Monday, September 06, 2010
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Wedding bells are coming
2 MORE WEEKS! HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Things are coming fast and going on around me and I feel overwhelmed.
I want the day to be here, but then again I wish I was more prepared!
AWWWWWWWWWWW time to get a move on....night~
Things are coming fast and going on around me and I feel overwhelmed.
I want the day to be here, but then again I wish I was more prepared!
AWWWWWWWWWWW time to get a move on....night~
Thursday, June 03, 2010
I leave for Brasil in ONE WEEK!! Sooo excited to see Jair and his relatives and some of my friends again! Not ready for the LONGGG plane rides and extreme heat, but it comes with the territory! At least in the end I get to see Jair again!! These 14 days on the oil platform are difficult. I hate not being able to talk with him! :( But God is faithful and sustains me! =)
Monday, May 31, 2010
Forgot to post that day....but Jair and I are moving to Belem!!!! I am leaving in 11 days to move more of my things!!!! Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I cant wait.
I am officially DONE with work. Its gonna be soo weird, but so NICE to actually work on wedding plans! God is good and always provides!!!
Happy and Safe Memorial Day! Thank you to all the men and woman who serve and protect ME! Our Country appreciates you!!!
I am officially DONE with work. Its gonna be soo weird, but so NICE to actually work on wedding plans! God is good and always provides!!!
Happy and Safe Memorial Day! Thank you to all the men and woman who serve and protect ME! Our Country appreciates you!!!
Friday, April 16, 2010
God is IN Control!!
We find out today where Jair will be stationed and where we will be living in Brasil!! GOD IS GOOD! I am praying hard and know that its in HIS best interest as to where we live! Any prayers would be coveted!! Thanks!!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
As I was writing some words of encouragment to some dear friends, I realized God was really speaking through me so that I could take a look at my own life and be reminded that I am only put on this earth for a short time and season. What am I doing with this time??? Am I serving Christ and living my day, moment, as if it were my last?? Even though I thought I was writing these words to my friends, God was actually speaking to myself as well....
My post:
"Aunt Nell said...
girls~
Im thinking and praying for you both!!! I know how hard it is to find a place you can call "home." A place you love and a place you can always be content at....but girls, remember, God puts you where HE wants you! According to HIS will. It may be for a time...for a season...and then he may move you. He is in control of your lives. Not your friends, not your husband (sorry Jeremy ;)~ )not your circumstances, not your job, not the weather...but GOD is in control!! This earth is NOT our home....our home is in Heaven!! So even though you aren't currently satisfied with where you are at....use these moments to rely on Christ and serve Him!! Our time here is but a vapor!! I love you girls and am sad that you aren't satisfied with where you are at, but seize the day that you have to serve the God that created you!! "
My post:
"Aunt Nell said...
girls~
Im thinking and praying for you both!!! I know how hard it is to find a place you can call "home." A place you love and a place you can always be content at....but girls, remember, God puts you where HE wants you! According to HIS will. It may be for a time...for a season...and then he may move you. He is in control of your lives. Not your friends, not your husband (sorry Jeremy ;)~ )not your circumstances, not your job, not the weather...but GOD is in control!! This earth is NOT our home....our home is in Heaven!! So even though you aren't currently satisfied with where you are at....use these moments to rely on Christ and serve Him!! Our time here is but a vapor!! I love you girls and am sad that you aren't satisfied with where you are at, but seize the day that you have to serve the God that created you!! "
Monday, February 15, 2010
VALENTINES DAY 2010
My beautiful 14 red, long stemmed roses from the love of my life!!! I LOVE YOU BABY!!!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saturday, August 08, 2009
wedding date finally set
AUGUST 14th, 2010 is our FINAL wedding date!!
Super excited to start getting things rolling!!
Super excited to start getting things rolling!!
Monday, February 16, 2009
The Proposal :)
I love my ring. Its a beautiful 1/2 K, Princess Cut Diamond with side bagets (sp?) ( Jair and I designed it several months ago ;) Love love love it)
As he tried to free the ring from his small inside coat pocket..it got a little stuck....then he got down on one knee and said shaking and freezing, "Shanelle! Will you marry me?" I said "y y yesss" from the cold and wind, we kissed and then ran back to get my car from the vallet parking. It would have been better if it wasn't so cold and windy, but it was still sweet and romantic :)
On Feb 14th Jair and I went to the Chaya Brasserie Restaraunt 
on Embarcadero St. in San Fran. It was a cute, little, romantic place right across from the water. After a 3 coarse meal we were full and decided to walk across the street to a Pier that overlooked the Bay Bridge.
