Happy Halloween!!!!! And Birthday.. :)

Just wanting to wish everyone a
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

And wish my amazing niece MELANIE

and awesome friend MARANDA a verrrry

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ♥ ♥

(love you girls!) Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend!!LOVES! -AW

In Christ Alone.

i heard this last night on the way to shelda's on j103 crossroads.

i am IN LOVE with this song!!!! def a new favorite!!! gives me chills!

happy halloween! :)

haha i knew i loved chris august ;) lol

hay and i heard this on j103 today
and cracked up. had to share.

comfort zones.

i have to say im a very predictable person. i like to have things a certain way and keep them that way. ive written before about being a planner and organizer and thats not just in work or in my room space, like normal ppl, its in every area of my life. i have to 'know' things. how each day is going to go. i plan out my day, my wk, and sometimes even my hour haha. and i usually get uncomfortable when things go differently than planned. and how crazy is that?? God is in charge here, not me. so to expect things to always go my way is absurd. yet i still do. (the last 6months of my life has drastically brought about a change in me. i thank God for that:) also, i write EVERYTHING down. i make lists of to-do's and to-get's and my life seems pretty much perfect when things go by my plans and those lists. haha but when they dont im a lil ashamed to say, i freak out. my anxiety level sky rockets. i also have a 'safety zone' in which i live. things that i just 'dont do'. things that would/do make my anxiety shoot up and therefore making me..uncomfortable. and so i live by these lists, plans and zones..as i have my entire life. (i literally remember making these 'lists' in elementary school lol!) then comes in chad haynes. chad is the exact opposite of me in this aspect. he is a spur of the moment person. loves suprises and last minute plans. and is an absolute adrenaline junkie. yes, a COMPLETE polar opposite there. lol over the past four years ive been pushed outside my 'zones and plans' more by him than anyone else in my LIFE. and i disliked it. it made me insane. i just 'had' to have things a certain way. and heaven forbid he actually make me do something that would cause...gasp...an adrenaline rush. (haha) i would usually end up going w/whatever the moment brought on. (whether it be last minute change of plans or fourwheeling up a mountain and getting stuck and having to wlk down in the dark hehe) but it would leave me feeling all anxious and 'i cant BELIEVE he made me do that' lol well the past 5months of my life i was w/out that. i was w/out my best friend. and i was w/out the 'craziness' and the plan changes. i was w/out the challenges that he would bring me. and i was w/out the insane amount of fun i use to have. yes, this man, pushes me. he makes me do these things that i didnt want to or thought i'd hate and i was realizing that i was missing out on ALL of it while we were apart. every single last minute of it. i had all of these realizations when, while we were apart, THOSE are the very things i wanted to be doing. and not just w/anyone, but w/him! he does push me and challenge me but no one has ever done that before. so i've never had to do it until him. and i am soo thankful that he is like that! there are sooo many many things that i would never have known i enjoyed unless he challenged me to do them!! not only that, he has brought out so much of me that has been hidden for so long! like the side of me that absolutely loves being outdoors! the side that loves fishing and sitting in a tree stand to wait hrs to possibly not see a thing. and the side that loves to get muddy when your flying through the woods on a fourwheeler (i couldnt TELL you how long it had been since i had done that before!!) all of those things i use to do, at some point i just stopped. and now its like im me again. after all those years! and i really have to give thanks to chad haynes (and our wonderful Savior, who brought our paths together!) for this amazing happiness ive refound :) i really wouldnt be who i am now w/out him. and certainly wouldnt be as happy. :) [i love you cch!! ♥]

Camo Chick!

10.26.10

this chick loooves her camo! :)

don't you love the shirt?? hehe

chad&i got her&grace those last yr.
she was all about wanting to go

hunting w/her bubs and wore this

hat all day that day lol i HAD to

get a pic and her response to me

saying 'here hay, let me get a pic

real fast'...hayneslie: 'yeah..send

this to bubba' and she makes that

sweet funny face!!!! haha i love her!!

ooh emm gee!

engagement from benkrebs on Vimeo.


love love LOVE this!!!!!
and i looove me some brooke fraser!!

love it!!

