becoming less forgetful

Or, in other words, I forgot I had a blog.

Oops!

Life has been full and crazy lately. Here are a few snapshots...

LA with these cute friends, where sweet Bethany lives now. We have been friends for years since we all sat in cubes side by side by side in New York.

A Bread and Wine dinner party at Mandy's with my Atlanta small group girls. We all made recipes from Shauna's book and celebrated together before Katy moved to Birmingham. We hope Shauna would be proud of us!

A Grateful Table dinner to benefit our dear, dear friends at CloudWalk, a ministry that's been so influential in Jayson's and my life. We had cheese and wine and a carving station. There were lights strung up, acoustic worship, friends and loved ones, and the sound of the Chattahoochee River bubbling in the background. More than once, the comment was made, "This is what heaven will be like."

And today, as I write this, we are embarking on two more exciting journeys: we are under contract on a new house (perhaps more on that later - we're still working through some things, and it may or may not work out), and we have an exciting trip coming up that I'll report back on, too.

God is good, and there is much to celebrate!  Jayson and I realize that life brings seasons of drought and seasons of harvest, but as long as we are in the harvest, we will give thanks! (We will give thanks in the drought too, whenever the Lord brings that our way.) For now, we're just doing our best to live in the present and praise God for the blessings he's pouring out on us.

Much love, thanks for coming back by after my forgetful blog hiatus.
-jamie

life lately, in pictures

Happy 4th of July!

I'm sitting in our living room, drinking coffee, watching Wimbledon. We were supposed to go to the lake today, but the 100% chance of rain in Atlanta foiled our plans. Jayson and I may just make it a movie marathon day instead. :)

Our rainy holiday aside, summer has been in full force over the last month. In June, I went to the beach with girl friends to celebrate my dear friend Laura's 30th birthday.  We ate our weight in homemade salsa and cookies, sat on the beach from sun-up to sun-down, enjoyed a frozen concoction known simply as "Slush," laughed, danced, read, slept and played charades.

This week was also's Jayson's birthday. Hooray! We started the celebration with dinner and dessert with my mom on Sunday. She was so sweet to take us to Ecco (one of our favs) and Intermezzo.

On Jayson's actual birthday, he had a meeting at Chick-fil-A, so we planned a little birthday lunch with friends. I surprised him with a cake and made him sit through us singing "Happy Birthday" to him in the Cafe. 

And finally, for our birthday celebration, Jayson and I went to Kevin Rathbun Steak. We had one of the best meals of our life, but most of all, it was fun to celebrate together, reminisce about Jayson's birthday last year (we were 24 days away from our wedding), and just have fun on a special date night together.

So, that's life lately! I'm pretty grouchy about the rain today, but I'm reminded how much I have to be grateful for - sweet, fun friends, a generous, loving family, and an amazing, sweet husband.  Have a great holiday!