day 1: MOM!

it's february! do you know what this means!?

we have to start our valentine's day count down, of course! :)

only 12 more days til valentines day!

only 3 more days til our 5 month anniversary/dear john hits theaters!

so here is a few things to get you in the spirit, because i'm stoked!

what we have here are:

some yumsy candies, adorable cuppycakes & heart gauges!

how can that NOT make you smile!? :]

oh, and a little something extra for our next picture; this is what i told mikey i would like when we buy a house and get another puppy [one day] :)

ohmygosh. is he not precious? but until then, i must take care of the sweet furbabies i already have. they are such sweeties. and they're still babies :)

so until valentine's day, each day i'm going to pick someone i love, and tell you why. feel free to share with me! i love hearing your stories too!

today i'm going to have to say my mom :]

my mom is very strong, independent, beautiful, & hilarious. i remember when i ever brought a guy home to meet my parents when i was in high school, it was my mom they were intimidated by. NOT my dad. haha, too funny. my mom is very strong-willed & she doesn't hold back on her words. i think she gives me my mouth. haha. i am so very blessed also that she has given me a job. although we knock heads sometimes i really enjoy working with her & having "hock chockolick" time at about 3:00 everyday. she is the best mom and i couldn't have asked Jesus for a better one. i guess that's why he hand-picked her for me :) i love you mawwwwm :)

goodnight :]]

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xoxo

oh happy days :]

you. are. gorgeous.
have i told you that lately? well you are :)

what a fabulous weekend we had :) michael sold another car, and we spent our weekend savoring every moment we had with one another, because he works everyday but sunday and thursday. so sunday is OUR day, unfortunately he rarely has a night where he can go to bed without having to wake up and go to work. ugh. but, it's so wonderful waking up to my best friend every morning, and the fact that he has those beaming blue eyes doesn't hurt ;) i hope and pray we have atleast one child that has those blue eyes. small chance, but i think it could happen, right? haha. i have hazel eyes, as does my mom & sisters. but my daddy has pretty navy-ish blue eyes. but as you can see, michaels are BLUE!

i got to spend my entire weekend with these lovelies:

look at those eyes! isn't he precious?

these are the same eyes that are staring at me as we speak. someone is ready to lay down! but i bet you couldn't tell? ;)

btw, if you're ever in florence, al you must must must eat at fat boys grille. yes i said fat boys :) it was delish! and the live music was also fantabulous!

well dahhling, i'm sorry this post wasn't the most lively of the ones i have written, but i promise i will update tomorrow, thank you Jesus--we have wi-fi now! :) please please, stop yelling. i'm excited too ;)

tootles & smooches!

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xoxo

ketchup :)

brrrr.

it's cold in alabama today! actually it's snowing/sleeting. schools were closed and i'm off work, but that doesn't mean it's a blizzard. well, to us alabamians it is :) so on my wonderful snow day i'm going to do a "ketchup day" yes :) catch you up on all the things i haven't been able to put pictures up of lately. from dinners, to friends. i'm going to show you it all! :)

1, 2, 3, GO!

hot chocolate time! from our favorite little coffee shop in florence; rivertown

as you can see, they don't like it when they don't get to ride along. they LOVE the car. but it has been way too cold for their little bones. well, zekey's little bones.

this was the night i talked about in one of my previous post. this is on the patton island bridge and of course we couldn't leave until michael climbed on something, i guess he got what he deserved :D

i FINALLY went to the eye doctor. procrastination is my middle name. but i got this adorable contact case, how lovely is that!?

fabulous! we made cinnamon rolls for breakfast one morning. cute, huh? :)

i get to be serenaded and stared at while making dinner :)

TADA! spicey noodles with mini toast on the side :]

yes, he loveddd it!

this was this morning before it got crazy, brrr.

well lovelies, i hope you enjoyed ketchup time from the past week of pictures:)
i finished "dear john" and if you havent read it you MUST go buy it, before the ice storm hits of course. then read "the last song" it's my current pick of the week :]

i hope you all stay safe and enjoy the snow here in alabama! :)

keep my friend lily in your prayers, she's driving back from louisianna in this awful weather!

i love you muchies & have a fab day!

