Wow! 2007 has been the best year we've ever had! Praise God for what he's done in our lives. Jefferson and I met in January, just after my dreaded 30th birthday. Dreaded because I was living in Utah, among married couples with kids by thte age of 25, and here I sat a single Christian woman, feeling as though "my time" would never come. 30 years of roller coaster emotions, feeling confident it would come as friends gave me their many words of encouragement, and not so confident it would come as doubt would set in. Now we're closing the year soon and we discuss our amzing journeys to finding each other almost everyday. We didn't do anything to deserve each other or this amazing love and respect we feel for one another. We just walked, or rather stumbled, into God's blessing.My husband reminds me everyday how thankful and grateful he is to be allowed to be my husband, and that kind of commitment and love only comes from the God who poured love and forgiveness over him 3 short years ago. My husband is an amazing man with an amazing story to tell, where he's come from and the strongholds he's been released of. I wouldn't have liked him very much 4 yrs ago, had we met. But sometimes God needs to break us completely down before we'll allow Him to build us completely up to be the person He wants us to be for His purposes. I just look at him and wonder how it is I get to be best friends with him. This is a guy who went from sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll to listening to Preachers from across the country on his iPod all day at work. What a nerd, right? Oh no, he has a gift of relating to the harshest people and showing love to those who feel and act unloveable. He is shy, but what a people person he has become!
On to our little one. I say "little" because although she is a ripe old age of 9 now, she is quite petite. She is a joy in our lives, miss Mikayl Indigo Martin. We met, fell in love, and then I met her Dad:) We have a great relationship. She tells me everything, no really EVERYTHING! I feel blessed to be able to know her like that. She has a tough life, between 2 homes, different rules, different religions, different values, but she handles it pretty well. She is sometimes confused, wanting to please all 4 of her parents, and grandparents, and cousins, etc. But she is seeing God working in her life, in her Dad's life, and in mine as well. She is a strange child, compared to others her age I mean...favorite TV stations/shows are The Food Network, HGTV, and Hannah Montana and Spongebob. The 3 of us sit, watch these shows together, and eat ice cream all the time. Yes even Jefferson watches these with us. She is my fashion and food consultant. She chooses my work outfits for me and takes me shopping. She has some great taste. Seriously, she chose my outfit for my business cards. SHe goes through my closet everyday she's here and picks out my outfits and jewelry. She's like a tiny 25 yr old girlfriend trapped in a 9 yr old body. She helps me cook dinner, shop and cuddles with me while we watch tv together. She's also quite the dancer. She recently had the opportunity to dance in Disneyland and Universal Studios in October. If I can figure out how to add the video footage we recieved, I will.
Among dating, engagement, wedding plans, and providing food, laundry and nuturing for a new family (boy 3 people eat alot!!) this past year also included saying goodbye to teaching and hello to the world of Real Estate for this busy woman. I don't think I've sat down much the past 10 months. Time seems to fly by faster than ever before, and my favorite time of day is the evening relaxing with my husband, laughing and crying together at our favorite shows (the Office, Chuck, and the Biggest Loser). My new business is going very well, despite the market, and we are very excited at the thought of buying a house together to raise our future children in sometime this summer. Mikayl has designed her room in her head already! We're finally settling down into our new busy lives. And enjoying every moment of it. In this new married life, our ministry and time has been focused on each other the most, so we thought a blog was a good way to keep in touch and share our lives with friends and family. Thank you for sharing your with us as well!
