daily grace.

What have i been doing??

2010-09-14T14:28:00.005-04:00

I feel like every time i sit down to blog, i need to make apologies for not blogging for oh... the whole month before. So instead of making all these apologies i will just share with my readers (what is left of them) what i have been doing that has left me with no time to blog.

Working on the house-

If you know us, you know that this is pretty much all matt and i do together. We feel like we are starting to get somewhere and i am actually starting to be able to decorate some of the rooms. (the last year as been spent just getting the rooms to a place to start decorating.) Matt is now back in the full swing of grad school so that has left me doing all the things i can actually do. Things i can do- paint, hang pictures, decorate, move furniture around (sometimes). Things Matt does- build stuff & fix stuff. One of the most amazing things Matt built this summer was our beautiful new white mantle. I love it! and i have had so much fun changing it up... sometimes weekly. (Right Kelly?) I have recently been inspired by fall and the beautiful weather that has come with it, and so i thought i would add a little fall vibe to our mostly cool/summer looking living room.

What do you think??

Buying and selling on my beloved Craigslist-

That's right, i have become OBSESSED with craigslist. This all started when i set up my iGoogle and added a craigslist furtinture box. I'm pretty sure i browse craigslist daily if not more. And now you are wondering why i never have time to blog.... Let's continue. We have bought a number of furniture items for our house on criagslist and have actually made a few sales as well. Our current items up for grabs are a Chest Freezer and our dryer (we got a new one for free! woo-hoo).

Let me know if you are interested in either of these 2 beauties. And yes, that IS a peice of our old flooring as the dryer top. It has rust on it and i think it adds character!

Shooting (pictures not people)

Again, if you know me you know a do a bit of photography on the side. I have always wanted to get serious about it but ultimately didn't think i could do it. Well folks- the tides have turned and i am going for it! I have gotten to know some seriously inspiring photographers (primarily these and these). And so i have been shooting ALLL summer to prepare to launch my business this fall. I bet you are wondering where all the people and images are.... I have been keeping them under-wraps until my website is completed and we are getting close. I am still a bit nervous but very excited!

Here are a couple of images to get you excited about the launch of my new site!

Our Newest Family Member...

2010-08-11T14:36:00.004-04:00

Meet Palmer Tucker

We tried to think of a middle name but we decided he didn't have to have one. We got the name Palmer from- you have probably already guessed- The Palmer Building, where we got married. We wanted his name to be something that was meaningful to us in our early years as a couple. We thought about Mayer (John Mayer was the first concert we went to) or Chicago (where we were stuck on the airport of 2 days) and some various other names, but when Palmer came to mind it seemed to just fit him.

People have been asking if we were planning to get a dog and although we have talked about it before, we kinda did it on a whim. We came across a breeder who mainly bread (i don't know if this is the proper use of this word) small-dog hybrids. This seemed perfect for us since i wanted the typical small, cute an curly dog and Matt wanted something not so girly. He had his heart set on a beagle for the longest time so when we saw this little guy- a Poogle- Beagle and Poodle mix, it was love at first sight! We pick him up 2 days after we found him with no dog food, bed or anything else... Needless to say we made a pit-stop at Pet Smart on the way home!

(don't mind our kitchen in this image, it was under construction)

Do we regret the decision? Not in the least. Palmer has been the best addition to our little family and we are so glad we are getting accustomed to him before we decide to have kids. He really has been the best dog ever, sleeping through the night on night 3 and since, hasn't had an accident in the house in a week and he already listens to us so well. He was VERY timid when we got him but he has already grown out of that a ton. It is so fun to watch him run around and chase his tail and do all things puppies like to do (except chew). Plus, he is the best cuddler ever:)

Ooooklahoma!

2010-08-05T10:28:00.012-04:00

You know when you get so behind on blogging that it is hard to just break down and blog something? Anything? That's where I'm at. So i thought my trip to Oklahoma would be as good a start as any:)

I had been to Oklahoma once before and the thing that stood out to me was the really flat and strait roads. I love going to other states and noticing the differences from North Carolina, where I grew up and still live. I know we are all in the same country, but if we were in Europe I would have been plenty of countries over so there must be some differences, right? This time I noticed- the wind, the open plains, Taco Bueno, Sarah. And Leah.- the reason for my visit.

Leah lives in a SMALL town. The kind where most everyone know each other, there are miles and miles between houses and many farms and horse pastures to be found, (even though Leah has never ridden a horse, which was shocking to me seeing that she is Native American AND lives right beside a horse farm). Here are just a few images from her property- it was gorgeous!

Sarah lives in Arkansas and came to spend the day with us in Tulsa one of the days i was there. I was SUCH and great time for catch up and great conversation. I love these girls:)

The majority of the time i was there, i had the song "Oooklahoma, where the wind goes sweeping down the plains" in my head. And amazingly, most that time, the wind WAS actually sweeping down the plains! It was so cool to expereince how different the wind feels when there are not tons of trees around. I also happened to be there on the 4th of July and it was incredible to watch the fireworks in those open country skies. Not to mention, Oklahoma does not have any fireworks laws like NC does, and so everyone was selling them on the side of the road, and shooting them off from their backyard.... crazy!

Finally, for years now i have heard all Oklahomans (and some Texans) say that the infamous Taco Beuno was SO. MUCH. BETTER. than Taco Bell. I never believed it. So i decided to try the "oh-so-wonderful" Taco Bueno as a non-biased North Carolinian. I LOVED IT!! I think it is going to be one of those places i constantly crave b/c there is no way to get there. Like some foods from Lebanon. But lots closer:)

2nd post of July

2010-07-21T10:22:00.006-04:00

I can't believe i have only blogged once this month! I was out of town for 11 days and we are currently remodeling our kitchen so i guess those are my excuses. So have been taking pics along the way of that project so you have that to look forward too. As well as my trip to Oklahoma, Nashville, Charleston (if you haven't already heard my sister got engaged there!). And some upcoming news:)

But for now... Here are a couple of pics from our friend's Chuck and Ashley's surprise going away party at the Kellers! Just us girls goofing off and me playing with photoshop a little.

Our Wedding in Print!

2010-07-01T14:27:00.005-04:00

A couple of months ago, Cheyenne contacted me to let me know that our wedding has been featured on the Weddings Unveiled Blog. I was so excited to hear about this and as you probably read all about it that post. Well, what I didn't share was that our wedding was also picked for the summer issue for the Wedding Unveiled Magazine! I was so excited but had to keep it hush hush until the issue came out... not to easy for me! (i did tell a few people:/) But yesterday when i got home, Matt had the magazine opened to our page sitting on the coffee table. I was so neat to do the interview with the writer, and then see our wedding in print. I am so happy i have this and will be able to show our family for years to come!

The article is also online so click here to read it.

I am headed our to Oklahoma in just a few hours so i may be absent from the blog for a bit. I will blog if I can though. Lots of exciting things coming up!

Proof of Life

2010-06-28T09:48:00.003-04:00

Potty training....

for an explanation of this series, go here.

distressed bench

2010-06-24T08:06:00.005-04:00

I have been so busy lately with so many things, one of which is still working on getting our house together. Constant transition right?? Starting next week the first step of our kitchen remodel will start and i can't wait to share when it is all said and done!

Until then, here is some before and after of an old bench i re-did. We found this in the attic when Matt's grandparents moved and it has been in our carport forever waiting for it's turn. I also found the fabric i used to re-cover the seat, in the midst of some of Matt's great grandmother's quilting scraps. I am so happy i did b/c it is beautiful and really brings out the antique style of the bench!

before-

Left- after I took the old fabric and batting off. Right- the new fabric that belonged to Matt's great grandmother.

After being painted

The final product! The right is a close up of the distressed look i did and the fabric. I actually love how it turned out:)

the BEST idea for a wedding dvd!

2010-06-20T20:05:00.002-04:00

Brian & Eileen's Wedding Music Video. from LOCKDOWN projects on Vimeo.

Wedding Recap Part II- The Details

2010-06-14T07:53:00.014-04:00

One of the things that was important to me concerning the wedding were the details involved. After looking at wedding blog after blog, i knew that the details were really what defined the style of the occasion. So in thinking about the details, i knew i wanted to rustic/vintage look but more than anything I wanted everything to mean something to Matt and I. From the center pieces to the guest sign in and everything in between:) Here are some of the details we used and what they meant to us...

- The Mason Jars on the tables belonged to my Papaw who has gardened and canned vegetables all his life.

- The Buttons inside the Jars belongs to Matt's grandmother and was one of her many collections.

- The Broach I wore in my hair belonged to my grandmother and she asked my sister and I to wear it in our weddings somehow. I was happy to!

- We spray painted the books that the jars were sitting on a vintage gold. They were old encyclopedias that belonged to Matt's grandparents.

- The branches on half the tables went along with the verse we used as a wedding theme. Jeremiah 17:7-8 It talks about being a tree planted firmly in the Lord. Our invitations also revolved around that same tree theme.

- For the guest sign in, we painted a tree on a canvas with our verse on there as well and had each guest stamp their thumb print as leaves on the tree, and write their name above their thumb print. This to me represented the fruit that the Lord would bring through our lives if we were firmly planted in HIm, which goes back to the theme verse for the wedding.

- The necklaces and earrings the girls wore were brought in the Middle East so I was wonderful to have that represented since the M.E. owns a piece of my heart.

- The green flowers attached to the branches where hand made by my sister, Blair and I. Every last one. My sister wanted to burn them when it was all said and done.

