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Life Lately

Life Lately

Hey y’all!  I know I normally don’t blog on Thursdays, but since I missed yesterday’s post, I thought I’d make it up today with a little life lately update for y’all.

 It has been so overwhelmingly special to see the amount of people who are supporting and encouraging us through this adoption.  We got this picture last night and this is a group of people from Dustin’s home church growing up.  So sweet!!



 Speaking of baby, I love every time I have to walk into the nursery to put something away and I get to look at the stuffed animals in the crib.  Oh, how I can’t wait until I get to put a baby down in this crib or rock the baby in the glider.  Just a few short months!!



 I bought a fire stick on cyber Monday for us to be able to watch Netflix or Prime Video on the tv instead of the computer (we’re probably the last people on earth to do that haha).  I hate anytime we have to do something with the tv that requires moving it out from the wall.  I took this of Dustin before the started moving the tv haha!!


 This was us on Thanksgiving night!  I’m wearing my favorite fall sweater from last year that I am constantly sharing!  I found it on sale for under $30 here!!!


 I wore this last week at school channeling Meghan Markle and was told I looked like a detective by a student????  Umm..ok?


Because I did a good bit of our shopping online this year for Christmas presents, I decided to set out goodies for our delivery people this Christmas season.  I grabbed those two buckets at Dollar General and filled one with mini waters and the other with small, individually wrapped snacks.  I used mini pringles, an assortment of packs of crackers, and Reese trees.  I also found that printable on Pinterest and just signed our last name at the bottom!

Life Lately!

Happy Monday!!!  I unintentionally took last week off of the blog, but last week was SO busy!  And any free time I got, I just spent either hanging out with Dustin or watching tv ha!


my sweatshirt 
On opening weekend, Friday after school a group of teachers went to see Crazy Rich Asians (we’re missing Christy in this picture!!) and we LOVED it!  It was hilarious and even though there were some obvious differences from the book, I didn’t mind them and thoroughly enjoyed the movie.  Now, I’ve got to read the second book so they can hurry up and make that movie ha!



 I was just talking about these with one of my friends!  Kroger has been selling these ceramic pumpkins the last two years and each year they bring out new designs.  The two I already have aren’t pictured, and I’m hoping one day to add the stacked pumpkins (in the bottom right of the picture) to my collection one day.  I LOVE seeing things like this because I’m so ready for fall!



Speaking of fall, don’t forget about mine and Emily’s fall link up!!  It starts next week with crock pot meals and I can’t wait to see what everyone links up because I am all about the crock pot during cold weather.

We’ve had some lower humidity at nights, so Dustin and I have taken advantage of that and enjoyed some time out on our back porch.  Lower humidity doesn’t mean less mosquitos, so we’ve had to burn those citronella candles but that doesn’t bother me.  


 Last weekend while we were siting on the back porch, I got a call from a girl in my small group who had a flat tire driving a work truck and needed help.  Dustin changed the tire and so I definitely had to snap a photo of this 😂  I’m thankful I’m married to a man who can do stuff like this without any problem!

 The high school football season kicked off this past Friday night and our team had a home football game against a pretty difficult opponent.  If you didn’t know, Dustin and I went to the same high school and we live in that same town (and I teach for the junior high!).  Dustin just loves watching any and all football and I love being able to watch former students.



 We enjoyed a lunch date after church on Sunday!



I bought some Dreft to start washing the baby clothes I’ve bought (which isn’t much 🙈).  I carefully read the washing directions on each of the outfits and made sure I did everything perfectly.  As I was getting everything on a hanger to put in the closet and could smell the detergent scent, I thought about how there were times that I never thought I’d be doing this.  There were times when my sadness won over and I thought that Dustin and I would be childless forever.  But these clothes represent God’s goodness in our lives.  Our life right now is definitely not what I pictured whenever I used to think about my life with children, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.  

Life Lately

Hi friends!!!  It’s been a while since I’ve done a life lately, so here are some random pictures of our life lately!

 We left my mom and stepdad’s after lunch on the 4th and headed out to the river to meet up with some friends who were already out on their boats.


 We stayed out on the boats to watch the firework show at Point Mallard.  That was my first time ever watching it from the river!  There were so many boats anchored down all ready to watch the show–so fun!



 I have been a fan of Rosaria Butterfield’s ever since I heard her share her testimony one night in Nashville.  She published this book on hospitality this year and it is a MUST READ!!!  She gives examples of Christian hospitality in ways that you may not think.



 During the school year on days I’m getting ready for school, I listen to podcasts.  I haven’t done that very much this summer, so I’m trying to get back into the routine.  This podcast is very helpful for anyone who’s ever wondered what God’s will is for your life (I feel like that’s all of us!).  These Ask Pastor John episodes are pretty short, too–most are 11-13 minutes long!



 Dustin and I went up to my mom’s school (she’s a teacher, too!) to help her move stuff out of her classroom so her floors could get waxed.



I finished this book yesterday and it’s great!!!!  I’ll be doing a book recap post at the end of July/first of August and this book will be on it.  SO GOOD!!!!  It’s different from your typical Elin book but different in a good way!


And obviously our life lately has consisted of lots of talk about adoption!  Even though we’re just beginning this process and not considered an active family (that means you’re ready to match), we know that there will be a baby in the future!  It’s been so fun to talk about baby stuff and research nursery furniture and baby gear.  This is something we never did before because it was too painful.  I’m going to do a post next week asking for suggestions on baby things because it’s a little overwhelming, and we’re trying to gather things a little at a time so we’re not scrambling at the last minute!!


OH–And tomorrow starts the Nordstrom Anniversary sale!!!  I plan on doing a wishlist post this year of all the things I would buy (You know, saving $$ because of adoption!!), but I do plan on looking to actually buy a new pair of jeans for the school year!  No better time to buy jeans than when they’re 50% off!  I had lots of positive feedback last year from my Nordstrom posts, so I’ll be doing that again!  I know lots of other bloggers will be doing it, too 😊, but we all have our own style!

Happy Wednesday!