Thanksgiving wishes

Happy Thanksgiving! We are off to Snyder tomorrow with a stop in Lubbock to do some Christmas shopping before. I'm hoping Tyler will kill deer this week or maybe I might try. :)

Vehicle Adventures

We have another opportunity to get a vehicle this next week. A man that is a deacon in our church is in the car business and is going to help us. We would REALLY like this vehicle, but are not getting our hopes up. We feel like we did when we were trying to buy a house. Patience is key I suppose. Please, please be praying for us, that God would work all this out and that we would just remember that He is our Provider and ALWAYS does what is best for us. We know that His timing is best too, because obviously our timing isn't. We are just excited to see what happens and know that SOMETHING will happen....

The sweetest heartbeat

Yesterday I had my second doctor's appt. and the doctor put this little machine on my stomach that let you hear the baby's heartbeat. It was the sweetest thing! We didn't get to hear the heartbeat at our first visit, so it was such a blessing to get to hear it yesterday. Tyler wasn't able to go with me because of church, but he got to hear about it from me. I'm not going to schedule any more appts. on Wednesdays.
So, the baby sounded great and I got a flu shot and everything is going well. We will go back in 4 weeks (Dec. 18) for the big ultrasound where they will tell us what the sex of the baby is. It will be a sweet Christmas present and we are looking forward to it. :)

X on the blue tahoe

Well, bad news: no blue 2007 tahoe for Haley. :( But the Lord is teaching me so much through all this car stuff. Yes, I have a new car. No, I don't. Wait, yes I do....Oh well, no I do not.... It has been really hard and confusing. We still don't know what will happen or what vehicle we'll get. All we can do is just keep praying and trust that the Lord will provide in His timing...He has shown me how spoiled I am, how he has spoiled with His riches and blessings...and then when He doesnt give me the blessing I want and when I want it, I get upset. Man. What a brat I am!
Forgive me, God, for being so selfish and not just being content with whatever happens.

Baby belly?

Here's the first picture I have taken of my belly since being pregnant. I think I was trying to pooch it out some. :) This is it at 12 weeks. I'm now at 15 weeks. It hasn't change at all. I'm still in all my normal clothes, but I'm planning on getting some maternity clothes in Tyler next weekend at this cool maternity store they have there. I'll post another pic as soon as this baby grows a little more and there's a change to see.

Old pics from Snyder weekend in Oct.

We went to Snyder the weekend of my birthday in Oct and these are just some pics from then. I haven't been a picture uploader lately.

The weekend was awesome. We spent it resting, fishing, going for long walks, and spending time with our family. Hudson was exploring everything all the time and one morning found Tyler's boots. Haddon got many, many a kiss from his Aunt Haley. And the picture of me and Tyler...well that just shows you what we usually look like when we are in Snyder. No makeup, no shave...we enjoy going all natural when we go out to the country. :)

Tahoe

We finally know what vehicle we are getting. Our friend got us one this week and so the plan is now to fly to east Texas next weekend to pick it up and then drive it home. We hope everything works out and we think we will like it. It is a 2007 chevy tahoe with 31,000 miles. He said it is a blue color, one of the new colors they have. We weren't really wanting blue, but I looked it up on the internet and think it will be pretty. He is suppose to email us some pictures of it next week. So, that's that. I was just relieved that he got us one. The Lord is good and always provides. I think it will look like the picture above.

Hoping for a vehicle...

This week we are eagerly awaiting news that we have a vehicle to pick up in Tyler, Tx. A family friend has been trying to get us one at auctions in Dallas for the past two weeks but hasn't been able to yet. So, we're hoping and praying this is THE WEEK. We will find out either on Wed. or Thurs. If he gets us one, we will then buy airlines tickets to fly to Dallas. Brooke and Blake will pick us up and then we'll head to Tyler to get our new car! We are anticipating him getting us a tahoe or surburban. (used of course) so we're just gonna wait and see. I haven't had my own vehicle since the wreck so it will be so exciting to finally own my own again.

Great wisdom

http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2008/11/some-initial-thoughts-on-prayi.php

Obama

Honestly, I have been anxious about this election. I haven't been exactly sure why though. I think I was worried because I knew there was a chance Obama could win. And in my mind I fear that he's going to let terrorists come over and bomb us all. I guess I have only heard all the negative about him and what will, or could, happen if he was to be president. And I just hate abortion so much and it breaks my heart to know he could allow so many more to take place than already have. I have always feared democrats being in control, just because of most of their views. My dad has always taught me alot about politics so have always been interested. In the past I can't remember thinking about an election this much and maybe it has to do with the fact that Tyler and I are starting our own family and we're about to have a child of our own and that we are on our own.
I turned to the Psalms last night as I watched some on tv.
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?" 27:1
"The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him." 28:7

I have prayed and prayed about this election, trusting that the God's will would be accomplished and I know it always will. What a relief to know that. His plan is best and He is in absolute control, not Obama. We can trust the Lord and not be afraid of what's to come. We should thank Him even when things don't go as we would have hoped for and the future is unknown. He holds the future and will strengthen us for whatever is ahead.
Tyler has told me over and over this. God is soverign and has everything in His hands no matter who becomes our president.

Glad November's here

Halloween is over and now it's time to look forward to Thanksgiving and putting up Christmas decorations. There's 3 1/2 weeks till Thanksgiving and Tyler and I will be eagerly awaiting it. We are going back to Snyder this year for Thanksgiving and it was so much fun last year because it snowed. We are hoping it snows again this year. And we get to stay out there more than just two days, which gives us more time to enjoy it.

This week is busy for us. Our church has been doing this drama called "Eternity" and Tyler has a small part in it, so he will be working tonight, Tues. night, and Wed. night this week.
I have taken down all the Halloween decorations in my classroom and it's nice. I'm thankful Halloween dosen't last all year.

Also, please be praying that we will find a vehicle soon for me. A family member who is a used car salesman is looking for us and if he finds one this week we will get to go to east Tx this weekend and pick it up! I am hoping this works out because it would be so nice to see my family, especially my neice.

So that's all from Clovis.