Giving Thanks

My goodness. WHERE TO BEGIN. I am SO thankful for everything God has placed in my life:

• My adorable husband, who hangs in there with me. I often let too many moments go by without taking the time to remember how blessed I am to share life with this guy.
• This crazy little baby growing and growing and growing. It is amazing! I am honestly really looking forward to my life completely flipping upside down in about 5 months.
• God's great presence in our intimate church homegroup. I can truthfully say that the body of Christ at The Village Church has changed my life and my walk in HUMONGOUS ways. I love our Church (universal).
• Our fur babies. Shasta and Bailey are just too amazing. They bring such joy to my life in the smallest ways!
• The Carrs and Cluffs. Family is tremendous, and living close is such a blessing (that we take advantage of too often).
• My health for many different reasons: for baby, for my massage business, for yoga teacher training, and just for feeling good! 
• FOR THANKSGIVING FOOD... mainly STUFFING.
• The last thing I'll mention on here is that I am SO thankful for the increase in fear of the Lord over this past year, and almost complete lack in fear of the world. Does this make any sense? In all seriousness, I have about 5% worry regarding life/death... and that number has increased since we made this tiny baby. I am in love with my Creator and Savior. No thing can separate me from Him. Life may totally suck, but I know the only One who can sustain me. Oh, and another helpful thing - I know the ending of all of this! ;)

As I sit here and type this, we are getting ready to leave for Stuffing: Round 2 at my parents' house. The Cluff's was fantastic! I need to go wake John from his slumber.

I seriously love this time of year. 

Happy Thanksgiving 2012!

 (......Pssst! God wins.)

pumpkins!

One of my favorite days of the year, pumpkin patch day! It turned out neither one of us worked today, so we went. I look forward to this SO much!

 I love our little tradition. :)

I'm bummed that we found out TODAY that dogs are allowed in, but Shasta and I will go back soon for her photo shoot. Stay tuned for this. I'm stoked.

Next year baby and dog will come with us. <3

fall

...it's finally here. High of 55 today, which is crazy. Yesterday's high for North Texas was 80 something. October is my favorite month! Pumpkins, crisp weather, fall food. I have made 3 pumpkin pies in the last 5 days (2 were gifts).

Last year we were in a little rental house, so we had the opportunity to decorate our porch and front yard. It was awesome. I bought a cheap scarecrow, some pumpkins at the pumpkin patch (our MUST every year since we were dating) and a couple of hay-bales.

I wonder how we will decorate our apartment this year.

"It feels like fall. It's cold today, brown suit, and pumpkin pie. Mmm." - J
Yes. I absolutely agree.