Guest Post:: Samantha from Hooah and Hiccups

Hello Libby's Life friends! My name is Samantha and I blog over at Hooah and Hiccups!

Libby is sweet enough to let me say hi today and..ask for your help and votes!! A few months back, Onlineshoes.com contacted me in regards to a Blogger Styling Contest! Of course, I was ALL over it!

How it works: myself and three other bloggers each received the same pair of shoes. We were all told to style it our own way and then the public would be voting on who styled the pair of shoes the best!

So here's how I styled them! 

The Naya Shoes are absolutely adorable! Not to mention they're super comfortable and perfect for shorts and a tee, a maxi dress, or really any casual look you want to pair them with. My Bubba Bear has been giving me a run for my money recently and these shoes are comfortable enough for me to chase him around! 

I also love that they are made using eco-friendly materials; cork, bamboo and chrome-free leather are among the materials used. 

So now I need your help!! These shoes are totally down my fashion alley and I hope that you love how I styled them; enough so that you'll vote for me to win!

Want to win a pair too? You can enter to win a pair on the voting page after casting your vote! (Hopefully for me ;)) 

So please, vote here! Leave me a little comment if you voted... I want to thank each and every one of you for your support and help! Love you ALL!

In case you missed it... VOTE HERE!

 

 

Gone today

I am over here today! :) 

You should go check it out... 

just click on the picture & it'll take you right there. 

hi, baby

I am over at hi, baby today.

I wrote the story of how I met my husband. 

Go check it out!

not here today...

I am guest posting over at this little life...

Go read the ABCs of who I am. 

 Maybe you'll learn something you didn't know before! ;)

Guest Post - Paige

Paige from this little life is guest posting today. 
She is giving you the ABCs of her life. 

I hope you enjoy and go check her out on her blog this little life.
She is such a sweetie and has the most adorable little girl in the whole world!

A - Ashley is my sister. She and I fought like cats and dogs when we were younger but now, we are best friends. I’m the older sister!

B -Border Collie - My dog. His name is Auto, like a car and he is 14 years old, like 90-something in dog years.

C- Career Counselor, my profession. Love my job, but love being Molly’s mommy more! 

D -Daughter.  I am one and now I have one. It is the best!

E - Eggs…my hubby has chickens, like in a coop, in our yard, and we get about a dozen fresh eggs per day.

F – flower – I love hydrangeas. I wish I could have fresh flowers delivered every day and display them in my kitchen.

G – girly, girl. That was, is and always has been me.

H – HomeGoods is my favorite store. I love perusing the aisles!

I – Italian ices – a favorite of mine while I was pregnant. I love mango!

J – Jelly and peanut butter on a waffle was my favorite food during my pregnancy.

K – Kitchen. I painted mine three times in two years. I needed it to be the perfect shade of yellow.

L – Long Island is where I have lived all my life. I love it!

M – Michael is my hubby. We have known each other since middle school and have been married for five years this fall.

N – Nanny, that is what Molly calls (or will call) my Mommy.

O – Ocean – love living near it.

P - Pedicures – I love a good one!

Q - Quilt – Molly received an amazing homemade quilt from my hubby’s Godmother. It is amazing.

R - Real Simple magazine and a cup of tea is my idea of “me” time.

S – shells & starfish. I love decorating with them.

T – Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.

U – Undergraduate degree in Speech Communications.

V – Vacation. My favorite vacation was to Martha’s Vineyard and I can’t wait to take Molly there.

W- Wainscotting. We installed it in Molly’s room I love it.

X – Xrays – Had a few taken last week at my dental appointment.

Y- Yellow. I didn’t know I was having a girl; so therefore, Molly has lots of yellow stuff!

Z – Zoo. Haven’t been in a while but can’t wait to go and see the giraffes!

Guest Post - Casey Wiegand

So excited to have my first guest post EVER and with the most beautiful person I have met through the blogging world so far, Casey Wiegand! She is truly a blessing to have met in this wonderful world of blogging. She has a beautiful soul and is one of the sweetest ladies ever. She makes me smile whenever I read her posts. She has an amazingly gorgeous family and is always posting adorable pictures of her two babes that are so cute you just want to eat them up with their hypnotizing blue eyes. She is also an amazing artist and I hope someday I am honored enough to have one of her awesome paintings hanging in my home. I am honored to know her and call her my friend. Go check her out on her blog The Wiegands, I know you will fall in love with her too! Enjoy her beautiful words...

Hi! I guess I should introduce myself! I am Casey Wiegand and so completely thrilled to be guest blogging today. I'm a stay at home, mama of two...in hopes of two or three more and a freelance artist. I tend to talk a lot on my blog about my perspective on life, faith, kids, marriage with touches of art, creative inspiration, projects and things I love along the way. This is me!!

And this is my sweet family

I thought so much today about what I should write about! So I decided to take bits of a few of my favorite past posts and create a mini gift to you! Who doesn't love a gift after all :)?

God tends to speak the most to me while I am driving...or maybe it is just that is when I am listening best....I had a crazy summer and everything that went on in my personal life resulted in me turning to Jesus like never before, it was a whole new Jesus to me. He is real to me in a way I never imagined. It's crazy but suffering really is beautiful, it makes us lovely. 

It creates a closeness with Jesus (if you allow it to) that is like nothing else.

Ever since this summer I find myself thinking of heaven often. Have you ever heard that as believers we should preach the gospel to ourselves every morning? We know these truths but to say them out loud and to truly live them, really let them become who we are. Today I was driving thinking "It's okay that we let people down & everyone let's us down...because our hope should be elsewhere...in Jesus". Then, Carrie Underwood's song came on (I know, I am getting cheesy on you guys)...but it was exactly where my thoughts were at that moment.

This is our temporary home

It's not where we belong

Windows and rooms that we're passin' through

This is just a stop, on the way to where we're going

I'm not afraid because I know this is our

Temporary Home.

How refreshing is that to think about? We were not made for this place, but for the next. What a great hope we have. It doesn't have to be perfect here, because it will be in heaven. 

My theme word for this year is peace.

"When you decide to live out what you believe. When you decide you want peace in your possession, then you will find out what that looks like & feels like. You begin to pray for God to give you peace. You incorporate peace in your relationships. You decide to respond differently. You speak in love. Act in tenderness. You imitate what you know about peace until it becomes a reality for your character & your life."

It is so convicting. Dying to your desire. Dying to your flesh. "How can I return Your love with my life?'

"He restores what has been broken & heals what has been wounded. I don't have peace because I figured it all out. I have peace because I believe in Christ."

I will leave you all with this..

Love well, give grace & mercy well. Forgive well. Life is hard.

We don't need all the answers because we have kingdom hearts.

Guest Post

I am guest posting over at Birth Parents Place today. It is the story of my adoption and meeting my biological mother. It is an extremely emotional story and I was balling when I wrote it because it brought back so many of those feelings. But I feel like people need to know what it's like to be adopted and how many feelings are actually attached to it.