How about a Five on Friday, Independence Day edition? Sounds incredibly fun, right? Well I hope so, because our weekend was so good that it can't go undocumented and I ended up with way too many photos on my camera come Tuesday morning. 001 | THE PLACE Somebody stop me, because I can't quit gushing about my parents' house. I've told you many times that our ultimate goal is to live there, but our current house is being cranky and holding on to us way too tight. In the meantime, we spend as much time as we possibly can hanging out there on the weekends. The kids go from pool, to barn, to blanket fort to bicycle while the grown ups just enjoy each other's company. Last Saturday afternoon, the kids got a little afternoon shower surprise and were thrilled to swim in the rain while we huddled ...
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Remember that one time I said I was going to post a Five on Friday post every single week this summer? Well, vacation does not lend itself to blogging, so I took a little hiatus. I will tell you that I spent several hours last night working on my editorial calendar and organizing photos and I have the rest of this month and next month all planned out. Here's to hoping I can stay on track! 001 | THE BEACH Our beach trip was kind of amazing. It was so unscheduled and we worked hard to just be present with the kids and say "no" as little as possible and it really paid off. We missed a few things that we normally squeeze in somewhere, but in their place were new restaurants and new adventures and lots of wonderful moments with our girls. It might take another week to edit all of the photos ...
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So I'm drafting this on Thursday afternoon and I have exactly zero plans for this post. BUT, I said I was going to do a weekly digest on Fridays this summer, so just think of this as a little free form blogging. Like, I'm going to have to stop mid-stream to hunt for (and edit) an appropriate photograph. This is what you call blogging on the fly. 001 | ILLUSTRATED ACTS I've been in a Bible study slump for last few months, so I was thrilled to jump in on the SheReadsTruth Acts Study that started earlier this week. It's slated to run for 6 weeks and I'm hoping I can keep from falling behind while we travel. When I opened up my Bible on that first morning, I realized that not a single page in Acts had been illustrated! My goal is to fill Acts up with some beautiful color over the next 42 ...
5 on Friday: All the Things
It's Friday and I could not be more thrilled about the weekend! Despite the fact that we were out of school and work one day and delayed several other days, the last few weeks have seemed to crawl on by. I'm ready for some sunshine time with my family, but in the meantime we're making our own sunshine as often as we can. I somehow let the week go by with only one blog post (despite a full editorial calendar), so I figured the best way to make up for that was a little 5 on Friday action. Don't run, okay? ONE: We are still going strong with our Bible Journaling over here. I've had a lot of great feedback and made some wonderful new connections, but I can't help but notice it might have run a few Instagram followers off. Are you enjoying these posts? Is every day too much? Do we need to tone ...
Flashback Five on Friday
Once upon a time I had a hard-drive. On it was my entire life. All of my graphic design work, every photograph from the girls life and countless home movies. Yes, I had much of the content uploaded and preserved on the blog, but there was still plenty that only existed in that one place. A little over a year ago, I plugged the hard-drive into my computer and the light didn't come on. Once day it worked and the next day it didn't. For months, I didn't do anything about it. I secretly dreaded hearing a computer guru tell me that all of those moments were lost. I felt like I was putting off the inevitable. In the meantime, I worked to build up my design work again and recreated so much work for new clients. A few weeks ago, I buckled and asked our IT guy at work to take a look at it and tell ...
5, I mean 6 on Friday
It's been awhile since I linked up with Darcy & Co. for 5 on Friday, but I have a few fun things to share this week that don't warrant their own post. Nothing is better than playing catch up with a short list before the weekend begins. 1. BOOKS. I know I shared a post last week about The Fault in Our Stars. I'm still pretty smitten and I'm getting ready to read another of John Green's books this week. I go through spells where I don't read for a few weeks and then I manage to cram four or five books into a few days! This was definitely one of those. I had seen The Selection in my Amazon recommendations for a few weeks, but I hadn't even clicked on it. Then I read a review last week and I was hooked (I wish I could remember who wrote about it, but I can't figure it out even after ...
5 on Friday
It's time for 5 on Friday! This week was a good one and I have lots of fun things to share. ONE // We were en route to Ella's dance competition when we got the call that our sweet baby Hayven was on her way! Josh's brother and his wife, Caycie, were expecting their little nugget next month, but she decided to make an early arrival. We were so worried that we would miss it while we were in Montgomery, but thanks to a long labor she didn't debut until early Sunday morning. I drove Josh crazy reading him middle of the night text updates and showing off pictures while it was still dark outside! I got word that Hayven Ruby made her way into the world at 4:40 in the morning, weighing 7 pounds even and measuring 19.5 inches long. Ella and I decided they could be "name twins" since her middle ...
5 on Friday
Woah. That's how I feel about the last seven days. It has been packed wall to wall with all sorts of things and hasn't left much time for blogging or reading or eating or sleeping. You know, anything fun at all. ONE // Last Saturday morning I ran for the first time since the Mercedes Half Marathon. This is the second year that our high school held a 5k to raise money for the school. I finished second in my division last year and third this year. I squeezed in under 29 minutes this time around, but if I had been training I probably could have shaved off a few additional minutes. This course is hard! There are lots of hills and an especially tough one right at the end. It was fun to see friends from high school and participate in something to benefit the kids in our community. TWO ...