the one for sam for his 22nd.

Happy 22nd Birthday to this handsome fellow.

I decided to do another list of **22** things I love about Sam.

In no particular order (&& definitely not limited to..)

[one] His beard.  I am just a sucker for facial hair.. and his is blonde. :)!  No shave November is a happy, happy month.

[two] His new obsession with twitter -- the newest social media nerd.

[three] He is so laid-back.

[four] Scroll back up to the first picture.. did you notice those eyes?

[five] I love the way he says coffee -- sounds like caffee

[six] I appreciate his frugal wallet.

[seven] I love his love for travel & adventure.

[eight] I am inspired by his heart for Jesus.

[nine] I think his perfectly neat handwriting is precious.

[ten] Classy southern boy, through in through.

[eleven] He has an infatuation with Chili's

[twelve] He has a lovely array of musical interests.

[thirteen] I love how he sees things linearly.

[fourteen] He takes really good care of his things, including his girl.

[fifteen] He is very positive.

[sixteen] His elevated love for family since becoming an uncle.

[seventeen] Sam is a very intelligent man.

[eighteen] I love how athletic he is.

 [nineteen] You get out of it what you put into it... incredibly hard worker, he is.

[twenty] I love, love, love how he fixes his hair a particular way every time he looks in the mirror.

[twenty one] He has a constant need to bring up quotes from The Office

 [twenty two] His love for outdoors & being at home.

Happy Birthday, Sam!  Enjoy your beautiful day in Raleigh! 

Love you boy!

the one with twins.

  So this past Monday.. I went to bed remotely early in order to go to the gym before classes.   But somewhere around 4 o' clock.. my phone rang.  I had gone to bed early, so I was very unaware of the time.. I'm thinking it's around 7 (which means I had overslept!).  So I sat up, cleared my throat and forced my eyes to open wide so I sounded like I had been awake for a while.  With a alert and enthusiastic  tone I answered "Hey!  What are you doing!?"  Sam replied back sounding like a zombie.. "Hey.. mom called".  My heart dropped and I started to panic "What's wrong?  How's Jenny?  The babies? Is everyone okay?"  Sam replied by saying "Everyone's great.. mom actually called me to tell me that they were thinking that they were gonna have babies sometime this morning & we needed to head that way".  

Adrenaline... check.

 When we got to the hospital, Jenny wasn't ready to bring them boys in the world yet.. so we just all stood in her room, talking about everything and nothing.  Around 30 minutes later, the baby gang wanted to do a quick check on Jenny, just to make sure all was well.  So we left the family of four to entertain them.

 

Then seriously 5 minutes later.. it was that time.

 

The Lord must have got a good laugh at the prayers I was sending up.. they didn't even make sense.  They were scattered, specific, random, tearful, joyous, nervous.. I don't think I even gathered a complete thought.  But after an insanely short labor & delivery, the Lord gave Jenny & Jordan the most precious blessings.

 

With me being obsessed with babies, I am so thrilled that these two boys are the only thing Sam wants to talk about.  He is one proud uncle & he will be a terrific one at that.  Those two little boys are so blessed to be born into such an incredible family.  & I know Jenny & Jordan will do an amazing job of raising them to be awesome men of Christ. 

Even though they are the two cutest boys known to man.. they have a long journey ahead of them!  Please continue to pray for them & the new parents! Happy Sunday!

the one with football.

Simply put, football is another reason to love fall.  

Of course, there's tailgating.

 && small town homecoming parades.

 this is my brother's football representative.. she looked so pretty!

 also, Sam's cousin was on the homecoming court -- gorgeous, she is.

football equals fall which, in turn, equals love.  Random post, I know.  But at least my momma will enjoy the pictures of her baby boy! :)

:)  Happy Sunday.

the one for fall, yall.

First off.  Happy 200th post for raleigh perk! :)  Since, this is a milestone for my sweet little blog.. I thought I would post about one of my favorite things ever.

Fall.

First, a elementary description of fall::

F-forever grateful for this season.

A-all living things look their prettiest during this time of year.

L- long live the changing leaves.

L-lattes.. pumpkin spice lattes, please.

There is something about fall, no matter where you live, makes you bring out your southern comfort.  Everywhere you look there are hay bales, bushels, and crops such as the infamous pumpkins & their partners, the decorative gourds. There are pretty rustic colors everywhere, like the leaves changing & in precious pots of mums.  Comfort foods & drinks are embraced during this season, like pies, soups & spiced cider.  With my infatuation with all things vintage, it brings an even bigger reason to pull out old mason jars, window panes, tattered books & bibles.  I could go on & on about the fashion that comes with this season.  All is lovely in the season of fall.

With it being my favorite season, I was not satisfied with the fact that fall was not embraced in the Raleigh house.  Not a bit satisfied.  But now.. we have all collaborated and now I am a very happy girl.

One thing I love about our house, is our mantle in our living room.  I am in LOVE with mantles.  They make a room feel 10x more comfy.  Our mantle was not living up to it's potential until last week.  Liza pulled out some old window panes she got over fall break from our Young Life leaders.  So Liza, Sarah & I threw those in the center of the mantle & decoratively placed an old thermos filled with fake Japanese lanterns, a couple old books & a bible; strategically placed miniature pumpkins accordingly & to put a wire pumpkin filled with potpourri beside an old clock.  Ahh, so lovely.

 

Also, our front door is as inviting as fall, yall.  

 

 On our coffee table, there is a small mason jar of candy corn for fall inspiration & sweet tooth fixins.

 In preparation for our potential treat-or-treaters, we have a giant candy bowl in our dining room for all guest (& hostesses) to enjoy! :)

 Also, Trader Joe's was having a flower sale & I got some fresh sunflowers for our dining room table. 

 

I am now rightly satisfied with the fall dripping in our sweet little home.  Now that we almost got our house fully together decorative wise, we decided to pant those window panes on our mantle.  The color is called Roaming Pony.  Haha.. ultimately, it's a brown, gray & purple-ish color.  Update soon! :)

What are you loving about this season?