Happy Halloween!

We were in Little Rock this past weekend and Saturday night our friends, Rachael and Zach came over for dinner and carving pumpkins! We had such a blast.

Dad of course had to break out the scary mask and scare Ra! And not sure about what Marc is doing to my mother. I swear this was not posed.

Finished product!

I thought they turned out so good!

Marc and my mom carved the "chevron" pattern one. Marc is very detailed and it turned out perfect! I saw a pumpkin like this on pinterest and told Marc he should try it, so he did. Ra and Zach carved the other one which I thought was great as well. It was a great night to get in the fall Spirit.

House Tour

My parents have been building a house for the past several months and it is finally done! They did an amazing job so I wanted to show it off. My dad is a builder and my mom is a great decorator and they make a wonderful team. They did this house different than any of their other ones and I love how it turned out!

So here you go!

kitchen area

love the backsplash

living room

funky powder room

master bathroom

this wine room was my dads little baby. It turned out awesome!

and this is the view off the back porch. You feel like you are in the tree tops! It is gorgeous!

Hope you enjoyed. She is still working on a few other rooms so when those are finished I will show more! If you need a builder in the little rock area or surrounding area, I know a really good one :)

 

An Update

Just wanted to update on how everything was going. The shots have actually not been that bad, just a few bruises on my belly. I'm responding really well to all of the meds, so that is extremely good. The time really has been gone by quickly, We are still not sure of the exact time everything will be happening yet, but we would love any and all prayers in the next several weeks.

I have definitely have had some freak out moments. I also keep running all different kinds of scenarios through my head about all the different outcomes that could happen. I know this is the planner and worrier in me and I also know that I cannot whatsoever control this situation. We are putting complete faith in our mighty God that His will will be done through this whole process. We give the outcome to Him. Giving up control may be the hardest thing for me, but I knew choosing ivf would leave me no other option, because this is something completely out of our control.

I cannot tell you how grateful I am for the support we have received and the sweet prayers lifted up on our behalf. We are humbled and thankful for each of you that have been on this journey with us and that have cared enough to think of us. I had no idea a little blog would ever allow that, but it truly has and it has been wonderful. So thank you to all that read this blog of ours.

Yesterday someone referenced this verse and it really struck me. As we go through the procedure part of this process I will know God is holding my hand through it all and He will not leave me and He will be my strength to get me through!

Psalm 77: 21-23 and 26 {NIV}
²¹ When my heart was grieved
   and my spirit embittered,
²² I was senseless and ignorant;
   I was a brute beast before you.
 ²³ Yet I am always with you;
   you hold me by my right hand.

²⁶ My flesh and my heart may fail,
   but God is the strength of my heart    and my portion forever.

10 years

This past weekend we had my husbands 10 year reunion. I have been looking forward to this literally since I met him. He grew up in a very small, farm town and may or may not have been pretty popular!
Some people {aka- me} have given him a hard time about his yearbook a lot over the years. He got "Mr. PHS", "best dressed", "Hall of Merit", etc, etc. mainly because it was a very small school and all the 9th grade girls were in love with him. Ha!
Nonetheless, I was actually pretty excited to meet the people he had grown up with. I was really expecting it to be pretty entertaining, but it was way more low key than I thought. It was actually refreshing getting to hang out with some new people and have a break from the usual, repetitive conversations.

an old friend of Marc'ss

I think he's a keeper for sure! I mean he was Mr. PHS!

a little yearbook fun!

 old love...



I'm thankful we were able to go and to also get to spend some time with his family. Since they live 6 hours away we don't get to see them very much. Plus we got to meet Marc's new nephew.

Now I'm getting so excited for my 10 year next year and Marc will have to go since I went to his! I also graduated from a very small school so it will be a blast seeing everyone!