Last April, on Easter, we celebrated my niece, Kylie's, birthday where Michael met my parents for the first time. On Saturday, we celebrated her birthday again. She turned three! I just can't believe it! It really seems like it was not too long ago that she was crawling around. And... obviously so much has happened since Michael met my parents a little over a year ago.
Pic from last Easter!
In May of last year, I started a new nanny job with a wonderful family! I have loved getting to know them over the last year, and absolutely adore sweet Jenna! Since we are moving (still not sure when), the family had to start a search for a new nanny. They found one after several months of searching, and my last day was on Friday. It was bitter sweet. I am going to miss them dearly, but I am so excited about what our sweet Lord has planned for Michael and I in Scottsdale. Is it a compliment that I sent my boss to the ER on Friday with panic attacks because I was leaving??? Not so sure about that! They are a wonderful family and they have blessed and enriched my life this last year.
Pic of Sandy and Jenna!
On July 3, Michael and I were engaged. (Okay, so I know this is long, but who doesn't like to share their story!) He asked me to go to Santa Fe, NM with him since I had a day off for the 4th of July. He said he had a meeting, but it would be a fun place to hang out. Little did I know what he had planned- nobody knew except for our families. He rented a convertible car and played it off like he got lucky- I was clueless but enjoyed cruisin in it. When we arrived to Santa Fe, we drove up to this fabulous hotel in the downtown Plaza- again he acted like he had no idea how nice it was going to be. Me- still clueless! The night we got there, we went out to dinner and then went up the mountain to watch the sunset, but it ended up being very cloudy and it started to rain. He had planned on proposing that night, but it did not feel right to him with the lack of visible sunset and the rain. He asked me to get up the next morning to watch the sunrise. He knew I was not a morning person, but I knew that he was and that he loved watching the sunrise. After some hesitation on my part, asking if we could wait until the next day to get up early, I agreed to get up. He knocked on my door about 5:30 a.m., and thankfully I was already half awake with a headache. We cruised in the convertible to a nearby park, and got out and hiked up a hill to a huge white iron cross. Michael had his video camera (to video the sunrise, of course :-)) and he set it up. Luckily I had sat down, so he could adjust it to where I was on camera. He came and sat next to me. We talked for a minute, and then he got in front of me... still clueless! He had a Bible and said he wanted to read to me. When he aked me to feel how soft the Bible was, I started thinking hmmmm... that was a little different. He read five passaged about love. By about the third, I stopped listening, as my mind was excitedly racing with is he really doing this! Tucked in the page of the last passage, was the ring. He got on one knee and asked me to grow old with him. I of course, said yes! The Bible was new, and he had The Kersey's printed on the inside. He also did not have a meeting after all and planned the whole trip for the proposal. We spent the rest of the day at a spa, having all kinds of pampering done. It was awesome!
Pic right after we got engaged! I look cute, I know!
The next few months were filled with a lot of wedding plans, showers, and Michael and I growing even deeper in our relationship. We were married on December 16, 2006 by one of our favorite people- Paul Matthies. Everything was more than I could have ever dreamed of. We have 980 pics to document the occasion! We spent our honeymoon in Mexico at a resort called Verana. It was amazing, beautiful, and very relaxing. We returned just in time for Christmas, where some of my family spent the night at my parent's house so we could get up early to watch Kylie do the Christmas present extravaganza.
Pic of singing praise to our sweet Jesus at our wedding!
About two weeks later, we became pregnant with our precious little one! And oh my, what change! If someone would have told me what my life would look like now a year ago, I would have laughed hysterically and told them they were crazy. But ya know, it all makes sense to me right now, and I would not want it any other way. Our God has brought so much change to our lives, but also in our hearts. He continues to stir us to be better, and we will stive to be raised up as Godly parents. We want to do better and be better than we are right now. Lord, please overwhelm and consume us!
Praise be to God for one crazy, wonderful, beautiful year!
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