high five for friday

five things......

1.  how weird is this picture?

i'm grating soap for homemade laundry detergent.

in my bed.

watching the bachelorette.

i'm just so mysterious. 

2.  

saw this on instagram this morning. 

love it. 

although i don't think anybody gives me a pass for having four kids. 

or maybe i don't give myself a pass......maybe i should quit wondering why i'm tired all the time......

3. 

i'm love our sweet summer mornings when we have nothing going on. 

love sweet brothers who give their little sis a water balloon and make her so happy.

4.  we're working on memory verses this week...

we need to keep working to get it down, but he's doing pretty good! :)

ignore the loud banging {by my other children} in the background.

also, my phone is out of space so the video cut off at the end. lame. 

5. i want chickens sooo bad. 

like everyone else in the free world.

it's right up there with chevron and ikat.

which is not my concern, i just want to pretend i live on a farm. 

not sure our neighborhood would allow it.....but seriously, this mama who dreams of country livin' needs some chickies.

 it's fridaaaaayyyyyyy. wooty wooty hoo.

yay for a weekend.

so looking forward to time with my husband and friend time!

happy weekend, y'all! :)

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top o' the mornin'

happy monday morning, friends.

hope you all had a lovely weekend.
i sure the heck did.
we had a really fun date night.
we enjoyed a long, un-rushed dinner.
we did some shopping at a resale clothing shop.....we don't normally love shopping but this was fun.
plus aj tried on random hats & shoes to make me laugh.... very tom haverford-ish. :)

we also had some great family time.
as our boys are getting older, our evenings are more hectic than they used to be.
i am craving time with them to just play and be.
one more week until i get a whole week with all four of my kids home!
{i can't believe i have four kids}
i'm excited to start planning some fun things for us to do. :)


if you know me or have read my blog for long, you know that i love shane & shane.
i heard this song on pandora the other day and deemed it AJ's song for ruby.
we watched the video early this morning.
yes, i was crying.
i'm including it here for you if you need a good cry on your monday morning. :)






okay, i better get going.
sawyer has an eye appointment this morning and if i play my cards right, we might be able to stop into the gap afterwards for the last day of the 30% off sale.
fingers crossed.





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my first vlog

okay.... so...i may regret doing this.
but here it is... my first ever vlog.

excuse my weirdness, looking at the wrong part of the camera, thinking my tattoo was backwards, etc.
this is {very obviously} not edited.
because honestly, i have no idea how to do that.




if you are at work at can't watch the video....it's just basically a bunch of me cleaning out my junk drawer.
i know.
exciiiiiiiiting stuff.
only the best for you guys.
you. are. welcome.

okay don't hate me.  keep reading, k?

and p.s. is that what you thought i'd sound like? bet not.


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burn us up.

i have always loved the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego {daniel 3}.

i also love Shane and Shane.

this is one of my favorite, favorite songs. 

here's a video... it's so good, so worth the watch....

how can you not lift your hands and praise? 

or fall on your face and worship the God of the universe who meets us in the furnace??

^{~Daniel 3~} 

^"13 Furious with rage, Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king, ¹⁴ and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up? ¹⁵ Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?”

 ¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. ¹⁷ If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us^[c] from Your Majesty’s hand. ¹⁸ But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.” 

these were real men with amazing faith.

i am humbled & challenged by their conviction.

i adore the God who sees us and hears us and is with us in the fire.

 

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ornamental turtles!

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