First.

For the past few months I have been convicted of not living a conscious life. I'm a list person, and once the list is made you just power through said list. I don't always take the time to enjoy or soak up the experiences on the list. I do believe that living a full life is really being in that moment. Soaking it up. Laughing loud. Speaking honestly. Listening with an open mind. Living.

So I am beginning this with the idea of being fully attentive to my life this next year.

A picture a day.

A moment captured.

A story behind a smile, or a face, a book, maybe even a place. I don't know what all my pictures will be, and I also did not mean to go all Cat in the Hat on you guys. But that was good right?

Anyway! I have resolves for 2013! & I want to capture them! & I want to come back to this place, which is kind of for me, but hopefully some of it is for you too, and see these photo's and remember these moments and my life.

2013 as it stands right now:

I have been married for one year, two months and four days.

We're happy. Justin is in school for accounting, and I am at work w.the Bolton's... making money!

We own a house, which is the same house I had before I knew I'd marry this great guy. It's turned into a home. We have 3 dogs there. Mr.Darcy, Riley, & Fitzgerald, or Fitz if you're friends.

We don't have kids! We probably aren't having kids for a while.(I really just need you guys to be okay with that.) Which is one of the reasons for this blog. A lot does happen between a wedding day and kids! & It's good!

We're blessed.

Sometimes I have trouble seeing that. So, hopefully this serves as a good reminder that we are so very blessed.

Now onto a picture. A picture for the first.

It's cake. My very last piece of guilt free cake. Today Justin and I both start getting ready for race's we want to run in 2013. One is coming up quick but it's a small 5k. Others will be later and bigger. But things like this little delicious slice of cake won't help your body run.

So last night we watched a Army Wives marathon, ate West Crust and this cake baked in my own oven. That's how we started 2013, we are just wild like that guys!

I also thought about making specific resolutions this year. Making a list and checking it twice Santa style, but I've decided against it. 

All I want is for this year to be a year of growth in God's plan. I have and will be praying for wisdom in every decision Justin and I make this year. I want our lives to be a reflection of His love and I have already learned the hard way that just waiting as agonizing as it may be, is better than rushing yourself off of a blessed path.

I hope your 2013 is filled with way more than 365 special moments. I pray you have clarity, that you seek wisdom, that you have the perseverance to wait when it is needed. & that your eyes are open to see all the blessings in every single day! Happy Wednesday guys!