8 months...

Today, Jordan & I are celebrating 8 months of being married! We can hardly believe that 8 months ago we were saying our "I Do's" :)

In honor of our anniversary, I picked 8 pictures from our day to share...

The was taken pre-ceremony. I love the look in our eyes.

Exchanging of rings...

THE KISS!!

Mr. & Mrs. Jordan Richards

This was taken right after the ceremony :)

We will never forget the way we felt walking into the reception!

First dance as husband & wife. "Steady As We Go" by Dave Matthews

We are anxiously looking forward to what our future has in store, and all the things God has planned for us.

Love & Blessings,

J & J

Some more of what The Richards have been up too :)

Wedding Season has begun... A lifelong best friend of mine named Brandy got married on April 2nd. She was a beautiful bride! I am so happy for her & her adorable little family :)

Happy to see her so happy!!

She has truly been one of the best friends I've ever had :)

Ms. Momma-To-Be, Jenny, Me & Jessica :)

I definitely had the cutest Husband there ;)

Mr. & Mrs. Richards seating cards!!

Brandy & her adorable little family.

My sister Catrina & I took a little road trip to Lincoln to watch Jordan, my Uncle Victor & some of our close friends play in a softball tournament. It was a beautiful day & I loved watching him play, he really loves it!!

The Boys

They weren't exactly sure what place they took in the tournament lol

I'm really going to try & get better at updating more frequently. That way I won't have to play "catch up" every time ;)

Love & Blessings,

J & J

God must be preparing us for babies...

At 4:30 this morning, Jordan & I were woken up by a sick doggy :( They both sleep in our room on their beds, so we weren't sure who the culprit was, we decided to just put both of them in their crates. Jordan always lets them out to go potty before he goes to work & I just happened to be up when he left, Emme wasn't coming inside when he called her, so I gave it a try... as she came running towards me I noticed immediately that something was wrong. Her entire face was swollen :( I had never seen anything like it! Our dogs are definitely like our kids, so we hate it when they don't feel good. I took her to the vet as soon as they opened, the Veterinarian wasn't sure if it was a bee sting or a spider bite, either way she said to definitely keep an eye on the dogs when they are outside. They are both so curious about everything & have been caught chasing after bees on more than one occasion :-/  

Our poor baby girl on the way to the vet :(

Miserable at the vet.

Breaking my heart :(

After her Benadryl she passed out on my lap.

Stuff like this definitely gives us little glimpses into parenthood, although a human baby being sick will be much more heartbreaking I'm sure. Praying for a quick recovery for our sweet Emme girl.

My oh my...

Wow... it has been almost 2 months since I have updated our blog! Where does the time go? If you find out, let me know ;) Well, lets see... where to start? Brody has gotten much bigger! He & Emme have become the best of friends, which made Jordan & I very happy. Things were a little rocky in the beginning. lol Emme also turned 3 years old on April 3rd :)

We just love our little chocolate dog-babies ;)

Jordan & I celebrated 6 months of wedded bliss...

Jordan took me out to a very yummy dinner & then surprised me with the most precious toast when we got home :)

"Happiness is being married to your best friend."

We can hardly believe that we have been married for half a year already.

 It amazes us how we keep finding new ways to fall in love with each other each day. God has surely blessed us :) We can't wait to see what our future holds & are anxiously looking forward to spending a lifetime making memories with each other.

We took a trip to Jordan's parents cabin... it was an amazing-fun day, and we couldn't have asked for better weather either :)

Me & Ms. Annie Rose. That is the path we normally take to get to the cabin, yikes!

Jordan & Annie :)

The front door to the cabin is on the left side of the picture, there are also 7-8 stairs leading down off of the porch... they are buried underneath all of the snow!

Almost as high as the roof!

Lake Alpine, covered with snow.

Beautiful snow capped mountains.

My beyond adorable MIL, Jane :)

Sledding :)

We LOVE being there, as you can tell by the big smiles on our faces :)

I have the best MIL that any girl could ask for.

