Our 1 Year Tennessee Anniversary!

Apr 8, 2016
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I can't believe it! While we've been enjoying a lot of firsts in Tennessee

First Thanksgiving
First Christmas
Our son's first birthday

Now it's time to celebrate our first anniversary of being Tennessee residents. A whole year has flown by. I'd be lying if I said it's been all sunshine and rainbows. However, through all the ups and downs I can honestly say it has been 100% worth it!

So happy to stretch out after being in the carseat for so long!

My relationship with my husband has been strengthened but most importantly my relationship with the Lord has grown deeper and I'm more aware of Him than I've ever been in my life!

James 1:2-4 (ESV) says this,

2 Count it all joy, my brothers,[a] when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

That's a hard pill to swallow. We have to endure trials?! Yes, we do. This year has been full of trials of all kinds, emotional & physical, and I can testify that when I reached those desperate moments I found God so eager to comfort me and guide me.

We have found an amazing church home and made ourselves partners (aka members) yesterday. Woot woot!! It took a while to get established there. We had to wait out the summer before getting connected with others our age. It was worth the wait, though.

Our small group doing some clean up at the church.

Having no family or friends here sucks really bad sometimes...a lot of the times...okay almost always. So connecting with others there, finding that church family was crucial for us.

My husband still travels too much for work and is trying so hard to find something closer. Prayers for that PLEASE! That creates a huge trial for me, as you can imagine. But I survive. At the beginning that's what I considered a successful week...as long as the baby and I survived I didn't care if the house was a mess or if I ate frozen taquitos all week! (BTW anything frozen was and still is a life saver for me during the week)

Now we seem to be shifting to more thriving. Our son is nearing the walking phase of life. He's so active which is perfect timing for Spring weather. I volunteer at church during the week. They've discovered my love of photography so I've done a little photo work for them which is pretty cool.

Tennessee is home.

Texas has a huge place in my heart. When I went to visit late last year, I never had that feeling of "I'm back home". Yea I was in complete familiar surroundings and loved ones but that's it. There was no ache of "oh no I want to move back" it was more "ok we made the right move"

When God leads you somewhere...GO. Pray about it and go. It's amazing what all I've experienced after getting out of my 31 year comfort zone.