Embarrassment!

My MoSt embarrassing moment. Ok here it is... {chirp,chirp..cricket,cricket}
I DON"T HAVE ONE!!.. Weird right??
I used to  get embarrassed SooOo easily.. a cute cashier guy; my face would turn red, ordering lunch; reeeeed face. But now I just don't get embarrassed that easily, I think I'm more the one who does the embarrassing :) And there isn't a specific incident that is my "go to" most embarrassing moment.
So, today I get to share my hub's most embarrassing moment {he gave me permission}.

"I was 11 years old sitting in my back yard on a warm sunny day. I was out gettin' my tan on and hoping to get as dark as I could. After a couple hours outside I was pumped to see that I had tan lines forming. I went inside to show my mom the tan line on my thigh... BUT I accidentally pulled my shorts up a bit too high and well, my little dupree made an unexpected appearance. Needless to say, I was the most embarrassed I've ever been and so was my mom." {re-writtten in my own words}

There you have it! You now know a little but more about the best man there is :) You're welcome!

 


Wishing you a day full of embarrassing moments :)


<3 Gabrielle

A Moment in My Day

A day late, but still happening nonetheless.

My favorite moment in the day? My mornings. Back in college, I was the girl that slept in until 10 am every weekend. Now my body wont let me do that. Must be the big girl job reality that has broken me of this habit. I use to dread the early morning alarms, but now with the sun coming up earlier and the weather warming up I am beginning to actually look forward to my morning wake up call.

And thanks to some inspiration and motivation from my Kenza, I have started hitting the gym bright and early. I started out doing this once or twice a week, but it has slowly transformed into a part of my routine and I am LOVING it. I love simply rolling out of bed, throwing on some workout comfies, not worrying about makeup or my hair, and hitting a good 30 minutes of cardio in the AM.

It gives me energy for my day, motivation to eat clean (because who wants to put junk in their body after they just burned 300 cals?), and gets me going. My challenge for you: try some AM cardio at least once this week. Trust me, you won't regret it!

-Lauren

Advice Worth Taking

Day 8: Give some Advice…any.

Sweet Halle Girl

Have you ever watched a adult try to make a baby laugh? It's amazing the humiliation we will put ourselves through just to get one giggle to come out. We will make noises that only should come out of a baby elephant and distort our faces in a way that looks like we were pinched in the butt unexpectedly. I was watching Mekenzie's boyfriend Lee, play with my niece, Halle, last week. He was acting like a circus clown just to get her to laugh. And man, did she think he was funny! Lee was playing peek-a-boo with her over her high chair and we’re lucky she was strapped in because Lee’s ridiculous faces and noises had her doubled over laughing. It was the best.

I can’t criticize Lee, though, I do the same things trying to get Halle to crack up. One of those things includes holding her above my head and making ridiculously embarrassing noises. She loves it. She dies laughing every time! Last week, I was playing this game with Halle; holding her above my head, kind of dropping her into my arms and pushing her above my head again. If only you could hear her sweet giggles and tiny screams- it lights me up. As I did this over and over again she just kept laughing harder and harder, until in an instant neither of us were laughing anymore. One the last push above my head Halle barfed her disgusting baby barf down my shirt! It slide down my chest and I had the warm yuckiness trapped between my skin and t-shirt. In a moment of sheer panic I wanted to just dropped the messy little human and run to the bathroom. Luckily for Halle, I took a deep breath, set her in her swing and sprinted to the bathroom to clean up. This incident falls into the top 5 most disgusting things that has ever happened to me. 

But I learned a very important lesson- don’t play the air plane game after an infant has just eaten. It will result in some baby barf trauma and emotional scars (kidding!) 

My advice- never hold a well fed baby above your head. 

 the Coolest Kid on the Block

Day 7: The Thing You're Most Afraid Of

I find that as I make transitions and progressions in my life, new fears surface. My natural tendency is to freak out, worry constantly, and question the outcome of my circumstances. I often look back at the things in life that gripped me with fear and wish I could have told myself to be more fundamentally settled and peaceful because it was all going to be okay.  Something I'm working on right now is trusting God and reminding myself often of His sovereignty so that I can step outside of my fear and find comfort in knowing that His plans and His timing are far better than I can understand right now.

Romans 8:28 
"For we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose." 

I have to trust that God's plan for my life and the path that I am walking is the best path. Sometimes the journey feels really long or really painful, but I am comforted knowing that it's exactly where I am supposed to be.

2 Timothy 1:7 
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline." 

I know that when I am walking in fear and timidity, I have not let God be in control of my life. I am still trying to control, figure it all out on my own, and be independent.

2 Corinthians 10:5 
"We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." 

Lately I am working on taking every thought captive that is driven by fear and selfishness. I want to make my heart and my mind obedient to Christ and think his thoughts for my life on a daily, hourly, and moment by moment basis. 

~ Mekenzie 

What do you do?

Without answering with my job, what do I do?..

I am a gal that lives to help people, Ive been blessed and cursed with a merciful heart and I feel along with others..sometimes to an unhealthy level; I serve The Lord with my entire being and pray for His will in my life above all else;  i love my husband with my whole heart and try my best to serve and love him well, i love deeply and when I feel an emotion, I really feel it; I am a caretaker of littles; I explore new recipes on the stove, and bake yummy goodies in the oven; I strive to live the healthiest life I can by eating clean and getting my sweat on daily; I celebrate my loved ones; I cherish the blessings God has richly given me; I hope; I worry; I plan for the future; and I live the heck out of my beautiful life!

<3 Gabrielle