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!?!

union sq.

this is where i fell in love with farmers markets! when i spent the summer in nyc this was my subway stop and every monday, wednesday, & friday i would get to peruse it before work & during lunch.  dont you think those radishes are just beautiful?? random, whenever austin and i first started dating i remember cutting fruit and talking about how pretty i thought it was. he thought i was crazy! now though, the hubs is totally used to it ;)

concrete jungle where dreams are made of.

there's nothing you cant do. these streets will make you feel brand new. the lights will inspire youuuuu. oh yes. i am quoting some jay-z & alicia keys. ha! dont judge. austin and i had such a wonderful trip and it was so great having 5 entire days with just us. i cant believe we've been married for three years! im posting some today but decided i will divide our trip out into different posts :) ps. chris martin the last picture is for you!

yummy yummy pizza

we went to grimaldis last weekend- extra cheese, basil, & tomatoes make for a rockin' good pizza! aaand i get to cross something off my list :) we are headed to NYC for our 3rd anni, and im quite positive we will be devouring more pizza in the big apple. im SO excited to have free time with the hubs! aaaand as an added bonus, new york is sooo inspiring! wooohoooO!

but a sampling.

1.  go ice skating.
2. start painting artist trading cards. the backstory here is i went to the milwaukee art museum and learned about portrait miniatures. google it, if you are interested :) so i want to make a mod version. they will be of people i love and people i see. so fun. i will post once i do my first one.
3. do something real fun for the 3rd anni. (ok so i totally started this list before austin told me that we are going to NYC!!! wooohoooo!)
4. paint one of my chairs kelly green.
5. just keep sewing just keep sewing.
6. continue working on the polaroid collage. right now i have thirty!)
7. plant tomatoes.
8. find ways to continue india involvement.
9. make a wreath (pic above is a sampling).
10.make a fabric screen for the den or our room.
11. make some fro yo & add some tasty toppings.
12. go get pizza @ grimaldis.
13. add elbow patches to a shirt and/or cardigan.
14. have a museum day in ft. worth.
15. go to the renegade craft fair in austin with my sweet sees.
16. mustache gloves. you'll see.
17. make a key cozy with yarn.
18. make strawberry lemonade.
19. screen print some more (aim taught me and its so fun!)
20. make a vest.
21. get the nose pierced. i really do want to.
22. fix the oh so fabulous danish chairs.
23. make a liner for the bike basket & ride the bike. dallas is not bike friendly booo.
24. be more intentional with my 7th graders.
25. get a holga camera.
26. purchase a nativity scene. ive wanted a cool one for awhile :)
27. continue to use my camera in manual mode & get better at it!
28. quit drinking cokes & run, run, run!
29. take a trip to CO to see our sweet buddies and our old church and hang at our old awesome spots that we miss so dearly :)
30. make us bedside tables.

i dont have a deadline for myself on these. i decided i have enough of those at work!

sweet girlie

cant believe this sweet gal is 1 today. happy birthday miss meryl!

his & her

i finished our his & her pillows! finally. the 'his' took forev. yarn and knots all over the place! and i framed two of my fave india photos above our bed! i have two more that i love, but those can wait for later.  two things off the list! i have one more thing im going to do from my old list. then i'm going to have a new one! yay lists ;).

salute your dork day

the hubs turned 26, oh, more than a month ago, and im just now getting around to posting this. i didnt really take any pics so these are all courtesy of my awesomely amazing sneester. we all wore fake glasses, had a little photo booth, and he got dorky gifts like new glasses, a shark tooth, suspenders, etc. he also got his fave, lemon meringue pie.

say hello, wave goodbye

the bruyninckx clan is gone. sad, sad, day.  i am going to miss sweet meryl and her amazing mama and daddy. we love you guys and are so excited for your austin adventures. in other majorly exciting news the hubs got a position at lakepointe church in rockwall as the junior high associate. so happy for him and how God is using him. things have been absolutely crazy with us recently as we are adjusting to austin's new job and such. i will try to better about blogging but no promises :)

hoot hoot

i love this dude and i love my new hattie and i looove owls! sooo i got this sweet tobaggon with my bday money off of etsy. sooo cute!  too bad dallas has hot weather and i wont be sporting it for awhile... aaand while we are on the topic of buying things... ive been trying to get this sweet necklace for awhile but the super fabulous artist always sells out real fast. i snagged one up today and ill post pics of it when it comes in the mail. eeeeek! ps. im giving myself an extension on my list- the move & some other stuff got a little in the way so im giving myself until um i feel like it :). then ill do a new list!

Lakshmi (part three)

Raja (part two)

part one

this is the first of three videos austin made for our india presentation at church. i will post the other two over the next several days.

hotel motel holiday inn.

sorry for the blog hiatus. #16 off the list! i am a super huge fan of signage & am going to continue doing this! originally my idea was just to get motel signage; but i just kept finding random theaters & other goodies along the way. Props to Jeff, Rebecca, and Laura for having an amazing apt/ cool signage... (they live at the buckingham one!) The move went as well as it could have and we are happy to be back around family & friends but are really missing our denver peeps and our church. Its def a big transition but we are praising God for His provision and are excited to see what He has planned.