not sure how to start...

i've got a lot to say in this one but i will start with some honeymoon pictures...

here we are leaving for mexico!!! very excited but also really tired...


here is the view from our balcony...


here is my handsome husband...



we went whale watching, it was wonderful...


we also went snorkeling...

i took this from the boat, the water was so clear...


i took this picture of these rocks i found in the ocean.


i was standing on the beach, staring out at the ocean with the water washing over my feet overcome with the goodness of the Lord. i would pick up these rocks and think, you made these Lord, people pay lots of money to have their kitchen counters look like this and you just make it. they used to be giant rocks and one day they will be sand and that is just what you do.

it was one of those moments when the Lord's presence was so clear to me that it was almost too overwhelming...overwhelming and wonderful.

a few days before i got married a dear friend of mine, a lady i loved very much, went to be with Jesus. i have missed her and remembered her over the past few months and in the heart ache clung to the promises of our good Lord. i've prayed through tears knowing that the Lord does things for good and that He is trustworthy in all things, even the things He does that i don't understand at all and that honestly really make me angry.

thankfully this lesson began on the beach that day looking at the water and holding rocks in my hand. He is good and i know that by His grace.

on another note, we have officially been married 3 months tomorrow. it has been a wonderful, painful, Jesus-dependent 3 months. it turns out i am very selfish but thankfully my husband is full of grace. it really has been delightful. dominick is so funny and so in love with our Lord and it has been such a blessing to be his wife.

also i started working at a daycare. i don't love it everyday but i'm working on it. this is my main excuse for my blogging infrequency. if you are still checking it then i appreciate it and will try to blog with more regularity in the future.

love to all, especially those who live in pa and ar