Meryl and Mike - SAME DAY EDIT - Teaser Trailer from Rob Adams Films on Vimeo.

this is PRECIOUS!!!

10.27.10

just in from hunting!! yay for hunting during the week!!

and double YAY for seeing chad during the week!!!!! ♥

we didnt see anything and this pic was taken .2 seconds

after i climbed up the (extremely tall) tree stand, so i have

crazy hair haha but i had to snap a quick shot of us in the

NEW STAND!!!! :) we are sooo gonna get a deer outta

this thing this weekend!! i can feel it :)

Dear Taylor,

i just love you.

you're amazingly talented and have always been a favorite

of mine, since your very frist song. however, i must say..
im highly disappointed in this new song of yours.

try not to let that happen again, k? k :)

-aw

hahaha! ooohh geeez. i cant believe this is a taylor song.

i honestly dislike this one so much. it makes me think of

songs like kellie picklers 'best days' or whatever...um,

well...if they WERE the best days then wouldnt HE

think that too??? haha anyway lucky & i have this

joke about that song bc it seriously is insane to me

that ppl can say/think things like that. if it was so good

then he/she would be w/you and not w/someone else..

just sayin.

but i guess if it makes the person feel better to see it

that way (instead of..im better w/OUT you) then whatever

works for them. :) and as far as bustin in on someone's

wedding?! guess THAT is when im reminded that taylor

IS only 20yrs old haha i cant wait to hear the rest of the

new songs! (i have faith that they get better than this haha)

goodnight.

i think im finally going to get off here and go to bed..

ive been watching the news obsessively for hours now.

im such a chicken. these storms freak me out! but im

exhausted, and i have to get up super early in the a.m.

ive been blogging, facebooking, and listening to music

like crazy this evening to postpone going to bed (and

to get my mind off the weather outside lol) the sky isnt

lighting up near as much as it has been..but the news just

said we're still not out of the woods for the tornadoes

just yet. still praying!!! (and wishing my lil sister would hurry &get home!)

Ive been looking through my old videos and pictures alot

this evening &came across this one. It makes my heart swell.

I cant begin to describe the love in my heart for this man.

And I am soo grateful that things are back. Back to how

they're meant to be. Back to how they were. Before we

messed everything up. And honestly, they're even 1000

times better than before. I pray we never forget to 'soar

like the eagle' above & over any problems we may face.

And that we never lose the friendship that brought us

together four years ago!!! God, thank You!! Thank You

for friendships, for relationships,  for working in hearts,

for bringing things in Your plan into existence, for

knowing & working in lives & situations (even when

we dont understand....or even when we're not cooperative),

 for forgiveness, for LOVE, and for another chance. ♥ 

WinterJam2011

Newsboys

David Crowder Band

Kutless

Francesca Battistelli

RED

NewSong

KJ-52

Tony Nolan

Sidewalk Prophets

Chris Sligh

Chris August

And THAT is the line up for Winter Jam 2011!! Oh em geeeee!!

How exciting!! I havent been to Winter Jam in forever, but really

hope I can make it to this one..All REALLY great artists (some Ive already seen haha)

but this is one tour I would LOVE to make it to!! Francesca and Tony in

the same night?! Awesomeness :) Praying now for this tour! And for many

many lives to be changed & souls to be saved!!! ♥♥♥

ShowHope.

I cant wait to get these to support SHOW HOPE!!

