whirlwind weekend

i hate how fast the weekend always goes! before i know it, it's sunday night & everything just starts back over.

my poor husband worked so hard this weekend. thursday night he had a rehearsal for a recital at the opry, friday night was the recital, saturday rehearsal for the show saturday night, sunday church that morning, & then went to work sunday afternoon & didn't get home until 11pm. i'm so blessed to have a husband that works so hard to provide for our family.

tonight the BLIZZARD 2011 (imagine that in an intense movie announcer voice) moves in. our house if full of food, all sweatpants are clean & thank god for netflix! i have a feeling steven & i will do nothing productive tomorrow & i'm completely ok with that!

big picture

i think it's amazing how god sees the big picture in life. he sees every situation years before it will happen. he sees the good & bad. he knows what he is doing and it's our job just to trust him & wait to see what he has up his sleeve. every circumstance it worth all the pain & suffering because he has everything under control. you may not understand why things happen for months or even years, but he has a reason.

he is worth it all! he has seen us through everything. even though i didn't understand why things were happening the way they were, he did! he understood! he never allowed us to go without. all the worry & stress were worth it.

I don't understand Your ways
Oh but I will give You my song
Give You all of my praise
You hold on to all my pain
With it You are pulling me closer
And pulling me into Your ways

Now around every corner
And up every mountain
I'm not looking for crowns
Or the water from fountains
I'm desperate in seeking, frantic believing
That the sight of Your face
Is all that I need
I will say to You

It's gonna be worth it
It's gonna be worth it
It's gonna be worth it all
I believe this
It's gonna be worth it
It's gonna be worth it
It's gonna be worth it all
I believe this

You're gonna be worth it
You're gonna be worth it
You're gonna be worth it all
I believe this
You're gonna be worth it
You're gonna be worth it
You're gonna be worth it all
I believe this

i'm a little bit country....and maybe so is he

the past few weekends for the husband & i have been pretty lazy. a few saturdays ago we didn't even get dressed until 4pm. neither one of us went outside the whole day. i know it's laziness, but it was greatness at the same time. no where to be, no one to see. just us being together, enjoying each other, & being refreshed for whatever the next week may hold.

steven has started singing at the opry in okc on saturday nights, so it's hard for us to plan anything when he has to be at rehearsal by 3pm. if we did anything that morning it would require us to actually get up early on a saturday and who wants that? since he's been singing at the opry i think he is falling in love with country music. he sent me this picture last weekend.


being a country girl at heart, i have to admit i got really excited when he sent me this. i was finally hoping that my george strait fantasies were going to come true. (minus the wranglers) he has been listening to country music everywhere. in the house, in our cars, & i think he now has some on his phone. on friday night he was the one who wanted to go see the movie country strong & he loved it! i think i'm gonna like this new gig of his.

new everything

so it's been almost 2 years since i have written anything. i have made it my new years resolution to blog more & put my thoughts on "paper." this one maybe a little long, so i'm apologizing in advance.

a lot has happened to the jeffrey family since my last update. a year ago, we thought our world was crashing in on us. steven quit his job and became unemployed. i never thought we would have to go through the stress of one of us becoming unemployed. i remember the feeling of just hopelessness thinking that he would never find a job like he had. the pay, benefits, everything about it. now i'm not saying that my husband isn't qualified enough to find a job. who wouldn't want to hire him?! he's great!

after getting over the feelings of being hurt by not only his employer, but people we have considered friends, we had to move on. of course through all of this, god knew exactly what he was doing. of course my first concern were finances. how were we going to afford anything?! through steven's 1 month of unemployment (which is a blessing in itself) we never went without a paycheck. god provided everything for us.

during that month, steven finally got to relax. no checking emails, no working into the wee hours of the night, & no phones calls from employees or employers. in 3 years i had never seen him this happy. it was like i could see pressure & stress disappear from his body. even our marriage was stronger. it was almost like we were newlyweds again. (gross, i know)

god's timing amazes me. after only 1 month of being unemployed, we were blessed to find out that steven got a job at a the music group studio in edmond. he had done some work for them in the past & it had been talked about for him to work there full time, but the timing never worked out. as i said before, god's timing amazes me. when talking to Tmg before, their timeline looked like they would bring steven on in june or as late as august. when steven met with Tmg in february they offered him a job. i couldn't believe it! all the stress & worry i went through all month long was for nothing. god provided...again.

steven has been with Tmg now for almost a year and he couldn't be more happier. he works for amazing people. people that not only care about him, but care about us. i don't believe they will know what they did for our family. we are excited for the future of Tmg. excited to see where it will take us next.

throughout this whole year i was reminded of god's faithfulness. not once did he leave us. not one did he turn his back. he was there at our lowest point. comforting us & letting us know that he had everything under control. he provided everything we needed.