Austin Bound

So it's officially public.  We are moving to Austin in June.  Some of you have known for awhile and some of you are just finding out.  We hate to leave our family and friends, but we really feel like this is where God is leading us.

This move is bitter-sweet for us.  We are excited to move to a new place, but we're sad to leave everything we know and love in Dallas. We have been so blessed to have such a great community of friends around us and you have each impacted us greatly.   

As two Red Raiders it won't be easy moving to Longhorn country. Although we are certain that we will receive grief, we will wear our red and black with pride.  And will just say no to burnt orange.  Plus it doesn't hurt that Tech plays Texas in Austin this fall. 

A few weeks ago we went down to Austin and put a deposit down on an apartment.  After looking at more apartments than we care to remember, we finally found one that worked for us.  I am so excited to decorate, especially since I wasn't able to do everything I wanted in the apartment we live in currently.  

Thanks to several Austin fans we are excited to try all the local food places like Salt Lick, Kerby's Lane, and many more!  Plus, with all of the live music that Austin has we look forward to exploring our new home.  And really, how can you not be excited about a place that has signs like this...

The big "C"

"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." - 1 Peter 5:7

As some of you know my grandmother's (Nanny) cancer came back in the fall of 2010.   She beat breast cancer two years ago, but we got the news about it coming back a few months before Tyler and I's wedding.  Devastation can't begin to descibe the way I felt when my parents told me.  But my family tried to stay strong and positive until we knew more.  A doctor found a spot on her skull.  After surgery the doctor recommended chemo and radiation to get the spots they could not remove.

Thursday afternoon my Mom called me and told me that Nanny's test results came in and the cancer has NOT spread, the spots she had have SHRUNK and her back (that she broke) is HEALING.  Praise God! The treatment is working! I can't tell you how exciting this news was.  It is truly an answered prayer. My Nanny is such a rockstar and if anyone can beat cancer it's her!  She is a true inspiration.

Through this experience God has shown me his faithfulness and how powerful prayer is.  We are continuing to pray that the treatment keeps working and that Nanny stays strong through this process.  My prayer tonight is that if you are going through a tough time that you can trust Jesus and tell him what you're going through.

One more thing:
In honor of mother's day this weekend I just want to say how thankful I am to have such a wonderful and loving mother and grandmother!  You both are amazing women and your strength and dedication to our family means more to me than I can express.  I love you both so much and hope to be half the mothers you were one day.

<3 Meghan

Prayer is Powerful

A friend of mine shared this video about Prayer with me tonight.  Great video, take a few minutes to check it out...

Etsy.com

Have you heard of etsy.com?  I may be behind, but this weekend I found the most amazing website!  It's an online site that you can buy and sell things that are handmade, vintage, etc.  So genius!  I especially love this since I'm in the middle of decorating our apartment right now.  I've been searching for a few unique items for our home and I think this is the PERFECT place.  I'm sure I will be spending a long time on this site over the next few months.  Here are a few things I found that are so cute...

60 Days

So here we are two months into marriage.  Yes, two months already!  Life has been anything but boring the last two months.  We almost have everything done in our apartment.  We got a new bed!  That was fun, and very adult too I might add.  As our first big purchase as a married couple we bought a King sized mattress.  Luckily I already had a frame since the store wanted my first born for the mattress.  I love the bed though.  I have to say it's better then the full size we slept on for the first month we were married.

The last month has been a little zany for us.  We were involved in two Disciple Nows, one at the end of February and one the first week of March.  The one in February was in Muleshoe, at Rachael's church and I had such a blast hanging out with her all weekend.  It was like old times when we used to live together.  The band at the D-Now was awesome too.  I was blown away by their talent and professionalism, especially since they're only in High School.  I highly recommend you check them out, their name is Thirty Nine Thoughts.  We hope they come out to Dallas soon so we can see them play again.  Seriously they are that good.

I also got to go to Houston last month to go to a dress fitting for Whitney.  I was so excited that I got to see her in her dress.  Her dress is breathtaking and Justin won't know what to do with himself whenever he sees her on their wedding day in September.  Their wedding will be here before I know it, only six months away now!  Then Tyler and I also visited Austin a few weeks ago.  We had so much fun.  I tried Amy's Ice Cream, which is a big local ice cream place there.  So good.  We also hit up some outlet malls, which of course I loved.

So I've already posted wedding photos to facebook and am about to post pictures from our honeymoon.  Until I do, I thought I'd share a few photos here.  The cup is made out of bamboo and the guy made it for us right on the beach.  Then the other picture is us right off the beach at our resort.  As you can see, the water was crystal clear.  I miss Jamaica already!

*Happy Love Day*

Happy Valentines Day everyone!  Today Tyler and I celebrated our first Valentine's Day as husband and wife.  It was fabulous.

As I look back on our relationship and our first month of marriage, I can't help but to think of the first song we danced to at our wedding - God Gave Me You by Dave Barnes.  I truly believe that God gave me Tyler to be my forever valentine.  I look forward to celebrating each one with him.  I've attached the video of the song for all of y'all to enjoy.  I hope you all have a wonderful day with all of your loved ones.

Love,
Mrs. Gatewood

It's official - we're Mr. and Mrs. Gatewood!

It's hard to believe that this weekend we will be married for four weeks.  We've almost been married a whole month!  Where did time go?  We've spent the last few weeks organizing our apartment and trying to stay well.  Yes, most of you know that both of us got sick after we got back from the honeymoon.  Not fun at all, but hey at least it didn't happen when we were in Jamaica!

I will update you all on the wedding and the honeymoon soon, with pictures of course!  Just wanted to post something late tonight since it had been so long.

Until next time...
Mrs. Meghan Gatewood