A Ring Upon Your Finger

 I grabbed the wrong hand at first.

 We made a solemn vow with our right hands.

2 weeks from today I will be celebrating 2 years of having Isaiah wear a wedding band that says his heart belongs to me.

17 wks down 23 to go!

Almost half way there-

3wks until we find out if it's a boy or a girl- (yes we are finding out)

I didn't think I'd be the type to want to know before hand but now that I've seen it I really want to know!

Isaiah has been back up in Alaska a little over two wks and should be back home for good good (I'm hoping) for the rest of the yr in 2 wks. He is purse seining now and loves it.

I was really excited that he got the opportunity to go!

So I finally got nights at work! Three 12 hr night shifts! Yay! It's my ideal job at the hospital- working in  the ER and hospital side and only 3 nights a wk so I get 4 days off YES!

Although I don't plan on working after I become a mother- I would enjoy working there again many years down the road when all my kids are grown up but that is a long ways off.

Hopefully I will have more time to write about my thoughts now instead of a quick update on life here every 2 months :)

"The Lord has been so good to me, I feel like traveling on!"

Fishing, Folly and Fry

Once there was a girl who want to hike to Cliff Lake.

She had heard how beautiful it was up there and that many fish could be caught.

So with her handsome prince as her guide they drove the blue stallion up a curvy dirt road

Fought off mosquitoes

Hiked up the beautiful narrow path

Searched for just the right spot 

And he prince caught her 3 cut throat and one big fat brown trout.

Victory!

But this story doesn't end here...

As fate would have it a terrible pointy beast wounded their blue stallion on the way back to the castle.

With trees blocking the signals we tried to send to a nearby castle 

They were left with each other and 10 miles to walk

But alas! One message got through! And the King came to rescue them.

They mended the blue stallion, rejoiced with friends, and had a very late fish fry.

The End

Cliff Lake July 27th, 2012

Baby on Board

Hello, I'm very pleased to announce that Isaiah and I are going to have a baby due January 27th!

When Isaiah and I got the pregnancy test we had to wait until morning for better results.

Well, I could hardly wait, 6am I popped out of bed!

I woke Isaiah up with my giggling of happiness and he shot out of bed to kiss me.

My Mom was the first one I called...then we both told my mother-inlaw. After that we were so excited we couldn't stop telling people.

Isaiah left for Alaska to go commercial fishing so I took my Mom to my first and second midwife

appointments. Isaiah is on his way home now so he will first see the picture of his baby when he gets home.

Last Sunday the baby was 12 wks- so this is how big he or she is.

Though I haven't been very sick praise God I have been reallly really tired.

So please pray that I will regain my energy as I enter into the 3rd trimester.

Bad Choices and Other Things I do.

Yesterday I decided after working so hard sitting on my butt using my brain as a bat against the computer that I would come home from work and eat junk. Yes, the half-marathon is in 6 weeks, and yes I was supposed to run 9 miles that evening but there I was eating baked fries with a ton of ketchup- of course this was after I ate 5 macadamen nut , caramel and chocolate clusters. What a pig!
Today I was a good girl- I only ate 2/3 of a water melon and thought "Oh yeah I can do this and not have to pee all day!". My boss actually complemented me on my work- she tells me I look pretty when I work in the business office and am wearing cute clothes and not scrubs. A 98 yr old patient told me a I was the sweetest girl she ever met and then proceeded to tell me how she loves what the church has done with the place. Another patient brought his dog with him to the ER- after driving there from his house, after he wrecked his motorcycle breaking ribs and dragging it home with a flat tire...yeah...don't know about this guy...but his dog was cute. There was a giant red bra in the break room at work- in a wal-mart bag....no one claimed it...but we all were a couple cups smaller...that made me laugh and a few other people too- see I work with weirdos too-
So I came home and ate a protein shake (yay healthy!) then ran my 9 miles from yesterday and had a relaxing time doing so. I ran off the stress and had to just focus on my breathing getting myself into a rhythm I closed my eyes and just listened to my feet hit the ground and it was really nice...yeah there were hills and it rained a little but the run as a whole was really nice.
I really glad God watches out for me- I mean I don't always to the right thing- and I'm kinda weird and he still loves me and He gives the best gifts- He gave me the best friend I could have on earth, Isaiah McGuffey. This week has been really wacky on us bc I've been working days and he works nights and he will be leaving in two weeks for Alaska to commercial fish for 8 weeks (wahhhhhh!) but he has bee such a sweetie- coming and having lunch with me or staying up a little later so we can visit- and listen to me talk about babies/kids/pregnancy/being a mom...wow he should get a crown in heaven for that because I think I have worn out the subject more than 2,000 times and he listens with a grin on his face.
So there Mom- I wrote. Thank you for making me.

Haven Your Heart

One of my sisters is doing something I did not expect her to do- she was so boy crazy- I was really worried about her that she would get her heart broken. Today I am very proud of her she is a warrior at keeping her heart safe.

My husband and I were talking late Saturday night on the subject of saving your heart and how the devil will try to sway your heart when you are young to use later when you're married and times are rough.

Sunday morning I was thinking about that so I went to the teen class room and wrote "Save your heart for your future spouse!" on their marker board.

You may think this isn't important or I'm just being silly-but it is and I'm not if you want to have a good marriage you need to give your spouse your heart.

Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Keep means to protect, guard, watch after-

Do you let your heart slip away on a crush that becomes something more.

Is your heart hanging on the every word of someone. Does your heart jump at the call or text of him or her. Does it pound in your ears when you see them?

You may not think this is a big deal until you are in a fight with your spouse and you remember how wonderful it was with so and so or your sugar had too much sugar and doesn't look as great as that crush in high school does now.

At the age of 13 I gave my emotional heart to the Lord and told Him I never wanted to date. I wanted to keep my heart safe until my husband was ready to receive it. And boy was he glad that I did. I don't know how many times we thank each other for saving our first kisses for each other. Isaiahs' hand is the only one I've ever held. He saved all his "I'm so in love with you!" looks for me.

Marriage is meant to be a once in a lifetime thing- why aren't young adults preparing for it? Why aren't they encouraged to save their heart?

I puked.

Sorry for the overshare- but I haven't been puky sick in a long time and yesterday after coming home from a very fast run with Isaiah (maybe went a little too fast) I went inside and felt so sick in my tummy I puked right in my hands (ewwwwww) a little shocked I ran to the bathroom and yeah....more and more. People at work have been getting the flu and I think I have it now....so I am home...kinda nice to stay in bed but hearing your tummy gurgle kinda makes me scared.

So as I was lying in bed a little distressed I started thinking about morning sickness and how I don't think I would mind puking so much if I knew there was a precious baby growing inside me...thinking about this made me sigh and start smiling- my husband came in and he thinks I'm crazy :)

Saturday:

Isaiah and his two brothers helped him outline where the yurt will be and put a few logs in a barrel of diesel so the ends can soak it up and prevent rotting. I watched while holding my favorite fat orange cat that belongs to my in-laws. For dinner David (another one of Isaiahs' brothers) chicken Alfredo and Italian sausage Alfredo- with a very yummy salad too. Ahhh- thinking of food right now makes me sick.... :(

So anyways we had a good time.

Sunday:

We drove to Missoula for church, Isaiah is starting to preach in the jail some Sundays and this was his first time- I couldn't go with him so I ran a few errands then we both went shopping for tools. Hearing him talk about the jail really made me sad- a lot of those guys have families that they are missing out on because of what they did.

I can't wait for the April meeting at our church! It starts in two weeks for two days- super excited about it!

And that's the update-