It is so good to have Russell back, but life must still go on. It seems like we have so much to do before we leave on Sunday for Missouri. I know it will all get done, but I am a worrier, while Russell is the laid-back. Right now we are fighting that battle of jumping through army hoops to receive approval to look for housing off-base. Yes, we have 6 days till we will be in Missouri, and still no place to live. Luckily since it is a base town, apartment complexes are used to short notice and very short-term leases. I swear we used up half our wireless minutes waiting on hold today...oh well. Que sera sera.
Right now we are in College Station. It is so nice to be able to catch up with Russell's family. Now that we don't live in town, I feel that it is easier to spend quality time, because we have to make that effort, instead of just dropping by. We will also hopefully get to catch up with a few of our friends that are still in town, which will be nice because this will be our last chance for a while. I am also looking forward to the 4th. My parents are hosting a going away pool party for us. Russell's fam, my sisters', their boys', as well as a few family friends will be in attendance...pray for NO RAIN!
Last night I went for a run with Russell. I forgot how much I miss doing [or at least having the option of] everything with him. We love walking/running together. We push each other to go past our limits, and we just enjoy the time together. Also, as [hopefully in the near future] home-owners, we love to look at homes and critique them :) We discuss what we want and don't want, realistically or in dream-land.
Enjoy the time you have with your family, I know I am as we are about leave close proximity to them for a few months...
Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
HE'S HOME!!
My sweet husband came home today! It was a joyous reunion. And yes, I did just see him two weeks ago, but now he's with me for more than just two days at a time, so it made it all that much better :)
For lunch I got to go see my favorite bear [Blaire Bear]. We met at her chic apartment the Bel-aire, then moseyed over to cafe express. mm mmm, sweet potato fries! I then stopped by Mandy's house for some much-needed catching up. It was a day filled with great friends. All the while I have been waiting for a call from Russell telling me when he was leaving Oklahoma to begin the 7 hour drive home. He FINALLY calls around 2 and tells me he's in College Station! I was surprised and elated. I thought I wouldn't be seeing him till tonight, especially since he hadn't called me all day.
The poor guy rolls in around 3ish and hasn't eaten lunch or slept the previous night. So I give him some food and get him to bed for a nap. Then this evening we, the parents, and Adriana and Matthew enjoyed some tasty food at Los Cucos. I recommend the stuffed avocado.Russell is pooped and in need of real sleep. I couldn't resist checking my e-mail, and I got one from the Vera Bradley site. They have FABULOUS new fall pattern that I'm already in lust with ;) puccini. I think the name says it all :)
GN!
PS, while waiting for Russell to get home, my MOL Mary Alice calls and says she saw Russell for the 5 minutes he was at the gas station in CS. She took several pictures and e-mailed them right to me. I'll post them later. It was precious though cause she said, I'm sending pictures of what your adorable husband looked like 5 minutes ago, and what you have to look forward to :)
For lunch I got to go see my favorite bear [Blaire Bear]. We met at her chic apartment the Bel-aire, then moseyed over to cafe express. mm mmm, sweet potato fries! I then stopped by Mandy's house for some much-needed catching up. It was a day filled with great friends. All the while I have been waiting for a call from Russell telling me when he was leaving Oklahoma to begin the 7 hour drive home. He FINALLY calls around 2 and tells me he's in College Station! I was surprised and elated. I thought I wouldn't be seeing him till tonight, especially since he hadn't called me all day.
The poor guy rolls in around 3ish and hasn't eaten lunch or slept the previous night. So I give him some food and get him to bed for a nap. Then this evening we, the parents, and Adriana and Matthew enjoyed some tasty food at Los Cucos. I recommend the stuffed avocado.Russell is pooped and in need of real sleep. I couldn't resist checking my e-mail, and I got one from the Vera Bradley site. They have FABULOUS new fall pattern that I'm already in lust with ;) puccini. I think the name says it all :)
GN!
