delighting in:

*coming home after a 14+ hour day to freshly baked cookies. my husband is awesome.
*lunch dates with annika and hallie.
*staying up late to discuss christmas gift ideas.
*routine. and the occasional change in routine.
*the new martha stuart living magazine.
*marta's fabulous holiday binder. i need to get organized- only 6 weeks left!
*tuesday nights. i'm learning a lot at institute and feeling a new excitement to study the bible.
*drive-thru windows and the employees at sonic who know exactly what i want when my car pulls up.
*our lovely new oven and the self clean cycle. how did i live without it?!
*the sweet ladies we visited this week who told us that whenever they hear the ambulance in our neighborhood, they call all their friends to make sure the ambulance wasn't coming for them. i hope i have friends like that when i grow up (:
*new family pictures. brittany did a fabulous job. i think i have about 700 photos to edit. it's gonna take me a while.
*jeggings. don't judge. they are so darn comfy.
*my niece, holly, who was looking at the ribbons attached to some balloons and told her mom, "these strings are like aunt carly's hair. they're so curly." she makes me smile.