its been a while blogfriends. i must admit i actually forgot my password to log in to blog - thats sad. sorry :). im back.
this blog is about my favorite girls in the world - my nieces...and since i haven't blogged recently, you should know that there are now THREE of them :)
i completely remember each of them being born. i remember caroline's preciously high pitched little voice. i remember her hands always being active and pushing out from the little blanket. i remember falling so completely in love with her from day one.
i remember campbell - i remember her looking different than her sissy. i remember her making these little noises right after she was born and caroline mocked them thinking they were having a conversation. i remember holding campbell and just being so excited for who she would become.
and now we have kennedy. sweet baby kennedy. kennedy was a surprise for us - we didn't know if she would be kennedy or griffin, a boy or a girl. she came to the world when she was ready, not when doctors said her due date would be. what i remember about kennedy is just being blown away by how pretty a baby she is. she's the prettiest baby i've ever seen. i sent her picture around to my coworkers, and one said she resembled an angel - a complete answer to the question is there a creator?
i love these girls. i love them in a completely different way than any one else on earth. i love being with them. i don't see wrong in them. id do anything for them. it's perfectly reasonable to buy 5 ring pops for caroline because thats how many she thinks she needs. i love them.
i also love music. specifically drew holcomb and the neighbors. if you haven't heard them, go download every song they have on your itunes and tell me thank you.
so i was visiting drew holcomb's site the other day looking for when they'd be coming to raleigh. and i came across a music video. a new music video of theirs. ive heard the song a thousand times, and i love it. but i never knew where he was coming from when he wrote it. so on the front page of his site, he explained it.
he wrote the song to his nieces and nephew. it's called "live forever." he fell completely head over heels in love with them and wanted only the very best and purest for their lives. he wanted to advise them and hold them from this life. he wanted them to experience the best. he explains it better than i can, but i completely related.
that's what i want for these girls. for them to know Jesus Christ as their personal savior, and at a young age...for them to laugh until they can't breathe...for them to just dance around the room (with their auntie) and love hearing the music that's playing...for them to find love. to stay away from evil and not let it even tempt their hearts. i love them, sincerely, and completely.
so here's the song, and the video...and here's to you girls...i love you.
http://drewholcomb.com/ (scroll down to read his article first) then just click play on the "live forever" video.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
i settled for a slowdown
i'm the kind of person who doesn't slow down. not because i have so many things going on all the time, but because i feel better when im busy. i dont really know how to slow down - it feels weird.
but today, i slowed down. its been a fantastic day. i haven't been outside for more than 10 minutes total, but thats what i needed. so what have i been doing?
ive been home with this sweet girl today.
this is sweet tilley. she was spayed yesterday, and so i took the day off to hang out with her. i picked her up this morning, and she was SOO excited. shes subdued and sweet today.
its forced me to just stop for the day and hang out with her. and its been great. shes been asleep on my lap today. we watched a movie. i fed her lots of chicken (her favorite). we took a nap.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
its a small group kinda thing.
stepping out of your comfort zone is not easy. some people may like "trying new things" or being spontaneous...but legitimately stepping out of your comfort zone is not something i think most people look forward to.
i dont. im really pretty introverted. i get a lot of energy from spending some time by myeslf. i do LOVE being with people, but i draw my energy from spending some good qt by myself. i like things to remain the same. i dont generally try new things. i get the same food at the same restaurants. i go the same way to work. change is not really something i chase.
with that introduction - let me tell you about stepping out of my comfort zone and into such a great thing. jonathan and i met a couple at church about our age a little while ago. we went to sunday school class with them a few times. they asked us out several times. and then they asked us over for supper one night and we were able to go.
we had a blast. they are the kind of people that pursue friendships. theyre willing to become uncomfortable to reach out. we laughed all night, literally until we all cried, we talked, we ate...all good things. then they presented us with some things on their heart that God had been leading them towards.
its called a small group. its kind of the new thing in churches, and really its such a great thing. our friends invited us to start a new small group they were leading in their home - in our neighborhood. after a lot of praying and trust of just getting out of our comfort zone, we agreed. we committed. we jumped in head first. and really its been so great already.
small groups are a way to really get to know people, to love on them, to see the awesome and the ugly, and to love even more so because of that. and thats what God is doing in our small group already. were seeking Gods word, were hangin out, were laughing, were finding out small things about each other, and i can just see God at work in all of us. He's got big plans.
