tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75702982563715277982024-03-05T13:46:19.023-06:00the world fascinates me{celebrating the little things in life}katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.comBlogger307125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-65892838057726572052011-03-02T19:13:00.000-06:002011-03-02T19:13:49.075-06:00waco weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">last friday, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ross, roux & i hopped in the car </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and headed to one of our most favorite places...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">baylor university!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we got to see sing, go to a dance party, drink sangria with best friends, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">celebrate friends at a couples shower, stop by our favorite thrift store, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">enjoy ninfaritas with more friends, drink common grounds coffee, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and even walk the bear trail. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and the best part</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(besides celebrating pi phi winning sing for the first time ever!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was my little sister calling & saying that </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">she's going to baylor next year!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we are so excited for the many, many waco road trips to waco in our future, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and even happier that emily is about to embark on the incomparable adventure</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that is life at good ol' BU. </div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-57845988228892700962011-02-25T09:12:00.000-06:002011-02-25T09:12:20.481-06:00Simply Bloom Workshop Teaser<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://simplybloomphotography.com/blog/?p=6278">Simply Bloom</a> just posted a sneak peak from the styled shoot </div><div style="text-align: center;">we had the pleasure of participating in </div><div style="text-align: center;">during the conference last weekend. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was soo lovely & I can't wait to share some of my photos!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This photo makes me want to fly back to Nevada </div><div style="text-align: center;">and camp out in the desert with Ross,</div><div style="text-align: center;">with a blanket made of sun and our love to keep us full. </div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-2814293690783529142011-02-18T09:56:00.001-06:002011-02-18T09:58:15.991-06:00away we go!<div style="text-align: center;">Blogger does not seem to want to cooperate with me lately, </div><div style="text-align: center;">as it will not let me upload any pictures! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I need to resolve this issue, as a post with no pictures is no fun. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Suggestions? Anyone?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In other news,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stancy & I are off to Las Vegas today for the <a href="http://simplybloomphotography.com/blog/">Simply Bloom Photography</a> conference!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hopefully we will learn a TON, be inspired, and have fun on our first trip to the infamous city.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Can't wait to report back about our weekend!</div><div style="text-align: center;">hopefully with pictues...</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-85817527549363587832011-02-17T16:22:00.000-06:002011-02-17T16:22:31.263-06:00the next thing<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">“Many a questioning,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><strong style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">many a fear,<br />
Many a doubt, hath its quieting here.</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Moment my moment, let down from Heaven,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Time, opportunity, guidance, are given.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Fear not tomorrows, Child of the King,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Trust them with Jesus, ‘DO THE NEXT THING.’</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Do it immediately; do it with prayer;</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Do it reliantly, casting all care;</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Do it with reverence, tracing His Hand</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Who placed it before thee with earnest command.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Stayed on Omnipotence, safe ’neath His wing,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Leave all resultings, ‘DO THE NEXT THING.’”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> --author unknown</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.girltalkhome.com/home">via</a> </span></span>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-78392856583226351722011-02-14T13:06:00.000-06:002011-02-14T13:06:05.186-06:00Happy Valentine's Day!<div style="text-align: center;">Happy Valentine's Day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope everyone thoroughly enjoys this day as much as I do. </div><div style="text-align: center;">What could be better than a day about love?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Especially when chocolate is involved! </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZwpoNA1esJqBgoC2xOgLnkui1kWKmhyBcJNZ3qXb5LzFWWJeui9FzXcqbmGWBKyyuhvuPlmiDeT0fBAIOHYWme6c6QlmyQjFAEGHWk79Q_7-wFlWWU7lnDT88-uu2MDFGdyIXDVbtJ5l/s1600/valentine-ribbon-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZwpoNA1esJqBgoC2xOgLnkui1kWKmhyBcJNZ3qXb5LzFWWJeui9FzXcqbmGWBKyyuhvuPlmiDeT0fBAIOHYWme6c6QlmyQjFAEGHWk79Q_7-wFlWWU7lnDT88-uu2MDFGdyIXDVbtJ5l/s400/valentine-ribbon-02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I made a few little treats for friends, </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">and found my favorite new treat.