from us to you

Truly He taught us to love one another,

His law is love and His gospel is peace.

Chains He shall break, for the slave is our brother,

and in His name all oppression shall cease.

Sweets hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,

Let all within us praise His holy name.

Tonight, my prayer for everyone reading this is that you may know the Hope you have in a Savior who loves you and is soon returning to make all things new.

From our family to you, have a very Merry Christmas!

sweeeetest video ever

girls got skillllss

I know that the five of you who read my blog also read my best friends blog. BUT, just in case I get a random wanderer on here, I wanted to share with you her blog and business page.

Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the beautiful Tiffany Valdez. Wife, Mother, and crazy talented graphic designer!

Tiffany designed all of our INCREDIBLE printed goods from our wedding. The invites, program fans and even the little honey jar labels. She has done several other weddings as well.  

Along with weddings, she also designs suuuuuper cool birthday invites, Christmas cards, birth announcements, save the dates... basically ANY of your paper needs, she can supply : ) On top of having a super quality product, she is just a great woman! This business makes it possible for her to be home with her sweet little boy and all the other little ninos to come in the future.

So, next time you are in the market for some paper goods. Remember See The Skyline!

Here are links to all of her pages.

blog

etsy shop

facebook page

Happy Weekend everyone!

tis' the season

Christmas season has BEGUN. Tuesday night, Nate and I started putting up our decorations! Being that our apartment is a teeeeeeny tiny little treasure, finding a place for the tree was quite the predicament. We also realized at almost 9pm that we left our tree lights in Illinois. So, we took a late night trip to Target... looked down every Christmas decor aisle, had a long, serious debate on whether to choose white or big bulb colored lights. We decided since the tree is teeny along with our home that the colored lights would be a bit much. But when we have a house and the LUXURY of getting a real tree, oooh boy will we get the big bulb colored lights! For some reason, the two apartments that we have lived in have had specific rules in the lease agreement against live Christmas trees?! What in the world could be harmful about a glorious live evergreen?! Oh well! We still need to add the ornaments, but since I had a few extra moments this evening I thought I would share some snapshots of the Parker Christmas Wonderland : )

Tomorrow is fridaaay and I am so looking forward to this weekend! Crafting with a sweet friend after work, going to STEAK N' SHAKE with our fellow midwestern-ers (YES, it's true... the very FIRST Colorado Steak n' Shake just opened!!), work Christmas party aaaaaaand hitting the slopes on Sunday before Church. God is SO gracious and my heart feels so thankful for the blessing that this season of life has been. 

Have a good weekend!!

marcel part deux

"All he cares about are treats and snoozin..."

I apologize for my very long absence. I am working on a mega post from a camping trip we took a few months ago. I want to TRY and post at least once a week. Sorry to all the friends and family that I gave this link to telling you that you could see what we're up to. I've done a terrible job.

In short, life has been beyond wonderful. The transition out here has been so smooth and easy and we are genuinely loving every minute of it! We have been blessed with a wonderful church and community which has been so good for our hearts! We are definitely feeling more and more settled here. Lately we have been spending time in the mountains working on my snowboarding skills. My husband has got to be THE MOST patient (and selfless) man in the entire world. He has spent his first two days helping me learn instead of doing all the crazy things I know he is capable of doing on that snowboard. Nate, you're the greatest.

We have had LOTS of precious visitors as well! The Valdez' (or Valdezes?), my Momma, the Goodmans and the Caplingers even stopped in on their way to Portland! AND this week Nate's Mom and sisters are coming! I love that our home is so centrally located. It means LOTS of visitors! And we LOVE IT! So, this is an official invitation to anyone reading this to come visit us!

That's all for now! More to come!


Love, Nate and Alex

9/13/86: a very happy day

Out of all the extravagant eateries in the Denver metropolitan area, my husband chose a burger joint. (We aren't that into fancy food) It was delicious, AND he got a free dreamsicle birthday shake. 

We went snowboard shopping afterwards with gift cards/money he got from family and then came home for cake. We usually don't buy birthday gifts, but since 25 is sort of a milestone, I surprised him (with a TON of help from our friend Kelly) and got him a longboard! He was so surprised and so excited. We walked/longboarded to the grocery store to get milk just so he could try it out. 

I love him SOOOO much. I can't believe he is 25! We started dating when he was 20! That seems like ages ago. 25 seems so adultish. I still feel like we are 13 year olds playing house. 

So here's to the gracious, rugged, talented, brilliant, humble, tender hearted, manly, hott, patient man of my stinking dreams. Happy Birthday to YOU!

love on the walls

I know I have been absent for like a month. FORGIVE ME! I started my new job, flew home for a friends wedding, had my bff visit from cali.. so life has been a bit crazy! But, I am determined to blog more because I have so much to share! Lots of photos and thoughts to come! As a quick little update, I thought I would share our newest addition to our little home.

I fell in love with this print and this print from Urban Outfitters. But, the frugality in me refused to pay $24 for a stinking pretty piece of paper. BUT, when Tiff was here we randomly ended up in Papyrus, and they had the same EXACT prints for $4.99!! hollllla!!! We framed them in two dark wood ikea frames and I think they turned out pretty good!

And here's a few other snapshots from today. Our typical unmade bed, my handsome sleepy husband, and my favorite succulent and favorite candle.

Have a very happy weekend everyone! I hope to share a few posts next week.

love, the parkers