shout it from the mountain tops

I wish I could shout from the mountain tops how GREAT our GOD is. But I am not gonna be in or near the mountains for another month.

God IS Great! I am in HIS hands and I know that I am looked after, cared for and loved so so so much. What a great promise to hear in my heart this morning as I head to work where anxiety abounds.

God power is made perfect in my weakness. And I am very weak. So praise God for my weakness and His holy power!!!!!

recent weather

So lately our weather has been pretty wacky...but I was definatly not excpecting this:

or this:

but if it gets us a free roof then hey, i am verrrry happy with the hail :)

I can smell the salt in the air

I excited about summertime. I have so much to look forward to, why do I let momentary troubles weigh me down?

I love the beach. I love the way it feels under my feet the way it squishes in my toes. I love the smell of the air because its different than air anywhere else. Its more humid and its salty. I love rolling down the window when I feel like I am close enough and letting my hair fly around and take in the warm salty air.

Just a few weeks away from days spent at the beach. Where time is of no worry and the sun can relax me and the cool breeze and refresh me. I don't care if the beach is crowded. I don't care if I get sunburned. I don't care if my bathing suit is not "of the latest fashion." I care about being able to soak it all up and enjoy the beauty that God has created in HIS world.

Be prepared

I have a feeling I am being prepared for a big change. I am trying to listen and to be patient but I am also at times fighting it. I could be way off in my judgement but I have asked God to prepare me and I believe that He might be.

Part of me is so excited and the other part of me is full of anxiety and worry. Life is full of changes and I am so thankful I do not have to walk through them alone.

God is good to me and I know he will never leave me or forget about me. I know I know I know this but sometimes my faith is smaller than a mustard seed....

raindrops sliding down windows

I love listening to the rain. I am not a big fan of super strong storms unless I am safely watching from inside at the beach. I love the way it rain cleanses and refreshes the area that it falls on. I am loving that right now my semi yellow pollen covered car is becoming once again a nice shiny black car.

This weekend is one of fullness again. I am so blessed. Thankful for weekends filled with people in our house, cooking dinner for others and celebrating relationship. I am also so thankful for easy laid back weekends with sleeping in, reading books, and doing whatever we feel motivated to do. Last night we hung out with friends until about 2 am and we had a blast. I always feel encouraged and loved when I leave their company and I can't say that about everyone that I consider to be a friend. God has his hand over their life and they are always focused on Him and I am just so thankful that he intertwined our lives together.

I am working on being thankful to God for everything in my life. Even when we get a bill or we realize that we have a roof leak. God is so good to us in a way that I can even put into words to type out - I don't want to complain about anything to him anymore. I know that is a daunting task and one that apart from Christ is impossible for me to do.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts; to which you were indeed called to one body; and be thankful.

col 3:15

puppy breath

I already have a name picked out and everything!!

jumpin jack flash

I love him. Best thing I heard this weekend from a friend, "Whitney, Allen loves you so much - his eyes just light up when he sees you."

Did you just hear my heart melt?
Or my heart sigh, or sing a song?

He is so good to me. He is so good FOR me. I am eternally grateful for God's great gift to me. I can't believe how this year has flown by..... just a few weeks away and we will have our first marriage anniversary!

backyard fun

Maggie enjoying the back yard....doing her thing

Looking forward

to celebrating my Husbands 27th birthday in a month

traveling to Auburn for a womens confrence

celebtrating ONE YEAR of fun, happiness, learning, love and joy!

traveling to gorgeous mountains

enjoying sunshine, family, friends on a beach trip

greeting the arrival of one of best friends new baby girl

painting walls in our new home

celebrating my 27th brithday

summertime..... :)

A Beautiful Weekend

This weekend was beautiful. The weather, the company, the conversations etc! I love it when weekends feel like they just last forever and after the weekend is over you feel filled to the top with rest and love! Friday night included great conversation and interesting food. Saturday included a 5k and much needed girl time. Saturday night we celebrated a friends birthday early (because I know summer birthdays are always forgotten and I wanted her to feel special) and we sat outside on the patio under the stars with twinkly lights and tiki torches. Key lime pie, chocolate cake and blowing out birthday candles ended the night while we watched a great old movie, "The Green Card."

