Category Archives: Fashion

(Bow- veryjane.com  Dress-The Paper Indian  Vest-Goodwill  Ring-Thrifted  Shoes-HandMeDown)

A while back my husband left me some lyrics to a song written and taped to our bathroom mirror. Jesse had heard it on the radio, liked the song & lyrics and wrote them down really quickly not knowing the band that performed them. They were really sweet words, almost poetic, but they also sounded super familiar to me. So I typed them into trusty Google and realized that they were the lyrics to a One Direction song. Now my husband isn’t incredibly snobby about his music preferences and enjoys a lot of different types, but boy bands can not be found on his playlists. So, to add to his radio shame, this past week he was listening to the radio again and heard another song he liked, only to find out it was…Katy Perry. Ha! I might never let that one go.

(Earrings & Dress: Goodwill  Ring: Thrifted  Shoes: HandMeDown)

I have a problem. I CANNOT watch a movie without crying. And it doesn’t matter what kind of movie: drama, comedy, romance or kids film, I lose it. In fact, a couple weeks ago, we took our sons to see “Despicable Me 2” and I was bawling at the end. And before you ask if I’m pregnant, the answer is no. Unfortunately I can’t blame this on hormones. Nope, just total lack of emotional control. Ugh.

(Blouse: Sweet Serendipity‘s instagram  Skirt: Plato’s Closet  Shoes: Goodwill-Banana Republic)

I just realized that it’ll be five years this October that we purchased our house. And for some reason that number stuck out to me.

Five years.

I remember when we were getting engaged and picking out a ring that I said to myself, “In five years, we will upgrade to a nicer band.” When we bought our house a year and a half later, we both discussed that “in five years we would sell or have enough money to rent our house and move to a bigger house”. And in only six months, our first born will be five years old.

It’s so funny how our expectations change and how we think that we will be somewhere in life or think we know how it will go and then realize that you are barely in control of anything. Growing up is a strange and odd world and it’s almost silly to have presumptions about how your life will turn out. We still haven’t upgraded my ring or our house and I might die of shock when Liam turns five, but I am happier than I ever could have imagined. I am thankful for the way our family is growing together and blessed to have a God that is control of our lives and future. My priorities have changed and I’m grateful now just for the time to enjoy it all.

Wonder where we will be in another five years?