BLT.... Butt. Lats & Triceps. Bachlorette, Lemon & Tea.

Lots of BLT's going on tonight! I'm making BLT's for dinner, then I am going to the gym and while I am at the gym I am going to catch the season finale of Bachlorette. Now, usually I am not a huge reality T.V. fan... but Thomas has bible study every Monday night from 7:30 till about 11:00, and SINCE we do not have cable here at home ....reality television has motivated me to get my post wedding booty to the GYM!

Luckily, I didn't gain any weight on the honeymoon thanks to doing Yoga every morning for any hour with an AMAZING instructor... but we ate like royalty all week long. It's hard to fit in time to go running and lift weights with work, trying to organize the house and get home every night to make dinner and make sure the house doesn't get too messy during the work week. Thomas usually goes in the morning with his friend Andrew and I switch it up with my times. I get anywhere between 3 to 5 times a week with an hour workout at least, then I add in yoga where I can. It is important to both of us to get into a routine early on. Exercise is extremely vital and so we make it a priority. We grocery shop at Trader Joe's every Saturday and we are both trying to learn to cook more healthy foods. It's all about making time for health... whethers it's physical, emotional, or spiritual. This morning was a perfect example and I am so grateful to have a spouse who I can talk and walk through this journey with!

Well off to make dinner! Thomas should be home any minute!

The Gift that keeps on giving

One big bow... that's what a wedding is like.
It comes falling down way to fast and then it's over, and at first there is a sadness - but then like a child who was just preoccupied with the fancy box something came in you realize that what's inside is ten times better

Almost everyday I find myself surprised. Wecan never truly know everything about one person because every morning they wake up different. They look different (even it's only because their hair has grown), or they act different (because they don't get as over emotional about things as they use to -thank god!) and you find them even more joyful to be around. All of these changes are unexpected, pleasant surprises that bring tears to your eyes when you least expect. They are the changes in day to day life that make you happy you are with that sole person who is not at all boring, but instead your own personal pandora's box full of wonder and excitement. The dull and mundane days certainly come, after all, we aren't made to handle constant amusement... we would simply get burnt out by all that!

So this is what life is like, in the midst of a chaotic messy home with walls that still need paint and junk sitting in the den waiting for a good yard sale day, things that have yet to find their resting place in the attic and clothes that should have gone to good will a month ago. Every room is filled with something that doesn't belong, and the to-do list and the idea of organizing the mail just gets pushed aside to read together before bed time, or take a walk after dinner instead. When everything really can wait why doesn't it feel that way? I am reminded to sit in the stillness before my God and let myself, and him just be. Enjoy the sweetness of these days before children, while we are still young and energetic and dream and laugh... try to make it a habit to stop even in the chaos to soak one another in like the sun, so we can store it's warmth and save it for rainy and cold days.

This is what it's like.

So EDITable.

Been spending the majority of my July editing away at our thousands of wedding photos taken by Stacey R. Hume aka my older sister.

Love & Marriage

Well life is getting back to normal. It's been almost one month exactly since the big day.

To answer a few questions:
1. The honeymoon was in St.Lucia, it was amazing... it was a dream. It was something out of the VH1 shows about celebrities.

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2. The house is coming along, but taking longer then we thought... but it's okay! We are having fun and laughing a lot.
3. We are in our "newly-wed" hole, and frankly don't want to come out of it. Waking up in the mornings is proving to be the biggest challenge, but we try to motivate one another to go to work.

We are getting into our rhythm as couple, and there have been many interesting things to discover about one another. Quirks that only come out with you are living together and married. It is an adventure, and we are loving every minute of it.

My wedding dress is currently hanging in my closet at the house and I just want to wear it one more time......