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Homemade chocolate peanut buuter cups!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Made in mini cupcake tuns, and individually wrapped in tiny heart stamped brown bags,</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">they are too cute to resist and too tiny to feel guilty about.*</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">*Note: I do not support feeling guilty about eating chocolate. Life's too short. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">i.love.this.day.</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-33634145055880293892011-02-12T09:31:00.000-06:002011-02-12T09:31:24.679-06:00red hearts & brain waves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thursday night, a dream literally came true for me-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we had a Valentine's Party! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know there are a lot of mixed feelings out there about Valentine's day, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but I am, and have always been, a HUGE fan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Partly because I love hype, sweets, little crafts and gifts, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and of course, love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two of my good friends from work started planning this a couple of weeks ago, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the prepping, baking & crafting side of this party</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">may or may not have been my favorite part. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let get's real, those are the reasons I always want to have parties.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And my friend Kelley's love language is parties, so she totally gets it too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">strawberry cake balls by kelley</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">mason jar + burlap + lace +wooden heart = v-day vase </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">the cuuutest felt heart garland, also by kelley</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">please note Roux checking out the snack table...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This table was full by the end of the night,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so many sweet friends brought awesome desserts that disappeared quickly.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ross even made pigs in the blanket for the first time!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">empty tazo tea box + burlap + string + a doily = v-day candle holder</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The Mexican Valentines flags were my absolute favorite!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kelley simply folded tissue paper, cut holes, and then taped the flags to ribbon.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Super cheap & easy, and they were a hit!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Remember the hearts everyone wore in <a href="http://lilyjanestationery.typepad.com/justlovely/2010/01/valentine-dinner-julie-julia-style.html">Julie & Julia?</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">That was my favorite part for sure. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Kelley's sister brought over this game...</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is so crazy...</div><div style="text-align: center;">you control the movement of this ball with your brain waves.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm still not sure I believe it, but everyone loved it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was such a wonderful night, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and we feel so blessed by our friends here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our hearts are full to the brim.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking forward to more Valentine's celebrating to come!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-64497433689502146302011-02-05T19:31:00.001-06:002011-02-05T19:32:24.426-06:00engagement video<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What you are about to see is my first attempt at something I've been wanting to make for a while:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the engagement video!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was beyond excited to take some engagement photos of my friends from Baylor, Chad & Alise,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because they are so fun. Little did I know exactly how cute and in love they were until getting to hang out with just them for a couple of hours. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love that with videos (in this case, stop-motion style) you get more of the story</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of the day- wind blown hair, goofy facial expressions, and just straight up silly moments.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can check out some of their engagement pictures on <a href="http://www.katiepinson.com/?p=322">my other blog</a>,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but while you're here, I proudly present you with </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chad & Alise's engagement video!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">* please note this is my first attempt at anything like this- so it's sooo far from perfect, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but it was really fun to make, mostly because their pictures put the biggest smile on my face.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-64754630701757314072011-02-02T15:52:00.000-06:002011-02-02T15:52:09.116-06:00you're a peach!