Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Randoms

Apparently today is Administrative Assistant's Day!! My boss gave these to me! So pretty!!

I went to a friend's wedding shower on Saturday. Here's Lindsey opening my gift- a blanket.



And here's all the girls at the party. Sorry for the blur- mom's fault! Haha!

Me and my bestie! Emily!!!

I thought these pics were funny of Bella in the yard. What is she looking and smelling at?!

And here's Matt and I with Aidan on Easter!! Doesn't he look so handsome in his Polo shirt?! I die.




with love,

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Easter 2011

We had a great and busy Easter!! Here's a few pictures of our Sunday. Matt and I were in a big program in our church and then we ate with both our families!


















with love,

Friday, April 22, 2011

Bella May

Bella is just a mess! I love her so much! She came to work with me yesterday! She LOVES coming to work with me! We're pretty much best friends.

Doesn't she look like she's saying:
"I'm ready for my close-up!"

And... here we are stuck in traffic on the way home!! Seems like we're always stuck in traffic together!! But I love being with her!!



Happy Friday.... GOOD FRIDAY for that matter!!!

with love,

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Update

Sorry for my short absence- just haven't had much to report! Of course we've been busy- we're always busy but I just didn't have much to say I guess! Here's a quick update.

This is me with Madeline- pretty much the cutest and sweetest ever! She stays in the nursery on Wednesdays while her mom is in Bible study and I go downstairs and steal her EVERY week!! She helps me work...

Well, softball season is back. Matt of course is playing again this year and he had his first game on Tuesday night (which he didn't get to play because it was canceled due to the storms) and he looked awfully cute in his nice uniform :)

And... Aidan started his t-ball season as well! We didn't get to go to his game but Aimee sent us this adorable picture of him in his uniform!!! He's growing up so fast...
Here's a picture of Sadie. Looks like her feet were cold! Matt and I were laughing so hard at this! (yes, it was staged).

Here's a few more pictures of my feathers. I had my hair done last Friday- Emily darkened my hair just a tiny bit because I'm trying to let my hair go "natural". Whatever that means these days... because feathers are so natural haha! She also trimmed it a bit and added a lot more feathers...!!


Onto other things: Tuesday was exactly 1 month from our Cozumel trip! We can't wait! It seriously can't get here fast enough!!

That's pretty all that's been going on with us. We are both in our Easter program at church so we've had practices twice a week for that. Matt is apart of the drama and I'm in the choir. We've really been enjoying it. All of my family will join us at our church on Easter Sunday to see us in the program- I'm really looking forward to it! I like being able to spend time with both our families!

Happy Easter!!!!

with love,

Friday, April 15, 2011

More Feathers!

More feathers!! Iwent from 2 feathers to 9!!
I'll try and take better pictures this weekend!! Happy Friday!!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Song of the Day

I am loving Gary Allan right now! Matt and I use to listen to his old CDs when we first starting dating! It reminds of the old times...






with love,

Friday, April 8, 2011

Broken

(FYI I'm listening to Christmas music!! It just makes me so happy... it's the most wonderful time of the year!!)

When I blog/Facebook/Twitter I usually try and keep things positive, light-hearted and the least personal. In other words, I don't want "my business" all over the internet! Matt and I are naturally very private people- we just don't like telling all of our 1,000 friends on Facebook about our personal lives! It actually shocks me the things that people WILL put on Facebook. But that's another blog post...

All that to say that I'm going to try and start blogging about more personal things- about what's actually going on with Matt and I.

Because I still prefer to keep some things private I won't elaborate but Matt and I are simply broken right now. God is teaching us a very hard lesson in waiting.

Waiting on Him.

Waiting on an answer. A sign. Anything.

All this waiting has literally ripped us up. It's made me question a lot of things about myself, Matt, our marriage, God, and our spiritual life. Finally (and recently), I came to realize that it could quite possibly be US that He is waiting on! For us to rely fully on Him in this situation. It's so simple! Why do we have to make things so confusing!

During these past few months Matt and I have grown so much closer and I am so thankful for that. We are growing together and learning from this experience.

Don't get me wrong- this waiting has not been easy and will not be easy. I like to have control of every situation and giving that up isn't exactly my cup of tea. But I know that everything will work out because He has a plan.

HE HAS A PLAN.

I am encouraged by this verse:
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope." Romans 5:1-5

I will try and keep yall updated but for now that's where we are. Not sure where we'll be a week from now but until then we're just hanging on and enjoying the ride!

And on a lighter note...

This is my new favorite movie!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I've watched it 3 times already. I'm not kidding.



If you've read this whole thing then congratulations! You made it!
Until next time...

with love,

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Hangover II

Matt and I can't wait for Hanger II to come out Memorial Day!!!!!!




with love,

Russell & Katy

I absolutely love Katy Perry. Like... love.




But there's one thing I love more than Katy Perry... and that's her husband, Russell Brand! He is HILARIOUS!!! His accent is half of it...




That's a scene from 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'! That movie is so funny! Russell Brand is my new fav.

with love,

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Song of the Day

This is one of my ALL TIME favorite songs EVER!! I just love it so much!! I really SHOULD have been a cowboy... dang it!!



with love,

Monday, April 4, 2011

Weekend Recap

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Matt and I sure did! We spent time with family and relaxing! Today is such a gross, rainy Monday!! Ugh!! Here's some pics:

Bella fell asleep on the couch on my slippers! Silly puppy!

Here's Aidan and I eating after church on Sunday! I love that little boy!
And... here's the most recent nail art! These are a new Sally Hansen design and I am LOVING them!!

Here's a cute video of Matt racing the kids! Quite a site to see Matt running!!






with love,

Friday, April 1, 2011

Bella

Just wanted to post this cute picture of Bella today! This was her on the couch this morning before I left for work! If you look closely you can see Sadie laying in the recliner behind her!! Those spoiled dogs!!

I just thought she looked so cute! Looks like she's saying, "What?!"

And here's a video of her a few days ago! I take her to work with me sometimes and here she is laying under my desk, growling! She never growls and for some reason she didn't like the elevator repair man! Haha!




with love,

Feather Update & Song of the Day

Someone asked me to update how my feather extension was holding up. It's been a week and it's still in there good! When I wash/brush/style my hair I am very careful to not snag it or mess with it too much and I think that's important. That's the only update I have for now! I'm getting LOTS of compliments on it- a few strangers have even commented!!

And here's the song of the day. Rihanna's 'Only Girl'!! Happy Friday!




with love,