Thursday, October 31, 2013

so sad

i have just been in a mood.

going through the Crate and Barrel/ Pottery Barn Christmas catalogues, thinking about the new matching Christmas stockings I want to get Drew and I. Looking at new outrageously priced Christmas ornaments I want to hang on our tree. blah blah blah. 

the Christmas ads/ catalogues have slowly started coming and I was even starting to make out my Christmas list, trying to figure out how I could trick Drew into getting me ankle boots AND some new knee-high boots. Both are the trend, ya know.

I want a new phone case, I want a new car. blah blah blah.

my adorable little sister is a first grade teacher.  i called her after work today while I was in a traffic jam waiting to go to the grocery store to get some last minute candy. I was thinking about how the Snickers and Reese Cups were probably all sold out and I would be stuck getting the tootsie roll/dots combination. Yuck. Kids would be mad at us for handing that out and probably egg our house. Duh. 

So she was telling me about all the difference costumes the kids were. A cute little pirate, lots of Batman and Iron Mans. Ya know, the predictable. 

Then she told me about the little boy whose family she knew didn't have a whole lot of money. He didn't bring a costume to school and at recess she sent him down to the counselor's office to pick something out to wear for the party. 

When he got back and she asked him what he had picked out, she said she almost burst into tears. 

He had the BIGGEST smile on his face and was SO excited with his new costume. 

it seriously broke my heart. like seriously. my heart aches when I think about it! 

WHAT IN THE WORLD AM I DOING? I WRITE THIS SILLY LITTLE BLOG ABOUT MY LIFE WHEN SERIOUSLY THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT NEED TO KNOW THEY ARE CARED ABOUT! i spend so much time in my own little world, concerned with my own petty problems. and i am sick of it. 

i have it so, so good. SO GOOD. That simplest little gesture made that little boy's day. His whole Halloween. 

As tomorrow comes and we enter the Holiday season, I want this year to be different. I don't want to go through November and December focusing on myself. What I want, how I want things to be. It's not about me. 

It's about that dollar bill thrown in the bell ringers red buckets, it's about that Adopt-a-Family program at work. It's about that extra "Merry Christmas" to that person who can do absolutely nothing for you.

It's about that sweet little first grader who came to school without a costume. and more importantly, the gesture of that sweet school counselor who made that little boy's day.



and some halloween love that made me happy today:

who is that babe on the left? oh, just MY MOM! hahahaha


cute little jenna mae was our first trick-or-treater!



kailee sent me this. her costume for first grade tomorrow :)

 baby lew came to our little shindig last week :) 



dracula blood cocktail :) cranberry sierra mist, vodka and a maraschino cherry (blood clot. duh) :)


i busted out the powerdrill for this years pumpkin :) 



i hope you have a great halloween!


Wednesday, October 30, 2013

photo session

we went down to the dock this last weekend and these pretty people let me take some pictures of them. I have come to the realization that no matter how many "camera cheat sheets" I read, I really just need to take pictures to get better. That's the only way it's gonna happen people. 

or just take pictures of beautiful couples. :)




aka. if you want to be my best friend, let me practice taking pictures of you :) please and thank you :)

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

october 29

this is what my devotional read to me today:


"linger in My presence awhile.

Rein in your impulses to plunge into the day's activities. 

Beginning your day alone with Me is essential preparation for success.


A great athlete takes time to prepare himself mentally for the feat ahead of him before he moves a muscle. 

Similarly, your time of being still in My presence equips you for the day ahead of you.

Only I know what will happen to you this day.

I have arranged the events you will encounter as you go along your way.

If you are not adequately equipped for your journey, you will grow weary and lose heart. 

Relax with me while I ready you for action."

Ephesians 2:10, Hebrews 12:3


Can I get an 'amen'????? ugh. I SO need to read this every single morning. I feel like I am growing weary and losing heart by about Tuesday each week. 

relax with Him? sounds like a plan to me. even if that means setting the alarm clock a few minutes earlier than usual. usual = 4:15am so pray for me, would ya? i need all the help i can get ;) 





Sunday, October 13, 2013

gold spray paint


it was a very fall-ish weekend up in these parts :)




got myself some gold spray paint. not sure my life will ever be the same. Instant glamourizer :)


and i mean seriously? 



life is good :)


we went to a wedding saturday night and I was annoying Drew and taking selfies in the bedroom right before we left. 

i married a clever man.

that'll show me. :) 

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Thursday, October 31, 2013

so sad

i have just been in a mood.

going through the Crate and Barrel/ Pottery Barn Christmas catalogues, thinking about the new matching Christmas stockings I want to get Drew and I. Looking at new outrageously priced Christmas ornaments I want to hang on our tree. blah blah blah. 

the Christmas ads/ catalogues have slowly started coming and I was even starting to make out my Christmas list, trying to figure out how I could trick Drew into getting me ankle boots AND some new knee-high boots. Both are the trend, ya know.

