Today’s my little brother’s birthday. And good grief, it sorta breaks my heart. He’s TWENTY-freaking-years-old. That’s a 2 next to a 0. Twenty… As Cam’s biggest fan in the universe, I can’t help but look back on his days as a little four-year-old building “zords” out of legos and peeing in my closet. YES. It happened. Inside of a toolbox. Inside of my closet… (Don’t worry, this story is his pride and joy.) Cam has always been one of my favorite people in the whole entire world. And I hope he realizes it today. Cammy, you’ll never know how much I love you. I hope your day is the best you’ve ever had. Even better than that day with the toolbox. Happy birthday!!
After a rough day yesterday, I decided to cancel some plans I had last night and simply stuff ice cream into my face, along with Dylan. (Actually, I stuffed a whole avocado in it as an appetizer to the ice-cream main course. You know – to pretend I was making healthy choices or something…) Well, let me tell you, Willie Nelson’s Country Peach Cobbler ice cream by Ben & Jerry’s is the CURE for any tough day. I promise you.
We have this thing we do. Dylan and I… I call it Spiddly-Beat. With capital letters and a hyphen to designate it as officially awesome. It’s basically – no, EXACTLY – like THIS recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live. And it’s the most fun you’ll ever have. Especially when you’re as good at it as me. Or Kristen Wiig. ;)
Song of the Week: Find You on My Knees by Kari Jobe. This song’s resonated with my heart so deeply the past few weeks. I really cannot force myself to stop listening to it. Last night I tweeted about the correlation I’ve found between feeling inadequate and not spending enough time with Jesus. But the good and beautiful news is that He’ll FIND us in the place we’re in. When we feel we have absolutely nothing left to offer. When our makeup’s a day old, the apartment’s a mess, and we realize we just. can’t. do it all. He’s a good and faithful Father. And He’ll never leave us searching. PLEASE listen to THIS song and be encouraged by hope!
Last Friday, Kaley and I shot the ultimate modern wedding bash at Hotel Derek, where I ALSO had a revelation of sorts concerning clients who opt against a first look! There’ll be more to come on that once I post Rebekah and Matt’s full wedding blog. But suffice this picture to explain a bit. Matt didn’t want to see Rebekah before the ceremony, but Rebekah was fine with seeing Matt. Who says you can’t get cute portraits anyway?! :)
Happy Tuesday!!