Well!! Suffice to say- its been a while, no?
I am probably the worst blogger alive and no matter how many times I promise to do better I just cant ever seem to get a good hold of it! Haha. Oh well.. At least I'm pretty good at "real life." :)
Well lets see- brief update on my life since you last read..
End of February: I fell in love with my nannying job- while VERY frustrating at times it was also pretty rewarding. I got placed as one of the main worship leaders on my team at FMA which was NOT supposed to happen cause I wanted to lay low.. But I'm afraid Jesus had other plans. Haha. And then like a week into getting into it out of NOWHERE I got a terrible kidney infection and wound up in the ER. They thought it was meningitis and moments before I was to get the spinal tap the doc came bursting in and saved my life. Haha. My kidneys we black. Not kidding. Soo Nic spent a week nursing me back to health. So sweet :)
March: A fantastic and yet busy month- Nic and I ventured to ABQ so he could meet a couple of my brothers and friends. It was a fun Spring Break, somewhat stressful, the week definitely tested Nic's and my love for each other but we made it through and came out on top! My bro Kevin gave me the seal of approval within hours of meeting him and that just about made me cry- Kev is always the one I have sought the most approval from.. Not sure why. But it meant so so much to me to hear Kevin say that. Annnd.. lets see.. my worship team coach got me hooked up with another House of Prayer in MO as one of their main worship leaders. So now Nic and I drive down to Cowtown (Jamestown) every other weekend to lead worship together for their 4am set and the noon set. Its a fabulous thing!
April: Was yet another hectic month- it seems to be the going pattern of my life. Which is totally fine by me, mind you. Was still in school fulltime and nannying lots of hours with Phaedra! Nic surprised me and bought my dream bike for m since the weather was finally getting warm and I was always talking about it.. The most awesome retro lookin bike you will ever see!! Nic and I were put to through the fire so it seemed.. Some crap from his past came up and the most incredible thing about it was that throughout all of it there was never a thought in my mind that wanted to give up. Not at a single moment did I ponder if it was worth sticking through. Nic has proved his love for me daily- and not just because I had found out some unfortunate things about him. But since the first day we even met and knew we needed to be friends. And there was never a part of me that wanted to walk away from that man. We worked through it and yet again, wound up on top. We continued leading worship together on the weekends, as well as playing shows at coffee shops in the area and spending every last second with each other. He is amazing.
May: As you could have guessed- crazy busy! Classes ended for summer, my big brother Mathew wed his love annnnnd I got ENGAGED! Little did I know, Nic spent an ample amount of time between March and April communicating with my parents and ALL of my brothers about popping the big question. He wanted the go ahead from every single one of the men in my life.. which is amazing. The only catch was that we didn't want to steal any thunder from Matthew and Bri's wedding or preparations sooo he waited til after. :) He made it a weekend to remember forever! Our day was filled with all of the random things we like to do, and the evening was topped off by going to our favorite place in KC, where an orchestra was playing in the background and people were all around. He got down on one knee and pulled out the most beautiful ring I'd ever seen and asked me the most spectacular question I have ever had the honor of answering. My jaw dropped and I literally could not answer him properly for a good 20 seconds. I could not stop smiling and finally got my mouth to close for half a second so I could shout YES! He picked me up swung me around and put the ring on my finger. It was a perfect fit.. Just like us :)
June: Uhmmmm let's see... wedding plans galore coupled with engagement photo-shoot and nannying full-time since Phae was out of school! Sooo yay for bigger pay checks but boooo on having a stressful like girl sometimes. Haha. Nic and I were all over the place with summer fun! Hangin with friends, patiently awaiting the move in date to my new apartment (that HE got me, no less..), annnd of course, chasing our music dream :) I still hadn't met Nic's family so at the end of June we hopped on a plane to Cali and spent about 10 days with my new siblings and parents! It was an AMAZING trip! We fit SOOO much into the schedule. Which brought us into the beginning of July. :)
July: We were with his fam all through the what usually would have been my "fireworks season." Thank you, Jesus, for a faulous fiance with a regular job that does not require us to need to make a bunch of money in a few weeks! Haha. We came home on the 8th, my mom also flew in on the 8th, we moved me into my new apartment on the 9th (It will one day be "our" apartment buut until we say "I do" he still has to live with his roomies! Rules are rules, my dear! We're doin this the right way.) and I got my wedding dress on the 10th! It was a fantastic begining to the month, I'd say! My mom stayed through the 17th which was AWESOME! We got LOTS done on the wedding planning front. Annnd I got to hang with my momma, which is always wonderful. Then came my 21st birthday and unlike usual- I didnt want to throw a party! Weird, right? We rang in my birthday eve with our "couple friends" Samuel and India James and a bottle of champagne and then I spent my actual birthday at home with my wonderful man, Nic. It was perfection. He treats me like a Princess even tho I am so undeserving. Then a couple days after Nic surprised me with an appointment to get my first tattoos!! He is amazing!! So yeah- I got my wrists tattooed with Hebrew script saying, "Victim of love," a rough translation of the Greek word, agape. And "I do not belong to myself." Meaning I belong to Jesus. Dur. :)
Annnnd now to August!
I am taking the semester off from school so I can focus on wedding things. Plus- after looking at how much school and prayer room hours I'd miss, it's just not wise to spend thousands of dollars on a semester at school that I would likely fail and have to retake anyways. Sad, but true! Sooo yay for being a practice housewife! Lol. I have sent out all the invites, 150! Our families are frickin' huge. Seriously. We had to cut so many friends from the list. It sucked. But other than that- still really cool to finally get those out. My dress came in almost 2 whole months early which was GREAT because that meant my dad got to come to the alterations appointment with me! Oh, my dad came to town on a business trip and got to hang with me and Nic for a while, which was SUPER cool :) Annnd now Phae is back in school! So I just hang out, work out, do laundry, plan meals, plan wedding stuff during the day and then pick her up from school.
Life is beautiful!
There! Now you're all caught up :)
Cheer.
