Saturday Morning

I love Saturday mornings with Neil. The day is so full of anticipation! I love waking up to a sunlit window with no alarm, just the natural rhythm of life. We always sleep in, usually till 9:30, because I have to be up by 10:00 to catch my favorite show, The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross! I am captivated by the way he creates incredible landscapes in only 30 minutes! This week he made a sunlit forest, fresh after the rain. The clear puddles reflected the light shining through the leaves of the dense canopy, and tender green moss covered the forest floor.

I started making Banana Bread to surprise Neil for when he woke up. Last night was the 24 hour prayer vigil at our church and Neil and my time slot was 2:00 am. I fell asleep around 10:00 but Neil stayed up the whole time! He prayed and then was asleep immediately after.

I woke back up around 1:30, got ready for bed, prayed for 30 minutes and then laid in bed for hours! My mind was full of craft ideas, creative projects, organizing the office, my office at work, lots of fun exciting projects! I think I finally went to sleep around 5:00 and slept soundly till 9:30. In all I think we got the same amount of sleep, we just went about it in different ways!

Neil woke up with a craving for pancakes (which is a rare occurrence that I wasn't about to turn down!)

The day is full of possibilities and I am anxious to see what will unfold :)

*Transform*

Neil and our youth pastor Jon co-preached on Sunday. I thought it was an incredible sermon and well worth your time if you get a chance to listen!

http://www.connectequiptransform.com/files/1264441188_Transform.mp3

A Good Ol' Fashion Christmas

We had such a wonderful Christmas Vacation! Here are some pictures from our trip down south.

Neil and Dillon

Spending time with our wonderful parents :)

Apparently it was a little bright in the room.

and at one point, kinda smelly (vinegar I believe).

A big Christmas dinner.

Kip and Spence, oh I mean Dillon and Krystin :)

Christmas Time!

A family of LSU fan's.

and they love the Saints!

And on the way to OKC we stopped to meet Neil's cousin's baby, born just that day!

We had a great trip down south and then headed up to see my folks in OKC! That was a wonderful trip, but I didn't take any pictures :(

You can see photos from the event here or here :) Thank goodness for sisters!

Christmas in Missouri

Neil and I had so much fun decorating our house for Christmas for the first time. When he brought in the tree I had visions of "The Grinch".

Here is our best Grinch impressions:

I made mine and Neil's stockings

A holiday basket

Our Holiday Hearth

My Christmas wreath that Matt got me from Starbucks!

Welcome to our home!