What I'm Loving Lately..

These might be my favorite posts to put together and they are definitely my favorite to read on other blogs! I love seeing what others are enjoying and often times, I learn great ideas! So here's my list right now...

I'm loving Jake Owen's song "Heaven"

And Lee Brice's song "Hard to Love" - my sister had me listen to this when she came down a few weeks ago and I immediately fell in love! I love the lights in the video and if you can't tell from these 2 songs - lyrics = amazing

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin muffins - Oh my goodness! Easiest recipe ever... one box of cake mix and one can of pumpkin. That's it! And of course choc chips. You just bake them according to the cake box and the result? One happy husband:

Jar of Notes - saw this on Pinterest and I just love it. Start the year with an empty jar and fill it with notes of good things that happen. Then on NYE, empty it and see what awesome stuff happened during the last year. Great way to focus on what positive things happen and to remember them!

I'm loving my James study from Beth Moore. This is the second time I've gone through it, with a different group of women, and I'm getting just as much, if not more out of it, this 2nd time around. Want something that will rock your world? Do this study!

Loved playing golf with my hubby and his parents Saturday morning at the lake. It was SO gorgeous! 

And finally, I LOVE that I get to go home this weekend! So ready to see my mountains, the family, girlfriends and maybe some snow! YAY!

Phone Dump!

Here are some photos off my phone from the last few months. Love these little highlights that remind me of things that made me smile!

This is a TOM'S shoes quote from their catalog that I really liked. It reminds me of the 5 weeks we spent in Zambia this summer... (sorry it's blurry!)

Our puppy loves warm laundry! Our friends sent us this from their place when they were babysitting our baby one weekend we were in CO

Cuddling with my puppy on the couch. And sporting my Broncos shirt!

Sister time! Loved when Steph came down a few weeks ago! She wanted to see what Billy Bob's (world's largest Honky Tonk) was all about so we did Texas up BIG! Mexico food, Billy Bob's, cowboy boots, and even saw some indoor rodeo/bull riding!

Jake turned 27 this August (old man!) and he also started his new head wrestling coach job! So proud of him!

This melted my heart! We had a 7 year old ("Mr. Lego Boy") put on a popsicle stand to raise money for EOH. We have one program called Chicks 4 Orphans, and "Mr Lego Boy" really liked that! He wanted his popsicle stand money to go towards that project. Here's the note he wrote us.... I had to get a pic. I love when parents get their kids involved with our ministry and they learn what giving is all about :)

My parents got a new kitty and "Bob" is my new favorite thing ever! Love him so much! Can't wait to see him again when I'm home in a few weeks.

Jake and I babysat for some friends the other night. It's a great reminder to us how much work kids will be (and why we aren't ready yet - ha!) and it also gives the parents a much needed date night - win, win! Here's me with the girls. Aren't they adorable?!?

Love when I find old photos! This is my friend Caitlin and I in high school while we were in Mexico. Can't believe it's been 10 yrs! 

And last but not least, I love fall. And I love pumpkins. Here, our dining room table got a make over - pardon the husband's hat and sunglasses on the table.

Aren't the orange/yellow pumpkins adorable? $3 at Walmart. And the silver pumpkin is from Pottery Barn - splurged on it last year and still love it!

Happy fall everyone!

What a weekend it has been....

What a weekend it has been already.

Last night Jake spent time with some guys from church. A few weeks ago our church had a women's retreat and so the guys wanted to follow up and doing something too for the men. So once I found out Jake would be busy and we wouldn't be heading to the lake this weekend, I quickly texted some friends if they needed a babysitter.

I love babysitting their little girl named Grace and it's been months since I've had a weekend night to do so. Details were arranged and last night I headed down to their place. They live about 30-45 mins away but it's so worth the time I get to spend with them.

Grace and I had fun playing Candy Land, eating pizza, and putting a puzzle together. At bed time we went upstairs and as we were saying prayers this AWFUL, loud noise happened. And right away I knew something bad happened. Sweet Grace saw the look on my face and as I went to look out the window, I tried to reassure her (and myself) that it was nothing. But thoughts flooded my mind - the worst thing I could think of was that the house was being broken into.

Ten minutes later, I made my way down the stairs after tucking Gracie in. My phone rang and Chris (Grace's Dad) was on the line. "Hey!" I answered but quickly Chris said, "Michelle, I just got a bad phone call. The police are outside." (And I immediately panicked thinking of the worst things...) and then I heard "Your car has been hit."

And sure enough when I walked out to the street, 3 police cars and several officers were waiting for me. Thank goodness the lady who hit my car (she admitted she was texting when it happened) stuck around and while another neighbor called the police, she did stay and even had gone up to the door to see if anyone was home. Unfortunately my car was in bad shape and had to get towed, Jake had to drive down to pick me up and we were there pretty late filing the claim and handling the details. But there's a bright side and that's that no one was hurt, the house wasn't broken into and it wasn't my fault for once! (If you know me pretty well, you know of my awesome driving record!)

It also was such a good reminder to me NOT to text while driving. Not even 24 hours earlier, Jake and I had talked about how stupid it is that we text and read email and how in just seconds, we could cause an accident or hit someone. So yea... it could have easily been anyone or me and while my car is gone right now, I'm just so thankful I didn't hit anyone and no one got hurt last night.

Here's my car on the tow truck :(

So without a car today and Jake gone at a wrestling clinic, I got so much done around the house! I touched up all our walls with paint, tried to revitalized my orchids, cleaned the garage, decorated for fall, bought my plane ticket home to CO (yay!), looked at Christmas airplane tickets to CO (yikes!), cleaned EVERYTHING, and finally sat down at 9 pm to watch this movie:

Definitely wasn't the best but after a rough, long last 24 hours, I was just thrilled to sit down and relax!

Here's hoping for a non-eventful rest of the weekend :) Oh and a rental car!