so - if you have the opportunity to join a small group - do it. jump in. trust God to build friendships you wouldnt have otherwise had.
i just got back from coffee with my small group girls. sweet time.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
well, if it makes you feel any better
this will be a short post. and it doesn't have a climatic story line. so just keep reading :)
i am someone who picks up on nearly everything during a conversation, meeting, interaction, etc. i pay close attention to people, and their mannerisms. i can generally imitate most anyone that ive been around, because i remember exactly how people sound and look when they talk.
all that to say, there is one repeated conversation that comes up in random conversations that i have found to be down right ironic.
its along the lines of "bless your heart." im sure that genuinely started as a sweet thing to say. something like "bless your heart i know you've had a lot of things going on in your life." then somewhere it turned into "bless her heart she's big as a cow." notice the difference.
well one that ive been picking up on lately is this one..."well if it makes you feel any better."
again, im sure this once started and was used something like this scenario...
"how are you?"
"well, i woke up with a cold, im late for work, and its raining outside."
"well if it makes you feel any better you look fantastic in your rain boots!"
that is probably how it started. but i feel like now it has turned into a way to say "oh your dealing with _______ let me tell you something terrible to make you feel better."
something like this...
"how are you?"
"well i fell down the steps this morning, ripped my pants, and a bird pooped in my hair."
"aww, well if it makes you feel any better i ran over a squirrel on the way to work this morning and my cousin is in the hospital."
hmmm...yes, of course i feel much better now that i have skinned knees, ripped pants, bird poop in my hair, im thinking about a dead squirrel, and i feel terrible about your cousin. thanks for that.
this is the end of the post. bless your heart...and if it makes you feel any better their callin for rain.
i am someone who picks up on nearly everything during a conversation, meeting, interaction, etc. i pay close attention to people, and their mannerisms. i can generally imitate most anyone that ive been around, because i remember exactly how people sound and look when they talk.
all that to say, there is one repeated conversation that comes up in random conversations that i have found to be down right ironic.
its along the lines of "bless your heart." im sure that genuinely started as a sweet thing to say. something like "bless your heart i know you've had a lot of things going on in your life." then somewhere it turned into "bless her heart she's big as a cow." notice the difference.
well one that ive been picking up on lately is this one..."well if it makes you feel any better."
again, im sure this once started and was used something like this scenario...
"how are you?"
"well, i woke up with a cold, im late for work, and its raining outside."
"well if it makes you feel any better you look fantastic in your rain boots!"
that is probably how it started. but i feel like now it has turned into a way to say "oh your dealing with _______ let me tell you something terrible to make you feel better."
something like this...
"how are you?"
"well i fell down the steps this morning, ripped my pants, and a bird pooped in my hair."
"aww, well if it makes you feel any better i ran over a squirrel on the way to work this morning and my cousin is in the hospital."
hmmm...yes, of course i feel much better now that i have skinned knees, ripped pants, bird poop in my hair, im thinking about a dead squirrel, and i feel terrible about your cousin. thanks for that.
this is the end of the post. bless your heart...and if it makes you feel any better their callin for rain.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
s tunes.
as ive posted before, i love music. i listen to pandora all day in my office. i love it. sometimes when a good song comes on i shut the door and dance a little. dont tell.
today i had pandora on the temptations channel for a while - and it was great. i didn't skip for like a good 10 songs solid. runaround sue, my girl, little bitty pretty one. ahh good ones.
but i also came across some just great songs that i thought id share with you.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
its a family thing.
yesterday was my brother, daniel's, bday. we all went to mom and dads for the night and hung out there. its always fun just being with the whole family, and eating, and laughing. we celebrated daniel - hes easy to celebrate. hes successful, bold, good-lookin, well dressed, loves Jesus, and loyal to his family - i love him.
so last night was great. after spending some time eating and going for a walk and playing with the girls, we resorted to the living room. this is generally where we watch youtube videos for half an hour, and laugh, a lot.
after a few youtube videos and hangin in the living room, i realized something. my family (namely the men in the family) and i have such the same sense of humor that it's crazy. we're all pretty different, but when it comes to things that just make us all laugh til we cry, we're exactly the same.
so what is it? something funny like cartoons or funny movies or pictures? no. that would be normal. what makes us laugh is this...thinking of "what if..." seriously. we have a small problem. in particular, we think of something like "what if someone did _______ to ______?" then we laugh. we especially like to laugh about thinking about people's reactions to certain things - like when they get scared, or something bad happens, or awkward...yes thats our humor. forgive us all.
lost yet? let's take a little quiz. do you have the holladay humor? do the following scenarios make you laugh? not chuckle, but laugh. like hard. like until you are crying and everyone is looking around wondering what happened that is so funny and you can't explain it b/c its just in your brain.