I cant currently afford to be a sponsor but will def 

be donating as soon as I can!! Buying these will also

help and go toward the cause! AND it will also help

make others around me aware of Show Hope, a

good conversation starter :) Next month is 

 National Adoption Awareness month, and

Nov 7th (sweet Hayneslie's birthday:) is

Orphan Sunday!! So Im thinking now is a

great time to make these purchases that Ive

been wanting for so long now! :)

Jason Castro.

just searching on NRT and found this song..looked it up on youtube..

and i must say..i like the song..and the video is TOO stinkin cute!!

cant help it..im going thru my old videos :)

my sweet baby!!!!

i had to bottle feed her since she was soo young

when i got her but she refused to eat food for weeks!

haha she chewed her 'pet bottles' nipples in half so

i tried to 'starve' her to get her to eat food & it didnt

work...lol she was well past the age of taking a bottle

yet i had to buy a REAL baby bottle just to get her

to eat!! lol i remember being so frusterated that she

'seemed to never grow up' but now im very sadden

at just how fast she is growing! i miss her being this

tiny!! (not so much the bottle feedings haha but her size!) but she is
the most lovin kitty i have ever seen! (&thats saying a lot!)

and she thinks she's human. its TOO funny :)

ive had some reeeally bad experiences w/kittens the

past couple yrs so im so nervous about her being

outside!! :( i hope i can get her back inside soon.

she is my sweet gift from God in a terribly sad season

of my life. (seriously. I prayed for her, and God gave her to me:)

and she's the bestest kitty in the whole wide world!!! ;)

fourwheelin time!

09.05.10

ok so we didnt get the cameras out until we were about

to leave (bc they would have been ruined lol) but im

saddened that my video sucked (stupid fourwheeler died lol)

but patricks is my favorite!! haha i cant WAIT to do this

again!!! hopefullllllly this wknd!!!!! :)

gun powder and lead.

this video STILL cracks me up!! haha

this was an awesome fun night!

me, mel, sam and chad spent the

evening on the hunting property

shooting!! yes, like 10 different

guns and 29387498734 bullets lol!

i soooo cant wait to do this again

when sam gets back in just a few wks!!!

don't leave just yet..

Saddened that I cant find a video from this song. And a lil aggrevated. It just played on Pandora and Im lovin' it. But then again, it IS NeedToBreathe..whats not to love?! :)

DONT LEAVE JUST YET.

"Dont' leave just yet I was mistaken
My hands are tied and my time is wasted
And i just want you to know that i need you now"

:)

A terrible cost.

A terrible cost - timesfreepress.com

i still can not express enough just how

thankful i am for this young man!! and
for all the men & women serving our country!!

broken hearts.

"When a broken heart heals, it beats that much stronger, it loves that much deeper, it learns to forgive. And with every tear, it's closer to mending. And scars are just marks of a fighter who didn't just lay down and die when it could not feel."

i totally stole this from maranda's facebook. hehe

thanks maranda! im looovin' this one!!

ugh..

monday-wednesday stinks.

You Are More.

another amazing msg.

I love T.A.N!

Forgiven.

heard this song on the way to work this a.m. (for the millionth time) but

oh my goodness, how i needed to hear it this morning!!!! and i think

there are so many out there who may just need this reminder as well...

"Well the past is playing with my head

And failure knocks me down again
I’m reminded of the wrong
That I have said and doneAnd that devil just wont let me forget


In this life
I know what I’ve been
But here in your armsI know what I am

[chorus]
I’m forgivenI’m forgiven
And I don’t have to carry
The weight of who I’ve been
Cause I’m forgiven


My mistakes are running through my mind
And I’ll relive my days, in the middle of the night
When I struggle with my pain, wrestle with my pride
Sometimes I feel alone, and I cry


In this life
I know what I’ve been
But here in your armsI know what I am
[chorus]I’m forgivenI’m forgiven
And I don’t have to carry
The weight of who I’ve been
Cause I’m forgiven


When I don't fit in and I don’t feel like I belong anywhere
When I don’t measure up to much in this life
Oh, I’m a treasure in the arms of Christ ‘cause


[chorus]

I'm forgiven

I'm forgiven

And I don't have to carry

The weight of who I've been

Cause I'm forgiven"

♥

naptime.

how's this for the most awkward place to take a nap bahahaha!!

hahaha this cracks me up!! first..i felt like death. i started out

wearing an under shirt (tank), a shirt, a long sleeve shirt, a

sweatshirt and a hoodie. leggings under my coveralls, and three

pairs of socks. bahaha! after helping cut & knock down trees

i had to shed some layers...and my boots. this is what was left

(dont you love my knee high socks that i had on under my other 2 pair??LOL!)

after i couldnt be of assistance any longer in the tree stand

process, this is what happened haha i just couldnt make it!

