Day Eight

i want to remember this right here...

sitting with my husband in our empty living room

bare floor, missing carpet, anticipating a fresh new {soft} facade

on our 2nd bottle of wine

listening to Brea's snoring, signaling a busy day of keeping her heifers in-line

day eight of Advent complete - have you heard Mary's song?!

me cheering for the MNF underdog and Steven hopeful of my {and his} fantasy team

Yes. this right here. it fills my heart and my soul

it is so Beautiful …

and i owe it all to Him

Oh Hey Friday

Is a link-up on Friday cliche?! Well I guess I don't care I'm doing it, so I hope you enjoy my Friday 5!!

1 // I CAN'T WAIT FOR TOMORROW - It is the Bison home opener and ESPN COLLEGE GAMEDAY is coming back so if you are downtown Fargo tomorrow or watch GameDay I'll be in Yellow, look for me!!

{side note on football I won my first fantasy matchup so I hope my boys keep it up this week}

 2 // I have already mentioned I'm excited for fall but the below 50 degree weather can stay away for another two months ... or more

3 // I am in the process of getting a new blog design and I'M SO EXCITED

4 // I hung out with my best friend on Wednesday and it was so great to catch up with her over supper and wine - now I just wish we could make it happen more often

5 // These two just make my heart so so happy - oh also Brea is 5 months old now, she is 50 pounds and growing every day!! Where did my puppy go?!

Do you have any exciting weekend plans?


  Linking up with Karli

A Glimpse of Norway

10 Days.

What?!

We have already been home over a week from the beautiful country of Norway and looking through my photos it feels like a dream.

One thing I forgot to do before we came home was prepare a speech. Speech for what you ask?! Well, I forgot how many people would ask me how my trip was. My answer is starting to get really boring because I think people want to hear more than "it was great" or "really good, but always nice to be home"

I can tell you, though, that the scenery was so breathtaking and surreal - photos do not do that country justice ... especially all my photos from inside the bus!!

Our house is still a mess, I haven't finished unpacking and I am already leaving for the weekend to a photography workshop. So needless to say any elaborate posts on our time in Norway will have to wait. Instead I will leave you with some photos to daydream over during the weekend!!

Oh and on a really unrelated note: Fantasy Football is starting and this always leads to my husband and his friends getting drunk, too many group texts and winning or losing money. Guess what?! I wanna play this year {and hopefully make more money than the hubby} and you can too!! Head over to Sarah's blog and sign up today!

Excuse my Absence...

I've been completely exhausted lately. As I type that I feel horrible because two of my really good friends recently became moms and I know they are exhausted and have total reason to be; me ya not so much I just like sleep. So please excuse my absence and current laziness. 

Meet my new favorite parents:

We have a busy weekend planned. Sunday marks our 1 year wedding anniversary. Wow I can't even believe how fast those 365 days went! We have a weekend full of Football {Go Bison} {Go Vikings}; eating prime rib and leftover wedding cake! 

Be sure to follow my Instagram and Twitter for weekend updates!

Photo by Milestones Photography