birrrdd.

we did nothing fun today. haha. 

by that i mean we took a four mile walk to the seminary and back.

but sadly i didnt not take my camera...

although it was a good thing because i could barely bring myself back home.

anddd we were running late for church this morning so i decided to put my makeup on in the car. but to put your makeup on in the car you actually have to bring your makeup with you. so yes i went to church without makeup. God was teaching me to be humble and not proud. and that i dont need makeup even though i really think i do. 

(if we were back in brazil i wouldnt have even thought about it. let's go back j!)

moral of the story:

im out of shape and have no memory.

this cute little picture has been printed out and framed and is currently sitting on our computer desk.

(i would take a picture, but i didnt charge the camera battery.

ill work on that before tomorrow.)

but a) i love it because i love birds and b) it reminds us to be adventurous in our home.

okay- so not necessarily "in our home"... but in this city.

during our walk tonight we discussed the fact that we live here and how awesome it is that we have only been married 9 months (on thursday! wow!) and we get to live somewhere completely different and be our own people. and this is big for us because we have lived in the same area our whole life. but we have been here for 2 months and havent done much. we dont want to be standing at Southern on graduation day and regret our time here. we want to live it to the fullest and experience kentucky for all its glory. we want to know our way around without a gps. we want to be able to have our family come visit us here and say "lets go to this quaint little restaurant we know." or "lets go to this place we know just because we live here and discovered it." besides "becoming louisville", we also discussed our future and what it looks like to us. but at the end of that conversation we stated that it is not up to us. God is in control and he has a plan so no matter what we plan ourselves, His plan is ultimate and we are just going to honor him with what he brings our way. we even pointed out houses that we like and different things we like about the houses. all in all it was a good walk, besides the fact that i am out of shape. we are "planning" on it being a regular thing because we do live in this wonderful city that believes in sidewalks and pedestrians. and our goal is to be able to walk to the pie kitchen. (kinda defeats the purpose, but they have really good pie.)

get ready. tomorrow's monday.

but guess what the end of this week holds for us?

if i make flowers, spring will come sooner.

saturday night is starting to be enchilada night. we had them again tonight and they were great! nathan also decided to join us for some hang out time. 

i started this saturday the same way last saturday began. 

i just slept a little later, which was wonderful.

and i made this list.

 so here is the craft of the day.

you need:

a wreath

fabric

fabric glue

the link above will teach you how to make the flowers.

and trust me, your first flower will not be good.

but you will become a pro i promise.

i had to accept that my flowers werent going to look like theirs.

but that was okay, because they were MY flowers.

then you hang it!

(sorry these pictures are blurry.

my camera battery-both batteries-were dying 

and i had no desire to take care of the problem)

and then you get carried away.

like so...

i decided to make flowers for my hair.

 and flowers for my picture frame.

i secretly went around the house in my mind thinking of things i could put flowers on.

 so the total:

wreath: 3.99

fabric: 5.99

glue: 1.99

for a total of...

$11.97

such a inexpensive wreath.

you sure cant buy one for that.

i also picked up a few more things to do some crafts with.

ill post those later.

(just to keep your excitement going!)

and just a HUGE side note!

the sweet girl that had a birthday earlier this week,

got ENGAGED last night! (very sweet proposal too.)

her first words were "are you serious?" and then "did you ask my parents?"

how precious!

yayayay! i am so excited for her.

(she is the one on the right in the above picture.)

the craft bug has bitten me.

please tell me you would not love to make you some felt flowers.

perhaps for a wreath or a headband?

i have been in such a crafting mood today. my sister in law L would be so proud. i want to redo some furniture or make something. i need a cheap project. and by cheap, i mean cheaper than cheap.

now tell me you dont want to try these lovely suckers. 

im trying to think of where i could put them in our home.

i need a reason to make them.

so here are some pictures for today... we are going to eat with j's mentor and family tonight so im assuming i will not find something to shoot- and if i do i will post later tonight. 

www.psimadethis.com

this necklace is genious! because i know you girls have many strands of pearls laying around. and you can easily find a brooch for a dollar or two at a thrift store. 

www.pintrest.com

how precious! i actually have an open frame around here that has been longing for a purpose! 

(thanks to Christin at Carolina City Girl, 

i have discovered Pintrest and cant stop looking!)

www.pintrest.com

OMG! i need this for my many necklaces. 

(and i emphasize the word need for those of you who doubt me!)

 world market has beautiful door knobs, for the record.

can you tell i really need a project?

well, i also need money to buy the materials.

i will make something this weekend. 

and of course i will post pictures of the whole process.

im going to go get ready before my husband leaves me.

ps- i could not be more thankful that it is friday!

you lie like penny in a parking lot at the grocery store.

if you havent heard the band perry yet you should really check them out. pretty catchy... and fun fact for the night, j knows the drummer- who used to be the drummer for december radio. check them out too! and what ever happened to shedaisy... 