PS, while waiting for Russell to get home, my MOL Mary Alice calls and says she saw Russell for the 5 minutes he was at the gas station in CS. She took several pictures and e-mailed them right to me. I'll post them later. It was precious though cause she said, I'm sending pictures of what your adorable husband looked like 5 minutes ago, and what you have to look forward to :)
Thursday, June 26, 2008
"I'm happier than a June bride on a featherbed"
It seems my body has had enough sun this summer. Every time this week I am getting ready to go outside, it starts to rain. Today, my oldest sister Adriana had come over to our parent's house [she's a teacher and has summer off :)]. I had convinced her to go play in the pool with me. We were all suited/sun screened up, and then the lawn guys got there. Foiled for 45 minutes. We then get outside and get on our pool floats, and within 7 minutes, the thunderclouds and major wind roll in. It then rained on and off the rest of the day. BOO!
I have recently become a spider squasher. In the past I have been known to run, scream and/or cover bugs with bowls. Today and Sunday I did not have that option as the spiders were too quick to leave unattended, and I was all alone both occasions. If you live or have lived in Houston, you are probably familiar with GIANT wolf spiders. They love to terrorize homes following large rainstorms. Hence, two in the house in one week. I can't wait for my husband/resident bug killer to get home :) Or I'll have to move in with Paige and Jason [though I don't think they'd like that]. Paige was the resident bug killer when we lived in the Pintail house. I remember her almost being overjoyed the one time we had a roach in our kitchen.
While sorting through old pictures and watching Paula Deen on the cooking channel, she said this while eating something delicious and fatty. "I'm happier than a June bride on a feather bed" This quote tickled me and I thought it should be shared :)
I have recently become a spider squasher. In the past I have been known to run, scream and/or cover bugs with bowls. Today and Sunday I did not have that option as the spiders were too quick to leave unattended, and I was all alone both occasions. If you live or have lived in Houston, you are probably familiar with GIANT wolf spiders. They love to terrorize homes following large rainstorms. Hence, two in the house in one week. I can't wait for my husband/resident bug killer to get home :) Or I'll have to move in with Paige and Jason [though I don't think they'd like that]. Paige was the resident bug killer when we lived in the Pintail house. I remember her almost being overjoyed the one time we had a roach in our kitchen.
While sorting through old pictures and watching Paula Deen on the cooking channel, she said this while eating something delicious and fatty. "I'm happier than a June bride on a feather bed" This quote tickled me and I thought it should be shared :)
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
mmm!
Ok folks, so for those that know me well, you know I am not so fond of the dentist...well getting my teeth cleaned. I never have been, though there is really no specific occurrence that has made me what I am when I am in that chair. WELL, today, I had my teeth cleaned without any tears...I know. Pathetic that there ever were tears, but I think we have moved past that phase of my dental fears :) And now I have squeaky clean teeth, better for kissing [Russell said this]
In other news, my sister Adriana cooked a feast tonight [really cause her bf was coming to dinner and I think she's trying to prove her wifely abilities]. Part of that feast was this ultra-simple bread that my mom kept saying we needed to try. It is 2-ingredient beer bread. I thought I'd share the recipe, bc it's SO good and SO simple!
Beer Bread
2 2/3 cup SELF-RISING flour [this is important]
12 oz freshly opened beer [you choose the flavor]
1. Heat oven to 375 and grease a bread loaf pan.
2. Put flour in a bowl, add beer and stir until flour is completely moistened.
3. Scrape batter into pan, and bake for 50-55 minutes until lightly browned.
GN! [goodnight]
ps RUSSELL comes home in 3 days!!!!
In other news, my sister Adriana cooked a feast tonight [really cause her bf was coming to dinner and I think she's trying to prove her wifely abilities]. Part of that feast was this ultra-simple bread that my mom kept saying we needed to try. It is 2-ingredient beer bread. I thought I'd share the recipe, bc it's SO good and SO simple!
