Cheers

Happy New Year!

2015…where did you come from?! I'll never forget my senior year of high school (2005) and briefly discussing with friends about a ten year reunion. I remember thinking how far away 2015 sounded. But here it is. Feels like in a blink of an eye ten years have passed. I also remember thinking that I would hopefully be married, be a teacher and even a babe or two. Marriage happened. Teaching happened. Babes have not. However, that is not something we have had a strong desire for just yet. The time isn't too far away that we will pray for babes but for now we are embracing this time alone with each other. I trust in God's perfect timing. 

But to think how fast the past ten have come and gone. Makes me really want to embrace today and soak in each and every moment. The next ten will be in another blink. I'll leave all the details of the in between to the Lord.

On a way smaller scale here is what I have a desire for in 2015:

• Share more. I've done a poor job of documenting the Davis daily. I've lost my blog voice along the way these past two years. So many of my dearest friends live far away and being a person that loves self-reflection, I want to share more this year. Prepare for much of it to be scattered thoughts about home renos, relationships, spirituality, fashion and well basically anything is up for discussion.
• Love deeper. With friends. Family. And Todd. I want to feel what other people feel. I want to discover new ways to invest in these relationships and hold tight to the memories made.
• Study hard. Rather than only listening to sermon podcasts and doing small devos, I want to really really study God's word too. So far these past 4 days of January, I have began doing so in a new fresh way and it's great. 
• React differently. I'm so realistic and it can be annoying. Sometimes it leaves no room for spontaneoity or I am too quick to judge/freak out/make 83209482390 plan Bs. 
• Random stuff. Stick to gluten free diet. Take more photos. Increase my weights in Bodypump.

So theres that. We shall see. 

-S

the breakup

If any of you have been anywhere near the blog world for awhile and know what the initials YHL stand for, then you most likely are aware of what I'm referring to with my post title. I began reading Young House Love blog when they first began over five years ago and it has been a daily/weekly routine of mine. There were odd jobs I had in college where I would watch the clock tick away and hit the refresh button on the screen waiting for their latest post just to get me through my shift. In this weird way, I felt like I knew them. My sisters used to joke about how I talked about them as if we were best buds. Okay, that makes me sound crazy but they were really inspiring and great writers.

My friend and former roommate, Ashley feels the same way. We started chatting about it via text today. I couldn't help but go down memory lane.

Fact: we met the bloggers/book author at a book tour and made one of their blog posts.

So ALLLLLLLL that to say, after talking to her I realized I haven't really blogged in a long time. YHL always inspired me to blog but I've grown out of it myself so I don't blame them. But with so many friends in so many different places, I do like to check in every now and then and give folks a life update so here she blows.

House Stuff

We are pretty much settled in and ready for an open house soon. We are still loving our home decision even when both garage doors break (yup, that happened). We have sweet neighbors, two that are are friends so we are enjoying that. I feel like I do more cleaning than ever since it is a bigger space than anything we have ever had but I'm not complaining. We feel incredibly blessed to have purchased such a beautiful home. We are proud. We still have many little things we want to do but I'm at the point now where it is time to sit back and let them evolve slowly. I'll do a blog reader picture tour soon for all those that are too far to visit.

Personal Stuff

Our jobs are going great. Now that I'm in my third year at my job, I feel much more at ease. I've come a long way in the how to balance job/marriage/friends category. I'm thankful for the amazing people I get to work with and the opportunities I have to make a small difference in the life of children. Todd is loving his part in the ministry. He was made to do what he does and to see him fulfilled makes me happy. I'm clearly way more invested in his job than he is mine which is totally fine because my first passion is certainly seeing people far from God raised to life in Christ. Again, we feel so blessed with the community of friends we have developed here in Charlotte and the outreach we are able to be a part of.

This is us these days in case you forgot what we look like.

Photography by: http://www.brianschindler.co

Hope to be back soon with more updates! Love to all!