oh glorious day

a beautiful song in honor of this glorious holiday we celebrate sunday. such love he portrayed on the cross - dying for you and i so that our sins may be forgiven time & time again. happy easter week everybody. be thankful & love people (even the ones you don't so much want to -  because they actually probably need it the most).

a bible verse a week

//ring from my valentine with our initials from here//

hello there. long time no post. that's because i have been busy busy with my internship learning the art of tax preparation and boy what an art it is. it's go go go until April 15th for this girl, yay uncle sam.

how sweet & unique is this ring from lee?! i am in love. it's so dainty and perfect.

3 weeks ago now, we attended the tenth ave north/rend collective/moriah peters concert.  boy what an overwhelming sense of love for christ and the world did i leave there that night with. it's amazing how god knows just when we are in need of new direction. 

as we left i proceeded to tell lee the following things (in no particular order):

1/i wish we could play instruments and call time-out to pick up our instruments to worship jesus and dance a little jig together...all we have is our voices i guess
2/i want everyone to know how much jesus loves them, i want them to know they are beautiful and worth it - it makes me so sad and mad when people do not live for him lee grrrrr
3/i wish that i were irish...i wish that you had an accent
4/ i really want to become better at the memorization of bible verses so that i can spit them out when the situation calls

& that is the reason for this here post, to challenge you to join us in concentrating on one bible verse a week. each sunday lee and i trade off choosing a verse to focus on throughout our week. we remind, quiz, and study the verse so that by the end of the week we no longer have to look to say it - remembering book, verse, chapter and all. 

our first week was Romans 8:28 "and in all things God works for the good of those that love him, who are called according to his purpose." (i didn't even have to look to type that - improvement right here!). we have done two more since then and don't plan on stopping anytime soon. 

hope your week is peachy!

A First Turkey

the time lee thought he would wake me with a peach ring...

warby parker

today i have some spectacle matters to discuss with you. meet the fabulous warby parker. tada! i have been wanting a new pair of glasses since i stepped on the last pair i owned about 3 months ago now & since then have been forced into wearing an old pair from about the 10th grade. i love knowing that when i purchase a pair of glasses from WP not only am i helping my own eyes, but a pair of eyes less fortunate than mine, too. the program is called buy a pair, give a pair & you can watch all sorts of videos of people they have helped here! they also offer sunglasses (with or without prescription). 

the box pictured above is what i received tuesday shortly after placing my home try-on order monday afternoon - they were speedy quick!  basically, you can try up to 5 different frames (with non-prescription lenses) for 5 days in the comfort of your own home through their home try-on program absolutely free! i have used the virtual glasses try-on by uploading a picture of myself to the site and so on through different sites before, but nothing compares to testing them out in person. it has been fabulous & hilarious to model each pair for my family. 

thanks warby parker, keep up the good work! 
p.s. i have not yet decided, but #1 & #2 are my favorites.

First Walleye of 2013

i am most definitely this boy's good luck charm/fishing partner from h-e- double hockey sticks ha. he had fished 
at least 3 times for these bad boys prior to our excursion and caught nothing but little unmentionable fish. now 
we know for certain that as soon as i touch the ice it turns magical. onto the nightmarish fishing partner part... 
so on the way out i forced lee to pull over as i balled like a little baby having the worst temper tantrum ever over driving
 on top of the ice.  i have gone out on the ice with him many times before, but very rarely do we have to drive. there was some 
crazy anxiety going on inside my body that day. i repeatedly said shouted to him "i do not want to die drowning lee." 
"stop this car, i do not like this" and one mean one in the form of "i do not like you lee" when he wanted me to 
face my fears as he kept on driving to which i then replied with louder more hysterical cries and finally he pulled over. 
i'm not kidding about the temper tantrum thing, lee wished he had been filming. we'd be rich! it's a new phase i'm 
going through. we fished away my fear for 3 hours as i prayed to God for time to pass quickly and obese people to stay 
away, then drove back off of the ice and i lived. seriously i am a freak. lee was very sweet about the whole ordeal once 
i calmed down and even let me use one of his fishing poles.

 *the ice was 16 inches thick which was plenty to be driving on (lee whipped out the measuring tape just for me). 
if the ice were not safe we would not have been anywhere near it and my tantrum would have been worthwhile. 

Vegas Vacation

[excalibur]

[ny ny - we rode that coaster!]

[after the rollercoaster hair excitement]

[where the show Pawn Stars is filmed]

[we love us some Kardashian sisters]

[Bellagio fountains]

[Shimmery McDonald's, Volcano at Mirage, Paris]

[View from our condo]

[check out our ride!]

[animal remains in the desert]

[piggy back children]

[a favorite photo of my mama and i]

[cactus land]

[mr. hoover dam himself]

[can you spot the eagle shape in the rock?]

[sisters]

[about to fall off]

[Christmas day in Mesquite]

[this is how we would find the girls after we were in the only 21 year old areas of the hotels ;) poor things]

 Picture overload today. Phew. What a fabulous vacation. One of the best parts was the fact that jackets were not 

needed (except for up on top of the Grand Canyon), which felt pretty darn good coming from below zero bundled

 up eskimo like temperatures. Seeing palm trees & mountains together at the same time out the window

 each morning was beautifully wonderful. We were also able to view & touch our first cactus without

 injury. Andie even bought a miniature one to take home with her. On a final note, the Las Vegas airport at this

 point in my travels holds the # 1 ranking for fun and excitement while waiting for your plane. They have slot 

machines galore people! Heck, I wouldn't even mind a 6 hour delay. Can you say addicted? ;)