Weekend Recap

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and got to enjoy time with your family and friends! We had a pretty fun weekend doing just that. 

Friday we had planned on taking maternity pictures. The weather called for rain...all day. Boy, did it ever. I was so bummed about it being rainy but decided that if I wanted maternity pictures done, I was going to have to improvise. Luckily I had a great photographer to guide us and make the photos great anyway! Here's a few of my favorites. (Excuse the frizzy hair...ugh, humidity.)

The rain really was not our friend that day, but I love how they turned out anyway :)

After we we're finished with our shoot, it only made sense to make a stop by Starbucks and get hot chocolate and go home and get into our cozy jammies! Also, how cute is this shirt?? Blake's grandma got it for me and it's my favorite :)

That night, we had game night with my family! We taught Blake how to play a really old domino game called "42". I grew up sitting in my great grandmas lap watching my family play this game, so it was super fun to be able to teach Blake how to play! 

 My Grandma was helping Blake since it was his first time playing, they both had a blast! (& they won!)

Saturday morning started off pretty slow. We took our time waking up and getting ready for they day. There was lots of snuggles on the couch!

My dad wanted to take us out to lunch at this cute little restaurant called Bebos. It's out in the middle of nowhere and surprisingly so yummy! They are known for their burgers but their catfish is SO good! They whole place is decorated with vintage decor and lots of Elvis stuff! So fun!

We decided to venture out to McKinney for their Home for the Holidays event. It was so much fun! What's better than walking around and sipping on hot chocolate while Christmas music plays?? There's only a few things I can think of...

Downtown McKinney is full of cute little shops! This particular weekend they had a little shop full of different mini trains set up. My dad, brother and Blake enjoyed it!

Of course we had to take our picture with the pretty tree! It was so much fun getting to do Christmas-y stuff with my family since we will be missing out on a lot this year because I can't travel.

Sunday morning we enjoyed going to our Church back home and then went to lunch with Blake's grandparents! Shortly after that we loaded up the car and headed back to ATX! Road trips with this guy are fun, even when the drive that would normally take you 3 1/2 hours takes you 6! (Thanks traffic!)

That's all for our weekend! We are looking forward to our Dr. Appointment today and we are hoping that our little guy stays still long enough to get a few good pictures. We will see :) 

Have a happy Monday & make it a great one!

Linking up with this lady!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, friends! I thought for today's post I would try my best to keep it short and sweet and share some of the things I'm most thankful for this year! God has been so good to us this year and I can't help but tell of His goodness. 

I'm so thankful for God's guidance and provision. This past year we had different opportunities for Blake to take different ministry positions and we just kept telling God no. (Never a good idea haha) We just didn't ever feel like the timing was right, we had all of our family here and we were comfortable. There was one position that kept being persistent in being brought up to us. We really prayed about it and both put our selfish desires behind us and decided to follow where God was leading us. Moving to Austin has been one of the best decisions Blake and I have ever made. God has blessed us so much since our move and we could not be more thankful. God's plans are so much greater than anything we could've imagined up for ourselves. 

We are also very thankful for that guy that would not stop calling us and asking us to move to Austin. God used him in a huge way in our lives and is continuing to do so. We love you, Reid :)

One thing we are also so very thankful for this year is our little turkey that will be here SO soon! Blake and I decided at the beginning of the year to start trying to have a baby. The Lord blessed us with a little (big) blessing and our sweet Judah will be here at the end of December and we can't wait to meet him! 

Another thing we are so thankful for is our family and friends. Our families have been so supportive of us this year in every decision we have made. They were all were thrilled we we announced that we were expecting a little baby, and were sad, but proud of us when we told them about us moving to Austin. Same goes for our wonderful friends! Judah is already so blessed by all his grandparents and great grandparents, aunts and uncles, the list could go on! We couldn't have gone through these huge life changes without them. They are all such blessings in our lives and we are so thankful for them and love them SO much!

We are also thankful for our new friends that have become like family, and our new church family. They have all welcomed us with open arms and have been such blessings to us. I know this brings me to tears (Blake too, shhh! Haha) Moving to a city where you know no one is scary, and these people have made the transition so easy for us! Every time we leave the church or leave from hanging out with them our hearts are overwhelmed with thankfulness for them! We love you all :)

I'm so thankful that The Lord blessed me with the most loving, selfless, and kind hearted husband in the whole world. He loves me unconditionally and leads our family so well. I'm so blessed to be able to go through this crazy life with him by my side. I can't wait to grow old with him :) (because I know he will read this, love you B!!) 

Most of all, like every year, we are most thankful for our Savior, Jesus Christ and for Him laying down His life for us. Knowing we would fail Him, He still gave up His life so we could have eternal life with our Savior. Don't forget to give thanks to the One who created it all, who is in all, and rules over all. 

We are so very thankful and we wish you and your family and very Happy Thanksgiving!