Ladies Night Out!

FINALLY it's Friday! LADIES NIGHT OUT.

Me and a few of my close girl friends in the area are getting together tonight (a much needed tradition that should be done regularly).

We are going to see the new movie, Magic Mike, with Mr. Gorgeous Channing Tatum and Mr. Delicious Matthew McConaughey. A total chick flick and a DIRTY one at that.

 Ladies, if you don't know what movie I am referring to, please watch the following trailer to catch up. Be prepared, if you are shy, prude, easily disturbed by male nudity, bumping and grinding.....this might not be the movie for you.



The movie will be followed by a few cocktails, gossip, and of course, gushing over the men in the movie. :)

Adoption Fundraiser

A friend of mine from church is selling these awesome blessed bracelets (only $10) to raise money for her and her husband's adoption. (they cannot have children of their own) You can read their story here: stained glass windows. I wrote about this couple in a post back in January 2012.

I am trying to spread the word to help this amazing couple out. I placed my order this morning. :) Can't wait to sport my bracelets.

Please take a few minutes to check out her blog (the link is below the picture) and consider sharing this on your facebook and/or blog. Many thanks!

doss-family-fundraiser

So proud of my future husband!

My future husband, ladies & gentlemen.....

  I'm so proud of him. He's such a good sport...anything to help promote our church summer backyard bible camp and teach children about God and His word (he will be an awesome dad some day).

To fill you in on WHY he is dressed like a daisy.....our church is doing a backyard bible camp this year. We did a safari-themed one last year. This year, 5 families from our church will be hosting mini camps in their own backyards. For the brief skit during each service, Matt played the backyard daisy learning about backyard bible camp, how he can help and what to expect. It was a fun way to advertise it to our families and children.

Matt and I volunteered with our bible camp last year and absolutely LOVED it! We are really looking forward to helping out again.
It is an amazing experience to observe children pray.

HELLO Brad!

Meet my new personal trainer, Brad Gouthro! Ok, he's not MY trainer, but I came across his Youtube channel and really like his workouts, food and nutrition tips. If you're looking for some fitness motivation.....he's your man. Check him out.....

Brides Made Fit - w/Jenny

I discovered Jenny a few years ago when I was a Jazzercise instructor. She is a personal trainer who's business is focused on helping brides get in shape for their weddings. Now that I am engaged, Jenny came to mind again, so I found her website again. She has a great podcast site here: Made Fit TV



I like that she explains the exercises she has you do, how to do them correctly and what muscles they are working. She's just so real...I love that.





That's my shoutout for Jenny in Detroit, Michigan and her amazing personal training tips and podcasts. Here's her website: http://bridesmadefit.com/aboutus.php

We set a wedding date!

I am excited to announce that Matt and I will be exchanging vows, promising love, life and commitment to each other in the presence of our closest friends, family and our Lord Savior, September 7, 2013.

I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I look forward to creating a life together with Christ as our rock and the foundation of our marriage.

Now that there's an official wedding date, I feel like this is all real....it is really happening. Situations in life and the people we meet....that come and go, it all happens for a reason....His reason. There was a reason God intended for certain things to not work out in life....to be lessons learned....to build strength & confidence. With all the "wrong" things that seemed to happen to me, allowed the good...better things to come along.

As I've said before, I feel like God hit the reset button on my life. He gave me another chance at love. He gave me a man that is eager to live his life like Him, and I love this. Together, we will strive to be more like God....to love like Him and forgive like Him.

September 7, 2013 will mark the first day of our lives as  
Mr. & Mrs. Martinez....I couldn't be happier and more excited for that day to come.

An open letter to all parents from a non-parent...

I saw this blog post on Facebook and just had to share as I have several friends who are parents. It is true....parents are superhuman. Y'all are my heroes and I have no idea how you do it all. I hope some day I will learn to master your magical ways. 

I just finished babysitting your baby today.

I have salmon stuck on my neck and in the crease under my left breast.

My eardrum is damaged due to high frequency screaming.

I had to hold her while I was peeing because from her perspective it seemed like Satan himself would rape and kill her slowly if I put her down thus I did not get the chance to wipe myself properly…

…no matter though as I am covered in a thick layer of sweat from pushing the stroller up the hill so a bit more wet between the legs even things out.

I washed my hair this morning but all of a sudden it looks like a stringy bag of shit pile.

You can read the rest here: Trying To Be Good