted to heal me but she prayed for healing and it was awesome. Alyssa is so amazing. I love her heart and her tenderness and I always feel so great after talking to her. God has definitely placed her in my life for a reason and is using her to encourage me in my medical issues because she too has gone through times when the doctors didn't know what was wrong with her. After that I went back to my seat and began to pray for myself and that God would move in and through me to restore my body. It was so cool because I don't ever really pray for myself in that way but I was so moved that I began to cry. I also had this feeling like Matt and I needed to go to our new lot and pray over it.

After the service was completely over I went over to tell Nate that his message was really good and he offered to have him and Derek pray for me too. I grabbed Heather (so that there would be another girl) and then they all prayed for me. It was so cool to hear the things that God shared through them. Heather spoke over me that God was working in me and was doing things in my life that I have not even been able to conceive yet, Derek said that he saw God drawing me back into a place where I am so close with Him, as I have been at other times in my life, and he prayed that I would feel God's love in that way forever. Nathan prayed a lot of things but most importantly he completely confirmed what God is doing in me right now. I was so blessed and needless to say I was SO glad that I had dragged my lazy butt to church!

I'm almost done... after we left church I told Matt that I felt like we needed to go pray over our lot so we drove over there and prayed. It was so cool and I totally felt peace about the whole house situation. I feel like we are right where God wants us to be and that His plan has already began to unfold. And again I was so moved that I teared up (what has gotten into me these days? I can barely get through the day without crying anymore!!!). I'm so excited that in only months we will be in a whole new subdivision with all new neighbors to pray for and bless! How cool is that?!?

That's the end of my super long story about church last night! It just crazy how much God is doing right now. All year I've been saying that "Andrea got married and Alisha is having a baby, so what amazing thing am I going to have to come up with to top all of that?" I feel like even though I might not be getting married or having a baby, this year is going to be the biggest year of growth and new beginnings for Matt and I. 2008 here we come!!! Oh yeah and no pain this morning! PRAISE THE LORD!!!