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One of the main reasons why we bought this home is because of the lighting.  In March, we came to see this house on a rainy, cloudy day but the amount of light that was coming into the house was remarkable.  It was then that we knew this was going to be our home! J and I are very similar when it comes to home decor and we knew this is exactly what we wanted to do!  I've always wanted to do a family gallery and thought it turned out pretty good (unfinished)...just need to add a picture of JD! We are finished decorating the living room and I wanted to show you guys some pics! Enjoy!!!

Now...time to finish up the rest of the house. Eh..this might be a lifelong project. 

Nashvegas

Well, I promised I wouldn't use the obnoxious term NASHVEGAS, but it was toooooo easy! J and I headed out to Nashville this weekend for a romantic getaway...oh yeah! JD got us some tickets to see a concert in the area.

We stayed at a bed & breakfast for the first time EVER.  You will laugh but somewhere in the process of booking our stay they picked the bedroom with TWO twin beds!  Obviously, with it being Valentines weekend, all of the other rooms were booked so we couldn't switch rooms.  The breakfast at the bed & breakfast was super fancy!

In true Castagno fashion, before we went out to Nashville I googled good restaurants and, man oh man, it did not disappoint!  We ate some delicious stuff and we even went to Jackson's Bar & Bistro TWICE for their dessert.

The rest of our stay we visited museums, fancy mansions, and art galleries until our feet couldn't walk anymore.  When we moved to Memphis I was disappointed to find out that there was not an H&M here! I made sure we went to H&M while in Nashville and I got a couple of cute tops! These are pictures of us at the Parthenon with the giant Athena.  And we even whipped out our tripod to take a picture of ourselves because, sometimes, when you ask a random person you will never know what you are going to get! RIGHT????

For what it's worth...it's never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing.  We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it.  I hope you see things that startle you.  I hope you feel things you never felt before.  I hope you meet people who have a different point of view.  I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you're not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.

F. Scott Fitzgerald 

home

The holidays are over and now it's just us two left in our home.  We have been lucky and fortunate to host Christmas in our home our fist year living here.  My favorite part about Christmas was spending time with family and establishing new Christmas traditions. Jeremy and I have been married for only two years so every year we try to figure out what our family traditions are.  We both grew up celebrating Christmas in different ways and this year we found ourselves trying to figure out how to best combine both of our old family traditions. Our house has this huge window in the front and we decided to put our tree there. It was beautiful looking from the outside in and seeing our tree.  I hope everybody had a good holiday season. 

Loved

Hey friends!

It's been a while since I have written on the blig blog.  We have been quite busy here in Memphis! Just wanted to share this piece I created for a friend's baby shower. She loved it! 

And I'm just sitting here typing this while listening to Josh Groban. Oh gosh, how I love him.  You all know how much I love October and I just can't believe there are only 3 days left of this glorious month. 

Peace & blessings y'all!

hey there pt. 2

When I wrote my previous blog post, somehow somewhere in the process I didn't save the text.  Good thing I can always write another one right? (Here you go, RED :)

Just wanted to update our friends and family on our oh-so-exciting lives.  But really. 

Jeremy is still working for Valero and his hours our finally back to normal. Glad to have him back. 

I recently took a job at a treatment center for women with eating disorders and I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT. What an awesome opportunity I have to work there.  Seriously, I'm taking every opportunity to learn about therapy and my favorite part, we speak PSYCHOLOGY there. That's my kind of lingo. In college most of my research papers focused on medication combined with cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of eating disorders and body image.  

Our house is slowly coming together.  Our living room is practically finished and our little garden is producing cucumbers! The challenge with your first garden: how do you know when your cucumber is ready to be eaten? They don't look like the ones at the grocery store! Any advice??? I'm ready to reap the benefits of Jeremy's labors! 

Remember that time I tried to be funny and made a MEME about not being in Primary?? Well guess what? Since I put that out to the universe, the universe has brought it back to us and we have officially been called to teach in the PRIMARY! *Take a moment to laugh*

Also, we have been called to teach Cub Scouts! I'm excited to teach all of our old Cubs. Our scout program combines two wards and we ended up moving into the other ward! It's been fun seeing our scouts at church. 

{Orange County, California. December 2013}

hey there

MEME time

That moment when the bishop calls you into his office to give you a church calling....

JK! We all love serving in the Primary :)