Nae’s Heart

Well it is that time of year…the 4th of July is upon us and we are selling fireworks. It is a lot of fun but slow the first couple of days. It is nice to be able to fellowship with those that you don’t really get to talk otherwise. This is my second full day here and I have had a great time. The one thing is the amount of money people spend on something that will only last a moment. I am so thankful we have so much more in Christ. Our joy and happiness is secure in Christ.

So I have a tendency to take things for granted and one of those things is my eye sight. I found out just how much I love having clear vision on Friday when I woke up with extremely blurry vision. It was bad… I couldn’t even read my phone right in front of me. I was a little panicked and scared. James told me to make an appointment with the doctor. We went to the dr and he told me I had an eye infection… It wasn’t contagious and I had had it for a while. The dr gave me antibiotics and eyedrops. This morning was the first morning I woke up with absolutely no blurry vision since Friday.
Today I am so thankful for the sight that God has given me… going one day with really blurry vision made me realize that I don’t thank the Lord for my vision often enough.

I love lazy summer days… This week has been especially nice because I am home almost all day everyday. I have been able to do laundry, dishes, and other cleaning around my house. It is nice to be able to clean as you like not just when you have the time. Summer has also included time to spend with friends… I have been able to hang out with a few friends and get to know them better.
It is a blessing to have Godly friends that encourage me to do what is right. I also appreciate the examples I have around me of Godly marriages… I have learned so much from my married friends and have grown closer to James in the process. One of the things I am really looking forward to this summer is spending more time getting to know some of the ladies int he church that I haven’t really gotten to hangout with or talk to. I want to be a blessing and encouragement to my friends. so far this week I have gotten to hangout with a friend and her son and had coffee with another friend.
I am so blessed with a wonderful church family and the time I have to spend with friends. so while you are enjoying your lazy summer days think about a friend that you could touch and bless!

The Bike James got me for our anniversary

Now we both have bikes so we can go riding together! a bonus is that it is purple!

Yesterday James and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary… I am so thankful for the wonderful husband God gave me. James is wonderful and a great provider. He loves the Lord and wants to grow in the Him. James also loves me and is a great protector. I love him very much and I am praying the Lord will give us many more years together and that they will be just as fun as the last 2…
So for our anniversary we watched a sweet movie, walked through the Irvine Spectrum, and had a quiet dinner at home and enjoyed a wonderful peach cobbler that James made… we finished the night playing some cards games with an earthquake. It was a nice day just the 2 of us!
Today we continued the fun of just us… We did some grocery shopping. We were running out of food at our house. Then we went and got our rings cleaned. Our next errand was basic things at Target and while we were there James bought me a bike… He already had one so now I can ride with him. We spent a little bit of time at home and then went to dinner at Maggiano’s… It was delicious. We then walked around South Coast Plaza for some exercise. We stopped to look at the Fossil store and James bought me a new watch band. I feel so loved and when I told him that I didn’t have a gift for him he said it was okay he was saving for an iPad so I didn’t need to spend the money on him. We are finishing today with time at home…
I am more in love James then I was when I married him… I am looking forward to what the next year holds and to what the Lord teaches us.

Just a few pictures!

Ebed singing on the Bus

Jay playing with JJ

The first time for most of the kids to eat at Sonic

Buddy sleeping on the bus

Friends

The Seniors with Jay and Brenna

Tyler and Corina

Best Friends

Part of the group

The girls and Curt

Watching horse training

More teen watching

It was so fun

The Nepomuceno Family

Well My Friday started normal at 5:45 am… Getting ready for work. Unlike most Friday’s, this one promised to be over 24 hours. Like always we arrived at work around 7 am and went about our normal duties. At 9 am I drove a group of teenagers to Knott’s Berry Farm and then went back to work. I worked from 10 am-12:35 pm and then went to get my allergy shots and pick up some cookies for the youth game time at the church. At 4 pm, James and I left the church in the van I had driven earlier and met up with the teens leaving Knott’s. We headed to Portillo’s for dinner. When all of the teens had eaten their fill and relaxed for about an hour we loaded up and headed to Boomer’s. The teens drove the golf carts and mini-golfed until 10:30 pm and then we headed back to Bethel.
We arrived at the church at 11 pm and the fun really began. We played a game of soccer in the auditorium with fog and strobe lights… we played a twist on the previous mentioned game with pool noodles. I didn’t stay inside for the strobe light games since they give me a major migraine. Next we had a worship service. It started at 1 am with lots of songs and testimonies, and then Eric gave a short challenge about the mercy of God. We finished the service about 2:30 am and then let the kids loose on the property to find the youth leader who was hiding… this is fun because we have to be very quiet since it is early morning. We played 3 rounds and then we played a game with balloons in a completely dark auditorium.
The highlight of the night was playing Communist Church. The youth leaders were the communists and the kids were the Christians trying to get the hidden contraband… when they found one of the hidden items they had to give it a leader and the leader had to leave and not play the rest of the round. We played 6 rounds of Communist Church and the kids loved every minute of it.
The activity ended with most of the kids falling asleep while watching a movie from 5:30 am-6:45 am. Since clean-up had been done before the movie started James and I left at 6:15 am. We hit our bed at 6:45 am and I didn’t get up until 3 pm Saturday afternoon… James didn’t get up until 4 pm. We had a wonderful brunch of scrambled eggs and toast and watched a movie. so basically I was up for 25 hours and then got 8 hours of sleep.
I hope you all have a great weekend!

So the seniors came back from their trip to DC and were singing The Veggie Tales song “The Cheeseburger Song” and it made me think about Jay and all of us singing it every time we got on the bus. It made me miss the days of carefree fun and pulling pranks on each other.
Some of my favorite memories are: jay singing in the shower in the gym, singing “the cheeseburger song”, sareen and the showers, “Hurting Face In The Morning” getting funny looks in Wal-Mart because of jay’s skin color, and many more

It is almost summer and I can feel it… Only a handful of days left for school and then the fun in the sun begins. Swimming, the beach, evening walks, vacation, family, and friends are all apart of what makes summer fun. James and I don’t have any plans for vacation yet, but we will be traveling somewhere I am sure. Our 2nd anniversary is on June 14th and that is definitely cause for celebration… Also Daniel, James’ brother, will be working at Ironwood so we will probably take some trips out to spend time with him. James’ parents will also be visiting from San Francisco so we will have some fun times.
James will be working at the school and church this summer and I am not really sure what I will be doing. I might get a part time job, but I would really like to be able to grow in the Lord and spend time with some of the ladies in the church. James and I have also talked about starting a family… there is nothing to tell yet, but I could be pregnant within the next year. That is all I am saying on the subject…
Life is good here in the OC…

So on Friday night, I went up to LBA and played in an alumni volleyball game… It was a ton of fun. The alumni team was Zaza, Melanie, Darlene, Ariel, Katrina, and myself. We made a great team and beat the LBA girls team 3 out of the 4 games… ZaZa is still an amazing volleyball player and we all worked together to come from behind in a few of the games.
This was the first time that I had worn socks and shoes since I burned my feet the week before… My feet were starting to heal and getting ready to peel but they weren’t quite there yet. So as I was playing and the socks were rubbing on the tops of my feet the skin was trying to protect itself. To do this it formed very thing blisters on the tops of my feet… these blisters popped almost immediately after I took my socks off… So Friday night my feet started peeling and now they look really funny… They were not completely ready to peel so I have to be careful that they don’t get to irritated… So I am back to flip flops. Hopefully by the end of the week I will be able to wear different shoes comfortably.