I want a new phone case, I want a new car. blah blah blah.

my adorable little sister is a first grade teacher.  i called her after work today while I was in a traffic jam waiting to go to the grocery store to get some last minute candy. I was thinking about how the Snickers and Reese Cups were probably all sold out and I would be stuck getting the tootsie roll/dots combination. Yuck. Kids would be mad at us for handing that out and probably egg our house. Duh. 

So she was telling me about all the difference costumes the kids were. A cute little pirate, lots of Batman and Iron Mans. Ya know, the predictable. 

Then she told me about the little boy whose family she knew didn't have a whole lot of money. He didn't bring a costume to school and at recess she sent him down to the counselor's office to pick something out to wear for the party. 

When he got back and she asked him what he had picked out, she said she almost burst into tears. 

He had the BIGGEST smile on his face and was SO excited with his new costume. 

it seriously broke my heart. like seriously. my heart aches when I think about it! 

WHAT IN THE WORLD AM I DOING? I WRITE THIS SILLY LITTLE BLOG ABOUT MY LIFE WHEN SERIOUSLY THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT NEED TO KNOW THEY ARE CARED ABOUT! i spend so much time in my own little world, concerned with my own petty problems. and i am sick of it. 

i have it so, so good. SO GOOD. That simplest little gesture made that little boy's day. His whole Halloween. 

As tomorrow comes and we enter the Holiday season, I want this year to be different. I don't want to go through November and December focusing on myself. What I want, how I want things to be. It's not about me. 

It's about that dollar bill thrown in the bell ringers red buckets, it's about that Adopt-a-Family program at work. It's about that extra "Merry Christmas" to that person who can do absolutely nothing for you.

It's about that sweet little first grader who came to school without a costume. and more importantly, the gesture of that sweet school counselor who made that little boy's day.



and some halloween love that made me happy today:

who is that babe on the left? oh, just MY MOM! hahahaha


cute little jenna mae was our first trick-or-treater!



kailee sent me this. her costume for first grade tomorrow :)

 baby lew came to our little shindig last week :) 



dracula blood cocktail :) cranberry sierra mist, vodka and a maraschino cherry (blood clot. duh) :)


i busted out the powerdrill for this years pumpkin :) 



i hope you have a great halloween!


Wednesday, October 30, 2013

photo session

we went down to the dock this last weekend and these pretty people let me take some pictures of them. I have come to the realization that no matter how many "camera cheat sheets" I read, I really just need to take pictures to get better. That's the only way it's gonna happen people. 

or just take pictures of beautiful couples. :)




aka. if you want to be my best friend, let me practice taking pictures of you :) please and thank you :)

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

october 29

this is what my devotional read to me today:


"linger in My presence awhile.

Rein in your impulses to plunge into the day's activities. 

Beginning your day alone with Me is essential preparation for success.


A great athlete takes time to prepare himself mentally for the feat ahead of him before he moves a muscle. 

Similarly, your time of being still in My presence equips you for the day ahead of you.

Only I know what will happen to you this day.

I have arranged the events you will encounter as you go along your way.

If you are not adequately equipped for your journey, you will grow weary and lose heart. 

Relax with me while I ready you for action."

Ephesians 2:10, Hebrews 12:3


Can I get an 'amen'????? ugh. I SO need to read this every single morning. I feel like I am growing weary and losing heart by about Tuesday each week. 

relax with Him? sounds like a plan to me. even if that means setting the alarm clock a few minutes earlier than usual. usual = 4:15am so pray for me, would ya? i need all the help i can get ;) 





Sunday, October 13, 2013

gold spray paint


it was a very fall-ish weekend up in these parts :)




got myself some gold spray paint. not sure my life will ever be the same. Instant glamourizer :)


and i mean seriously? 



life is good :)


we went to a wedding saturday night and I was annoying Drew and taking selfies in the bedroom right before we left. 

i married a clever man.

that'll show me. :) 

Tuesday, October 1, 2013