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may flowers {& the giveaway winner!}

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i pretty much love everything about this time of year. you don’t have to sell me on it. the flowers blooming, the sound of lawn mowers starting up early in the morning, the smell of fresh grass and bbqs.
you just can’t beat it.

a couple of weekends ago, chad and i decided it was time to plant flowers. we are already really lucky, in that our home has several rose, hydrangea and “i don’t know what you are, but you’re really pretty and smell amazing” flowers scattered around our yard. we went to work on the flower boxes and such in the front of our house.

i love being married and enjoying these little tasks. it’s been so fun to see the seasons pass in our home since we were married last july. winter has come and gone, and now chad and i are able to enjoy planting flowers, relaxing nights outside on the front porch eating dinner, and long walks every day after work with gertie. {my favorite}

it really is such a joy. and i really do feel so blessed. especially when i look at these pictures and see how adorable our home is and how fortunate we really are.
sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in the world, and forget.
God has truly blessed us in our first year of marriage,
and lately i have been feeling the pull of being content and also doing things that i have been putting off.

sketching and reading more
praying more intentionally for chad and for our future
digging into the word every morning (sometimes thats hard for bloggers. am i right?)
running every day before work
leaving my phone at home
making dinner every single night (but chipotle, you’re SO good)
and really just being less anxious about life, and being content where we are. at all times.

those are just a few personal goals, but for some reason the spring really opens up my heart and my mind. it’s such a refreshing season! and it feels so good to remind myself through writing and just in general, to slow down and enjoy every single moment. to do the things i have been putting off. and to be happy and content even when i want to be stubborn and worry or yearn for something more or different.

spring is a beautiful season, and i’m looking forward to enjoying it!

okay, and last but not least! congratulations, natalie, on winning the outfit additions $50 gift card!! email me at signerooblog@gmail.com for more information!

just catching up

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talk about being “MIA”.
goodness, i’m really sorry about that.
last week flew by in a stressful whirlwind, and before i knew it, it was monday.
i apologize for the lack of outfit posts.
i’m not walking around naked, i promise.
i just didn’t have time to finish out the week last week.
and today, my husband {who just got back from europe late last night} is home sick in bed.
and while i thought about shaking him awake this morning to snap a few photos?
i decided to be a loving wife and kiss his forehead, tuck him in, and medicate the poor guy.

that being said, my weekend was such a great one. my mom came to visit me for a few days. we shopped way to hard all day on saturday, and by the time we were done? we crashed. we went home and snuggled into my bed and ate jelly beans while watching a chick flick.
and by golly, there is just nothing wrong with that scenario.
she is seriously such a peach.
as i grow older, i realize how important my mom is to me.
she slowly transitioned from that annoying pesky mom to this once annoying pesky teenager…..into a friend. a helper. and someone to share my life with {in a girly way}
but what i love best about my mom…
is that even though i clean the house top to bottom before she comes?
she always leaves with it just a bit cleaner.
or that she makes sure my fridge is full. and maybe sometimes my closet, too. {wink, wink}
or that she is always teaching me things, even if i didn’t realize i needed to learn them.
when she visits, she is still being my mom.
and living without that ”daily mom-ness” in my life for some time now?
it warms my heart.
i love learning little things from her that i will one day teach my children.

anyway. enough of that.
i just love spending time with her.
theres nothing like it.

AND! y’all! my husband is finally home.
which brings such relief in such a silly way.
and i have my bed cuddler back.
which is just so nice.
now, i’m just ready for the weekend so we can play!

on top of all of that, i have some really exciting things happening with the blog right now. really looking forward to sharing them with you soon!
i can’t believe how much this blog has grown, so fast.
super appreciative of my readers. i love that y’all stick around to see what i’m wearing every day and to listen to my crazy, sarcastic antics.

there are just so many exciting things happening in our life right now. excited to share them with you when the time is right. really looking for gods timing and direction. and most of all…”patience”. gosh, thats such a big one for me.
not my virtue. luckily, its my husbands. so we balance each other out.
taking risks and making big life decisions is both exciting & scary.
but a quote my husband has reminded me of by annie dillard really resonates with me.

“you have to jump off cliffs all the time, and build your wings on the way down”

we’re building our wings big time people.

here’s to soaring high, and not hitting the bottom.

i’ll be back tomorrow with a fun outfit post with some goodies from new sponsor,  savoir faire. you don’t want to miss it.

happy monday!

xo

happy birthday to my red headed love.

