flowers & bathrooms

[This may be my most favorite iPhone photo in all of ever.]

Three nights ago, J brought me home some just-because-flowers... Which we girls all know are the BEST kind of flowers, followed closely by sent-to-your-work-flowers & picking-you-up-at-the-airport-flowers. He has always been great about giving bouquets, & it helps that he has impeccable taste + a green thumb... Unlike his doting wife.

He also has impeccable timing. He didn't know how much we'd need these little rays of sunshine three nights ago, but when I crawled out of bed at 9:30 a.m. & it was the 4th time I'd been out of bed since 4:30 a.m., they were there with their smiling faces shining up at me like there's nothing wrong in the world. 

I know, I know. Just wait till you have kids! But we don't have kids. We have flowers. & apparently the flu. 

a hurricane in pictures

friday:

Did some "necessities" shopping to take to my parents'

(where we bunked for the weekend).

Twizzlers & avocado = mine.

Everything else = his.

I wasn't going to do much storm prep besides take the wreath off the door & clean out the fridge...

But I got antsy when I got home from work,

& ended up pulling everything off perimeter walls & the back porch.

ps. i love my mugs.

On the drive over to my parents'

I got sentimental over not seeing the sun for x amount of hours.

I'M EMOTIONAL. WHAT.

We basically watched the news all night + Galaxy Quest (yessuhhh)

& by bedtime, the dogs were in some sort of storm's-a-brewin' tizzy.

We slept with both dogs on our air mattress.

(Because they love us most.)

saturday:

Good morning, Irene!

The backyard + cow pasture

Dad fired up some crepes...

Jared busted out his omelette skills.

& we feasted.

Eating, watching/laughing at our local news coverage, watching Harry Potter movies 

& hanging out with my family + our friend Tiffany (& her pup, Lucy) made for quite the enjoyable hurricane. 

We never lost power for more than a few minutes.

 My parents' house sustained very little damage.

Our apartment was practically untouched.

God is good, all deh time.

Plus, I totally got flowers out of the whole deal.

I believe his exact words were, "I got you Happy-Hurricane! flowers!"

I'll take it ;)

xo, kelsey

Just Because Flowers

These are Just Because flowers.

Just Because flowers are nothing new.

Jared has always been "that guy"...

He's had flowers delivered at every place I've ever worked.

He's tucked flowers into my windshield wipers.

He's brought flowers to me on campus.
Birthdays, anniversaries, Tuesdays.

Yeah... that guy.

No, I know.

My man is sweet, and he's mineallmine.

These flowers were acquired on the drive home from our 4th of July weekend in Fredericksburg.

We were close to Williamsburg, humming along to Jamie Cullum,

watching a huge storm roll into Hampton Roads in front of us.

Jared tossed a bandana at me & tells me to put it on...

There's something he wants to show me.

So, with a smile on my lips & bewilderment in my eyes,

I put it on, of course.

I feel the car pull over.

I may have peeked.

But you would have, too.

There's my husband,

crossing the interstate to the median,

picking wildflowers.

He gets back into the car, where I *put back on &* take off my blindfold,

& hands me a bouquet of Queen Anne's Lace and lilac wildflowers,

& says,

"I figured that since I have something pretty to look at on the drive home,

you should, too."

I can't make this stuff up.

He's just that dreamy.

xo, kelsey