sister sister

And... she's back! Just for a few weeks to celebrate Christmas. Welcome back to the motherland!

Catch up on her last few months in London, here.

Hope your holidays are warm and special as family comes together and love is shared!

xo

december birthday

Do you have a December birthday? This e-card made me giggle because it is SO TRUE. I've always heard from my December birthday friends that their birthday is often forgotten, and I haven't been totally innocent of it, either. Good luck this year my friends :)

Happy December! 

rain, rain

It is cold and rainy here in Atlanta today, and I would love to curl up in bed with this book or a good netflix show :) (though I am STILL making it through this book). Who wants to go out and face all this rain anyway?!

Here are some smiles to perk up your grey day. 

Stay dry and warm! xo


Update: Just got a text from my boss telling me to stay home. Best. Boss. Ever! Let the reading and watching commence! :)

friday renewal

"...'You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing'... You have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in peasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance."

Psalm 16

Ever have one of those days where your reading of scripture fills you with that "this is so good" feeling? I love being reminded of the beauty of scripture, and having my love renewed for it. Those are good mornings.

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the most wonderful time... almost.

Now that it's November and the weather here in Atlanta has been oh so chilly, I am all ready for Christmas decorations :) I'm trying to demonstrate self-control, but as the girls and I decided in our group text this morning, it might be okay to start displaying at least "winter" decorations ;) How early is too early for a Christmas tree? Thanksgiving is so late this year... I'm trying to convince Andrew to let me put up a tree at least the weekend before! I've never been the type to rush into the holidays like this. But last year, we were living with my parents and did not have a tree of our own, much less a house to decorate. So it's been a long time coming :)



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costuming

With today being Halloween, I have to give a shoutout to my friend Olivia and the many genius costumes she had me be a part of in college. They are some of my favorite memories from this time in life, ones that still can make me laugh til I cry as I reimagine the night and the thrill of it.

Evil Disney Villans (not including Bo Peep and the Caveman...)

The best thing about my college Halloween experience, is while most college girls use Halloween to get dolled up, my Halloweens were spent competing with my girl friends on how ugly we could make ourselves. Way more fun! :)

Shrek

Sesame Street... the creepiest of them all. So creepy that we broke our "Best Costume" winning streak! To my sister!

She's so good, that one year a household of girls in the college ministry each went to Halloween dressed as one of her previous costumes. Genius inspiring genius.

Grinch, Shrek, Ursula, and Oscar the Grouch... not including a few others.

Now that's talent :)