Thursday, May 31, 2012

BABY!!

Ok, first of all.. I'm pleased to announce that we will be welcoming a little Baby Wilbur in December!! Secondly, my plan in starting this blog was to be able to remember all of the ups and downs that come with being pregnant and I can assure you I will be very honest... but I promise I won't be graphic. Well I decided to start blogging before I told the world we were having a baby. So I'm sorry for the random and sparse posts before now. As of yesterday our big news went public.. aka- I put it on facebook.

We are very blessed that the Lord is allowing us the amazing privilege of being parents. Wow. Parents. That is a weird pill to swallow. I'm very excited but also a little weirded out that I'm going to be a mom. Don't get me wrong, I know i'll be the world's greatest ;) it's just so surreal that in the near future someone will call me mommy. It is a very sweet thought to imagine hearing that. But I still picture myself as a 16 year old so its hard to imagine I'm old enough/mature enough to be a mother.

Ultimately, it comes down to faith. God is entrusting Jeremy and I with the responsibility of raising this sweet baby. I know far too well that God isn't going to give us something that with His help we can't handle. God is so good and always always faithful. So even in the midst of my exhaustion and puking, what a sweet blessing it is that God is allowing us to be parents.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Arlington

As, I mentioned in my previous post, my husband Jeremy is the student pastor at Bellevue Arlington. Isn't he Cute?!

 Bellevue Arlington is a satellite campus from what we refer to as Big Bellevue. We meet Sunday mornings at Arlington high school. Jeremy and I both attended Big Bellevue before coming out to Arlington. We actually were with the first group of members who came out to start this campus. We felt God leading us out to serve, so we were obedient and left everything we knew at Big Bellevue for a new adventure. The first Sunday was in September of 2009. It has been an amazing almost 3 years. God has done a great work in our lives and in the lives of the people of Arlington. He turned a group of about 90 people into now we average anywhere between 300-400 every Sunday. It wasn't until this past January they brought Jeremy on staff. We are so blessed that God is allowing us to be a part of what He is doing in Arlington. Not only do we love our church and the people of Arlington but we love the town. We are hoping the Lord opens a door for us to buy a house in the area so we can actually be a part of the community.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

A Full Weekend


Boy, did we have a busy weekend! It all started Friday night as we drove to Collierville to hang out with our favorite Griffins (Scott, Brittany and Sawyer) Brittany picked up a meat stuffed pizza from Papa Murphy's. I had heard people rave about this place and let me just say it did not disappoint!! It was ginormous and delicious. Then as always we played a game. Us Wilburs love to play games. Normally while at the Griffns' we stick to the normal... cards, mario party or monopoly (we have had some intense late night battles of monopoly at the Griffins'...in fact, one such night in 2010 we put Brittany into labor :) However, Friday night was so nice that we played outside. We created a game called WilFin ball. I wont go into details but it was hilarious and a lot of fun. Scott won and of course he gloated the whole night about it. Jeremy came in a close second and Brittany and I battled for last. After our intense game we went inside and ate some of Brittany's delicious cookies, played catch phrase(which the girls totally dominated) and then watch Tower Heist...

which was pretty good. Scott and I were really the only ones that watched it. Jeremy fell asleep and Brittany was playing on her Ipad most of the movie. It was a classic late night at the Griffins' as we drove home....and by we, I mean Jeremy because I always get a nap as we drive back from Collierville.

Then, bright and early on Saturday I had to coach my T-Ball team. After t-ball I ran home to change clothes and drove out to Arlington where they were having their annual Arlington in April Festival.

Jeremy, as Bellevue Arlington Student Pastor, had to be there at like 6:30 to help set up our inflatable that the church rented for kids to play on. When I got there at about 11 we were able to walk around the square where all the vendors were set up. But more importantly where all the food was. If you know me at all you know that I love food. All of it. Put it in front of me and I will eat it. There are a few foods that I love because of the obvious reason....it's delicious flavor, but for another reason in that it brings back memories from certain places.... this guy is no exception.

The Pronto Pup.Who doesn't love a Pronto Pup?! I need mine to be covered in mustard. Eating one of these takes me back to going to the Mid-South Fair down at the fairground every September. Riding rides all day, making my mom carry my jacket, following my sister and her cool friends and loving every minute! Also, while at Arlington in April I made the mistake of sitting in the sun all day with no sunscreen. I have a very fair complexion..really I'm almost clear I'm so white.. so I knew this was going to be trouble and was it ever. I was out there from 11-4 and got the worst sunburn of my life. Here's a brief look at it...this was taken about 3:30...





After we left Arlington we went home cleaned up and met my family for dinner at China Royal... I looooove chinese food. Its always fun being around my family even when they do make jokes about my sunburn.

Then on Sunday we had church and afterwards we had a sweet potluck lunch. Jeremy had planned a fun afternoon with our students which consisted of fishing and corn hole on one of our members pieces of land about 20 minutes outside of Arlington.

 To our surprise the girls had more fun fishing than the boys. Of course I was still in so much pain from my ridiculous sunburn that I sat in the shade and then the car and offered drinks and sandwiches to everyone. Sunday night we had a sweet time of bible study and fellowship with our life group.

I just realized how long this post was. I'll eventually figure out a way to condense all of my ramblings...just go with it for now.