2015 new & exciting!

2015 is a new & exciting year for us! 

Mason has some news to share with everyone...

10 weeks pregnant yesterday. We are excited and hopefully he will be too once baby arrives. The last few weeks have been different than the first few weeks pregnant with Mason. I haven't had much of an appetite and nauseous to smells of food I used to love, deep fat fried foods that is. Already craving the things doctors say you shouldn't have(Subway & Jimmy Johns). Going to bed early, sleeping in and getting a nap on the weekend is a routine lately. && yes - we plan to find out what babies gender is.

Psalm 16:7 - I will praise the Lord. He gives me good advice.  Even at night my heart teaches me.

you are not your dream.

As I was reading my "You're Made for a God-Sized Dream" inspirational daily calendar today's message was:

"An odd thing can happen on the way to a God-sized dream. Somewhere along the way we can begin to confuse our dream with who we are. You are not your dream. Yes, it's an important part of your life and calling but it's not your identity."

This had me really thinking..there are a lot of times I want to try to be my dream, I get to wrapped up in how I want to be like others and and I'm not being my true self. 

Time to change, time to start being my true self, I challenge all of you to be your true self as well!

Time to reflect

As I sit outside watching Matt grill pork-chops and Mason stuff his face with Cheerios handfuls at a time. The leaves are slightly blowing and cars are passing by. 

I think about how thankful I am for many things in life that I truly take for granted.

It's disgusting how satan always tries to temp us. This morning in church they talked about how hard Sunday mornings are. Isn't that the truth. This morning we didn't want to get out of bed at 730 when usually I get up at 630. Then off the bat a small fight started. We got to church right at 830(which is late for me). The 2nd song we sang, Lord I Need You. We all need him all the time, every day.

I'm thankful for a relaxing weekend, family time at the orchard, for my husband to cook dinner so I can just relax even more and for the beautiful view of God's creation.

getaway experience

Bundled in sweaters

hands pulled in

ears so cold 

we wished we wore coats.

but...we sure did enjoy our getaway days in Duluth, MN.

Day One: 46 degrees in the rain.mist

we put on smiles.

enjoying the fall colors,

quality time with only 

the man I call "hubby"

Day Two: Beautiful 62 degrees 

 this was our view on our drive in from our hotel

beautiful.

if you're heading up North

stop here

simply delicious

to wrap up our final day.night

what a gorgeous view

Our Duluth experience was simply

beautiful.breathtaking.unforgettable.mesmerizing(hubby's word) 

take.me.back.