Happy in Love!

This is a new song by Brad Paisley that I love. I have felt this way many times over the last 8 months. And I know that I will have these feelings many times over the years. Marriage is more than I ever dreamed it would be. Yes we have had some rough times but we have grown more through it and God has been there for us every step of the way. Just like we knew He would be. I just wanted to share this with all of you.

I remember, trying not to stare the night that I first met you. You had me mesmerized.
And three weeks later in the front porch light, taking forty five minutes to kiss goodnight.
I hadn't told you yet, but I thought I loved you then.

Now you're my whole life, now you're my whole world. And I just can't believe, the way I feel about you girl.
Like a river meets the sea, stronger than it's ever been. We've come so far since that day.
And I thought I loved you then.

I remember, taking you back to right where I first met you. You were so surprised.
There people around but I didn't care. I got down on one knee right there.
And once again, I thought I loved you then.

Now you're my whole life, now you're my whole world.
And I just can't believe, the way I feel about you girl.
Like a river meets the sea, stronger than it's ever been. We've come so far since that day.
And I thought I loved you then.

I can just see you, with a baby on the way. I can just see you, when your hair is turning gray.
What I can't see is how I'm ever going to love you more. But I've said that before.

Now you're my whole life, now you're my whole world.
And I just can't believe the way I feel about you girl.
We'll look back someday, at this moment that we're in and I'll look at you and say, "And I thought I loved you then."
And I thought I loved you then.

We have jobs now!

We would like to thank all of you for your prayers! God has blessed us with jobs for now! Kyle accepted a job at Family Video and I accepted a job at Leaping and Learning Preschool and Child Care. Kyle is still applying and interviewing for jobs for his career. We are very happy and a lot more relaxed now. Thanks again for your prayers and please continue that we go wherever God leads us!

Our First Married Valentine's Day

Our first married Valentine's day was a wonderful one! My amazing husband woke me up with a very sweet card, a new picture frame and two incredibly smelling candles. It was a nice surprise! I gave Kyle a card, the movie Jerry McGuire and Peanut Butter Twix. We thought it was great to finally be able to buy husband and wife cards! What a great way to start our day!

Our Valentine's picture that I put in my new frame! Oh how I love him!

My mom gave us a gift card for Olive Garden so we had a wonderful dinner in Fort Wayne! It was nice to be out of the house together! We talked about our relationship and how wonderful the past 7 months have been being married! Life is wonderful with my best friend!

This decadent Black Tie Mousse Cake was a great way to end our day of love! I look forward to many more holidays with my husband!

Hard Times

We knew that there would be hard times but we didn't know what that would entail in our lives. Kyle has been searching for his career job in Sports Management and still is. We are praying that doors will be opened and we will be blessed with the job God has for him. During this time Kyle has been working for Defiance Metal Products, a factory in our town. On January 27 he was layed off from his job. We were shocked and never thought we would be in this situation. We sat together and cried and prayed. We know there is lots to learn from this time in our lives but we are praying it doesn't last long.

I have been subbing but not enough to provide for us. I interviewed for a teaching job at a preschool and am awaiting any news from there. Kyle is looking for anything right now until his career job comes along.

We know that we will make it through this rough time and we have an amazing family that is helping us. Please pray along with us that Kyle finds a job and that we can live without worry. Thank you all for your support! We love you!

Happy Birthday Kyle!

Kyle turned 23 on January 5!!! We had his parents, brother and grandparents over for cake and presents! It was a great day!My handsome husband!

I made shrimp alfredo, one of Kyle's favorite meals, for his birthday dinner!

He loved it!

Blowing out all 23 candles! In one breath!

He got a new razor from his mom and dad!

A trimmer from Grandpa and Grandma Nagel.

I gave him a new watch! It was lots of fun celebrating his birthday and having family over to our home!

Christmas 2008

Kyle and I spent our first Christmas together! We were so excited to celebrate as a married couple. It was wonderful to wake up together on Christmas morning and open presents with my husband! I look forward to many more holidays together!!!All dressed up in our Christmas outfits for church!

Kyle's stocking stuffers.

My stocking stuffers.

Mom got us ornaments when she went on her cruise to the Bahamas!

Kyle loves Notre Dame and got new shirts from my mom!

Thanks mom for my very own tool kit!

Mom also gave us diploma frames from IWU! They are awesome!

All of us kids got a Wii!!!!! Too bad it stays in Indiana... :(

Baby Cousin Tate! He's so sweet!!!

Mom and all her kids!

My crazy family! But that's us!!! We had a great time playing games and hanging out!

Christmas was lots of fun and definitely one I'll remember forever! Many new memories were made and lots of old memories relived! We hope that all of you had a wonderful holiday season!

The Lights Before Christmas at the Toledo Zoo

I have always wanted to go to the zoo at Christmas time! My amazing husband took me to the Toledo Zoo for our date night this past weekend!

It was a cold night but lots of fun! We enjoyed experiencing it all together!

There were not a lot of animals out but the ones that were out were the most active I have ever seen them. There were four wolves and they walked all around their habitat.All of the trees were decorated and I thought this purple tree was really pretty!

We loved seeing the bald eagles! They were all fluffy and ready for winter!The lights were incredible! There were millions of lights lit up all over the place. Some of them were even set to music!

The tiger was definitely a highlight of our night! When you go to the zoo during the summer he is normally just laying around because it is so hot but not this night. He came right up to the front and just watched the people! It was incredible to see him up close!

More of the pretty lights!

This ice sculpture was pretty cool! A little elf stacking presents!

This tree was decorated with 27,000 lights! (More than the tree in Rockefeller Center) And I thought my tree had a lots of lights on it!!! It was beautiful!

We are so excited to celebrate our first Christmas together as Mr. & Mrs. Mock!

We wish all of you a very Merry Christmas!