happy birthday lesley ann!

for starters, i have been locked out! yes, locked out. josh's school email is linked through google and for some reason it put his email in and wouldnt let me take it out to log into my blog. i know it sounds crazy and like an excuse, but its the truth!

so im back... aka logged in. :)

and today is my wonderful friend lesley ann's birthday! remeber when it was laura hunter's birthday? well la is the other half of the trio! lesley ann is currently living in atlanta but is from greensboro. we met at meredith college and became close friends during a wonderful tradition called CORNHUSKIN! and im sure you are asking what the heck is cornhuskin'... "you just have to experience it!"

this was before we even turned 18!

now we are 23.

no matter how far apart we are, the three of us will still be best friends.

i love you both dearly.

have a wonderful birthday lesley ann! 

the findings of a scavenger hunt.

so as you saw we went on a scavenger hunt in april. 

and we bought some pearls.

well this is what i made with the pearls.

 so you take your pearls... 

i bought 2 or 3 packs (lets go with 3)...

 you gather all your pearls and loop them together.

 you tie ribbon on either end...

keep it lose. i had to redo it several times.

then you add a broach.

 viola!

and then you give it to your sister in law...

or whoever you would like!

so besides seeing this darling girl and all our friends and family...

we are super excited because we are going home to see these two lovely people get married!

josh and neil are best friends... they grew up together.

jana and i have been friends since 9th grade,

 when we lived around the corner from each other.

(aka... walking distance to borrow clothes! :) and hang out alot.)

we pray their marriage is blessed by God and that it honors Him.

we cant wait to see what God has for their future.

ignore the unedited picture from facebook.

see you in north carolina. :)

life needs more frosting.

first of all, i feel as if i am boring yall with my pictures mainly because i feel like im running out of ideas. so i really hope you guys care about our dessert tonight since its the picture! if you do care and are located near a cinnabon, keep reading! either way, please keep reading my friends. :)

so, what do the wester's do on a tuesday night... 

well, we went to the mall on a scavenger hunt. on said scavenger hunt, we just happened to walk by cinnabon. j said "do you want one?" and i suggested to wait till after the hunt. on our way back he said "if you really want one we can stop..." wait a minute, if i really want one? i want everyone here to notice who mentioned it twice. so i said "obviously you really want one. we should get one". and of course we stopped. the rule was the bun had to make it home before it could be touched. my husband patiently held it all the way home (he isnt 5. i promise), and we split it the minute we walked in the door. 

every inch was delicious! :)

we decided to apply their slogan, "life needs more frosting.", 

and get the extra frosting for only 50 cent extra.

notice the oddly shaped forks they gave us.

pictured here: two forks.

i do not believe this is a coincidence, my friend.

since yall are dying to know what we found on the "scav hunt"... here ya go!

my dear j was also very helpful in this hunt.

totally impressed and proud! he conquered forever 21.

well, maybe not. i dont think anyone is capable of that.

but, i have something exciting in store for these babies.

i know you wanna come back and see, right?

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.