High Five for Friday

Who's excited for the weekend?! Me too. Ours will consist of a garage sale, church, and hopefully some time at the river. I'm linking up with Lauren. Lauren and her sister Kate are too cute. No, I don't know them in "real" life but what they share is always sweet, encouraging and cute!

ONE. Decor.

Kristyn (sis-in-law) and I bought something we both LOVE for our living room. The vase was more than 80% off most of the stems were discounted. It brings a MUCh needed pop of color to our dark living room. What do you think? Do you have any ideas for our living room?

{SCORE}

{our living room. don't mind the current state of crazy.}

{it's big. it's dark. what are your thoughts? p.s. the curtains are normally open but it was messing with my photo.}

TWO. Borrowing books!

A friend lent me the first book of this series when I lived in KCMO (thank Carissa!). Now I get to finish the series. Woo hoo!

 {i have come to LOVE historical fiction.}

THREE. Berry picking.

I mean seriously, how can that not be a top five?! I had never been and it was fun! I plan on making jam and a pie. We picked huckleberries and blackberries. I'm grateful that we were invited by a couple friend in our church. :)

{thankful for the amount we were able to get}

FOUR. Wedding preparations.

On Wednesday, I went bridesmaid dress shopping and to see the venue for a friend. On Thursday, I went to a bridal shower. I love the festivities leading up to weddings and I really enjoy encouraging people in their marriages. 

FIVE. Rug Cleaning!

Who gets excited/happy over dropping their rug off for a cleaning? This girl. That's right! Remember this rug? When we first moved every thing up here we had to leave the trailer loaded and parked for a few weeks. My rug was wrapped up in plastic but an outdoor cat still managed to pee on it. Ugh! So, for $40 it's getting cleaned! Yay!

{this is my rug. i'll be putting it in the craft room/guest room}

How was your week?

Want to know something that is NOT a high? Dealing with fleas. Ugh.

~Emily~

High Five For Friday

I had a whole post written out so naturally ALL of my webpages reloaded. I didn't save anything. 

This is going to be a lot shorter than originally planned, which is probably a good thing for you all. ;)

ONE. Home.

We finally, finally, have a place to call home.

God is good!

TWO. Quality Time.

I have enjoyed all of the time I've been able to spend with Kristyn. We had a ton of fun and silly time and then we also were stressed about finding a place. I love this budding friendship! In a few weeks, we will actually be sisters! She is such a perfect match for Andrew (my bro). I couldn't be happier for either of them.

THREE. Walks.

I love taking walks. I know some people will just call these pretty flowers, "weeds" but, I love them. They are pretty. I wanted to upload more photos but my phone is trippin'. Photos of buttercup flowers, iris, other flowers, new growth on ever green trees (it's a much brighter green and feels so silky soft), and fog rolling in through the trees. Maybe I'll try uploading again later. ;)

FOUR. Love.

All of this wedding talk makes me reminisce about my wedding day. Mike and I have grown so much since that day. God is so good.

 He has blessed me with a wonderful man.

FIVE. Kitties.

When I'm at home by myself for almost a week, it's really nice to have other living things with you. Mojo is a cuddle bug but Mitzy is crazy. 

It makes for entertaining moments.

SIX. (yes six, it's been 2 weeks since I last posted!) Seeing More of God's Vision for Yourself.

Last Monday my bible study group went through the spiritual gifts. It was really good for me to go through this as an adult. It confirmed a few things and gave me some direction. My top 2 are Exhortation (motivational speech) and Leadership/Organizer.

 The verse references we used were the whole chapters of Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12. Here is a link to a survey also. 

http://www.spiritualgiftstest.com/test/adult

Let me know what yours are! Do you already know? How are you using them? I'm curious!

I'm off to move into our new home! Have a great Friday and enjoy your weekend.

~Emily~

High Five for Friday

I'm linking up with Lauren (formerly, from my grey desk). 

One. Spring. 

Here in Eureka there are trees where instead of petals falling off of the flower, 

it's the bloom! Crazy! What are these called?

