Weekend Recap

This weekend was SO BEAUTIFUL. Russell and I continued to work on our spare bedroom and getting the house a bit more organized. The organizing continued into the wee hours of the morning on Friday night, then we were up bright and early to continue all day Saturday. We purchased and installed two new bookshelves for our books and additional storage for picture boxes and such. Saturday night we made plans to eat and hang out with friends. We drove to Conway, and ate a hibatchi grill dinner at Fugi's, drank a mocha from Starbucks, shopped at Target, then went to a new hookah lounge to hang out and visit. It was such a nice time to catch up and double date with our friends. Unfortunetely, I only whipped my camera out for one picture from the night. Pretty disappointing...at least it's of the DELICIOUS rice.

After church on Sunday, Russell had some guys over to play games, so I left town with Dara and Erin to do some hiking. We went out to some place called Sugarloaf. It was crazy. Basically, you hike up a steep slope for 15-20 minutes and round out at the bottom of a BIG rock. Then, you climb.

We had quite a bit of fun on our adventure! :)

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