a golden post!

We're celebrating! Because today's post marks our blogs 50th post thus far! yay!!!

photo via pinterest

It has been quite the journey writing & posting photos in what feels like a very small corner of the internet world. It's been very joyful & also very hard because I believe God has been using it as soul searching avenue of life for me. Through this blog I've been forced to ask myself some hard questions about my life, time, relationships, hobbies, self-awareness, etc... Honestly, it's been huge for me. So if you've been glancing through these pictures & reading since last August, thank you! & If you're new to our small space online, thanks for joining us!

The encouragement I have gotten from some of you who read these posts have been God given gifts to me on my journey here, so I thank you for your words of love. I pray that this blog is not an end in & of itself or solely about our lives & likes, but that it encourages & inspires you! That you can be blessed through it in a genuine way. That's why I do my best to be completely honest here about my struggles & joys because we all have them in life. Some hide the struggles better than others, but we have them. So whether or not I relate to you, or if you just like to look at the pictures (don't worry, I follow lots of blogs to do just that!) we are glad to share our journey with you! 

In the spirit of celebrating, I wanted to use this post to commemorate one of my life-long friends who just recently created her new blog: fabianephotography.com

This is Fabz! In my very first post I mentioned that she was the person who really gave me the final push to get this blog started after she started her own blog in August as well. Since then we've both really gotten in to blogging, although now she is officially a small business owner making her debut in the photography world & I could not be more proud. Her passion & love for capturing special moments is endless & I cannot wait to see where it will take her. Her True Beauty series was a favorite of mine! She truly showed so well how unique & beautiful all women are individually and united together as well. Plus, she made each flower crown for the girls by hand herself! (I mean...!) Yep, totally swooned over every picture.

had to show off my flawless sister!

(see more from this shoot here) 

I love you Fabz! Even though we only get to see each other a couple times a year I always pray for the best that God has for you in all areas of life! I pray that your love & passion for photography only continues to blossom & I thank you for sharing the passion with me - for always being encouraging & sweet. 

I wanted to end our golden post with a few of my favorite photos by Fabz! If you haven't yet, check out her blog to see more of her lovely work & to contact her for more deets!

Cheers to growing, dreaming big & 50 more!

love, the olives