Blushing Bride

Blushing bride seems to be a very fitting title to this blog post. This weekend I had the pleasure of being blessed tremendously by my friends and family. My moms cousin, Connie, and my sister hosted a WONDERFUL bridal shower for me. This shower was beyond wonderful. Everything was color coordinated to my coral wedding scheme down to the color of the punch! We had amazing food, great desserts, and amazing company.

Throughout the shower, Connie and Megan would introduce new games for us to play. One game, in particular, required me to guess the different articles of clothing that were being placed on me. Let's just say that this was quite comical. From bathing suits, to granny panties, to raincoats, my loved ones dressed me from head to toe. I am sure that this game is where the term "blushing bride" came from! As different articles of clothing were placed on me, I could feel my face turning bright red! However, I would not have changed this part of the shower! It was such a fun experience that I think everyone enjoyed!

Reflecting on this shower, I saw how blessed I truly am. I had my family, and future family, along with my wonderful friends there to prepare me, and my future house, for marriage. As I sat in the pile of presents, I was amazed at how much Matt and I have received. Matt and I are BEYOND thankful to each and every person who has come to a shower, hosted a shower, bought us a gift, or supported us through this engagement process. I know this engagement has been rough at times, yes I have been a bridezilla a time or two, but we are so thankful for all of you!

I have decided to add some pictures from this big day for everyone to see. Please feel free to laugh at me when you see the picture from the hilarious "dress the bride" game!

                         The final outcome of the "dress the bride" game! Too fun!

                                 
                                       My beautiful sister and Maid of Honor

                                         My Mom and mother-in-law!

                                         Some wonderful friends!

Something New...

This title seems very fitting for my first ever blog post. I decided to start a blog to share with our family and friends. I want to share what is going on in our lives leading up to our wedding in May and then as we continue our married lives. While we won't always have the most interesting lives, or blog posts, I still figured I would share :)

You may be wondering why it already says "World of Webb," yes that is not officially my name, but I wanted to go ahead and start blogging and decided to get used to the new name :)

Anyways, this week has been HUGE for Matt and I. It has been an emotional roller coaster of excitement, fear, doubts, and guidance. Back in November, we received information that a company in Texas was interested in hiring Matt. My first reaction was that there was NO WAY that I was moving to Texas. I didn't  want to wear cowgirl boots, I was scared of horses, and I did not want to own a cow. These three things meant that I could never live in Texas. So in my mind this was a nice gesture for this company to send our way, but it was never going to happen.

NEVER doubt how funny the God we serve is. Little did I know, two months later, Matt would be going on an interview with this same company. Still, in my eyes, Matt was just going to this interview because it was offered. I thought that there was no way he was going to move me to a state whose motto seems to be "everything is bigger in Texas!"

While Matt was at this interview, the Lord began to change my heart. He continued to remind me that he was in control and showed me that Texas could be a wonderful opportunity for us. Matt left these interviews, excited about the possibility, and to my surprise I was too.

Fast forward, one month later: here we sit about to push the accept button for this AMAZING job in Texas. I might want to mention that is amazing job is with Texas Instruments in the Apple products division!! Yes, Matt will be developing apple products! So cool! So anyways, my heart is racing and my excitement and pure joy about this situation is overflowing. I am sitting here SO proud of this amazing man that I am about to marry and SO excited about the opportunity the Lord has set up for us.

Of course I am nervous about moving to a new place, leaving friends that we love, having to find a church and community, and for me having to find a job. However, I am comforted by the peace of Christ, knowing that he has EVERYTHING planned out. I am not in control and for once in my life I am at peace with that.

We will be moving to Dallas, Texas in May and I cannot be more ecstatic for this journey that we are going to be taking! Praise the Lord for a changed heart!

Matt and Emily