a princess life.

A princess.

Doesn't every girl want to be a princess?

When I have the time, I love to settle down and pop in Cinderella and enjoy the story of the fairy tale princess and her cute little mice friends.

Or the elegant Aurora, and the excitement of when her handsome prince charming comes to her rescue. 

(after he slays the mighty dragon, of course)

Oh yeah, and the lovely Snow White (the old version. not the scary, Snow White and the Huntsman version ;) and her seven-dwarf-friends. 

I mean really Grumpy, get a life.

What girl doesn't dream of having a "once upon a time?"

I'm here to tell you that you do.

Whether you are single and enjoying this "waiting stage" in your life, engaged to the prince that you will marry, or have already found your prince charming and are enjoying the blessing of marriage, we are all princesses and live our "once upon a times".

We have the honor and privilege of being princesses of a King.

A real and true King.

A King that is kind and will never leave or forsake you.

A King that has "engraved you in the palms of his hand" (Is. 49:16) and even knows the exact number of hairs on your head (Lk. 12:7). 

A King that will always be there and will never "break up" with you.

A King that will listen to your pleas of help through this crazy thing called life.

You may think:

I'm not special enough.

or

I'm not pretty enough to be a princess.

Please, friend, do not believe those lies of the devil.

This quote by Margaret Mead:

"Always remember that you are absolutely unique.

Just like everyone else."

No matter what your friends at school or the ladies in your group tell you,

You are beautiful and you can accomplish great things.

Nothing makes me happier than seeing a little girl come up and want to show off her new dress.

Twirling, she says, "Marli, look at my new dress!!"

It makes me full of joy to be able to see the twinkle in that little girls eyes and know that she knows that she is a princess.

Even though life gets rough, and it may seem like there is no more chivalrous princes out there, always know that you have a KING and he has the perfect timing for you.

His princess.

<3

a day at callaway.

Yesterday, we took a day trip to Callaway Gardens to celebrate Sis-in-law's birthday.

Daddy and Mom,

Brother and Wife, Sister's boyfriend, Sis, and Me. 

It was a totally fun day filled with food, zip lines and ropes course (in the trees), and following the brother on hiking trails.

going on a road trip with these awesome peeps
(mom and daddy are here too...just didn't get in the picture).

a picnic of chicken salad and bagels, chex mix, and pecan pie

let's do this.

almost too short to do Treetop Adventures?? :/

finished the training line...ready for the real thing. ;D

"this map is useless."

the three amigos.
(sister's boyfriend, sis, and me)

the smolder...yeaah.

i love us.

today.

                                
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the prank & lads to leaders.

APRIL FOOLS!!!!

(Hehehehe)

That last post was totally a prank. 

If I got rid of this blog, whew, it would be like getting rid of a part of my life....sort of.

Deleting all those posts and pictures?....ok, let's just not think about that right now. Scary thought.

Anyways, I posted all of your comments if you'd like to read.... ;D

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In all seriousness we had an amazing weekend.

And so, the weekend in insta, words, and pictures...

Wednesday and Thursday: church of Christ convention, a "just us girls" road trip, a doc visit for a strained muscle before heading out, a stop at McDonald's, the movie superman returns, a quick 3 hour trip, arriving at the massive hotel and early due to sis working for L2L, the excitement of the weekend, no problems checking in, a room on the 40th floor with a view, lunch in the food court at Chick-fil-A, operating a hand-truck, unloading the L2L truck with friends, a huge elevator that wouldn't work but eventually did, sweating, making packets in the blue and red bags with the girlies and guys, going to the highest floor (the 47th) with 4 little friends, a dinner of a Subway 6-inch, a late night work-out session with the mom and sis, a phone call by the window, a comfy bed, sleeping in, hanging with the sis, another work-out session by myself...

Atlanta, here we come!!

We're here! Let the fun begin! :)

One of our favorite places at convention... <3

Hanging out with these cuties on the 47th floor.

"Marli, let's make a silly face."

Friday: hitting the ground running, pink and lime green L2L bracelets, checking the art in with mom and Amber with no problems, a judges meeting and then judging scrapbook, finding out i'm a head judge for girls songs of praise and girls speech in the morning, a nap, playing in the church's  suite with the kiddos, the rest of our church peeps arriving at the hotel including daddy, being a runner for the sister, the wait of elevators beginning, BBQ sandwich dinner in the suite with fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, getting ready for the Friday night awards ceremony, a late night...

Lads bracelets for only $1!! ;)

I love this girl, Audrey.

Only half of the excited crowd during Friday night's ceremony

Sweet girls cheering friends on to victory.

Saturday: breakfast of pop tarts, a 7:45 a.m. judges meeting, running from here to there, no lunch due to busyness, head judging 7th grade girls in songs and speech (never happens), no ties in songs of praise judging scores (yay!!!), visiting the sis and sis-in law at the information desk, sneaking off to take a nap, walking around the hotel with a little friend, photo shoots at the desk at a slow time, some more hospitality suite hanging, helping prepare dinner, taco salads and quesadillas for dinner, going back to the room and spiffing up for the Saturday night awards ceremony, the excitement of cheering on our winners, loading the L2L truck and getting in bed after midnight...

There's nothing like playing with the iPad entangled in the suites curtains with friends. ;P

Snuggles in the suite.

Ready for the excitement of the Saturday night ceremony.

Teachers and students.
Our Bible bowl team got 2nd place!! Woot! Woot!

Loading the truck in the wee hours of the morning.

Sunday: waking up before daylight and watching the sunrise, our Easter surprises, 8:00 a.m. worship service in the ballroom, 1st place guy winners leading our worship, walking 41 flights of stairs with mom, waiting on the bell hop, fun times and giggles with the sis and Andrew, getting loaded up and heading out, a lunch stop at Panera with Andrew and Mrs. Melanie, sleeping almost the whole way home, the good feeling of being back in the country, unloading and going back to bed to sleep until it was time to get ready for Sunday night worship....

Our Easter surprises.

All good things must come to an end.

I am thankful to be back to my life amidst the woods, horses and cows, and loud 4x4 trucks instead of city lights and elevators. #countrygirl

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Happy 22nd birthday to my sis-in-law today!!!

nana, mom, sis-in-law, sis, and me last July

i'm sad.

Unfortunately, due to lack of time, money and other important things, I sadly must cancel my blog. We no longer can afford the internet. Please do not call because our phones are disconnected. I love you all very much and hope to see you in random places. 

So sorry for this sad turn of events.