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what i really wish on this beautiful morning, is that i could have woken up, rolled over, and wished my handsome husband a very happy birthday.
but. alas, he is miles and miles away for work.
so i will be writing a blog post in honor of him turning the big 2-8 today.

normally, i tend to be silly and sarcastic. but today, i’ve got nothin but love for my ginger hubs. so i’m going to be a little sentimental and a little too lovey-dovey today.
{ahem. that was your cue to stop reading if thats just not your thing}
wishing my huband was here so i could celebrate him. but he’s not. so instead i’m just gonna celebrate him through words.
and make you sit through it.

this man.

this handsome man came along unexpectedly and out of the blue. and completely captivated my heart. i love our love story, but more importantly? i love him.
he is the kind of man that makes me stop dead in my tracks and think….
“how in the world did i get so dang lucky?” 
he pursued me wholeheartedly. through snail mail. through love letters & poetry. through treasure hunts and silly songs on the guitar.
he whisked me away to LA for romantic adventures.
he made months of long distance feel like next door.

this man made me the happiest girl in the world by asking me to be his wife.
he takes care of me. watches over me. leads me spiritually and emotionally.
he is always there to catch me when i fall. and is always there to lift me up when i need it.
he always knows how i’m feeling {sometimes even before i do}.
sure. some days i feel like scowling at him and giving him the silent treatment.
{that goes both ways, i’m sure}
but those times always end with laughter.

he makes me laugh even when i don’t want to.
he always puts other people first. even when he shouldn’t.
he has a heart of gold.
he must wake up and eat a giant slice of humble pie every day, this man.
i have never met anyone with a more sacraficial heart than he.

i always told myself {and everyone else} i would never marry a red head.
that i would never marry a southerner. or a texan at that.
but god has a funny way of working things out.
and now i’m blessed to share life with this eigth generation texan, {and proud of it!} red headed, hilarious mountain of a man.
i couldn’t have asked for better.
i wouldn’t have known how to ask for such a thing.
god just went and created exactly what i needed & wanted.
which i will never be able to put into words.
but he is a gift.
and i am blessed & thankful to share this life with him.

and that means sharing birthdays.
so happy birthday, chad allen.
i love every bit of you.
from your red hair to your millions of freckles.
I love dancing to bonnie raitt & patty griffin with you in the kitchen.
i love how you call me “sugar” in that texas drawl.
i love how you pick me up off the floor in one swift move.
i love walking right into your chest, and being enveloped in your big, warm hugs.
i love that you are tall enough to reach all of the things i can’t.
i love endless laughter and wrestling matches {that i never win}
i love your jokes. and your expansive vocabulary.
how you thrive to learn more & more.
and to be become better & better.
i love your love for life.
and for our future family.
and really? i just love how well you love me.

happy 28th birthday to the love of my life & the best guy around.
here’s to many, many more!

xoxo

and confession. i may or may not have been listening to our wedding playlist & may or may not have shed a few tears writing this.
love.
it hurts so good.

 

 

a hill country getaway

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chad received a phone call friday afternoon for a last minute audition in austin.
so instead of being bummed about our weekend plans being ruined, we packed up our bags and made a mini road trip out of it.
{remind me, when i talk about babies, that mini road trips will be a thing of the past.}please. and thank you.

so we spent saturday afternoon in the heart of austin.
we strolled through soco holding hands, laughing, and popping in and out of thrift stores and antique shops. we enjoyed some quality people watching. which, in austin, is quite entertaining. we grabbed lunch at one of the food trucks, and ate our goodies to the sounds of wild, shirtless {and surely unbathed} men singing from atop their cars.
{swoon city. seriously, why is austin so cool and dallas so lame?!}

oh, austin. you quirky thing you. you have stolen my heart, yet again.


one of the greatest parts about the hill country?
chads parents live there.
we left the city and drove out to the ranch where we enjoyed a long walk.
{i love exploring there. where else do you have beauitful oak trees and cacti in the same spot? deep in the heart of hill country. thats where}
afterwards, the men sat down to enjoy a cigar.
followed by dinner. conversation. and a good nights sleep.
and then it was back to dallas. back to the real world.

until next time, austin.

 

okay.
and just a little fun fact.
after chad and i met, we went on a week long first date!
{i know. sounds crazy. but he lived in LA and we had to get creative}
so on that “first date”, we sat on this red tree swing at his parents house, and he told me that while he enjoyed my company, he just couldn’t imagine dating someone who lived so far away.

{thats the sound of my heart breaking}

i put on a “oh yeah. totally” face. and agreed. sadly, but understandingly.
but by the end of that week long date, as we sat on the lakehouse dock staring at the stars, he asked me to be his girlfriend.

and that cabin down below? that cabin is about 100 yards from that little red tree swing. and just so happens to be the place that he proposed to me less than 8 months later.

i just love that story. and also reminding him of how quickly he ate those words he said to me on that little red swing. and how quickly we fell in love.

{great memories were made there}