Sarah Vaughn

Well, in case you haven’t heard, I finally got a job!!!!  YAY!!!  It’s a part-time position at a well-to-do construction company.  I will be doing about 15-20 hours a week of bookkeeping and clerical work.  We are so grateful.  With me being able to do this, we will be able to get rid of most of our debt in the next 6 months.  YAYAYAYAY!!! That’s more exciting than anything. Thanks for all of those who have been praying for us.  Please continue to pray that our house in STL sells so we can get positioned better.

~Blessings

Hello, hello…we meet again.  I admit, I have been very bad at blogging recently.  I actually completely enjoy it, but it seems there is always something else I should be doing.  Just wanted to update everyone on the Vaughn family.

Here we go:

Since Tyler has been working from home his business has been picking up slowly, but steadily and is going very well.  For about 3 weeks straight we didn’t really go much of anywhere or do anything.  Stuck, in the house with a very busy husband and two adorable, yet sometimes very loud and teething  10-1/2 mo olds.  Fun, right?  Tyler came up with the idea of making Monday morning special.  So, we pack up the kids and go to Chick-fil-A…..one of my most favorite places to eat.  If you’ve never had a chicken biscuit from Chick-fil-a it will change your life forever.  It’s a ton of fun, set aside family time and helps break up the monotony of being at home 7 days a week doing the same thing every day.  Great idea Babe!!

Tyler and I have actually gotten to go on a few date nights since moving to Texas.  I think 3, which is probably equal to the number of dates we had gone on in the previous 9 months.  Thank you Jesus for the in-laws.  The last date was Old Navy, Chili’s and the dollar theatre, at which we saw The Proposal.  If you like Sandra Bullock, which I do…love her, this movie was funny and definitely worth seeing again.

My mother purchased a web-cam…..and it only took her 3 weeks to figure out how to work it!!!! HAHA (love ya mom) Ok, well maybe it was 2 weeks, but after several conversations on the phone, looking at a blank screen and being able to hear her voice, her being able to see us but not see her….my brother finally was able to help her and get the thing working right so she could see the grandbabies (Thank you Sid).  Needless to say, she was ecstatic.

That brings us to the little Ladies.  Both of the girls are close to walking, but who knows how long that will take.  They both will take about 1 step and realize they have nothing to hold on to and pop a squat.  Pretty funny, really.  They are both teething, Lib’s working on 3 teeth and Laila 1 or 2, really can’t tell.  They love feeding themselves, and I love it too.  I have my hands back!!!!!! well, at least during dinner time.  Any moms out there, if you have any advice or good meal ideas for the wee ones, please shoot it my way.  Still trying to figure out exactly what to feed them and how much and all that.  I was looking back at pictures of when they were born and WOW!! They change so quickly.  I am so grateful for my little girls, even when I’ve got a headache from hearing they yell because their teeth hurt or because one of them took their sister’s toy away.  This is what I always wanted; to be a stay-at-home mommy and wife.  Doesn’t necessarily look like what I expected it to, but then again when does anything really match up to the sometimes unrealistic picture in our heads.

The house in STL still hasn’t sold and I have been unsuccessful at finding a part-time job yet.  I think I’ve turned in around 20 apps and well over 30 resumes.  But, all of our bills are paid and we are completely provided for.  Thank you Jesus! I will, however, be so happy when these 2 things come into place so this transition can feel a little more complete.

Tyler and I both miss STL and all our amazing friends there.  We are looking forward to seeing them all next month and seeing my family in IL.  YAY .  Keep reminding myself daily to be grateful in everything.  Faith isn’t built in the easy times….it’s in times when you don’t have the whole picture and all the instructions to go along with it; it’s when you can’t see how everything is going to come together; or when you have exhausted everything you know to do in the natural.  I come to the end of myself…….and then there is faith.  Hope you all continue to walk the road of faith before God and He stretches, and grows and expands the faith that you currently possess.  There’s more.

Be Blessed~

Howdy!!!!  Ok, that doesn’t even sound right in my mind. HAHA!  Well, we’ve been in Texas for almost a month now.  Here’s a little update.  1-Still have not sold the house, so if you know anyone needing a house in the area send them our way please. 2-Tyler’s work is steadily increasing and He’s also learning to do web coding in addition to his ability to do graphic design work. 3-I have not found a job yet.  I have only had 2 interviews out of somewhere around 30 resumes/applications.  The right job is out there!!!!  Supposed to be hearing back on one by Friday.

The girls getting better adjusted, sort of.  There have been a couple of nights since we’ve been here that one, the other or both of the girls slept very little.  It would be easier to let them cry it out a little if we were not 5 feet away in the same room.  But, it’s only temporary.  The girls started eating finger foods this week , yay!!!!!!  Other than just puffs….real pieces of veggies and fruits..and eggs.  They seem to be enjoying themselves.  While Liberty is very precise, Laila rakes a handful and tries to shovel it all in.  Which is really funny because I would have thought it would be the other way around.  They are both standing and moving around the furniture.  Lib is standing on her own for short periods and Laila is getting there….she’s got a little bit more weight to hold up…hehe.  They are also starting to follow each other around and really interact which is so fun to watch.  Built in playmates.

I haven’t posted on my “Monday Morning Reflections” in a while because life has been very unpredictable.  But the Lord has really been challenging me in the area of trust again.  Obviously transition requires trust.  This past week I learned something I want to share that brought clarity and excitement to me.  We have all heard Jehovah Jireh…..My provider his grace lalalla….Just kidding about the song part (guess you’d only get that if you grew up in church).  Yaweh Jireh is literally translated in the Hebrew “the God who sees my need and meets it.”  Selah……….   Thank you God that you see my need; that You see me.  I think so often, if we are honest with ourselves we really don’t believe that God truly sees us.  When times are less than desireable we think that somehow we have fallen off God’s radar.  But the word says that He saw and knew us before even one of our days came to be.  I want to encourage you, as I have been doing within myself, to be patient in the processes of God.  Most times they are not quick, they are not perfect (at least in our eyes) and they are not exactly what we expected.  But I know this much……either God is who He says He is, or He’s not.  If He is than I have to believe that He is always good, always faithful and His timing is always perfect.  We can question God all day….and I don’t think He is offended by our questions…..but you can’t let that separate you from God and form roots of bitterness and anger.  I believe it is a mark of maturity when we can say, “God, I really don’t know what you’re doing.  I really just don’t get it.  But!! I trust that whatever you are doing and wherever it is that you are leading me is according to Your plans and is for my benefit, well-being and future.  I am not going to let these unanswered questions bring a division between my heart and yours.”  This scripture was given to Tyler and I by a good friend earlier this week and I am have been meditating on it ever since.

Hebrews 10:35-39

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.  You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.  For in just a little while, “He who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith.  And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him.”  But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.