Beer Bread
2 2/3 cup SELF-RISING flour [this is important]
12 oz freshly opened beer [you choose the flavor]
1. Heat oven to 375 and grease a bread loaf pan.
2. Put flour in a bowl, add beer and stir until flour is completely moistened.
3. Scrape batter into pan, and bake for 50-55 minutes until lightly browned.
GN! [goodnight]
ps RUSSELL comes home in 3 days!!!!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Whew, I am still full from all that food we ate at the melting pot last night. We liked all the food, but the cheese and dessert courses were the BEST. Food is a bit pricey, but SO worth it :)
Before the Melting pot, Linds and I went to HFBC [Houston's first baptist church] night service. It was so good hearing Pastor Gregg preach. I love his messages every time I go to first, just like I loved them when he was the Breakaway speaker.
His message focused on God's provision in Exodus when Moses was leading his people out of Egypt. It was a neat picture he painted, saying that most of us don't need our physical needs met, like with Manna, or water from a rock in the desert. Jesus us faithful to provide everything we need in His PERFECT timing.
John 6:35 "Then Jesus declared 'I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty."
This was good to be reminded of, since Russell and I will be moving to Missouri in less than two weeks, with no idea where we will be living, what I will do [job-wise] while there, and what jobs we will have when we move back to Houston in mid-October. We know God is faithful, just as He has been all along the way.
Sunday mornings message preached by Pastor Dave at my home church, Cypress Bible Church, was also great.
It was about Fighting Uncertainty, which I think we all face everyday, no matter how big or small. He focused in Ecclesiastes 3 where scripture states there is a time for everything. Two points he made that I loved the most were "See your work [and everything you have] as a gift from God. I normally wouldn't think of work as a 'gift', but it is. It is there because we are needy people. The other was that 'God has put beauty in everything' [v 11a] He makes things beautiful and appropriate at the perfect time.
Saturday morning I had the pleasure of attending sweet Lauren Rugh's wedding shower. I still remember my freshman year of college, when she visited me and slept on a mattress on the floor of my dorm [before choosing to go to the other school ;)]. She and Jonathan [her now fiance] had been dating for a few months, and she really liked him. I had no idea how the relationship would end up, because she was only a senior in HS. Though the Lord soon showed us how wonderful the two were together, and now they are less than two months from their marriage! It has been exciting to know her over the years and get to see her heart and passions. I am very excited for these two :)
Before the Melting pot, Linds and I went to HFBC [Houston's first baptist church] night service. It was so good hearing Pastor Gregg preach. I love his messages every time I go to first, just like I loved them when he was the Breakaway speaker.
His message focused on God's provision in Exodus when Moses was leading his people out of Egypt. It was a neat picture he painted, saying that most of us don't need our physical needs met, like with Manna, or water from a rock in the desert. Jesus us faithful to provide everything we need in His PERFECT timing.
John 6:35 "Then Jesus declared 'I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty."
This was good to be reminded of, since Russell and I will be moving to Missouri in less than two weeks, with no idea where we will be living, what I will do [job-wise] while there, and what jobs we will have when we move back to Houston in mid-October. We know God is faithful, just as He has been all along the way.
Sunday mornings message preached by Pastor Dave at my home church, Cypress Bible Church, was also great.
It was about Fighting Uncertainty, which I think we all face everyday, no matter how big or small. He focused in Ecclesiastes 3 where scripture states there is a time for everything. Two points he made that I loved the most were "See your work [and everything you have] as a gift from God. I normally wouldn't think of work as a 'gift', but it is. It is there because we are needy people. The other was that 'God has put beauty in everything' [v 11a] He makes things beautiful and appropriate at the perfect time.
