Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

sports camp

July 22, 2010

Last week, Redeemer (our church) had a sports camp every evening. I could only make it a couple of days, but I most definitely snapped away while I was there. Here are some beautiful faces.

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three years

July 14, 2010

Yep, three years of marriage to the most amazing man I know. I really can’t believe it’s already been three years, but on the other hand, it seems like we’ve been together forever. Let’s take a little trip down memory lane, shall we?

Here are some photos from when we first started dating, to when he proposed.

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A photo from our wedding at Spirit Ranch (hooray Kristin Bednarz!)

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And since then! (and no, I wasn’t preggers… it was halloween)

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I definitely lost lots o productivity looking through so many photos this morning… But it was such a sweet reminder. We have had so much stinking fun and God has been so good. God IS so good. And Jordan is the sweetest, most hilarious, most loving husband EVA. And we have the most amazing friends and families, too. Without you peeps, our marriage wouldn’t be quite as sweet.

out of town

June 29, 2010

First of all… June is almost over. Are you kidding me?! That’s insane.

My cousin is getting married this weekend in Fort Worth! Yayyyyy! Aric and Casey are shooting it, so I’m going to love being a guest at a wedding. I’m gonna get my dance on. Aaaand I’ll be pestering the photographers :)

Here’s the almost-married couple. A good-looking pair, eh?

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I hope all you blogsters have an amazing 4th of July! I was in South Dakota last year over the 4th with this crazy crowd.

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So it’ll be fun to celebrate with the other side of the fam. I’m so thankful for family. Don’t you wish everyone could just be in one place at one time?

Until next week, my friends!

open house

June 16, 2010

Remember this house I shared with you blogsters last week?

Well, it’s time to check it out in person, because they’re having an Open House TOMORROW. And not just any open house. There’s going to be live music, hor d’oeuvres, and adult beverages :)

So REALLY! Even if you aren’t looking for a home, you should still come and hang out.

Thursday, June 17, 6-8 p.m. at 227 Zoar in Lubbock, Texas.

And if you want more info on the house, chicky check it out here.

See you TOMORROW!!

house for sale!

June 10, 2010

No, not ours (yet!), but some really great friends of ours are selling their house.

Remember these cuties?

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Yep, they’re selling their house. And you might remember Allison, as she is half of the genius behind Lullaby Lubbock

Anywho, here are some photos of their home. I gotta tell ya… lots of fun parties and hangouts have happened at this place – it’s greatness. And even if you aren’t interested in buying a home, they’re having a suh-weet Open House with live music and food and fun (more info to come on that). Come hang out!

Here’s the front of the house, with a super cool courtyard.

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living room, with a sweet fireplace and lovely hardwood floors

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Another living area with huuuuge windows all the way across!

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kitchen… complete with more storage than you could ever wish for. and the laundry room is the bottom right.

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dining room

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wet bar! so fun.

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mater bedroom and bathroom. coolest bathtub ever? yes.

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guest room and bathroom

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and the beautiful backyard!

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If you have any questions, e-mail me at brittanystrebeck@gmail.com and I’ll pass along your info!

bff

May 25, 2010

Remember the lovely ladies at Lullaby Lubbock? (yes, i love me some alliteration)

Kristen, Jeff and their three kiddos are peacin’ out of Lubbock this week. Jeff is officially a Doctor, and he’s going to do his residency in Tyler.

It’s been so fun to see how close Allison and Kristen’s kiddos have gotten. I mean, they’re like for real best friends, and they do everything together. So, of course we had to have a BFF session before they leave Lubbock. I get a good amount of sad thinking about it, so I can’t even imagine what Allison and Kristen are going through, but let’s just not go there :)

Onto the cuteness overload!

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every expression in this one is just perfect.

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not everyone was a fan of this idea :)

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so fun!

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avery and ella. such cute best friends.

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barstad family photo!

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ice cream time!

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sweet sass, making sure she has enough money for the jukebox :)

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jukebox fun

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and now the moms got to have some fun. love this!!

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antigua

May 14, 2010

When we got back from Guatemala, life picked up so fast and got so crazy that I completely forgot I didn’t blog our whole trip. How could I forget our day in quaint, beautiful, historic Antigua!

This was the view from on top of our hotel.

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ohhh coffee from guatemala… how i miss thee

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we went to a coffee plantation… dream come true!

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the whole team

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flying out of Guatemala City. a sweet view of the volcanos.

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and lubbock!! it’s basically the same terrain as guatemala :)

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fundaninos

April 29, 2010

First off, I must say that narrowing down these photos was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do! I mean, it was even difficult bringing it down to 200 for my facebook album. Whew.

Anyhow, I don’t know why I put so much pressure on myself to have the perfect blog post about our time in Guatemala. I’ve had this nagging thought in the back of my mind, trying to figure out how to paint a pretty picture of our trip and wrap every aspect of our time there into one little entry. Uhhh can we say impossible?!

I tried my best to pick some of my favorites, along with some that really capture what Fundaninos is. And I’m sure I’ll be talking about this trip for a looong long time… Especially when the website is up and running!

Also, just in case you missed the last couple posts about Guatemala… A group with my church, Redeemer, went down to Guatemala for a week to spend time at an orphanage called Fundaninos. Our main objective there was to build them a website (which sounds A LOT easier than is really is, come to find out). But really, what it came down to, is that we were there to love on those kids. And we did, by golly. And they loved on us like crazy, too. They were incredible.

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some of us gringos with the kids… the bottom left picture is what we did for three solid days – sat in an office, working on the website, editing photos, going through tons of text about the orphanage and about the kids. Also, we didn’t have any music… so you can only imagine the sing-alongs that took place :)

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ahhh roberto :)

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what we woke up to every morning… it was beautiful!

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the directors of the orphanage… so amazing.

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this was a common sight… michael with diet coke and coffee, and the kids looking at the computer

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girls just wanna have fun!

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and boys do too!

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precious.

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the directors and their kiddos. we had a mini photo session :)

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adios!

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i’m back!

April 25, 2010

I’m back from Guatemala! Goodness… what a whirlwind. An awesome, humbling, exciting, beautiful whirlwind.

It will definitely take me a couple days to gather my thoughts and photos for a FOR REAL blog post about my trip to Guatemala, but for now… Meet Sandra.

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adios for now!

April 16, 2010

One last post before I leave for a week…

I’m headed to Guatemala Saturday morning and I simply cannot wait! Last night, my hubby asked me what I’m most excited about. I thought a bit, and I said, “the kids… I can’t wait to meet them.” And even on top of that, the fact that I get to use something I love and something God has gifted me with to help out this orphanage a bit. That’s so cool.

It got me thinking back to the summer before I went off to college. I went to Costa Rica with a medical team and we stayed in a little village among the people, played with kiddos, and I TRIED to assist the dentist and optometrist. And all the while I took pictures with my little point and shoot.

Now I have a big girl camera :)

And just because it’s weird to blog without a photo, here’s a couple photos from that Costa Rica trip way back when. Gosh, that was 7 years ago… YIKES!

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I know I know… me and humidity are NOT BFF. And we weren’t back then either I guess :) But how cute is this sweet little boy?

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