The Move, An Anniversary, and Progress

So we moved to Lakeland and are now slowly unpacking and settling in. This is a picture of us the day before the actual move our on our porch.

After loading and unloading the truck and a weekend to rest a bit Tuesday we went to Disney to celebrate our anniversary. [it's so nice getting in for free!]
Here is us at the beginning of the day with our anniversary pins.

Here we are at the petting zoo at Animal Kingdom...that there is Joe.

Then the next day we had a chill day...then cut the small cake we had like we do every year and this year we smeared it on our faces like the day we got married. =] It was fun, and the cake was yummy!

It's crazy that 3 years has gone by. I look at all that we have gone through and am just so happy that we have had each other through it all. Especially now as we are embarking on a new big adventure, I know there is no one else I would want next to me in this journey called life.
I've been hearing a quote lately that I like a lot, "Love isn't finding someone you can live with, it's finding someone you can't live without." I just love that.

So although my soundtrack of love was not finished I thought I would leave you with a couple more important songs as a wrap up, and in honor of our anniversary.

This song was our first dance as husband and wife. =]

Come Away With Me
by: Norah Jones

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song

Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us
With their lies

And I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come?

Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

This second song, is probably one of my favorites. It was Nathan's ringtone on my phone during our whole engagement, and one of my favorite songs to slow dance and sing to him in the living room by candle light. ::happy sigh::

Love of My Life
by: Brian Mcknight

First, first, time I looked into your eyes
I saw heaven, oh, heaven in your eyes
Everything I did before you, wasn't worth my while
It should've been you all the time
I do anything, and everything to please you
You know how much I need you
You're always, always, on my mind

Chorus:
You're more than wonderful
More than amazing
Irreplaceable, love, love, in my life
You're so incredible, here in these arms tonight
The irreplaceable, love, love, of my life

Always, seems like reality
Forever, don't seem so far away
All I wanna do, all I wanna feel, all I wanna be is close to you
Everyday, in my lucky day
All I wanna do, is love you
I place no one above you
I'll tell you why

Chorus

Baby you now, you know you're my one (and only)
(all I wanna do is be together)
Sugar you know, I'll never leave you lonely
In your eyes, in your eyes I see forever
Ahhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh
Ahhhh, ohhhhhh, ohhhh,

The last one is a more fun song, and we kind of call it our theme song...haha. It's by one of our favorite bands, that we both loved before we even met each other and that's Relient K.

Must of Done Something Right
by Relient K

We should get jerseys cause we make a great team
But yours would look better than mine, cause you're outta my league
And I know that it's so cliche to tell you that everyday
I spend with you is the new best day of my life
Everyone watching us just turns away with disgust
It's Jealously, they can see that we've got it going on

And I'm racking my brain for a new improved way
To let you know your more to me than what I know how to say
You're OK with the way this is going to be
This is going to be the best thing we've ever seen

[Chorus]
If anyone can make me a better person you could
All I gotta say is I musta done something good
I came along one day and you rearranged my life
All I gotta say is I musta done something right
I musta done something right

Maybe I'm just lucky cause it's hard to believe
Believe that somebody like you'd end up with someone like me
And I know that it's so cliche to talk about you this way
But I'll push all my inhibitions aside
It's so very obvious to everyone watching us
That we have got something real good going on

And I'm racking my brain for a new improved way
To let you know your more to me than what I know how to say
You're OK with the way this is going to be
This is going to be the best thing we've ever seen

If anyone can make me a better person you could
All I gotta say is I musta done something good
I came along one day and you rearranged my life
All I gotta say is I musta done something right
I musta done something right

So that's all for now folks. Now just trying to get things organized and settled in, preparing for what's to come. Oh and as a quick brag to everyone about my hubby, he has lost over 30lbs this year...has few pants that fit him and it feeling a lot healthier and looking mighty fine! I've lost about 15lbs [he's been doing more exercising than me] and yesterday I slid a pair of my shorts off without unbuttoning them, what a nice feeling to be fitting into clothes that I did when I got married. Nate has already been fitting into clothes he wore on our honeymoon and they are getting to big on him as well...it is a BIG accomplishment to be getting into shape! Our frig is filled with healthy foods, maybe I'll take a picture so you can see. =] haha Anyway wanted to throw that out there to brag. Here are some pictures so you can see the progress he has made.
Before, at Christmas time: After, half way through July:

Great Job Nate, I'm more proud of you than words!

