some things in 2014.

1. it's 2014. what. how did that happen? i remember as a kid thinking about 2000ish things & the jetsons come to mind, no?
2. i love this little family of mine. i could cry.
3. this years christmas card picture brought to you by my little self-timer app on my phone. I KNOW.
4. i want to blog more this year again. i miss it. & my memory is getting worse by the minute. & boy do i enjoy looking back on the memories on this ol' thing. blogging, i'm coming back for ya.
5. i was trying to come up with a verse for this year. [i'm loving reading the one little word thing going around on instagram]. i think this year, even though it has been so so great in so many ways, i've been very careful. careful in my decisions, careful with my faith, etc. this year, God is calling me out of that. to stop being so darn careful. stop worrying about the what-ifs in life & just move. live. be. do. more spontaneity in him. calling me to stop holding back. to be free of everything that entangles me & slows me down. throw it off, molly! fix your eyes on me, molly! find your joy in me, molly! and that definitely starts with getting to know my Jesus more. i'm praying that i would fall in love with his word this year like never before. spirit of the living God, fall afresh on meeeeee!
6. i just found my word…FREE! crazy how that works when you write out your jumbled mess of thoughts, eh?
7. with that, hebrews 12:1-2 is my verse: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
8. hi.
9. happy new year!
10. be free with me? 2014, let's do this!

sad story of the day.

so tim took me on this sweet lil' overnight date the other day to palm springs.
as soon as we took off, his car broke down.
which led to us pushing his car to a nearby shop.
and walking to a rental car shop across the way in the blazing heat.

we laughed it off.
always an adventure with us.

should've taken it as a sign though.
but no-o.
we were determined to getaway.
just me&him.
in a bright electric blue hyundai rental car. yesssss.

everything was dandy.
soaked at the pool most of the day.
packed up for dinner & forgot my phone was on top of my towel.
got to our room.
dumped out my purse.
gone.
within minutes tim ran back to fetch it.
& IT WAS GONE.

we dumped every towel bin.
traced our steps.
scoured the pool.
called security.

gone.

not only gone, but gone & turned off.
i never ever turn my phone off.
ever.
so i knew that whoever took it, knew what they were doing.
and in a 5 minute period too.

[when your iphone is off, your iphone tracker will not work. yep. nope.
now you know.]

over 5,000 photos.
gone.
countless videos of eden's firsts.
gone.

my whole summer in adventures.
gone.
a&e 6th birthday.
our road trip to idaho.
videos of audrey & ellie & eden with their great-grandparents.
the summer olympics.
first day of school.
and the list goes on...

sad story right?
don't cry. it's okay.

now the bummer to this is that my mac was full to the max.
wouldn't let me download any more.
and i procrastinated.
got the external drive A DAY before we left to download everything onto.
procrastinated some more.

never downloaded my pics.

oh, yes. i cried big crocodile tears.
the employees looked at me like i was a crazy nut.
but i don't think you really understand until it happens to you.

anyways, there's my sad story of the day.

tim tried so dang hard to not let it wreck our trip.
even though he knew i was so bummed out.
we had a dang good time anyways.
pretending to be all cop-like stealth for the guy we thought took it.
i even dreamed that night that we went to the dude's house & caught him red-handed. ha!

i know it's just a phone.
and there are so many bigger problems in the world.
BUT GOSH DARNIT I MISS MY IPHONE.
and i'm still praying that it's found. or turned on. so i can track it. muhahaaa.

lesson learned.
folks, download your pics.
pay the extra money for your iCloud storage to be bigger.
get an external drive.
learn from ME.
goshdarnit. even print them most of the time.
i have the worst memory & i'm gonna try so hard to remember all the memories this dude stole from me. thankful that instagram has at least a few snippets on there to remember.

okay, sad story over. thanks for listening to me whine.

random picture of the day a&e met eden in the hospital. cue the tears.

ps. my lil' design shop is back in swing! yay!

hi.

drinking iced tea. lots of iced tea.

feeling numb, blah, anxious, stir crazy in my heart (but totally found by Jesus! yay!)...more on that later, maybe.

appreciating this stage of motherhood. & my hardworking husband that gives me the gift of staying home with them everyday.

reading Jesus Calling, by sarah young. such a good daily dose of Jesus. i need more Jesus.

watching the hunger games for the first time. holy-terrifying-movie-of-my-life-batman. why didn't anyone warn me?!

going on a spontaneous, unplanned road trip friday for tim's hockey tournament. arizona heat or bust. gonna [hopefully] & FINALLY! meet my favorite heather, too. she happens to live 20 minutes away. so excited.

starting to get excited for my birthday. come on, june! let's do this, 32!

dreaming of our summer adventures. 

waiting expectantly. (kept this one. i liked it.)

praying hard prayers. & that i don't throw my kids out the window on our road trip friday. & that my mom doesn't throw me out the window. & that tim has a safe flight & doesn't leave me with all these darn kids! hah!

sleeping in 'til 9 for 3 more months. dreading first grade when those days are finito.

remembering that God forgives me again+again while i figure it out. thankful for that.

wondering why my dear sweet eden will not nap today. ive tried FOUR TIMES. and still, she sings in there. maybe it was that coke she stole from me at lunch? sigh.

wearing a bandana & a huge arse pimple.

making a blog banner for my design giveaway winner!

getting addicted to costco's frozen banana slices. i've only had 2 packages today. derp.

loving this post. still. also, this one was so good too. had me thinking about my girls.

enjoying packages in the mail! (ditto!) oh, & sunshine. i'm really enjoying my backyard in the sunshine.

thankful.

*post inspired by a new favorite blog read, http://tarajill.blogspot.com

so much.

so much has happened, i don't even know where to begin.


there has been hockey games.
moving.
paint fights.
and first meals.
lots of friend visits.
and decorating.
and impromptu photo shoots in hidden alleys & hidden gardens.
awards.
birthdays.

beach days.

pool days.

park days.

let's stay in our new big tub for days, days.

i might just punch you in the face days. ;)

so much.
so many memories all jumbled, and out of order on this ol' dusty blog page.
but so is my life right now.
happy.
tired.
thankful days.
days full of so much JOY i just don't know what to do with myself.
watching my girls change & grow.
lose more teeth!
and eden. 14 months, 15 months, 16 months..., please stop the months.

so much.
thanks for reading along on this bumpy ride with us :) XO!

ps. blog design is at a hault for right now. so sorry to turn down so many orders, but ahs well. hoping to be back in may. seriously love you guys. thank you so much for supporting my little business all the time & being so willing to wait on me. my clients are the BEST.