homemade soup on a winter's sabbath afternoon

sunday afternoon.

homemade ham & bean soup.

cornbread.

and a nap.

doesn't get much better than that.

rest today!

we all need to stay sane:)

BLESSED beyond belief

LIFE is so GOOD. GOD is sooo good! The first 5 months of marriage (I cannot believe it has been that long already!) have been beyond wonderful for us. We are in Upland, a place we know far too well, finishing our master's, and being in such a familiar place has been a great start to our first year of marriage. We are excited for the transition we will be making out of Upland- possibly to St. Louis where I have been hired for Teach for America to teach middle school science:) yay for the water cycle!

My first draft of my thesis is SUBMITTED! Horray for the mating patterns of Red-cheeked Cordon-bleus, but even MORE for seeing the light at the end of the million-pages long tunnel!

Ben and I are currently taking a class called Conservation Biology which we both LOVE. We are severe nerds who enjoy not only studying such things from 9 am to 6:30 pm, but then we go home and cook together and discuss the same topics over dinner. Ha. I love the life we live.

However. I want to get out of this winter and snow. Ben made fun of me for BEGGING to go on a vacation soon because I need warmth and sunshine to stay sane, but we will have to wait until the grad. program is done. MAY come soon please:)

I may start blogging more. We will see. It all depends on my boredom level:)

And the two shall become ONE

Some more photos of our perfect day


Ben's reaction to his wife. The best husband in the world!