i love these two quotes by mother teresa. they are such great reminders for me living my ordinary day to day life. i pulled out a few of my mother teresa books last night and was reading through them and was encouraged and brought back to the simplicity of what it means to love Jesus […]

(note: i don’t normally wear boots and sit in a doorway when i read, haha…i usually just have sweats on and my hair in a bun. just to let y’all know. anywhoo…) i wish i could sit down and write some nice deep, meaningful post but i can’t think of much to say at the […]

i absolutely love spending time with leland in his little room. we get out some of his toys, lay on the floor, and listen to elizabeth mitchell. (he loves this cd. my lovely mom gave it to us for christmas and i’m pretty sure jay and i already have every song memorized. there is even […]

last week marked our year and a half anniversary. no, we don’t really celebrate a year and a half of being married but doesn’t it just sound better than one year? :) everyone says that the first year of marriage is always the most difficult. in our situation, i didn’t really find that to be […]

(a dear friend of mine, yolanda, has written a little something i’ve been really wanting to share. she has the cutest little daughter and has another little one on the way! i’m very excited for her little family. you can visit her blog here. i love what she has to say about having a different […]