My blog is 5!

Today officially hits 5 years on this little blog of mine. I honestly cannot believe it! I've met some truly amazing friends, documented some highs and lows, and just had a really great time doing it all.

I'll be totally transparent with you guys here; with the start of our new business last year, I've really been thinking about spending less time here on My Kind of Yellow and more time on our business. This would mean I would still be blogging (just on a new platform) and it would be more photography related posts, with some personal stuff sprinkled throughout a few times a month.

Honestly nothing is official yet, but the older I get, the more time I want to spend only doing things that set my soul on fire (aka spending time with family, my passion of photography, reading, cooking, and connecting with people in genuine community)! Lately I've felt a little stress in keeping up with this blog because I "feel like I have to", and that's just silly. Life is too short for that! I'll tell you one thing that I do love though; connecting with each and every one of you! Whether it be through blogging, instagram, facebook, etc.! It's been so fun!

I'll always love writing, but I think potentially shifting my focus towards sharing the heart behind our business could be more beneficial for me and my sanity for now. I'll let you guys know if this is the direction I end up taking here soon, once I can wrap my brain around what it might look like, etc.! If the decision is to move to a new platform and focus more on photography (and still some personal/lifestyle posts a couple times a month because hey, there are no rules), I hope you'll still stop by to say hi!

For now, I'm spending today reading back on some of my favorite posts I've written, and preparing to celebrate my 26th birthday in a couple of days!  Thanks for always stopping by!

My blog is 3! Also, is 24 still considered early twenties??

Sunday might be my 24th birthday, but today is this little blogs 3rd birthday! Woohoo! It's birthday week all around these parts. I truly can't believe how much joy this blog has brought to my life! The genuine friendships that I've made are unreal, and looking back just a few years during our engagement nearly brings me to tears. I'm so thankful for this little space I call mine! Thanks to all of you who show up day after day to listen to my ramblings ;)

Speaking of! This is the first time in a long time that I've blogged 5 days in a row. I'm beat, you guys! I don't know how some of you do it all the time! A few things got cancelled this week so Caleb and I had a pretty low-key week and a whole lot of time to burn.

Tuesday night I came home from the grocery store after work to find a little surprise waiting on me to kick off my birthday week. That man knows the way to my heart!!

Then last night I was snap chatting with Becky and she told me to check my door! I saw a package waiting there and the cutest cookbook was inside! She knows me too well! ;) thankful that last year she hopped on a plane having never met me, and stayed the weekend! We explored the city, made french toast, and ran 5 miles! I can't wait for her to visit again so we can make a recipe from my new book! Birthday week rocks!!

If you follow me on instagram (which you should), you probably saw me mention the most delicious Panera salad that I got! It's the seasonal one (strawberry poppyseed w/ grilled chicken), and I immediately took to twitter to ask how to recreate it. A couple friends mentioned a few dressings that were similar but when I made a trip to Kroger I found THEE dressing!!! So insanely tasty and at only 30 calories a serving, you better believe its my new go-to.

For the past couple weeks I've tried to be a lot better at finding encouragement for friends, and for myself, and this little square of inspiration brought me so much joy. How amazing that God gives us a sunrise and sunset DAILY?!!

Also... for girls with next to no volume in their roots naturally, buy this STAT! It was less than $3 and stacks up next to those salon products, in my opinion. I'm definitely not one to spend a ton of cash on products (or buy them at all)...but this is worth it!!

Hope you all had a great week. I'm so excited for our weekend away with friends. It'll be nice to have no real obligations :) enjoy it, friends!!!

A long awaited birthday present!

My husband wins for most awesome present giver. I don't know about you guys, but Caleb and I would much rather spend our money on experiences rather than a physical item (most of the time). If you follow me on instagram, you already know what we were up to Tuesday night!

So, my man told me what my birthday present was on valentines day. VALENTINES DAY!! That's how long he's had this planned... I can't say I'm surprised. He and I are both obsessed with One Republic, as well as The Script, so it was just the perfect gift. Time came and went, and it was here before we knew it.

The Script played for a good hour, I mean...they are a headliner band most of the time, so I was so excited. They were such amazing entertainers, and you could just tell they were so humbled by all the fans supporting them. Their originally from Dublin, Ireland...so they have some pretty sweet accents, too!

Then One Republic came on. EEK! I can't even tell you how awesome it was. I love when a band introduces themselves (even though we obviously already know who they are) and talk to the crowd, instead of ONLY singing.

If you read Monday's post, I talked about how I'd probably freak outtttt if they played the song Caleb sang to me at our wedding. Well guess what? THEY DID. Would you judge me if I said I cried for the first full minute...because that definitely happened. It seriously just brought back so many emotions from the happiest day of our lives and I wasn't gonna be sorry about it ;) ... they played every favorite of mine, some old stuff, and even a few covers (that they obviously rocked at), and I was pretty much in heaven the entire time. Waving my hands around, jumping like crazy, and just not having a care in the world how silly I looked.

One Republic sang for nearly two hours. I couldn't believe it! Ryan Tedder's voice is insane...Caleb and I practically had no voice after the concert was over!

Yummy grease face after 4 hours of concerts!

I truly don't have many words for it...the whole night was just incredible. My husband does such a wonderful job at making me feel special. The night before, he surprised me with a "birthday week kick off" present...

Some women might be offended "oh, your husband got you a fitness magazine subscription?", well heck yes he did. He is my biggest motivator, and in NO way thinks I need to "shape up", just knows that I want to be a better, more healthy version of myself, so this gift had me all over the place with excitement!

My actual birthday is Saturday, and I'm working, so it means a lot that Caleb (and some awesome friends) have helped me celebrate all week long! I'm so lucky.

PS - today is my blogs birthday! My Kind of Yellow turns TWO! Yay!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOG!

My little blog turns ONE today!!!

Yes, its true...a whole year ago today, I finally started my blog. After some serious self-debating, I decided to just take the plunge...& I'm SO happy I did. It's been such a fun journey.

I started this blog because I wanted to document my real life on something OTHER than just my journal (yes, I still use that, too)...and today I'm proud to say I am still doing it for that reason.

It's so exciting to me to wake up early (this is the first time I've done this in ages), fill this blank white "paper" with words, thoughts, encouragement, excitement, or just simple random bullet points -- which seems to happen a lot. I guess what I am trying to say is, I never want to lose sight as to why I started this blog in the first place.

She's my outlet. I love this little space I can call mine.

I also am so amazed at the people its brought into my lives. Although I haven't met any of them yettttt, that will be changing VERY soon. Being a part of this blogging community has truly made me some amazing new friends. Friends that email and face-time, friends that encourage, friends that pray with me, friends that pray for me, friends who make me laugh, who get me through the work day...and most of all, friends I can count on. I never thought in a million years I'd make REAL friends out of this journey...and I'm happy to say I've proved myself wrong. Way wrong!

So, get your birthday hat on, blog...and make a big wish!

promise I'm not as psycho as I look!

Homemade strawberry & mint lemonade. Mmmmm, is right!

Can't wait to continue making memories to document on my favorite little spot on the internet.
Thanks for everyone who reads my random ramblings, it really does mean the world to me.

So here's to another year of you, little blog of mine!
CHEERS!