InstaFriday

Seeing as I haven't blogged in an entire week, I figured now was a good time to link up at this place. 

 

Last Friday I finished my first ever DIY skirt! Woo! Maybe this will make me wear skirts more...I'm sure my husband would like a change from his "every single day I wear jeans" wife.

Saturday we celebrated our 6 months of being married and my 24 years of being alive and went to Yosemite. We hiked up to Yosemite Falls, which is reported to be a 6-8 hour hike. We did it in 4...and felt the pain from it when it hurt to walk the following day. 

P.S. isn't that beautiful? How great is our God?!

Going to Yosemite made Mark and I miss climbing that much more. 

(Mark pulled his finger pulley so we have had to take a break from it for a while)

So, we finally put up our training board so I could at least train a bit...while my stud husband does one arm pull ups with his good hand.

 let the training commence.

Tuesday we took the ol' Frisbee out for some fun. We walked to a couple parks in town, but it turned out that all the little soccer teams had booked each field.

That's when we were thankful for a good back yard.

Wednesday we took a walk to the local library to get library cards. Mark wasn't too excited when I told him to let me take a picture of him in front of this. Can't you tell?

That's when I put away the phone for a good amount of time...

...until yesterday when I sewed my second DIY skirt for Lori (in addition to multiple other things that I will share eventually). I think I've found a new hobby in sewing...if only I had a job to purchase the needed fabric :) 

More on that later.

Today. 

Just got back from my morning jogging loop and am now waiting for the espresso machine to warm up to make a much needed latte.

Mark and I get our California drivers licenses today. Starting tomorrow we will no longer get the  long standing joke at the grocery store when we show them our driver's license...

"You're from Texas? I'm sorry."

and I will no longer have to hold my tongue from saying something back.

Happy Friday, Friends!

{linking here}

Here We Come

A whole month.

I can't believe an entire month {minus one day} has gone by.
Circa one week ago not much had changed in the Felder household.
Go back to this week, however, and changes were a happenin...

Life was normal. Mark was waking daily to make his trek to work in the Houston traffic. I woke daily to spend my summer days nannying {hence to why I haven't been blogging}. We began making solid friendships with dear friends at Sojourn Community Church. Rock Climbing at TRG became a regular thing. I was fired up for my year of teaching Kindergarten at Trinity Classical School. Houston became home.

Fast forward to Tuesday. This week. My handsome husband comes home with some big news...news that could result in Houston not being home anymore. News of his job transferring him. The days following were spent in discussion and prayer and research and as of yesterday, friends...we are moving.

Where, you ask?

CALIFORNIA...HERE WE COME!

{sung to the tune of the hit song, of course}

thank you O.C. 

In just a couple short months we will be moving to an area about 30 miles out of San Francisco, 30 miles from Napa Valley, 50 miles from San Jose, where Mark's sister and husband live, and just a day's drive from Yellowstone and Yosemite. How great is that?!

This bit of news caught us both by surprise. While we are beyond excited, there are definite bits of hesitation when taking this big leap to California. Our comforts are here. Our families are here. Our friends are here. Life is here. All the while, we are confident the Lord allowed us this opportunity in order to bring His name more glory and to advance His kingdom further.

We are excited to share in this adventure with ya'll! We will be moving sometime during September or October and as of now his company plans on keeping us there for 2-3 years.

Look forward to many blog updates on our journey towards the Golden State :)

a weekend "peak"

 This weekend I saw lots of great friends, ate good food at restaurants I have missed, packed out our two old homes and my classroom, and had some fun as well. Here's a little "peak"

{camping & kayaking just a bit}

 {mowing. cleaning. packing. a lot.}

{sno cone. every. day.}

 {celebrating mf & ian getting hitched}

how cute is this tree?! two of them were placed at the backdrop of their i do's and i loved it.

{a quick boulder trip to rogers park}

  

{watching my hubby rock it}

 {traversing a bit}

{a great view of lake belton.}

almost jumped in. no towel, so i resisted.

 {an even greater view of sunflowers}

I just love driving on the back roads of Texas. It had rows and rows...and rows...of corn field. Then, out of nowhere, out pops a huge plot of land covered with sunflowers. The hubby graciously stopped so I could jump out and look. 

Hope your Memorial Weekend was just as productive and fun as ours was!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN PARULIAN & KRISTY INMAN!!!

Letters on a Thursday.

Dear Husband, thanks for not getting upset with me when I steal the sheets. I promise I don't mean to. Perhaps you'll enjoy having the bed all to yourself tonight. Wow. The first night we aren't together. That will be weird! Enjoy the freedom tonight. I'll be back to steal tomorrow :)

Hey Parish People, enjoy this coffee cake I made and give a big thanks to good ol' Ree Drummond, Pioneer Woman who motivates me to always keep my fridge stocked with plenty of butter to whip up such things as that delicious coffee cake. And that little missing corner piece you see - for some reason it just didn't bake there. Weird. I know. Or maybe I just had to have a bite to taste it for you myself (hence the picture above).

Dear College Station, I can not wait to step my feet into your Aggie infested soil. I have missed you so. I'm looking forward to a fun weekend of spending time with my first graders now second graders, eating at a good Mexican Restaurant, staying at the Bacaks, and dancing it up at the future Bowling's wedding! I'm not looking forward to cleaning and moving out of Mark's old house and my classroom. Oh well :) Duties call.

And in honor of Today's Letters, hubby sandwich style..

Dear Mark, thanks for letting me sleep in this morning. I can't wait for you to get to CStat tomorrow. You better get there stat (too much. yes, i think so. i try to be funny. it fails at times). And bring the tent so we can camp out tomorrow night. That will be fun. Kayaking included! We can prepare for our long awaited summit climb to the Grand Tetons. Step back 13,775 feet, that mountain has the Felder name on it.

{photo credit}