The Blogtember Challenge: Day 7- Joy

Happy Wednesday Friends! I have finally caught up in my posts today to make it to this fun one! In this season of my life I have definitely found the true things that bring me joy, may they be the simplest of things, they still have brought me joy and continue to bring me joy in life. I am blessed beyond belief with the things that the Lord has given me.

Wednesday, September 7th- Five things that bring you joy.

1. My husband.

He uplifts my spirit and supports me. Even eight years later I still get giddy when he comes home from work. He's seriously my best friend and I have all of my favorite memories with him. I'm so blessed and grateful to have him as my husband! I cannot wait to see where the Lord takes us in our life together. Love you, Reese!

2. Bible Studies.
Ever since my sophomore year of college I've always been in a bible study. It is always so uplifting and a blessing to be surrounded by people who just want to know the Lord more and dig deeper into His word. Currently, I am in a bible study with some of my closest friends from college and we are going through Be Still: Ephesians 4:17-32. I am also leading a group of girls that go to the community that I was involved in while in college.

3. Sunsets.

Kentucky has some beautiful sunsets! I always love capturing them and wish that I could just print them out and put them all over my house. I think that the biggest reason I love sunsets is because it gives me such a sense of the Lord being present in our lives and reminding us of how he has blessed us! The two pictures I posted are from our old place that we just moved from.. I definitely will miss seeing the beautiful sunsets on the lake!

4. Fall. 
Fall is such a refreshing time for me. Typically in the past I would have started school, but since I'm not in school anymore it is just a nice change in everyday life. I feels so relaxing, with the weather changing and the leaves falling. You get to start making comfort food for dinner (ready for my crockpot soups- have any great recipes I should try?!), you get to light those fall candles, and enjoy the Halloween and Thanksgiving. I mean, why wouldn't you love fall?!

5. Tucker.

I've always wanted a puppy of my own. Once I began college, it was hard for me not to go out and get one since I wasn't living at home anymore and could have one in the apartment I lived in. Reese always made me realize how difficult it would be to have a pet while in college, working, and having a social life that you have in college. So finally six years later, I have my sweet Tucker pup. I know I've mentioned a lot of him lately, but there is just something about having a dog to come home to or to always keep you company that is just so sweet! He is such a great dog and I cannot wait to have him for years to come and for him to always be in the memories that Reese and I make together!

What are the things that bring you joy?? 

Wedding Pictures: Ceremony

Happy Wednesday, friends! Today I'm sharing with you pictures from our ceremony. I won't share too many just cause I don't want to put people online that may not want to be, but I'll share what I can. Our ceremony was supposed to be at 6:30, but because of the weather we decided to start a few minutes early. We were fine until about 5 minutes into the ceremony where it started to storm and just downpoured! And then it was over when the ceremony was over, LOL. It definitely was not what we planned, but I love that its OUR story and we love that it rained, we definitely felt and saw Gods presence during the entire day, especially as we were becoming one. So here are the pictures, enjoy!

That sky though!

 A little blurry of us, but here come the umbrellas! (*Insert monkey covering eyes emoji*)

 Can you all tell how hard the rain is coming down?! 

 Sweet bridesmaids! :)

 I just love this picture above. I love that you can see the rain, all of the people who sat there under their umbrellas, our amazing groomsmen who held umbrellas over us, and that looks that we are giving each other. It truly captures the moment! It captures OUR perfect wedding day!!

Photographer: Dei Gratia Photography

Come back soon for last post for our wedding pictures, the reception! It was so much fun and I cannot wait to share it with you all. 

Wedding Pictures: First Look

Happy Monday! Today I am finally sharing with you all more pictures from our wedding (that was over a year ago)! I have previously shared our getting ready pictures here. So today I'll share our First Look. I've always thought that having a First Look would just make the day go smoother, with pictures out of the way and initial nerves out of the way. Now that I can look back on our wedding day, I am so glad that we chose to do pictures before the ceremony because our ceremony did not turn out the way I would have preferred due to a torrential down pour (literally!). So, here ya go!

Now if you notice in the remainder of the pictures, the sky looks darker... well thats just because God decided he wanted to give us a torrential downpour during our ceremony (seriously, NO JOKE!).  So boy am I grateful for the pictures we took prior to the ceremony, but I have to say it is definitely one to remember. Enjoy the rest! :)

Photographer: Dei Gratia Photography

Our photographer was just wonderful, and I love how all of our photos turned out! Now I need to get some more pictures printed and an actual book made. I'll be posting our ceremony pictures here soon, so be on the look out!