Friday, August 8, 2014

parallels

6 years ago...
...i woke up exhausted, but ready to face the day
...i held gorgeous flowers in my arms
...i put on a dress that i spent months picking out
...i spent hours getting ready
...at the end of the day, i drifted off next to the man of my dreams and my best friend

today...
...i woke up exhausted, but ready to face the day
...i held gorgeous babies in my arms
...i put on clothes that i picked out of a pile on my bedroom floor, and hoped they were clean {enough}
...getting ready?  what's that?  
...at the end of the day, i'll drift off next to the man of my dreams and my best friend
so...there may have been a few changes, but i wouldn't trade them for the world
today, we celebrate 6 years of being us
and i am thankful for everything the Lord has done in our lives
for the man that he has given me
for the children that he blessed us with
for the trials we've worked through
for the joys we've shared
God is good

happy anniversary, love!

*photos by the amazingly talented (and hilarious!) James Moes*

Monday, August 4, 2014

a good start to the week

hello friends - happy monday to you!
as you've probably noticed, i finally got around to a bit of updating around here
nothing too crazy - just freshened up with a new header + adjusted fonts / colors etc

i guess i was in a catch-up-on-things-that-are-long-overdue kick over the weekend
because not only did i spruce up my little corner of the internet, 
i also caught up on some vacation photos from our last trip to florida
(briefly blogged about here and here, but that was about it)

exactly 3 months ago we were smack-dab in the middle of our fabulous time there
and for some reason, i just flipped through our photos and decided it's high time i shared some
so here's a batch from our last morning there

the water was rough, but we figured it was our last chance to get out in it
to our surprise, the girlies loved it!
and they weren't the only ones
i mean, what's not to love?
their contagious squeals of joy, the sound of the waves crashing, salty air and good company
my heart was full
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