Wednesdays in the Word

This verse has been coming to mind a lot lately:

"In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong."  ~Job 1:22
I love that!
So many of us 'charge God with wrong' when bad things happen. Not to mention the bad wrap He gets for all the natural disasters and all the horrible things that happen in this fallen world. (the key is 'fallen')

I played the 'mad at God' card, years ago and it was such a nowhere road.
Eventually, He changed my perspective on the situation and then all I could do was thank Him, because His hand was so evident after all. It just had not happened the way that I thought that it should...

More from Job...

"God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?" ~Job 9:4

~Pretty sure, the answer is 'no one!' I know that I didn't.

Here's the thing:

"He does great things past finding out, yes wonders without number." ~Job 9:10 

He does so many things that we are totally unaware of!

"I will forget my complaint. I will put off my sad face and wear a smile." ~Job 9:27 

Great advice, from a guy who had every reason not to smile! : )

~Becky

Finally Wedding Week Part 3 in pictures!

 ~the Mother of the Groom

Wedding Week part 2

Tiffany was born in New York, so she chose this really cool New York deli for the rehearsal dinner. The food is awesome and the portion sizes are outrageous! The private room is really cute -no decorations needed. Yay! Don't get me wrong, I love to decorate! My kids will tell you I have to hang a banner for every occasion possible! : )

. There were 37 of us!

What a fun night it was!
 Hubby thankfully had the strength to introduce everyone and then he gave a great speech about Zac. Then Tiffany's dad gave a sweet speech about her. From there, the kids' siblings and their friends in the wedding party gave sweet speeches.
 It was a beautiful evening!
There was a lot of love in that room! : )

~Becky
 

Wedding week

Last Monday, our dear friends from CA flew into town for the wedding festivities. We had barely said more than 'hello' when my best friend asked how she could help with the wedding and she didn't have to ask me twice! : )

She jumped in and scanned baby pictures of Zac for the wedding slideshow, did my dishes and she helped me sew this canopy/chuppah thing that the kids wanted to get married under, until 11:30 PM.
Tuesday morning she took me out for a manicure/pedicure! What a fun break that was!

Hubby's brother and his wife arrived next and then the four of us headed to the airport to welcome their dad, who will turn 84 this year. He loved his reception!
I made a fajita bar that night and they all came over from their hotel for dinner.

Father and son

3 generations

After dinner, my dad, my sister and her friend all flew in. 

We had a fun evening visiting and I served key lime pie because it is so Floridian. : ) 

My brother and his family flew in late Tuesday night, so we didn't get to see them until the next morning when I had a brunch for everyone at 11:00 because they were still on west coast time. : )

By then there were 18 of us! 

This was the FIRST TIME EVER that our home was filled with people who are related to us on both sides of our family! My heart was so full! What a blessing it was to have almost all of our loved ones in our home at once! 

I only took a couple of pictures and they were of people chewing. : )

Then I pretty much declared that I needed all the estrogen in the room to help me pull off the canopy, which was still unfinished! LOL

Everyone pitched in to help! Even the guys!

 There were about 10 of us working on it at times! I love my family!!!
Around 4 we all parted ways. Some of us headed to the wedding rehearsal and others to their hotels.

I'm happy to say that the canopy got finished an hour beforehand! Hooray!

The only problem was that we didn't have time to set it up before the rehearsal started. : ) So, it looked like this

About this time, it started getting real! Ahhh!!!!

 One of my sweet sisters-in-law went to the restaurant to help set things up for the rehearsal dinner while we practiced. And my sweet brother and his wife stood in for some of the grandparents who weren't present. We finished on time and headed to the rehearsal dinner for some fun!
More to come on that and the big day!

~Becky

Happy 24th to us!

It has been the busiest and best week ever! : )

Zac and Tiffany's wedding was soooo beautiful!

Hubby and I completely forgot that today is our anniversary!

All of our wonderful family members have now flown home and if he's up for it, we are going out on a date tonight to celebrate!

Happy 24th to us!

~Becky

~Many more wedding pictures and posts to come! : )

Blessed

The best man is home and he really is the 'best man' to all of us! We are so grateful that he moved home for the next 4 months to be with us during this time.

 God, who is always so faithful, is providing a job and a vehicle for him while he's here.

His sweet church in CA is paying his rent, while he is away so that he doesn't loose his apartment!  They love him so much and can't wait to have him back. I know the feeling!!!! : )

~Becky

The wedding fun

My best friend messaged me the other day and said that if she was dealing with cancer treatments and a wedding, she'd want Prozac! bahaha!

There is certainly a lot going on! The other day, I was tempted to pray, "Lord, what were you thinking?!?" ; )

The wedding is in 6 days and just about every relative we have, will be here in 4! Ahhh!
Still so much to do!

In between caring for Hubby and doctor's appointments, I had to figure out how much fabric to buy to make something like this since Zac already built the frame. I'm not really a seamstress so it was scary!

Yesterday Joy and I made something like this...

And then I had furn addressing 37 place cards using my very rusty calligraphy skills that were never that good to begin with, for the rehearsal dinner.

Today, I'm going to the restaurant where we are holding it, to figure out the seating arrangements. 

Tiffany moved into the apartment that will be their first home after the wedding! So exciting! 

 Poor Andrew fell off the ramp of the U haul truck and rolled his ankle. Seriously hoping he won't need crutches to walk down the aisle next week! But no matter what, he is going to be looking GOOD!

Next on the agenda is to get a hold of the very busy groom-to-be and practice dancing to our mother/son song. Not that either of us can dance, we are just two shy people who will be doing good to pull off some swaying! ; ) 

And speaking of shy, the bride and groom have opted to have their 'first look' at each other in private before the ceremony, with the photographer. Isn't that sweet! A great idea! Can't wait to see those pictures eventually! 

~Becky