Maria Wolford’s blog

I would like to say Congratulations to Kara and Ben Diaz on the birth of their new baby girl, Abigail Elizabeth.  Also to Heidi and Derek Levendusky on the birth of new baby, Audrey Hope!  We are so happy for our friends!  May God Bless more abundantly each and every day and give you time to rest!  Well that's all.  No baby news for us.  

Well I know that it has been a long time since I have been able to write.  Truthfully...I forget that I have this page!  Sorry.  Life has been busy!  My husband Dan and I just took our youth group to the Generation Conference!  This is a local youth conference that is absolutely excellent!  We saw so many hundreds of youth being touched in those 3 days.  God is awesome!  Dan and I are quite tired from all the busyness but we are pushing through. 
This past week has been exhausting mentally, physically and emotionally.  So we keep seeking God to help us through.  God has His timing for everything.
I also had my 27th birthday on July 10!  Dan spoiled me all day long!  We went to my favorite tea place, dinner, mini golfing and the movies!  How blessed am I!!!!  I love my husband so much!  Thank you God for the greatest man ever!
Good bye to you all.

So, as of this past Sunday, my husband, lost his wedding ring.  He was playing ultimate frisbee and the ring slipped off his finger, unnoticed at first.  So that night we tried finding it with one flashlight and a metal detector but found nothing.  Dan and I went back on Monday morning, for 3 1/2 hrs, with the metal detector and still found nothing.  Well I shouldn't say nothing, we did find a zippo lighter, gum wrappers, part of a bud light can and a part of a necklace.  We were very sad and upset.  We don't understand why we couldn't find it?!  We and many others were praying that God would show it to us.  But still nothing.  So on Sunday I will be trying to find it again, still having faith that God will have it show up! 
Sometimes I don't understand and can get frustrated by the fact that bad, unnecessary things keep happening to us.  Why?  What are we doing wrong?  But I am reminded of my wonderful husband and the love that we have for each other.  We have great families and friends too.  I guess that victory in certain areas of life would be encouraging, though. 
So please keep us in prayer.  We can't afford to get Dan his ring back, at least that same one, so we are just believing for a miracle!

Well nothing too exciting has been happening, lately, well in our lives, anyway.  We did sell my Hyundai to Dan's brother, Steve.  Our apartment has been so very, extremely hot since the weather has become more hot and humid!  I hate it!  It usually is about 85 degrees in our apartment and never gets below 70 degrees (that is on a good day).  Needless to say, one fan is not cutting it! 
Oh, our church, Gallupville Gospel, had a guest speaker in May.  His name is Clint Rogers and those meetings went well.  Dan and I are very happy for Clint and his wife Angela for their 1st baby is due June 7.
Then, our friends Kris and Becky Miner just had there second child, Riley Johanna, on Sunday June 1!  She was 9lbs 6oz!  God bless you Becky!  Congrats to our awesome friends!!
So that is it.

Life hasn't really been too exciting lately.  Dan has been working his other, seasonal job this week so I have been quite bored.  I hate that he is gone all day.  One thing exciting is that a woman form church, Maureen, gave me an IPod Nano as a gift!  She had won it at the Women's Conference that we went to, which was excellent by the way, and had really felt that this was an answer to prayer.  She had been praying that God would give her something that she could give away and bless someone else with and that special someone was me!  I love it.  It came at a time that I really needed some encouragement! 
So that is about it.  God is so good and takes care of us in ways we could never imagine!  I am so thankful to be loved by such an awesome God!

So as of May 1st Dan and I have been officially together 1 year!  On May 1st last year he surprised me with tons of candles, music, and a card!  The card expressed how he felt....that he Loved Me!  That very night we decided to get married in the fall!  Yeah we move quick but when you know it is God why wait?!  He gave me a blue hydrangea (my favorite) and we talked all night!  I couldn't believe that my dreams were finally coming true!  Our lives changed quickly after that.  But how exciting it was to be marrying the man of my dreams! 
To anyone who helped out with this magnificent evening...thank you so much!  To anyone who needs more explaining about all this just ask, I would love to go into more details with you!
As to my husband, Dan, I love you more today then I did 1 year ago and I am so excited about the many years to follow with which we can form more wonderful memories!

Spring is so wonderful!  I love the weather!  I have decided that I want to start a flower garden!  So the other day I went outside and started digging out weeds, with my hands.  I raked and picked out rocks etc., the area looked so much better.  So I told Dan and explained how my hands hurt and I got all dirty.  He then said, "Didn't your mom buy you gardening tools and gloves?"  I couldn't believe that he was right!  I totally forgot and never once did I think about it that whole day!  What a loon I am.  So the next day, gardening was a lot easier.
I am excited because I was able to find old friends through my space!  People that I haven't talked to in years!  I can't wait to catch up with them.
Well life has been pretty busy this past week and it would take forever to write about it.  So Dan and I are praying for a more peaceful week. 

Well life has a way of throwing you a curve ball when you least expect it!  Some of us receive them more then others! What I actually mean is that God has His timing for everything.  Sometimes things happen in life that we can't change or we just don't understand.  But God can use all things for His glory!  Whether it is to make us stronger, have more faith, trust in Him more, become more humble, grow closer to Him, or reveal to us a trait that we need to work on....God most definitely has a plan.  Some parts of my life, for about 9months or so, have been a struggle for me but I know that God has a reason for this season in my life and I am excited for the final goal that He has for me. 
On a second note, Dan and I thought that I might be pregnant, due to a much lighter and shorter cycle, but after a blood test on Tuesday we have found out that I am not pregnant.  I have mixed emotions about this.  At first, when I thought that I was, I freaked out!  But then I wanted to be also.  The thought of forming a new life was exciting, plus we would have cute kids ( just kidding).  God obviously had other plans and I am peaceful with that.  When the time comes to have a baby, I know that God's timing will be the best! 
Well there you have it.  That is my life right.  Not much else to say.  Be blessed.

Well today we woke up to SNOW!!!!!  Not cool! =)  Then Dan and I started traveling up to my mom's house and Dan got sick!  My poor husband!  I hate that he is sick!  We were suppossed to go to my high school's 25th anniversary celebration but we aren't now.  There is no way that Dan can go and I refuse to go without him!  I wish that I could make him better, so I of course have gotten him all the necessary meds, liquids, and blankets.  Please be praying for him.  We will return home tomorrow when he hopefully will be better and able to travel.  So not the friday we were expecting but that is ok.  Life could be way worse!

Saturday was our six month anniversary!  Dan left in the morning to go to the post office and was gone for at least an hour!  Now you must understand that our post office is about 1/2 mile from our apartment so I did begin to wonder.  Well he finally got home and said, " I got you something for our anniversary but it is tall."  I thought, tall what could it be?  I looked and saw him holding two cherry blossom branches!  They are the coolest, most unique flowers that I have ever received!  They are so beautiful!  We got dressed up and then we went to PF Changs Restaurant in Colonie Center.  It was a nice restaurant, crowded but nice. We had a great anniversary.  
I am so blessed!  God has truly blessed me with a wonderful husband!  I couldn't ask for anyone better or more perfect for me!