still here!

i just wanted to check in... quickly! i hope! 

our home looks like a hoarders house right now. really. 

i absolutely loved every minute with my family.

and miss them so much already!

while i was in tampa, with my sweet church family i realized that i'm still grieving the loss.

so if you remember me, pray.

I'll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness,

the taste of ashes, the poison I've swallowed.

I remember it all—oh, how well I remember—

the feeling of hitting the bottom.

But there's one other thing I remember,

and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:

God's loyal love couldn't have run out, his

merciful love couldn't have dried up.

// Lamentations 3:19-22 MSG

so jeffrey didn't get me anything on my little ;) christmas list.

instead he got me a gorgeous watch! that i love.

and would never have dared to ask for.

and i got him the same... funny!

BUT my father-in-law and jeffrey did make me the sweetest, little bench!

my two-seater, antique table now... fits four. yay!

jeffrey says we need darker colors in our home,

 so i went outside of my comfort zone (because i love him...more)

and bought pumpkin patch orange paint! ah!

i got my inspiration from an awesome little restaurant in austin called "tacos & tequilas."

it was the coolest! the food was delicious, 

but i was drooling over the interior design more than anything else!

i also made these for some friends that got married,

and i loved them so much- i think i'm going to make us some too!

to go along with our new, orange color palette!

kay. back to unpacking and cleaning!

p.s. this what (the clean part of) our bedroom looks like:

...

hope you had a very, merry, little christmas.