- Of course the screen of emails brought a personal touch and explained our relationship perfectly. There was also a vintage typewritter beside the screen of emails that explaing their purpose for being there. It said-

March 19^th, 2010

Many of you may know that Matt and Angela met through Hickory Grove College Ministry. What you may not know is that Matt and Angela's love relationship really started while they were thousands of miles apart. While Angela was in the Middle East as a missionary, Matt began corresponding with her regularly through email. His constant communication, encouragement and hilarious stories soon became something that Angela and even her roommates looked forward to receiving every week. Angela encouraged Matt with her perseverance and adventures from her exciting life overseas. Soon Matt surrendered to his own desire to go overseas and spent a summer in the Philippines. This would only bring Matt and Angela closer as God began to bond their hearts for the peoples of the world. The emails continued and became longer and much more intentional. By the time Angela stepped off the plane over two years after she had last seen Matt, they both had butterflies in their stomachs. Things were different and they both knew it.

Please share in some of the earliest memories of Matt and Angela's relationship by reading a few of the emails where it all began...

- We put vintage style mini-frames at each place setting with an engagement picture in it. I loved the personal touch it added and I pray that as people look at those pictures they would pray for mine and Matt's marriage.

- The ring bearer pillow was made by my friend and bridesmaid Sarah who is incredible at making ANYTHING.

- We displayed my bridal portrait on a bench that I found at an antique junkyard and restored. I also used this bench for my portrait. A lot of sweat and a little blood went into that bench so it mean a lot of have to there and also in my portrait.

The colors we used were inspired by the fabric that belt on the bridesmaid dresses was made from. It was also used to make my sister's dress and in various other areas as you probably saw. I loved having the fabric to use in whatever way we needed and i loved the handmade touch it added. :)

If you were not at the wedding, i hope this post made you feel a little more like you were. More recaps to come!

Shades Covered in Fabric Project!

2010-06-10T12:59:00.005-04:00

So after being the one who spent the most at Mary Jo's this past weekend (had to buy curtains for 3 rooms), i got motivated to actually get going on some of these projects i have been planning to do! My mom came over Sunday and helped me with my much anticipated shades covered in fabric project. I was a little nervous as to how this was going to turn out since i had never actually seen it done before, but it actually turned out better than i thought AND it was SO easy... I didn't take pics along the way but here is the before and after.

Before-

After-

I'm not very good at tutorials but here is the gist of what i did.

Mount vinyl (i think) shades, the cheap ones. Well actually my hubby did this:)

Choose fabric- something not too heavy.

Measure the shades. I just measured from the bottom to just above where they would pull down. No point in covering what would not be shown.

Cut the fabric according to measurements adding about 1 1/2-2 inches around the border. Place the fabric on the shade to make sure it was accurate. Trim accordingly.

Using spray adhesive on the shades, paste the bottom of the fabic to the shades. Then, work up pasting about 4-5 inches at a time and flattening making sure there are not wrinkles or bubbles.

Let the front dry for about 15 minutes.

Turn the shades over and fold over the remaining fabric and paste using the spray adhesive.

Use Goo-Gone to remove any additional adhesive.

Let it all dry about 15-30 minutes.

Hang them back up!

If you didn't understand any part of that, feel free to comment and I can answer any questions.:)

Bachelorette Party Pic!

2010-06-08T10:08:00.003-04:00

I was able to track down and couple of pics from the Bachelorette Party to i have added them to the post I wrote about that night last month:)

Stay tuned for Wedding Recap Part II coming up this week!

Worst DJ ever= Most Hilarious Video EVER!

2010-06-06T21:18:00.002-04:00

Pretty much everyday my husband comes home with some sort internet video he wants me to watch. He LOVES funny internet videos and although i like watching them every now and then, i can never hang as long as he wants me too. So when he came home and told me he had a video he wanted me to watch the "not again..." response was imminent. BUT, this time i was pleasantly surprised. This video was HILARIOUS and i have not stopped tell people about it since i saw it. So you HAVE to watch it. It is truly unbelievable.

See more funny videos and TBT Videos at Today's Big Thing.

Are you KIDDING ME!?!? Please let me know if you found this as funny as i did!

Living Room before & after pics:)

2010-06-04T10:00:00.009-04:00

Hopefully today marks the last painting day in our living room! It is always such a joy when we are finally finished with the painting aspect of a room and we get to clean up and set up the room as best we can. Painting is such a process (first coat, dry, second coat, dry, tape trim, paint first coat, dry, paint second coat, dry, pull off tape, touch up), and b/t work and life sometimes it takes us weeks to completely finish. Tonight I will paint the door frames and matt will install the quarter rounds and then we are done! (with that part anyway:)

So after much request- here are a before and after pics. Just remember, it is still a work in process:)

Before- When i remembered to take the before pictures, we were in the process of getting the yard sale together last year, so don't mind the mess.

You might recognize the picture screen on the left from our wedding. The picture on the right were just some of the pictures that were originally on the wall and holes Matt filled in.

After-

We were also in the process of taking up the carpet when i took the pics.

Let me know what you think:)

Burdened

2010-06-02T07:50:00.004-04:00

I don't want to get too crazy political here, but my heart is seriously burdened about what is going on in Gaza right now. When things are going array involving Israel is some of the hardest times for me to live in America. It truly seems that most Americans (living in America) have such a false view of the country today (not the Biblical Isreal). I don't dislike Israel, so please do not take that from this rant. I just believe they should be considered fairly like every other country in the UN and outside. They should be held accountable their part in these recent tragedies. And as far as the Palestinians are concerned- they need someone flighting for their basic human rights (i.e. food and water). We stand up for Africa, have fund raisers, give our time and money for the poverty and injustice, and yet many of the same injustices are going on among the Palestinians (primarily in Gaza). But we can't stand up for these b/c that would be considered going against Israel.

I have been thinking about this subject so much lately and it drains me. And makes me so sad.

In any case, if you have gotten this far, please read this article and familiarize yourself with what is going on in Gaza in recent days. It comes from a British Paper- so without the sway of American political bias.

Leading article: A costly misjudgement by Israel

Our wedding on the Wedding Unveiled blog!

2010-05-31T20:47:00.003-04:00

Just recently Cheyenne told me that our wedding was featured on the Weddings Unveiled Blog. As an avid wedding blog reader, this was very exciting to me. It was also fun to read about the details from our wedding from someone else's perspective. Hop on over there and check it out!

Proof of Life

2010-05-28T14:06:00.004-04:00

if one is smiling, the other looks crazy. always the case. always...

for an explanation of this series, click here

i give- entry into the ugliest sofa contest

2010-05-28T08:48:00.005-04:00

ok, i give. there is an ugliest sofa contest on Pink and Polka Dot and i think i have been avoiding entering. you know when you are going through your clothes and there is that ONE sweater that you wore forever? it was so stylish in it's day, but now it is just faded with lit balls all over it and completely out of style? but you just can't bring yourself to get rid of it? that's how i feel about this sofa. except i never knew it when it was actually in style. but i can assure you it WAS. and i still have an attachment to it.

for those of you who don't know, my husband and i live in what was formerly his grandparent's house. they took most of the things they wanted to their new home and left us with some of the basics too. for example, this couch. it was actually a huge blessing b/c if not for this little beauty we would be sitting on the very cushiony carpet (with hardwoods underneath;) and so i'm attached. AND, this couch is still very comfy.

we just had a yard sale this past weekend and thought we might see how much we could sell the little buddy for. uhh... that didn't go over so well.

seriously $50! come on people.....

So we decided to bring it right back into our newly painted living room:) so here i am- this is my submission into the ugliest couch contest. i feel bad for saying that, like the couch can see what i am typing or something.

you've been good to us little buddy.

forever young... or something like that.

2010-05-25T10:20:00.005-04:00

Sometimes i am shocked when i am reminded of my age. someone might ask or a hear another has a birthday coming up and it leads me to think of my age... the shock is not because i think i am old although i did have issues with year 25 (i'm 27 now), but more because when i think of someone in their mid to late twenties, i think.... adult. Really? Adult? Me? i literally still feel like i am in high school and as it turns out i don't think this will change very much. i say this because as i have talked to others, some older than i and some younger, they all say the same thing. they still feel very young. no matter how old they are. the most amazing realization to me right now is the fact that i am old enough to have children. NO, i'm not pregnant! just saying... it is crazy to think that i am not too young for it. in fact, my best friend who is my very same age, and i am talkin' born on the exact same day, has 2 little ones and is quite the super mom. this is all a bit strange to me.

that leads me to the reason for this post. birthday parties. because we are adult and all, we happen to be going to more and more kid's birthday parties. and we are not the ones getting treat bags! :( just recently, matt and i went to Nick's 5 year old birthday party and it was a blast. i was asked to take a few shots to document the party so here are a few for your viewing pleasure.

the police car was fun:) the siren? not so much.

big kids

Happy birthday to one of the cutest 5 year olds i know!

overwhelmed... but please come to our yard sale!

2010-05-20T10:11:00.002-04:00

The YARD SALE is THIS Saturday, May 22nd!

We will be out there putting things out at 6am and officially opening by 7, but you can come earlier if you like:) For the past couple of weeks, it seems all we have done is work on getting prepared for this sale! I am so tired and overwhelmed but will be so happy when all that crap (yep, i said it) is out of my house! pheeww...

I know i promised i would post pictures of what we would be selling.... i'm gonna be honest, it's not going to happen. Sorry:( i should have take some pictures before we started piling everything into our dining room. The pile is getting close to the ceiling and definitely busting out into our kitchen and hall by now.

