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It has been on my heart for the past month to get more into shape. Proverbs 31 goes through the traits of a wife of noble character and verse 17 has really inspired me. It states “She is energetic and strong, a hard worker.” (NLT) I want to be a wife and a women of noble character and that includes being healthy. I would encourage everyone I know to have a consistent workout routine they follow. Now I’m not saying I wanna have massive muscles or be buffer than my husband, I’m just saying I want to work out on a consistent basis (4 - 5 times a week) and eat healthy. If I can work out for an hour without passing out i’ll be happy, wrong overjoyed.

Tomorrow morning I’ll be up around 6 AM and Lane and I will be hitting the gym. If you wanna join us message me! If this wasn’t encouraging maybe this photo from Nike is.
 

If you’d like to hear an incredible message on a Proverbs 31 women visit the Revolution Movement podcasts page and listen to part two in the Relationship series, it’s incredible! 

If you’d like to get some help starting a healthy routine I have an awesome friend named Luke who has an incredible body training company, check it out! 

I am committed to doing this right! I have always hated (too intense but you know what I mean) when people say I’m gonna get a blog and then they post once every six months, well I unfortunately have become one of those people. So i’m committing to do a blog post once a week about something that is inspiring in my life whether it be the lord, my husband, clothing, dIY, food, whatever it is I am going to do it well. You can hold me accountable, and I really mean it! So here goes it. 

5 weeks tomorrow Lane and I will be setting out on a 24 day adventure. Seeing friends and spending quality time together and just enjoying being young and having the freedom to go away for three weeks! We’ll be in Sydney, Australia for 2 weeks and then a week on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. So today this is inspiring. 

Ever since my husband got back from Australia a few years ago, he craves Ginger Beer. Unfortunately in Canada it just isn’t the same, but I found this Ginger Beer Cupcake recipe from Raspberri Cupcakes blog. This way we are combining two different things we love. Cupcakes + Ginger Beer. I’ll be making these this week! Hopefully you like em’ babe xo. 

I really love fall for so many reasons. I love when the leaves fall and I can bring out my big scarves. I love the sound of rain and storms when I’m lying in bed, I love drinking yummy soy cinnamon dolce lattes from starbucks but I especially love getting back into the routine of fall. That sounds boring and kinda lame but for me it’s a season that is comfortable. Weeks begin to look very similar and weekends are full of leisure. Although this fall looks a little different. Lane is going to be finishing his degree this year which is exciting, but that means that he is really really busy and I had been feeling that I was going to be doing a lot of nights alone. I decided that I shouldn’t rely on Lane for my entertainment nor should I be planning my weeks around the fall sitcoms that are coming out. So I’m going to be doing things every week that I believe are going to stretch me, challenge me and be a lot of fun. First off every Tuesday I go to Revolution (www.therevolutionmovement.com) and it’s awesome! Wednesdays I’m hosting a hub for young adult women, let me know if you wanna come! Thursdays are our date nights which I look forward to every single day! I’m also doing a class on the Old Testament. It seems like so much but I know that God is going to give me the strength and capacity to do all of this and do it well. Now of course I’ll be working full time and trying to blog here and there but I am excited! So PRAY FOR ME as I know I am going to grow and be pushed but I believe this is all in preparation for even greater things God has in store for me. 

On another note I visited Top Shop at the Bay downtown Vancouver and it was amazing! It’s worth the trek to get down there. I got a beautiful fall dress, I hope you all like! Ta Ta for now xox 

I have had quite the busy life for the last few weeks. It has been full of some really great things. I spent time in Victoria, at camp and attended a wonderful wedding. 

Although all of those have been really exciting there has been something on my heart. Over the last month or so I have been praying and asking the Lord to enlarge my faith. I want to believe for greater. I want to be less logical and place my trust in him. I have noticed lately that I have been asking a lot of questions, questions that are pushing me to ask more questions and at first I thought “ok, God I want my faith to grow not diminish with unanswered questions.” But after talking with Lane he encouraged me that to grow deeper we need to ask questions, we need to look beyond our own bubble. I realized that not only was the Lord growing my faith but He was challenging me to think hard, to stretch myself. I’ve decided to do so. I’m going to take some classes this next year and go deeper. I’ve always loved being a student and it challenges me to be the best I can be and with that said I want to learn as much as I can about the Bible and who God is. I want to have the ability to sit down and write a sermon about faith and talk to people who don’t know Jesus and speak words of life over them. I want to be educated about my faith, I don’t want to only spend 5 minutes with the Lord while doing my devotions, I want to daily learn more about who He is and how incredible He is. 

I’m really excited for this season ahead..

ta ta for now  

I’m loving a few things today. 

