sunrise

More, please

Every morning I try to set aside time to read my Bible and write in my journal. My first order of business is thanking God. 

Life has been so beautifully full lately. I keep thinking I’ll have more, please, if that is your will, God. 

Life isn’t always easy, but it is incredibly blessed. The hard days are blessings in their own special way. The good days are absolutely amazing, and I want to soak it all in.

I’ll take more sunrises. More mornings eating breakfast outside. More evenings weeding the garden. More walks with Lola.

Sunrise

I’ll take more time with my sister. More acro yoga. More laughing. More watching her grow up into the amazing woman God made her to be. (P.S. Hannah started a blog!)

Acro

I’ll take more celebrations. More birthday parties. More get-togethers. More date nights. More time meeting new people. I went to my friend Kim’s house for her daughter Annabelle’s first birthday party and it was such a beautiful celebration. I can’t believe sweet Annabelle Grace is a year old!

Annabelle Birthday

I’ll take more renovations. More time making our house a home. More happy exhaustion from hard work. More trips to hardware stores to wander around aimlessly.

Bathroom Work

I’ll take more of Pittsburgh. More baseball games. More exploring the city. More new restaurants. More adventures.

PNC Park

I’ll also take more time spent with God. More journaling and Bible studying. More writing. More Pinterest browsing. More time spent reading and listening to podcasts. More traveling. More smiles. More coffee. More photography. More sleeping in. More staying up late. More drawing and painting. More deep conversations.

Thank you, God. If it’s your will, I’ll take more, please 🙂

What will you take more of in your life?

Insta life

Instagram is a free photo sharing application that allows users to take a photo, apply a digital filter, then share it in a variety of social networking services. 

I thought I’d post a few pictures of my life lately from my Instagram account. Since the weather has been fairly warm in Pittsburgh (for February), I’ve been more into taking pictures outdoors because my fingers don’t get cold!

The sunrise on Wednesday February 22nd, 2012. I took this after a morning run.

This was taken around 4:00pm on Tuesday. It was raining on and off. The clouds looked pretty sweet to me. The people in the car next to me were looking at me so strangely because I was taking a picture of the sky!

This is Eddie, my family’s dog. I have no clue why he was sitting with his arms out, but it made me smile. So I took a picture in color and then edited it to be in black and white too. I liked both so I put them together in Picnik.

Jimmy’s younger brother got a street bike! He decided to make an excited face I suppose?!

I took this on Wednesday morning. I couldn’t believe that the grass was green.

Pink Brooks. Sweet life. I wonder if these will last me until the marathon I plan to run in June. My wallet sure hopes they last me until June …

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