So PLEASE COME and make all this hard work worth if for us and the Moores! I promise you will find some treasures:)

If you would like to know our address, just leave a comment and will get in touch with you. I don't think i will post it for all to see. yikes!

Wedding Recap- The Bachelorette Party!

2010-05-18T09:56:00.003-04:00

I have been meaning to write a wedding day recap for some of my closest friends that are overseas. Emails have been promised and not delivered- yet. But instead of writing a blanket email, i thought i would just share a recap on the blog since i know those girls read it. (you know who you are;) And i thought it might be fun for all of you to know just what went on leading to the wedding day and on the day-of, most assuredly the funniest (i know this is not a word), most exciting and most overwhelming day of my life...

The Night Before the Wedding: Bachelorette Party...
i had this dream or idea of having a girls night out almost like you see in the movies. but without the stripper bar and jello shots. really i just wanted to go dancing with my girls. for us to just circle around one another and have a good time! we ended up at a local bar/club downtown but when we got there we noticed that a band was approaching the stage.... and they did not look like they would be singing the Usher/Chris Brown style dance music we were looking for, since they were all dressed in black with spikes coming from... well, places.

Thankfully one of the bouncers noticed that Heather was from Wake Forest and pointed out that it was his hometown. So she went to him with her sweet self and explained our situation as well as our expectations for this cheesy bachelorette party. (yes, we wanted to be "those girls"). So he was nice enough to take us to a club on the next level and got us in for FREE. It's great to know people. Well, we didn't really know him but you know what i mean.

So here we are in a swanky club.. I mean SWANKY. You had to pay $300 just to sit in the nice cushioned area off to the side... We were happy to stay on the dance floor. Even when we weren't dancing. I also think it is important to point out that we were the only ones on the dance floor since it was only about 10:30pm. It's ok, it only added to our "those girls" status. We talked and danced and had a fun... I finally got the courage enough to go and actually request a song. I thought it wouldn't be a problem since we were the only ones dancing anyway. So of course i requested "YEAH" by Usher. This song was the defining pop song of our college years in the mid-2000's and i knew it would get even Sarah and Leah dancing. It did. We had so much fun and just laughed and laughed! From then on, the DJ played song after song that was popular during those years. As Amber pointed out, they were definitely just humoring us until the real clubbers got there. We were officially "those girls" and i loved it.

The guys (Matt and entourage) were just across the way going night-bowling and so we all arrived together and were planning to leave together. Had to have our boys close by! So i guess when they saw we were not in the first place they asked around and found out that the "crazy" bachelorette party was upstairs. Before we knew it, they all showed up on the dance floor! They stay around and danced with us for about 5 or 10 min and it was such a good end to the night! I know you are not suppose to dance with your fiancée the night before the wedding and at your bachelorette party at that, but it was the BEST memory i could have had:)

honeymoon! turks and caicos islands

2010-05-13T09:49:00.008-04:00

I have been putting off this blog post b/c i have had the hardest time picking what pics to share from our honeymoon. Not because there is an abundance of great ones though. Mostly because most of the pics consist of matt and i holding out the camera and taking pictures of ourselves in front of..... the ocean, the pool, our room, a resturant, etc, etc, etc... Doesn't get more exciting than that;) But after many requests- here is the honeymoon post. Part I of it. Part 2 will be the story of Captain Bill's Outback Adventure- a crazy fun boat tour we took that deserves it's own post. We had an AMAZING time together:) So as i have done before, i will share some of our adventures through the pics. Hope you enjoy!

Here is the view from our balcony:) We got upgraded to an oceanfront room when we arrived and it was awesome! We only had it for the first 3 days b/c it was not available for the entire week but we were hoping it would become available as we week went on. It didn't. I'll share more about that later;)

the beach! the water was SO blue and it was amazing! We also got to take a miniature sail boat out on our own after a quick lesson from one of the guys at our resort. It seemed pretty simple until we got out there on our own! There was one point where we could not get the boat turned around for the life of us... this was a very stressful situation which led to our first almost argument as a married couple. But matt got in the water turned the boat around, and saved the day as usual. :)

me eating one of our homemade turkey&cheese sandwiches on the beach. we were trying to keep our lunches cheap since the restaurants for dinner were so wonderfully fancy but very expensive.

On our way out one night. love this shot:)

the pool! we got in a habit of getting up and going to the beach through lunchtime and then heading to the pool in the afternoon. then we would go back to our room for a nap! We also tried to do some sort of activity every day- we biked, snorkeled, did the crazy sail boat thing, got massages... and of course Captian Bill's Outback Adventure!

a couple of shots from one of those fancy restaurants:) We would usually split a meal b/c just one entree was around $50. I know! but it was enough for both of us and sooo yummy!!

We went to this cool ice cream shop after dinner one night and they had all kinds of fun stuff to play with!

Halfway through out trip, we had to move to a "beach view" room b/c the beach fronts were all booked up. Just a piece of advice- if you are going to get an upgrade, get it on the back end of your trip... It is no fun to be downgraded!

On our one week anniversary, which was also our last night we went out on the beach and watched the sunset.

Then, we went to a really nice resturant that we had heard wonderful things about. It was right on the beach and only lit with candles. The menus lit up when you opened them and it was so cool. I just knew there was a famous person at this place! We just couldn't see them b/c of the darkness.

Like i said, we went to some fancy places. Mainly because those were the only kind of restaurants avalaible but i didn't mind it! At almost every restaurant we ate at we would get some sort of " compliments of the chef" appetizer. Our last night we got cauliflower soup and a chip. The soup was great but a chip!? One chip? We found that hilarious! The pic on the left is what i ordered. Presentation was always so important!

Our honeymoon was such an amazing time! the best part? Just being together of course:) Stay tuned for part II!

transition in style

2010-05-11T07:43:00.004-04:00

For Matt and I, this past weekend was spent painting... I woke up Saturday morning and immediately put on the paint clothes... we took a brief break for a birthday party (will post that soon) and then it was right back to painting when we got back home. Thanks to my mama for helping out! And so because of the painting and the constant moving of furniture from one place to another, our house constantly feels like a disaster. Every time i mention this to Matt he kindly reminds me that we are in transition and our house won't look like this forever. thankfully. I just keep thinking about all the newlywed stories we have been told about living conditions and working with what you have. I guess it is sorta nice to join the ranks:)

This is one of my favorite examples of working with what you have.

This book shelf was built by my friend Amber's husband the week they got married. It was my favorite piece of "furniture" in their little florida bungalow. They had to eventually retire the piece b/c of it's lack of stability, but it still inspires me to transition in style. Love it:)

Proof of Life

2010-05-07T08:09:00.003-04:00

Watching Tom and Jerry

for a explanation of this series, click here.

more music nostalgia

2010-05-06T11:04:00.004-04:00

Since i last posted about my South Lebanon nostalgia, i have continued to think about how music brings about feelings in me like no other. Some people are taken back though smell or taste or pictures... music is what gets me.

When I was living in Lebanon, towards the end of my time there matt and i started communicating more regularly. And i felt as if things were starting to become more. I kept getting on to Matt about not sending me any packages (packages are everything when you live overseas) and so he eventually decided to take the hint and send me a little something. The main gift was a burned cd. I was a little nervous when i got the cd b/c i am pretty picky about my music and so and i didn't want to cd to interrupt things between matt and i before they got started. It so didn't, only added to what i knew was stirring:) The cd was wonderful and there was one song on it that i absolutely loved. "When you com back down" by Nickel Creek. And so to this day, that song reminds me of how mine and Matt's relationship began. When i listen to it, it takes me right back to wondering how things would go, the questions and the butterflies....

Anyone else out there like me when it comes to music?? What songs take you back?

mantle aspirations...

2010-05-05T10:09:00.005-04:00

Did you see these detail shots on The Schultzes Blog from our wedding??

If you haven't already noticed, the top left shot with all the buttons actually has our wedding rings in it too. i love it! and so... if we ever get out living room in order i would love to get that wrapped on a canvas to hang above our mantle. artsy yet personal.

thoughts?

Life in South Lebanon and Alli Rogers

2010-05-03T07:50:00.003-04:00

Yesterday, i went through a period of major nostalgia. Let me set the scene... i was just up from a sunday afternoon nap. i had told myself all week that i would use sunday afternoon to clean the bathroom and so as i sat on the couch deciding what to do, as much as i tried to ignore it, the bathroom was calling out....

SO. i thought. i will check my blog quickly and see if anyone has commented on the wedding pics post. this was mainly an effort to avoid the bathroom, but it turned out that there was in fact a comment, and so i proceeded to read. check out this post to read it.... i loved the comment b/c it was from my friend kendra and it was as if i could hear her talking to me and getting excited about wedding pics. kendra is SUCH a special friend and i wish all the time that we could see more of each other. when i was living in South Lebanon- small town life for sure- kendra was my best friend. i did so much with her and her hubbie and her friendship was just so enjoyable. and accountable.

back to the bathroom... i had to do it. i began to scroll through my itunes for the perfect bathroom cleanin' music. for some reason i was reminded of Alli Rogers and began to play her cd. Immediately all the memories came flooding back... See, this was the cd i listened to endlessly while living in South Lebanon. And so as i was spraying and scrubbing, it was seriously hard to hold back the tears. The quiet life, arabic, the time with kendra, the home visits, even the struggle living alone.... i felt it all. Music does that to you.

there is one song on the album called Tanzania. i love it. and relate so much right now.

here are the lyrics:

It’s eight hours later in Tanzania.
When Jen lays down
Mary’s just opening her eyes.
Her child’s feet land on the ground
and dirt scatters,
And she feels left out in the open,
always left out in the open.
She says, “son, wear my shoes to school today”.
He turns and smiles and walks away,
and she thinks to herself…

Someday I will wake
where the earth is clean and safe.
My children have a place to play,
not here in Tanzania.
And someday I will live
in a house that’s built by
hands that hold the world.