As he tried to free the ring from his small inside coat pocket..it got a little stuck....then he got down on one knee and said shaking and freezing, "Shanelle! Will you marry me?" I said "y y yesss" from the cold and wind, we kissed and then ran back to get my car from the vallet parking. It would have been better if it wasn't so cold and windy, but it was still sweet and romantic :)Thursday, January 22, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Friday, December 26, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Merry Christmas everyone! Wishing you a joyous celebration with your friends and family!!I wish I could be with Jair :( He's all alone on Christmas and without him I feel alone too. But with Christ there wouldn't even be a celebration. So on this day I celebrate Him! :) Love you all. More pics to come after the celebrations!! :)
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
THANKSGIVING
During this time I am greatly reminded of the MANY things I can be thankful for. If I listed them all out right now I am sure you'd all fall asleep trying to read it all!
God has SO blessed me by putting the family, friends, collegeues, brothers/sisters in Christ, mentors, teachers, leaders and various other relationships in my life. ( and you know who you are!!! ;) Without these people, I would be lost. Life is all about relationships and without them we wouldn't be where we are today. I have been blessed beyond what I had ever imagined with Jair. He has taught me sooo much and loved me even more. And most of all, my relationship with Christ!!! I let him down soooo many times and he continues to love me and show me grace as he directs me to the right path. This Thanksgiving I pray that I can refocus on Him and His will for my life.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!
God has SO blessed me by putting the family, friends, collegeues, brothers/sisters in Christ, mentors, teachers, leaders and various other relationships in my life. ( and you know who you are!!! ;) Without these people, I would be lost. Life is all about relationships and without them we wouldn't be where we are today. I have been blessed beyond what I had ever imagined with Jair. He has taught me sooo much and loved me even more. And most of all, my relationship with Christ!!! I let him down soooo many times and he continues to love me and show me grace as he directs me to the right path. This Thanksgiving I pray that I can refocus on Him and His will for my life.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Promise Ring
Jair gave me this beautiful 18 K White Gold w Topaz ring at the airport right before he left.....:'( He didn't want to propose in the airport, so he just gave it to me! It was a long, fun week of going to SF, Pleasanton, Malls, movies, restaraunts, and jewlry stores!! :) He wanted to ask permission from my dad, but didn't get the chance until 30 min before we left. So he GOT the permission from my dad to marry me, but probably won't propose until Jan when he returns!! I know...so much for it being a suprise, but thats ok! I still don't know when or where!! ;)~ God is good! When we rely on him and are patient...OUR time will come! Our Prince charming will come and sweep us off our feet. Thank you, Father, for showing me that waiting on you is the best thing to do! I love you and can't wait to see how you use me and bless me! I can't wait for the day to become Mrs. Shanelle Lynette Boyd Vieira Morais (or maybe something a little shorter......)
Love you Father!
Love you friends and family!!
More updates to come in the next couple of months!!!! ;)
Monday, September 29, 2008
Haven't blogged in a while....Gavin's 2 now!!
Gavins 2nd birthday with mommy and baby bro or sis in her tummy! :) 
Gavin and his cousin, Anara, who was born one day before him!
Gavins cousins, L-R: Anara, Jude, Gideon and Gav!!
PRESENTS!! They got a lot of cool things! Can't wait to play with him ;)
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Feliz Páscoa/Happy Easter
Wishing you a blessed and humbling day! Celebrating Christs death for US and his resurrection and our hope for the future! :) May Christ be the center of your celebrations and not our Friends, Family, Food and Fun......that is all wonderful, but not why we celebrate in this day!
Love you all and hope you enjoy this beautiful sunny day! (if you live out West ;)
Love you all and hope you enjoy this beautiful sunny day! (if you live out West ;)
Gavin is the bomb at hunting for Easter eggs! :) He found all 15 or so.....some with a little help! ;)
Saturday, March 01, 2008
FRUSTRATED
I don't think anyone reads this site...nor do I care! I just need to let out some frustration, so here it goes!
I am sick of life right now....I feel like I am not good at ANYTHING in life and that life is just kinda BLAHHHHHHH right now. Don't get me wrong, there are still some things I love about life, but at this moment, I just feel crappy. I know God is going to use this time of lows to stretch me and guide me towards him. I NEED him....I WANT him.....I find comfort in knowing my God will never leave me nor forsake me!
Work is just kinda....go.....teach.....yell......get frustrated......feel like I am not making a difference.....and then go home....I am not happy anymore. I love kids and I love teaching, but when you don't have materials needed to teach or another person to do crowd control while I am trying to do crafts....it gets really frustrating. Then I am placed in several different classrooms throughout the afternoon. I hate jumping around for 30 min here and 30 min there......I want stability.
