One for One

::My Special purchases this week::

They are the most comfortable shoes EVER! They also help Children in need.... Go buy a pair of TOMS

http://www.toms.com/

::I love Spring::

SPRING~
Spring is such a beautiful season- It's a good season to do wedding planning, to get out and enjoy the Sunshine, and for Braeden to shoot many weddings. WE love it. It is a season that reminds me so much of all the intramural games we would play in College and all the Sonic drink runs we would take. Boy do I miss those days!


Who else Remembers "The Ball Team" :) good times- a little clip I found.

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold:  when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.  ~Charles Dickens

::Thank you Lord for such a Beautiful world:: 

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11


~Shining Bright 

::Long toe socks are what I need::

I recently took a trip to New Mexico with my fiance Braeden Rogers and his family. We throughly enjoyed the several feet of snow, the good cooking, and the time with family. Little did I know we would bring back all that snow to Texas....

Here are a few pictures from our trip.

"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire:  it is the time for home."  -Edith Sitwell

"The birds are gone, The ground is white,

The winds are wild, They chill and bite;  

The ground is thick with slush and sleet,  

And I barely feel my feet." -Anonymous

"See the falling snowflakes

drifting by the pane,

Winging glasslike angels

falling just like rain.

The air is crisp and stirring,

the freshly fallen snow.

And the warmth I'm feeling inside,

sets my eyes aglow.

This winter's day has come before

and will come again.

It finds it's way to Earth

every now and then."

 -Linda A. Copp, A Winter's Day


My man Braeden Rogers also took a few pictures :)

Taken by: Braeden Rogers my talented fiance check out his work www.ambient11.com 

Enjoy the Winter Snow, the days off from work, and a cup of coffee!

::Happy Ears::

You know those days all you want is to relax and listen to good music... That is exactly what I am doing. This is my top list for the week!

Now all I need is a good book and cup of coffee... or maybe another snow day :)

::Shining Bright::

::twitterpated::

"An enjoyable disorder characterized by feeling of excitement, anticipation, high hopes, recent memories of interludes, giddiness, and physical overstimulation which occur simultaneously when experiencing smitten! A new love. These feelings take over without warning and make it difficult to concentrate on anything but romance. They interfere with work and safe driving, but should be experiences at least once in every person's life."

~Urban Dictionary, definition of "twitterpated" 

Shining Bright. Happy Monday  

Hello 2011

As the New Year arrives I start thinking of those New Year resolutions...


Here are my top Five:


(1) Continue to spend time daily with the Lord. This this the most important part of the day. When our hearts are right everything else will fall into place. I have learned quickly that YOU decide how you start your day. The days that I don't read, worship, and spend time with our heavenly father are very long days!


(2) Plan the Wedding! I am the most blessed little lady. I get to marry my best friend on 9.10.2011 We are enjoying every part of this process together. He makes me laugh and smile everyday and truly shows me how to enjoy life. He is such a talented photographer www.ambient11.com   and loves his job! I love you Braeden Rogers!

(3) Spending time with my best friends. I have learned quickly that since the college days are over it is up to you to make the time to get together. I have the most incredible group of friends... all you girls out there in Arkansas... you know you want to move to Texas :)

(4) Spend time with the family. My gorgeous sister and her husband live down the road and so does My goofy brother and his beautiful wife. Who knows where everyone could end up in a few years... therefore I am going to spend as much time with them as possible! As well as my parents who have done so much for me and my future in laws (I couldn't ask for anyone better!)

Picture taken by: my Fiance Braeden Rogers :)

(5) Last but not least.... hitting the Gym! Wish me luck as I LOVE Starbucks, and Vanilla Dr Pepper.....


There you go... Enjoy the beginning of 2011

Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;

   for his steadfast love endures forever!

1 Chronicles 16:34

<3 Shining Bright 

Christmas, Candy, and Papa

Merry Christmas

I was barely 6 years old with big blue eyes and curly pigtails with my nose pressed against the front window waiting for Papa to arrive.  It always seemed so long of a wait when I knew he was coming.  I always looked forward to his big hello and hug.  When I would hear the honk of the horn I would swing open the front door with all my might and quickly race toward the car shouting, “Papa are we going to make candy while you are here?”  I always thought that Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Papa’s candy!  He would always respond by saying, “Of course we are, and I will need my little helper!”

 Christmas was always a time of celebration and family. Having Papa always made it all the more special.  Every other year my grandparents would come to visit from Colorado. They would arrive several weeks before, as they would help my mother get everything together for the big day. Papa loved to help and cook. 

It has always been my favorite time of year with the Christmas lights hanging on the tree tops, feeling the chill in the air and watching the neighbor children selling hot chocolate. But to me the excitement was all the hours I would spend with my Papa. He was a jolly old man.  He always had a smile on his face and he loved to laugh and make me laugh. He would come down the stairs in his high water pants button up shirt and a hat placed right on top of his bald head.  Only my Papa could look so good the way he was dressed.   

When I was younger, I was an early bird. I think I would get up even extra early because I knew Papa would be downstairs reading the paper and sipping hot coffee.  I would be up playing games and waiting for everyone to file out for breakfast. I could always count on my Papa to be one of the first ones up with me.  I think he got up a little extra early too because he knew I was going to be up.  Each morning he would say, “Little Meggie, lets take a ride to the store.” I knew when he said this, it was my chance to have Papa all to myself. It was these times that I treasured most.

We would hop into his old gray mini van and take off to the store. When we got to the store he would let me pick out all the food I wanted to eat that day. We especially had to go down the cookie aisle just so I could pick out a treat.  I also got to help him make all the big decisions as to how much steak we should buy or the size of the shrimp to pick.  

These trips to the store were not just a weekly trip. We would go two or three times a day getting more sugar or supplies. The lady behind the counter would always have a big smile and say, “Looks like you’re back again. What is new on the menu for this meal?”  Papa would always reply by saying, “Whatever this little lady would like.”

My Papa loved to cook and he was very good at it.  The things he made most often were all sorts of candies. He would let me stand by him and pour all the ingredients in the bowl and mix them together with a big wooden spoon. We would spend hours making several batches of candy and putting them in fancy Christmas tins for other friends and family. It was also a special time of year when Papa and I were together as we not only made candy, but we would make snow men out of white socks. He was very creative and loved to give.

 Even when he was extremely ill he was always making sure everyone was doing well and that we were going to be all right. It always amazed me that even as sick as he was he tried to never show it and was always so concerned about everyone else.

  Standing here today makes me realize how those years went by so fast. Papa developed lung cancer and was in the hospital for several months. When the Lord called him to his new home I decided to continue Papa’s tradition. There are some lonely trips to the store getting all the ingredients by myself, but I know that Papa is still by my side.  

If heaven is anything as sweet as the candies that Papa used to make then I must say that I have already had a little taste of heaven.   

Shine Bright this Christmas :)