In The Grass

Today is hard. Some days I am overflowing with motivation and some days I can't imagine getting off of the couch even for a moment. It seems the simplest setback can send my day in a totally different direction and I won't be able to recapture my goals. Sometimes all I accomplish in a day is taking care of my daughter's basic needs. Nothing more. I think it's ok. It does not mean I have failed and it does not mean I am a bad mother. I know where my worth comes from and my girl is so deeply loved. 

25 Facts For 25 Years

For my 25th birthday, I thought I would post a fun little list of 25 facts about myself so you could get to know me a little better. If you want me to go into further detail about any of them in a future blog post, let me know in the comments!

1. I grew up in Kelowna, BC, aka Kelownafornia, aka the best place in the world.

2. I only did one semester of University. 

2. If I could travel anywhere in the world it would be Scotland and Ireland. 

3. My favorite food is potato chips with pizza as a close second. 

4. I have Anxiety/Depression Disorder.

5. My husband is 2 years younger than me. 

6. I can play the alto saxophone.

7. My first real job was at Wendy's. 

8. I have Endometriosis. 

9. My daughter's name, Henley, was partially inspired by a vision.

10. I used to live on a horse ranch and rode horses competitively. 

11. My favorite musicians are John Mayer and Phil Wickham. 

12. I have 8 biological siblings.

13. I taught myself to play guitar in Highschool.

14. I have been on missions trips to Kenya and Los Angeles.

15. I was in foster care from the age of 11-16. 

16. I have moved more times than I am years old. 

17. I gave my life to God on a beach in California. 

18. I really want to be good at gardening, but alas, I am not. 

19. I used to work as a door to door vacuum cleaner sales person.

20.  I was born to a teen (14-year-old) mother.

21. I want 4 children, but I want to adopt two of them.

22. I eat pizza with a fork because I have a massive overbite.

23. A year and a half ago I became the worship leader at my church.

24. I truly enjoy cleaning and am considerably speedy at it. 

25. I really don't like snow and consider myself to be solar powered. 

That's it! Wow, that was harder than I expected. Hope you enjoyed!

Our Big Weekend

This last weekend was a big one! My husband, Jordan, had his very last exam of his degree on Friday and he is officially done! It has been a long 4 years and it feels really good to finally have a husband who is not a student. On Saturday was Jordan's birthday, and on Sunday was his very first Father's Day as a dad! I knew this weekend was coming for a while and really wanted to make it special for him. But I also knew that we are in a tight financial spot so I had to be creative. Here's what I did!

On Friday I booked a babysitter for the evening and planned to meet Jordan at the University when he finished his exam. Then we would head to Famoso for dinner (courtesy of a gift card from a lovely friend)! I bought a bottle of sparkling cider and grabbed two wine glasses and planned to surprise him with a toast in celebration when he came out of his exam.

Unfortunately, he was done his exam early and I didn't get out of the house before he was finished. So I got him to meet me at the restaurant instead. It also starting pouring rain like crazy but I didn't let it discourage me. When Jordan pulled up to the restaurant I was standing in the rain with the bottle and glasses and we toasted in the rain! We then had a great time having dinner and dessert, Jordan opened his grad present, and we headed home to watch a movie before bed.

The next day, for Jordans birthday, I got up early and made a yummy breakfast. We ate together, Jordan opened his birthday gift, and then we packed a picnic lunch. I secretly packed an extra sandwich because we were going to pick up our friend Mitchell on our way to ELK ISLAND! Jordan didn't know we were bringing Mitchell so that was a surprise along the way. I had never been to Elk Island before so it was exciting. We drove out there and randomly found the Canada 150 chairs so, naturally, we had to do a photo shoot!





Next, we had a picnic lunch and a yummy birthday cake that Mitchell brought! Afterward, we went on a nice walk in the woods and it was great until the mosquitos drove us out. We saw so many Bison and just watched them for at least half an hour.

Once we got back into town we dropped off Henley at my in-laws, went for burgers and took a nice drive. After that, we had dessert with my in-laws and went home to bed. The next morning, Jordan opened his Fathers Day gift and we went to church. Afterward, we went out for an awesome lunch with my in-laws! That afternoon Jordan spent time with Henley while I had a nap. It was lovely.

It was a great weekend and it was so fun to celebrate Jordan and spend so much time together! Stay tuned for an in-depth post about what Father's Day means to me!