1st Anniversary, Road Trips and Memorial Services

The month of October is finally over!!!  It was such a busy month for Mike and I and I'm hoping that November will be better balanced.  October was a great month but absolutely nonstop.  We were out of town 3 out of the 5 weekends!  We're never gone that much! 

Our Fall Retreat to Lake Havasu was awesome!  I had a great time getting to know peopel that I usually don't spend a whole lot of time with.  I went with a group of mostly girls, a couple guys were there too, on a "walking tour" to London Bridge.  Our walking tour was more of, "Hey, I'm goin to London Bridge, want to come?"  I got to go waterskiing which I haven't done in a while and that of course was great!  I also had the "privilege" of riding the banana boat and getting the wind partially knocked out of me when I flew off the banana boat and into the water.  I'll post pics later!

The second weekend Mike and I were out of town was for our First Anniverary!!!!  Yes, we made it to the one year mark and have had wedded bliss since day 1....yeah right.  But, honestly our first year of marriage has been such a blessing and absolutely wonderful!  We took a two day trip up north to Sedona and had perfect weather the whole time we were there!  We hiked the West Fork trail of Oak Creek Canyon and we couldn't have planned for a better time of day to go--it was cool and shaded and absolutey beautiful with the leaves changing color.  We had a wonderful dinner at a resturaunt called Savanah's and then went to Safeway to get some wine and watch the stars out on the patio of where we stayed.  God even blessed us with two shooting stars!  Day two involved sleeping in and a delicious breakfast followed by shopping around all the stores.  We had two georgous sunsets while we were there and a wonderfully relaxing weekend. 

Weekend #3 of being out of town was a cross country drive from Glendale, AZ to Charlotte, NC to drive my brother-in-law and his new wife to their new home in Camp Lagune which is in Jacksonville, NC.  We left Friday morning about 10am and drove into the airport on Sunday at 5:45pm (30 minutes before our flight took off).  It was a long, long drive but certainly worth the time with my brother-in-law and his wife.  It was a privilgege to help them move most of the way to their new home.  Did I mention it was a long drive?  :-) 

The day after we got back from North Carolina, Mike's grandmother passed away after battling breast and lung cancer.  Actually, a week ago today.  This past Saturday, on Halloween actually, we had her memorial service.  Grandma Ruth had asked Mike about a month ago if he would speak at her service and it ended up that he did her whole memorial service.  The first funeral he did, was his grandmas!  He did an excellent job and I truly believe that the Lord spoke through him!

It has been an exhauasting month!  I'll post pictures up soon, hopefully tomorrow or some other time this week.  I'm hoping that November will be a bit more on the "normal" side and not quite as busy.  But of course the Holidays are coming so who knows!!!  All in all, even when life seems to be more than I can handle, I am blessed and I have been giving an amazing husband to walk through life's ups and downs with.  Not only that, but we have a firm relationship that is centered on Christ and with Him, we can do all things because of the strength that He pours out into our lives!  Be blessed my friends!!!