india block printing

makes me want to go back...[but what doesn't, rightttt?]!  see a really cute one here, also for west elm. reminds me of sweet meryl.

i love this dude.

this weekend at church there was an amazing sermon on marriage and how it is a picture to the world of the gospel. it will be on our website by tuesday, right here, you should definitely take a listen :) obviously this guy can say it way more beautifully than i can! we are called to realize that our marriage is bigger than it just being about us and our comforts and what makes us happy and live in the bigger picture that we are painting- our husbands are to love us as Christ loves the church and we, as wives, are called to submit (which is not generally a word that i am drawn to) because our husbands love us in this way. so its not hard to submit to a man that loves us the way Christ loves the church- this is HUGE and this truth changes everything. i pray that our marriage would be a reflection of this and am so thankful that God calls us to live this way. also very thankful for a man that its easy to (er, submit) to because of the way he treats me and leads me. honestly, our marriage is far from perfect, but i know that God is continually rooting out the bad and making us more like Christ if we allow Him to.  this message was a beautiful and encouraging reminder that life isn't about us but that we are to point to the One it is about. the world has shattered everyone's view of marriage but if we love the way Christ loves us- in a sacrificial, generous, kind, unconditional, and outpouring way then we are free to offer forgiveness, acceptance, and restoration just like Christ's death on the cross offered us. So its not about trying harder or what we do ourselves, its about letting God work through us, we offer nothing, HE is everything.
here is a cool quote that he gave us: "The key question is this: will we approach marriage from a God-centered view or a man-centered view? In a man-centered view, we will maintain our marriage as long as our earthly comforts, desires, and expectations are met. In a God-centered view, we preserve our marriages because it brings glory to God and points a sinful world to a reconciling Creator." CJ Mahaney

those are some sexy legs

goooooood story. so, my office is located in a somewhat industrial-ous (love my made-up word) area/ a bit outside the design district. last friday i wanted to do my own thing on my lunch so i ate what i brought quickly and headed to THE LULA B's (complete with eames chairs and classic midcentury mod items) just up the road. i took several pics & headed back to the office. i happened to email austin one picture of a kitchen table that was reasonably priced and told him how much i sure did love it. he said we could look over finances and if we needed to, go look at it on saturday. cool, no big deal. (fridays are austin's day off). so i got home after work and what is sitting in our dining area!!?!? thats right, austin purchased the table while i was at work and picked it up, then set it up. i was so, so, so surprised. check out those sexy legs!!!

i have a very exciting week ahead... going to NYC for work tuesday/ wednesday (and who knows, maybe i'll get snowed in- it would be dreadful ;) aaand my sweet sees is coming into town on friday and we are having a girls night o crafting and mexican food. saturday i have a breakfast date with a sweet gal from our church and austin and i have late lunch with zach and autumn and landree (austin worked for him at grapevine church) and sunday we are doing some youth stuff. good stuff!

have you seen this all-star crafter? she is super talented. here is her interview on design sponge.

gasp! and a happy new year to you.

Isnt this beautiful?!!? i sooo want to do this on new years or fourth of july. or at a wedding. they are amaaaaazing. hope you had an amazing christmas and a happy new year. we surely did! grateful for time with family, relaxation, and extra time with hubby :)

where we stay {christmas edition}

 

 

 

christmas at the adams abode officially started today. its super cozy around here.  the hubs & i had the best day together (the whole day!) we went to breakfast, did some shopping, chilled at home & decorated, went to dinner, cleaned a little, and just enjoyed a day of togetherness :) i got a nativity scene recently and i love it. officially knocked something else off the list:) i just made the garland on our mantel and im really pleased with it. thanks to the best mama and the best seester for helping me out with it! i also really like the first tree for two reasons: (1) its vintage-esque and (2) it was my mamas, so it reminds me of my sweet parentals. We are trying to focus around here on our Savior and what the season is really about. I read an article by Rob Bell on the advent season and thought this was really cool:
And so each December, we enter into a season of waiting, expecting, longing. Spirit meets us in the ache.
We ask God to enter into the deepest places of cynicism, bitterness and hardness where we have stopped believing that tomorrow can be better than today.
We open up. We soften up. We turn our hearts in the direction of that day. That day when the baby cries His first cry and we, surrounded by shepherds and angels and everybody in between, celebrate that sound in time that brings our Spirits what we’ve been longing for.
For the full article, go here.

something to consider

moma

SLAV! when are we going to the moma together!?!