Thanksgiving

Kevin and I visited my Uncle Steve's house in Havlock, North Carolina.

We had a good time hanging out, laughing and relaxing... much needed relaxing.

I have had a lot on my mind lately and a lot going on so it was really great to get away for a day.

We also ate at Chipotle twice which made for an even better trip.

Here are pictures of the weekend:

{ five of them & all too cute )

{ Turkey Day }

{ it's a guy thing }

{ Cozmo }

{ Bailey and Leo got away - Kev chased them for a long while }

{ Uncle Steve & Leonidas }

{ Lilly }

{ uh }

{ pugs are too cute and funny. I would totally have one if they didn't shed }

{ feast }

{ yum }

white as snow.

"Come now, let us reason together,"

says the LORD.

"Though your sins are like scarlet,

they shall be as white as snow;

though they are red as crimson,

they shall be like wool.

Isaiah 1:18

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You may or may not know this, but I have ALWAYS wanted a white Christmas tree! I love them. I especially love them living here in Virginia. Since we don't get much snow the white tree reminds me of fallen snow.

After much pressure Kevin succumbed to my need for a white Christmas Tree this year. :) Saturday I was super sick, but fortunately I found the energy later that day to decorate the tree with Kevin. We still have our fake green tree we will put up after Thanksgiving, but for now heres the pretty White one.

{ I seriously love him and I'm ok with that }

{ love these 2; such blessings in my life }

{ staring contest with the tree - tree won }

{ poor little star wouldn't stay up - probably because it's a $40 tree from Wal-Mart }

{ first ornament - it's just a little guy }

{ Kevin havin some fun with the camera }

{ Leo loves the ornaments too! }

{ complete }

...In your presence is fullness of joy...

so many things go through my mind,

so many things I can't unwind,

so many things I give to God,

so many things I can not blog.

fragile, frail press on me,

fragile, frail is where I want to be.

in weakness he is strong,

this gives hope when things fall wrong.

by his grace;

a new song my life sings.

in his face;

a new heart my life leads.

stumble upon the rock I lean on.

stumble upon... joy.

nothing out of range.

nothing for my glory,

at the end of the day.

I can try,

I make it "me", but really?

really?

forward on

i'll sing this new song

the song thats written me today.

Forgiven.

and so the chorus repeats...

Master Redo

Kevin and I originally painted our bedroom a kaki/cream color -

This was Kevin's idea in the beginning...but this wasn't really our style.

Eventually, {shockingly} Kev started talking about how he wanted us to repaint our room;

YEP HE wanted us to redo it and bring it up to date with the rest of our house.

This makes me proud of him {ha!}. We both gravitate toward the same style and I love that.

He really does have a good eye for most things decor related.

So finally we got around to repainting our bedroom - we like it A LOT better.

No offense! I think tans and browns look AWESOME in other people's houses,

I REALLY do!, but for some reason Kev and I can't pull it off! We do a bad job at it.

It's not for us, we've tried it and it doesn't work. It seriously feels wrong! weird. oh well.

We love us some color, some white, some blacks, and lots of different grays. :)

Anyways, here are a few random shots of the room in progress.

We still need to put some decor up on the white wall behind our bed frame.

We have some canvases were planning to paint, but have yet to get around to doing it.

I also repainted our cheap $5 mirror from Wal-mart. It's amazing what paint can do. :)

{ using the same paint as the bedroom }

{ finished. I think the purple{?} took 4 coats.

The white is called something "frost" & it's pretty! }

{ I'll post more pictures after we add more decor }

NaBloPoMo Official Fail.

I have officially failed at this NMPM thing.

But when you work full-time, have homework

PLUS a trillion other things it makes it nearly impossible to blog. :(

The fact that I even get any posts up at all is pretty remarkable. :)

SO..

...a BIG thumbs up to the people who blog while managing crazy lives like I do.

seriously.

{I couldn't decide which thumbs up to give you,

soo you get 3 thumbs up!}

{Blogging has become a disappointment}

BLAH!

Now off to do homework.

Elle Mackenzie

Kevin and I were given the awesome privlege of taking pictures

of my good friend Jenn with her Hubby John and sweet little baby girl Elle.

Here is one of my favorites among many.

Thought I would give a sneak-peek before I post more.

{ still have some editing to do }

Which Edit do you like best?