Yesterday did not go as I had planned. I planned to go to work, go home and see the pups, go to the gym, eat dinner with my hubby, and then go to Bible study. It's amazing how quickly a good day can turn bad...
He loves us.
- - - - Monday, November 2, 2009 - - - -
Ever since I first heard this song "How He Loves Us" by the David Crowder Band it has been stuck in my head. I love the creative words and beautiful melody. I think this song is so powerful and I wanted to share it with those of you who might not have heard it before {I've listed the lyrics below the video}
He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden, I am unaware
of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.
And oh, how He loves us, oh
Oh, how He loves us,
How He loves us all.
{Repeat}
And we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If his grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
And heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way...
That He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Beautiful fall colors.
Beautiful fall colors? I am obviously not talking about Mississippi. The leaves barely change color at all here; most of them seem to just turn brown and fall to the ground. My sister lives in Seattle and posted a picture blog yesterday of the beautiful fall colors and sights she sees everyday around her school. Everyone definitely needs to check out these beautiful photos! I am so wishing I was there.
Two years ago about this time, I took a trip to beautiful Boulder, Colorado to visit my best friend Tori. Coming from Los Angeles (which also does not experience fall colors) I remember being so excited to see the beautiful trees. Everyone thought it was hilarious how excited I was but its not something I've ever really gotten to experience!
Maybe someday I'll get to live in beautiful Washington or Colorado but for now I can only dream of a real fall.
Sunday afternoon nap.
- - - - Sunday, November 1, 2009 - - - -
Everyone loves a good nap after church. Today we somehow all crashed on the living room floor for a solid hour and a half. I was the first to wake up and was able to snatch a few cute pictures of my little family :)
(Ps. Sorry for the bad quality of the photos. I only had my phone on me.)
Happy Halloween!
I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween! As it turns out, Jake and I did not get to dress up this year. We just didn't really have anywhere to go to show off cool costumes. To get in the spirit though I found a cute Halloween shirt and wore it all day.We also decided not to buy the dogs costumes because #1: they are usually too expensive and #2: they would hate wearing them anyways. Instead, I found Halloween bandannas at Walmart for only $1. They wore them all day and looked so cute!
I attempted to get some pictures with my cute pups in their outfits but getting two dogs to behave for pictures is not all that easy...
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Take 4
Hmmm...maybe we should try this individually... There we go!
Perfect!
Even though we didn't have any set plans, our entire Halloween day turned out to be really fun. First we went out to Mexian food for lunch and then went to buy some decorations and candy (which worked out perfect that we waited till the last minute because everything was half off!). Then we went on a bike ride, decorated the house, and waited for the trick-or-treaters.
And wow were there trick-or-treaters! Kids came in swarms down the streets of our neighborhood. I guess if I was a parent I would want to take my kid on base too; its so safe and friendly. The base cops were driving around all night patrolling and passing out candy which I thought was really cool. Once we ran out of candy, we headed across the street to some of our friends' house for a couples' game night. We had a blast! Even without costumes and parties, our Halloween was just perfect!
