on saturday we went to a wedding out in the sticks in Ramona and celebrated the marriage of Teale & Justin.. now known as Mr. & Mrs. Gunter!! It was absolutely beautiful. they spent so much time on making sure every last little detail was perfect and everything was homemade. i was blown away. there were paper lanterns, and lights strung in the trees, burlap everywhere, a dainty chandelier hanging over the dance floor, vintage trunks and dressers.. all outdoors in the country. can you say ROMANTIC?! i love going to weddings. i love watching friends promise their lives to another and enter into the most incredible journey of marriage. i love sitting next to nick, holding his hand, and feeling so blessed that i am married to my best friend. i love being in love and the beauty of marriage and knowing all that the couple at the altar is about to experience. i get so giddy and excited for them.. ahh, i just LOVE love.
I was introduced to Teale a few years ago and was just drawn to her. she loves people so recklessly, her heart for ministry is incredible, and her love for the Lord is amazing. she is an incredibly talented photographer and we were so honored for her to capture our wedding. Nick and Teale have been friends for about ten years and we quickly became like sisters and people actually thought we were so we just call each other sis. it must be the blonde hair and blue eyes or something :) Meeting Justin was so much fun because we are from the same place and it turns out that we knew so many of the same people. His love for God, his heart for ministry and missions couldn't align more with Teale's. They are an incredible team for the Kingdom of God and I'm so excited to see how He is going to use them. They are taking off to move to Tennessee to start their lives together and their ministry.
I loved celebrating the two of them because i love them both and they are beyond perfect for each other. i'm so thrilled that the Lord brought them together.. especially the way He did. They have such a cool and unique story and if you love sweet love stories, especially the kind that give you goosebumps at the way God works, go here and read it --> Justin + Teale's Story
sunday morning was gloomy.. just the way i like it!! seeing as it's the middle of october and technically fall, it should be gloomy with crisp cool air outside. the kind of weather you can dress cute and pull out the boots and scarves and drink pumpkin spice lattes. so that is exactly what i did. unfortuantely in san diego, the weather just likes to trick you and very shortly heats up to 80 degrees. outfit fail. anyways, we had an amazing morning at church. we have been going to the father's house in san marcos. it's a little bit of a drive but completely worth it. we have felt so loved and welcome there and more importantly the spirit of God is alive and present in that church.. His presence is so evident and the people are diligently seeking the heart of God. We love it and we're so thankful to finally be at a church like this one.
after church we decided to spend the afternoon in Julian.. because it's beautiful up there and seemed like a very "fall" thing to do. we planned on eating apple pie and picking out pumpkins. neither of which we did. we shared a carmel apple, ate lunch and were way too stuffed to eat their famous apple pie.. and the line was two streets long. and as for the pumpkins.. it was so hot up there and i decided that to pick out pumpkins it had to be colder. so until the temperature drops below 80 degrees, the hitches aren't going to be buying pumpkins.
before heading home, i wanted to go to a japanese market to pick up a few things for dinner this week. i have been wanting to make homemade real miso soup, because those instant packets just don't cut it. we had to go to the actual japanese market because henrys and vons don't carry miso paste. walking into this store was unreal and i felt like i was back in tokyo and okinawa again!! nothing in the store is in english and the employees barely spoke any english. we had no idea what to look for, where it was, or how to know when we found it!! so this sweet japanese lady who didn't even work there walked up to us and said, "uhh hi, do you know what you're looking for or where to look?" i guess it was obvious that we were totally lost, hahaha. she took us around to get all the things we needed and explained so much to us. she was the sweetest little thing and told us that she was from osaka, japan and married a man from wisconsin and now lives here. Thank God for that adorable lady or we would probably still be wandering the aisles!!
i'm so thankful for such a great weekend.. time to rest up for another week!!
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