max and the fuzzy blanket.

A few weeks ago Jonathan and I bought a nice fuzzy blanket at IKEA during our adventure in Atlanta.

Well, apparently Max thinks this blanket is his...

Or he thinks it's his new brother. One or the other. It does kind of resemble an animal of sorts.

nothin' says summer like the sno biz.

Last night we got to go to Sno Biz with these lovely folks, Thorne & Laura.

{you may recognize them as one of our favorite couples}




Nothin' says summer like colorful sun umbrellas and flavorful shaved ice.





Jonathan got the raspberry and I got the lemon meringue pie. Yum!


Fun was had by all.

the tooth fairy kit.

I recently came across this adorable tooth fairy kit via papercrave. It is just adorable. It comes complete with an official Certificate of Record to keep track of your tooth transitions with your local fair, and a reusable silkscreened cloth deposit bag for all teeth to be placed in.

a photoshoot: stephanie, the greek beauty.

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to go out and photograph my greek friend, Stephanie {she's from Cyprus!} Stephanie and I were in the play "Enchanted April" during my Junior year at Lee University. That was the play that Jonathan and I were in together as well, and he proposed to me on the set of the play...definitely a play close to my heart.

Steph and I had fun exploring different areas of Cleveland that were fun photo op spots. She is such a beautiful girl and was very natural in front of the camera.

Thanks for a fun photo shoot, Steph!

Here are some of my favorite images from the shoot:

{all photographs by me}

To see the rest of the images from this shoot, click here.

i want to go to there.

i want to go to there.

i would love to just go to someplace tropical
turn off the cell phones, and leave them off
not even look at a computer
walk on the beach with my love
stick my toes in the sand

and escape.












{photos taken last summer on vacation in florida}

I'm feeling very overwhelmed lately {and so is huband.} We are both thoroughly looking forward to August...when he has graduated, and we get a vacation! In the meantime, I'm trying to enjoy the here and now, have a good attitude and positive outlook, and resist stress if at all possible {although that is super hard for me...Jesus is helping me with that.}

These scriptures have always been encouraging to me in times like this:

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." - Matthew 11:28

"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." - Isaiah 40:29-31

What brings you encouragement when you're weary?

just in case you didn't know already...

{images via fffound}


feeling extra thankful for my wonderful husband today.

jonathan & tiffany's adventure in atlanta.

The other weekend Jonathan and I went to Atlanta on an adventure together.

Here is a little video of our adventure...
and please bear with me, this was my very first experience putting a video together. :)

jonathan & tiffany's adventure in atlanta. from Tiffany Zajas on Vimeo.

In case you didn't know already, I love husband and our adventures together.
I also love videos and photographs set to music.
They make me happy.