GO OREO!

I've been dying to blog this coz it's aleady but I've been so busy .. But one of my sister graduated last week!!!






My other mother {Rio's mom} came into town just for this awesome event!



Her Graduation was good fun...



And of course .. Rio Joy did not walk across the stage ...



She DANCED!!! hehe



Though I have many many pictures ... I have little time to blog this .. but WE ARE ALL SOOOOOO PROUD OF YOU OREO!!! We love you and we'll miss you for the little time you'll be away from us .. but we are all so blessed by you!!! I know for sure God is continuing to do great things with your life and I'm so blessed to be apart of it!

We "laby daby" you!!!!

Crazy Lovely Legs

I love lovely legs, and I love them in crazy colors. I am proud to say that I have finally found the courage to step out of the norm and wear crazy leggings of my own, I don't have any pictures to show for it just yet but I really have. Usually I go for the always safe black or gray legging but lately I've been feeling brave and have worn  fishnet leggings and mustard leggings of my own. Now I can't help but want to ware them out some more and even go for other colors.

I've searched high and low for inspiration and ideas for outfits to wear with them with and I've found the most amazing blog: Kieko Lynn her outfits are truly amazing and her store is quite amazing as well. Here are some of my favorite outfits of hers with crazy lovely legs.

Both a mustard must.

CHECK OUT: Kieko Lynn  and her store

Free Cake!!!

I love me some cake, any kind of cake really .. and tomorrow its National Pancake Day!!!  

Free, cake is even better ... so get yourself a free short stack of pancakes at IHOP tomorrow!

Collection of the week {64}

Simply one of the loveliest collections to date. Lily + Jae = Love

The dreamer dress is my favorite.

Lily + Jae

Let me catch my breath

.. it's been the most exhausting week. And still I am unable to sleep so I find myself blogging,
against my better judgment {when I know I should totally be resting}.

Emotionally and physically I'm so drained but here in the silence of midnight I finally have a moment to myself to reflect upon the craziness of the past few days. I know that this entire week the Lord has been watching out for me and supplying me with the strength {i lack} and guidance to get through each new day. He's even been so gracious as to bless me over and over in the littlest ways through out all the chaos. I can't wait for Sunday, and spend all day resting in God's word.

Two more days left of this week, I hope you spend it wisely. Happy weekend!

Right here what we gonna do is go back

"It don't stop until the break of dawn"

This song has been playing none stop in my head ... and still it never gets old.

BoardRoom

This is a bit of old news...

... but a week or two ago I had my first boardroom meeting ever. I was excited, but nervous ... and  I still am about the project I've been put on, but I praise God for everything He continues to bless me with. When things get underway I'll be sure to make an update .. but for now please keep me in your prayers!

Little Love Mug

I love my mug from my little love bug from California .. hehe.

Thank you Reinna! And though I love love love my present, I LOVE YOU MUCH MORE!!!!

You are the best and I miss you terribly! {Come back to me!!!} hehehe

Handmade and Homemade Valentine Goodness

One of my favorite parts of this past week was hand making my Valentine's cards for my mom, sister, and my Tim. hehe ... I was so giddy making these little things and I believe they were a pretty big hit!!! And though I'll save the homemade goodness I whipped up for Valentine's day for another entry ... that part was a very close second place!!!

Before I share the actual cards, I put them all in brown paper packages because I figured I send way to many handmade packages out for complete strangers ... I need to do it more often for the people I love. Now .. here are the cards.

{my big sister's "ate's" card}

 

{my mom's card}

*The picture of the shadow heart is really of my mom and I!! It's one of my favorites!!

{my tim's card}

*That's the heart shaped chicken nugget we really had one day .. hehe


All three cards were made with lots and lots of love...

I had such a great time making them .. and I have a totally new love for cardboard and scrapbook paper, I can't wait to make more cards. Lastly I added a little something something inside Tim's package ... and I printed it from The Small Object's freebies. They are tooo awesome for words.

Me and Tim thumb wrestled on our first Valentine's date together .. I thought this would be cute for our third.

Encouraging Finds

When ever I get on Etsy, I never know how to get off. I continue to stumble upon amazing art and today was no execption. Today I fell upon tankandtink's shop and I am totally blessed and encouraged. It never ceases to amaze me and bless me when I see other artist and crafters using their creativity in ways to bring back the glory to The One who blessed them with it. Check out the rest of her lovely prints and I know you'll be encouraged too.

Shop: tankandtink

Collection of the week {63}

Christoper David Ryan's 2008 daily postings  of  his art work and his blog are this week's collection. And the idea of creating a piece of art work daily is quite inspiring. And lately on my own time and will I've been trying to do the same to spark my own creative juices though sharing them will probably take a little bit of confidence. Anywhos .. here are some of his postings last year. They are beautiful!

Christoper David Ryan's 2008 daily postings

There is no one else for me

Before I rest my little head and get me some sleep, I feel the need to share this, or else my day would not be complete. I know that I have neither the eloquence nor the poetry to write a song of this beautiful, but if I did ... I believe this song would be the song in my heart. I've never sang words more true than these.

In the quiet, in the stillness I know that You are God

In the secret of Your presence I know there I am restored

When You call I won’t refuse Each new day again I’ll choose

There is no one else for me

None but Jesus

Crucified to set me free

Now I live to bring Him praise

In the chaos, in confusion I know You’re Sovereign still

In the moment of my weakness You give me grace to do Your will

When You call I won’t delay This my song through all my days

All my delight is in You Lord

All of my hope, all of my strength

All my delight is in You Lord Forevermore

Valentine's Day ... a day set aside to celebrate love ... may have been yesterday, but each and every day should be a day to celebrate a love so great and abundant by a God so perfect. We should choose Him daily over anything or anyone else. And though I am extremely blessed by the love of the most amazing people around me, the sweetness of their love still pales in comparison to the sweetness of knowing the love of a Savior. "All my delight is in You Lord All of my hope, all of my strength ... forevermore."

'Fresh Kicks'

Happy Belated Valentines to you all! I have much to blog about, but for some crazy reason {on my day off} I'm thinking about shoes. Crazy I know, but there will be much Valentine's love to share soon.

I just have shoes on my mind because this picture I took at work {above} is getting a lot of traffic and questions I thought I'd share some sneaker love on my blog. And in all 6 months of working at Lady Foot Locker this will be the first I will have actually blogged about shoes themselves. {I guess working with shoes and talking shoes all day long doesn't seem so interesting outside of work}

Anyways, here are some fresh kicks I must share. And yes I've picked up on the shoe lingo, it's a requirement when I work .. hahah. And it's a pair I actually have myself. Though these don't look like it, these canvas high tops are Adidas and are one of my favorites. They actually got hit on the first time I wore them out .. heheh.

{The rest of these shoes I don't own but I think are lovely}

These Rave Pink Dunks came into our store a week or two ago and are offically my favorite pair of Dunk Lows {besides my current Dunks}.

These are the newest Vandels in our store .. and though I don't fancy any of the Vandels we carry, I do like these.

These are even better, but we don't carry these.

OH .. and These Dunks are the one's I took pictures of in our store ... and are a pretty popular pair. I like them a lot .. but I'm still debating whether or not I'm brave enough to wear these .. hehe .. but they are super cute I'll give you that.

Here are a more subtle pair I found online. I heart these Storm Pink Dunks.

Or these Alabaster Yellow Dunks

Or these Logan Berry Low

My appreciation for a good pair of shoes has definitely changed since I've been working here, be it a casual shoe, a good running shoe or what have you .. but how bout we save the rest of this conversation for when I'm clocked in. HAHA lol.

I hope you've had a lovely weekend.