Our First

Our first

house.

Our First

living room.

Our First

kitchen.

Our First

bedroom.

Our First

guest bedroom.

Our First

bathroom.

The other

first bathroom.

Our First

washer and dryer.

That is it.

Our first house!

It needs some work

(painting, new carpet, some "modernization")

but it is 

ours.

Jason and I.

Our house!

WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!!!

Now the question is this:

Where is it?

and 

Why are we going there???

39 days to go!!! :)

50 days to go!

Dear Jason,     

In 50 days I am

going to be your lil wife.

From the very beginning,

I knew that I wanted to be yours.

I remember those first few months

where I only dreamed that you

would ever notice me.

The dance was the first time

I knew that you really liked me.

You asked me to dance

and we did.

Under the stars.

Bare feet in the grass.

You didn't let go of my hands.

And you didn't stop looking at me.

Your heart was in your eyes.

It was a night fairy tales are made of :)

Once we were engaged.

It was as if the Lord had given me

more than I could have ever

dreamed when

He gave me you.

 

We have fun together.

Big things.

Like Parasailing.

Little things.

Like picking rocks

and me tripping into

deliberately being put

into mud puddles THREE TIMES!

It was fun :)

Those are the things

 memories

are made of :)

I love your smile :)

Did you know that you smile

a special smile

just when you look at me?

It makes me melt :)

 I am amazed over and over again

by how patient you are.

These last few weeks have been hard

but you haven't left.

You haven't given up on me.

You love me in spite of knowing me.

It blows my mind.

 I am ready to be your wife.

I am so tired of having to say good bye.

Of watching you drive away.

But soon ,oh so soon,

we won't ever have to say good bye

and drive away again!

I.

Can't.

Wait!

 I can hardly wait.

I am so excited about

being able to serve my Jesus

by your side

for the rest of my life

God willing!

I have so much to learn.

I am so undeserving of a man of God like you.

But I am excited.

Because I get to learn and grow

by your side.

Oh how I pray that I will be the

wife God calls me to be.

I can hardly wait till you

are my main responsibility

instead of trying to balance

work, school, wedding planning,

family, friends, Bible studies, etc...

Not saying I don't love most of those

responsibilities but I am

ready to not have to worry about quite

so many and just focus on you :)

My prince.

My hero.

My God-send.

My playmate.

My lover.

My best friend.

When God made me

He was thinking about you!

You are perfect for me.

You are beyond what I could have

ever dreamed or imagined!

God is amazing!

I love you with all my heart!

God help me to love you more!

Love,

Your Girl,

Katy Soon to be Hollands :)

All photo credits go to my

amazing friend Rebecca.

Check out her blog here:

A Rather Unusual Maiden for God.

Rebecca and I met through

our blogs and she has become such

a dear friend since :)

She is also engaged and I don't know

what I would do without her

to laugh and cry with :)

I am so blessed by her friendship even though

we haven't even met in person!

These beautiful pictures

were her wedding gift to me :)

My favorite one so far!

I can hardly wait

to get them printed off and put in a picture frame :)

Love you girl <3:)

Lack of wisdom...teeth?

(Source)

 

 

 

 

 

So, what do I have in common with this young man.

Well, tomorrow I will be sitting

in a dentists chair.

Getting a shot in my mouth.

And getting one of my 

wisdom teeth

taken out.

Gulp.

So why am I 

enduring this torture

subjecting myself to this procedure.

Well, because 

apparently

my mouth is to small.

Oh yes, 

those of you who know me

in real life and know

how much I love to talk are 

probably rolling on the

floor right now laughing.

Ahem.

Physically my mouth is too small.

So last week I noticed

my wisdom tooth 

was starting to poke through

and then this Sunday

I was sitting in church and 

realized that my teeth 

felt a little weird.

Then I realized that my bottom teeth

have indeed been shifting.

Sigh.

Because they had shifted so much

in just a few short days

we decided I needed

to get in as 

soon as possible 

so we could prevent them

from shifting more.

So praise the Lord!

I got an appointment tomorrow.

At 8:45am.

And after that.

I get to rest for this next week.

I am so excited! 

And ready to just...rest.

So yes,

I will be in pain.

But not too bad Lord willing

since it will only be one out.

Yes, I will look like 

a lopsided chipmunk.

But I heard icing it helps so 

hopefully it won't be too bad.

And yes, I will 

not be able to eat a lot of solid

foods for a few days

but hey, I might lose a pound or two!

:)

I know this is weird.

But-

I am excited.

To get my wisdom tooth out.

The Lord speaks!

So yesterday

I was weary.

And this morning.

I was weary.

But I opened my Bible

and not once,

but twice,

the Lord reminded me

of something:

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

and why art thou disquieted in me?

 hope thou in God:

 for I shall yet praise him

 for the help of his countenance."

-Psalm 42:5

And then-

as if one time was not enough-

a few verses down

I read this:

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

and why art thou disquieted within me?

 hope thou in God:

 for I shall yet praise him,

 who is the health of my countenance,

and my God."

-Psalm 42:11

What an amazing God we serve!

So today.

I am hoping in my Savior.

What comfort that brings! :)

What are you hoping in today?



Weary.

Ever just get weary?

Weary in your body.

Weary in your mind.

Weary in your soul?

Today I am weary.

I think sometimes it

is super easy to pretend

that everything is

always ok when you are

blogging.

To pretend that there

are never real life struggles.

But I don't want to ever pretend.

I want to be real.

To be me.

And a part of me is not always

being perfect.

A part of me is having struggles.

And right now-

a part of me is weary.

55 days till I become Jason's bride.

I am elated at the thought.

But overwhelmed at so much

that needs to be done

in so little time.

Is it normal for every

bride-to-be to

struggle with being weary?