Guest Post: Brooke of Silver Lining

I'm super excited to introduce you to Brooke of Silver Lining! I posted on her blog last week {check it out here} and now she's taking over my blog! Brooke is awesome! Her blog is all about finding the silver lining in everything that she does and let me tell you--she's a pro at it! So go and check it out after you read her amazing post here! {I didn't give her any direction or ideas for this post but she came up with something AWESOME!} 


READ ON!


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Hey there!

I'm Brooke. I blog over at Silver Lining. Emma asked me to guest post today {yes, ok, fine, if you insist, just to be gracious, not like I'm super honored or anything}. I'd love to ramble on and on in this post about my everyday life, being a newlywed, and the small things that make life so full of silver linings.

But I do that all the time at my blog. Instead, I thought I'd be concise today. So I'm doing 6-word memoirs.

Have you guys heard of six-word memoirs? 

Basically, Ernest Hemingway was once asked to write a six-word short story. This is what he came up with:

For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Stories don't have to be long. They don't have to be fancy or filled with big words. Either do blog posts. So here are some 6-word memoirs I came up with on the spot. Enjoy!

Me:

One cavity, one speeding ticket, summer freckles.

Husband:

Saving the world with hand-eye coordination.

Us:

Snuggling trumps to-do lists, no exceptions.

Our big day:

His black tux- something important happened?

Currently thinking:

Keep blogging or vacuum hairy spider?

And:

Elephant paradise involves antiquity and talcum.

And:

My bangs are growing out awkwardly.

Okay, I better stop before I get carried away with this :) Now it's your turn! Make up a 6-word memoir. The first thing that comes to mind. I dare you! Leave it in a comment, or else hop on over to my blog and tell me your memoir.

Thank you so much Emma for letting me invade your adorable blog! 


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Brooke just seriously wowed me! I LOVE these six-word memoirs. But let's be honest, I haven't written one yet because I'm afraid it will suck. Brooke wrote so many wonderful ones though! I guess I can give it a try! 


Here goes {on what I'm doing RIGHT now}:
Christmas music fills me with joy.
No snuggle time- UGH video games! {Haha}
Nap time ruined my bedtime. Oops!


Well, there are a few for you! Now give it a go and then head over and check out Brooke's wonderful blog! {And share your six-word memoirs with her!}


Thanks for guest posting Brooke!!


P.S. Today I am grateful for WORDS. It's amazing what we can 
use our words for and how other peoples' words can change our lives. 


P.P.S. Check out my new blog button over to your right! 
It was made by Daryl of Roots, Wings, and Other Things. 
She is amazing at all things Blog Designing so you should check her out!

Fashion Guest Post: Autumn

I'm excited to have Autumn of Stay gold, Autumn posting on my blog today! Autumn is one of my swap sponsors and she is one of my wonderful blog friends! I absolutely adore her clothes, she takes gorgeous pictures, and her words are always inspiring. You can see her blog here, her button to your right, and another guest post by her here! Have fun viewing Autumn's very first {I'm pretty sure} outfit post!

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Emma always has the cutest outfits and so I decided to try my hand at my very first fashion post.

 Cardigan - Macey's

Blue shirt - Sam's Club

Gray under shirt - Bella Bird at Walmart

Blue jeans - Levi's 524 skinny cut

Shoes - Walmart...from high school 

Headband - Provo farmer's market 

Belt - random store in Arkansas

Coat....yeah, I should have been wearing one.

Since beginning teaching I have found myself in a rut with my hair and clothes; this rut is called having to leave our apartment at 6:50 AM for work. Until I began blogging I thought people were born with innate talents of mixing and matching clothes.  What am I realizing?  Like every talent, some people are naturals, but we all have to practice.  For me?  I didn't really start practicing until I came to BYU. Someone once told me with my body type I shouldn't wear an empire waist anything- that person was silly and I have a beautiful empire-waist cut wedding dress in my closet.  Someone else once told me cargo pants would be slimming on me in middle school....what?! What I do know?  I try on a lot of different types of clothes and I'm often surprised at how they fit or lay.  I know that I often try a little too hard to blend in, but at the end of the day?  My husband thinks I'm pretty and that's really all that matters.

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I LOVE her outfit! Don't you?! And I agree that in the end if my husband thinks I'm pretty it really doesn't matter if I blend in. I love that! Thank you for this wonderful post Autumn! Can I borrow your outfit?!

P.S. Today I am grateful that I am more than halfway done with this semester. And way more than halfway done with college! One and a half more semesters!! 

Handwriting+Gratitude

I hope you can see these okay! This is my handwriting! 

The rest is written below so squint hard and read away! 

Also, today I am guest posting over at my real life friend Kylie's blog! You should go check it out and then read the rest of Kylie's blog. She has great date ideas, an adorable Etsy shop, and is just overall awesome! Also, that's where I'm talking about the things that I am grateful for today. Happy November everyone! 

First Guest Post Ever!

This time I'm talking about my first guest post on someone else's blog rather than other people guest posting on my blog. Excited, aren't you? Today I am guest posting at Yours Truly, Madison. I talk a little bit about my blog and then lots about why sisters are so awesome. You should all go check it out and then go exploring on Madison's blog because she's awesome. She writes about life in Bush Alaska {read the Bushy Brunette Women Week series. It's awesome}, running {that's what she's up to while she's away this week}, and her family which often includes her sisters {and of course tons of other awesome stuff}. Anyway, she's super fun so go enjoy my little post and then have fun exploring her blog!

Guest Post: Katie, the new Mrs. Devey!

I am so excited to have Katie Devey {that's her NEW last name} of the blog Sparky posting here on my blog! Katie and I are new blogging friends. I actually found her blog while she was on her honeymoon and had guest posters {this one in particular}. But then I started perusing the rest of her blog and I loved what I saw. Katie married her childhood sweetheart{ish} in August and is so in love! I love love and I love reading about love. It's so fun to hear about her relationship with her new husband and to see how much fun they have together. Without further ado, here is Katie!

Hello friends!

[Isn't Emma great?  We only recently became blogging friends, but I love her already!]

Ok, kids, let's get down to the nitty gritty.

I just got married.  [Almost] a month ago now.  And it's the best thing that's ever happened to me.

Tim and I met when I was about eight and he was about ten.  

He would come to my older brother's birthday parties.  I would see him around at church.  Scouting functions.  Youth activities.  [You name it, I remember seeing him.]

Romantic, right?  Childhood sweethearts.

Wrong.  [Wrong, wrong, wrong.]

He doesn't really remember me.

And why should he?

He was the cool older boy.

I was a nerdy little girl.

Then I moved away, grew up, and eventually moved away to school.

And it just happened to be the same place that Tim went to school.

To make a [very] long story short, this time, the tables had turned.

I was no longer interested in him, but he suddenly became very interested in me.

And I ran him through the mill for quite a few months before I [finally] consented to be his wife.

And boy, am I glad I did.

I write about our lives and our love, but mostly, I write about our silliness.

Come take a peek, relax, and maybe stay for awhile.

I love blogging friends.

Thanks for having me, Emma!

Isn't their story great? And aren't her wedding pictures amazing? I can't imagine looking that good in Phoenix SUMMER weather! But Katie pulled it off wonderfully! Now you all need to go over to her blog and read more about her wedding, her love story, her life, and see more beautiful pictures. Have fun perusing!   

Guest Post: Meet Mrs. Autumn!

My second guest poster of the weekend is Autumn from Stay gold, Autumn. I found her blog pretty recently and it is inspiring, honest, and so sweet. I love reading her posts and seeing the beautiful pictures she takes. I love hearing about her marriage and her life after college. She was married in the Mesa temple {same place Race and I were married!} almost a year ago and she's here to share the adorable story of how she fell in love with her husband.

My name is Autumn.  I'm a first year teacher and a graduate student who is married to...another graduate student.

This is the story of when I knew I had fallen in love with my husband.

I met my husband on a blind date that took two years to set up.  A month after that date Devin took me skiing for an accounting recruitment event.  At this point I was still largely in denial about even wanting to date much less going on the same dates with the same person.

It was the first time I had really seen Devin interact with people and I remember a recruiter coming up to him and asking if he was an avid skiier.  To be honest, it was Devin's first time and I was showing him.  The man said: "My first day of skiing...I wouldn't be smiling like that.  You must always smile."

To be honest, that was also my first impression of him.  Always smiling.

When we walked to his car he opened the backdoor and handed me a blanket..."I packed this blanket because you're always cold and I figured this would help."

I smiled and he helped wrap it around me before I sat down in the car.

He closed my door and walked around to his side.  I remember thinking "he will always take care of you" and I knew it.

That is when I realized I had fallen in love.

We were married a little shy of Christmas that year.

We picked somewhere warmer.