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4yby-ROLz3Isd3eanFj2E1pQ8CrmpVfPQA684bOLsyH_dYyVxRZZkMdhMFk3oJst5DcQQH6h_9a29s6AOSPkxo3jzee5ZCqBmjjesjtbKjuQhsChEuz4luu1RNGvHO5tNb_zwr45D2g8/s1600/peach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4yby-ROLz3Isd3eanFj2E1pQ8CrmpVfPQA684bOLsyH_dYyVxRZZkMdhMFk3oJst5DcQQH6h_9a29s6AOSPkxo3jzee5ZCqBmjjesjtbKjuQhsChEuz4luu1RNGvHO5tNb_zwr45D2g8/s400/peach.jpg" width="373" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://greenweddingshoes.com/love-posters-for-valentines-day-and-wedding-decor/">via greenweddingshoes</a></div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-39520754455464601062011-02-01T10:01:00.000-06:002011-02-01T10:01:01.502-06:00it's time for a blank canvas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2sJqruszQVyEs3mBMhWDr1YNjokfyQleDw0hjo8x_Hb-oxj6XKS0CVy7w9FEbjjHWJ3wqfvIds0E4rfSDaeBX9ytMbu1VTkkPffA3Iu3mfMdy32ZluEUKsAngrckRpfv7W4skouHbkHbk/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2sJqruszQVyEs3mBMhWDr1YNjokfyQleDw0hjo8x_Hb-oxj6XKS0CVy7w9FEbjjHWJ3wqfvIds0E4rfSDaeBX9ytMbu1VTkkPffA3Iu3mfMdy32ZluEUKsAngrckRpfv7W4skouHbkHbk/s640/untitled.bmp" width="425" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Ross & I are so ready to move out of the apartment. </div><div align="center">Apartment living's been great and everything, </div><div align="center">but we are ready for space. </div><div align="center">Space away from our grouchy neighbor that lives uneath us, </div><div align="center">(whose favorite hobby is banging on his ceiling/our floor with a broom)</div><div align="center">backyard space for our puppy to run and play in, </div><div align="center">and mostly (for me, anyway) a new space to set up house in. </div><div align="center">Our colorful little first home has been so much fun, </div><div align="center">but it's time for new paint, new colors, new arrangements, new fabrics...</div><div align="center">and hopefully, not one inch of carpet. </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">On that note, </div><div align="center">it's time to give this blog a little makeover. </div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-67900001163677673092010-12-21T11:10:00.000-06:002010-12-21T11:10:45.330-06:00o Christmas tree<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72CThKP6aQGpuu0Y1TvUKoGTL5et7V6BmITqhjuU8BLmQpQADCgwSJOptqEWcQLL1CKOnqtpX8c41UJWbSKgG4zxetLyXTQvkDtqsvYl_8vspOfZabcFRfRt4OLn7E4jEnjAuX4wh1i92/s1600/christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72CThKP6aQGpuu0Y1TvUKoGTL5et7V6BmITqhjuU8BLmQpQADCgwSJOptqEWcQLL1CKOnqtpX8c41UJWbSKgG4zxetLyXTQvkDtqsvYl_8vspOfZabcFRfRt4OLn7E4jEnjAuX4wh1i92/s400/christmas.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are headed to Tahoe today for some skiing & snowshoeing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for the first time in my whole life i'll get to celebrate a white Christmas!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Soooo excited...</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-7408669045518822982010-12-12T11:12:00.000-06:002010-12-12T11:12:40.753-06:00catching up: thanksgiving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay, blog, I'm sorry for peaceing out on you for so long. I sort of broke up with blogger for a while I guess. We got into a fight, you see. I had this incredibly eloquent and interesting post (just kidding, but seriously...) in which I poured out my heart & shared what the Lord was showing me through Jack Kerouac and apple pie and pursuing a new career adventure. The post took at least a week to write, and when it came time to publish and share it with the blogging world... blogger failed to save the post...and failed to post it... so we ended our relationship on pretty bad terms. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">BUT, I love the holiday season waaaay too much to not take some time and document our adventures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I forgive you, Blogger. Maybe another day when I have more time to rewrite the aforementioned incredibly eloquent and interesting post I can share that story, but for now we will just have a simple and slightly cheesy recap of Thanksgiving.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fancy cheeses at <a href="http://www.thegirlandthefig.com/">the girl & the fig</a> in Sonoma. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Some years we have over 30 people to celebrate Thanksgiving with. This year it was just the 6 of us and was so much fun. My dad planned out the whole well balanced week of staying home and cooking, exploring new parts of California, going out to eat, having an extreme bocci ball tournament, visiting my brothers new school, playing games, watching movies, and going on family walks. It was perfect. Ross and I were so grateful to just spend time together and take a much needed break from work. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Can't wait to fly back on Friday! How is Christmas sneaking up on us so fast?!</div><br />
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</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-36400818165891370992010-10-27T23:29:00.000-05:002010-10-27T23:29:31.927-05:00the few, the proud, the puppy class grads.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are such proud parents!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our baby puppy, Roux Pinson, graduated from Puppy Training Class today!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(note: yes, I do realize how obnoxious we are becoming... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lord help us when we have human children.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-45690679047244541202010-10-13T13:53:00.000-05:002010-10-13T13:53:58.565-05:00simply bloom<object height="225" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13717150&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13717150&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/13717150">SimplyBloom Stop Motion Film</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1233387">christine berry</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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soooo cute.<br />
