It's a Family Affair

So turns out that getting married isn't just about J and I. Well, I knew this, sort of. But yesterday, dear sweet Mama Bird day, God revealed to me that J and I are not just making our own family, but in fact, bringing together two families into one.

Yesterday was going to be a day at the zoo with Mama Bird and her boys, J and I... Then his step-mom extended a dinner invitation to my family and I. J was really excited about it so I reluctantly passed the idea by my mom. (So often there are so many reasons... Baby Bear doesn't like to sit still through dinner and is a picky eater, the house would be full and noisy, Popsicle gets confused about what's going on and that can stress us all out... and the list goes on) To my surprise, Mama Bird said yes, let's do it.

And from here the night went wonderfully!

I have never been in a house full of so much love and happiness. We laughed. We prayed. We fellowshipped. We bonded. We grew, not as two families, but as one.

I knew J was perfect for me just six short months after we started dating, but last night, God affirmed that knowledge. He showed every one of us in the house that not only did J and I love each other, but everyone was enjoying the love.

"So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let no man separate." -Matthew 19:6 

Through the course of the next four months (and one day), God is not simply bringing J and I together, but instead, He is bringing together our entire families... A safety net where any man who should try to break us apart can become tangled because of the bonds between our family. I'm excited to grow more wrapped up in J and his lovely family!

I Want to be THAT Kind of Wife

Growing up in church I always heard about the Proverbs 31 wife... She is a precious woman who knows what it means to be kind, trustworthy, a good steward of her faith, husband, and family while providing compassionate, generous help to those around her. Yeah, I want to be like her... But there's another woman that I hear about often and would love to be like.

Two Simply Sweet Note: I didn't get this off some random site... I made it myself! Go ahead and borrow, just remember to give credit where it's due!

The Country Song Wife

There ain't nothin' not affected when two hearts get connected (Brad Paisley) 

Because I win and you win when it's who loves who more  (Thompson Square) 

But you know we're gonna make it, that's a pretty safe bet (Thompson Square)

She's small town from the country, she ain't big time, but she could be (Rascal Flatts)  

I still remember you came by my trailer with some chicken legs and homemade wine.  

(Steel Magnolia) 

And when I got home... before I said Amen, asking God if he'd play it again  

(Taylor Swift) 

Mama, you taught me to do the right things. (Carrie Underwood) 

And the most beautiful girl holding both of them (Lonestar) 

And his heart belongs to that sweet, little, beautiful, wonderful, perfect, All-American girl. (Carrie Underwood)

Then she walks up behind me and throws her arms around my neck (Rascal Flatts) 

The love for me, girl, I see in your eyes... That's beautiful, beautiful every time. (Lee Brice) 

My oh my, you're so good-looking, hold yourself together like a pair of bookends (Blake Shelton)

And I, I, I gotta believe, there has to be a you for every girl like me (Sugarland) 

And the heart of a faithful woman, who never let him forget (Lee Brice) 

You'll always be my angel no matter what you do, cause you take me to heaven just by being you.
(Steel Magnolia) 

She's my kind of rain like love from a drunken sky (Tim McGraw) 

Oh if you could read my mind, you'd know you're everything I need (Tim McGraw)

That little girl smile, that woman in your eyes (Brooks & Dunn)

I ain't saying I'm perfect, but I promise I'm worth it (Sugarland) 

Cause I heard Jesus, he drank wine and I'd bet we'd get along just fine (Miranda Lambert) 

Country (shoot) from her cowboy boots to her down home roots, she's country from the songs she plays to the prayers she prays ( Jason Aldean) 

I've got myself a wonderful country star worthy man 

(if only his voice matched his amazingness - wink, wink).

I just hope I can be the country babe he deserves!