Making our home.

Brain on overload with ideas of how to decorate my very own home in a mere 5 months, this is my current inspiration for the bedroom. Still on the hunt for that turquoise quilt.

While we were in Arizona I came across some fun pieces to add to our soon-to-be home! Here they are:

Our breadbox: We found this at a lovely little antique store. The funny thing is that I liked it, but David fell in love with it. As we were leaving the store he turned to me and said, "let's just get it!"

Vintage Tins: So, I have been on the hunt for some of these old tins, but all the ones that we have found are filled with rust. Not these! They are in mint condition & I was THRILLED to end my search.

Our trunk: This is definitely what I was most excited about! This old trunk was a mere $59. I want to put it at the end of our bed. However...we could not fit it in my tiny Honda Civic and it is temporary stuck in Arizona until my brother and sister-in-law come for the wedding.

Everything we found was on the same street in Phoenix, Arizona. There were multiple antique/vintage stores and I was in heaven.

Road trip: Arizona.

So this past weekend David and I took a 12-hour drive to visit my brother, sister-in-law and handsome nephew. Let me tell you the drive was well worth the quality time we all had together.

To put it simply, David & I are absolutely in love with little Will. He is such a happy little fella, his parents are blessed. We had lots of fun playing with the baby and seeing the reality of what it is like to be a parent...we are definitely not ready for that commitment yet! But we are excited to be able to be apart of this boy's life and have him as a Ring Bearer in the wedding.

Our family is far from perfect but it was a blessing to see how the Lord has brought us from trials into times of joy. This trip was a sweet time for me to talk with my brother about the journey David & I are entering in June. I have been longing to get to talk with my brother about the chaos of marriage and it was so encouraging to hear his advice. I also enjoyed laughing and sharing sweet moments with my sister-in-law. The trip over all was a success!

Baby Will.

Meet my nephew, Will the Fourth.

He is such a happy little boy, and I am in love with him.

We are blessed to be spending the next few days in Arizona with this 

little fella and his parents.

Ally turns 10.

Today is my lovely little cousin Ally's 10th Birthday. On this occasion I thought I would take time to reminisce the baby girl I remember. Ally was such an adorable baby, our family jokes endlessly about the size of her head on that tiny body but she has now grown into it. :) Ally is such an intelligent girl, she always corrects my grammar as I speak, and reads texts over my shoulder (very quickly). I have been blessed to be able to spend lots of time with her over the past few years and see her more as a little sister then a cousin. Writing this post brings tears to my eyes as I think of how she is growing up into a beautiful young lady. I am proud to be her older cousin and look forward to supporting her in the years ahead. I love her so much! Here are a few pictures of her over the years.

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Reflection on registry.

So it turns out the blissful thought of registering for whatever we want is not as simple as I thought. Is it too expensive? Will people think we are snobs? What if no one buys us this? All these questions add stress to the joy of scanning different kitchen accessorizes, bedding, cups, flatware and on the lists goes. However there has been a good realization; I am becoming an adult...

How can this be happening? I am walking around Crate & Barrel choosing what I think David and I will use in our home. This is a surreal realization. I am going to become the "woman of the house." I feel as though the past twenty-one years of my life have flown by and in the blink of an eye I am planning my wedding. This is an event I have dreamed of for years, and now it's become a reality. There is no hesitation in the thought of spending my life with David, just in the fact that on my own I am going to be an adult, accountable to God, my husband and myself.

New Revelation.

So I thought I would share this wonderful verse with all of you. This is what we talked about at church yesterday & I was floored by the reality of what Christians are called to do in this world. 

2 Corinthians 3:2-3

"You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts."

As Christians we are a living breathing letter of recommendation for Jesus. We are the main source of interaction between the Lord and the world. That is a huge responsibility, when I sit back and think about it I am overwhelmed. My resolution this year is to pursue loving all people as Christ loves me, and to build relationships with others instead of judging.

endless thoughts in a scattered brain.

For some reason I feel it is required that the creator of a blog obtains the following: a parent, creative, beauty and a wide vocabulary. Here there is none of that, but I want to share my thoughts. I write in a journal but this is more accessible. So here goes the writing of a soon to be college graduate & wife at the age of twenty-one.