It’s eight hours earlier in Chattanooga.
Mary sits down and Jen’s just put the coffee on.
Katie Couric is talking news and fashion,
and Jen feels pushed into a corner,
always pushed into a corner, she says
“Baby I know what girls at school are like”.
And her daughter rides off on her bike,
and Jen thinks to herself…

Someday I will wake
where my children get a break,
And there are chances that they’ll take,
not here in Chattanooga.
Someday I will live
in a house that’s built by
hands that hold the world.

Well it’s hard to be mother,
and it’s hard to be a woman,
and it’s hard to live in Africa sometimes.
It’s hard to be mother,
and it’s hard to be a woman,
and it’s hard to live in America sometimes.

But someday I will wake
in a body that won’t break,
On ground that doesn’t shake, not here.
And someday I will live
in a house that’s built by
hands that hold the world.

Tanzania... South Lebanon.... America.... it's just nice to know that someday we'll live in a house that's built by hands that hold the world.

Wedding Pics!!!

2010-04-30T16:10:00.007-04:00

I'm so excited to share that some of our wedding pics were just posted on The Schultzes Blog!! Check them out and let me know what you think!

www.lovetheschultzes.com/blog

2010-04-29T16:48:00.004-04:00

Check out the LOVE AFFAIR BLOG and enter to win a Kelly Moore Bag & a seat to their upcoming workshop in Dallas!

www.loveaffairworkshop.com

Yard Sale Treasures:)

2010-04-28T07:54:00.006-04:00

Yard sale season is upon us! My friends Natalie, Rachel and I went out looking for treasures this past saturday and i found a few. Since we are in the process of decorating and getting our house in order, it was hard not to buy more but i tried to use some restraint for my husband's sake:)

I found this window with a mirror already behind it. I was planning to do this project with a window so it saved me some time! Now, I'm just trying to decide whether to paint it or not...

I also found 6 of these blue Mason Jars. Not sure where they will go yet but i couldn't pass up the blue because they are super hard to find...

We actually found this distressed coffee table at the Habitat for Humanity Restore where they had some vendors set up. This little beauty is completely hand-made and i love it!

I know you are loving our 70's couch in the mirror. If you want a piece of that thing, make sure to come to our yard sale May 22nd!

Anyone else out there finding any yard sale treasures??

Happy Birthday to my love!

2010-04-26T07:46:00.005-04:00

Today is Matt's birthday:)! B/c birthdays are super special in my family, i wanted to try to live up to that for Matt's birthday this year. I wanted Matt to feel special his entire birth-week. If you are unsure about what a birth-week is, check out my birthday post last year.

So every day this past week (last Tues through today), at a random time in the day, i gave matt some sort of birthday gift:) Some days it was a small as his favorite mint, a DIY bathroom re-model book, shoes or his BIG gift- GUITAR HERO!! See, Matt is not a gift person at all, he just never wants anything and is content with whatever he has. This is a great quality in normal circumstances, but makes him very hard to buy for. I always want to give him a gift that he will really love as well as something completely unexpected. Guitar Hero was JUST THAT. He had no clue that I was getting it or even that he really wanted it. But every time we go to Matt's brother's house he always wants to play... and as we are leaving i feel like i am pulling a child out the door with the constant, "one more game....". We celebrated his birthday at my mom's last night so i went ahead gave him his big gift. Needless to say, he loved it.

After a yummy dinner cooked by my mom, present opening and banana pudding for dessert (Matt's fave), we watched to show "Minute to Win it". Has anyone seen that show? We love it!

Here is a wonderful shot of my sister trying to get a cookie from her forehead to her mouth only using her facial muscles... haha!

Handmade love- Sutton Spring Collectives

2010-04-23T07:44:00.005-04:00

If you met my friend Sarah at the wedding, i'm sure it didn't take you long to figure out how creative she is. Particularly when it comes to all things sewing. The last time I went to visit her she taught me to make a whole dress in a weekend. It was SO fun and i was SURE i wanted to start making clothes, start a business and end up on project runway. One of my "dreams". But of course i never really got to it when i got home and so all i have sown since is pillow covers:/.

I've be telling Sarah for MONTHS to start an Etsy shop and she is finally doing it! LUCKY for all of us:) See, her sister Martha is as good as she is and so the 2 of the together make, dun. dun dun...

Sutton Spring Collectives!

The Sutton Sping Collectives Etsy Shop is not open just yet but you can check out some of their work on their blog and start picking out your favorites! Show them some love while your at it:)

Amazing stuff...

Here is a pic of Sarah and I- I am wearing the apron she MADE for me. And she made Matt and manly one that matches the band in the middle.

LOVE IT:)

i'm a dreamer

2010-04-21T09:44:00.008-04:00

I am such a dreamer. Every now and then it hits me (usually hard) that most of the things i have dreamed of in my adult life (and some from my childhood) have not actually happened. Mainly because it would be highly impossible for them all to happen in one life time. Some of my dreams even contradict themselves. Nonetheless, this never fails to lead me into one of those days where i am more down than up, don't do much talking, b/c i am constantly thinking about how my life would have turned out if i would have gone this direction or that...

Yesterday was one of those days and here are some of the dreams i recounted- i know some of them are laughable but dreams are suppose to be ridiculous sometimes....

being a corporate supersta'- a dynamic team leader or manager

working for the media in production or photography

winning 'so you think you can dance' (i said some were ridiculous)

being a professional violinist

teaching

working for a social needs group in america

being a mother to many

being a wedding photographer or planner

living overseas long term

working in NYC in the fashion industry

living in america long term

opening a store and/or etsy shop for distressed, shabby furniture and other decorative pieces that i re-do

The thing is, i am one of those 'Jack of all Trades, Master of None' type of people. I am good at a lot of things but not great or professional at anything. I also have a pretty short attention span so i get on "kicks" if you will... My day yesterday mainly had to do with not being a professional at something. I had this overwhelming desire to look back on my life and say, I worked as a teacher or in marketing or as a nurse before i had kids...

I'm not complaining, i have nothing to complain about- i love my life and where it is right now. I think no matter where i am, i will dream ridiculous dreams about he future and think about what the past could have been. Simply because i'm a dreamer.

Matt is SUCH a supporter of my dreams. He is not so much a dreamer but more into making dreams reality, which is so good for me. So, for one my my wedding gifts he got me this...

Now i just have to get out there and USE IT. :)

hitched for a month!

2010-04-19T13:43:00.005-04:00

In light of our one month anniversary TODAY:) i thought i would come up with "the top ten reasons i love being married to matthew tucker"...

10- ok, i really do like having tucker as my last name.

9- matt gives me massages a lot and knows how to make my coffee just right.

8- matt is mr. fix-it and i am a decorative and artsy type which makes it fun re-do every room in our house (most of the time:)- we make a great team.

7- he let's me sleep in on saturdays guilt-free

6- he is wise with money but also generous. that makes me feel secure.

5- matt is the smartest person i know, and so committed.

4- he will be an amazing dad and looks forward to it. He also entertains my idea of having 5 or more children:)

3- he keeps me accountable to read the Bible in the mornings b/c he does it every single day.

2- matt does not ever want to plant our roots too deep. He always talk about the future as an open slate, and i truly believe he would go anywhere or do anything if He feels there is a need and the Lord is leading.

1- Matt is the best other half this girl could have ever asked for- if you know me, you know i am loud, talk too much, say things i don't mean sometimes, overly emotional, dramatic, high strung- he is the opposite of all of these things and teaches me so much daily. I couldn't think of anyone better to share my life with. :)

Here is a sneak peek of our wedding pics just posted on The Schultzes Blog:)

YARD SALE!!!

2010-04-19T07:56:00.004-04:00

That's right folks! We're having another one. This time we are doing it in conjunction with Chuck and Ashley Moore so there will be LOTS of great finds. The date is either Sat. May 15th or the 22nd:)

Come support our fight against hoarding.

made a wedding blog!

2010-04-15T16:10:00.003-04:00

one of my bridal portraits made a wedding blog! this is so exciting to me b/c i was constantly scouring wedding blogs when we were planning the wedding and always wondered what it would be like to be on one... well, wonder no more!

check the blog out here:)

Christmas in the Middle East

2010-04-14T11:07:00.007-04:00

On Dec. 18th, Matt and I left America to spend Christmas with our friends- James, Blair and Roman at their home in the Middle East. My family was not too excited about me spending another Christmas in the Middle East but they were willing to give us up for J,B&R:) It was an amazing trip once we finally got there... if you would like to know more about why our trip was so delayed check out this post. After spending about 24hrs in Lebanon (I'll post about our time there next) we headed to their home with all bags (shockingly) except the one that was for J&B (with the Christmas presents!), with a promise that it would be sent as soon as it arrived in Lebanon. If you've ever lived in the Middle East you understand why i did not have a ton of faith in this promise. Insh'allah (If God wills) has a whole new meaning in the ME! Since people seem to like pictures better than words, i think i'll just post some and narrate.

So without further adieu...

