Week 13

Well I can say I am happy to be out of my first trimester! The first was absolute HELL. I was sick every day, and some days I would be sick all day. So it was quite a celebration to make it though a whole day of Disneyland without puking! And let's face it Disneyland is horribly romantic at this time of year. Jordan and I had a really great time. It was nice to get away for a day and the weather was perfect. We had the most perfect day.

Now we are home and back to the grind of things! One day I'll start posting baby bump picture....but I need a baby bump before I can start doing that :) Next week will be super crazy! It will be hard to recap!

Baby On The Way

Well blog world, I figure now is a good time to continue on in my blogging ventures. Why? Because I am pregnant. I love the idea of writing down my thoughts throughout the process and quite frankly I hate writing so the whole private journal thing is out. So here we go!

I found out I was pregnant on October 9th 2010. Which also happens to be the day after my birthday! It was an incredible shock and a ton of emotions. Mostly I feel like WHAT THE HECK??? I'M GOING TO BE A MOM??? Its just all so weird.

I got to see my baby for the first time yesterday and the joy Jordan and I felt just can't be matched. It was so nice to see "it" knowing that little baby Barker is safe and healthy inside me. It was so surreal to see the baby moving so much and not be able to feel it! I know that won't last for too long. I'm 12 weeks and Due June 14th, I've LOST weight, which seems weird, but when you throw up every morning it seems to make sense. There is no way you can tell I'm pregnant just by looking at me which kinda makes me sad. I just want a little baby bump already!!

I am so excited for the Christmas season. I got a few decorations up. I put up a tree in our bedroom that has all my childhood ornaments on it. Its fun to see it lit up, remembering all the Christmases I've had with those little guys. I'm so ready to have Christmas with Jordan. Our first Christmas married, our last Christmas just the two of us. Its a crazy time and I feel like I'll be holding on to EVERY single memory. Soaking in EVERY moment because I don't want to take for granted the little time we have left before this little floater arrives.

No Parking.

This picture is so my life right now. No parking. It should even say
no stopping haha. Everything has become a continuous blur with some
sleep in between the blurs. School has been so crazy and it's only the
second week!

But on a fun note you are looking at the blog of the new Hingepoint
Intern! I'm so excited to be a part of the staff now learning under
Chris with the childrens ministry. Every week is going to be
incredibly crazy with this. But nevertheless I'm so excited. I'm an
intern! I feel like Lauren Conrad on her first day at teen vogue! :)

Math time

Well school has started and I've been waking up during the 6 o'clock
hour which is rediculous! My classes are good. Difficult. But good.
I'm most excited for my United States history!

There are some pretty exciting things about to happen in my life! And
I can't wait to share them with you. My whole 4 followers :) haha

Premier designs

Today my mom had a premier designs party. Some of the jewelry is just
so not me. But it was great to have some time with Katie, my BFF. I'm
reminded today that God is still God no matter what. NO MATTER WHAT.
I've been going through so much lately and some days I feel like I
cant tread anymore. These past couple of days I've been reading in
exodus and God is like "kristen, I delivered my people from Egypt! Why
won't you to trust me to deliver you from..." it's funny how we are
still so much like the israelites! God delivered us! He brought us out
of "Egypt" and yet we complain!

I'm Just trying so hard to remember that God has delivered me from
"egypt" and he WILL bring me to the promised land.

Hubby's bday!

Yesterday was Jordan's birthday! Happy 24th babe! We had a great day!
I woke up early to make breakfast which is pretty funny because we
NEVER eat breakfast so after a few bites we were stuffed. Then it was
off to work!

After work we went to dinner with Jordan's parents, sister, brother-in-
law, brother, and all our neices and nephews. It was an eventful
dinner. The youngest Gracie kept making concoctions out of sweet n low
and various vegtables and lip gloss on top of bread and kept giving
them to Jordan as his birthday cake insisting he try it! Jakey kept
telling us yo momma jokes. Joey chimed in and Jordan said "Joey you
know my momma is Nana right?" Joey's reaction was priceless! And the
crowning jewel was discovering Joey can lick his armpit! Haha

We finised the night over at the jesse's residence for cupcakes and a
few rounds of mafia. So blessed by my new family! Love you guys!

