Love With Food August Review

*I don't have any photos of the subscription box due to (mainly) my husband eating all the contents of the box immediately ;)

Love With Food is a box of monthly treats delivered right to your doorstep, and they also donate a meal to a hungry child with every box that is ordered. I was very impressed with my first box!

Roasted Seaweed from Seaweed Love: I'm not a huge fan of seaweed, but my husband was more than willing to try it out for me. He described it as "the flavor wasn't good at first, but after a few seconds it tasted great!" Price - 0.72

Coconut + Mango Fruit Ice from Smooze: We have actually tried these before and anything that's frozen liquid is always a big hit with the family.  Price - 0.66

Gluten-Free Pineapple Coconut Cereal Bar from Do More Bars: Okay, this was definitely my favorite! I absolutely loved everything about it. It was made with organic brown rice and real fruit. It was absolutely delicious and the right amount of chewy. I will be buying packs of these! Price - 1.69

Organic Fruity Bears from Surf Sweets: I didn't get to try these because my husband ate them all, but he said he didn't really like them much. He's not a big fan of sweets though. I probably would've enjoyed them :) Price - 1.93

Sweet Plantain Chips from Turbana: These were a hit with my husband. He didn't say much about them except that he loved them and wants to buy some more! Price: 0.79

All Natural Fruit and Soy Bar from SoyJoy: I wasn't a huge fan of this, but I let my husband try the rest of it and he enjoyed it. Price - 1.33

Pomegranate Mint Chewing Gum from PUR Gum: The gum definitely had a different taste, but I liked it . The only downside was that the flavor didn't last very long at all. Price - 1.42

Organic Hard Candy from GoOrganic: I have yet to try this, but I love hard candy and the fact that this is organic makes it 100 times better! Price - 0.25

Organic Drink Mix from Flavrz: My husband loved this and I liked it too. He described the flavor as "watered down sprite".  It did taste really good and would make good Popsicles. Price - 1.12

The box also came with a $50 dollar wine gift certificate, but since I am underage I gave the card to a friend. Overall, I was very impressed with the box and see more in my future!

{Introducing Eleanor Claire!}

I may be biased, but Eleanor is definitely the cutest baby ever. I love my new niecey (:

Oh, How Pinteresting! Wednesday

These last two days have been fantastic! My husband and I have had so much fun together. Last night he let me shave his head. He had long black hair, but last night we took his razor to it. It was definitely an exciting experience for me. After that we gave each other facials. That man loves a good facial. We watched the movie Stardust. Let me to you, that movie was fantastic! I loved every minute of it! I definitely give props to Josh for picking such a great movie for us to watch. The weather outside has been so fantastic also! It definitely is starting to feel like fall! I am so excited.

Buddy the Elf pajamas! Oh my word! I am definitely going to be needing some for Christmas!

I love this! I wanna decorate like this for Christmas!

Future baby girl Driver will own this

Definitely gonna do this in our bathroom when we get our new home!

I love this color for a boys room!

And the winner is....

Tina Reynolds!

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Thank you to everyone who participated! I see more giveaways in the future :)

Marriage on a Monday

This morning I read a post titled "For The One Who Married Young". It spoke right to my heart. One line in particular stood out to me: "There will be moments and days and seasons that are really hard. And you’ll be tempted to think it’s because you got married young, but really, it’s just because you got married." Recently, I've been extremely stressed and the thought creeps up that it's because I married young, but when I read those words they brought a sense of comfort to me. She also talked about how "you hold in your heart each other’s worst and best, the awkward movement from child to adult. You are the witnesses of each other’s most sacred lives. Be careful with one another." Josh and I are in that awkward movement from child to adult. We are learning to navigate those waters. We are expected to be adults and handle everything that comes our way, but at the same time we are just young kids trying to figure life out. We fight and pout like children in kindergarten, and I mean what married couple doesn't do that? Haha :) But we always know, at the end of the day, that we love each other and wouldn't trade our young married lives for anything.

Haha I saw this a while ago on Pinterest and had to share it!

For The One Who Married Young

ATL

We headed to Atlanta yesterday for Justin Bieber's concert (Yes, go ahead and judge me :)). Our first stop was at Barnes & Noble for Pattie Mallette's (Justin Bieber's mom) book signing! We got there too late, but long story short one of Pattie's good friends named Chip helped us meet her! It was such an awesome experience and one we will never forget! The concert was of course fantastic!

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!

on becoming a young married college student

I just turned nineteen almost a month ago, and I just got married at the end of June. I'm having to learn how to be the best wife I can be while having to adjust to moving away from home for the first time and going to college. I honestly don't feel like I have been the best wife that I could be. My husband and I are both having to adjust to totally new situations and it has not been easy. Some days I feel completely defeated. I compare our marriage too much to other newlywed's marriages. I need to dig deeper into Jesus and His word, and die to myself daily. My goal is to have devotionals with my husband every single night. In order for our marriage to thrive, we must choose to die to our selfish desires and put each other above ourselves and to put God first. I want to become the best wife I can be. I want to make my home a haven, I want to cook healthy meals for us, I want to be able to serve others together, and I want us to enjoy this crazy wild adventure together. I have to learn how to have a balance between being a wife and college student. This won't be easy, but with God, all things are possible. If anyone has any encouragement on balancing being a wife and college student, please feel free to share it with me :) I hope everyone has a blessed Thursday!

Subscription Box Giveaway - Escape Monthly!

From Escape Monthly's website: "Escape Monthly is a destination-inspired monthly delivery of luxury products to help you relax, renew and escape!" Escape Monthly has asked me to do a giveaway for their new subscription service! Check out their website at http://escapemonthly.com/ and enter the giveaway below!


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Married life and wedding photos!

My mom told me that married life definitely agrees with me. I love the married life, but it also has produced more challenges in the last month than I ever thought possible. Just this weekend our air condition has went out, our upstairs toilet has started to spit water out of the tank when we flush it, and the downstairs bathroom is beginning to clog up. The heat is getting to us, but we are trying to make the best of it. It's a good excuse to just walk around naked, right? This past week I got my wedding photos! They are absolutely beautiful! Our photographer did a fantastic job. Check out his website at http://adriandavidpayne.com/.

The groom's cake

My sister and I

This picture is super special to me. My mom has leiomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that affects one in six million women. The day of my wedding she became super sick and had to go to the ER, and no one thought she would be able to come to the wedding. I had an overwhelming peace about the situation that only could come from God. She showed up a few minutes right before the wedding started. God is good.

The entire wedding party! (Minus a tiny flower girl)

Little man decided to do crazy eyes in one of our photos together

Exchanging our rings

Josh seeing me for the first time in my wedding dress

Women who married into the Driver family praying over me

Dad fixing me dress right before we were about to walk down the aisle

I have a TON more wedding photos that I haven't posted here. If you're interested in seeing them let me know and I'll give you the link to my Facebook page!

Fighting for Finley

Finley needs a miracle.

Finley is just a little over a week old, and she was born with little to no heartbeat, and very few signs of brain activity. But I believe in miracles. I believe that God can fully heal Finley and use her to glorify His kingdom in amazing ways. 

Please join me in lifting up Finley in prayer, as well as lifting up her family, doctors, and nurses.
God still does miracles. He raised people from the dead, let the blind see, the deaf hear, and the lame walk. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 

*For updates on this sweet miracle, please visit https://www.facebook.com/FightingForFinley