Saturday morning I had the pleasure of attending sweet Lauren Rugh's wedding shower. I still remember my freshman year of college, when she visited me and slept on a mattress on the floor of my dorm [before choosing to go to the other school ;)]. She and Jonathan [her now fiance] had been dating for a few months, and she really liked him. I had no idea how the relationship would end up, because she was only a senior in HS. Though the Lord soon showed us how wonderful the two were together, and now they are less than two months from their marriage! It has been exciting to know her over the years and get to see her heart and passions. I am very excited for these two :)
Friday, June 20, 2008
Whew...I have never texted so much as I have the past 6 weeks. It has been my main form of communication with Russell, especially the last 3 weeks. I will be so glad when we are not miles apart and can see each other more than we have to talk to each other on the phone, or via texts.
I want to thank all of you who have prayed for us and encouraged us through this time apart [though we still have exactly one week left]. It has meant so much to us to have the support and friendship from everyone. God has blessed us so much with wonderful families and friends...and DISTRACTIONS ;) With all the weddings, outlet mall/galleria shopping trips, cooking/baking, laying by the pool, monkey in the middle, going to the gym, great family time, planning my sister's wedding, etc...the past 6 weeks have flown. Even through the sad times when I REALLY missed Russell and would cry with little or no provocation. I would never wish it on anyone to be separated from their spouse, but it does grow you closer in your relationships with God and your spouse. God has taught me that I cannot fully depend on Russell. Though I love him, and he's the perfect match for me, he will never be perfect. None of us are. I think the past 10 months I have been in newly-wed lala land, and wanted to depend SO much more on Russell than I should. Yes, he's my husband, but the Lord is who I should depend on first.
Isaiah 61:10 "I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness..."
Mark 12:30 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul with all your mind and with all your strength."
It's crazy when you think about how much you love your mom, your boyfriend, best friends, even your husband/wife. We have been called to love our creator God even more, and He loves us just as much...this thought blows me away.
On that note, I'm off to eat some hommade cake :)
I want to thank all of you who have prayed for us and encouraged us through this time apart [though we still have exactly one week left]. It has meant so much to us to have the support and friendship from everyone. God has blessed us so much with wonderful families and friends...and DISTRACTIONS ;) With all the weddings, outlet mall/galleria shopping trips, cooking/baking, laying by the pool, monkey in the middle, going to the gym, great family time, planning my sister's wedding, etc...the past 6 weeks have flown. Even through the sad times when I REALLY missed Russell and would cry with little or no provocation. I would never wish it on anyone to be separated from their spouse, but it does grow you closer in your relationships with God and your spouse. God has taught me that I cannot fully depend on Russell. Though I love him, and he's the perfect match for me, he will never be perfect. None of us are. I think the past 10 months I have been in newly-wed lala land, and wanted to depend SO much more on Russell than I should. Yes, he's my husband, but the Lord is who I should depend on first.
Isaiah 61:10 "I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness..."
Mark 12:30 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul with all your mind and with all your strength."
It's crazy when you think about how much you love your mom, your boyfriend, best friends, even your husband/wife. We have been called to love our creator God even more, and He loves us just as much...this thought blows me away.
On that note, I'm off to eat some hommade cake :)
Monday, June 16, 2008
This is the start of something...
Well, several of you have been hassling [I mean politely asking] when I will join this new-fangled blog-land. Well, after lots of sun at the beach with Lindsee, and missing my husband...I succumbed.
Just an intro and refresher on what has been going on in the Lambert's life in the past almost 10 months since we have been married.
