BLESSED

BLESSED to have a roof over my head

BLESSED to  have my good health

BLESSED to have an amazing family

BLESSED to have a beautiful man in my life

BLESSED to have a a great, but small group of friends who are ALWAYS there for me

Sunday night J and I attended church and I felt like God talked to me. There was a band there called FIREFLIGHT and I'm so happy I was there to see them. We usually attend church in the morning but it was so rainy we decided to sleep in and attend the night service and good thing we did. They sang a few songs and after one of the songs I started crying, and not just a tear I was balling like a baby. I'm not sure if it was because I felt the holy spirit or because if it was guilt. Guilt of not being the best person I know I can be.


As a child I went to church all the time. Twice on Sundays and even on Wednesdays. My father was a pastor in Corona for many years. When I started getting a bit older I started to resent my Dad  for making me go to church ALL the time. I hated it sometimes! Some Sundays I wanted to hang out with my friends but was not allowed to. By the time I turned 18 I stopped going all together. I went for special occasions and as the years went on I would attend every once in a while. Thank God Justin came into my life because as soon as we started dating we attend church very frequently. I'm ashamed of not being there for so long. I have many great memories of church and I think a lot of times I resented church because of fighting with my Father. I used to see him up there preaching and think how can you be up there preaching to be this way and you're different at home. FYI he wasn't a bad dad he was just VERY strict and Jennifer did not like that..lol


I'm thankful that I have a man that Loves God and wants to serve him. I hope to continue this tradition with our family when we get married because I think that's the way to raise your children.In church. I'm thankful to my parents for having me there every single week and I will try to be a better Christian because my heart feels much happier when I go..


Lately things haven't been so peachy. Not working very much, dad is still not working, some friends that I thought were my good friends are not, J and I weren't 100%... My friends always tell me you and J seem to never fight and always seem so happy. Don't get me wrong we are extremely happy together but we do fight, & we do fix things because we love each other and want to make it work. One thing I really love about Justin is that he never threatens me with a breakup. In my past relationship we would be back and forth all the time. That's the way I knew how to handle a fight. So when me and J would have an argument I would say "lets just not be togetehr then" and  he would say I don't play games and if you really want it to be over then its really over. So we never say those words anymore. Were not teenagers anymore so no time for the BS.

Overall I have to look at the glass half full and not half empty. Beyond BLESSED for a lot of things in my life and some things aren't perfect but I'm sure things will get better. Things can always be worse.. right?  Everyone has storms they go through and theres a mini one in parts of my life but I know that there's a rainbow soon to come:)

HAPPY TUESDAY EVERYONE!!!

Weekend Recap

Friday night me, J, and his parents went out to Menifee to have dinner with J's brother and his family:) We went to a yummy pizza place and afterwards we went back to J's bros house and enjoyed some cake and played with his niece:) I finally got the courage to carry Zoe. Shes a lil over a month now and still is light as a feather. I was very nervous but then after a couple minutes I felt more comfortable. Man.. I don't know how these Mamas do it all day long.  My arm was killing me after 5 minutes carrying a newborn..lol I'm going to have some trouble when I finally have one.

Love watching them together.. J is def gonna be a great Daddy:)

J & baby Zoe

Baileys new cardboard house

SOOO CUTE!!!:)

Saturday we went to the mall and I was on the hunt for some black wedges.. I found the perfect ones at Reflection and of course they did not have my size:( Size 7 seems to always run out too fast! So.... I'm on the hunt again.. Thinking Ill go online today:) J had a successful shopping day and bought himself some shirts and a couple shorts. His clothes aren't fitting him anymore so he had to go shopping. That boy has to be forced to buy himself anything..lol

I did find these and got them for $6 ..Score!:)

Saturday night we went to Citrus City Grille and had nice night out with 3 other couples.. Fun Fun!! We enjoyed some music and had a great night:)

One of my good friends Alex

We are very silly!!:)

DORKS!!!

Sunday was a fun filled day at the beach.. We went with J's parents and had the most fun. We rode bikes, had lunch, layed out, and just enjoyed a beautiful day:) My bestie was at Balboa taking her engagement pics so J and I rode bikes there to go have a quick visit! :)

Newport

Bike riding

My lovey love love

J and Barbies daughter Lianah

Me!!

All and all it was great weekend and today I'm exhausted. The sun really drained me out. Think were gonna try to go at least every other weekend. Always a fun time. Hope you all had a great weekend!! :)

Like the Beatles Once Sang..... " All You Need IS Love"

Its been a rough week for me and my family but I'm happy to say that my Dad is not letting this hardship get him down. Hes very optimistic that God has something better in store for him and I'm very Happy that hes not letting this get him down!! Thank you everyone for your good thoughts and prayers.. It really means a lot to me. Were very lucky to have so many people praying for my Dad such as family, friends, church members.