STUPID ALLERGIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but that mini nap helped me to have energy to help put UP

the tree stand when it came time for that part lol oh how i

love hunting season :) now if i could just FEEL BETTER!!

hurt healer.

i finally got tony nolan's book on friday!!

i absolutely can not wait to start reading it!!
just as soon as i start to feel better...

sickly weekend, and still it was fabulous! :)

a preview of the photo shoot w/the

Owen family on saturday morning!

My new best friend, Keily :)

Saturday. trip to Chatt w/my love..and look at the BEAUTIFUL sky!!

the most awesome thing ever.

this was the sky when we got home sat night.

how stinkin awesome is that?!

ive seen rings around the moon before

but NEVER that big & that far out!

this accidentally turned out like this..

and i loove it :)

sunday. after hunting (w/no luck) we got down

and spent hours & hours clearing out branches

and weeds, cuting trees, and putting together

(and putting UP) our new double stand!!

Im suuupppperrr excited to have a new

place to hunt!!! But man, after all day in the

woods, Im beat. Think it wasnt such a great

idea for this sickly girl... :( But I had fun

and got to spend some time w/my hunters! :)

This is us getting started on the stand..haha

and this was me after about an hour haha

Chad thought it was humerous to take a

picture of me passed out asleep lol

But hey, they managed to get the stand

together!! Look how awesome it is!!

Cant wait to use it next weekend!! ♥

the fair!

today was fan-stinkin-tastic!!!! besides tn's loss, it was a perfect day :)

photo shoot, shopping, dinner at jenkins, watching the tn game w/the Holts,

spent almost the entire day w/my love, & then the fair w/Von and Olivia!!!

Love love love it!!! Now off to bed..Im gonna get me a deer in the am! (hehe!)

waiting..

Did I mention how much I loooove the wknds?!?! :) Last night, although feeling deathly ill haha!, I got to spend some time w/my love!! Dinner. Went to the movies w/his familia (crazzzyy freaky movie). Then back to my casa feeling loopy bc of my allergy meds hahaha! Then got up this am and went and met the Owen family for a photo session! Oh my! The place we went ended up having an event going on so we found a couple random locations, and I must say, I was very impressed!! :) [I'll post some previews soon] Now about to head out to Chattown shopping, dinner at one of my favorite places, then FOOTBALL!! Not sure where we'll end up, but we're def watching the TN Bama game in just a short while! :) I hope everyone else is having a FABULOUS weekend!! Loves!!!

look alikes?

Bo Bo is asleep and Im bored, chillin, & waiting

on the girlies to get here & I saw a clip for this 

movie on the internet & so I was thinking.....

For everyone who says I look like the 'dear john'

chick, please look at how much Mona looks like the

girl from 'inglorious bastards'....I mean, really?! hahaha 

I remember watching the movie and us saying simultaneously

'its Mona!!!' lol this chick claims to be from france, but i still

wonder if Mona isnt pulling one over on us....hehe.

I'll be found in You..

Creation Museum

I want to go here sooo bad!! Ive wanted

to go for about 2yrs now..maybe sometime

soon we can actually make this happen!! :)

And of course, a Tony quote..

"The burden of proof isn't on my back to prove to others that God exists.
It's on theirs to prove to me He doesn't."

-Tony Nolan.

Jonathan Acuff Quote of the Day :)

another Jonathan Acuff quote:

"I'm going to Huntsville, AL today for a meeting. And if you think I'm not going to hide my wife, hide my kids and hide yo husband too, you're crazy."

bahahahaha! this man never fails to post some great stuff!!
and you should check out his blog!!

www.stuffchristianslike.net

its the weekend!!!!

its the weekend!!! and i cant WAIT for all the fun it's gonna bring w/it!!!!

fooood.

lunch today was chicken salad crackers..

hahaha amber didnt have any bread lol

but it was still yummy :) & dont you love 

my hannah montana plate!?

my gift from my wonderful sister...