"i will, i will, i will be your everythinggg"

okay enough of the music review.

we gotta get down to it.

i took these lovely pictures on the campus of southern today.

as you can see the weather is gorgeous.

i was supposed to be meeting my husband to go for a walk when he got off at 6 and we were supposed to be making homemade pizza for dinner (maybe you will see pictures of that tomorrow night). well, he had called me a bunch of times but i didnt hear it and by time i got to my phone what do you know the radio tower was off because the battery had gotten too low. now you say, m why dont you charge your phone at night? you see, i do. my blackberry is so old i have to charge it twice a day. (i hear voices in my head saying "you need an iphoneee...") anyway- i couldnt call him so i went and parked by his car thinking he would eventually come to it while my phone charged. that is when i couldnt help but whip the camera out. to make a long story short, i finally got some battery and called him and its a good thing because he was calling to say he had to work late. (in fact he just walked in the door) side note- he was setting up all the sound stuff and things that go along with that because JD Greear and Shane and Shane will be here this weekend. you bet im going to hear that awesome preaching and hopefully some north carolina accent! and of course some amazing music!

i should go spend some time with my husband since we have an hour together tonight. but ill leave you with this amazing project. i really want to try these very soon. 

and i like how her husband helped her. do you think mine will? mhmm...

its almost friday loves!

i smell spring.

just for starters, my husband surprised me with a redbox tonight. he picked "the next three days" and omg, oh my word, dear heavens this movie will keep you on your toes the whole entire movie. it is stressing me out. i had to leave the room. but now im just listening to it and j is commentating. 

i have to mention that it is one of my dear best friend's (sista sista gansta gansta as we used to say freshman year) 23rd birthday. i remember celebrating her 19th birthday. oh she is getting so old. but i need you to know how dear to my heart she is and just how special she is. we have only been able to celebrate two birthdays on the day together because school and different things have kept us apart but we always find a way to celebrate it together. 
lh- i hope you have had an amazing birthday and i cant wait for many more.

hello 19th birthday throw back picture.

this is us celebrating birthdays this fall.

my two best friends from college.

lesley ann and laura hunter

now on to the days activities.

when i got home from work, my lovely dear wanted to go to the park and walk and it was absolutely gorgeous today so i was more than willing. we still dont know where we are going around this gigantic town, so we took a little while trying to find the park. well, we were somewhat mistaken and didnt ever actually find it. so we ended up just driving and exploring, which i was happy with because my sunglasses were on and the windows were down and i was with my favorite person. luckily we stumbled across this gorgeous scene.

there were winding roads and deep valleys and brooks running through them. there was even a waterfall, inconveniently located on the other side of a no trespassing sign and the zoom lens didnt make it on this trip. (oh but it will when i have the new trusty camera bag). we just happen to stumble across it while the sun was going down- perfect timing! and we just loved enjoying God's beautiful creation. sadly we couldnt get back there if we tried. i never knew anything like this existed in our town, but the gps said this is the road we live off of. we are assuming pretty far away though. 

may we be blessed with many more days just like this... 

oh and go to redbox and rent that movie. 

life lessons.

here you go friends!

the picture of the day.

okay more like the story of the night.

do you see all this laundry?

shamefully (very shamefully to our parents who are reading this!), i havent done laundry in a couple of weeks. commence the stoning. but i decided to do it tonight since i have spilt coffee on my clothes two days in a row, ugh- which is so typical. i blame it on the rain. so i separate our monstrous one pile of laundry (because hampers are to hide all the clothes when company comes over- j says i always show yall picture of things that are messy, our home really isnt messy!) and grab his clothes from yesterday and today.

"hey babe! i won a free book today! 

oh, did you wash my pants i wore today." 

"of course sweetie! they are clean and hanging up in your closet."

"well i guess i dont have a free book anymore."

say hello to the free book coupon that was hiding in his back pocket. ehhh... 

yep those pieces of yellow paper below were supposed to be getting my husband a free book.

and trust me, free books to him are gold.

and if you have been keeping up, this isnt the first time i have done this.

looks like i got some making up to do. 

so the life lesson is to check your husbands back pockets. got it!

ps... its supposed to be sunny and in the 60's tomorrow!

the westers shoes.

okay so i was having some trouble thinking of a picture for today. 

see, i knew this would happen but not so soon! ahh.

there are pictures of many things i would love to post but sadly i didnt take them...

like maybe a picture of the sun, because in true Louisville fashion its raining again.

(the locals swear it has never rained this much.)

or maybe a picture of my friends and i at the lake, because who doesnt love warm weather and a lake.

or maybe just a screen shot of the bachelor tonight when he proposes to emily. 

(oh dear heavens, if he does i seriously might cry. its a good thing im home by myself.)

so to find this amazing shot, my camera and i took a walk around our small apartment.

(maybe more curtain pictures... ehhh) 

(maybe a picture of every monogram that is visible... 

mercy! i would miss the bachelor.)

so this is my lame picture for the night...

if you look past those boots, especially the ones made for rain, and look on the shelf.

those gorgeous and well loved gold sandals are just screaming for my feet.

these darlings are my go-to summer shoe. 

just code for i wear the everyday. i even wanted to wear them at our wedding!

(and sadly the green ones and white ones i have just like them dont even compare!)

but what this picture actually means is the obvious.

i could not be more ready for summer!

and just for fun... 

lets compare shoe racks in the wester household.

haha he is so much neater than me.

(this is the part where our parents laugh.)

and i also think i need the 4 shelf one instead of the 3 shelf.

so now that you have inspected our shoe racks this evening... haha

hope you enjoyed the wester family picture of the day.

i promise tomorrow wont be in the closet.

now off to prepare for the bachelor! :)

aka clean the kitchen and adjust the satellite antenna. 

yall just have no idea how excited i am.

and suggestions for future pictures are greatly appreciated!