I'm not mad....

Meet my family!!

The pretty lady on the top is my mom and the sassy lady in the red is my Gran! So, HOPEFULLY this what I will look like in 25 years and also in 42 years. I'm not mad about that at all! 

Ready to learn the ABC's?!?

Before you even THINK about watching this video... STOP!! I want you to stick both of your hands out in front of you with palms facing out.... come on, do it. Now I want you to bend each finger back VERY carefully! Signing can get a little dangerous so you want to be loose, agile, and ready for anything that comes your way! Kind of like dance dance revolution. Now that you're all warmed up... proceed at your own risk. I warned you. This is really intense! ;-) 

The ASL alphabet is a really good thing to have in your back pocket so if you meet a deaf person you can, first get your hands out of your back pocket, and spell your name! This is called fingerspelling! My first conversation with a deaf person was actually all fingerspelling. I spelled everything. It was hilarious and awesome. They laughed at me but appreciated me trying!

Learn away! ...and practice practice practice! You'll be singing the song all day :) 

I have good news!!

Yes, it's true, I have really good news for you! Are you ready for it? You probably aren't but that's the best part! 

..... you are a beautiful, perfect, masterpiece. Here's where it gets good! Not just any masterpiece. God's masterpiece! Too good to believe right? That's my favorite part.

How could I be all of those things? I have really judgmental thoughts. Sometimes I cuss. I'm anything but beautiful. I sin knowing I'm sinning and I keep on sinning. I'm anything but perfect. 

Lies. All lies. The Lord has paid for your perfection as he has paid for mine. Stop living in the bondage of the lies that the World is feeding you. That's not fair. That slavery that you and I are a living under was paid for. With the most extravagant sacrifice. Jesus has already taken those imperfections that you are heaving around your neck, and he nailed them to His cross. His beautiful, perfect cross. They are His, not yours.

You my friend, you my mothers, you my future husband... are a masterpiece. You are being chiseled daily to look more like Jesus than yourself. 

I told you it was good news!! Who doesn't love a make over?! You have to ask for it though. Oh and, it's free.


You're going to want to watch this. Promise it's worth the time. :)

AHHH THEY'RE DEAF!!!

So, as some of you know, my major is interpreting for the deaf! Yes I do sign langauge and no I do not read braile. haha SO many people ask me that... "oh yea, so you can read braile?!" Well, no. Braile is for blind people. I wish I could though! Talk about an incredible skill to have. Anyway, I wanted to starting blogging here and there about deafness. DOM DOM DOM!!! Most of you hearing people out there just got a little scared huh? "I can't talk to them, they can't hear me!" WHAT TO DO!?!?

1.STAY CALM! If you don't, you will look silly. Promise.

2. Smile and wave.. did you know waving is a universal Hello! Can't go wrong with that!

3. Some deaf people can lip read but not all so if you get lucky and they can lip read, go on and talk to them. Nice and clear.

4. Don't yell! haha I LOVE it when a hearing person starts talking REALLY loud thinking that maybe if I scream they will hear me. Nope. Good thought though. haha

5. If you don't know any sign language grab a pen and paper!

I'm hoping to get some videos up on here and teach you guys a little bit of ASL (American Sign Language) and talk about deaf culture because it is VERY different from hearing culture. Bet ya didn't even know they had a culture huh? Yea I was shocked too! I want to challenge you guys to be open minded about deafness and put away any preconcieved notion that you have about deaf people because I'd bet that it's probably not true. I'm excited about sharing some of what I know with y'all!

Deaf fact for the day!
93 percent of deaf children are born into hearing families; only 7 percent are born into deaf families.

My future is looking good...

Taylor and I went to the park today... and this is what happened....

To say that I'm excited to marry this man would be an understatement. These next few pics will explain why.

He's got nice moves but let's not underestimate the creativity of a woman...

AND... this is what i did ALLLLL day....

I can't wait to be a Jervis.

Operation Celebration

So I promised in the first post that I would keep you updated on the preparations for the wedding. It has been 1 month and 4 days since Taylor asked me to be his bride and we have almost everything planned! It has been C.R.A.Z.Y. who knew that weddings had SO many details?



