it's beginning to look a lot like...

Christmas.

scenes from Thanksgiving

 We traveled to Fort Worth for Thanksgiving.  And it was a blast to get to be there for 4 days. 

I hope your Thanksgiving was a restful and relaxing as ours.

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Don't forget to enter to win your copy of 1000 Gifts in this post.

Just tell me what you're thankful for!

He still is.

yesterday was a heck of a day.

our aparment got broken into.

I got a call from our apartment manager at 11:52 am.

I didn't know the number, so I let it go to voicemail.

when I saw that the number left a voicemessage, I listened.

and returned the call.

I went home immediately,

nightmares flashing in my eyes.

crying Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.

my flesh was failing.

tears were streaming.

Jesus was all there was.

When I got home, it wasn't as bad as the nightmares I pictured.

I called a friend, and through tear mumbled words she understood and came.

Let me tell you right now, sweet ladies of the Lord are so priceless.

she kept telling me she was sorry that she looked a mess. she said she hadn't showered.

to me, she couldn't have been more beautiful

loving and supporting me like Christ.

and after a while, we put it all back together.

the house looks normal.

some things are gone.

but our souls and salvation remain.

we made a trip to home depot and bought every reinforcement they sold.

It was a heck of a day.

but there are a few things I know that were shown to me.

in those nightmarish moments when I had no strength and knew completlely and totally that Jesus was all there was, i knew.
Jesus is all that there is.
and He still is.

A few big changes..

Besides living with a boy...the apartment looks very different than it used to...so, here is a re-introduction to the apartment as the Battershells apartment!

Sam had an awesome idea to hand some lanterns from the ceiling in our bedroom!  It's my favorite part of the whole house. 

We are proud longhorns!

 The knot Sam used to hand the lanterns--it looks so cool.

 Each lantern has a flameless candle in it--they look awesome when turned on!

 The lanterns with the metal galvanized cubes below--the towels look very cool displayed in the cube.

 My bedside table and lamp.

 Our gallery of pictures on the wall in our bedroom.

 Near the door in our bedroom.

 Sam's dresser and our bedroom TV.

 My dresser.

 Side table in the living room

 Metal bookcase in the living room.

 Centerpiece and tablecloth.

 Living room--Sam got some cool mantle like shelves for display..they are awesome!

 A few small details of the house--Sam is great at these small details.

 A plate we got in Cabo--we love it!

 We love our Thomas O'Brien clock!

 We made pickles together--it was so fun!  They are so tasty!

 Our guest room looks much better.

Hope you enjoyed it!  We love the changes!