4 - update

i'm back and super excited about my blog! i gave it a new look, a new picture, and since i got a new (last)name, i thought i would give it one too. (: God has been doing so many exciting things in my life that i can't help but share them!


in may, i married my best friend. the past 8 months have been full of love, happiness, stress, bills, laundry, meal planning, lots of cleaning, cooking, budgeting, crafting, homemaking, hectic schedules, and more joy than i could have ever planned for. being married to a man that seeks the Lord daily while striving to provide for me, protect me, and lead me, is truly an honor. i so treasure our morning devotions and times of prayer together and i think one of the most important things that i have learned through it all is this:


marriage is a beautiful and sanctifying covenant relationship between a man and a women that can only be enjoyed to the fullest when the One who created it is at the center.

so since may, i have had the joy of being a wife and homemaker and i love every day of it. i love cooking and cleaning and organizing. and  i love having a sweet little apartment to decorate and call "our home."

(more pictures here)

Mr. has been super busy as well. he is currently in his last year of undergrad at liberty. he's doing everything online so that he is able to take classes, work full time for j.crew and serve at our church. (he really is amazing!) if all goes as planned, he will finish up this summer and start seminary in the fall. we're still praying about which seminary that will be, but he's hoping to do everything online for that as well so that we are able to stay in virginia. 


we really do love it here! God has blessed us with the most amazing christian friends and a wonderful church. we both have full-time jobs, food on the table, and a roof over our heads. we have so much to be thankful for and everyday i am reminded that,


God is faithful to meet our every need. He is loving, just, forgiving, full of grace and mercy. He is sovereign over all things and He constantly sustains us. 


what a great & mighty God we serve!