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For some reason, this week has felt super long.  Probably because state testing starts on Monday and this week has been crunch time!  (Actually the past month…..)  I will be so glad when testing is OVER and we’re back to more enjoyable stuff in class 🙂

I’m linking up with Erika and Andrea today!



ONE

Yesterday, my sister Rachel came to eat lunch with me!  I told her as soon as she got to school that we needed a picture and then I didn’t remember until after she left.  Boo.  She went by my mom’s school first to speak with her first graders about the human body, so she had on her scrubs when she came to school.  After lunch I heard tons of questions like this: “Who was that girl?” “Why are you so much taller that her?”  A student replied to that question by telling the other student that it was because I was older than Rachel.  Apparently she hasn’t finished growing 😉

This is a picture from Rachel’s rehearsal dinner.  I guess you’ll grow taller when you get older, Rachel!


TWO

The Lilly for Target line is going to be released on Sunday!!!!  I have been waiting MONTHS for this release.  If you loved Lilly as much as I do and have seen the prices of these beauties, you’d be excited too!  I am meeting up with a friend in Madison to wait in line for the store opening.  We’re kind of hoping that we’re not the only crazies out there waiting in line, but then again, we’re also hoping we are the only ones out there waiting so we have the release all to ourselves!  I cannot wait to see these pieces in person.  I will be doing a post next week about our early Sunday morning adventure, so stay tuned!




THREE

Our house progress is moving right along even though it’s been pretty rainy this week.  We went over to the house Wednesday after I ran and checked out the progress.

This is the back side of the house.  The double windows are where the breakfast room is.

As of Wednesday, this is the only side of our house that’s completely bricked!!  I love this brick and am so glad that we went with a darker brown than what we had originally wanted.

Now the next decision to make is the trim and cedar shake.  We’ve been scouring Pinterest and Houzz and anywhere else we can find for help in making a decision.  As of today, it still hasn’t been made…..oh well!  For the good news, we found out that insulation is supposed to be delivered today and sheet rock on Monday!!!!!!!!!!!

What I Wore Wednesday: Easter Edition

I had been meaning to do this post last week, but you know…..grad school.  So a week and a half late it is 🙂

A few weeks ago I did a post on choosing an Easter dress this year.  I had listed choices from Lilly Pulitzer and Anthropologie.  I love buying an Easter dress each year.  But this year I ended up doing something different.

A small group in my church had decided to forgo the usual Easter outfit and wear a t-shirt from Forget the Frock.  When I heard about this I immediately dismissed it.  I didn’t want to do something just because other people were and I honestly didn’t feel convicted of it.  That happened one morning, and it seemed like that day at school the thought just kept entering my mind and I just kept dismissing it.  Later that night I was doing my quiet time in Romans and reading something that did not pertain to any of this when I immediately thought, “Satan is trying to use my love of clothes and material things against me.  This shirt will feed an orphan and hopefully will bring awareness of the orphan crisis to people in my church.”  It was then that I decided I was ordering the shirt.

This is what the website says about the campaign.  By the way, this year they raised over $250,000 for orphan care!

“Emily, born and raised in the South, knew all too well the annual Easter lead-up: stores filled with expensive frilly clothing, mom’s discussing the perfect dresses and little Easter suits for months before the day arrived. She had lovingly participated in the tradition her entire life and as the mom of two young girls the tradition was sure to continue.
But, you see, God had begun to change Emily’s heart. Thanks in part to the adoption process of her best friend Emily’s eyes had been opened to the plight of the orphan. Her heart had been stirred for the needy, the helpless, the widowed, and the victimized. God had meticulously planted a seed of change in her heart, which had taken root and demanded more room, more time, more focus…and suddenly, she found the entire Easter tradition frivolous.  
Instead of seeing frilly dresses, she saw hollow bellies and sunken eyes. Every price tag reminded her of just how many children could be fed with that one purchase.
Emily had recently become acquainted with Feeding the Orphans, how the purchase of just one t-shirt from their site could help feed an orphan. She knew she heard the gentle voice of Jesus nudging her to do something to honor the orphans He loved so dearly.  
Forget the hair bows, forget the shoes, and forget the dainty little cardigans… FORGET THE ENTIRE EASTER FROCK… The Fox Family would FEED an Orphan with their Easter attire!
As Emily and her husband, Jason shared their convictions, people began to share the passion… others followed their lead using social media sites to spread the word and invite friends to join. Soon, hundreds of people, even entire church congregations, were choosing to “Forget the Frock.”  The numbers are humbling. Since 2011 FORGET THE FROCK has helped raise nearly $250,000 for orphan care simply by asking people to dress with a PURPOSE on Easter.”

Rachel and Nick ordered a different shirt and I loved it so much!  This is a ministry that I plan on supporting for a long time and this shirt will be my next purchase.

Please know that I am not saying that buying a new outfit for Easter each year is sinful.  I’m not saying that at all!  God doesn’t look at our outward appearances–which is why He doesn’t care if we wear jeans to church or a 3 piece suit.  He looks at our heart and judges us by that–not our clothes.

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7

Weekend Recap!

This weekend was a ton of fun!  The weather was absolutely gorgeous, and Dustin was off work, too!

Friday night started off exactly how I wanted it to–at home doing nothing!  I had seen advertisements for Barbara Walters’s interview with Mary Kay LeTourneau (sp?), the teacher who had a child with her 6th grade student.  They are married now–and have been for 10 years–with two teenage children.  She’s 53 and he’s 31.  The interview was weird and you could tell that there wasn’t any love between them.  Yuck.  I just remember when the national news was covering her affair and thinking how disgusting it was.  And now that I’m teaching 12 year olds, I can’t even fathom what that woman did.  The thought of it makes me want to throw up–they are children!  Little kids!  Yuck yuck yuck!

Saturday morning I went to a boot camp class at the stadium.  It was a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to more!  After the class I went to my friend Sarah’s house for a quick visit.  It’s nice to be able to go for a quick visit to a friend’s house.  Then Dustin and I went fishing.  It was gorgeous outside and I even caught a fish!

Dustin caught one first though 🙂

We had lots of company, too!  Actually they just wanted to know what was in our tackle box ha!

Saturday night we went to Bridgestreet to eat at The Melting Pot!  We got there about 2 hours before our reservation so that we could walk around and look for some flip flops for me.  Side note:  Friday at school I tripped UP the stairs and broke my favorite flip flops.  I was so sad about my flip flops because they I bought them while I was in college at the Clarks store.  Well, of course, they don’t make them anymore.  I thought I had settled on Rainbows except that none of the stores had my size 🙁

The Melting Pot was such an experience!  I had been there before but Dust hadn’t.  They came around and took pictures of everyone (not sure why?) and I found it on their FB page.

We were a little sunburned from spending all day outside.

Sunday we went to church, and we went to a birthday party at the lake for Dustin’s little cousin.  Then we decided to go by our new house with Dustin’s family to walk around the inside with them since they hadn’t done that yet. Saturday the workers got a good bit bricked and the entire roof shingled (is that a verb?).  I LOVE THE BRICK COLOR!  While we were there, Janie and her husband Chris drove up–which was so funny because they now live an hour away and were in town to see Janie’s parents.  So we showed them around, too.  The last time Janie had seen it was after they poured the slab so it was a big difference!

This weekend was a blast!  I am so thankful for the perfect weather and the time with my husband.  We really cherish these weekends that we have together since he works two weekends a month.