baby squirrel

we're weird.

i'm about to do a post about a baby squirrel. please don't judge me. or if you do - just fake it around me.

the other day, hubz and I went for a walk and brought our cameras. soon he will be second shooting weddings with me so we were practicing. :) so, as we were walking we saw a baby squirel! and you know how everything is cuter in miniature. except for baby cats. not kittens. babies. they are gross looking and look like yoda.

ANYWAY. this baby was little. and cute. somehow we wanted to take it home with us (i told you not to judge).

hubz was exceptionally excited about the squirrel. 

i might have said this before, but sometimes i want to create a "cutesy animals!" board on pinterest. but i never get the guts. which leads me to - why is there not an option to have a private board on pinterest? what if i wanted to post thinspiration pics. or boudoir pics (if thats something i wanted to do - it isn't). i don't want errryone to be seeing that. but i digress.

other than that, hubz learned a lot about his camera and picked everything up really quickly!

i am excited to be booking more weddings and have received more inquiries in the past 3 weeks than... ever! i am hopeful this continues and praying that the lord blesses this if it is his will.

plug: if you didn't see the engagement session i did recently, please visit the photog blog www.rebeccajordanphotography.com

looking up.

i went for a run last night (er, earlier this week when i wrote this).

it was dark. no one was around. i turned my music waaaaaaaaay up so i could tune out the critters chirping and scurrying and all that. 

and i ran alongside a possum at one point.

and i was kinda scared.

eeeeven though i was inside the gates of a christian camp.

eeeeeeven though i shouldn't be afraid of the dark anymore.

eeeeeeeeven though britney and katy perry were helping me power through it.

i thought my shadow was someone chasing me. and when the random light hit me just right, it looked like 3 people were chasing me (curiously running at the same pace as me... hmmm)

and then i looked up.

and have you seen a texas sky? and all the glitter up there?

 how could i be scared when there is a God who created this for me. who knows me and loves and... is THERE. 

and of course i thought about life. and all the unnecessary (and irrational?) fears we have. and worries.

and how if we woud just look up instead of down and around at things that lead us deeper into the trap of fear... we might be reminded.

of a God who is there.

always there.

showing us a little bit of sparkle when we need it.

photo catch-up

you may be wondering where i've been for a month and a half.

or you may not care. or already know via facebook.

either way...

see you around...

dating.

last weekend was spent with this girl - we had total girl weekend:

• tanning (or spray tanning - tip: never forget to put the lotion on your hands. never.)
• waxing
• mani/pedi
• eating - badly and alot
• catch up time with other girls
• getting out cute on

i was in town for my beautiful friend allizon's wedding. want to see her bridals? check it out. after watching the marriage of these two:

i just wanted to get engaged and married all over again. so i called hubz:

and said: i need a date night. nothing super fancy, but i don't want to see a movie and go to dinner. he said: okay, what about thursday? i said yes. 

hubz has thursday off. so he was preparing while i was at work. i got off and saw a picnic basket and cooler all packed up. we hopped in the car and off to faulkner park we went.

so we unloaded and guys, hubz MADE sushi. homemade y'all. i was reaaaaaal excited. and reaaaaaal impressed.

he bought sparkling pink lemonade. and expensive water (we're kind of snobs when it comes to our water)

 hi boy.

you may be wondering what the big one is... (don't hate unless you've tried it) SPAM MUSUBI. i ate it all the time in hawaii... they have it everywhere, even mcdonalds! its fried spam, rice, and seaweed. i had been craving it for a long time and he knew it. he's sweet.

yummers.

ever after.

hubz - thank you so much! i was super impressed. i would like to have monthly sushi picnics, please. i cant wait to see what you cook up for our next date!

on another note - i'm leaving for the ville tomorrow. 

then shooting a wedding

then cruising to nassau with the in-law girlz

then shooting another wedding

then heading home

i'll be without hubz for 10 days! i think thats the longest we've been apart since we got married. not that it matters... 

i love you babe! miss ya and enjoy the house without my wet towels on the bed, floor, or couch. :)

random musings.

today was my first experience with greek yogurt. all i have to say about that is... :/

friday night lights is almost over. (i love you matt saracen)

my 2 mile run today was pretty great for not running in 2 weeks.

wedding weekend coming up. pink dress. spray tan. lots of sweating on the dance floor... i hope.

against my better judgement, i got a nugget meal at mcdonalds last night. i've since decided i will now stock up on chick fil a sauce for those times when i eat another brand of chicken nuggets.

i'm about to take a spiritual gifts test... i'm betting my top gift is encouragement.

just kidding.... 

more like discernment. or faith. definitely not encouragement. or compassion.

it is thundering/lightening and i just want to be clear about how much i love dark skies. i know its more acceptable to be the person who looooooooooves sunny days. and i do. but not as much as the cloudy ones.

thinking about going back to mexico this year. but we really really want to go to hawaii next year. i guess we can't do both. or maybe we cannnnn.

would it be terrible to crawl under my desk and take a nap? yes. yes it would. hmph.

borrowlenses.com made me mad. i do not recommend them.

i DO recommend the s'more brownies i am going to make tonight. whoop.

also - if you are not the type of person to get up early to exercise or do your quiet time - become that way. then you can keep me accountable! plus its 1000% better than doing it later. trust.

okay, time to go. have a wonderful tuesday!