Lovely Blessings

Happy hump day, friends! Hope you're all having a blessed week so far. :) Here's what I'm LOVING on this last Wednesday in October... I'm LOVING that there's only 2 days until the weekend. YAY! Can I get an amen? :) I'm LOVING that we are beginning to experience some cool Fall weather. I'm ready for it to continuously stay cool (not too cold though). Fall is one of my favorite times of year: leaves falling, crisp air, hot chocolate, cozy fires, boots, scarves, and so much more. Speaking of boots, I'm LOVING the cute new boots I got this weekend. They're pretty adorbs if I do say so myself. :) I'm LOVING that I also found a super cute scarf for a whopping $2 this weekend. I was so pumped! I'm LOVING that I get to hang out with Chad later this week/weekend. With the craziness of school, I treasure the time I get to spend with him during the week. :) I'm LOVING that my awesome dad took my jee

I saw this cool "5,4,3,2,1" post floating around the blog world, so I thought it would be fun to participate in! :) _________________________________________________________________ 5 Things I'm Looking Forward To: 1. Walking in the Alzheimer's walk in honor of my sweet Grandma this Saturday in Pensacola with my awesome family.  2. The new movie "God's Not Dead." It doesn't come out until Spring 2014, but I can't wait!! (Check out the trailer below.) 3. The Christmas Jubilee. My mom and I go every year, and I love browsing all the wonderful Christmas stuff with her. 4. The gender reveal of my future niece or nephew. Eeeekkkk, I still can't believe I'm going to be an AUNT! Yay!! :) 5. Celebrating my and Chad's 6 year dating anniversary in a few weeks! Been with that sweet boy since November 16, 2007. :)) 4 Things You Might Not Know About Me: 1. I HATE conflict. I'm totally non-confrontational and avoi

I know I've been slacking with writing posts lately. I feel like I have abandoned my poor wittle blog in the past two and a half months. :( In all honesty, school has been crazy busy so far this semester, and I unfortunately have not had a lot of extra time for fun stuff, like my blog! But anyway, on to the real post... :) Speaking of not having a lot of free time, I have been thinking a lot about priorities lately. A couple weeks ago, I taught a lesson to my awesome middle school Sunday School class about priorities and perspective, and it really got me thinking about the priorities I have in my own life.  The main question that came to my mind was this: "Claire, is your relationship with Jesus Christ the number one priority in your life every single day?" And you know what, if I was truly honest with myself, the answer would be no. It breaks my heart to say that, and I know it breaks my Savior's heart even more. Yes, Jesus is my number one priority s