following grace

circa 2005.   Y'all, time flies. So don't blink.  today as I worshipped in a new to me church, I stopped and realized I was in VA, and grown up, with completely new friends...   and it made my childrens choir days all the more sentimental. yep, its okay, you can laugh.   I was quite the cutie. ;)   Happy Sunday y'all!   -Austyn

This week we're on vacation. A 5am wakeup was SO worth this picture. Ahhh I adore everything about it. I've never been one to love the beach but something about being able to drive since we live so close makes it all the more fun. I love that our god is SO great that he created something so beautiful. So here's to a week of beautiful sunsets, fun times with family and long days by the pool! Happy Sunday! -Austyn :)

Today was amazing. Sundays just always are. You find the perfect outfit for church, the perfect sermon, the perfectly behaved kiddos, the perfect people to chat with, perfect lunch, perfect day at the beach, perfect people to spend time with.. You get the point. And today was no different. Sometimes friends come in and out of your life. But when you let the one closest to you go. It doesnt make for smiles and rays of sunshine. God brings new friends into my life but i can't even begin to express how happy i was to spend my day with a very very important friend today. 4 months was just WAY too long. and who was i to complain about a day at the beach. it was so so nice to just talk.. attempt to tan, sand blowing in our face even. dip our toes in the below freezing water. talk about fun photo sessions we could have. walk along the beach laughing at the people we saw. make Santa Claus beards out of sea foam. Notice how much we've missed...