Our BIG dreams

For as long and I can remember, Josh and I have had big dreams for our future. We have always talked about what our life will be like in 2, 5, and 10 years. The amazing thing is that God has already made our plans for us and we are just following along with what he wants for us. We are so blessed to have found eachother. We both want exactly the same things for our lives and we both have BIG dreams. We have been talking a lot lately about where we will live when we have our first child in a few years. It's a big decision because we need to be close to family but love where we live now. We have put it in God's hands and are trusting in his will for us. I thought I would blog and share some of our big dreams with my fellow bloggers!

First of all, our main goal in life is to stay close to God and allow him to lead us and our family. We had a hard time finding a home church here in Tuscaloosa but we found one and we love it. It's First Baptist Church Tuscaloosa. We are growing in our Sunday school class and getting involved in other areas as well. One great thing about it is an amazing children's program and a great preschool.

That thought brings me to our second future plan. Josh and I both want to have 4 kids. It's not something that one of us talked the other into. We both just wanted 4. Right now we are waiting on God's perfect timing and we think that we will probably be ready to start in a year or two. We're not in a hurry and we are currently just enjoying our time together. Sometimes we get ahead of ourselves when we see really cute baby stuff like this amazing baby bed. We have already named all of our kids. I guess you could say we're prepared.

Last year when we started working on our renovations in our house, we found a book of dream house plans. We bought it and looked at it and picked out all of our favorite plans. We chose one and have stuck with it. My Aunt Tina told me that when she and my Uncle Scott first got married, they put their dream house plans on their fridge in their tiny trailer. They decided that they wouldn't give up until they lived in that house. Now, they do. It's georgous. So, we have our plans and look forward to the day when we will be living in our dream house.

The last thing that we really pray about constantly and look forward to is both becoming teachers. I have one semester left until graduation and Josh is starting college next semester. I go to ASU and Josh is going to go to JSU. We are both going to be history teachers and Josh is going to be a basketball coach. We look forward to working together everyday and having such a normal and routine life.

Josh and I are very simple people and we love our life right now just like it is. We talk about our future and our dreams because we know that as much as we love our life right now, it is only going to get better as our family grows. We look forward to the future but we're not in any big hurry. We are so blessed and we thank God for everything he has given us and will give us in the future.