Reflective Meeting...

Right after work today I went up North to Dumfries to meet up with 2 old High School teachers, Mrs. Scoleri & Mrs. Jackson. These two I will never forget and they mean the world to me and I'm blessed to have them in my life. I went through a lot with them in my High School career and stood by them as their FBLA Vice President and then President.

Mrs. Jackson was able to be apart of our BIG DAY, but Mrs. Scoleri was not which was part of our reason for meeting up so I could share all of our Wedding Photos with them and we could all catch up on life :-)

While going through the pictures one of them had the back of a head of a truly loved and dear man to our hearts, Mrs. Jackson goes that's the man I sat next to at the reception, I was like Bob Irby? and then my other teacher goes I know him from such and such church and his brothers owned a construction company.....I got kinda sad and had to tell them that he past away 2 weeks ago tomorrow....both teachers were very shocked with the news....

Then Mrs. Jackson tells me about her first impressions of Bob Irby and before she left how he spoke into her life; which later that day and the next day situations came up and she recalled exactly what Bob had said to her and it was exactly what she needed to hear. Because Bob was obedient to what God wanted spoken into her life she was able to be used by God which is what He wanted!

Just writing this God is continuing to speak to me...

How are you living your life? Are you leaving an impression on those that you meet even for a day? What kind of legacy are you leaving behind?

Our lives are so intertwined and you never know who you will run into that will make this world seem so much smaller.....Are you giving hope to those around you?

Are you allowing God to move through you? to speak through you?

Life is too short......Give it up to the One that matters....Let it go.....Stop holding on and tryng to control this life on your own....Live life to the fullest because you never know when your last day will be...

The Holidays

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted anything, life is on Full Blast for sure and I don't see it slowing down anytime soon....but I keep praying time would just slow down a little :-)

We bought ornaments for our Christmas Tree this weekend and I'm so extremely excited and can't wait to put up all our Christmas Decor for our First Christmas as a married couple!
I've also ventured way out in my exploring of cooking/baking and made my first Flan this week, not just Flan, a Pumpkin Flan it's been a huge hit and it was freakin amazing I must say!
I'll be making it for our Turkey Palooza dinner at church and then for Thanksgiving!!!

Finally

I finally did my little Fall Project I wanted to do...and I'm pretty happy about it

Cute & Simple

I'm pretty sure I'm going to do this cute little centerpiece this weekend. It's so simple and I already have the tray and some filler, just need a few little pumpkins :-)


Thanks Donna for the site, hehe.....so fun!

Where is time going?!?!

I love the Fall season and all that comes with it: Fall Decor, Pumpkin Spice Latte, Cool Crisp Weather, Pumpkins and all the yummy flavored pumpkin stuff.....but man it came up real fast!

Here is one of my fun Fall Projects I did with Rae which hangs on our front door:

Yesterday marked our 2 month Anniversary of our amazing marriage. I can not believe it's only been 2 months, it seems so much longer. I am just madly in love with this man God has so kindly and graciously given me!

We pretty much have most of the house put together. We still need to get our end tables for the living room, whenever we make it up to Ikea again. And I have a little pile in a corner of things that I still need to find a home for. I feel like our house work will never be complete because there are so many projects that need to be done eventually, but I'm okay with that. I'm okay with taking our time to make this OUR Home!

I'm still in the process of doing ALL my thousands of Thank You cards...Lord help me get this done!

I'm in the never ending busyness time of the year as the church Outreach Director, but I enjoy every moment of it! We have the Fall Festival at the end of this month. Turkey Palooza in November. The Hot Chocolate Outreach for the Christmas Parade the same day as Anthony's cousin's wedding!

We are heavily involved in ministry and wouldn't change it for the world. CVC and the people of Fredericksburg have our hearts. Many people have spoken into our lives about being pastors and it's very exciting, but at the same time makes me a little scared....but My Daddy knows :-)

Well I suppose that's all I'll bore you with for now!!!

Celebrating 1 month...

Today marks our 1 month of Wedding Bliss.

Tonight we are celebrating with our topper of the cake as well as a wonderful dinner prepared by me, lol....Chicken and Green Bean Casserole!

We are thinking of something else to do to celebrate, but we haven't thought of anything yet :-)

It's so hard to believe it's been a whole month already, I feel like it's only been a few weeks....time flies when you are having fun!

Married Life & My Husband

I absolutely love being a wife and making the house our home!
I enjoying making coffee and breakfast every morning....
I enjoying making our lunches to take to work....
and I love even more making dinner for my husband and I and him coming home to me every night.
It's a joy to see him smile and be so happy....
It's been fun watching him build things in the house...
I love going to sleep with my best friend by my side and waking up to his handsome face every morning...Thank you Lord!!!

He surprised me the other night and brought home beautiful flowers, chocolates, and wine...he did this in celebration that I got my new Social Security Card and I've also gotten my license as well so everything now says "Ashley Lugo"

He is so special to me :-)
He amazes me more and more everyday and my love for him just gets bigger and bigger daily!

I'm so excited to do life with this man. I'm even more excited about the ministry we will be doing as a married couple in the years to come...God has big plans, bigger than we can ever imagine. More people tell us they see pastors hearts in us....God only You know where You will take us and what we will be doing....The joys of the unknown, and it's even better with someone by my side!

We will have internet at the house starting this weekend so many many pictures of the wedding and honeymoon are to come!