I will praise you in this storm

The past two weeks for Jason and me have been some of the hardest weeks we've ever had to face as a married couple. The pain we have had to deal with has been unbearable at times but we know that God is sovereign and that He does good. We know that through this trial that God will bring us through it, and we will come out stronger people together with a better picture of God's mercy and unending love for us. I came across a song the other day that I have heard so many times before but it struck a chord with me once again. I hope that you can listen to this song and if you are going through anything to find comfort in it as I have. God never promised a perfect or fair life but he did promise to never leave us or forsake us. May his name forever be praised!

Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights. Habukkuk 3:17-19

Shop Training

I don't know why this commercial makes me laugh, but I think it might be because sadly this probably will be me and my family the day after Thanksgiving. We are those people that get up before the sun to go shopping even if we don't need anything specifically. Better wear my good running shoes that morning =)

Technology hates me

I know that I have been gone for a while and I have a good reasons....I won't get in to all of them today but I will tell you about one of them.

Here it goes......

My hard drive crashed.

Yep, and when I mean crashed I mean I LOST EVERYTHING!! I lost all my pictures - including my Spain pictures from 5 years ago. I lost all my address contacts so if you don't get your Christmas card til late or not at all - don't take offense. I lost certain recipes that I hadn't made hard copies for yet - and they were yummy.

It was a sad sad sad day.

And I know they have these things called external hard drives and I'm sure you are saying "Elizabeth, why didn't you back up all your information on of those?" and I will tell you BECAUSE I'M A MORON!! Don't worry I have one of those now but it won't bring me back all the wonderful things that I lost on my old hard drive.

So this is one of the reasons I haven't blogged in awhile. I've been mad at my computer and we had a fallen out. But I'm happy to say that we have reconciled and things are getting back to normal. It's great to be back!

Weekend update with Elizabeth

This weekend was pretty low key but I did get to do these things:

• Went to the dentist - no cavities for me!!
• I got to eat at Raising Canes for lunch. Mmm-good! That place has the most amazing sauce! I crave it ALL THE TIME!!! In fact, I want it now...
• I went to Half Price books and bought a nerdy book
• I got to watch both Tech and the Cowboys lose this weekend! =) (Go and ahead and tell me what I just said is blasphemous but that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it!)
• Finally caught up watching episodes of The Vampire Diaries - my guilty pleasure

Hope your weekend was great!!

Rewind

So the last two weekends have been very busy..and because I am sure no one wants to read paragraphs of what we did I will tell you what we did in 50 words or less:

• We went to a birthday party for our little friend Zane:

• I had lunch with Dianna who moved back from OK!
• We played Top Golf with our home group
• I helped host a baby shower - I forgot to take pictures of it =)
• We bought an air purifier (lame I know)

So...

...I haven't blogged in awhile. I don't have an excuse except:

1. I'm a really bad procrastinator
2. I've been sucked in by SMUT tv (Bachelor Pad, Keeping Up with the Kardashians etc)
3. I like to cuddle with my dog Lucye when I get home
4. I've been tired

In other news, this is my 100th blogpost. GO ME! Who knew I would actually keep up with something that long? I can't wait til I get to my 200th, 300th etc. How many exciting things will happen to me by then?

I'll be back tomorrow to talk about my last two weekends. Whohoo!

Flashback Happy Birthday

Today our precious niece turned five. I feel like yesterday she was this tiny little baby:

She has transformed into such a beautiful little girl with a compassionate heart and is full of spirit and spunk. She is going to break boys hearts for sure.

Happy Birthday Kaydence! We love you!!