Suits & Hummingbirds

Woah... seriously?  Where have we been?  It's been so so long since we have written on this and for that I apologize.  To be honest, the summer has just gotten away from us.  We have had a great summer, but it's been so busy.  Graduations, birthdays, church events, baby showers, engagement parties, wedding showers, dance rehearsals, MY BIRTHDAY (which was amazing), June Christmas, work, etc... it's been exhausting, but so so good.  Matthew and I are blessed to have a full calendar and our family and friends to share our life with, and we are thankful.  But.  We are tired. :)


Because the summer has been crazy for us, there are two things that Matthew and I have found our "rest" in.

1.  Suits

we love Harvey Spector (on the left).  Matthew and I plowed through the first season on NetFlix and were immediately hooked.  We are now "caught up" and we wait patiently each week for the next episode.  This week is the season 2 finale, and I'm not sure what we are going to do with ourselves on Thursday nights while it takes a break.  

Basically Suits is about Harvey Spector, who is a top attorney in Manhattan that is known as the best closer.  Mike Ross (on the right) is a punk kid that has a photographic memory.  Because of this, he never went to law school, but has passed the bar and the LSAT.  Harvey winds up hiring him to be his wingman and the two make an amazing duo that wins cases for a big law firm in NY.  

Harvey's rival is named Lewis Litt... Lewis is extremely jealous of Harvey and it seems like his number one priority is to make Harvey's (+ everyone else around him) life miserable.  Matthew and I recommend this show to anyone.  As someone that doesn't get invested in dramatic TV series, I can say that I'm hooked.  I would say watch the Pilot first, that way you can understand what the series is based on.  

2.  Hummingbirds

yes.  I've told ya'll before we are 60 years old.  And we have come to embrace it.  don't judge.  It started off with me having one hummingbird feeder on the back porch.  Hummingbirds are a bit nostalgic for me, because my grandmother LOVES them, I to this day I go over to her house and watch her humming birds.  Well, one feeder turned into three and so many evenings we find ourselves on the back porch, in the rocking chairs, watching the birds fight over the feeders.  This morning we woke up to 15-20 birds going crazy over the feeders.  So of course, I did what any 60 year old soul would do... i made a cup of coffee and pulled out my camera.  

aren't they so cute???  Matthew and I have names for some of them.  I'll introduce you.  There is one that I don't have a picture of yet.  I'll try to get one,  his name is Gary.  Gary is... well... substantially bigger than all of the other hummingbirds.  We aren't sure if he is really old, or if he is just well-fed, but he's huge.    I'll try to get his picture soon.

And this one is Lewis.  Lewis Litt.  (from Suits, see above)

why did we choose Lewis for him?  Because he is a punk.  Let me show you...

these are our 3 feeders... notice anything?

the one in the middle is almost empty and the one on the left is well on it's way.  but look at the one on the right...and look WHO is sitting there... LEWIS.

ALL day he SITS on that feeder, he doesn't eat... he SITS.  and he guards it.  he doesn't let ANY other bird come near it, if they do, he quickly charges them and runs them off.  He is a pain in the rear end...and therefore, he gets the name Lewis.

This is Donna.  Donna is also from a Suits reference.  

Donna Paulsen from Suits is Harvey Spector's assistant.  She knows EVERYTHING in the office and she is hilarious.  and nosey.

So the reason this bird got the name Donna is she is ALL up in our business.  Every time we watch at the window she flies up to the window and stares into our soul.  It's like she wants to know why we are standing there, what we want, and when are we going to leave her alone to do her work.  Just like Donna Paulsen!


We also have a hummingbird that has a mo-hawk.  but I haven't gotten his picture yet.  and i think we named him Rufio from Hook.

Anyways.  I know I just took a lot of your time, carrying on about our birds.  I seriously feel like I'm 60. But to Matthew's point, these days won't be forever.  One day we will have kids to chase around and we will remember the quiet mornings we had that were just us two :)  So for now, we will soak them in, and we will find rest in the small things.

Elevation has officially started for the fall and Matthew and I are looking forward to meeting new students and helping them find their place in what God is calling them to do.  Matthew and I LOVE our place in Elevation.  We love our leaders and we love the staff.  We both feel very strong about pouring into college students, because for us, it's where both of our lives were radically changed by God.  This summer, NLC hosted a student conference called Collide, that consisted of 7 grade-college students, coming together to learn and worship God all at the same time.  This year was the first year NLC hosted anything like this and it was a success!  1300 students of all different ages were under one roof and it was a blast.  You can check out the speakers and more details about it here:
http://www.collidestudentconference

oh and if anyone wants to come for a hummingbird viewing, just let us know.  haha.