stancy should this to me & i kind of want to be <a href="http://simplybloomphotography.com/blog/">them</a> :)katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-32840424550210090702010-09-25T08:52:00.000-05:002010-09-25T08:52:31.638-05:00reminder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTQyqdpy9zEcfckK3RyupdAgHrHV3xCn2ThY_vE1iYCa-5a5Iy4cK0yQvyq0L1FmOcFQAloxrL9yYYhsIUDH9c07QWtMAIrpWQ1kR62B96JJJf0T3coAOqQbqZJEBPocKB7SsbZmesfqv/s1600/tumblr_l2f0wdx3un1qzn34eo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTQyqdpy9zEcfckK3RyupdAgHrHV3xCn2ThY_vE1iYCa-5a5Iy4cK0yQvyq0L1FmOcFQAloxrL9yYYhsIUDH9c07QWtMAIrpWQ1kR62B96JJJf0T3coAOqQbqZJEBPocKB7SsbZmesfqv/s400/tumblr_l2f0wdx3un1qzn34eo1_500.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">{<a href="http://simplelovely.blogspot.com/2010/09/happy-house-and-good-reminder-for-me.html">via</a>}</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-70055773816708025502010-09-20T20:27:00.001-05:002010-09-22T22:53:05.002-05:00Missouri<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrBkxlgS55NH2NhUC5T7DkA-9QkovxoGIpXwyfI44f2m1Z83VuiGZ-oRy44NzIUu4ijuHK4lBIfQz9bFltSjGYEu9UjbW0OlWkjwP-inkKeVhb41vQOK54G8SSNhjNdkeaKBqRfbAeA1E/s1600/IMG_8889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrBkxlgS55NH2NhUC5T7DkA-9QkovxoGIpXwyfI44f2m1Z83VuiGZ-oRy44NzIUu4ijuHK4lBIfQz9bFltSjGYEu9UjbW0OlWkjwP-inkKeVhb41vQOK54G8SSNhjNdkeaKBqRfbAeA1E/s400/IMG_8889.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this weekend, i had the blessing of </div><div style="text-align: center;">photographing a wedding </div><div style="text-align: center;">{with mrs. stancy higley} of two <i>beautiful</i> believers<br />
in missouri</div><div style="text-align: center;">as they exchanged vows and began</div><div style="text-align: center;">a new life together.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was so much fun, </div><div style="text-align: center;">{albeit incredibly hot & sweaty}</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I can't wait to share some pictures!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">seriously- look at them. </div><div style="text-align: center;">don't they look like they're straight out of a magazine?</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-26655139691282040362010-09-13T21:57:00.002-05:002010-09-14T23:37:35.140-05:00fall wreath 2010<div style="text-align: center;">like any good DIY-er,</div><div style="text-align: center;">i can't just simply <i>buy</i> holiday decor.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it has to be original! it has to be crafty!</div><div style="text-align: center;">let's be real: it has to be cheap :)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i was happy with <a href="http://katieplu.blogspot.com/2009/09/im-turning-45.html">last year's </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">but wanted to go in a different direction this year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">anyway, here is this year's wreath:</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to make it, i simply wrapped different colors </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of burlap & fabric around a wreath form.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">next, i cut strips of fabric and bunched them </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">into the form of flowers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and topped them off with shiny tacks.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">the final touches were acorn bells </div><div style="text-align: center;">which wrapped around the wreath with twine.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">of course, all fall crafts must be done</div><div style="text-align: center;">with a pumpkin spice candle </div><div style="text-align: center;">warming the apartment with it's familiar</div><div style="text-align: center;">autumn smell wafting through the air. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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from the beginning of last's. </div><div style="text-align: center;">we're a little more established<br />
and are incredibly blessed with good friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;">we're parents to a great little puppy,<br />
and i absolutely love my new job.</div><div style="text-align: center;">all that to say, this year we are truly happy<br />
living here in college station.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(though, to be honest, i am still struggling with my road rage issues<br />
due to the freakishly slow drivers in this city,<br />
but that's neither here nor there.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">yesterday we ventured to a nearby city, caldwell,<br />
for the annual kolache festival.</div><div style="text-align: center;">apparently, caldwell is the czech capital of texas.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">and of course we brought the baby puppies :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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poor roux slept all day yesterday after we got home.<br />
thankfully roux's best friend clive has a super cool traveling water bowl<br />
(from REI, of course) which he shared with roux.<br />
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the only downside to the kolache fest. was the extreme heat...<br />
we are so ready for fall to get here!<br />
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</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-90609207542655044462010-09-12T11:29:00.001-05:002010-09-12T11:30:51.234-05:00labor day: roux makes a friend and digs to china<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">this is a story about a puppy named roux<br />
