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friday.

i've been dreaming in technicolor lately and thought i might share.

happy friday.

1. purple

i've been wanting to make these

this guy on vinyl...magic

and these beauties growing in my backyard

2. brown

homemade table...swoon

sun tea- my newest addiction

handmade gift idea

3. yellow

Awesome outdoor dining idea!

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anthropologie, of course

oh hello mustard cardigan, you would look great on these broad shoulders

uh huh.

finals are over.

that is a statement accompanied by multiple fist pumps and a gigantic, ginormous sigh of relief.

now that school is over, i have been able to do things that have really been needing to be done.

i cleaned the house.

washed 2 cycles of dishes.

did the laundry.

washed our sheets.

went grocery shopping.

also, i've been able to spend more time with this fool.

isnt he cute?

i'm glad we've been able to hang out and spend time together, especially since life hasn't completely settled down.

this is my relieved face. SO glad to be done with school for the semester.

AND good friends of mine are getting married tomorrow. i cant believe it. i couldnt be happier for them. tomorrow is going to be awesome and that will be the perfect end to this crazy week.

finals.

its finals week. tomorrow i will be done and i can almost taste it.

which means now i'm here putting off studying with the cub.

i've noticed i dont do well towards the end. heres hoping i snap out of this.

air.

on saturday, nay and i had the great pleasure of starting a new church service at our church on saturday nights. we ended our thursday night college group and dove into something scary and wonderful. nathan spent all day setting up and making sure mics worked and the decorations didn't look like my kindergartners did them. he worked so hard to make sure this service was uplifting, from God, and true.

he did a great job. he was nervous, but i love seeing him nervous. he is so good at what he does, and i couldnt be more thankful.

this time in our lives has come with a great price. our saturdays are now spent in preparation and awaiting what God is going to do that night. relationships are being tested and rifts are starting to take the spot, nail by nail and plank by plank. it is an odd feeling when you know God is taking something away in order to give you something better, but that taking away, it is painful. it leaves a hole. it is like that spot on your back you cant scratch.

there is movement in the air. there is change blowing around us tempting for us to take it.

and i think we will.

new life

hello.

i've never been great at keeping this thing updated, but i feel like I've been really bad lately.

which came in handy today.

i started to blog yesterday and then remembered that i have way too much homework so i closed the screen and started on that.

this so happened to be a good thing, and i'll tell you why.

it just so happens that last night we went to dinner at our friends house and while we were making dinner, our good friends announced they were having a baby.

a baby!

like a living thing that is inside her belly that is part him and part her. that will give them joy and pave the way towards a new future.

it is a step that is long and difficult and will bring them closer together. it will make them a real family. it will make her a mother, and him a father. they have held many titles: friend, daughter, son, wife, husband, secretary, ministry partners, drape slingers, disneyland parters, muppet lovers, movie goers, roommates and the list goes on.

but now.

now they are parents.

mother and father.

i am spending more time looking for baby clothes, deals on cribs and strollers.

i still am in shock and it's not even me!

CONGRATULATIONS YOU TWO!

P.s. Hawaii was good. i mean great. i mean over the top perfect. i didnt bring my camera since most of the trip was really just to enjoy the island, but i did manage to snap these on a hike we took.

you say hello, i say goodbye.

this coming week will be glorious.

nathan and i will be going to Hawaii to enjoy some much needed rest and relaxation. we will walk and white beaches and enjoy the sun browning our skin. we will hike to waterfalls and caves, and swim in oceans bluer than we have ever known.

this coming week will be exactly what we need, because last week, well it blew chunks.

nathan and i have always wanted a bulldog. i'm not quite sure what it is about bulldogs that get us so gaga (who am i kidding? i know! it's their slobbery faces, droopy eyes, tongues that dont fit in their mouths, paws too big for their body, and simply pathetic faces) but they do. they get us every time.

we will drive slowly past homes we know have bulldogs. we will interrupt a conversation in order to point out the bulldog walking by. we have books devoted to the care and training of bulldogs, but we have never had one- until last week.

we finally got a bulldog.

and two days later we had to return him to his original owners because he and duke couldnt get alone. growling, fighting, and mean playing ensued and it left duke whimpering and the bulldog unable to deal with our dog. we took the long drive to return him, and i sobbed as we left their house with no bulldog.

i cried and nathan held me and told me he was sorry and things would be ok.

i know it sounds silly, but he meant so much to us.

we cant wait for this week to be over and this new one to start.

goodbye bully and hello hawaii.