Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 10.02.13 {AKA what life has been like for the last two months}
Finding God’s beauty in spite of our messy, everyday life. A lengthly post of pictures and updates from August and September 2013.
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An Independence Day Birthday Party for AMERICA!
For the 4th of July this year, in addition to taking Ezra to a preschool parade, we planned to have a birthday party for America! Mostly for Ezra’s sake – as he LOVES birthdays, and birthday parties, and happy birthday cakes! I cannot take credit for 90% of what I’m about to post. I simply … [Read more…]
Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 03.24.13
Is life ever not messy? For the first time in days I actually find myself with a moment of quiet and access to my computer, but words are failing me to fully express the mess that has been my life, our lives, for the past few weeks. All I can say that it’s been messy. There … [Read more…]
Our anniversary cake tradition
My husband and I just celebrated our 5th anniversary. On our 2nd anniversary, we started a tradition which we both really love. We make and decorate an anniversary cake together. We did so on our 2nd, 4th, and 5th anniversaries (the other two years, Russ was deployed). 2nd anniversary cake: 4th anniversary cake: Here I … [Read more…]
26 things you probably didn’t know about me
In honor of my 26th birthday, I thought I would let you all get to know me a little better. These are listed it no particular order and are completely random. 1. I have broken 11 bones in my lifetime. (I’m not joking)
Military Ball? Check!
I don’t have a “bucket list,” but if I did have one, “attend a ball with Prince Charming” would definitely be on it. So, when the third opportunity in five years to attend a battalion ball came across the social calendar, I could not let it go. We had passed up the last two for … [Read more…]