So I always see these other amazing blogs posting about What I Wore Wednesday and I always thought….

how cool would that be?? 

So for the first time ever I threw all of my reservations to the side to bring you my first ever {drum roll}  WIWW 🙂

SIDENOTE: I’m a workin’ momma so most of my WIWW will be in “business” clothes that I will try to make as crafty as I can!  

 What did you wear today?

This past Friday night the moms of our church all came together and started our first MNO (Mom’s Night Out) crafting night!!  

I have 4 words for ya {food.fun.friends.worship}  

It was an amazing night with childcare provided-which is always great these days!  

By the end of the night we went home with 4 crafts, full bellies, and a new friend 🙂

  I can’t wait for our next MNO in November and hopefully I’ll be hosting one after the Holidays.  

What’s your favorite craft to make?

P.S. Excuse the old Cybershot camera… our DSLR and I had some miscommunication a/k/a I thought it was broken and took it to the Geek Squad after not using it for almost an entire month because I was so angry at it for not taking pictures crispy clear and it turns out it was {user error} woops!  There will be many pretty pictures to come 🙂

This past Saturday a very long time friend of both mine and my husband’s were married.  

We could not have been more happy for both of them.

They are one of those couples you just know God brought together.  

He made him for her and her for him!

I have to tell you this was our third wedding of the season so far this year and they were all catholic ceremonies, now no offense to the other ceremonies but this past one was by far the BEST catholic ceremony! 

I don’t know if it is because we have such a history with the couple, their whole families, and the majority of the bridal party—but there was not a dry eye in the entire church ( including hubby).  

The reception was very emotional for me too.  

Perhaps it was the fact that I know the bride was such a Daddy’s girl and unfortunately her Dad passed away about a year and a half ago…or maybe it was the fact that I saw a friend who I used to be super close to as well {the 3 of us were inseparable at one point, more on that later} who lost her mom the same week of the wedding.  Can you imagine a funeral and a wedding all in the same week? Ugh, I’m tearing up just thinking about it!

In any case my husband and I feel blessed to have been a part of our friends wedding day, we enjoyed great friends and great food…and an open bar 🙂 

Enjoy some pictures from our night out!  

So the whole idea of this blog is to let others see the real you.  

To not hide behind fake words and pretty sentences, because lets face it life is real-it’s not always shiny with glitter, or cookie cutter perfect. 

Life is tough, and people have flaws-but it is how we view those flaws and accept people that make the world go round!    

Tonight I am going to share with you a fact about me that many do not know…

Every day I write in my journal.  Yes that’s right…I’m 26 and I still have a diary.

This journal is a bit different than an ordinary journal though…it is my prayer/gratitude journal.  

That’s right!  Every day, usually in the morning {sometimes during my lunch break if its a really busy day} I take a few minutes to write down at least 5 things I am grateful for and write down all of my prayers for that day.

My 5 grateful items can be something as simple as: being grateful for shoes to being grateful for someone showing me compassion the day before. 

I think this is something that is truly special and will be just awesome to look back on years from now.

It will be kind of funny..somewhat ironic… I’m sure to see what it was I was praying for and how He decided to put His plan into action. 

Do you still keep a journal?

Today is one of those day where I am trying to not throw my own pity party.
It has been a rough, and exhausting day but I know it will get better.
Today I’m celebrating life for many reasons…you should too!

I never knew how cRaZy moms could drive themselves.
With so many responsibilities on us-every day…it can be kind of overwhelming.
Let me backtrack by saying this: Aaron is refusing to eat baby food (he’s just about 11 months) and has decided he is just done with baby food. The only thing that interest’s him is table food.
Now, Aaron is our third and you would probably figure since he’s our third that our way of life with him is pretty lax and for the most part it is; however when it comes to anything and I mean anything he ingests you would think I was a first time mom who has no experience whatsoever with babies lol! Since Aaron was born we have had one problem after another: colic, reflux, and a battle between diarrhea and constipation almost weekly not to mention the fact that he is our first and only child to have an allergic reaction to medicine 😦

Needless to say I have had so much anxiety this past week with giving him so much table food…every time his cheeks looks like they have the slightest hint of red I have to stop my mind from immediately panicking and thinking he’s allergic to what he’s just eaten.

A mother’s worry never ends 🙂

This week was a rough week at work.

Do you ever feel like a puzzle piece that is trying to fit into a space that looks like you could fit but not matter how hard you try or how hard you push yourself you just don’t fit?
That is how I have felt all week and it only worsened each day…okay if I’m telling you the truth that is how I have felt for the past {8} months..
I thought that it would have gotten easier at this point-but it hasn’t.

Each day I try to remind myself that I’m here for a more important purpose. I’m here to do God’s work. I’m here to please Him…not my co-workers. I constantly tell myself to stand my ground to not gossip, to not feel belittled, not give into them, not let them get to me, to remember that He will be the one to judge me at the end of the day-not them. Honestly though-it is so hard!

This has made me realize that for too long now I have cared what others think about me.
I have felt inadequate because of the way I think others perceive me.
This is something I struggle with every day with nearly every person I come into contact with.
I have been praying so hard lately for the strength to look past what I think others see in me and try to focus on what I know is there.
I’ve prayed for the strength to know I am worth more than I give myself credit. It’s a battle and I’m fighting this battle everyday.

This is a new motto I need to adopt: