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this is a catch up blog. 

i graduated from texas a&m university-- whoop!!

i moved to Austin, tx. (funny, after previous comment)

and something else....

oh. yes. 

I married this wonderful man of Jesus!!! (what?! am i really married?!)

I sit here in our living room (blue lagoon, thanks to an early fall makeover), recouping from our yesterday: we had our first official dinner guests over, so of course I finally got to go all out with a meal... caprese salad, crab and crawfish bisque, and martha stewart's devil's food cake cupcakes with chocolate ganache and dark chocolate shavings... mmm. mouth watering yet? yes. mine is. for more life!

all of these changes happened within the span of a month. ONE month. what was i thinking?! Bryan and i have been married for almost one month-- one month that has already included a handful of "who am i??"s and "how in the world do i be a wife???"s. i keep asking myself, "is this really me? is this my life? when did all of this happen?" 

about 1 month ago. 

and it has already been the most beautiful journey i could have ever imagined. i love getting to serve someone everyday, whether it be by making Bry lunch or dinner, or cleaning up our always-disastrous home, or, yes, going to the gym with him. (who would have ever thought i'd be willingly going to the gym!?) i love figuring out life this way- with my best friend. there are soo many things to do in one day-- just thinking about our spare room with all its clutter makes me wish it would just turn into Narnia when i open the door. but we have had such a blast working through trials and laughing through joys together. 

basically, i love my husband. i love my Bry-bear :) 

(come on, reading one mushy-gushy comment is not going to kill you) 

so all of this said, the question i've gotten the most over the past "almost-month" is the infamous, "what are you doing with yourself now?" 

let me indulge you.

nope, i did not move to Austin with a job already lined up. 

nope, i basically have no clients for my photography business.

nope, most of my life friends live in college station (or DC!!!)

yes. i am ready for adventure

yes. i am ready for God's Spirit to move me into His plan, not mine. 

yes. i am definitely being challenged by the daunting question, "how do i start and establish my own photography business in a city that is crawling with other photographers?"

yes. i am SO excited to become part of a community here and meet people, no matter how scared of that i am.

yes. i am pumped that i get to keep in touch and see good friends from cstat on occasion.i am pumped for phone dates and skype dates.

yes. i am ready for the unknown. 

the past few years have flown by, and i have little-appreciated the time i had been given. i felt that time, itself, was always what i needed more of. so i sit here, in our living room, with time. to breathe, to sit with Jesus, and to create-- what my heart yearns to do. 

i praise God for blessing me with my sweet Bryan. i do not deserve him, but our God has graciously decided to allow me to care for and be cared for by someone. 

Bry-bear, I'm thrilled to walk through this life with you. I thank God for you, and everyday I pray you would see more of God. more of who He is in our every day. :) 

...........so.

as many have asked for and awaited, here are some photos from our honeymoon! Bryan took me to the (most freezing and frigid) city of my dreams, Paris, France. these are just a few snapshots of our week there, and i promise to write a better post about our favorite times. 

have a glorious day!!!

and p.s.-- ChelleJeneePhotography is officially changed to michelle b photographie...

whoop!!!