and a slightly bigger puppy named nessie.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"i still really, really love dad!"</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-3131868612554137192010-08-29T22:19:00.000-05:002010-08-29T22:19:27.064-05:00the new addition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we stayed true to our plan:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">wait until we've been married a year before we get a puppy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so when an email went out on the med school list serve about a lab mix puppy needing a home, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we knew he was the one we had been waiting for.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">enter roux pinson:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-8338134858044451672010-08-22T11:46:00.000-05:002010-08-22T11:46:46.943-05:00hiatus over.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM29Bakprp1P3MNq4_QV_n1XDU90KpmEcmU6yKchky4m1Gpx9fup3_NoG3yv4FNWV7lTtIuSp5NwOFI3TisZg65CLJhm4tzoTa_8h_RwnEP2e6isXB0edDlWm_fzxVqX6aUzarpqYZ49b8/s1600/DSC_0060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM29Bakprp1P3MNq4_QV_n1XDU90KpmEcmU6yKchky4m1Gpx9fup3_NoG3yv4FNWV7lTtIuSp5NwOFI3TisZg65CLJhm4tzoTa_8h_RwnEP2e6isXB0edDlWm_fzxVqX6aUzarpqYZ49b8/s320/DSC_0060.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">aha! </div><div style="text-align: center;">apparently my blog decided to allow me to upload photos again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-50660716868561962712010-07-15T23:58:00.000-05:002010-07-15T23:58:15.568-05:00healing<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Dear Mom,</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">Thank you for taking such good care of me this week. I really don't know what I wold do without you. I promise I'll be more fun to hang out with from here on out!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">Dear guy at Blockbuster,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">Thank you for being so kind & relatable by talking to me about your recent sinus surgery. I felt like much less of a freak walking around with a puffy face and a bandaged up nose.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">Dear Glee,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">You are even better the second time around. I love you!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">Dear Ross, </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">Come home already. I miss you. The flowers you sent are beautiful and look pretty in our apartment :)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Dear friends,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Seriously, thank you so much for the incredibly kind phone calls, texts, care packages, meals, and notes. I am overwhelmed with love for you and from you. Even with a puffy and stuffy face, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Dear little kid at Target, </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Sorry if my face scared you! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Dear Gazpacho, </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Why would I even eat anything else in the summer? You are the best. Seriously, try this <a href="http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/gazpacho/">recipe</a>. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">And speaking of cooking, I'm thinking I could muster up the strength & energy to try these (with moms help!):</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Hoping to have some fun photos and projects to share on here as I lay low and heal for the next couple of weeks. I'm so happy to have my mom & brother here with me and I need to make the most out of my time with them! Especially since I was basically asleep for the first couple of days they were here... Happy Friday!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-58542686623280076302010-07-12T00:29:00.002-05:002010-07-13T12:04:38.700-05:00out of commissionDear blog friends,<br /><br />I'm very sorry for the lack of posting. Between being out of town for an amazing friend reunion in new orleans, job training for my new job, getting ready for surgery, and just straight up enjoying summertime- things have just been a little busy. Though I've had time to post and even started several, these past couple of weeks too many thoughts bounce around my head and don't seem to come out clearly on paper. My surgery is tomorrow, so I will be out of commission for a little while. However, I promise to be back soon!<br /><br />In the meantime, if you stumble upon this still un-updated blog, I would really appreciate a prayer for the doctors & my recovery. I never have had any surgery before, so I'm a little nervous. I've been so blessed by friends and family already and am so grateful for all of your prayers and comforting words. Thank you, thank you, thank you.<br /><br />Thank you so much, Lauren, for sending me this:<br />"I am leaving you with a gift- peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don't be troubled or afraid." John 14:26<br /><br />Love,<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Katiekatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-45219550959278618132010-06-29T23:25:00.000-05:002010-06-29T23:25:39.537-05:00Welcome to Holland<h2 align="CENTER">WELCOME TO HOLLAND</h2><b><div align="CENTER">by<br />
Emily Perl Kingsley.</div>c1987 by Emily Perl Kingsley. All rights reserved<br />
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</b>I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......<br />
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When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.<br />
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After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."<br />
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"Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."<br />
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But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.<br />
The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.<br />
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So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.<br />
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It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.<br />
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But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."<br />
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And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away... because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss.<br />
