30 Days of Thankfulness

Thanksgiving is only ONE day away and we are so anxious to finally be seeing family again. Living so far away from them can be hard at times, but I am reminded constantly of God's faithfulness. We are so blessed and thankful for the life we live. 

In this season of giving thanks, I wanted to share 30 blessing...one for each day.

I am thankful for...

1. My personal relationship with Jesus and the grace of salvation.

2. My loving husband, who desires to serve and lead me in our marriage.

3. My parents, with all their support and encouragement while we follow God's will.

4. My In-laws and their loving acceptance of me into their family.

5. Families that get along with each other and are understanding of us.

6. Our older sisters and brother-in-laws who share their amazing children with us!

7. All of our nephews, Charlie, Jack, Scott, Luke, and Logan! 

8. Our soon-to-be niece (finally!), Charlotte!

9. The friendship of my older sister, Lorissa and her example of a godly wife and mother.
10. My little sister, Miranda and her bold, confident personality that I wish I had more of!
11. My little sister, Andrea with her beautiful determination and authenticity in seeking God.
12. My youngest sister, Emma and her sweet spirit to always help others around her. 
13. The fun year we had loving on our first "baby", Olive.

14. Our little love bug, Mara, who makes life a little brighter each day. 

15. Our ability to live in such a beautiful state as CO.

16. The reminder of God's power every day when I look at the mountains.

17. My husband's hard work ethic, which provides the life we live.

18. Discount Tire being a Christian owned company so my husband is always off Sunday for church. 

19. The ability to pursue my Counseling degree from Seminary.

20. Only having 1 more year of school!!!

21. Spending the holidays with both of our families.

22. Starting new traditions with my husband for our own family someday.

23. Our church family we get to worship with each week.

24. The wonderful support group of friends in imarriage.

25. All of the couple friends we get to share our newlywed season with.

26. Our mentor couple that invests in our marriage's success.

27. All of the marriage mentors we had at the beginning of our relationship, which helped us lay a strong foundation.

28. The generous family I nanny for. 

29. Having peace of mind that God will always provide our needs.
30. Experiencing true and priceless joy during the holidays because of Jesus Christ.

I hope you all have a blessed Thanksgiving for of the joy only Christ brings! Share your blessings with other and spread the thankful spirit.

To all the family we won't get to see this holiday season...we love you and keep you in our thoughts and prayers! 

Juliet Anne Micheli Newborn {Littleton, CO}

It feels like just yesterday that Bryon and Chantelle found out they were having a girl. Time has flown by and they now are the proud parents of their BEAUTIFUL baby girl!
  
At 12:21 a.m. on Sunday, October 28th, little Juliet Anne was welcomed into the world. Bryon and Chantelle fell in love at first sight and it's no wonder why! Juliet is precious and perfect in every way...take a look for yourself! :)

      

 

 

 

 

Thanks for sharing your bundle of joy with us, Bryon and Chantelle! We love you guys and now little Juliet too!

Home tour - Thanksgivng Edition

Well, Halloween festivities are over and  Thanksgiving is approaching so fast! I LOVE Thanksgiving. Growing up we would always wake up and watch the parade and eat pumpkin pie for breakfast. Yup, my parents were awesome! The rest of the day would be so relaxing with grazing on yummy food and cheering on the Dallas, Cowboys with my dad! 

Then the day after Thanksgiving we would bust out all our Christmas decorations and set up our tree! I always loved this transition time between holidays. It was full of fun and anticipation!

Now that Matt and I have our own home, I decided to continue the fun of transitioning through the holidays. We don't go big on decorating for Halloween, be we do decorate for fall. Most of you have seen pictures of our apartment with bright orange berries and pumpkins for fall. Now that Halloween is over, I decided to change things up for this transition of Thanksgiving! Here is what I came up with...

 When I think about Thanksgiving I always picture a time of harvest. So I found some wheat at our farmers market and made a centerpiece with one of our mason jars. Then I just grouped some white pumpkins, pine cones and berries around it for a natural look. 

 I have always seen other people do such lovely tablescapes and wanted to try my own! We don't have any china or specific fall plates, so I just mixed the 2 sets we had. I used the neutral set for the larger plate and our teal set for the small. I really like how the teal compliments the shades of orange.

To finish off the tablescape, I added some beautiful fall napkins and tied them up with a piece of wheat.

 

 I also simplified the rest of the decorations throughout the house by removing the orange pumpkins and using more wheat. 

Of course, I also had to update the chalkboard! At some point I think I will buy chalk pens so I can get more creative!

 Finally, I finished off the Thanksgiving decor with a bowl of nuts! As soon as I saw them on sale at the store, I was taken back to every Thanksgiving growing up and had to carry on the tradition. 

And just for fun, I was taking pictures of our fall tree outside and little Miss Mara had to be in them! Here she is sitting on a chair watching for her daddy to come home. :)

 

And here are the fall tree pictures. Just look at all those colors! One of the many reasons I love this season and the colorful state of Colorado.

 

 Hope you all are enjoying this beautiful time of transition in the holiday season! We are excited to be going home to Texas for Thanksgiving to see all our wonderful family. It's so fun to start new traditions as we blend our two families. :)