Blessings to you all.

Absence

So the big moving day is tomorrow and that is why I slacked off on my songs for each day, no one was commenting anyway so I'm almost positive no one noticed my absence. However this is just to let anyone know that may stumble across this that I won't be here for awhile...like I said we move tomorrow and well I don't know when we plan to get the internet hooked up at our new place. Here are some pictures of today...

this move is a little bittersweet in that we loved this apartment a LOT, but we are excited for what God has in our future for us! As always I will try and keep you updated. Thanks for your prayers and thoughts as we go through this transition.

Blessings to you and your family,

Track 5, Chasing Cars

I LOVE Snow Patrol, I introduced them to Nathan when we met and when we first were married, Chasing Cars was almost a theme song in our home. We moved away from all our family and were there in Texas by ourselves.

This song enpowered us and encouraged us, that we could do it ourselves, not in a we don't need anyone kind of way but in a we are our own family now and we can do it, kind of way, whether people stick by us, abandon us, or we just change paths we can do it ourselves with God's strength and guidance. It reminded us to find an escape from our thoughts when laying in each others arms, to not just say I love you but to show it in our actions as well, that the grace we give each other helps us to find our own grace for others and ourselves, and last but not least that we see each other for who we were and are and will be and still love each other unconditionally. What a GREAT song! Here's the link to the video as always:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_gnmBtM49U

Chasing Cars
Snow Patrol

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes
They're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things
Will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?


Laying with him,

Track 4, L-O-V-E

First of all I want to wish you all a Happy Independence Day! I hope you are all enjoying your fireworks and family time and I'm certainly looking forward to seeing the pictures!

Nathan and I both worked, mine is past tense his is present and we are celebrating tomorrow. I'm so pumped, we are doing the same thing we did last year and loved and that is going to the drive-in and grilling. Except this year we are also going to swim at my rents house after church and we are obviously seeing a different movie this year...TRANSFORMERS!!!! I'm pumped. I also just love how much my hubby loves this holiday and in honor of that love I was able to pick up a couple of $5 t-shirts so we can be a little more festive tomorrow like he likes to be. =]


So today is track 4 and it has a bit of a story with it...I've always loved older music. Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, oh I could go on...I LOVE that kind of music. One of my favorite love songs is L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole. We danced to it at our wedding...b/c we practically danced the whole night. But I love that song. Well like you may have heard me say before, Nate is not too much of a singer, he's got the heart of one alright but when it comes down to it, usually it's not that great he's acknowledges this and will admit it BUT he does sing older songs a bit better. One of my favorite memories of him was when we lived back in Texas, we had been married almost a year and some people from my work invited me to go to this mexican karoake restaraunt and so we decided to go. I jokingly asked him if he was going to sing something and he replied if I do will you? I was like sure, if you sing something I'll sing something. =] So he got up and in front of a decently populated restaurant sang to me L-O-V-E proclaiming his love for me...it touched my heart more than I could explain and even if no one else thought it sounded good, I thought it sounded like heaven, there is no question that this man loves me. The owners of the restaurant even took pictures of us while we were singing to each other...to put on their walls it was sooo cool! What a great memory, of me and my Nathan.

L-O-V-E
Nat King Cole

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore can

Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please dont break it
Love was made for me and you

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore can

Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please dont break it
Love was made for me and you
Love was made for me and you
Love was made for me and you

The Link for the video so you can hear it...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JErVP6xLZwg

Made For Him,

Track 3, Song of Love

This next song is just plain beautiful...I actually re-recorded it and walked down the aisle to it. My dad and I sang along while he walked and it was a very special and emotional moment.