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But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570298256371527798.post-40946245306075085072010-06-28T16:29:00.000-05:002010-06-28T16:29:43.189-05:00anniversary<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">warning: this post may be overloaded with gushing about ross pinson. proceed with reading at your own risk.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">we woke up early & enjoyed a quick little breakfast of sliced cherry tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs at our kitchen table. the sun was just coming up on our drive to the airport; a brightly glowing grapefruit warming the cool blue sky and thin cotton candy clouds. we just couldn't stop looking at each other. thankfully, we'd both given up on stifling that pesky uncomfortable feeling in our throats last night and finally let it out; so this morning was calm and warm with love. until we got to the airport, that is, but even that wasn't so bad. i parked the car and got out with him, and we must have looked like a couple of high schoolers the way we were kissing and looking longingly into each others eyes. the whole goodbye scene was kind of silly, which was nice and it helped the tears go away. but hey, the longest we've been apart since we've been married is a whopping two nights, and today we embarked on our 5 weeks of long distance marriage- so i don't feel too bad about being cheesy or a little teary or anything else for that matter.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">i know it's easy to say right now, since i was just in ross' arms a few hours ago, but i feel really good about this season. ross prayed over us last night and again this morning, and theres a peace in my heart about how sweet this time apart will be. the way ross and i enjoyed every little minute this past weekend proved that sometimes we need a deadline to stop taking our time together for granted. and speaking of this past weekend, i have to take a few minutes to gush & brag about how cool my husband is. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">afterwards we headed to the big event of the weekend/year: WICKED! i'm afraid even my most eleoquent descriptions would fall flat & i would fail miserably at describing what was by far one of (if not <i>the</i>) most entertaining, talent-packed, captivating performances i've ever had the pleasure of seeing. my super high expectations were puny in comparison to the reality. we had a blast.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">that night we also had the pleasure of celebrating one of ross' best friends' engagement with a whole house filled with baylor people. can a day get any better?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">yes it can. when we got back to the hotel, there was a bottle of champaign waiting for us. i was practically get whiplash from all of the surprises my husband had up his sleeve. seriously, my husband is the man. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we snoozed & snuggled our way through our breakfast plans, but managed to get up & going in time to meet one my best friends for lunch before the next surprise: rent bikes & ride all around round rock lake. the weather could not have been nicer and i was very grateful to be burning off some of the calories from friday nights praline nougatine </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">semifreddo</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> with pistachios and acacia honey (basically a fluffy little white slice of heaven). we took lots of breaks to admire the views, and enjoyed riding by all the pretty houses an dreaming of one day (many, many years from now) owning a house of our own. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that evening we enjoyed a couple of drinks at the adolfus so we could walk around and admire it some more before our next surprise: dinner & dancing at </span></span><a href="http://www.sambucarestaurant.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sambuca</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. loved it. we definitely want to go back. for us, sambuca has it all: swanky atmosphere, great food, live music, and a dance floor. of course ross told the band we were celebrating our anniversary while i was in the bathroom. so they called us out later in the evening to dance to the song ross and requested: brown eyed girl. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and THEN, as if my heart wasn't already exploding with love and gratitude and shock, ross says to me,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"i know we said that the wicked tickets were are gift and we weren't going to do anything else, but..."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and pulls out from his pocket the infamous pretty little teal box with white ribbon and i couldn't keep from tearing up at the words that came with it, as he talked about this past year, our future, and especially the next 5 weeks. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">i<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t was nice coming back to college station yesterday and enjoying a usual sunday. unpacking, laundry, a game of tennis, a long walk and snow cones. spanish salad and garlic bread for dinner and then a movie. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ross said he wanted to make our anniversary weekend extra-special since we wont be together on the 4th, and he absolutely did. i am incredibly blessed to have him as a husband and best friend, and i'm also starting to feel pretty spoiled. the reason i wanted to write down all those little details is because i know in the next 5 weeks i'll be drawing from the fullness of our weekend and reliving it all.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i feel like shouting out elf-style "i'm in love, i'm in love and i don't care who knows it!" </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">can't freakin wait to drive back to the tiny college station airport in 5 weeks and pick him up. thankfully, i have that long to try and plan a few surprises of my own. that ross franklin leaves a tough act to follow...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div></div></div></div></div>katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463234046039032036noreply@blogger.com2