We are still alive

I promise that we are still alive and well-even though you wouldn't be able to tell from our blog. I also promise that I had a lengthy post a while back about how awesome Christmas break was between spending it with family in Pensacola, going to Tennessee and staying in my parent's cabin, and going to the Passion Conference in Atlanta..but unfortunately it was lost and I never felt up to re-typing it :( I apologize. However..just know that we had a great December and January full of relaxation and February has been just as great thus far (and I think its gonna get even better)!

In January, we got to go to my parents house for about a week and spend time with them! It was a ton of fun and I really enjoyed just getting to relax and see so many people. We also got to go to Orlando. We've been wanting to do this for a while now since we have year passes to Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios! Since we're moving soon, we realized its now or never so we found a condo on Groupon and went! I had a BLAST. I forgot how much I love theme parks and rides :) We also went back a few days later with friends (Christie, Justin, and Lauren)...and that was awesome too! I love being surrounded by great friends while also doing something so fun! The Harry Potter ride is the best, by far. If you haven't been you need to stop what you're doing right now (you can come back to reading) and buy tickets to Islands of Adventures. I'm serious. Its that awesome. I'll put pictures up when I get home a little later.

In other-less fun-news, I take the NCLEX (my boards for nursing) on Valentine's Day. Woohoo! SO romantic! :) But it was the next day that was available and I HAVE to take them ASAP in order to get a JOB! Plus, we are leaving to go visit Texas and go house hunting on the 15th so I didn't really have an option. However, currently I am at Panera studying for that wonderful dreadful exam. Thank goodness for broccoli cheddar soup to make studying a little better! Prayers are very much appreciated for this because its pretty much mandatory that I pass this time..since like I said before I need a job NOW!

Back to exciting/fun news, starting tomorrow until Sunday afternoon, Cory and I are having a "staycation". We were planning on going to St. Augustine or Hilton Head but realized it would be more difficult and we want to make the most of Gainesville before leaving. Even though I'll still have study some on those days, I'm looking forward to Cory not having to work and getting to explore some things in Gainesville that we haven't yet-despite me being here for 6 years and him for 4!

Last night we had a long discussion about what the next couple of months are going to look like. Well, we figured out that we are going to plan on moving into our new house on March 15. This made things SO real for me...and honestly made me more nervous and scared than I thought I was going to be. :/ I know that God is in complete control and He will be faithful through it all, and I'm so thankful for that comfort, but I know how much change is going to be happening in the next couple of months and I just freaked out a little bit.

Prayer points for this week:
-The NCLEX
-Job searching
-House hunting
-Making the most of the time left in Gainesville
-Mammaw had surgery today, she's doing well but pray for continued recovery!
-For Grammie's health-they've found she has CHF so please pray for wisdom and comfort
-For our trip out to Dallas on the 15th-safe traveling, wisdom, for us to be sensitive to God's leading as far as a new church, house, job, etc
-For our fears to be relieved and for us to trust that God will be faithful (as He ALWAYS has-so who are we to doubt?! Its still hard though..just being honest.)

Thank you everyone for listening :) Be looking for more updates soon! I promise to not go so long between posts next time!!