L.O.V.E

Jane is an expert snowman maker ;)

The whole gang, before we headed back home.

We have been doing quite a few home improvement projects around the Richards household. When we moved into our house the carpet was pretty yucky, so when it came time to put new carpet in we decided to rip up the carpet that was in our master bath, we thought it would be best for preventing mold & stuff like that. For the last 7+ months there has just been cement flooring in there. A couple of weeks ago, my Uncle Victor & Jordan laid tile in there & it looks amazing :)

Before

Before

In the process...

Almost finished...

Lookin' great!

It looks absolutely beautiful :)

This weekend is Easter, we are very much looking forward to relaxing & spending time with our families. God's love is unfailing & truly the most precious gift we have ever received. We feel so blessed to have been raised in families where we were taught all that God did for us. He truly paid the ultimate price & gave us the most precious gift... life. I  feel so lucky to have a relationship with him, and to have married a wonderful man who has helped & shown me how to grow even further in my relationship with Him. Not to mention my wonderful FIL Joel, who every Sunday provides the most beautiful incite on how to use God's word in everyday life.

"I can only imagine what it will be like, when I walk by your side. I can only imagine what Imy eyes will see, when your face is before me. Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel, will I dance for you Jesus or in awe of you be still? Will I stand in your presence or to my knees will I fall, will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all? I can only imagine."

We hope everyone has a blessed Easter.

Love & Blessings, 

J & J

We'd like to introduce to you, the newest member of The Richards family...

Brody Richards

We saw Brody on our local shelter website a week ago & fell in love. We were so excited to finally be able to bring him home yesterday! He is a little doll. His big sister Emme doesn't exactly think so right now, but we are hoping with time they will become best friends. That is why we got him after all, so that Emme would have a friend to play with :)


Love & Blessings,

Jordan, Jenna, Emme & Brody :)

To everything there is a season...

To everything there is a season,

a time for every purpose under the sun.

A time to be born and a time to die;

a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

a time to kill and a time to heal ...

a time to weep and a time to laugh;

a time to mourn and a time to dance ...

a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;

a time to lose and a time to seek;

a time to rend and a time to sew;

a time to keep silent and a time to speak;

a time to love and a time to hate;

a time for war and a time for peace.

-Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

This year will be holding a season of change in The Richards Household. Jordan received an email from the FBI on February 4th, letting him know the current status of how his background packet was going & what not. They let him know that they would be starting his background packet on February 7th. They also let him know that the May academy was full & that they were going on a "freeze" until August. His academy will start in the fall, late September-early October. WOW!! That was kind of hard to swallow when he told me. We had been waiting to hear the specifics of when he would be leaving for a while, it kind of felt like it wasn't going to happen anytime soon. Little did we know ;) We are calling this "our little adventure", we are trying our best to embrace the change that will soon come. We are determined to enjoy the time we have together before he leaves, we are going to fill it with family, fun & adventure. The more memories made, the better!! :) We are so happy that we will at least be married 1 year before he leaves, we originally thought we would only be married a couple of months. With everything that has happened the past few months, I am so happy that didn't happen. God has the plan remember! :) We are hoping the 5 months will fly by & we can find out where we will be settling down for the next 2 years. Until the time comes for Jordan to leave, we are going to embrace life & live every day to the fullest.

Our wedding photographer put a couple of our edited wedding pictures on Facebook yesterday, here is a little preview...

Jordan's "Golden" Birthday...

Jordan turned 27 on the 27th, therefore it was his "golden" birthday :) I threw him a little surprise party with our closest family & friends.

My goofy boy!!

Probably wondering if the cake was going to catch fire ;)

Yes, he had pink candles!!

Ross & Jordan playing ping pong...

Against Adam & Andrew :)

Jordan's "happy birthday" sign :)
 

The boys catapulting stuff across the park that is across the street from our house... with exercise bands. It was quite comical :D

Not the best picture of us, but its the only one we took.

It was a fun night with our family & friends. Thanks to those who came to help celebrate :)

Happy Happy 27th Birthday, my Husband!!

Love,

Jenna