ONE Year Down!

And what a blessed year it has been!  I’ve put off posting because I wanted to post pictures from our 1 yr. celebration… which got postponed because of a HURRICANE!  That was an adventure in an of itself!

Here’s our year in pictures.. yes, I know… I need to take more!

The Beginning of it all…

On our Honeymoon:

Mom and dad came to visit (pic with our niece and nephew… sorta).

My sister comes to visit!  (Bad hair day!!)

My sister’s wedding… isn’t he handsome??

A day at the beach…

My B-day…

We have fun together… if you can’t tell!

Our marriage isn’t perfect, but over all this year has been SO fun, blessed and totally WORTH IT!  I often find myself thinking… Mike is the perfect man for all my quirks, my humor, and showing me unconditional love. God knew what He was doing when He put us together, and I wouldn’t change a thing!

Love you Babe!

Simply Life… and Exciting Events!

I know I’ve said this before, but sometimes I can’t believe how simple my life is right now… and yet SO full!

My friends are growing a fairly big garden, so last night we talked and weeded and shelled beans for seeds next year.  It felt very 1800s and very Proverbs 31!

Then we had a fire in their fire pit and just talked.. about the Lord and Life. {So Blessed.} Pictures can’t even describe how at home I feel with this group. We’re family that runs deeper than blood.

On another note:

ONE YEAR AGO SUNDAY

(Thanks to Noemi Photography for the Pic!)

We’re camping on Cape Cod… and taking a ferry to Martha’s Vineyard to celebrate. 

Just getting away.  The two of us. All weekend. 

No TVs.

No computers. 

TOTALLY EXCITED!

What do you have planned this weekend??

Love,

H

Retrospective…

I’m having a day full of looking back on life…

Kinda missing this place… google map of my parent’s house in Iowa.

{Just to clarify, it’s not because I don’t like here, I’m SOO blessed by my life and friends here, I would never trade it for anything.}

It probably has more to do with looking forward to a vacation there for Thanksgiving, which seems SO far away right now!

Love,

~H~

I am VERY Blessed

I am saved…for eternity…by a VERY real, personal, loving God.

        I have friends that put wanting me to become more Christ-like over their own comfort.

                  I have a hubby that puts Christ first in our marriage.

                          We’re closing on our house next week… eeeeeh!!

                                    Got to have coffee and a good convo with this one yesterday:

And… we’re starting to make plans to possibly climb Mount Washington with our friends… SO excited!

Hope you all take a moment and realize how blessed you are… no matter what circumstances surround you! Work has been rough, I’ve prayed for a new job… and other trials have come our way… but I find my peace and contentment in CHRIST alone.  More about that in another post.

 

Love,

~H~

Ready for another weekend…

 

This week at work has been long… my boss it out, which means less for me to do! I’ve been trying to stay busy planning, dreaming, couponing, helping Mike, etc. but I still feel like this..

(I’m a dork, I know)

Looking forward to this weekend though…maybe this weekend I’ll get to do some of the projects I’ve been dreaming of doing from Pinterest.  And MAAAYBE I’ll convince my hubby to go garage saleing again!  I forgot to take pics of all the treasures I found last week… 4 frames, 3 books, coffee grinder, old tape, and little shelf, all for $5.  LOVE it!

I was encouraged yesterday by this sermon, by John Piper, “The Goodness of God and the guidance of sinners.” Simple. Step-by-Step instructions from the Word about making life decisions… small daily ones to big trials.

It’s worth your time. Promise.

Love,

~H~

Our weekend… baking!

Friday night…  I baked, and baked, and baked.  Haven’t done that in awhile so, it was fun!  I found this recipe for pudding cookies. The pudding makes them extra moist and they don’t expand as much, which is nice for baking!  Here’s the story of my adventure…

 

Most of the ingredients… (the Sierra Mist was not an ingredient!)

Mix, Mix, Mix… next time, I would like to have a mixer!

First back of Chocolate Chip in the oven… kinda loving the oven lighting in this pic!

White Chocolate, Crasians… ready to go!

Rack is ready for coooookies!

Yum!

Yum!! (sorry the lighting was bad… it was late and my dinning room doesn’t have the best lighting at night. )

Here’s what it looks like during the day though, I love opening all the widows!…

(Waiting for my hubby to come home for dinner before the baking began…)

Saturday:

We had to take a business trip… so we stopped here on our way, he was a happy man!

Sunday::

We spent the day with the church… talking, eating, and playing volleyball… I walked away with a sprained THUMB! I feel silly!  Videos to come… if my phone cooperates!

 

Hope you all had a GREAT weekend!

~H~