I know I have a lot of people in my life too....but at times I feel like I am soo alone. I have an amazing family, friends, community and an amazing boyfriend. However, life is soo crazy and busy it seems like everyone is consumed in their own little world and I am not part of that world. I love my boyfriend, but its hard being 8000 miles apart. Hes got stuff to do for work and school and family and can't always focus on me....and thats hard....friends and family all have their own families and life and don't want to spend any time with me.
School........OH MAN! I can't wait to be DONE! I am getting soo burnt out from hearing my professor talk for 3 hours on cells and organisms and proteins and enzymes....my brain can only take soo much after a 40 hour week with CRAZY KIDS and cramming for a test. My teacher doesn't understand how hard it is for us to go to work/school all day and all week and then have to sit in his Friday night class from 6-9 and really pay attention to what hes saying while we are frantically trying to copy all his notes into our notebooks.....he doesn't understand....or remember what its like.....and thats what I hate about some professors. They are soo stuck on THEIR subject and think its the best thing in the world. When in reality.....most of us are just taking this class so we can get the heck out of MJC. I seriously can't wait for biology to be DONE!
Well....all this to say....I really want a vacation. One away from screaming yelling kids, away from school and school work away from any responsibility other than to relax and have fun and spend time with the Lord. Maybe I should take a weekend trip to the beach just to relax and read Gods word...hmmmmm I might have to start planning! :) Well.. Time for me to head to the gym to get out MORE of this freakin frustration! LORD, I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO USE THIS TIME AND THESE SITUATIONS TO STRETCH ME AND TEACH ME AND ALLOW ME TO GROW! I ASK THAT YOUR WILL WILL BE DONE IN ALL THESE SITUATIONS AND THAT I CAN GLORIFY YOU THROUGH THEM ALL! I LOVE YOU JESUS!!!
><> Shanelle
I am sick of life right now....I feel like I am not good at ANYTHING in life and that life is just kinda BLAHHHHHHH right now. Don't get me wrong, there are still some things I love about life, but at this moment, I just feel crappy. I know God is going to use this time of lows to stretch me and guide me towards him. I NEED him....I WANT him.....I find comfort in knowing my God will never leave me nor forsake me!
Work is just kinda....go.....teach.....yell......get frustrated......feel like I am not making a difference.....and then go home....I am not happy anymore. I love kids and I love teaching, but when you don't have materials needed to teach or another person to do crowd control while I am trying to do crafts....it gets really frustrating. Then I am placed in several different classrooms throughout the afternoon. I hate jumping around for 30 min here and 30 min there......I want stability.
I know I have a lot of people in my life too....but at times I feel like I am soo alone. I have an amazing family, friends, community and an amazing boyfriend. However, life is soo crazy and busy it seems like everyone is consumed in their own little world and I am not part of that world. I love my boyfriend, but its hard being 8000 miles apart. Hes got stuff to do for work and school and family and can't always focus on me....and thats hard....friends and family all have their own families and life and don't want to spend any time with me.
School........OH MAN! I can't wait to be DONE! I am getting soo burnt out from hearing my professor talk for 3 hours on cells and organisms and proteins and enzymes....my brain can only take soo much after a 40 hour week with CRAZY KIDS and cramming for a test. My teacher doesn't understand how hard it is for us to go to work/school all day and all week and then have to sit in his Friday night class from 6-9 and really pay attention to what hes saying while we are frantically trying to copy all his notes into our notebooks.....he doesn't understand....or remember what its like.....and thats what I hate about some professors. They are soo stuck on THEIR subject and think its the best thing in the world. When in reality.....most of us are just taking this class so we can get the heck out of MJC. I seriously can't wait for biology to be DONE!
Well....all this to say....I really want a vacation. One away from screaming yelling kids, away from school and school work away from any responsibility other than to relax and have fun and spend time with the Lord. Maybe I should take a weekend trip to the beach just to relax and read Gods word...hmmmmm I might have to start planning! :) Well.. Time for me to head to the gym to get out MORE of this freakin frustration! LORD, I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO USE THIS TIME AND THESE SITUATIONS TO STRETCH ME AND TEACH ME AND ALLOW ME TO GROW! I ASK THAT YOUR WILL WILL BE DONE IN ALL THESE SITUATIONS AND THAT I CAN GLORIFY YOU THROUGH THEM ALL! I LOVE YOU JESUS!!!
><> Shanelle
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