First and foremost, we were able to meet this little guy- Roman Willis Weddington. Having a new born, Blair was definitely lacking sleep when we got there. I wanted to help as much as possible so we developed a little system where Blair would hand Roman off to me after his morning feeding around 7am. Depending on his schedule that day, we would nap together, play or just hang out. No matter what we were doing, i loved my time with this little man!

This was how Roman got around outdoors most of the time. Matt and I were always amazed at how Blair would wrap piece of cloth and tuck Roman right down in there. It looks so dang comfy. I definitely want one of those when i have a little one:)

Here is Matt and I in front of a traditional style gate. It is more appropriate for girls to cover their hair where we were, so i got to wear different scarves in different ways throughout the weeks. It was fun coming up with ways to make the scarf look stylish, but I'm sure it could get tiresome doing it all the time.

A shot from one of the rooftops in the Old City. Isn't the architecture amazing?? Who could have ever though a place smack-dab in the middle of the desert could be so beautiful...?

Spices, beans and rice for sale in the market.

Walking through the market. If you want to know what is in the side of that man's jaw, it is called Qat- it would take too long to explain what it is, just google it if you are interested.

We did our fair share of shopping in the market too. Looks like Matt found something really nice:)

Most of the time though, we just hung out and James and Blair's place and spent time together. The green in the back ground is the remnant of mine and Blair's tissue-paper-flower making. If you were at our wedding, you should know exactly what those are:)

A closer look. I love these things.

James and Blair's bag actually did come in as promised. And on Christmas night! We had such a good time exchanging gifts but the bag was mostly filled with things for the little man. Here is Blair getting excited about Roman's goodies the morning after Christmas:)

We decided the last night we were there, which happened to be New Years night, that we actually needed a pics of the 5 of us. :)

We were so tired that we actually rang in the New Year a few minutes early- haha! It was still such a fun night even though we are old.

One of my favorite pics:) James, you are hilarious.

honest.

2010-04-12T07:55:00.007-04:00

Lately i have realized that i have become a bad blogger. Not just bad in that i dont post much, which i don't- but bad in that my blogs don't seem nearly as interesting as they were when i was overseas. My blog actually died about my last 6 months in Lebanon b/c of awful internet, but before that it was pretty rockin'. I was reminiscing about overseas life with Matt the other night and decided to pull up my blog. I read him post after post and after every one, i would say, "i wrote that?" The thoughts just seemed so hopeful, and it was a hope that i am not sure i have anymore. So the past few days i was been really thinking about why that hope has somehow disappeared, or is hiding....

One reason is simply moving back to America. I hate to blame everything on America so maybe it is not so much America and more, not being so far away from America. Ok, maybe that's the same thing. Either way, what i am trying to say is that when i was overseas i had so much hope about america, what things could be, how people in my family and friends could grow and change for the better- and when i got back i just realized that for the most part things were the same. It is just so easy to change things in your mind when you are so far away for so long. I had planned share Christ to family and friends who i just knew would respond differently this time. Yet they responded that same way that always had. Or worse, the same fears i dealt with sharing before i left were still there and i didn't even do it. I realized that although i had changed things in my mind, reality had not changed much at all.

It's just hard to balance hope with reality. I'm working on it.

All this to say, i am going to work on making my blog more interesting, hopeful, deep... or maybe just honest. I think my blog is not as fun anymore b/c i care so much more about what people think living in America than i did overseas. Sorry to blame you again, America- you are just the punching bag today. Blah. I hate that i am not as confident here. I hate all insecurity struggles, especially my own.

As i was reading through my old blog, this [To Live is Christ] was one of those "I wrote that?" posts. Something i wrote almost 4 years ago encouraged encouraged me now, and it was pretty awesome.

BACK... with a new name and everything:)

2010-04-09T08:19:00.003-04:00

LOTS has happened in my life as of late and updating my blog has not been high on the priority list... But i am REALLY going to try to change that and start updating again.... Sorry for my absence, friends!

I posted last about our unbelievable experience at Chicago O'hare airport but never followed up with our trip to the Middle East which is why we were flying through Chicago in the first place... I'll get to those posts soon!

Since our trip, something slightly big happened in mine and Matt's life together... We got married!:) yay!! I am now Angela Elrod Tucker... The whole Angela Tucker thing has been slightly hard to get use too... ok, REALLY hard... I just dont feel like Angela Tucker yet. I haven't got my name legally changed yet so maybe that will help (hopefully will happen next week!). It is just that many people have called me Elrod, the Rod, El, and more, for years now and so i feel like this is quite the identity crisis. Not that i dont like Tucker, in fact, i love the name:) Many people have told me it is a much better name than Elrod (who says that!?!), I just think it is going to take some getting use to.... My new identity has been about he only difficult thing in my new married life though. I thought moving in with Matt was going to be so hard, living with a boy and not living with my mom and sis. It was hard the first night but has been pretty awesome since. Major answer to prayer:) (thanks Kendar)

I don't have wedding pics yet but my bridals portraits have been posted on Cheyenne's blog here. Enjoy those until i get the wedding pics:) I love how the portraits turned out, and besides the fact that is was freezing towards the end (the scarf was not just for style) it was such a good time.

Be back soon!

love,

angela tucker (ouch.)

Oh O'hare....

2010-01-12T16:10:00.012-05:00

This will be the first of a 3 part post about our Christmas trip to the Middle East. I would have never thought i would write a post solely on our time in the airport but after all we went through in Chicago O'hare, i think you will enjoy a full post. Looking back we can laugh about this crazy experience and people love hearing the story, but in the moment it was literally hell on earth. I'm sorry i just said hell. Maybe you will forgive me after reading....

We left Charlotte on Friday December, 18th. If you dont remember this day, it was the day that the weather called for a "wintery-mix" in Charlotte. This really didn't have me too worried since any other time the weatherman calls for snow in Charlotte, it NEVER snows.... But this time it did. Of course it did. This was when i started documenting our journey on my facebook statuses. I am not one to always have a status, but this proved to be a very good outlet for me since i am what some call a verbal processor. :)

Angela Elrod please no snow....

So American Airline cancelled us for "weather" but then put us on a US Airways flight 2 hrs later. hmmm... At this point we had to decided if we wanted our bags on the Istanbul flight which was our connection that we were only going to have about 15 min. to make. We went for it and checked them all the way there... As i made call after call to try to get in touch with Turkish Airlines in Chicago (instead i called Turkey), this happens:

Angela Elrod are u kidding me? Christmas carolers arrive just as we find out we r going to be delayed st least 24 hrs most likely. I literally feel like i'm in a movie right now and this is the part where we gain all perspective. Real life is not like the movies.

This is a picture i took on my phone of the carolers. Not the best quality but one of the few that we have from this whole experience. Not one of my greatest moments either, i will be the first to admit that. At this point we have not reached Turkish Airline but it doesn't matter anymore b/c or US Airways flight was delayed... who knew where the bags were going to end up.
Angela Elrod
we r n chicago now. Just got booked on a flight to jfk then to London then to Beirut. We arrive there at 9.45pm Sunday. Please pray for no more delays b.c if we miss another flight all this starts over.
December 19, 2009 at 6:58am ·

Now getting to this point was an adventure. We arrived in Chicago at midnight friday night having obviously missed out flight to Istanbul. There was NO ONE in the airport, i mean no one to talk to to figure this whole thing out. We were not inside the actual airport but at the ticket counter b/c we had to leave the US Airways terminal to get to American. So we got on the phone and after MUCH time talking to multiple people at AA, we got this flight. I have to give this one to Matt, he got it done:) Then we tried to find a place to sleep with lots of noise, doors opening and closing and COLD concrete floors. We didnt get much sleep to say the least...

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Angela Elrod needs real sleep. The airport concrete floors are no longer my friend.

The ticket desk opened about 4am, they issued us our tickets and we got in. At least there was carpet!!:) we found another place to sleep and laid down for a couple hours. I KNOW we looked like crazy b/c people would stare at us as they walked by. I didnt care though. It is amazing what you are willing to give up with a lack of sleep... looking sane was one of the first to go!

Angela Elrod

we slept on the floor last night bc no one was here when we got here. We got rebooked this morn but now that flight is cancelled. Now trying to get rebooked again. This is the most exhausting thing I have ever been through

December 19, 2009 at 1:27pm ·

This was definitely my breaking point. The lady that was trying to rebook us over the phone literally said there was nothing for us. there was a flight going directly to London and we could still make our connection but she said it was booked and there was no option of stand-by. So she told us to go BACK to the ticket counter and see what they could do. So we went... The most frustrating thing for Matt was that he knew he was going to take his shoes off again. He did not like that part.

Angela Elrod
New news!!! We r on a flight from Chicago to London at 5pm today!:) we will still be able to make our flight to Beirut that arrives at 9.45. This is so the Lord bc this flight has been booked up until now. Love you guys thanks for all the support.
December 19, 2009 at 1:55pm · delete

So as we were standing in line, Matt decided to try to the rebooking phone again. He was across the airport from me but i could see him motioning a thumbs up sign, then a maybe sign. What is going on!?! is what i am thinking. So he called me on his cell, me in one ear and the AA lady in the other. He explained that we were actually already on the London flight that we so desperately needed to be on! I firmly believe God was in every aspect of this situation, good and bad, but in this moment i experienced His grace and it was amazing.

Heather Causby Hollander Wishing I could make Angela Elrod's flight drama disappear! I hate all this for you friend!
December 19, 2009 at 1:50pm · View Post · Remove Tag

This was a tag by one of my best friends. it was such a blessing:) the comments and support we got in this whole adventure were so encouraging!