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xoxo

love & smoochies :)

bloggers! :)

let me tell you, this alabama weather is getting to me. its warm one day [sit outside for two hours, warm] then the next day you walk out to your car to go to work and your windshield is frosted over. come on summer, just a few more months! i was loving snuggle weather until it's snuggle weather one day and flop [flip-flop] weather the next. shew!

i was looking at a blog i saw, called "no biggie." i think she is one of the most creative people i have ever seen! who is also married, with two children! you should definately check it out here :) here is a few things i LOVE--for the month of L-O-V-E-S & S-M-O-O-C-H-I-E-S!

how adorable are those? that's a little taste of something special i want to do for my mikey. after all, a way to a mans heart is through his stomach right? i thought so! :) and i'm overly excited because he has something special workin' through his little brain. and he said this valentine's is all about ME! why would i argue? ;)

more to come later; smooch!

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xoxo

mostly hanna :)

good afternoon :]

i know i haven't been blogging every single day but we have been busy lately! thankfully, we are finally "comfortable" and the money is flowing! [thank you Jesus!]

so my favorite show ended last night. [16 & prego/teen mom] until february 16 when a new batch of girls comes through! and of course next week when they meet with dr. drew. haha :)

the other night, when we went to eat at jamie & heather's house, jamie said something to us and it really got me. he said "never ever ever go to sleep mad at your husband/wife." of course, i have heard this before, a bajillion time actaully. we actually have a cute little thing on our wall that says "always kiss me goodnight." don't get me wrong, we have been perfectly fine.. it was just something that got me thinking, you know? jamie said when you go to bed angry, the enemy is basically stirring it all up inside your little brain all night long, and when you wake up the next day you're more than likely going to be even more ticked off. stupid satan. so hug your hunny today and let him know you love him, and always kiss him before bedtime :)

my bigger-than-me-little-not-so-little-16-year old-sister, hanna--[she is 16, taller than me, and i still call her my little sister with the image in my head that she is still a curly headed, 4 year old, blonde, baby. :')] but she isn't so young anymore. she is SIXTEEN, sheesh-she's noticeable taller than me, brown headed, and not a little baby anymore, anyways, before i get all teary eyed! hanna said the other day "satan is under your feet, right where he should be, so but a little spring in your step ;]" or something to that effect, haha. but i get this image in my head that makes me happier than ever. the image of satan in hell, with all of God's people just having a good 'ole time lettin him have it! hanna is awesome [even though we argue sometimes] she really has a heart for God and over the past few months her heart for him has tremendosuly grown.

not only does my sister have a heart for God, but she has a passion for painting, drawing, anything artistic--she can do it! sometimes i wish i had that ability, but i'll leave all the hard stuff to hanna ;) she's always wanting to go one step further in learning about the Lord. participating in any activity, service, internship that she can find. her heart really inspires me :')

so today, i challenge you to give all you can to our precious daddy God and let him know you love him! give a little stomp on satan & a kissy to your hubs :)

remember to keep the haiti crisis in your thoughts and prayers!

today give some old t's to red cross for children who have nothing, paint a picture and let the Lord blow your mind, anything! i promise he wont let you down!

love you to pieces sugar :)

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xoxo

child-like faith :)

oh. my. gosh.
it has been like, a long time it seems since i have blogged! i have so many things to [re-cap] you on and tell you about and SO many pictures to share! :) [but i don't have my camera here at work so pictures will have to wait!] don't worry, i haven't forgotten about you guys :) i have just been so busy. weird since it seems like all i do is work and sleep haha.

i had a dream last night and i am a dreamer. [a big. crazy. fabulous. foreal. dreamer] and last night this verse was very clearly in my dream and i kept thinking "oh my gosh, whitney read this when you wake up, don't forget--sub-consciously.