Sunday we slept in and made it to the dogwood festival, a huge art festival in downtown Atlanta in the middle of Piedmont Park. We enjoyed seeing all the amazing talent, gorgeous weather and incredibly unhealthy fair food. After our company left I fell into the bed happy and exhuasted from our fun filled weekend with company.

Allen and I spent the remainder of our Sunday night cooking dinner and relaxing around the house. I am so excited about the rest of this month and the months to come!

T-Bone

This was taken back in March and I just love it. I think it catches my mom's sense of humor in a wonderful way. She has a great laugh!!

Before we ever dated...

This is what Allen looked like. He had some BIG hair. The night this picture was taken was the first time we had ever spent time together alone, apart from a big group. He brought over Chinese (which a few years later would become our neighborhood Chinese restaurant) and I straightened out his hair because it was mega curly. We stayed up until the sun came up. We talked, we watched a movie, we talked, we laughed we had so much fun getting to know each other. We drove over to a high point in Atlanta at dawn and watched the sunrise. Then we went to waffle house and had breakfast together - by this time our extreme tiredness had set in so we were laughing at every single thing. He drove me back home and I fell asleep on the couch totally smitten.

What a stud muffin.

Carpenter Bees

This past week was my spring break. It was much needed and much enjoyed. Yesterday, my first day back I felt like I was in a fog. By 6pm I was almost delirious I was so tired. I am sure my CPA thought that I was on drugs or something. Its amazing how fast your body and mind get used to sleeping in. I really enjoyed the sleeping in part. I loved waking up, making coffee and then sitting on the front porch swing and enjoying the birds and the coffee and Maggie running around her new front yard. I discovered that there is a wren's nest for perfect viewing if you sit on the swing. I would watch the wren fly away and then come back to nest. I would listen to all the different birds and the weather was just perfect. I also discovered we have a lot of carpenter bees. It is so cool to watch them just hover and they will get so so close to you. Maggie will stand really still when one is close by and then she will jump up and eat it. After about 2 seconds she releases it from her mouth and they fly away.

This morning was not like that morning. It was a good morning, enough time to get ready and make coffee and talk to allen for a little while before I left. I didn't rush or feel rushed. I just miss that porch swing and the time to listen to my thoughts and be still. And honestly, I could still have that time. Its just hard to move myself from my warm and comfortable bed :)

12 Things I learned over spring break

Here are 12 things I learned over spring break in no particular order...

1. We have a dogwood tree in our front yard
2. I like babganoush
3. In our neighborhood there is a hoarder. His name is Harold. People refer to him as "Harold the hoarder." His front yard is where he hoards.
4. If you don't tell someone where you are moving on purpose they will still find out.
5. I really love the summertime
6. Taking curtains down is defiantly not as fun as hanging them up
7. The social security office can be an easy experience
8. God knew what he was doing when he moved me to Atlanta.
9. Our roof has a teeny tiny leak. Thank goodness for home warranty's.
10. The owners that owned the house before us made a movie. Its all about how to introduce dogs to your babies or vice versa.
11. V8 stopped making their pina coloda drink. BUMMER.
12. We found a perfect spot on the backyard to start a vegetable garden.

So much more to write!

Finally

Spring Break has arrived!!

Enjoying endless opportunites to catch up with friends, organize the new house, cook new meals for Husband, play with Maggie in the park, travel to different states and sleep in!

Happy Spring!

Round 2

Welcome to our living room!! Sorry for the dim lighting in the picture but was like 11pm when I took this shot.

New bedroom rug, which I love and gives our bedroom an almost beachy feel. I love it because it reminds me of the island and makes me feel like I have a little bit of it in my own house.

Allen setting up his espresso machine. I see whats important here.... :)

Still a lot more to go, and our "Love Jesus move your friends Party on Saturday." More to unpack today!