Goodbye Yellow, Hello Black!

We have talked about upgrading in a few years to a bigger truck so that we would have a little more space for the kiddos, and to someday have the option to upgrade our camper...so we began dreaming, researching, and looking around, just for fun, to get an idea of what this decision would look like in a year or two. Well, this Chevy Silverado sort of fell in our lap and is almost exactly what we have dreamed of (plus some!) for WAY less than we thought we would have to pay...plus they took our Colorado as a trade-in for more than what we would have been able to sell it for around here!!! We are pretty excited to see how everything has fallen into place so flawlessly - I even asked the guy how they were able to sell this truck so cheap :). I am still in shock! Now we REALLY can't wait to get out and go camping!!! The only problem...I can't get in the truck while I am pregnant unless Stephen hoists me up :) It is pretty funny to watch, I am sure. Another funny/ironic piece of information...both of our dads have black, diesel trucks...we obviously didn't pick the color, but we think it is very funny that this is also a black, diesel truck. "Like father like son/daughter" I guess! I will miss our yellow Colorado...it has been a fun truck to own. Now I will have to remember where we park this one...it's not as easy to spot!

On a more serious, reflective note, I guess I am in shock and still having a hard time believing all this because I am just overwhelmed with how God has blessed us (and I don't just mean the two incomes we now have for the first time since we have been married). We have had a lot of hard, painful times in our marriage - times when I felt so much emotional pain that it was hard to breathe and I wasn't sure how I could take another step and make it another day, except for the fact that God was there and in control. I feel like other than a few hard times along the way, we have had it pretty easy the past year or so...and I guess I still have a long way to go in my faith...I need to learn to thank God for times of peace and blessing instead of questioning - and learn to praise Him in times of pain and heartache, even when sometimes that is the last thing I want to do.