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Well, if it’s February and this post is going up than the rumors must be true. 2016 is off to a wild and crazy start. 

Yep, sounds abut right. Anyone else? 

All those shiny new years resolutions and goals that I consciously avoid because they start me off feeling like a failure are now in the rear view mirror and we’re working hard to savor ever day while also dreaming big and it seems like in the minutia of it all, there just isn’t enough time! 
We started the year walking the beach listening to the waves crash and God clearly laid on our hears to  chase hard after “joy that may be full” (john 15:11). 

Joy that is FULL

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when we got back from Thanksgiving and started decorating, J and I had a heart to heart. We were long overdue in having friends over– hardly anyone had even seen the house! and knowing we wouldn’t be with family for Christmas, we wanted to spend time with the people who also mean the most to us, our friends. 

But I was still tired. and money in this season of unemployment is tight– neither ingredients ideal for being amazing hosts. 
 

30/335: A heart for hosting

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If you’ve hung around us for any time at all, either in person or through social media, you know we’ve got a very special girl in our life. Special meaning two things: 1.) She’s weird as all get out and 2.) We’ve never met anyone quite like her. 

This was year two with our rescue hound, Jenny, and it was awesome. 

30/335: A dog makes everything better

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Rest has always been outlined as stopping/slowing/not doing and I’ll be honest, I struggle greatly with that and thus, when people say things like the above to me I get snippy. Because I’m a doer, mover, shaker. And I know I need to slow down and stop, but I also think God gifted me to be this way!  Trust me, it does not mean that I don’t love my corner of the couch and my giant throw blanket, though! But, as J can attest, I’m never short of ideas, projects, people to spend time with. Anyone else? If so, this little snip about rest (the bitsized kind) might help you! 

30/335: Bitsized Rest

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Fast food isn’t the worst thing in moderation and take out pizza definitely has it’s place in our house, but crockpot dinners have made it feel super cozy around here on nights when we want to have a “nice” dinner together. 

Tonight? One of those nights. The Wiz Live is on, our corner lot is clean (after our Thanksgiving laundry sat out for days!), and we just didn’t want dishes. So, crockpot Mediterranean Turkey with Wild Rice to the rescue!  

30/335: Crockpots are life savers

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So, yesterday when I realized that today (Tuesday, December 1st) would mark 30 days left of 2015, I *immediately* waited for the feelings of dread and “what have you done this year anyway” to set in. But you know what? They didn’t! Instead, God swiftly spoke to my heart saying: “think about the other 335 days of 2015. Haven’t I provide? Haven’t you experience joy? Haven’t you found freedom? Haven’t I been present?” 

Yes, in the biggest of ways yes. 

So, for the next 30 days I’ll be popping in and out of this space & the CIHI Photo Blog, reflecting on the laughable, the beautiful, the painful, and the incredible. 

30/335: Smile

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