 1. Pink Pants- I have the top (well a very similar one) and I’m working on getting those hot ankle boots but for now I lust only after these gorgeous pink pants. As well this is the hair I am desiring to have, my hair stylist says I will probably be at that length in about eight months, here’s to hoping. 

 

2. Rice Pudding Popsicles with Raspberries- YUM!

Now I can’t take credit for this recipe I found it on this great blog called delicious days. I wish that magically they are in my freezer right now.  

3. I’m also loving this band called ” Needtobreath.” I first heard them on Praise 106.5 (kill me) ONLY because my mom was listening to them and I thought ” hey that song didn’t make my ears bleed.” Didn’t really think anything of it until my husband put on a new album that I had “never” heard and then that song that didn’t make my ears bleed came on and I said “HEY! this band is actually really good!” This album is genuine, authentic and really unique. SO check it out!

Ok just a few things i love…. I’m sure i’ll be doing posts like this often 

ta ta for now xo

It has been a good while since I have looked at this screen. 

It’s not that I haven’t wanted to blog but it seemed just not on the priority list. These past two weeks have probably been the most stressful I have ever experienced. I am happy that I am not feeling the weight I was about exactly a week ago. And now as I sit on my patio it does feel like it was a long time ago, maybe that is a bonus of being really stressed out, once it’s over it feels like it was forever ago. As many of you know this past week my daddy had surgery for cancer. Now in my daddy’s situation we were blessed because it was caught early, but the surgery that he went in for was quite massive not just a little snip here and a little snip there but it was pretty substantial. I thought that once my dad had the surgery I would be much better, the stress would be gone and he would be on the road to recovery, I was wrong. I felt the complete opposite, I was more stressed than I had felt and more sad that I had been. I probably cried at least once a day if not more. Poor Lane. 

I now definitely feel more like myself. I know my dad is slowly healing and my mom and brother are taking wonderful care of him and I will see him soon! But in the midst of these overwhelming feelings, I remembered something that I had heard a few months ago from another cancer survivor. I was at the Life Women Conference and a women named Holly Wagner was speaking about her personal experience with cancer, but she said something that gave me perspective late last week. She had said that the things we go through in life are not about us but it’s about experiencing them so when other people we know go through similar situations we have the ability to help them, encourage them, prayer for them whatever they need we are there. Remembering this simple perspective gave me such peace. I have been reminded by the Lord that if we can handle small things He can entrust will big things and with that encouragement I was overjoyed as I walked through the last few days. This last 10 months have been incredible! I wouldn’t change a thing! I believe that the Lord is preparing Lane and I for an abundant life and with that probably will come some sort of stress and anxiety but I know without a doubt that his plan is never something I can’t handle. My greatest joy out of this situation would be that someone could see the hope of Jesus shinning through and I could help someone come to find that hope too. 

Thank you for your continued prayers for my family, they do not go unnoticed. 

 ta ta for now xo. 

Today I went a little crazy on bloglovin. I decided to go and follow all of these fashion blogs, lifestyle blogs and of course food (mainly dessert) blogs. I saw some amazing fashion blogs today and it made me so excited for summer fashion. Emma Watson is just so lovely. That is the perfect way to put it. She always looks so put together and these two outfits are the epitome of lovely. I would wear these two outfits in an instance and I’m on the look out so if you see them please let me know :) I even debated her hair cut but I don’t think I could pull it off. 

Here are a few more summer inspirations. 

I will definitely be trying some of these this summer. 

ta ta for now xox 

Em

It was such a beautiful sunny day today. I was so excited to be able to wear a new skirt to church. My wonderful mother used to pick me out little outfits to wear to church every Sunday and it’s been ingrained into me to always dress nice for church.

My pastor spoke an incredible word this morning about having expectant hearts for when the Lord returns. Every time he speaks I am so compelled to live up the challenge he puts forth. Over the last few months I have been asking the Lord to give me a courageous heart for people who do not know the Lord. A bold heart that would realize that I NEED to tell people about the love of God and I wouldn’t be afraid of what happen after I stepped out in faith but that I would just trust the Lord. A couple weeks ago I found out that my little cousin is coming to camp. A camp that I have spent numerous summers at, it is very near and dear to my heart. I had originally planned on not going this summer which was a difficult decision to come to but my husband and I are apart of an incredible church that has it’s own camp specifically for the kids that attend that youth ministry. But when I got a text saying that my little cousin was coming to camp I felt that this was the Lord asking me to step out in faith and be available for him to use me as He needs to. I want my family to know the Lord as I do. So over the next few months I will be praying for an opportunity at camp to share the love of Jesus. 

On another note I am really enjoying H and M’s summer line. My wonderful husband bought me the cutest dress today. I love having him pick out outfits for me. love you babe xox 

  ta ta for now <3