Angela Elrod finally on a flight to London. Pray that ours bags make it with us! Thanks for the love friends:)

December 19, 2009 at 7:53pm via Mobile Web · Comment ·

That's right folks, back off the plane!!! At this point we were wondering if this trip was even meant to happen at all.... but 3 hrs later we got another plane and headed for London. 24hrs in the airport, at least we set a record for ourselves. THANKFULLY our layover was long in London so we had no worries about our connection!

Angela Elrod FINALLY in london and itching to get to Beirut!

we're back... update later, Trent Family Shoot NOW:)

2010-01-04T14:04:00.010-05:00

so we are back from the Middle East! it was an amazing trip and i can't wait to update about it soon. for now, here is a preview of the beautiful Trent family:) i wanted to post this before we left but you know how that goes. Bethany is one of my closest friends from college so when she asked me to do a Christmas shoot for her family, i was so excited! we went out to the near-by Frank Liske Park and Matt, Bethany and Jake braved the cold like champs. Matt was a super champ considering he was smiling after his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers suffered a tragic loss that day. you can see how cold it was by Jake's cute little red nose- what a cutie! It was such a good time you guys. can't wait to do it again:)

trying to get away- love it.

cute shoes, beth!

i love daddy/son love.

can you tell what happened in this shot?? ;)

someone is getting a little tired of this...

bye-bye baby boy... we're done.

Merry Christmas from the middle east!

2009-12-25T06:26:00.003-05:00

The cutest little elf in the world wants to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!!

Matt and i are having an amazing time visiting friends here in the middle east. Roman has definitely been the highlight of my mornings, as i have been helping Blair so she can get a little sleep. We had an amazing time in Lebanon and an unbelievable experience in the Chicago airport for 24hrs. I will definitely blog about that later. For now, we want to wish everyone a very merry christmas! we miss all of our family & friends in america but are so thankful to be able to celebrate with such special friends:) i'll try to update the blog as much a possible.

Love to all!

thanksgiving shoot with amy and brian

2009-12-13T21:36:00.006-05:00

since i have gotten more and more involved in the photography world, everywhere i go i am looking for places with photo-shoot potential. i love my grandmothers house for all the memories we have there but i have just now taken an interest in all the rustic scenery in the back yard. i only had a few minutes get some shots of amy and brian back there so expect more eventually... but until then, here are a few of my favorites. :)

The Middle East in a week!

2009-12-11T08:09:00.004-05:00

one WEEK from today Matt and I leave for the Middle East!! We are going so see J&B and some of my closest friends in Lebanon. i am beyond excited! i am not really ready in that i have not packed one bit or even finished my christmas shopping for the trip, but i can't wait to be there. Our first stop will be in Beirut- my former home- oh, to be surrounded the fashion and people. the busy city streets. i might even be excited about the traffic. i get the joy of staying with my oh so hilarious friend & former roommate.... all i really want to do is spend time with these friends that i have missed SO much since i left. and they get the meet matt! i hope they approve since the wedding is just over 3 months away.... yay!

then we are headed to the home of some of our closest friends in the world. thinking about seeing them when we get off the plane makes my eyes tear up a little. that might have something to do with the fact that since i last saw them, their family has increased by a precious one:) Roman to be exact. Cannot wait to meet that sweet baby. the last time i was there all we did was talk- i can imagine this trip will be much the same and i can't wait. love them so much:)

but until we leave i have LOTS to do. i have a long list of wedding tasks that i would love to get finished before we leave, Christmas shopping and wrapping, celebrating early Christmas with all our fam, packing our stuff, packing all the packages sent.... etc etc etc. whew. we can do it. Thus, the reason i have not been able to update the blog (i am literally making myself update now).

And b/c every post has to have a few pictures: here is a few from thanksgiving. turned out to be such a great day:) i did get a pretty nasty burn on my wrist but i call it my battle scar from making my first turkey. oh yeah.

1 cent thanksgiving

2009-11-24T10:47:00.005-05:00

i have never been a huge fan of the Thanksgiving holiday. i think mainly b/c there are no presents and i never loved the food like most do. i know i know... i'm just being honest here. But, in my age and wisdom i have come to like this holiday more a more. I am now a big fan of the food and the lack of pressure from having to give presents is kinda nice too. I think my time away has made me really appreciate these special times with family and friends and taking a day just to be thankful.... aww. And I believe this year will be the year that i officially start loving Thanksgiving!

Although Matt's house (my future house) is not nearly made-over the way we would like, we decided to invite both of our families over for Thanksgiving lunch. Everyone is bringing a traditional Thanksgiving dish (green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, banana pudding... etc.) and I am taking the great task on of making the turkey. i am actually pretty excited about it! So this weekend Matt and i headed to Food Lion to get all the ingredients for the dishes we are making. We bought a Turkey and ingredients for 4 different dishes, and only spent $60. I thought that was pretty good. that was until i saw this lady....

even though this shopping trip was not for thanksgiving specifically, i am confident this woman got by with a free or nearly free Thanksgiving. maybe i will be her one day....

Happy Thanksgiving friends! we all have MUCH to be thankful for. Let me know how you are celebrating your Turkey Day:)

PANTHERS WIN!!:)

2009-11-16T13:30:00.007-05:00

every year matt and i try to go to at least one panthers game. one day i would LOVE to have season tickets but for now, we really look forward to our one special game. this year matt bought tickets to the Panthers vs. Falcons game... I was so excited at first b/c i think many would consider the Falcons to be our greatest rival b/c they are close by, then i was not so excited when the Falcons were doing really well and the Panthers couldn't seem to win a game early in the season, BUT THEN i was excited again b/c the Panthers started doing better and the Falcons started doing worse. beautiful. and how do you like that run-on sentence? We also thought that our Nov. 15th game would be nice and cold but no way, it was HOT. It was a beautiful day to be outside but when the sun is beating down on the same side of your body it is pretty bad- plus i dont want just one half me to be tan for my bridal portraits! haha.... So we moved to a shady spot after the first quarter. enjoy some pics from the game:)

here we are in our 1st very sunny spot

I love Charlotte:)

in our MUCH better shady spot

Here is matt doing a MJ pose with his new hat- he bought it b/c about our sunny spot but then we moved. haha, i love the hat though:)

that's right. check out that score!:)

the birthday post

2009-11-12T14:49:00.005-05:00

if you know me, you KNOW that i LOVE birthdays. love love love. which is interesting b/c i dont feel like i have done the best job on friend and family birthdays this year. but for some reason everyone still loved on me so much on oct. 19th. i am actually one who believes in the oh so wonderful "birthweek". many people have asked me when me when exactly the birthweek falls- the birthweek is the week leading to the actual birthday. some say it is the week surrounding the birthday (3 days before and 3 days after) but i disagree b/c who really wants to celebrate their birthday after it is over? when it's over, it's over and the countdown begins for the next year.

one of my birthday traditions is to to celebrate with one of me best friends, b/c she has a birthday on oct. 19th as well. this year, heather and blake came to charlotte for our annual celebration and we went on a double-date for pizza and starbucks. not one of us remembered a camera so i will post a pic from our birthday celebration last year. I couldn't think of a better way to start the birthweek- love this girl:)

My friend Ashley also had the wonderful idea to go to the Melting Pot for a little celebration. Matt and I were so excited about hanging with Chuck and Ash and the Melting Pot was fine too.... or so we thought. I think i forgot how AMAZING the Melting Pot actually was. The last time i was there for anything other than dessert was senior prom. Chuck and Ash, we will be going back on one of your b-days! love you guys:)

And then came my actual birthDAY. the tour of So You Think You Can Dance happened to be here that day and Matt bought us tickets months before. He knew that was exactly what i would want and he endured all those women just for me:) Unfortunately, i forgot the camera AGAIN but i do have a video on Matt's phone that i will try to post.

And finally, in celebration of my 27th i have started.... dun dun dun... to use anti-aging night cream. My wonderfully-wise nurse of a best friend told me that aging starts at 27. I told matt this is the best i am going to look so enjoy it;) haha. But i really am loving the cream!

By my next birthday i will be a MARRIED woman.... can't wait to see what that post looks like:)

amy&brian

2009-11-05T07:52:00.008-05:00

so i wanted to post these pics separately- they are a few that i took of amy and brian when we snuck away for a few minutes at the wedding. (see this post) amy is my sister (if you dont already know or can't tell) and brian is her boyfriend for oh, i dont know... forever. life seems so busy these days that matt and i rarely get to see most of our friends regularly. when we are not spending time working on the house or planning a wedding, we are usually hanging with family- which include amy and brian, thankfully:) they really are some of our closest friends as a couple these days and we love them so much.

enjoy these cute shots of these incredibly cute people. and let me know what you think:)

family weddings are so fun... :)

2009-10-30T14:39:00.014-04:00

a couple of months back my aunt got married in the Outer Banks of NC, and of course it was a reason to celebrate. well actually, our crazy family can come up with any reason to celebrate, but this time something important was actually happening. the wedding day also happened to be my moms b-day so it was a fun filled weekend! for as long as i can remember, we have had family vacations and get-together on the outer banks b/c my mom's sister lives there as well as my grandparents (half the time). not a bad place to go visit the fam if you ask me. but this time i didn't even get a peek at the beach. the aunt asked my the photograph the wedding since i am aspiring.... and i was SO happy to help out and practice my skills.

hope you enjoy some of my favorites from the weekend!

a family toast the night before...

my sis helping out...

seriously, would it be great to be married here?..

my cousin getting ready by doing a hula-hoop exercise...

waiting for the party to start... isn't my fiance a hottie?:)

the happy couple...

one of my faves. love my cousins so much:)

the 6 pack...

cannon-ball

2009-10-23T08:05:00.001-04:00

I'm sorry but this child is absolutely edible. So happy I get to spend my days with him:)

the day i have been waiting for...

