the great debate

It's been a longtime struggle for those who get cold hands during the winter months: mittens vs. gloves. Personally, I prefer gloves for their accessibility to my fingers, but mittens are much cuter. I found this article nestled between an article about Obamacare and the Ferguson updates. It provides a nice solution for those who struggle. Please enjoy all of this useless information...you're welcome.

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If you'd like to get me the pictured gloves, I wouldn't turn them down :)

being thankful

Have a very happy, safe and thankful Thanksgiving. 

1 Chronicles 16:34 (ESV)
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His steadfast loves endures forever!

God Of This City

If you have turned on any major news outlet you know that Ferguson, Missouri is the topic of conversation. Right now our city is hurting and the only thing that I can think of is Chris Tomlin's song, God Of This City. 

Please pray for St. Louis and the surrounding communities because, right now, that's all I feel like we can do. 

two days + pumpkin fluff recipe

Just in case you have been living under a rock, Thanksgiving is in two days! Although it has been a topic of conversation for quite a while, I still feel like it's snuck up on us. I bought my bag of potatoes to mash and the ingredients for my pies and pumpkin fluff, so I'm ready with the cooking part. All I've got to do now is cook. I'm looking forward to spending time with our families and friends!

I thought I'd share my favorite thing to make for Thanksgiving with you, Pumpkin Fluff. It's pumpkin-y, fluffy, delicious and low calorie too!

Happy (almost) Thanksgiving!!

thanksgiving truths

noteworthy

Happy Friday!! I thought today would never arrive but alas, it's 5:45 on Friday night and I have a comfy couch and some slippers calling my name. We don't have any big plans this weekend, just a Netflix marathon of Blacklist and a girls movie night on Sunday. If we get wild we may do a load or two of laundry and some Thanksgiving food prep. We're in charge of stuffing at my family's Thanksgiving and still undecided as to what we'll take for Alex's family, but anywho...

This week I learned some incredibly noteworthy information. I feel compelled to share it with you because this is important not only for our generation, but for our children's generation and our children's children....big stuff here. Next year, on November 6, 2015 to be specific (that is my sister Becky's birthday to be even more specific) The Peanut's Movie will be arriving in a theater near you! AHH! I love the Peanut's Gang and I cannot wait for more trailers to come out, let alone the movie!! I stumbled across this gem of information and couldn't contain my excitement. I've watched these trailers several times and I'm sure I'll be watching them a few more times between now and next year....

Have a great weekend!

Friendsgiving

This month Alex and I have been excitedly looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving. It is Alex's favorite holiday, so I try my hardest not to gloss over it and skip straight to Christmas (like the rest of America). To celebrate, we are trying to eat as much delicious food and spend as much time with our friends and family as possible. 

Last Saturday, Alex and I got together with three other couples and celebrated Friendsgiving. It was such a great night of talking, eating, laughing and playing Balderdash. Since it's November and Thanksgiving is looming around the corner, I've been reflecting a lot lately about what I am thankful for. At the top of the list are the friends that we are so lucky to have.

As I have gotten older (and I'm 92% certain everyone feels this way) it has gotten more difficult to make new friends. Not new acquaintances, those are a dime a dozen. I'm talking about real friends, the ones who have seen your ugly cry and still want to be around you, the ones that care about you just as much as you care about them, the ones who will text you late at night just to see how your day was; those friends. God has richly blessed Alex and I in the friend department and I am so very, very thankful. 

Happy Friendsgiving!

p.s Friendsgiving 2 is happening tonight...I said we are trying to cram a lot in this year!

fall retreat

Last weekend Alex and I, along with Brian and Melinda, took our high school youth group on a fall retreat. We drove through the winding back roads of Missouri to Koinania Family Valley Ranch. We had a great time digging into God's word, playing silly games and enjoying the beautiful weather.

We are already looking forward to next year and we're excited to see how God continues to move in "our" kid's hearts. We are so grateful to be a part of their lives and look forward to watching them grow in their faith. 

look up

I created a new page to follow along with my challenge to complete twenty five items/tasks before I turn twenty six! Just click on the twenty five by twenty six tab and you can see what I have completed so far.