OLD POST that I forgot to post: Sweets with my Sweets

We went to dinner with my parents Friday night and were home by 6. We had all sorts of ideas of what to do for the rest of the evening... Maybe go to St Louis, go to the movies, get coffee.... We ended up taking a loong nap and making sugar cookies! Funny story: I was SO excited to use these cookie cutters I got a few months ago from IKEA. So we made sugar cookies... but neither of us like sugar cookies. haha. So we ate one and the rest are sitting on our kitchen counter ready to be eaten. So, if you are a fan of sugar cookies... come to the Parkers!

Maybe we are boring, but Nate and I are such homebodies. We looovve being in our home together! Tonight, Nate and I went on a trail run(only 2 miles... don't be too impressed) but it was AWESOME! It made me feel like we were living in the mountains of Colorado instead of the middle of little Bellevile, IL. There is an awesome nature trail right by our apartment complex and it is beautiful! Nate and I have been attempting to CHANGE the way we live/eat. We have gotten the exercise thing down and been going steady for the last two months. This month we are focusing on nutrition. As I type, we are currently awaiting couscous stuffed peppers in the oven inspired by my bff Tiffany Valdez. It's been great so far... learning a lot. Eating foods I didn't even know existed a year ago. For breakfast tomorrow... a kale/apple smoothie! Check back in in a month or so and I will let you know how I'm doing. FYI, if I can do it(the girl who LOVES mcdonalds happy meals)... anyone can.

Enjoy your evening!

change

Tonight the Mr. and I had a really awesome conversation about life... where it's going... what we want... what we REALLY want. It's so exciting/scary/awesome/terrifying to be young and have your entire life in front of you. I feel like Nate and I are standing in the middle of a huge intersection with hundreds of roads surrounding us and we must choose one. Some are very straight and would be easy on us... they make the most sense... they are safe. Some have a way more scenic view... but will be tougher to drive on. And some you can only see a few miles of and the rest is a mystery... but we want to see more!

We are realizing that we are at such an incredible time in our life together. We can do anything go anywhere be anything. And right now I want to do everything go everywhere and be everything. So we are praying and listening to see what's next in our little life.

where/what it will be... I have no idea. And that's sort of exciting.

love, alex