Crazy life

Last weeks theme was technology. I got a whole one picture I believe
and I'm a little embarassed to post it. This week will be better the
theme is anything goes. I got a new lense for hipstamatic an here's
me! This week will be crazy. Jordans birthday is tomorrow and I have a
million and a half things to do before I'm ready for vacation...well
the cupcakes are done so on to decorating!

Close up 6

Big Brother

Ok so I am this huge nerd who LOVES Big Brother! And this season will not dissapoint I'm sure! They have this new twist called "The Sabetour" (sp?) and I can't wait to find out who it is! I already have my quesses because I'm an awesome observer. I seriously should be on this game! I'm just too good at it! and I'm seeing the same things that the houseguests are seeing at this point because they haven't revealed who it is yet! Gah so good! I will probably update you guys on big brother once a week....BECAUSE ITS MY FAVORITE!

Yesterday was a good day. I worked, found out one of my medical bills from my kidney stone was taken care of by a charity of some sort without me knowing about it. (sweet right?) and had a poolside BBQ for Lee's bday! Great day!

Now today is friday and I get to PAY BILLS WOOHOO

on a side note I was reppin my Love. Nail. Tree. yesterday check em out www.lovenailtree.com

Lee's Bday Celebration

So pretty flowers near Lee's apartment!!

Bike Rack

Red day 6

Today Danielle, Rachel, Sara, and I went to borders! This is what
transpired.

Eclipse!

So me and Rachel were pretty darn excited to be first in line! Yeauuh!
And we binged on dollar tree candy and popcorn. It was looking quite
possible that I might die from sugar high and pure enjoyment. The
movie was amazing! In other news still need a red picture today! So
yay another post!

Red day 5

Some cute dishes at my work!

slacker!

So I've totally managed to slack on this already! So this week is red. I'll post some pictures in a few. I am loving this theme. Its so fun to see what everyone posts. July is going to be amazing! So much going on and it starts today with eclipse!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (can you tell I'm excited?)

Slow!

Today has been so slow!! I spent the morning with my friend Chris and a few other hingepoint ladies. We went shopping for new toys for the children's ministry. fun fun. Now I'm working and its slow...

My picture is from Chris' I love her front door with the mailbox and her flowers. super cute.

Foodie Day

Today has been a lazy day indeed. I enjoy my day off every week. I was going to shoot at the Bridge today but they were having some sort of VBS deal so I figured (being a children's worker myself) it wouldn't be super appropriate to take pictures where children were present without permission. I was a little bummed. I'll have to save that for my last day! Luckily there is this cool building nearby that I was already planning on shooting so hence the picture for today!

I'm really loving this project. Its fun playing around...I just really need to learn how to use all the features on the camera I use.

Well today is good. Pretty much just watching food network all day and then cooking for my parents.

P.S. I'm loving the blog world!

Worry?Stress?

A lot has been going on lately. God is like "Hey Kristen...are you going to trust me?" I woke up this morning just in a mood. Like it was going to be a bad day, and sure enough the worry about the 50 million things i need to do popped into my head, and then i started worrying about all the BILLS coming up that need to be paid, and then I stress at work, I stress about how long the drive-thru line at Jack In The Box is taking, and then I stress about not having enough time!
Then i get to my book. Crazy Love by Francis Chan....and this is the page I'm on.

Worry implies that we don't quite trust that God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what's happening in our lives.
Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace toward others, or our tight grip of control.

Do you ever just say..."REALLY GOD? REALLY!"
Well needless to say I had an attitude adjustment, prayed for forgiveness and continued reading to come across this beauty

God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.

Amen! Now for my picture today there is this awesome church right by where I work. I got a lot of great shots and had fun editing them. it was hard to choose!

Day 1

Today was crazy! I lost my keys at my parents so Jordan got to come pick me up for church...whoops. But this afternoon while he slept I was able to get some alone time to take my pictures for the day. I'm so excited for this year journey. Reason 1: its a great excuse to have some quiet me time specifically to do something I enjoy. Reason 2: Hopefully I will be able to improve my talent. Reason 3: I might be able to convince Jordan to get me a nice camera/computer!
Week One Theme: Architecture
My shot for the day