Honeymoon pictures

At the Air port in Fort Smith.


In the first plane.


At the Dallas Airport.


At the hotel in Boston


The yummiest ice cream! In Boston waiting on our flight


Waiting...


Waiting some more...


In Portugal


Our donut and juice that cost $15!!


At Erica's House in Portugal

At a bull fight.

At the Hotel in Portugal

THE OCEAN!

Haha Jordan got cold

He has a magic touch with Malachi

We got rained on when we were sight seeing

At the Boston Airport on our way home

On our way home.

We had so much fun and learned a lot on our honeymoon! So many memories made!

~Hannah

wedding pictures

There you have it! :) these are some of my favorites.

~Hannah

Confessions

I have been debating with myself on weather or not to write about this. I finally decided to give a go at explaining what is on my mind. I named this post confessions because i am going to confess some things I'm not very proud of. Nothing horrible, just things i struggle with. This may be hard to understand what I'm trying to say, please bare with me. :)

I don't know if anybody is aware,but i have a terrible habit of comparing everything about myself to other people. I can't make it through a day without comparing something about myself. For example...I will see a girl on a commercial on TV and think, "man, why can't i look like that?" Or i will hear of somebody doing something like... playing the piano really well, and i immediately think "man, i wish i could do that, but i can't cause I'm not talented enough." This is a constant thing with me. I do it without really realizing that's what I'm doing. I do it like i breathe. It comes naturally to me. God has shown me that this is such a sad way to live my life. When I'm in this constant state of comparing then i lose my contentment with who God made me to be. I get in the oh pitiful me mode, and then I'm just in a bad mood and then i snap at the people i love the most. I've come to realize that it even runs deeper than that... when i compare myself it makes me feel bad, because I'm putting myself down, so to make myself feel a little better i think of something that i do like about myself and then put the person I'm comparing myself to down...like this..."well, my _______ is better than hers"... so now I'm being judgemental. So, not only have i lost my contentment by comparing...( or a better way to put it would be: being envious), I'm now being judgemental. Another thing is I'm really being prideful, because, to be honest i want to be better than i am....so i can feel good about myself...and be PROUD of myself. So, you see how this habit is so destructive to me, because it doesn't stop at one thing, it leads to another and another and well, you get the picture. In a nutshell it hinders me from serving God with the gifts He did give me. i lose sight of what is important in life, and that is serving God with a JOYFUL heart. it doesn't even matter what i look like or how good i am at doing things. God doesn't care about those superficial things, He cares about what our heart looks like! He wants us to realize that we are weak on our own. With that state of mind He can show Himself strong on our behalf! That brings Him glory. Bringing God glory is one of the best things i can do!! And the truth is that doesn't take a good looking and talented person! Praise GOD! So, now my struggle is stopping this habit. The only way i can think of how to do this is to find my joy in the LORD and not to even let my mind go to the place of compare mode. This is not easy. I have looked for a verse that speaks directly to this and compare isn't in the Bible that i have found. But there are these verses: Proverbs 31:30 "Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." and Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord always; again i will say, rejoice" and Philippians 4:8 " Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things"
So, i know what i need to do, and i have some ammo for the battle ahead. Now, if you would pray for me. We can start this thing. I want so badly to get better about this. :)

~Hannah

2012

Hey! it is the first day of 2012 and i'm excited to see what this year has for us. A quick update on some things... Jordan finished the trusses for the house last Saturday!! YAY! praise the Lord!!! that took a long time! i am so proud of how hard Jordan has worked on all the house stuff. I didn't get any pictures of the trusses... i know i'm failing. :( haha... i think we can finilly start on the up part of the house. :)
on other notes we are having a good time being married. Life has been good. God is good and faithful. We are curently watching our new favorite show...24. yay us! oh and we got internet for Christmas! i can update my blog now!! i'm so excited!! oh and Joshua got us an Ipod! YEAH! i know! :) And we bought a laptop with our Christmas money. we are uptown now!! :) anyhow i'm going to go and enjoy my husband. :)

~me

I'm Back! :)

So it has been a while. I have a good reason though! I have no internet at my house. :) I'm at mom's right now and using her's. Sooo... Married life is WONDERFUL!! I love having our own little house. I love my husband. It is so fun to call him that. :)

So our lives consist of Work, Working on building our house, Church, and yep that's pretty much it. Exciting huh? :P

I'll try to update more often. No promises though. AND... i will upload Honeymoon pictures eventually. :)
Lovin' my life!
~me

2 weeks!!!

I decided to update the blog while this guy, paints a shelf he made me for our house... :) I love him! I am getting very excited! 14 days... that's all! Just 14! 2 little weeks, and i will be Mrs. Wilson!!! How amazing is that?!? All the little details are getting done and I'm kinda just taking it one day at a time, and trying my best to soak in the moments. :) I still can't believe its almost here! All the weeks and weeks of planning!! :) and then it will be over! YAY! haha... and then Terceira Portugal here we come!! I'm so excited about flying and getting to see the ocean!! It is going to be so fun! And just a smidge scary...

We have been blessed beyond what we could of ever imagined! People have just poured blessings on us! I'm having so much fun watching God work things out! I think I'm getting to the point where stuff isn't all that important to me... I'm so ready for the day to just get here....At times it seams so far away still... and then other times i think "Oh my stars!!! I'm getting married! In like, 2 weeks!!" I am convinced that this is very normal though! :)

Today i got to play with Allison! I had so much fun.. she has started talking a lot more and is just a little tricky... I would turn around and "Where's Allison?" yep i chased her all morning long... But it was a blast!

We are going to Jordan's Grandparents tonight for a fish fry... I'm pretty stinking excited!!! I love his Grandma and Grandpa!!! They crack me up! :)

I really am going to try to keep this more up to date.. especially as the wedding gets closer... but I'm not very good at it... so, you will have to forgive me if i don't :) And i really do promise i will put pictures of Portugal up! When we get home.

Lovin' my life!!
~me

5 weeks!

We are down to five weeks! That's 35 days!! I'm so excited! Everything is coming together....the getting there may be a little rough, but its coming together. :) And God is Good all the time!!! Jordan is an amazing person, just in case y'all didn't know. :) I love him so much! Its amazing how God knows exactly who each of us needs. Jordan helps me learn and grow so much. He challenges me to be more, and I'm so thankful for that. I love that we can talk about everything! I can't wait to see what God has for us as we start our lives together... it is going to be an adventure, and I CAN'T WAIT!!!

I have learned so much planning a wedding. I've learned that God does care, about everything! Even the little details like flowers, songs, and ribbon. I've learned that God will always provide just what we need. It may not be what we thought we needed, but it is just what we needed to help us grow. I've learned that a wedding ceremony and all the details of that would have to be one of the strangest ways to start a marriage. :) I think we should just get married... and forget the wedding. JUST KIDDING! A wedding stretches you and bends you and over all stresses you out, but it also helps in the process of two different people becoming one. It forces you to stop all the hussle and bussle and planning and stressing and more planning, and to make a special time just for that person your marring. And that is a skill i'm sure, will come in handy! Because, in the future, as children and other things come along we will still need to make that special time just for us. So, I guess a wedding is a good way to start a marriage. :) I have learned that Jordan is so good to me, even when I'm stressed. I've learned that i love him more everyday, as together we seek God and overcome every problem thrown our way. It has been an experience i will never forget! I have enjoyed it, but I'm ready to be married...and not planning a wedding. Haha...
well i guess I'm done rambling. :)
Lovin' my life!
~me