(love me some morsels♥)

my newest addiction, ooey gooey bars!

hay hay & i shared this today! heavenly! :)

♥

fleurs.

chad's mom made these..she wanted some pics of them

and of course i had to post some, they are absolutely beautiful!

i cant wait until tomorrow!!

i heart thursdays!!

i get to see my love!!!

RB pm!!

fun w/friends!!

then that means friday is next,

which means, the wknd!!!!!!

this pic was taken in my favorite spot, in my favorite park!!!

(i cant wait for another day like this!!)

Walk Me Down The Middle.

"I'd walk through fire for you
Walk through barbed wire for you
I'd walk for miles, it's true
Just to be with you"

haircut.finally..

the beach trip this year was the start of my 'eehhh' hair stage.

ive not straightened my hair the first time since going to the

beach in JULY!! hahaha Before, I straightened my hair every

single day! And while at the beach I realized just how bad I

needed it cut and how yuck it looked straightened so since

then Ive just vowed to wear it like this (all wavy) until I get

it cut. I didnt realize my life would be INSANE & I wouldnt

get it cut until OCTOBER! geeeeez lol anyway, Im so sick of

wearing it wavy, pulled up or pulled back. Im ready to have my

hair back! So Im going in just a few mins to get it chopped off!!

Im not gonna lie, I love the length and will probably be sad when

I see just how much she has to cut haha But Im sooo ready to

love my hair again :) Ive had my appt for a wk &its been the

longest wk of my life lol Deaun, I cant wait to see you! ;)

♥

think of me♥rosi golan

favorite!!

my two favorite little girls in the whole wide world!! :)

baby kitty..

me and baby kitty!!!

she just keeps growing!

i love her soo much!! ♥

10.18.10

i HAD to snap a pic of them yesterday

in their too cute outfits! and then after

showing grace some fun stuff on the

computer she wanted this one to have

pumpkins around it lol looove it!!

When I'm With You.

precious!! lovin' this new stuff from jj!! :)

What Love Really Means.

i looove her voice!

and she has a new cd out today!!

cant wait to get it!

I'll fly away.

ive always loved this song. but jars of clay's version

seems to be my favorite. its on my list of my funeral

songs :) its just a beautiful, beautiful song!! and lately

its been stuck in my head! haha and saturday it played

at hilcrest and it made it even MORE in my head so i had

to come find it online to hear it..to my suprise i coudlnt

find it on any cds of mine. strange. but now i know it will

def be on my next one :) '"Just a few more weary days and then,

I'll fly away To a land where joy will never end, I'll fly away."

fourwheelin'

09.05.10

cant wait to do this again in about 2wks!!! :)

♥

mondays..

mondays are no fun.

dear stupid work schedule,
why do you have to take up sooo much time??

hopeufully ONE DAY it wont be like this...

but for now im anxiously awaiting 2:00! :)

MY work schedule isnt insane, buut mondays
give me too much alone time, which means

too much time to think...and right now
im thinking about how much chad's work

schedule stinks!!!! haha

The Road of Relationship.

If anyone thinks himself to be religious (piously observant of the external duties of his faith) and does not bridle his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person's religous service is worthless (futile, barren).

-James 1:26

Sometimes it seems that religion is killing people. There are many who are seeking a relationship with God, but the religious community tells them what they need to "do" in order to be acceptable to Him. This religious spirit was alive in Jesus' day, and even though He died to put an end to it and bring people into close personal relationhip with Himself, the Holy Spirit, and the Father, that same spirit still toments people to this day--if they don't know the truth.

Religion says, "You must find a way, no matter how impossible it may seem. You had better follow the rules or suffer punishment." But relationship says, "Do your best because you love Me. I know your heart. Admit your faults, repent of your mistakes, and just keep loving Me."

(tonights devotion from Ending Your Day Right by Joyce Meyer!)

my weekend..

