Prayer

Prayer is such a wonderful and powerful thing.  So many times I have prayed for many things, but my prayer recently has been for the Lord to find out where Britt and I are suppose to be.  Where am I going to work when I am done with school? Is Britt going to find a job if mine isn't around here?  Does God have a mission that we need to fill?  So many questions!  God has been so good to me especially over the past three years, he has brought Britt and I together, allowed me to get into Radiologic Technology school, got me through the hard parts of juggling school, work and being a good homemaker, and so much more! I can say I'm excited about the future but am still waiting to know what the plan will be, I keep on a praying, knowing I will know when the time is right!

Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Crunch Time and Baby Updates

With the end of x-ray school approaching, we are in some serious testing mode.  I normally have a test every class, so testing really isn't anything new!  However, in registry review class the testing gets a little serious!  I am all finished with my comprehensive tests, so now I get to start the process of going thru my tests, highlighting the correct answer and finding it in the book and writing what page number it is found on.  The "corrected" tests will all be turned in, in a couple of weeks, talk about some serious work!  Next week we start the mock registries, from what I understand these are suppose to be really hard so that we are able to pass our test and it will seem like a breeze. For the past 5 years with 2 classes each year, our school has had a 100% pass rate for the registry, so hopefully that stays the same!  I am finally nearing the end of school, we just had "mid terms" so we are halfway thru and I am only 5 weeks away from graduation! I can't wait!

My little sister has a name finally and will name her baby Beau Russell! Baby Beau will be making his appearence in February I can't wait to meet the little guy!  I also can't wait to meet little Carlie girl, I will be busy planning away on her shower following the 19th of December when I take my boards!  I have a lot of neat ideas and can't wait to put them into action! 

That's about all that's going on for now! Here's to a fabulous week :)

1 Month Anniversary

Britt and I have been married one month today!

  It seems crazy, the last 4 weeks has blown by right before my eyes!  Here are a few pictures from our special day!

My beautiful dress

The Unity Cross

A girl from class told me about the Unity Cross, I was so glad that she did,  It was one of my favorite parts of our wedding.  The sculpture is something we can always look at and remember our special day and be reminded that God is the true center of our marriage and life. 

One of my favorite pictures that our fabulous photographers captured!

This may have been when the preacher called Britt, Brittany.  Pastor Derek said he had dreams the night before he kept messing up Britt's name and calling him Brittany, he slipped up one time, but everyone had a good kick out of it. Britt is a great sport and is pretty used to people hamming up his name, it's either Brett, Brent, or they think that I am Britt :)

Here's to many years and a life long of happiness with my wonderful husband!

8 weeks and since the wedding....

I really can't believe it, I only have 8 weeks left of school,  it feels so good to say that!  My final term is so hard, just a lot of review and busy work to get prepared for the big registry, but hey if it gets me a pass on the test I am all for it!

My BFF Andrea had a reveal party of little POP, and it's a girl.  Ms. Carlie will be here before we know it, I was totally pumped!  Also, my Sister told me last week that she was expecting on my birthday which is February 24th, meaning she was 21 weeks pregnant.  Carey was in my wedding and I really had NO CLUE!  So I am going to have 2 babes to spoil come February, hopefully they will allow my baby fever to subside for a little bit :). 

That's about it for now, here's to a good rest of the week!

Mrs. Nelson

I am a Mrs. now, it makes me feel old, but I am loving it!  Here is a picture from our wedding,  it was a beautiful day and couldn't have went any better!  I will update with more pictures once they are back from the photographer :)

6 days

        I can't believe it's almost here, it seemed like so long ago when we planned to get married 1 year from the day we got engaged but yet here it is!   My work schedule is a little different this week, and less hectic since I don't have school ( I'm on break). I am working 4-10's and then a couple evenings because I wasn't able to work on Saturday,  I had to attend a wedding and a baby shower! Even though I am working less hours compared to my 72, I have many appointments this week with the preacher, hair, dj, we met with the photographer today and my dress fitting.  I am sure there will be more to add to this, but this is it for now.  I still have a couple small details to finish up, but my list that was so long a couple of weeks ago is dwindling with just a few more items! 



       I can finally honestly say, I am excited for the wedding, up until this week though, I have been just wanting to get it over with. It sounds so harsh, but my schedule made my wedding planning just something else on my plate.  Thank goodness for the fact that my event center does almost everything for me, and I just had the little details left, which made my life so easy when it came to planning the wedding!

      Here's to a good final week of being a single lady and a Denniston, I can't wait to Mrs. Nelson, and I'm only 6 days away! 

Struggles

Everyone struggles at some point in time.  I seem to struggle in phases, or so it seems. Anytime, I am having a struggle, I pray and try to find a Bible verse to get me through, or I may cry and have a pity party for myself or, I may do a combination of any of these.  It seems lately though, I have struggled alot.

I hate struggling, it seems it catches me at the worst times.  Recently I have been struggling about getting a job right out of school, working 72 hours a week, not being able to buy a house and living in a 1 bedroom apartment (don't get me wrong my apartment is nice, I just want a house of my own), and having children. 

I know that God always says he will provide for you, but sometimes I feel like I struggle with the speed of things, I want things right now, and I can't have them right now.  I found a pretty awesome Bible verse yesterday, after a struggle of having to work, after a long day at the hospital and it is:

Psalm 37:4
   Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart

This Bible verse is so true in so many ways, I have to put my trust in the good Lord upstairs that he will take care of me and give me things when he knows that I am ready.  He knows what I want and everything will fall in place, if it is something I want but it's not right for me, I know that I will be okay, because God never gives me something that I can't handle.

I'm trying to focus on the good things and have a positive outlook on life.  Even if something brings me down, it's important that I focus on the positive, and know that I will have a great friend walking through the struggle with me!