2009-09-30T10:27:00.004-04:00

i feel like all i have blogged about here recently is wedding stuff. if anyone out there has planned a wedding you know that even if the bride is not actively doing wedding tasks, she is at least thinking about them. for me it is wedding and house... as most of you prob know, matt and i are in the process of completely re-doing the home he bought from his grandparents. we want to do it as cost effectively as possible, but we also want to be true to our own personality and style. i have recently learned to distress furniture so that has allowed for a good balance in order to incorporate both of these desires. i just finished 2 pieces and i will post pics of them soon:)- nontheless, these 2 things are on my mind quite often and therefore on this blog often as well.

now for the reason for this post- engagement pics are up!!!:) i know i have talked about cheyenne and her amazing ability as a photographer tons on here, but can i just say it one more time!?! this girl is amazing! since the moment i found her, every time she has a new post on the blog i get that feeling of anticipation in my stomach. i just love her work and ti was a surreal experience to actually be looking at myself and matt... crazy.

this is just a little teaser... click here to see the rest of the pics. and give cheyenne some love while you are at it:)

My Wedding Checklist

2009-09-21T14:22:00.012-04:00

Planning a wedding.... sheesh. So fun but so time consuming and DETAIL oriented. Yesterday, those details almost overwhelmed me. A few people told me we should just elope and i almost agreed! (not really) I am so not a detail person and although i am a highly organized, the details make me feel like the time i was stuck on a rickety elevator in Cairo, Egypt b/t 2 random floors... ahhh!!

BUT- i feel like i have gotten a lot done and am pretty on target with the help of my sis, mom and amazing wedding planner:) i am starting to hit the lull where most of the big things are done and the rest can't really be decided on until a month or so before the wedding.... or am i? that is why i am soliciting the help of all my former, current or future (don't act like you haven't already planned your wedding!;) brides out there.

Take a look at my checklist and let me know what i am missing, way ahead on, or just what you think! oh, and the date is March 19th:)

Groom- check:)

Budget- check. (although i don't know how anyone sticks to it)

Dress- check. (awesome!!:)

His ring- check.

Wedding party- check.

Venue- check.

Caterer- check.

Photographer- check.

Website- check.

Accommodations- check.

Save the Dates and Invites- in the process.... (natalie, you should really have a blog)

Guest List- check./still progressing/the hardest thing ever.

DJ- check.

Videographer- seriously need to figure this one out. advice?

Engagement pics- double check:)

Alterations on dress- check.

Veil- uhh... need to get on that.

Bridemaids Dresses & shoes- check.

Bridesmaid gifts- check. love them!:)

Flowergirl & junior bridesmaids dresses- not yet.

Flowers- hopefully have it worked out???

Decor- check. (sigh of relief...)

All the hand made stuff i want to do- ....umm. i start next week. ha.

Registered- check. well almost

Ceremony plans- in the process.

Ceremony music- have the person- not the music.

Rehearsal dinner- nope. (as in haven't started)

ok so that is all i can thing of.... what can you think of, what am i leaving out, or where am i way ahead....??:)

engagement pic sneak peek!

2009-09-17T08:04:00.007-04:00

Yesterday, our photographer, Cheyenne Schultz, posted a sneak peek of some of her recent sessions..... and guess who was apart of it?? US! i have been dying to see our engagement pics but i know they will not be out for a few more weeks. Now i am REALLY excited! i know the rest are just as amazing as this one!

ps. if you are a bride and looking for a photographer, i HIGHLY recommend cheyenne!

Bridesmaid weekend!- mission shoes.

2009-09-09T09:27:00.008-04:00

a couple of weekends ago, i had a weekend that i looked forward to for a long time. i posted about it before it happened here. it was the weekend that my roommate in Lebanon- Leah, came to visit and also the weekend that Leah, my sis and i got to visit my college roommates, making it the first time i have had more than 2 bridesmaids together at one time. All of my bridesmaids live in various places all around the US and world so this was really special to me, if you can't already tell. I really wanted us to have something 'wedding' to do and since we had the bridesmaid's dresses all picked out and bought, we decided to find shoes! So we all set out to the mall including Karis (Heather's little girl), literally as if we were on a mission... I know the mall employee's could speak to our mission mentality as we would go in a store, each girl would take a corner so that the entire store was covered, and within seconds we knew if this was going to be a place where we would spend our time. It was hilarious and so fun! After going to about 10-15 stores (seriously), i think we were all burned out and i had come to terms with the fact that we may not find anything today. BUT, then we stopped at Belk (always the day-saver in my mind). We did our spread out routine, and Leah came to me asking if the shoe she was holding could work.... dun. dun. dun. Immediately, I LOVED IT, and everyone agreed it was just what we had been looking for! It was also helpful that the shoes were %50 off and totally in the price range we were looking for. So we asked the sales lady if she might have SEVEN various sizes of this clearance shoe.... haha! She had 2 of the sizes and then proceeded to call about 10 different belk stores from Wilmington to Missouri. About 30 minutes after she continuously called store after store, she successfully tracked down ALL the sizes we needed! This experience was becoming like a roller-coaster ride. So then she (knowing each of our names by now) proceeded to give us the phone numbers to each of the Belk's for us to call and make our personal order. This took another 30-45 min and got pretty complicated at times.... but alas, we have the shoes, and an unforgettable experience with some of my best friends in the world:)

Here are some of the girls getting ready for our mission:)

Beautiful Karis with my sis

Love this shot of the amy's

getting all the orders in:)

and the shoes!! love them.

my little cuties;)

2009-09-04T12:03:00.010-04:00

i realized today that i have never blogged about the little guys i spend the majority of my time with. For those of you who don't know, I am a nanny by day (i dont know why i said "by day" as if i do something else by night... or maybe?? haha), for 2 little boys- Eagan and Cannon. They are absolutely adorable and such good boys... most of the time;) E will be 4 in December and C is almost a year a a half. It is hard to get good shots of them a lot of the time b/c i have to focus on shooting and actually taking care of them at the same time, but i thought i would share a few pics so many of you can put names and faces together:)

nannying is the last thing i thought i would do when i got back from overseas. I didn't actually know what i wanted to do. i still say at times that i have not quite figured how who i am (career wise) in america. Honestly, there have even been times that i have been embarrassed to tell people i am a nanny. I guess i just thought i would be in some sort of successful business career or have starting my own business by now, with a college degree under my belt and at the age of 27 (almost). But here i am, spending the day being a second mom to these 2 boys and if i am honest again... i absolutely love it. I love the family i work for, i love the perks of the job, and i LOVE the boys more than anything. There is also the benefit of having the time to work on my photography on the side.

it is interesting where we end up. not alway where we thought we would- i think that is the case most of the time. but as i am writing this and thinking about the boys and my job, as cannon yells, "ba ba ba" and grabs my fingers trying to type himself... i am thankful. Not just thankful that i have a job (b/c that i definitely something to be for thankful these days), but thankful that i have a job that i love going to everyday. Just more proof that God knows us much better than we know ourselves, and i'm thankful for that too...

as of late... WEDDINGS!:)

2009-08-20T11:52:00.008-04:00

So for the past 2 weekends, weddings have been what is on my mind. Tons of wedding and lingerie gifts and lots of catching up with friends. I love the way weddings bring old friends together.

On Aug. 8th, some of our good friends Summer and Michael were married. They are now the Nunn's. I read scripture in the wedding and for some reason was SO nervous. But it all worked out fine. (once it was over) I was so looking forward to this wedding b/c i know it would bring lots of old college friends together. I wish i had a picture of us dancing the night away. Such a fun time!

This is sneak peek that Summer and Michael's photographer put out. Candice and Daniel were so wonderful and i can't wait to see the rest of their shots!

This past weekend, i was able to travel to FL for my friend Amber's wedding. Amber was one of my closest friends from my time overseas and so her wedding ended up being another reunion:) She married her childhood friend Elliot and it was one of the sweetest and meaningful weddings i have ever been to. And it only lasted 15 min. I got to be there for all the fun before-the-wedding stuff. My camera was in full force most of the time, but i decided not to bring it out during the ceremony, so i can't wait until her pictures come out.

This was one of the only pics of us since i was behind the camera most of the time.- don't mind that at all!

And this weekend will prove to be another busy one, but no weddings. Just wedding planning:) I am going to pick up my WONDERFUL friend (and roomie from Lebanon) Leah, in Richmond, VA. We are going to be doing a little shopping at the wonderful H&M (yay yay!!).

I have the goal to find an outfit for mine and Matt's upcoming engagements pics:)

Then, Leah and I plan to head to Wake Forest, NC where my old college roommates live. My sister (Matt and Brian too) is meeting us there so we can get some wedding stuff done. I am SO excited about this b/c i will have 4 bridesmaids together and one time. My sister is the only bridesmaid (well, she is really the maid of honor) that lives nearby, so i am looking forward to this time so much!! I will def take the camera and try post some pics of the fun after the weekend:)

p.s.- i get to marry my love 7 months from today!!:) can't wait.