It's originally done by Rebecca St. James, here is a link of her video for it.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuWneEsHERI
[I include them so you can hear them if you want, not for the actual video just as fyi :) hehe]

Song of Love

Jesus, King of my heart
Father, my peace and my light
Spirit, the joy of my soul You are

Jesus, to you none compare
Father, I rest in Your care
Spirit, the hope of my heart You are

CHORUS:
The heavens declare You are God
And the mountains rejoice
The oceans cry Alleluia
As we worship You Lord
For this is our Song of Love

Jesus, You save my soul
I'll thank You forevermore
Jesus, the love of my life You are

CHORUS

Jesus, I am in awe
Of the love that You have shown
Jesus, how precious You are to me

CHORUS

Forever Inlove,

Track 2, More Than Words

So as our relationship progressed, we got close to that l word but couldn't quite spit it out and we flew to Michigan to meet his family and go to one of his good friend's weddings, so I could meet all the friends as well.

Their wedding favor was a cd and so between wedding and reception we popped that cd in and that is where we got our next song, which turned out being the song we played when we were washing each others feet at our wedding.

It's not always about the saying I love you, it's about how you treat each other, it's about serving one another, it's about not being selfish, it's just...

...More Than Words.

Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you
Its not that I want you
Not to say, but if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldnt have to say that you love me
Cos Id already know

What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldnt make things new
Just by saying I love you

More than words

Now Ive tried to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close dont ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldnt have to say that you love me
Cos Id already know

What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldnt make things new
Just by saying I love you

More than words.

Truly His,

Soundtrack of Our Love

Happy July everyone! I decided to try for all my posts this month to include a song that would be in Nathan and My soundtrack of love. Since it is our wedding anniversary month. So sorry to those sick of hearing me gloat about my husband, but I just can't help it when you are blessed this much it just overflows out of you without warning sometimes. =]

Before I start this fun though a prayer request, my good friend that I went to school with back in Texas who got married shortly after Nathan and I has moved out and filed for divorce. Her husband has gotten a huge wake up call as to things he has done wrong and is now trying redeem himself, showing her that he HAS realized he has treated her wrong and yet loves her deeply. She has allowed hurt to overtake her and is VERY set on being divorced, and unfortunately her family thinks this is acceptable and are encouraging her. I'm praying that her ears would be closed to lies, and her heart healed and softened to hear the truth. Please agree with me for the restoration of their marriage. I'm sure most of us married folks can understand the hard times we go through, where we feel misunderstood and distant I myself have just come out of such hard times in my own marriage these few months have been even better now that we have gone through that rough patch I pray the same happens for them, that their love would grow and be even more fullfilling after this tough time. Thanks a ton!

Okay now to the fun stuff...one of the first "songs" Nathan and I ever had was I Got You Babe - by Sonny and Cher haha yep cheesy & cute for sure this was before the I love you's at the beginning of what would become an amazing relationship.

HER: They say we're young and we don't know We won't find out until we grow
HIM: Well I don't know if all that's true'Cause you got me, and baby I got you
HIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babe I got you babe
HER: They say our love won't pay the rent Before it's earned, our money's all been spent
HIM: I guess that's so, we don't have a pot But at least I'm sure of all the things we got
HIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babeI got you babe
HIM: I got flowers in the spring I got you to wear my ring
HER: And when I'm sad, you're a clown And if I get scared, you're always around
HER: Don't let them say your hair's too long'Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrong
HIM: Then put your little hand in mine There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb
HIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babeI got you babe
HIM: I got you to hold my hand
HER: I got you to understand
HIM: I got you to walk with me
HER: I got you to talk with meI got you to kiss goodnight I got you to hold me tightI got you, I won't let goI got you to love me so
BOTH: I got you babeI got you babeI got you babe I got you babeI got you babe

Here's a link to the video, so cute!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzW_7ANnHZI

Forever Nathan's,