celebrating.

this weekend was all about one thing: grandmoms 80th birthday!!

it was so great getting to have the whoooooole family together to celebrate having her in our lives for so long!

we all love you so much grandmom:)

ellie jane did this for forever! she would fill the cup a little bit, go give it to someone (that she knew of course) and then would go back and do it again. it was so funny!

something me and grandmom definitely have in common is that we LOVE presents! and the bigger, usually the better haha

big john was so fun. he is SUCH a sweet boy. i really can't wait to get to see his personality come out more and more as he contnues growing. i also love getting to take pictures of the kids...

he is soo close to walking!!

i love little babies curiosity. i hope to never grow out of mine.

ellie jane was in no mood for pictures.. these two were the best we could get of her!

still- the prettiest baby girl. hands down. i love my little squirt.

aunt bebe, i always love getting to see you. you inspire me so much.

and for mom...

this is the before picture. i feel like it is very symbolic of my life right now. an analogy, whats new! this is me trying to build my gingerbread house on my own. and below....

the after!! (mom aren't you proud?! i vacuumed and everything!) this is what i know it (it being my life) would look like if i would fully surrender to the Lord. im working on that one though....

abc.

commitment.

Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.

It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions.

And the actions which speak louder than the words.

It is making the time when there is none.

Coming through time after time after time, year after year after year.

Commitment is the stuff character is made of;

the power to change the face of things.

It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.

– Abraham Lincoln

little things.

Valentines Day.

i like to think of Valentines day as Thanksgiving in February. i am surrounded by so much love. there is no way to put into words how much i love certain people. below are some lots of pictures of people that I love SO much!! (there are TONS more people that i wish i could put on here like my wonderful aunts, other family members, and friends. but either i didn't have a picture with you- which is SO sad- or i just couldn't fit any more on here!)

i wont lie, i made an album of 213 pictures of people i wanted to put on here! but, decided that was a little incessant.

love having you in our family, christine!

love you parker/ buns o' steel/ rooms...

AHHHHH i miss you and love you!

love our family and all our traditions...

love you more than you know bestie!

love you and miss you!!!

obviously i love ya'll. who wouldnt?!

love being an aunt of this little squirt..

and this big chunk!

love being ya'lls #1 fan!!

love you, little!

and last valentines day..... well, that was fun. loved having a secret admirer! (thanks roomies/drake. yall got me.)

love you, little sister!!

love and miss ya'll!

love you, Nana and Pop

best friend for as long as i can remember.

i love this family...

and this one...

and this one!

love and miss you SOOO much.

love each of these girls SO much.

i honestly don't think i would have made it through last semester without you!! you are SUCH a blessing my my life!

love when old photos come up to haunt you hahaha

some of the BEST sisters ever!!!

miss this and ya'll on the reg.

loved you since punk night! haha

everyone at Wofford knows my love for this big man.....

words can't describe my love for ya'll.

love you each, dearly.

ragan, you LOVED this.

when we all discovered our love for smilie face and browning tatoos...

love my auburn friends and all ya'lls unique personalities

love my best friends.

love my family- blood or not.

and as far as my family is concerned. i really could never possibly put into words how much i love each of you.

mom and dad especially- ya'll are incredible.

my moms valentines present to me was a book on hymns to be a reminder of the one true love. and i feel like this hymn is a fitting way to end this blog thats alllll about love...

"The love of God is greater far

Than tongue or pen can ever tell;

It goes beyond the highest star,

And reaches to the lowest hell;

The guilty pair, bowed down with care,

God gave His Son to win;

His erring child He reconciled,

And pardoned from his sin.

O love of God, how rich and pure!

How measureless and strong!

It shall forevermore endure

The saints’ and angels’ song.

When years of time shall pass away,

And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,

When men, who here refuse to pray,

On rocks and hills and mountains call,

God’s love so sure, shall still endure,

All measureless and strong;

Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—

The saints’ and angels’ song.

Could we with ink the ocean fill,

And were the skies of parchment made,

Were every stalk on earth a quill,

And every man a scribe by trade,

To write the love of God above,

Would drain the ocean dry.

Nor could the scroll contain the whole,

Though stretched from sky to sky."

abc.