Fall how I love thee... let me count the ways...

Hey Lovelies!

Hope you are all off to a great start to your week! Today has been kind of cool here, real fall weather. The perfect kind of day to cozy up with a good book and a warm cup of tea!

what about you? how do you best like to pass by a fall day?

 

 

pictures are from:  1/ 2/ 3/ 4

Hope you are all staying safe and warm!

xoxo, Carlyrae

the days fly by...

Happy Sunday you guys! Another week seems to have flown by!

Thanks so much for all the emails and prayers. Des and I are both feeling a lot better, almost back to normal!

This week was fun and busy.

We had the Mel's over for dinner and games... still no nephew but he will be here monday or tuesday at the latest! I went to the hospital with Melody for a check up and then she took me to this amazing coffee place!

Not only were the coffee and desserts to die for but we had such a great talk about all God has done for us in the past couple years!

He is so faithful to always provide, not that everything is always easy, but He has always provided what we need. Its so good to serve a God who doesn't change and even now if we go through difficult situations to know we can completely trust in Him!

Then yesterday we went to Hoofddorp to visit some friends of ours, Richard and Tamara.

They are also starting a church there and have gone through/are going through a lot of what we have been experiencing these past four months. It was so great to hear from them, things they have learned and just to laugh and encourage each other.

Then to make this week even better we got to sleep an extra hour because of the time change... SCORE! hehe...

What about you guys? Did you do anything special this week?

I always love to read any comments you have!! :)

xoxo, Carlyrae

A beautiful sunny day!

Happy Sunday you guys!

I will start by saying I hate being sick. But I kind of was... all week. So this week has not exactly been eventful. To catch you all up: there were a lot of tissues, tea, medicine, sleeping and a few tears.

But I am happy to say I am finally feeling a bit better! Just in time for a busy weekend too! Yesterday we had a team from Rotterdam and it was great! They had an acousic band and we had a lot of fun. There were some visitors too!

 

But even though I spent most of the weekend on the couch I didn't waste too much time. I actually got some things done that I had been putting off. I wrote thank you cards, finished a book and best of all caught up on some blogs!

Here are some links to things I enjoyed this week! I hope you do too!

This slideshow makes me dream of what my house will one day look like!

I made this recipe last week and it turned out soooooo good! This week I am going to take a shot at this one!

This is the crazyness called Silent Act! Its a drama team from our church in Zwolle that Des and I were in. We miss them all so much but especially the 'behind the scenes' things like this. Crazyness (:

I am in love with these shoes... but not sure I would pull them off. sighhh...

And if you want to see more lovely things be sure to head over to this blog for more inspiration!

Lastly I want to wish my grandma a very Very VERY happy 71st birthday! I wish I could be there with you to chat, celebrate and eat birthday cake! I love you SO much! 

Hope you all have a great weekend! 

xoxo

Carlyrae 

Things I love...

Happy Monday! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
We had such a great time at the Rally in Zwolle! The preaching was wonderful and it was great to see so many friends! We also got to go out to lunch with Brian and visit Des's grandma so it was a busy but wonderful trip.
Today I'm doing another addiction of things I love...

Loved <3

... How faithful God is! Words really can't explain but in these past few months He has taught me so much. Always on time. Always giving me another chance. In a world where almost everything is uncertain I am so thankful I can put my trust in the One who never changes!...

... baking. especially in this weather...

... my awesome hubby. because he makes cookies with me. and laughs at me. and is so cute!..

... new recipes. that taste good. like the pasta with shrimp one I tried last week. It made enough for 4. there were no leftovers...

 

... skype. i would go crazy if I could chat with my mom and dad. and thanks to skype we can talk for free!...

... the comments my brother left on the blog.. i laughed for an hour...

... the surprise party my SIL kelly threw for her bf Tim.. his face was priceless when everybody came in!...

... candles. because they are pretty. and smell good...

Not so much...

...being sick. sick like don't-get-off-the-couch-all-day sick..

... traffic. 2 1/2 hours friday.what should have taken just over 1hour.. (but I got to hang out and laugh with the hubs, so all in all, not the worst situation...)

... real cold weather. I'm all about fall but I am not ready to have to wear gloves and a winter coat yet! on the plus side I am loving all the hot chocolate!...

More posts to come later this week! Stay warm and happy!

xoxo Carlyrae

At the market...

It seems like a couple days ago I woke up and all the sudden it was fall.

I don't mind at all, it is October and I love this time of year..

I mean.. hot chocolate and baking and cozy sweaters and pretty leaves..

what's not to love?!

(well, the rain. And that winter is coming. but besides that, I love it!)

Des and I enjoyed it this morning at the local market.

One of my favorite things about where we live here in Rijswijk is that we live close by to the city center

and its about a two minute walk from the market every Saturday morning.

Tonight we are going to go to Delft to hear a band from Amersfoort! (and bringing some people from Rijswijk too!) and tomorrow will be a busy day with two services (:

What are your plans for the weekend? Anything exciting?

xoxo Carlyrae

Livingroom before and afters

Hey Everyone! So as promised here are some before and after pictures of our home. I decided to start with the livingroom... because its come the furthest along (: 

there are still some things I would like to change

BUT I am very happy with the house and the whole vibe it gives off...

anyhoo. enough talking. lets get to the pictures (: 

Here is the room before we moved all our junk things in. so nice and white!

 



and now.... here is what the room looks like now!

(on the right)

(on the left)

And then if you looked back at the door...

The room isn't that big.. we can fit at least 16 people in there though (yes... we did!)

but it is really tricky to get good pictures because of the layout.

... and because I have two closets (on either side of the entrance) that are really messy and not ready for the world to see!...

and here are some more pictures of the room..

My favorite part is deffinitely the big window and the view.. The tree is gorgeous and I love when the sunlight shines through.. I also like how the room doesn't feel too clutered..

So that's our livingroom up until now!
Some things I still want to do are add some more color and maybe add something on the wall above the couch.. but I'm not sure..
If you have thoughts or ideas for me I would love to hear them! Just leave a comment!

Hope you are all having an amazing week!
xoxo Carlyrae

Things I love...

Another week has gone by with no posts.. hmm, at least I have a reaccuring theme on the here (:

But it has been an amazing week so I guess I am going to do a little recap... things I loved.. and not so much.

Loved <3

... Monday I turned 21...

I know. OLD. well not at all actually except it is really an adult. I could now drink, go to a casino or rent a car. In the USofA.. but I don't drink, gamble and I have a car so I guess its a moo point (you know, a moo point like anything a cow says, it just doesn't matter :D)

...I got to go back to Zwolle and visit miss Paulien and she let me have a party at her house!!

(but you can't see it because I was brilliant and left my camera in the carrr...)

... This week I also got to hang out with my SIL some more. The older one, Melody (married to Melvin, in other words, the Mel's)... She is preggers and so looking forward to having her baby!!

... playing games way to late at the mel's and laughing. a lot...

... having ilona come to visit. we talked. we laughed. we killed a giant spider. enough said...

... going to starbucks. with Ilona...

... getting to go see security play in Delft. singing along loudly to the songs and just not caring...

... shoppppppping with Des. he's such a good sport...

And the things I'm loving not so much:

... allergies.. bah, my  eyes itch...

... having some services with no people.. kind of weird...

... that my friend elvira is in the hospital.. please pray for her!...


All in all I don't have much to complain about. I do however need to get ready for service.
Stay tuned.. this week I'm posting 'after' shots of my living room (:

xoxo Carlyrae