miley

i got a dog about a week ago. i rescued her. her name is miley. i am absolutely in love with her. she is so mellow and a really good apartment dog. she is house trained and just likes to cuddle. 

this is her watching my computer screen as i check my email. she is laying on her spot in the bed. (yes i have become that person who lets their dogs sleep with them) isnt she so cute? (she has a cut on her ear from before i got her. it bleeds a lot. so i use some good old  neosporin and bandaids) 

and now she is ready for bed...goodnight!!!!

tomorrow is the day...

that josh comes home. i am so excited. words cant describe it. and honestly i didnt think i would miss him THIS much. but i have learned a lot and become very thankful for the friendship and relationship that i have with him. i am so blessed. it is a constant growing process 

but God is so good and has really blessed me. 

while he was gone, i wrote him a love note each night before bed. i plan on placing them around his room tomorrow before i pick him up for the airport. some of the notes are just sweet love notes ;-) holla and some of them are remembering special moments and times of our

 relationship....there are also little gifts that go along with some of them... ( i know what you are thinking... and yes i am that amazing)

i am also planning a special surprise. before josh left, he really wanted to spend time with ty-his nephew. and due to sickness and the craziness of leaving the country for three weeks, he was not able to see little ty. it made josh really sad. and when ty would come visit me he would always ask if we were going to josh's house. when i said we were going to nina's church, he said NO...Josh's church. so....

i am havin ty spend the night and we are making a "welcome home uncle josh" poster tomorrow and he is going with me to surprise uncle josh. :-) josh will be so excited...i cant wait to see his face...

maddy

i invited my sister and her daughter madison on a date tonight. it was a glorious way to spend my saturday. we used our traditional gift cards from our great grandparents to in-n-out for dinner :-) and then watched a movie at my apartment since taking a 10 month old baby to a movie theater is not on my list of favorite things to do. we watched a movie with the roommate and just spend time enjoying my little niece. she is growing up so fast. i am very blessed to be a part of her life. she has brought so much joy to our family. i love my little maddy

amber is here

amber is one of megans friends from the mountains...she moved to portland this last year so we dont see her very much. she is pretty awesome..she is spending the night with us to celebrate megans birthday tomorrow...megan and i had to go up to the mountains to pick her up...and being "flatlanders" technically...we saw snow and felt the need to play in it...not really we just wanted to bring some home for or little friend jorgito....

joy

megan and i put the finishing touches on our ghetto christmas tree (thanks kayla)...now it is complete...dont be jealous (p.s. i got to talk to josh tonight..it was so nice to hear his voice....i miss him very much and only 9 more sleeps until he gets home)

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM OUR GHETTO APARTMENT

i love him. and miss him. he is amazing and today as i prayed for him i was reminded of all of the many reasons i love him. the past 2  1/2 years have gone by so fast and have been filled with so many wonderful memories. and i look forward to many more... i am truly blessed to have him as a part of my life (and he is pretty lucky as well...i am quite a catch...hahahha)