"But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a strangers voice. "

John 10:5

i texted my husband this morning when i remembered the verse and asked him what it really means? now, if you don't know michael, he can tell you ANYTHING about the bible, he KNOWS the bible. and that's something that i really love about him. he has that "child-like faith" that faith that says "i don't know why i'm doing it, i just know the voice of the Lord and that's what he said to do." whether it's something small or something as big as getting married only 4 months after you fell in love with someone. but as michael says "i knew i wanted to marry you and spend forever with you. why would i wait? i know the Lords voice" gives me chills!

if you don't know our story, a short review is me and michael knew of one another for years before we "met" i didnt like him, he didnt like me. one of those "clique" things that are totally un-necessary. so cliché and rediculous. but hey, that's highschool. --anyways, we finally met, and fell in love within a matter of weeks. we dated for 2 months and he proposed 2 days after our "2 month anniversary" on june 26, 2009--we got married on september 5, 2009--and here we are, married for almost 5 months on january 25, 2010 and i couldn't be more happy. talk about knowing the voice of the Lord!

so michael said he thought this meant "God is continuing to draw you near to Him and teaching you his voice" which is exactly what i was thinking. we all have our times were the Lord tells us to do something insane and we're like "maybe that wasn't really him talking, maybe its me, how do I have so much favor from a man who died for ME!?" and that's God.

saying "whitney, it's me. i'm here. and as long as you keep distinguishing my voice from man, you're going to be okay. i will never ever ever let you fall."

also, for you who don't know-- a rainbow is a symbol for God's promise to us. and on our wedding day, during our ceremony we had a rainbow right over us. how insane is that?

Jesus does crazy, insane, things. don't you love it? always pushing us out of our box right into where we're least comfortable. but we give it to him, follow the path he has for us, and we always end up finding peace in those situations.

my friends mom, made me a painting of a dark dead tree with a cocoon on one side, and on the other side a bright, vibrant, grass & tree with a beautiful "queen" butterfly. which is something i totally needed. as i was saying about coming out of your box, since april of 2009 i have been coming out of my "cocoon" more so in the church aspect. and now i'm a butterfly :)

last night, we went to eat at some friends from church house. jamie & heather. jamie told us he could see huge ministry coming from the two of us, together, in the future. which is a word that we have heard from several people. which is amazing. and i know that word had an impact on why i dreamed john 10:5. because i said i will never do ministry. never. say. never. it's not that i don't want to do ministry, because we do! it's just that i never thought i would have the ability to help people grow in the Lord. it's so awesome to me that we have been chosen to, one day, help the lives of others who have been right in the "i don't even know where to go now" shoes we were once in.

remember: Jesus speaks to us in different ways, nothing is a "coincidence," i believe he has a sense of humor for sure. some people dream, some have visions, some prophetic. which are all amazing. i have crazy visions & dreams. everyone is different, in a good way! :)

he loves you, and so do i, take a moment to thank Him! :)

he has a promise for you!

--as i said this morning to twitterville, "This morning i woke up with breath in my lungs and a beating heart; it's going to be a fabulous day!"

enjoy the sunshine alabama-- i adore you lovely kiddos mucho!

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xoxo

lovely days

hey lovely :)

so i see someones blog today, and it looks exactly like mine! haha, how annoying is that? my reaction too. but then i was like, "i guess my blog is soo cute!" not coming up with your own stuff is kind of elementary and annoying, BUT oh well :)

i haven't gotten an update on little riley today, so im nervous! i know Jesus is going to continue to do his thing, so why be nervous? i'm pretty sure he is under control :) gosh, if i was in charge of his job idk what i'd do! haha

today i had to go to work until noon or so, it was michael's off day. i am so thankful for my mom being so leniant of my hours, and still paying me very nicely! so, when i got home we went to get my oil changed which was highly needed since i had 0% oil life left. "/ procrastination is my middle name, BTW. anyways, it was beautiful in alabama today! i mean just beautiful. so me and michael went to the park with our dogs and it was funny. you can tell they had never walked on a leash before because they were just bouncing everywhere, haahh. we stayed outside for probably 2 hours in all.



where here at my parents tonight, getting ready to watch jersey shore! :) it's a fav too. the finale is tonight i think? idk. my day was so interesting wasnt it? maybe not to you, but i had fun! haha :)

i lovelovelove these!

you can purchase them here or at your local victoria secret store & email me for shipping deatils :)

well, it's time for me to go!

goodnight shuuggga; loves you (:

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xoxo