In Memory of Ed Quein

2009-08-04T07:50:00.019-04:00

It has now been a couple of weeks ago that we got the unexpected news that Brian Quein's father passed away of a heart attack. He had been in bad health for a while but always seemed to bounce back from everything, so the news came as quite a shock. It is always so interesting to me how death brings people together. The minute we heard, Matt and I both wanted to be with Brian and Megan at the hospital to help in any way we could. Other friends felt the same. I will never forget the night that Brian's dad passed away for many sad reasons, but one of the most beautiful things I saw that night was the body of Christ coming together for a family member in need. Like I said- a night I will never forget.

Ed Quein was a man who was significant in so many lives, first and foremost his 2 sons. People from all over seemed to show up at his funeral, all who were impacted by his life and service. I have never heard of a man who served his community the way this man did. People literally read his obituary in the paper, remembered how he was apart of their life and showed up to pay him tribute, even if it was years later. There were 2 men who spoke that were from the youth group Ed served in many years ago. These were now grown men, but the never forgot the way Ed impacted them.

Brian asked me to shoot some pictures of the funeral so they would have some digital memories to hold on to, which I was happy to do. Even if I was wiping the tears from my LCD screen on my camera.... Here are a few shots from the funeral.

The funeral was held at 1st United Methodist Church downtown- absolutely beautiful. (kinda wish there was a center aisle)

Love this one of Megan as she is mentally preparing to play the 'It is Well' on the violin. She said she was nervous but you would never know... she did amazing.

If you look closely you can see Santa Claus in the background. Mr. Quein spent many years playing, from what I hear, the best Santa around for many little girls and boys...

Brian and Eddie both shared some of the most touching things about their dad. This would be the time that the LCD screen was covered with tears.

I love this shot of the guys carrying the casket.

I had to include this one of Matt and Trav who where both pallbearers. These 2 and Brian are such good buddies:)

Mr Quein also served in the military, in Vietnam if I am not mistaken, so he received military honors. The flag being presented to Brian's mom was SO special. The girl even got a little choked up when she was thanking her for all her husband had done for his country. She apologized but I think it only added to her sincerity.

Thank you Mr. Quein for touching so many lives. You will always be remembered!

God puts the man in the condition in order to understand the message

2009-07-29T11:02:00.005-04:00

so it has been FOREVER since i have blogged. and when i started this thing i promised myself that i would not drop it when life happens, i would just blog about life. Well... easier said than done. I have realized this thing about myself lately. I have actually known it for a while, it has just been confirmed to me once again in the past three weeks. WHEN.... the life that i speak of does happen, this girl closes up like a locked diary. Not that i don't talk to people or just hide in my room, i just try to get by and get through whatever is going on. and i don't share (thus, the reason i have not blogged). except with matt, which is one of the million reasons i am happy i get to spend the rest of my life with him. this whole closing up thing could happen in response to stress or life being overwhelming, something bad happening or CHANGE. i hate change. you would think i would have gotten use to it after moving 7 times in the past 3 years or having 5 different jobs, but i have not and i am not sure i ever will. i am just naturally drawn to words like 'stable' and 'constant'- but i realize nothing in this life is either of those 2 things. i apologize that i cannot fully explain all this change and this is not actually what i was planning to blog about anyway, if you notice the title, just a bit of explanation for my absence...

last week i was meeting with mama hopper. we are still slowly getting through the Beth Moore study that we are doing together, Beloved Disciple. We were watching the video (and i do mean old school VHS) and Beth said something that has not left my mind for a week now. you guessed it- the title, 'God puts the man in the condition in order to understand the message'. her example came from Rev. ch. 7 where Jesus is speaking to John about the people who come through great tribulation. He said, "They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat". I realize many of us have heard this verse and it does not seem like such a huge deal, but it had never dawned on me until Beth pointed it out, John was in those exact circumstances that Jesus told him there would be no more of. He was exiled at time, a prisoner- he was hungry, thirsty, and the sun beat down on him daily. Who better to understand that message than the one who was in that exact condition- John. Wow.

This was one of those obvious things that when i heard it, i immediately thought, 'well i know that'. but the quote begs the question... what message is God trying to teach me now? through the change and the stress and whatever else i am dealing with. What is God trying to teach you in the condition that He has put you in? This idea can take ANY horrible situation and turn it to good- if we are not looking at the horrible thing going on and instead looking at what God is trying to teach us about Himself, or how to practice his attributes... what kind of better people would we be in the end of it all? not that whatever is going on isn't going be hard- it will, but at least we get something out of it. I was speaking to someone about this the other day regarding forgiveness. When someone is wronged, everything that is natural within that person tells them to respond in a way that is not acting forgiveness. Either seek revenge, treat the other person poorly, or just walk away. And merely saying 'i forgive you' is not enough either. God has put this man in the condition that he might actually have to act forgiveness in order that he might learn how to forgive. Whoa. Maybe this is not eye-opening to some but it made me see circumstances in a new light. It was just one of those things that stuck b/c i needed to hear it at the time. and maybe i needed to share it too:)

YARD SALE

2009-07-08T07:51:00.002-04:00

I just wanted to let everyone know that Matt and I are having a YARD SALE this Saturday, July 11th:) Last September, Matt bought his grandparent's house and so we have been in the process of cleaning out the house of the things they no longer want. We are FINALLY ready for this yard sale, which is something i would have never thought possible when we started given how much stuff there was to sort through.... We have found all kinds of treasures, some we are keeping but most we are selling b/c we don't have room for it all! So come out and join us this Sat. starting at 6am. There will be lots of signs once you turn into the neighborhood. The address is 7410 Linda Lake Dr. Charlotte- 28215.

Also, we have cleaned out my house and some of my dad's so there is lots of stuff from our family as well. It is going to be HUGE!

Some of the items of the top of my head: lots of furniture (desk, wardrobe, chest of drawers, coffee table and matching end table, curio cabinet and more!), lots of clothes, decor- antique and current, old record albums, some kids stuff, bed spreads and large blankets, TONS of shoes, curtains, decorative pictures for the walls, and just random treasures- you can imagine what kinds of things we found in a 50-year lived in house:)

Hope to see you Saturday!!!

time for an update- a little photography:)

2009-07-01T10:28:00.005-04:00

So with getting engaged and all the wedding planning started, i have neglected my blog a little. We have a few things nailed down for the wedding, but right now we are mainly getting ideas and tips about everything... One thing we do have nailed down though is our photographer. If you have not figured it out yet, i am a photography lover and have been looking at all kinds of photography sites for as long as i can remember. At some point i ran across Cheyenne Schutz and was instantly hooked:) She is an amazing photographer, a strong believer and we we connected so quickly.

After telling Cheyenne about my love for photography and how i have dabbled with my camera for a long time, she suggested i take the photography class that i have been so into lately. I just recently finshed the class and had to submit 10 shots for critique. I learned so much and will continue to learn since i will be taking another class starting soon.

So here are my 10 submissions... tell me what you think!

The last 2 shots were voted my best by my classmates. If you are interested in being a model so i can get some practice in, let me know:)

daily grace.

What have i been doing??

Our Newest Family Member...

Ooooklahoma!

2nd post of July

Our Wedding in Print!

Proof of Life

distressed bench

the BEST idea for a wedding dvd!

Wedding Recap Part II- The Details

Shades Covered in Fabric Project!

Bachelorette Party Pic!

Worst DJ ever= Most Hilarious Video EVER!

Living Room before & after pics:)

Burdened

Leading article: A costly misjudgement by Israel

Our wedding on the Wedding Unveiled blog!

Proof of Life

i give- entry into the ugliest sofa contest

forever young... or something like that.

overwhelmed... but please come to our yard sale!

Wedding Recap- The Bachelorette Party!

honeymoon! turks and caicos islands

transition in style

Proof of Life

more music nostalgia

mantle aspirations...

Life in South Lebanon and Alli Rogers

Wedding Pics!!!

Yard Sale Treasures:)

Happy Birthday to my love!

Handmade love- Sutton Spring Collectives

i'm a dreamer

hitched for a month!

YARD SALE!!!

made a wedding blog!

Christmas in the Middle East

honest.

BACK... with a new name and everything:)

Oh O'hare....

Angela Elrod please no snow....

Angela Elrod flight is canceled:( pray that we get to beirut by tomorrow.

Angela Elrod are u kidding me? Christmas carolers arrive just as we find out we r going to be delayed st least 24 hrs most likely. I literally feel like i'm in a movie right now and this is the part where we gain all perspective. Real life is not like the movies.

Angela Elrod needs real sleep. The airport concrete floors are no longer my friend.

Heather Causby Hollander Wishing I could make Angela Elrod's flight drama disappear! I hate all this for you friend!

This was a tag by one of my best friends. it was such a blessing:) the comments and support we got in this whole adventure were so encouraging!

Angela Elrod finally on a flight to London. Pray that ours bags make it with us! Thanks for the love friends:)

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Angela Elrod FINALLY in london and itching to get to Beirut!

Angela Elrod in beirut. love this place:)

we're back... update later, Trent Family Shoot NOW:)

Merry Christmas from the middle east!

thanksgiving shoot with amy and brian

The Middle East in a week!

1 cent thanksgiving

PANTHERS WIN!!:)

the birthday post

amy&brian

family weddings are so fun... :)

cannon-ball

the day i have been waiting for...

My Wedding Checklist

engagement pic sneak peek!

Bridesmaid weekend!- mission shoes.

my little cuties;)

as of late... WEDDINGS!:)

In Memory of Ed Quein

God puts the man in the condition in order to understand the message

YARD SALE

time for an update- a little photography:)

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