..was AMAZING! Friday night, night in w/the fam and Chad. Mainly bc we are old folks now and go to bed at 10pm on Fridays. lol Saturday I didnt get to go hunting but I DID get to go see those sweet adorable Brock boys that I havent gotten to photograph in over a year!!! They moved on me, just to Calhoun, but we finally set up a time and I got to go see them! And I must say...still so very PRECIOUS!!! :) Then back to Dalton, threw on different clothes and headed out again to go to my very first ever...haunted house! Yep, thats right. Never been before. Im a total chicken and dont do scary. Scary to normal ppl gives them an adrenaline rush and fires them up...to me...I wanna throw up!! LOL! Chad went w/my sister 2yrs ago to a haunted house bc I refused to go w/either of them in my life. haha Anyway, I caved this year and we ended up in MASSACRE ON MEIGHAN!!!!! Oh my gosh! Ok, so idk how normal haunted houses are but I highly recommend this one!! lol It was stinkin awesome!!! Not sure Ive ever laughed so hard in my life! Soooo glad I went!!!! Especially with the ppl in my group! Amber Chanda and Wendy made it fun all on their own! lol We went to a second one down the street (Monster Island or something??) and it was HORRIBLE!!!! Very short, very unscary, and verrrry unappropriate language. I mean, since when does horrible curse words make anything scary??? They literally were cursing each other and US! I mean yelling the F word and the B word in my face only makes me want to scream "Seriously?!?!" (as we all were). Anyway.....Saturday night was a complete blast and I am ready to do it again in ATL in a couple wks!!!! ;) This morning we headed out to Burts bright and early (thankfully bc the crowd was inssssaaaane later on) then to Hilcrest. Then fried appl pies..mmmmm!! :) Then back to Dalton and Chad and I rode up the mtn to go hunting but really only ended up stayin on the fourwheeler riding around and enjoyed the amazing view from the top for a few before deciding to go see a movie ;) RED was great! Hilarious! Then taco bell. Then home. :( Only to start a work week all over again. If only EVERYONE had a job as great as mine :) Guess phone calls and txts will have to do for a few days. haha Here's some pics from this awesome wknd!!!

not exactly sure why these two pics are crazy, but anyway first pic of the Brock twins and one of the last pics I did of the Brock boys. NOW here's the new ones :)

unedited, but look how funny!

cute cute boys!! :)

Burt's!!! Me, Hay, Chad & Grace!
(LOVED their outfits!!)

Bo Bo!!!!

family shot!

Me, Chad, Bobby, Neil, Cliff, Tosha,

Sarah, Amber, Grace, Adam & Hayneslie!!

pumpkins!!!!!!!♥

Me and my precious Holt girls!

up on the mountain!

last one for tonight :)

dusty.

im a little concerned..i just got a voicemail from 'dusty's girlfriend' and it sounded like 'dusty' is in some trouble...not sure i even know 'dusty'...but apparently 'dusty's girlfriend' called my mom already. hahaha!!!! i mean...i feel like i should call her and let her know she has the wrong person...??? anyway, can we all say a prayer for 'dusty' please! :)

and now im anxiously awaiting my zaxby's, a movie, and chad! :) hurrrry pleeeasse!
YAY FOR FRIDAY!!

Hold You Up♥

ooohh, i love this man for songs like these! haha

still doesnt beat my first fav 'love song' of his,

but im in looove with this one!!

The Reason For The World.

i cant help it!! cant. stop. posting. matthews. new. soonngssss!!!! lol

this is awesome stuff!!!!!

"Maybe the reason for the pain
Is so we would pray for strength
And maybe the reason for the strength
Is so that we would not lose hope
And maybe the reason for all hope
Is so that we could face the world
And the reason for the world
Is to make us long for home

For God so loved your broken heart
He sent his son to where you are
and he died
To give a reason for the world"

Broken Girl.

                                 

"This is a song for the broken girl 

The one pushed aside by the cold, cold world

You are

Hear me when I say

You’re not the worthless they made you feel

There is a Love they can never steal away

And you don’t have to stay the broken girl"