i like...

{a rustic office}

{this coffee table, the teal sofa, and the wrought iron windows}

 

{all things green}

{reclaimed wood furniture}

Do you have a specific design style? Or are you like me... a mixed up mess?

{photo credit: the amazing james merrell}

cold tangerines

“I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don’t want to get to the end, or to tomorrow, even, and realize that my life is a collection of meetings and pop cans and errands and receipts and dirty dishes. I want to eat cold tangerines and sing out loud in the car with the windows open and wear pink shoes and stay up all night laughing and paint my walls the exact color of the sky right now. I want to sleep hard on clean white sheets and throw parties and eat ripe tomatoes and read books so good they make me jump up and down, and I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that He gave life to someone who loves the gift.”

-Shauna Niequist

The tragedy of first position

too darn cute

birthday fun

so i turned 23 this month and i got to celebrate with all my friends (i had 2 surprise parties!!!)

but what was so special to me was to celebrate another birthday with the husband (we've now celebrated 5 of my birthdays and 4 of his together--so special!)

he's an incredible man... so loving and gentle and REALLY hot and i am so blessed to call him my love! (i mean seriously... WOW)

photos by: Katee Grace Clay {thanks again friend}

kateegrace.com

study break

on my break i stumbled across these photos and now i want to redecorate our place... the rest of my study session is going to be greatly affected by this... {maybe ill just change around one room!}

{i love the simplicity of the plain white bathroom and barren walls}

{color color color color and more color}

images by james merrel

holiday

friday I took my last final {hebrew bible} and started my holiday quickly...

the husband and i rushed over to java station to have a cup

with these two lovelies, forgot to take photos--shoot! Then hit Alpha to begin the search

for ridiculous christmas sweater which failed miserably--shoot!! 

but we did pick up two strands of tree lights 

for under three bucks--steal!  

saturday we hosted a fun little party with some good friends, 

alas I forgot to take photos--you've got to be kidding me!

but we stayed up late while i worked on some christmas crafts that i had been putting off while i was cramming for finals. 

sunday went to the early service {so unlike us} because nick had invited a friend

then we went to the girls house for breakfast--amazing french toast with all the toppings including meg's homemade whip cream YUMMY!

we finished the weekend off with a bang at this guy's house...

being born in the 80's gives us an edge...

it's always a party with these girls!

week 10

So today is the last day of week 10 in my first quarter at UCSB-- which means I'm studying for finals which start on MONDAY!

After next week I will be posting more frequently... so stay tuned =)