a lesson for friday

my husband was not amused with me pouring cold water over the shower.

so he locked the door.

then i tried to take the door knob off, but he said he wouldnt put it back on.

now we are going to five guys and a movie... aka: a date.

just a little household rivalry for a friday night.

on another note, a lady at my job... 

well old job, it ended today... 

asked me to take pictures of her precious 15 month old.

hopefully they will all look like this.

have a wonderful friday evening friends!

and next time you try to throw cold water over the shower at your husband,

make sure he cant see you sneaking in the bathroom.

im gonna work on that.

 so there was a kentucky derby...

we decided that we would watch it, 

you know since we live here and all.

see, these guys are super excited!

but seriously, it was thrilling.

i may have cheered. possibly.

my personal favorite.

"pants on fire" or also known as in my book "the girl"

im her. 'kay?

then this sucker got stuck in my tire... 

that nail thing, not josh.

we do solemnly believe it came from the apartment complex's recent roof job.

or the workers that participated in said roof job.

josh put the doughnut on and took it to get fixed. yay.

such a wonderful and handy husband.

i also helped though... i was flashlight girl and bolt holder girl.

we have decided to take on the important yet daunting task of memorizing 1 Peter.

 J decided to write all of it out and i wrote the first 5 verses on notecards.

5 verses a week. however many weeks it takes. (im not good at math.)

we pray the journey of memorizing it is one we can do humbly and for God's glory.

www.pintrest.com

to conclude.

i found this today.

i want to paint it in my house.

im gonna work on that.

i really hate to do this.

we have had a wonderful day. church was awesome. we are really exciting about being there and now knowing some people there. we even went to lunch with some of the friends we met last night. and i then i went "thrift store-ing" with some of them. (j took a nap. hes not really into thrift stores.) but after the thrift store, my belly took a turn for the worse. i havent been feeling great all night and im really ready to go to bed. consequently... there are no edited baseball pictures. i guess this will just give me something to do tomorrow night. 

but for now... ill leave you with this picture.

(this also means nothing at all, just to clarify.)

please look at their mouths.

this precious little baby mimicked everything he did.

it makes me smile so much.

i promise! baseball pictures tomorrow.

date night

unfortunately this is a cheesy picture and this post is going to be very short, because it is date night and i have to get back to the movie... but i did promise you a picture so here it is.

and in case you were wondering...

 outback was delicious.

the redbox was free.

and i love my husband. 

hope you all are enjoying friday night!

day one.

here we go! 

are you excited? 

because i am!

and the picture of the day...

what does this picture mean to me you ask?

well this morning i had an appointment so i didn't go to work... also why i am posting this in the middle of the day- im going at 12:30... so i got up to go to the bathroom at 7:30 and i saw a flicker. normally being the chicken i am i would have gone and woke j up, but i just stuck my head around the corner and this is what i find. oh my! yes! a burning candle. when did we light it you ask. well we had company over last night and to make the apartment seem inviting and smell nice... oh i'd say around 5:30. 

so all these facts mean that this lovely candle was burning for over 12 hours. 

(now obviously i didnt take a picture of it at 7:30. this was staged.)

okay so what this really means is that our precious Lord had His hand on us and our home and i guess all our neighbors too. He protected us and kept us safe. this is so comforting because as i mentioned above, i am a chicken and anyone who knows me knows this. i am always terrified of a robber or a fire or just something that will harm me. and my dear Savior is the only one who can protect me from that. i know! its shocking that my handsome husband cant. well, he can, but by God' strength. so again it is ultimately God. i consider myself abundantly blessed to be covered in His grace and mercy. 

so today, i live my life to honor and glorify Him for the simple fact that i woke up this morning because of Him.

oh and a treat because this is the first day...

and because i really really want to.

maybe the candle didnt get blown out because i was taking pictures... ehh.
i dont really think we should place blame, should we?


happy thursday, friends!
enjoy greys anatomy tonight!

the official bachelor recap

i need to start this by saying i used to think this was somewhat lame, but i watched the bachelor by myself last night and im going to pretend that you are my sister in law and we are going to talk about it. 

(disclaimer though, this is not the official recap. 

it is not going to be detailed and is totally my opinion.)

for starters, whoa drama mama! have you ever... these girls are nut-sooo! you dont get an opinion if you didnt even get a one on one date orrrr if all you talked to him about was drama in the house. period. 

let me just tell you, the "new ash" looks amazing. i LOVE this look on her. she looks so sophisticated and grown up. and i do believe brad liked it too. i think she carried herself very well last night and had a lot of class. she did not participate in the "bashing" of the other women and she was kind. she never had anything to say that was negative.

did anyone else notice that shawntel never said anything? 

if she did, i missed it. but im pretty sure she didnt say anything. 

next, the show definitely would not have been the same without michelle and her "sarcasm" every week. i cannot say whether that was her or her being fake because obviously i dont know her, but the girls that had things to say about her last night were some of the ones who spent the least amount of time in the house. 

just sayin...

but you NEVER mess with someone's child. NEVER. no matter what kind of person she is and what she said, they had no right to comment on her parenting because a) they never got to know her on a deeper level as a friend and not as competition and b) they dont know her daughter. dont get me started.

i have thoroughly enjoyed this drama filled season and im not sure what im going to do on monday nights now. im sure i will find something though,

 like maybe sharing the tv with my husband. ehh...

so anyway, that was monday night,

i laughed, 

i cried... maybe,

and i said OMG!

but all in all im totally ready for next week 

when he proposes to emily to one of the two wonderful girls left. :)

ill leave you with the little side note of...

my husband is cleaning the kitchen and picking up the house while i blog. 

LOVE IT!

meet jbw.

first things first, i had very good intentions of having super bowl pictures to post. well, i ate cheese dip and cookies so i didnt have time to take pictures. sorry guys. but we had fun. so thanks to our friends chris jackson and nathan sing for opening their home.

next, i wanted to introduce my wonderful husband to everyone.

meet josh. aka: "j"

5 things I LOVE about my husband (beside the obvious):

1. He automatically locks the door when we come home.You see, if he didnt do this... a. it would be hours before i realized the door was unlocked and b. i would not know if the door was really locked and this would not be good for me because i am continually scared of our home being broken into (being a scaredy cat is not of the Lord and i am working on this).

2. He lets me warm my cold feet on him, even though im sure this is painful for him. :) 

(most cold natured person ever!)

3. He randomly dances in our home, and i mean RANDOM!

4. He watches shows with me that most men would not watch with their women. 

(and i will not name them because he may not watch them with me anymore)

5. He wears Sperry's with everything, including gym shorts as seen above. and im not sure that its the Sperry's that i love (actually im very sure its not), but the fact that he is his own person and not conformed to the image of this world. he has his own style and is completely joshua. i love that he just doesnt care what people think and i wish i could be more like that. 

This wonderful husband of mine is my love and my life, besides our Savior. Josh is one of the most Godly men i know and im so blessed to be able to say that God chose me to be his wife. 

and my last thought for the night is to say,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISTER!

my dear sweet sister in law turns 20 today.
(as in feb 7, if there were any questions)

we are so proud of the young woman she is and we love her very much!
oh, and miss her terribly!

the beginning

I always thought blogs were just another form of a distraction and it has already proven to be (I thought decorating this thing and setting it up would be much more easy- I have been proven wrong.), but I have totally been inspired by a few friends blogs that I have "stalked" recently. I also have the best husband in the world who has given me a Nikon for my birthday and I really need an excuse to take pictures of EVERYTHING. So please bear with me as I learn how this whole new world works.

So here goes my blogging adventure...