whatever

it's my birthday.

thirty six.

hmmm....sounds old and young at the same time.

so far it's been an awesome day.
my husband took the day off of work to be with me.
it was exactly what i wanted but would never have had the nerve to ask for.
he is so gosh darn awesome.

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do you want to know the last 10 songs i have purchased on iTunes????
no?
too bad.... i'm telling you anyway!

1.   Ain't No Monutain High Enough  -  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
2.   Raise Your Glass  -  PINK 
3.   Knee Deep   -  Zach Brown Band
4.   Miracle Worker - Super Heavy (Mick Jaggar)
5.   Dog Day are Over   -  Florence & the Machine
6.   Hey Mama  -   Matt Kearney
7.   Lost in my Mind   - The Head and the Heart 
8.   First Day of My Life  -  Bright Eyes
9.   Late in the Evening  -  Paul Simon
10.  American Honey  -  Lady Antebellum

pretty random eh?

all great though....love every one of them.

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cute siblings.
 


cute family.



beautiful baby girl.



scrumptious baby boy. 


 
happy smiley cuddley family.

:)

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today is the last day to enter for the $100 Dicks Sporting Goods gift card from Gatorade & BlogHer.
go enter HERE. 


AND the last day for the Glidden Paint & BlogHer giveaway for the $150 Walmart Card over HERE.

more biz-naas.

our hallway paint job is complete....
come see it and enter to win a $150 Walmart gift card from Glidden Paint.

 

Gatorade has helped me focus on my kids sports this year with more intention.
come read about and enter to win a $100 Dicks Sporting Goods gift card.

 
 
Chrissie Grace was one of our sponsors for Craft weekend.
she is having a major giveaway on her blog for Davis' adoption!
 
i am dying over this pillow she made....DYING.

 
it's all kinds of awesome.

that line in the Help is impossible to say out loud without tearing up.
i am in love with this pillow.

we wrote about her on the Craft weekend Blog too....come read it.

check out this family from a few weeks back.... 


 
they are adorable!
all boys.
love that...they were very sweet.

i am waaaaaaay behind on photo editing.
gee i wonder if it's because i have been gone so much?
could it be?

i am planning on cuddling up and watching Parenthood on the DVR and editing till my eyes won't stay open any longer tonight.
 

and i have not forgotten the questions you asked me last week.
i will answer them soon.
:)

 

i am home.

and i am all sugared out.

what a fabulous weekend it was!!!
holy cows.

and i took my big camera all the way to california and back and i took ZERO pictures with it.

i took a handful with my phone.
enjoy.

1. palm trees!!   2. cool art at the OC Mix Mart   3. 31 Bits jewelry  4. julie and shauna and shane at claires.

             ( 1. IKEA  ( 2. new coat from H&M   ( 3. MAC-over   ( 4.  julie's guest room fabulousness

       (1. the baby i wanted to steal.  ( 2. dry bar beauty   (3. more DB beauty   (4. my SHOES!!!

  
kimberlee and i snuck in to the men's room to get ready for blog sugar.... HA!

(1. the cute table decor  ( 2. my first TWEET....i am on twitter now!  i tweeted on stage at blog sugar!
come follow me....  @megduerksen  i don't know how to tell you to follow me yet....i am too new!!


i was the last to go on at Blog Sugar.

i thought my heart might jump out of my chest.
i think you could see it pounding.
and i knocked my GINORMO earring out of my ear first thing....and then tried to put it back in...i got it.

i calmed down about halfway through....
i think.
i did cry.
it was sad stuff i was talking about though so that is to be expected.

i told the group about when God rocked my little blog world and showed me so clearly that He wanted me to blog for HIM and not myself...to be bold and OPEN about my faith.
it was during the Cora Playground Fundraiser.
recounting those memories was hard and definitely hard to talk about out loud.
but it was the story He wanted me to tell.

also that our blogs are a modern way of preaching on a hill like in the bible like the disciples did.
we get to speak to a crowd of people everyday.

i said "you have a plan that is unique to YOU....that God made for only YOU....created by HIM and for this......that NO ONE else can fulfill but YOU."


all the glory to God that he would take a kansas girl in sparkle shoes all the way to Cali to share the gospel.
:) 

thanks julie for being an awesome host...and fabulous shopping partner...and letting me hold your baby A LOT.
thanks rachel for asking me to speak! 
thanks Kimberlee for traveling with me and being my wingman and being awesome.
thanks shauna for letting me buy the same curtains as you.