{so romantic.}

{not sure what this bloom is. cherry or pear?} 

Two. Coffee. 

This town (these towns, multiple small ones) has awesome coffee!! 

Mike and I are hooked. If you love coffee, please come visit us and we will introduce you.

{oh, coffee. I love you.} 

Three. Cute days! 

I love when I have a cute day. It's encouraging. It should also be noted that 

I only brought 2 t-shirts, 1 sweater, 1 long sleeved shirt, 1 cardigan, 2 tank tops, 1 pair of yoga pants, 1 pair of leggings, a set of PJs, 2 sweat shirts, 

2 scarfs and the necessary under things for the clothing brought up here. 

I am only up here for 3 weeks. I have done laundry 3 times. 

My weakness is shoes. Please don't ask how many I brought. 

{i love this attire. I'm glad this is going to be an everyday look for me.}

Four. Hiking Boots.

Speaking of shoes... I left my tennis shoes at home on purpose accident. So, I had to buy hiking boots. Oh my goodness. These are great! Good ankle support. Great traction. COMFORTABLE. While I was trying on another pair I kept one of these shoes on to compare. After I walked around the store a little bit I got to thinking, "Which shoe is on my left foot?... I guess that's the sign for which one I'm getting". Yes, they were that comfy. 

I'm glad to have a pair boots to take me hiking.

{hiking boots. many adventures shall be had and much shape shall I get into.} 

 {redwoods. they're tall.}

 {fallen trees.}

 {Hubby and I call this "the love nest"... Not because of us,

it just seems like it would be a good one. it's all hollowed out....}

{I love this photo.}

Five. Bridal Showers.

I co-hosted a bridal shower on Saturday for my future sis-in-law. I love Kristyn. She is a great girl, loves Jesus and is such a blessing. 

We had such a fun day of games, good food, friends and blessings!

{the only picture I got from the bridal shower. i'm bad at the photo part.} 

{pin wheel. crafting for the shower.}

How was your week?

What are your weekend plans?

Lost and Found

My jewelry likes to run away from me. 
Here is a list of examples and a very big highlight at the end!

1) My 1st promise ring from Mike ran away 
and then returned after he had replaced it.

2) Mike got me Betty Boop earrings during high school. 
One of the Betty's just up and ran away. 
I purchased a new pair (which he didn't
 know until this post. Sorry honey).

3) One of my lovely earrings from Stuff that the Mike got 
me for Christmas a couple years ago walked out. 
Luckily the artist could make a replacement.

4) Wedding ring #1. Gone. I'll go into that later. 
Way too much to type with all of the other excitement. 
Replaced with an antique ring that we love!

{Wedding ring #1}

{photo:kaylajphoto.com}

{Wedding ring #2}

5) On a work trip one of my diamond and opal earrings ran away to hide. 
And that's all it was doing. 
It was hiding for 5 months.
 I am SO SO SO happy to report that it came out of 
hiding tonight and has been reunited with it's twin!

{opal & diamond earrings}

{opal & diamond earrings}

I am so thankful and happy. 
Who knew finding something that you had written off as a loss would 
bring such thankfulness and (surprisingly) relief?

Mike says it might be a while until I get any jewelry (especially earrings. 
Dang it, because I love jewelry.

~Emily~

P.S. My first piece of jewelry from Mike is a 
diamond stud necklace, more like a diamond chip. 
It should be noted that it has never been lost.

2 years

May 22nd, 2010

Photo by Kayla J Photography

That's when Mike and I got married. This past Tuesday was our 2 year wedding anniversary! Where has the time gone?

This year, we decided to be super low key. We went to garage sales and Chinese food on Saturday (and found a lamp store). On Sunday, we went to the Brass Armadillo. It's a HUGE antique store out here. We had fun goofing around. On the actual date, we went to Sweet Tomatoes. So romantic, right? 

It's important to spend time doing things you love together, especially when you're celebrating your relationship. 

Maybe next year we'll do some fancy pants dinner. But our celebration this year, was perfect.

Off looking at antiques.