Baby Whigham

Baby Whigham, We have prayed for you for so long. Just yesterday we found out you are growing in Mommy's tummy. Daddy was very surprised and excited to hear the good news. Mommy told Daddy just yesterday that already her heart is being healed from the hurt of wanting you for so long. Already we see that God's timing was bigger and better than our plans for you. We only hope that we continue to remember that God is in control and we allow him to guide your life. We have big hopes and dreams for you. Too many to list here today. Our hope and prayer is that you will be healthy and happy in Mommy until you are supposed to come on April 12, 2014. Right now April seems FAR away, but we know we have LOTS to do before you get here. We didn't know it at the time but we bought you a house the day before you told us you were coming. We hope you will love it as much as we do. We didn't know you yet, but we bought this house for you and anyone else God puts into our family. My heart could burst from the excitement, fear and relief that you are here already.

Our First Home

On Monday July 29th we went with our good friend and Realtor, Chelsie Kinsey to look at 2 homes for sale in Canyon. The first house was brand new but not what we were looking for. We went on to #20 Turtle Crossing. Within 5 minutes we KNEW we wanted this house. It has everything we could hope for in a first home. We did not want too be to quick so asked Chelsie to let us sleep on it. We went ahead and scheduled another visit to the home for the following day. Matt and I prayed and sought wise counsel that evening. On Tuesday July 30th we went for another visit to the home. We decided to put in an offer. We waited all evening to hear something.... no news. Wednesday July 31st I received a phone call around 3 in the afternoon from Chelsie with a counter offer. I went home from school (I had been working in my classroom,) and told Matt what the counter offer was. They had agreed to help with the closing costs and our closing date. We differed only a small amount on asking price. We ACCEPTED the offer!! We are scheduled to have the inspection on Monday August 5th. We cannot wait to see what God has in store for us in the home and in Canyon.

Time has slipped by

Time continues to fly by for us. I cannot even believe how much life has changed since I last posted. Matt has LOVED his new position at West Texas A&M University. I love teaching children, but struggle daily with the public school system and the politics that it entails. We are anxiously awaiting a possible PhD. defense by August. We know our God is faithful and will provide all avenues needed to make this happen.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Matt and I prepare today to celebrate our 1 year anniversary, so much has changed in these last few months.... We decided in April for Matt to accept an opportunity to teach at West Texas A&M University and will move July 29th to Canyon, Texas. I have had 2 interviews and have 1 more tomorrow morning with Canyon ISD, so I hopefully will return to teaching in the district I loved this fall. God has blessed us immensely monetarily. In February we were struggling and trying to follow Dave Ramsey principals. We have since graduated from Financial Peace University and have seen some of God's amazing work through our budgeting and hard work! I was also selected to record some videos for a math initiative with Frenship and will be able to complete the 1st semester for part of the stipend. We are getting ready to welcome a new niece on Wednesday, Melinda is having a little girl and is scheduled for a c-section. We will also be traveling to San Antonio to surprise my dad for Father's Day on Sunday June 17th. Lots going on, but a lot to be thankful for!

Wednesday June 22nd

Welcome to San Francisco!


We crossed over the Bay Bridge and started out at Pier 35. Went to check on taking a cruise and tour of Alcatraz, unfortunately they were all sold out until SUNDAY, we were pretty bummed!



We walked down to Fisherman's Wharf and had lunch at Chowder House, yummy clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl, fish & chips and fish tacos!



Walked around the other piers and ended up taking a locals boat cruise of the bay! We ended up soaking wet and cold but loved getting to go underneath the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz Island.









When we were back on land we headed to Pier 39 and saw the famous sea lions. We even had a nutella and banana crepe at the Pier!





Walked over to Ghirardelli Square to catch a cable car, the line was awful so we bought our pass and walked up a block and caught one there.




Ended up at Union Square, walked around then went to Chinatown and ate at Empress of China, it was very fancy and of course, super yummy!

Tuesday June 21st

Our last day in Tahoe!! There are not really a lot of pictures from today :(

We packed up, did some laundry, organized the cabin and got ready to head back to Sacramento. But before we left we decided to head into Truckee, Ca bought some souvenirs and have a YUMMY lunch! We were able to check out a place from Diners, Drive Ins and Dives, Burger Me, we had a double meat burger with avocado and onion rings!

Went back to the cabin, loaded up the car and drove down I-80 to Sacramento!



My Uncle Charlie took Matt and I to our first sushi experience!!It was so delicious, and we even had Japanese beer and sake! We had an assortment of rolls, raw fish and even tried OCTOPUS, it was chewy but good!!

After dinner we headed back to Pam and Charlie's house and showed them our pictures from our wonderful trip so far!

Monday June 20th

We were out the door at 9:30 am, the earliest we have done ANYTHING so far! We drove down the east shore of Lake Tahoe to Zephyr Cove, Nv. We took a steam paddle boat tour of Emerald Bay on the M.S. Dixie II at 11:30 am. Words and pictures do not do justice to the wonder that we saw on our boat tour. There were breathtakingly beautiful views of crystal clear water and mountains!








In Emerald Bay we saw great views of Eagle Falls, and even saw 2 bald eagles!





After the cruise we just hung out on the beach in Zephyr Cove. At 4:00 we rented a 2 man kayak and took it out in the cove! The water was so clear, I was in the front of the kayak and was in charge of helping us steer, more than once I was off on my depth perception!



After we returned the kayak we packed up and took off up the east coast. We stopped in Kings Beach and had dinner at Jasons Beachside Grille.

Got to Truckee and got some ice cream for dessert, got back to the cabin, snuggled in on the couch and watched The Notebook.