waiting.

well it seems that we're playing the waiting game. waiting on blood test results. waiting on clear direction for job stuff. waiting on a perfect name for little bambino. waiting waiting waiting. i'm having to let go of my plans. for me, the one who hates to miss a party - or anything for that matter - i'm realizing that pretty much everything is out of my control and i'll have to just wait and see what the Lord has in store for us. His plan is always better that I could have dreamed up, so there is no fear or disappointment to be anticipated. it's just the waiting game.

inspired

it's been coming for awhile now, this little inkling of inspiration to blog again. but honestly, it's hard to pick up after not posting for so long. but i'm over the procrastinating and i'm back. hopefully with photos, but they always made me so mad when i couldn't get them to line up just how i wanted. so no expectations, no time commitments, just saying, you might hear from me once and awhile. hopefully sooner rather than later.

2 best ways to watch the game...

friends...



fam!




sorry for the lack of posts lately...a lots been going on. we had our first small group last night at our house. it was so great! we've ben praying for it for awhile and it was so neat to meet the people that the Lord led together. we are excited to see where He takes us. i'll try to take a picture next week....i forgot to this week in the hurry of cooking dinner for all 14 of us! it was crazy. but totally worth it.

i'm busy at work. trying to stay well...we all know how my body shuts down when i go on no sleep too many days in a row. i'm totally loving Arbonne...i'm going to the top of the company. just watch. i love it.

and some of you may recall a few months ago when our own hanna lombardi was spotted moonlighting on stage in DC (caught on Bill's blog), well her hubby made his debut in Bham recently...


Ted and Ev are putting their house on the market and heading north to Bham with us! that means in the days to come i'll get to hang with these little guys all the time! how exciting is that...


and a few shots just for fun!

quick update

it's been busy...working hard for cases going to trial, trials getting postponed after working hard...camp friends moving to town...new Arbonne business is exploding...refinished some furniture to match the new couch (see jared's blog)...and had a going away part for one member of our small group (it's off to Texas for the Sain's)...our small group has to "break up" pretty soon to branch out and start new small groups, but we're secretly (ok its not really a secret) going to stay together under cover. we love our church, getting tired of my job, the ocean's been calling pretty loudly lately....i need to answer it soon!

here's the newly refinished china cabinet....so pottery barn, right?


and here's the small group...we love them!

(this is everyone except the morrows and jason(the father to be) we missed them!)

and lastly, as you all think you are off work to celebrate Labor Day, just be aware that it is actually our 2nd anniversary hidden in a national holiday!

on the road again...

so we've spent more money on gas than food lately...that's just not right...but seeing these precious faces along the way puts it in perspective...



i promise josh isn't stuck in a cage or anything...he's in the playground thing at chic-fil-a. we shared a tasty oreo cream shake...only found at auburn chic-fil-a's!





from auburn we went on to NC to spend a short weekend at camp...it was great to see a ton of friends, but kinda a tease since we were only there for maybe 48 hours. now i'm back at work. wishing i had a more felxible schedule.

we've been painting a lot at home, rearranging, waiting for a new sofa to come. once we get to that point we'll be sure and post some pics of that.

cheers for samford hall...



and though we complain about being on the road so much and half our income going to gas-up the car....there may be another road trip in the works quite soon...i'll keep you posted.

little louanna

i got to spend the last 24 hours with the newest member of our family...louanna justice! she is one week old today (wednesday) she's just so precious that words can't even explain, so i won't even try. just take a look...







you can't tell completely from the pictures how small she is... but you can get an idea. she was 3 weeks early, weighing only 4 pounds 3 ounces (much smaller than a bag of sugar) and was 17 inches long. she's just a little peanut. but she is the sweetest little thing there is. i was really greedy while i was down visiting at their house and held her for probably 20 of the 24 hours i was there...at least she knows i love her!
i can't wait to see her again!

this weekend vs. last weekend

hmmm, get up at 5:45 a.m. on a Saturday to greet customers who didn't speak my language at a yard sale???? (don't worry we apprecaited all of our customers...we made a killing) but i did get great use out of the crayola house apron...makes a perfect money bag!

OR...

hangout with some of the coolest couples ever on the Tennessee River! fun in the boat, proving to myself that I could still ski, watching Jared wakeboard and jump off extremely high cliffs, getting to play with babies-then give them back to their parents, eating great food, and creating our own trivia game!
what more could you ask for....
to top it off we had a major rain storm come in one late afternoon and i sat in a plush chair reading a cheesey novel while listening to the rain on the tim roof!!!
gah, the Lord's provision amazes me....what a blessing.


and one more little one to look at....a good friend/co-worker had her baby last week, when i went to see her i was kinda in shock, for as long as i've been working here she's been pregnant so it was WEIRD to see her skinny! crazy...(she's also the one who buys paintings from me for her children's room...kinda my first real customer!)