Is anyone else just in a better mood because of this lovely weather?! I am almost always someone who would sit inside and read rather than exploring the great outdoors…but this weather makes me want to dance! And the sun staying out until 7:30 is just making it even better. I feel ten times more energized and productive knowing that darkness isn’t going to descent before 5pm. So good. Spring is so welcome right now.

This week was such a blast! I turned 25 and had a super relaxing birthday, filled with a few super fun things and people. There’s nothing like having a birthday to remind you how well you are loved. It made me thankful. Especially when my mom (who has a Facebook but you would never know because she never likes things and is just a silent observer) told me “I had very nice friends” after reading through my birthday posts. So thanks for being nice, friends :] I spent the rest of the week catching up on work and soaking in some wonderful rest. I feel like I’ve said that a ton lately, but rest is supposed to be a part of our lives! It’s important! I’m trying to remember that. Just because the world says we should be busybusybusy doesn’t mean that that is the best way.

So this weekend, minus a client meeting which was a lovely breath of fresh air, David and I soaked up some slow living. We cleaned the house, spent time wishing a great friend farewell for now, and sat on the porch and read A LOT. It was wonderful. I think Neville loved having us around too. He was real cuddly the whole time.

• Sometimes, when David and I have to take separate cars, which always feels very pointless, we follow each other back to the house. And we windshield wiper wave at each other. It usually starts with David waving his back windshield wipers at me…and then I wave back with my front wipers. Yeahhhh, that’s love.
• Some of the boys from Cru got me a birthday card and present…and I just about cried. David disciples aka mentors a couple of them and they addressed the card to “discipler’s wife.” It was so sweet and I still cry face when I think about it.
• This is my morning routine with Neville. He licks me on the face and wakes me up. He rolls over and goes back to sleep. He sits on my head and wakes me up again. And then we snuggle and stare out the window for awhile together. This is why it is so hard to get out of bed, people.
• I just realized that the Voice artists are on Spotify. So if you get a chance, hop over and look up Will Champlin from a couple seasons ago. That’s basically been all I’ve listened to this week.
• Wanna know something weird? Our dogs spend more time in our house than we do. I used to think it was weird that they were living creatures with brains hanging out in our house…and I’ve just realized that THEY might think it’s weird since they’re in the house way more than we are….

David and I took some self portraits on Tuesday :] It was a struggle, but I’m gonna show off a few good ones this week anyways :]