Where'd the time go?!

WHOA! September, October, where did you go?!

That was an extraordinarily swift start to fall. Let me catch you up....

Some major life events took place this September. After 10 years of marriage, my beloved and I can now see clearly...clearly enough to know we need God at the forefront to keep this bond strong and unbreakable. So, we did it. After much contemplation, soul searching, and a change in faith-direction we got married in the Catholic Church. It was amazing. I clung to each word spoken, each vow we made was more clear to me than ever before and I meant them with all my heart. It was as if I had been on this God ordained lesson plan...my husband as my class partner and the subject, love. We kept repeating the class because it wasn't making sense; we didn't understand how to work together; we couldn't comprehend the subject and components. We were too busy...too focused on the world around us instead of tuning in to the Great Teacher's voice.. You see, the first trip down the aisle, the Hub and I were babies in the flesh and babies in the faith. This time, we know exactly what love is all about and who we want to be as husband and wife, children of God, and followers of Christ. So as we embark on this faith journey, we do so with wisdom, discernment, and thankful hearts that God's plan for our lives prevailed.

In addition to the new covenant we made with one another before the Lord, we vowed to raise our children in the faith and had them baptized as well. Here are some pictures of the beauteous ceremony:

September also marked the start of training for the triple crown series of half-marathons for the upcoming year. I had a goal in mind of finishing a sub 2:00 run for the first run (Carlsbad, this January). With that in mind, I casually asked the sis-in-law (Dawn Juan) if she'd like to start running together...I had no idea that would throw me full-force into a training regimen that would drop my pace from a 9:50 to an average 8:00. AND drop my weight from a fluffy 145 to a fit 130. This lady is intense!!! She runs through trails like a white panther and her idea of taking it easy is a 8min/mile pace from Torrey Pines to Solana...I can't complain. I'm doing things I never thought I could. It feels good. 

 October was filled with Girl Time in Fancy restaurants, Football fun, trips to haunted graveyards, apple-bobbing, crafting, and beautiful Sundays with the ones the matter most. The cooler weather brought us close together as we cheered daddy on from the stadium and stuffed our faces with treats and bbq in the days the followed. It was a blast dressing in our finest Spook-faced attire, dining on authentic mexican cuisine and wandering the spooky graveyard. The cousins tested their skills each Sunday dinner as we crafted up delicious apples and cute creations. All in all, it's been an awesome fall. I have much to be Thankful for as I count the days to stuff my face with turkey this November. Til we meet again, I leave you with this...



And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.~Colossians 3:15-17