We lived in College Station for our first 9 married months, while Russell finished up his last semester of college. He was also interning for Campus Crusade for Christ, specifically with Military Ministries. He/I worked with cadets [from the Texas A&M Corps]. I helped co-lead a female Bible study, and he met with and discipled many guys throughout the school year. I was also subbing almost full-time throughout the College Station school district. And friends, let me tell you...9 months of subbing is DEFINITELY all you need in your life :)
We stayed involved at the church we both attended during college, Grace Bible Church, though we left the college class, and joined a Newly Weds/Young Marrieds class. We LOVED it. It was such an encouragement, and we met so many friends of all ages and stages of life/marital wisdom. I encourage all of you married folks to get plugged into a church/Sunday School class. We also joined a Bible study, which led to some wonderful friendships, that made it all the harder to leave College Station this past May... :(
May 10th Russell left to report to Ft. Sill in Oklahoma. He has 7 weeks of training, called BOLOC II [the first one he completed 2 summers ago up in WA]. He is in the beginning of his 6th week. I unfortunately was not able to go with him...they think wives would be a distraction or something...go figure. Since the school year was coming to a close, I decided to leave around when Russell left. I first went to Ft Worth for my sweet Paige's [a college roommate] wedding to Jason Dunn, then went to my parents home in Houston. I have LOVED the time with my family, especially my mom, as I am the baby of the family. I was blessed to be able to visit Russell now twice during the past 5 weeks, which made the time apart much more tolerable. Also during this rest at home, my sweet sister Bonnie and her man Russ [yes that's right, there are going to be TWO Russell's in the family] got engaged. Since I have wedding expertise [ ;) ] , I have been helping her and my mom wedding plan for her wedding this December. I have also enjoyed spending time with my oldest sister Adriana, and her goofy man Matthew [phew...not Russell!].
Russell will be returning from OK in 11 days! [June 27th] We will then spend that week between CS and Houston with our families, and packing. Then we will make the long drive to Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri. We will live there for 3 months while Russell finishes his BOLOC III training. [Praise the Lord that I am able to go with him!] More details on what life will look like up there...when I find them out :)
Whew! That was a long post, especially after a long sun-filled day at the beach with my sweet Lindsee....
love y'all
Just an intro and refresher on what has been going on in the Lambert's life in the past almost 10 months since we have been married.
We lived in College Station for our first 9 married months, while Russell finished up his last semester of college. He was also interning for Campus Crusade for Christ, specifically with Military Ministries. He/I worked with cadets [from the Texas A&M Corps]. I helped co-lead a female Bible study, and he met with and discipled many guys throughout the school year. I was also subbing almost full-time throughout the College Station school district. And friends, let me tell you...9 months of subbing is DEFINITELY all you need in your life :)
We stayed involved at the church we both attended during college, Grace Bible Church, though we left the college class, and joined a Newly Weds/Young Marrieds class. We LOVED it. It was such an encouragement, and we met so many friends of all ages and stages of life/marital wisdom. I encourage all of you married folks to get plugged into a church/Sunday School class. We also joined a Bible study, which led to some wonderful friendships, that made it all the harder to leave College Station this past May... :(
May 10th Russell left to report to Ft. Sill in Oklahoma. He has 7 weeks of training, called BOLOC II [the first one he completed 2 summers ago up in WA]. He is in the beginning of his 6th week. I unfortunately was not able to go with him...they think wives would be a distraction or something...go figure. Since the school year was coming to a close, I decided to leave around when Russell left. I first went to Ft Worth for my sweet Paige's [a college roommate] wedding to Jason Dunn, then went to my parents home in Houston. I have LOVED the time with my family, especially my mom, as I am the baby of the family. I was blessed to be able to visit Russell now twice during the past 5 weeks, which made the time apart much more tolerable. Also during this rest at home, my sweet sister Bonnie and her man Russ [yes that's right, there are going to be TWO Russell's in the family] got engaged. Since I have wedding expertise [ ;) ] , I have been helping her and my mom wedding plan for her wedding this December. I have also enjoyed spending time with my oldest sister Adriana, and her goofy man Matthew [phew...not Russell!].
Russell will be returning from OK in 11 days! [June 27th] We will then spend that week between CS and Houston with our families, and packing. Then we will make the long drive to Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri. We will live there for 3 months while Russell finishes his BOLOC III training. [Praise the Lord that I am able to go with him!] More details on what life will look like up there...when I find them out :)
Whew! That was a long post, especially after a long sun-filled day at the beach with my sweet Lindsee....
love y'all
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