1. imagine driving down the road. someone is walking on the sidewalk on this road. you decide to get tricky and start slowing fading toward the side of the curb. (if you have holladay humor you are laughing b/c you are imagining them slowly stopping their walk, and then looking scared).
2. imagine yourself in a work setting. you walk into a bathroom and notice someone is excusing themselves. you think about how funny it would be to yell something like "oh my gosh what is that smell?" laughing at the thought? hollady humor.
3. you decide to catch up on a few youtube videos. which do you choose? this one? or how bout this one? yes, the videos that someones hurt or scared. bad.
so thats us. the good the bad and the ugly. but i love it. and i love us :) and if i see someone fall or get scared, i will laugh. goodnight.
so last night was great. after spending some time eating and going for a walk and playing with the girls, we resorted to the living room. this is generally where we watch youtube videos for half an hour, and laugh, a lot.
after a few youtube videos and hangin in the living room, i realized something. my family (namely the men in the family) and i have such the same sense of humor that it's crazy. we're all pretty different, but when it comes to things that just make us all laugh til we cry, we're exactly the same.
so what is it? something funny like cartoons or funny movies or pictures? no. that would be normal. what makes us laugh is this...thinking of "what if..." seriously. we have a small problem. in particular, we think of something like "what if someone did _______ to ______?" then we laugh. we especially like to laugh about thinking about people's reactions to certain things - like when they get scared, or something bad happens, or awkward...yes thats our humor. forgive us all.
lost yet? let's take a little quiz. do you have the holladay humor? do the following scenarios make you laugh? not chuckle, but laugh. like hard. like until you are crying and everyone is looking around wondering what happened that is so funny and you can't explain it b/c its just in your brain.
1. imagine driving down the road. someone is walking on the sidewalk on this road. you decide to get tricky and start slowing fading toward the side of the curb. (if you have holladay humor you are laughing b/c you are imagining them slowly stopping their walk, and then looking scared).
2. imagine yourself in a work setting. you walk into a bathroom and notice someone is excusing themselves. you think about how funny it would be to yell something like "oh my gosh what is that smell?" laughing at the thought? hollady humor.
3. you decide to catch up on a few youtube videos. which do you choose? this one? or how bout this one? yes, the videos that someones hurt or scared. bad.
so thats us. the good the bad and the ugly. but i love it. and i love us :) and if i see someone fall or get scared, i will laugh. goodnight.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
its baaaaaack
today was a good day. it started off right.
its a day ive been waiting for for a long long time. like several months.
today was the start of a wonderful thing. are you wondering what im talking about yet? i know, suspenseful.
so what was it? well...shifting gears slightly...you should know my favorite season is fall. without a doubt - fall is the BEST time of the year. its gorgeous outside. its perfect weather for jeans, cowgirl boots, and a long sleeve tshirt. its so excellent. its not humid outside, which means i dont have an afro. the leaves are bright and so telling of God's beauty.
so back to today. today was the first sign of fall. why? because of this:
its a day ive been waiting for for a long long time. like several months.
today was the start of a wonderful thing. are you wondering what im talking about yet? i know, suspenseful.
so what was it? well...shifting gears slightly...you should know my favorite season is fall. without a doubt - fall is the BEST time of the year. its gorgeous outside. its perfect weather for jeans, cowgirl boots, and a long sleeve tshirt. its so excellent. its not humid outside, which means i dont have an afro. the leaves are bright and so telling of God's beauty.
so back to today. today was the first sign of fall. why? because of this:
PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE FROM STARBUCKS
Yea - it was a great morning. i researched when the big day would be here. and today was that day. so i left a little early, and stopped by the starbucks near work. and it was great. it tasted like heaven. it made me taste fall time. and i loved it.
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