january 24 aka abby's day

I am not a decisive person when it comes to small, everyday decisions. This video perfectly describes my feelings and Alex's frustrations....

A few weeks ago, I decided that it was time for me to make some decisions so I declared Saturday as Abby's Day, a day to do whatever I wanted. Alex happily agreed (barring housework and chores). I even made an itinerary, because I am my father's daughter. Our itinerary as follows: 

8am: Wake up

8:30am: Pancakes for breakfast

9am: Go for a jog

11:30am: Leave for downtown St.Louis

12pm: Lunch

2pm: Go to the zoo and art museum

5pm: Dinner 

7pm: Watch girly movies of Abby's choice

11pm: Bed

How our day really went.....(the times are on an "ish" scale)

8:45am: Roll out of bed (because Moose was ready to play)

9:30am: Chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast

10am: Dance party (isn't that how everyone starts their Saturday mornings??)

10:30am: We jogged 3 miles (Alex was thrilled...)

11:45am: Go downtown

12:15pm: Lunch at Bailey's Range- It was very good, check it out and get a milk shake, you don't want to miss out on that goodness. 

2pm: Try to walk off my milkshake at the zoo...the penguins are still under construction, but the sea lions didn't disappoint.

3pm: We visited the Degas Ballerina and the Brown Sister's photography exhibit at the Art Museum. 

5pm: We went home and on the way, we grabbed some movies and then we ate a nutritious dinner of Skittles and left over pizza. We watched The Good Lie and it was soooo good, you need to see it! We also rented Let's Be Cops and watched about 15 minutes before we turned it off to binge on Friends. 

1:30am: We finally made it to bed... (Friends really sucked us in)

We had a great Abby Day and today has been great too. Our church celebrated it's fourth anniversary with a combined service at the Wildey. It was great to be able to worship with everyone in one service and to celebrate how great God is. 

I hope you've had a great weekend too!

a new year, a new resolution

It's January 5th, how is your New Year's resolution going? Alex and I didn't have a resolution last year and I don't think that we really have one this year. For my birthday, I compiled a list of 25 things that I want to accomplish before I turn 26 in September. I have 9 months left, hopefully I can achieve my goals. In the tab above (twenty five by twenty six) you can see my progress. I hope that we can all succeed with our goals this year, fingers crossed!

go!

I've gone and done it again, I have registered for another half marathon (if you're keeping track, this will be my 4th). I have signed up to run the Go! St. Louis Half Marathon in April. I really enjoy running and I love the atmosphere of the actual race. I almost cried happy tears at the Rock 'n Roll (don't worry, I held it together). I'm excited to continue challenging myself and love having a goal to work toward. Wish me luck and hopefully the weather will cooperate for optimal training.

out with the old, in with the new

Happy New Year!! It seems crazy that we're already celebrating 2015, it feels like yesterday that it was 2014 (haha I'm hilarious...seriously though, I am). Time has flown by and we had such a great year. It brought excitement, travel, a new niece, a little stress, a lot of fun and some changes.

Last January, Alex and I were able to being working together full time at AW Insurance. I would be lying if I said that it was a walk in the park and that we agreed about everything, but it has been very good and a lot of fun. We are still navigating our roles at the office as we evolve and grow, but it is exciting to see our hard work paying off.

This year we were able to go on a few adventures to see more of our great big world. We went to Jamaica, Michigan, Indiana, Arkansas, Washington and Missouri (several times). Also, we were able to buy half season Cardinals tickets so we spent half of our summer at Busch Stadium. It was such a fun summer at the ball park, but we decided that it was a one summer special. Summer 2015 will be busy enough, however we will still make it to the ball park as much as we can.

In September my sister, Becky, had a sweet little girl just 7 days after my birthday! Atley Jane is the perfect addition to their family and lucky number 13 for Alex and I (as far as nieces and nephews go).

Here is a quick look back at 2014

We have been able to spend time with our friends and families this year and we've gotten to make some great memories. 2014 treated us very well and we are so thankful for the provisions and blessings God has given us. He is so good and I'm excited to see what He has in store for us in 2015.

May the Lord bless you and keep you; 

make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; 

and may He give you peace

Numbers 6:24-26

Happy New Year!