The #1 person that has kept my spirits high is of course Justin! He knows that sometimes all you need is a text to make you feel better and that's the kind of man he is. The small things are what counts the most for me.

Im a very Old school kind of gal:) Love the Beatles!

Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People????

My heart is breaking right now.. My Dad lost his job yesterday:( I want to take away his sadness and just make everything better for him. I hate seeing my Mom & Dad like this. I'm asking now for your prayers for my family at this time.. Through this time I know its important to stay positive and believe that God has something better for him. My dad is a Godly man, was a pastor for many many years. He is the hardest worker I know and I don't know how these mean people did this to him.We have God in our hearts and in our home and I'm sure hes going to be fine but right now its so very hard to believe and I hate it.. I'm having bad thoughts about these people who did it to him and I know I shouldn't be thinking like this. I cant stop crying for the hurt my Dad is going through. Hope my attitude changes soon because I can be no help to anyone like this. Thank you!!!!

I have this verse hanging in my room and I have to believe this always and know it is true..

We Made It To Month # 2

I say "WE" but its really just Justin doing the hard work but I see it as I'm part of it too:) So today is J's start of month 2 of the academy. So far so good. He says that the hard part is really for another 2 months and then it will get easier. Theres already been people who have dropped out and I'm so very proud that Justin is doing so good in the academic part and the physical too. I know he was worried and always says hes bigger than a lot of the guys so he thought he was going to be on the  " FAT SQUAD" .. lol. They tact officers test every ones body fat and they pick individuals to be part of this squad and then these people have to report with their lunch everyday and the tact officers have to approve their lunch!! Can u believe that??? J is a big boy and I don't think he will ever be small like a lot of those boys but his body fat test results were good :)  Hes already lost like 15 pounds being in the academy and he looks so good!.. His muscles are getting bigger, his tummy is shrinking and honestly I don't want him to get smaller. I like my men to be manly men not small. Some of these guys in there look like lil shrimps. I always tell him do you really wanna look like that???? J is just too hard on himself . He was happy and beyond surprised that he was put in this Squad

I know hes already tired but J will not give up. I admire him so much for the determination he has & has so much fight in him there is no doubt in my mind now that he will make it till the end!! :)

Besides that its been the same ol same ol stuff.  This weekend was a very relaxing weekend. We had a triple date night  Friday night . Saturday we spent the day together then that night went bowling. It was so much fun:) Sunday we went to church, had lunch with J's parents, walked around the mall, did our usual Sunday thing. Hope you all  had a great weekend!

Doesnt he look so happy to be taking a pic?? haha

Visited my fave place the pet store:)

He was my Favorite!! :)

YUMMM:)

Some Things That made this Gal Happy This Week ♥

* Air is fixed- I cannot put into words how unbelievably happy I am that our AC is working again. I will never take it for granted again:)

*Lunch with Bfs Mom- On tuesday I had lunch with Donna.. Its just a very nice feeling knowing that my boyfriends mom approves of me. I know thats not the case in many cases and the cool thing is we really get along. We can spend the day together and have a good time. Shes a very giving, loving, and fabulous woman. She always makes me laugh too. Just a funny sense of humor:)

*My tan- I just cant stop looking at my legs..haha. They're so dark and I love it!!! Summer time makes me such a pretty color and it makes my skin feel so much softer from my face down to my footsies.

*My doggy- I hadn't been home much lately because of the air situation so I was at the bfs house and I really missed my lil boy Cody. Ive been squeezing him and probably bugging him too much this week..hehe

*Pay day-  Enough said:)

*Justin- Just cant get enough of this man. My boyfriend is the best man in the world.. I honestly don't know how he hadn't been nabbed yet when I caught him..lol He makes my days HAPPY:)

*Friends- This past weekend I got to spend time with friends and I'm glad I get to have time with them still. I know sometimes when you have a bf some girls don't make time for friends. I think its important because they're the ones who will  be there if it doesn't work out with your man and lets face it you cant talk to men about certain things:)

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Tomorrow night J and I have a date night planned and were going to go watch my girl Jenn Aniston's new movie:) Cant wait!!!

4th of July Weekend :-D

Great weekend = Great friends, boyfriend, food, music, drinks.  That's exactly what this weekend was..

Our Ac just broke at home and is not fixed yet so I'm sweating like a piggy!.. So this post is just going to be pics.. Hope everyone had a great 4th:)