will it be 70 degrees in february and then snow on march 1st. 
i have lived in georgia all of my life and still have yet to get used to our crazy weather patterns. that being said, i do love the fact that we have all four seasons here and i can hardly wait for spring to really arrive–in my opinion, nothing beats an atlanta spring!
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despite my desire for spring i become like a little kid when it snows, so i was ecstatic when we pulled up to church on sunday and the snow began falling. i know what you northerners may be thinking, but andrew’s parents (from chicago) even agreed that it was “real snow.” i couldn’t wait to get home, go exploring, and take lots of photos! while andrew was scraping the snow off of our car after the service, i pulled out my camera for a quick shot and i’m so glad i did! by the time we pulled into our neighborhood the snow was still falling, but none stuck where we live at all. we did start a fire and have a cozy afternoon watching the snow fall, but no more pictures.
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enjoy my 1 piece of evidence that we did get snow in atlanta!
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February 26, 2009 at 10:33am
yikes! where has the last month gone? i have had a huge deadline for my teaching job and have devoted much of my time of late to that. now that the deadline is past, i am back to blogging. and can i just say that it is good to be back?
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ah, where to start? a few weeks ago i shot some photos of “stage 1″ of a friend’s sister’s 21st birthday party. let me say that these girls know how to throw a party! you’ll see in the photos why i am so blessed to call these girls friends of mine!
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after appetizers, the girls had planned the “stephanie” game. everyone got a card with a prompt–ranging from where you first met stephanie, first impression of stephanie, favorite stephanie memory, stephanie-isms, etc. so much fun and such a creative way to show the birthday girl how loved she is.
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the birthday girl herself laughing at the pic below…
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these 2 paired up to do the “stephanie-isms”…hilarious!
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a-z, all the things we love about stephanie.
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group shot of the girls before they headed downtown. i loved these all in black and white, but had to do this one in color because how fun is the green wall??
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while we’re in color, check out the invites and hand-painted martini party favors…it’s all in the details…
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and this is where we parted…off to continue the party in atlanta!
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January 29, 2009 at 10:13am
this couple is extra fun to post about because it’s my brother and sister-in-law. when they came down to atlanta last weekend, we knew we wanted to do a mini-photo session, but the question was where. as they are both in grad school and very academically-inclined, i decided to take them to see emory university. i have discovered that one of my new fav. things to do is to explore college campuses. i love the feeling of academia–and now that i am done with college, simply visiting a campus is fun because i don’t have the work-load associated with it.
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the balcony on top of the library–did i mention that it was in the 20’s all day?? they were both amazing sports about the cold!
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by far, my favorite spot on campus was the reading room in the main library. if it hadn’t been so quiet, i would have loved taking some photos there. the building as a whole was pretty amazing, though, so enjoy some photos from one of the staircases~
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it may have been cold, but the sky was a gorgeous blue~
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our morning ended with a tasty lunch at felinis~
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i had a great time with you guys–can’t wait to see you this spring in dc!!
January 19, 2009 at 12:37pm
i read this earlier today and loved it~
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hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.
hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it.
hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
~martin luther king jr.
January 11, 2009 at 5:57pm
i am so happy to share with you that we have bought our first house! yes, my recent absence from the blog is a result of the hectic activity that surrounds closing on and moving into a new home. andrew and i are beyond thrilled and can say with no hesitation that this is a true gift given to us from the Lord. He led us to this house and it could not be more perfect for us. i will be posting pictures as soon as all these boxes disappear.
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meanwhile, enjoy this photo i took back in may on our trip to yosemite national park. i unearthed it last night and was reminded that while we may enjoy the “things” in life, nothing compares to the beauty found in the world around us.
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