Autumn

I love Fall more than any other season that Indiana gives me. I love the color scheme and the autumn sun and the way the season feels reflective. I love the way music sounds in Fall and the way a nap on the couch in the middle of the afternoon feels better than any other time. I love wearing jackets and scarves and jeans and exploring the outside without breaking a sweat. I love hot drinks and cold mornings and everything pumpkin flavored.

In conclusion, I love Fall...

And I think this year will be my favorite Fall ever. Already the field in our back yard has turned my favorite mustard yellow color and the million trees that surround our house have their edges looking slightly colorful. And I have someone remarkable to share in the fall music feelings and the pumpkin patch picking and warm naps and leaf jumping and hot drinks and reflection. This is going to be a beautiful chapter.

Ghosts Upon the Earth

For awhile now I've been slightly discouraged with the lack of creativity and beauty in the mainstream Christian music. I love worship songs but the Christian radio-style music is often times lacking in my opinion. Adam and I have discussed this issue several times and we get discouraged that as Christians who are close and intimate with the Creator we can't drum up a little more creativity in our music and lyrics.  So recently we've been on the hunt for some good Christian music that has some depth and intrigue. Our discovery....Gungor. No it is not an infectious disease, it is a relatively new Christian band. I heard one of their songs on the radio at work and Adam looked into them a little more and we discovered we had hit the jackpot! The words are full of biblical truth, the melodies are interesting and complex, and the whole thing just speaks to the beauty of our creator God. Their new album "Ghosts Upon the Earth" comes out in just a couple days and promises to be a good listen. Here's one of the new songs...

Tell me that's not marvelous and absolutely beautiful?

Finally!

Since the moment Adam and I were married we had a running to-do list of things around the house that needed to be done or bought or fixed, etc. We finished most of the things quickly but the one thing that has been on our to-do list for almost three months was "hang the picture wall." I kept seeing it on the list and we kept attempting to do it but then we didn't have enough frames or we didn't have the proper picture hanging fixtures....it was a sad and painful process (well, sort of) but.... I'm proud to say that it is finally done! Its amazing how having pictures in your house can make it feel much more comfy. I love walking past all the pictures on my way into the kitchen or sitting at the dining room table and gazing at the beauty of hard work and patience. I think that will be the end of house to-do lists for a while too, so that's nice to know.