I loved Autumn's story! And I hope you all did too. :] It's so great having someone to take care of you. Also, Autumn, I absolutely love your wedding dress--GORGEOUS! Thanks for posting on my blog today and sharing your sweet love story. Now everyone head over to Autumn's blog and read more about life after marriage. And be prepared to be inspired!

First Guest Post Ever: Kaycie

I am in Lake Powell. Just waking up to a beautiful sunrise or something cool at the moment. Headed off to get our jet ski and tube for the day and then have some fun and SUPER sunscreen all day so I don't burn. But, you all get to hear from the lovely Kaycie! She is visiting from {Redhead} Memories where she blogs about newlywed life, delicious recipes she makes for her husband, and proclaims herself as a lover of  soft and mushy bananas. She is the cutest, funnest {is that a word} redhead that I have met in blogland and I am so excited to have her taking over my blog for the day.  

Hey friends of Race and Emma! I’m Kaycie and I blog over at Redhead Memories.

Since Emma and Race are out celebrating their anniversary, I thought I should talk about marriage. And then I realized, I haven’t ever shared my proposal story on my blog before! So I’m going to take this opportunity to do so!

Scott and I were traveling down to Las Vegas, where his family lives, for the summer break. Because we’d be passing by the Grand Canyon and neither of us had been since we were really young, we thought we would stop by!

You would think that going to the Grand Canyon when we had been talking about getting married would ring a bell. I thought about it, but didn’t think it was going to happen. Scott still had to talk to my dad and said he wouldn’t get the ring before then.

Yeah. Boys lie when they’re about to propose to girls.

Scott and my naïve self traveled to the canyon anyway. When we got there, it was pouring rain. I thought it was fun! I guess I hadn’t seen rain in a while. Scott was way upset, but didn’t show it. We pulled into a parking stall and right then, it stopped raining. Scott likes to say, “the heavens parted”.

He walked me to the edge, (also, he is terrified of heights) found a spot that was semi-secluded, and took advantage of that perfect moment. It totally caught me by surprise and of course, I said yes!

Of COURSE I wore old pants and a t-shirt. I thought I was getting comfy for the road trip. Ha! At least I work makeup, ha ha.

I guess he really loves me. :)

I hope you all enjoyed Kaycie's adorable engagement story {I sure did}! And now head on over to her blog and learn more about her and her exciting life in Vegas as a newlywed! 

Life is Kicking My Little {er...Big} Bum.

Mostly school is just kicking me in the butt. But other things are too {like trying to find a job while kinda half working, and searching for books for cheap was a LOT of work}. Anyway, I really don't think it will be that bad eventually but this first week I feel like I have been running nonstop. {It didn't help that I had cramps ALL week from that obnoxious thing that has to come visit every month. Sidenote: How are you supposed to talk about periods in blogland without it sounding nasty like it is?} Anyway, I should be sleeping, reading books, studying, cleaning, packing, etc. right now but I just finished washing {with the help of Race} and folding {without the help of Race} a billion and one loads of laundry. My back is sore and I am exhausted so I am going to sit, relax, and blog instead of doing more important things.

I have some exciting news to share! First, Saturday is Race and my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! :] It has been the most wonderful year being married to the most wonderful person and I love that we still have eternity to go. I plan on doing a legit anniversary post when we get back. I'll do one about being married and how awesome it is and then one about our awesome mini vacation that we are doing this weekend.

The second thing that I have to share is that I will be having three awesome guest posters! This is my first time ever having other people post on my blog...other than the couple of times that Race wrote on here forever ago. Anyway, I am excited to announce that Kaycie of {Redhead} Memories will be visiting on Saturday, Autumn of Stay gold, Autumn will be visiting on Sunday, and Katie of Sparky will be visiting on Monday! I can't wait to share all of the sweet things that they wrote about love, marriage, weddings, engagements, and all things good. :] I will be back on Tuesday and ready to share all of my adventures with you! But, please give my guest posters some love and go visit their blogs because they are all awesome!

Well, I hope to get in one more post before I head off in the next 24 hours but if not come back during the weekend to learn all about some cool ladies while I enjoy Lake Powell and spending some quality {much needed} time alone with my hubby. No TVs, no phones, no computers. It will be pure bliss!

I will get to be with him for hours instead of seeing him while he's on his way to class while I'm headed home as seen in this progression of pictures:















He's cute. :] And he started walking funny right when he realized I was taking pictures. But yeah, I am really excited for this weekend!