Groom: Check!
Dress: Check!
Venue: Check
Videographer: Check
Photographer:Check
Bridesmaids and dresses: Check x 7
Groomsmen: Check x 8
Cake, fabrics, linens, chairs, silverware, napkins. centerpieces: CHECK


The list could go on.... like the energizer bunny. Seriously. The more we've gotten into planning this wedding the more I've realized how expensive things can get and I began to "freak out", if you will, about money and cutting costs but i've been reading in the Bible about weddings. i figure where better to get inspiration from. Weddings are a BIG deal with fancy fabric and good food. It's a true celebration of Christ and his sparkling, radiant, pure and holy Bride! Words which we are not worthy of as the collective Bride of Christ, and words that I am not worthy of as Taylor's bride. BUT words that we are all worthy of because the sweet redemption of the Lord! How exciting! I get to walk down the isle only to meet the eyes of my earthly groom and I can stand before him knowing that I am radiant, knowing that I am pure, knowing that I am complete because that's how the Lords sees me. The Lord yearns to wash his Bride through his Word and present her holy and blameless to Himself. You better belive the Lord goes big or goes home for a celebration like this! Not over the top, but just right.


I am beyond excited to marry Taylor. Can you imagine how excited we will be for the BIGGEST wedding of our lives? The wedding when the Lord peels back the veil that we've been wearing since the beginning of time and we get to look full into the face of our Creator. Talk about a wedding that I don't want to miss!!


My future husband blogged about his perspective of the proposal story, I assure you that it's better than mine! Check it out! There are three parts so don't miss em!
http://ajervisbreakdown.tumblr.com/

Gettin' Hitched!

I'm getting married to my best friend! So cliche but so true. Taylor proposed to me on February 4th which was his 23rd birthday. His mom suggested that we plan him a surprise party for him and I was all over it. I love surprises. I invited all of his friends that I knew were in Nashville and some folks from Knoxville. The plan was perfect. His mom rented a room in the church that he grew up in so we decided to tell him that we were going to swing by the church and pick his mom up before dinner. Totally believable because Mrs. Anne has tons of friends at that church.

We were walking into the church and I was SO excited, I knew he was going to love it! Right before we got to the room where everyone was waiting he stopped me and asked me to take off my coat and purse, all the while i'm thinking..."No way! We have to keep walking! There's people waiting, and plus, i'm cold" but he asked again so I did. All of a sudden I got a strange feeling that everything that i had planned wasn't actually happening. The nervous sweats began. We were standing in front of the chapel door where we met 7 years ago. He asked me if i remembered the first time we were in this chapel together. The tears began to pour. I wasn't even in the dang chapel before I started blubbering! He opens the door to a pitch black room the only things that could be seen were tea light candles lining both sides of the isle, and the cross on the stage. There was a beautiful circle of flowers in the exact spot where we met when we were 16 and our song was playing on repeat in the background. 

If you know me, you can only imagine how hard I was crying. I kept thinking, Lacey, shut up... you are NOT a pretty crier. That only made it worse. The "i love you's" that i've been waiting to hear from taylor began to pour forth and swept over my heart. I couldn't believe it. After 6 years of dating, I couldn't believe this moment had finally come! 

So, all that to say, I'm getting married! At first, it didn't feel real. Now, it feels so natural. I've wanted to marry Taylor for 7 years, it's a relief to finally know that it's going to happen! Planning has been crazy and so incredibly fun! We have a date which is September 25th if you were wondering! We are getting hitched at Cedarwood Mansion in Nashville! 

These next few months will be crazy! We are going to try to have everything planned by mid-May which is when we leave to go to Pine Cove! Can it be done? I don't know, I'll keep you posted haha! We are so incredibly excited to learn what the Lord has prepared for us to learn. It truly is by the grace of God that we are together. The Lord has been so good to us and has redeemed both of us in HUGE ways. I'm am excited, nervous, giddy and terrified to venture into this thing which shows the world how deeply and intimately Christ loves his Church. Wow. What a responsibility and privilege. Prayers are needed and very appreciated! I'm excited to share our journey with you in hopes the Lord will receive the glory that only He deserves. We are so thankful for each and every one of you who has been a part of our crazy story. You probably don't realize how precious your friendships are to us.

Some picture are coming soon!