It's the weekend....

...& I plan to spend every minute of it at home, in my sweats, with my hair in a crazy bun, without any makeup on with my husband. Sounds just about perfect to me, don't you think?

love.

Get it.

We recently renewed our gym membership at our local gym. Yesterday was our first day back and I went again tonight while Russell had to work late. There is no greater feeling than that after a truely great workout. I used to be crazy about hitting the gym up every day and slowly over the last year I've been going less and less. My goal is to go every day and do something even if it's just for a little bit but still to get in to the habit of going to the gym.

make it pretty//

Yesterday some friends came over and we made some picture canvas's. They turned out quite lovely. I'm looking forward to making lots of them!! :)

One goal I had for 2012 was to do a craft once a week. The jars on the left of the canvas are simply wrapped in yarn and were my first craft of 2012.

Chit Chat.

It's always nice to pour your heart to a willing listener when things get heavy. I'm so thankful that I was able to catch up with a dear friend and fill her in on the happenings of life tonight. So excited for this weekend. We're celebrating a friend's birthday Saturday, and Russell's having a guys day on Sunday. Currently, we're staying up really late listening to Sheryl Crow- If It Makes You Happy. haha love our life.

Blurry picture taken right after Russell proposed 12*24*10. I love this man!!!!!

This is the year!!

It's a new year!!! 2012. :) I realize that we are now 18 days into January, but it's better late than never? Righttt....

I'm really excited for this year. Today marks 6 months of living in Arkansas. I miss Oregon EVERY.SINGLE.DAY but I love the new adventure. And even more, experiencing this new place with my husband.

I'm not big in making resolutions, but I did however write out a list of some goals.

2012 GOALS

-to be a more loving person
-to craft once a week
-to meet new friends
-to honor God in the things that I do
-to blog more
-to keep a clean and picked up home
-to save money (i already coupon regularly but i want to set a budget for other things)
-to try new things
-to visit new places (museums, local landmarks, plus we have a few travel plans this year!!!)
-read every day
-to go back to school
-to cook dinner 4x a week
-to take more pictures

I'm really happy right now. I have a wonderful husband who loves me with all that he is, and isn't shy in letting me know. We live in a cute house and have everything we need. We both have good jobs that pay the bills and allow us to both be home all weekend together. Russell goes to a great, Christian University. Both of our families are wonderful, loving and supportive. Our relationship with God grows each and every day.
...we are SO blessed. I'm so excited to see what this year has in store for us.

Love, Russell & Hillary