Forever 21!

Attention Everyone! There is now a Forever 21 at Rosedale Mall! 

This is only my favorite store ever. I used to have to go all the way to Mall of America, but Saturday was the grand opening of the Rosedale store!

I was completely shocked when I walked into this store. IT IS HUGE. It took me forever just to get to the back of the store, and then I saw an escalator leading to the huge bottom level! Wowzerz :D

I could spend hours in this store...SAD. I know.

Today I have two questions for you:

1. If you had to buy all of your clothes from one store, which one would it be?? :) (bet you can't guess mine)

2. What is your favorite girl scout cookie? (this is on my mind because I have been eating like a box a day! ....yikes!) 

I would love to hear your responses! 

waiting

"The Lord still waits for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God." Isaiah 30:18


This morning I was thinking about why I don't always feel God's presence. So often I go through my days and routines...and think that somehow God doesn't want to be near me, or speak to me. These are lies.


God is always close by. He is waiting for you to invite Him in. He longs to spend time with you!


"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28


"Come near to God and he will come near to you." James 4:8


"If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me." Jeremiah 29:13




Reminder: Valentines Day is less than a week away! :)

Some girls say flowers are overrated...but NOT ME. I love when my prince gets me flowers :)  

way back then

This picture makes me laugh. 

This was when my prince and I were first dating.

We dressed up for halloween.

Time flies.

God is in control.

Agape

The weekend is over :(

I did not catch up on sleep, but had lots of fun! 

Saturday was spent doing homework at Dunn Bros for a few hours, and then meeting two cute couples for dinner and some games ! We played battle of the sexes and laughed a lot! 

Sunday was church and a superbowl party! Here are some pictures :)

I thought these were adorable! 

haha my prince (the youth pastor) and two highschoolers. He looks so short! 

my handsome prince and I matched! ...not even on purpose! 

yummy snacks!

ok so this is my "something you might not know about my prince and I," and also a recap of Friday!

Ever since highschool, my prince has wanted a tattoo. Well, it finally happened...on Friday! 

This means AGAPE in Greek. 

Agape means selfless love...the love that Jesus has for us! 

John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

AGAPE is the type of love that is described in this verse!

My prince says that this is what he wants his life to be about...a testimony to God's selfless love. We are called to love others only because God has first loved us! 

Love God. Love Others. 

truth.

Thank goodness it's Friday! This week has been majorly lacking in the sleep department. I'm not sure why but I have been staying up later and getting up earlier! Anywho I am hoping this weekend can be somewhat relaxing :) 


I want to share this verse with you that has been on my heart. Lately I have been overwhelmed with fact that the world is bombarding us with LIES everyday. Lies about who we are, how we should live, what our worth is, what love is, how to make ourselves happy, etc...


If we hear more lies than truth, we will begin to believe and give into the lies. Therefore, we must be filled with TRUTH, and this must be intentional! 


So here is some truth for you to soak in today.




 "For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." Ephesians 2:10


This is truth. You are God's masterpiece! He has a specific, purpose-filled plan just for you! He wants to use you to do great things! YES, YOU! 


phew! 


Today is also day four of "things you might not know about my prince and I..." :) 

I am officially a bigger eater than my prince! It is a little embarrassing to admit, but often times I find myself cleaning off his plate :) 

Sometimes I think he just has better self-control than me...

I just really enjoy food! 

:D

Blessings on your weekend!  

music!

I love this song! Listen to the words...God's arms are ALWAYS open wide!

Also, today is Day # 3 of my Valentines countdown! So...something you might not know...

My prince is a musician! :) 

He was in a band for a little while, and they got to play at Sonshine Music Festival! 

This was my prince proposing to me :) We were at an apple orchard when we came upon his guitar...(I will tell the full story later :)) He wrote a song basically asking me to marry him! 

L-O-V-E

suits!

Tonight my prince and I found the perfect suits for our men for the wedding! We had looked at Men's Wearhouse, but the look and prices were just a little off....last night I was up late searching wedding blogs and found a link to H&M! This is where we found them! They are cheap and trendy...just what we wanted! :)

Picture this with a tie and different shirt :) 

My prince will wear the matching pants, vest and coat. The groomsmen will just wear the pants and vest with ties to match the bridesmaids!


Ok so as promised, I must tell you something about my prince and I that you might not know! So here I go...

We are bad dancers :) seriously I think we might have to take lessons for our first dance?