Oh hi

i really am wanting to get back to my blogging. So this shy blogger just wanted to say hi.

(Pic taken of me & my love by my cute friend Paige)

Soooo... what happened was...

I'm actually not really sure where to begin.  But I guess the obvious fact is I stopped blogging. And it's hard but also easy to see almost a year has past since my last entry. Changes have taken place. It's only been in the last couple weeks that I've thought about picking blogging up again (well, that's not totally completely true, I've thought about it here and there)... but recently  I started to miss very much my small creative space that I called my own.  Something (usually small) would happen and I'd think: blog.  So here I am.  Back.

And here are just a few happenings that transpired over the last year!

My last blog I mentioned something or another about a rough week... that was the understatement of the century.  My family was in the middle of a full blown crisis and looking back I'm convinced it is only by the grace of Jesus that I was functioning at any level at all. (*thanks Jesus!*)

My brother was deployed to Kuwait in February and will be home (we're hoping with all our little fat hearts!) in January! Yaye! We sure do miss him.  But we are so very thankful that this first deployment hasn't been one smack in the center of danger and fighting so we don't complain.

Shane and I sold our house and have been living with my parents for the last 5 months until our little barn is finished.  It has been wonderful, a challenge, so hard sometimes, umm... actually it has been a true blessing.  We are 1 min away from where we are building (so very convenient), they are so very generous opening up the house (no rent!), we never even pay for groceries!

Shane and I took a trip to Israel in April! SO INTERESTING, DIFFERENT, AMAZING! Definitely a once in a lifetime thing!

And after a few delays our barn is underway... take a look!

*pic by me*

I'm trying to decide if I want it red or a charcoal color!  I want a rustic look! As I speak my hubby is busy finishing up walls upstairs!  He's is SO wonderful & been totally awesome through this whole process!

chocolate understands

Its been a very tough, emotional draining week.

And I've been eating out of the nutella jar by the spoonful.

And this was supposed to be the week i "got back on track"

Well, at least chocolate understands...

It's Fall Ya'll!

It's time for hearty soups,

tall boots (wishing these were in my budget!),

and hanging with friends around the bonfire!

What are you looking foward to the most?

is it fall yet?

so is fall here yet? i need cool crisp air to breath...

my best friend just found out she is having a little girl...

(her first! she has two little boys already!)

i've been a little under the weather here lately, no good!

and had to call in sick on my 2nd day of work at my new job!

(mortified! b/c i'm NEVER sick!)

don't you just love the fox and the hound...

yard sale

Wish me luck! This weekend I'm having my first every yard sale!

I've been getting ready all week! Keeping my fingers crossed for a nice time!

hang it up on the wall...

If you're going to live on a farm you have to hang some farm pictures up on the wall... and these prints are AMAZING! I'll definitely have to remeber these when the time comes.

Source: The Animal Print Shop by Sharon Monrtose