{photo}shoot

so last weekend, i had a bit of a mini photo-shoot you could say... with Ruby-Jayne! 

we drove out to daggafontein, and played around in the veld... we had so much fun, especially with Logan making funny comments all the time, was really hard not to smile and laugh the whole time.

Thank you Ruby for the fun time had! and of course for my BEAUTIFUL pictures! you sure are talented!

These are just a few of my favorites! 

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daily {gem}

relief society newsletter {february}

newest {addition}

meet our newest addition to the "padoa clan"

"boy BRUCE"

name "unknown" as of yet.... has finally been decided... Welcome BRUCE into our little family!

by the time we do decide on a name he will probably think that his name is "boy" or "no boy"

we have debated through so many names, and none seem to fit, well my dad will tell you that his two favorite are  Bruce...and Kracken... (now who on earth with name their dog Kracken???) 

cant help but laugh when i think about that one.

we have had him for 2.5 days, and he already has us wrapped around his paws... he is just the cutest thing!

friday was a BIG day for our little one, he was so sleepy, didn't play much, but come saturday night he was a bundle of energy, and when everyone wants to go to bed, now its time to play :)

dad made a make shift little bed for him, but since we chose him 3 weeks ago, he has pretty much doubled in size, and is 2inches taller.... so he sleeps half in half out with his moma's blanket...

yup he gets spoiled and gets to sleep on luke's lap... ok well all our laps...:)

he loves luke, and follows him all over... love seeing him galloping down the passage, he is all ears and big paws :)

in short we love our "little man" who will not be little for much longer :)

p.s. if you have any name ideas, please let us know!! HELP! haha

greatest blessings can be found when {going to the temple}

a year ago today, i made one of the best decisions of my life. i will never regret making it. though it took me a while to decide that it was the right thing to do, i did it for me, for the blessings i could receive for myself and no one else.

throughout young women we were always taught that when we as young women go to the temple it would be when we are about to be married. some of us are lucky enough that, that is the case, however, sometimes, things don't fall into place the way you think they will, and instead of hovering in one place, we need to move forward... this reminds me of elder uchtdorf's talk that he recently gave in general conference about the "forget me not flowers" and "waiting for our golden ticket". its a wonderful thought, that golden ticket, but it doesn't always come when you expect it to.

i am glad that i didn't wait for my golden ticket, being able to go to the temple during the last year, has given me such promise and such wonderful blessings, being able to talk to my heavenly father when i needed it the most and seek out his counsel, or just when i need some "shelter from the storm" it has been a beautiful place of refuge for me in my times of great need and sorrows. and as i have attended i have grown to have a deeper love and appreciation for the temple and its sacredness then i ever could have imagined.

this was most definitely a most wondrous choice, and i am glad that i have made it.

the sun will {rise}

I can see the wait there in your eyes

I can feel the thought in your sigh

Your knuckles are bruised from a losing fight

One way down a dead end street

Broken glass underneath your feet

You think the day won't break the sunless night

The sun will rise

When you've lost your lights

The sun will rise

It'll be alright

I've been in stuck in a storm before

Felt the wind raging at my door

Couldn't move, couldn't breathe, Couldn't find a way out

Somehow my clouds disappeared, Somehow I made it here

Maybe just so you could hear me say

The sun will rise

When you've lost your lights

The sun will rise

It'll be alright

Although you can't see it

So hard to believe it

Sometimes you just need a little faith (All you need is a little faith)

There's an answer to your prayer

And I swear that there'll come a day 

It will be alright

The sun will rise

~kelly clarkson~

a {new} year

well here we are again... a whole NEW year ahead of us!

it has been soooo long since i have blogged, i cannot believe it! terrible i know, but with all that has been happening the last few weeks, there just has not been much time for the simple pleasures of blogging.

but hopefully that will change over the next couple of weeks.

this year promises to be one awesome year, so many great and wonderful things are happening...many changes coming this way!

i have moved back home for the time being, but am looking for my own place! yes you read it, im buying my first apartment! SO scared! its funny when i thought of this step, i never ever imagined that i would be doing it on my own. i guess this just goes to prove that nothing ever turns out the way you want it to...

but even though this is one major scary decision and step, i am thoroughly excited about it to! as per my usual self, i have started to make lists and lists of countless things! haha miss boo thinks im a tad OCD...? :P 

miss boo and mister boo are also making tracks and are moving into their first apartment as a married couple! so super exciting! so much change is happening and its all for the good! 

this is gonna be the year to beat... i think :)

happy new year everyone! don't hit that working grindstone to hard as you get back into the working niche, though i should probably take my own advice, since i hit the ground running at 7am this morning when i stepped into the office... SO much to do!