Last night...

It was raining sooo hard and we heard a loud boom come from the front of our house near the office. Turns out, the top of a tall tree fell and luckily, barely hit our roof and siding. Thankfully, no damage was done. But it was still a bit scary.



You can see Matt checking out the air condintioning unit. We are grateful that the tree missed that too.

Psalm 4:8
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Father's Day Weekend.

I went out of town this weekend to spend Father's Day with my original family :), Mama, Daddy, and Billy. We really missed Matt and Miranda, but it definitely seemed like old times!

Before I left Matt and I went on a little "weekdate", as we like to call week day dates.


I headed out of town right after my Bible Study ended on Thursday. When I got to my house, my Dad and I brought my luggage in, had a snack, and watched a little tv. My mama was at a friends house playing some kind of card game for 6 hours. :) When she got home we all watched a movie together, which was fun, and I had a nice big Sonic Vanilla Diet Coke. Then on Friday, Mama and I headed to Hobby Lobby for some shopping. Everything we bought was majorly on sale. We also ate a light lunch of soup and salads at Cheddar's.


My brother arrived Friday afternoon and we all watched a really good movie together. My Dad gets Netflix so we always have lots of movies to watch. We were getting out my mama's decorations and my brother wanted his accounting book in the picture since it matched.



Saturday we ran some errands around town and had a nice family dinner. Daddy loves ice cream cake, so we celebrated Father's Day a little early with a sweet treat.



*Note I look horrible...no makeup and this was taken really late at night because we were watching the U.S. Open...golf is permanently on the tv at my parents house.

I drove back this morning to spend a little bit of the weekend with my sweet Hubby. It is raining so hard right now, I love it! I tried to get a picture of how hard the rain was coming down, but it is hard to tell. It is sooo cozy inside though.


I am so thankful that I got to spend time with the best Daddy a girl could ask for today. I love him so much! Everyone says that we look just alike and if you know us well, we have so many similar personality traits. I am a Daddy's girl. And my Mama was just thrilled to have us all home together. I cherish every moment that I get to spend with the greatest parents ever. I love them so much! Daddy is truly the smartest man I know. He is very wise, and helpful. We count on him for help and tips on everything around here. From computers, to finances, taxes, lawn care, fixing things, EVERYTHING. He is great and I am blessed! Happy Father's Day, Daddy!

The house that built me...

I'm at home, visiting with my family this weekend. I've been here for a few days and it has been great. I'll post about my visit when I make it back down to SGA. We're just being lazy, shopping, eating, and spending all of our time together...having a great time!

I love my small town hometown and I love my amazing neighborhood (that I grew up in)! This song brings up lots of memories that I have in this house and it is very meaningful to me. Luckily, my parents still live in it...unlike the song. I'm praising God right now for His blessings, His peace, and His faithfulness.

Welcome to the Future!

We're going hi-tech around this house! Matt kindly informed me this morning that we were getting Direct TV and that the guy would be here in a few minutes (he's here now). I still can't quite fathom that we will have DVR. I have begged for it for years. Now, I'd finally given up and didn't really even want it anymore. And all of a sudden I now have it? What a total SURPRISE!
*Update: we ended up rescheduling because they wanted to put the dish in our FRONT yard. Umm, that's a definite no in my book.

Onto the rest of our day....so far...
We realized that we have a blackberry thicket in our backyard (which scares me because of rattlesnakes), but it is still sort of neat! Pictures of our adventures with our berries!





We are going over to our new neighbors house tonight to bring them a housewarming gift! Should be fun!! While I pick it up at Wal-Mart, I am probably going to have to break down and buy this book. My library cannot get it in fast enough.


I'm going to be tackling our closet for a little while. :) I think we're going to have a big afternoon rain storm too. Ready for Matty to get home safely.

Monday Night

I've been hooked on tv tonight. The Secret life was new!! Love it so much!


I also flipped between Pretty Little Liars and The Real Housewives of NY Reunion.


For some reason, at this time, I just cannot get into the Bachelorette. Stange I know.

We made sliders for supper tonight. They were really good. We were supposed to go walking down Firefly Lane tonight :), but it is thundering out.


I would definitely call today a lazy summer day. Hope your Monday has been great!

If we've ever needed you...

Lord, it's now...We are desperate for your hand, we're reaching out!!! Revive us, now!

I can't get this song out of my head. Matt sang it this morning in two services (maybe that is why). :) I loved it both times. The lyrics are near to our hearts lately.

He actually started with another song, and then merged into this one! LOVED it! I was proud of him! I really, really wanted to get a picture of him playing, but I was so scared that my flash would go off. And my fear kept me from getting one. I will be getting a DVD from our church though.

I feel like I've done two things today. Sleep and go to church. And I loved every minute!
On our way to church...btw my back seats are folded down and the back of my tahoe is filled to the brim with VBS decorations. I haven't gotten around to upacking them yet.



We had to be at church early, like 7:45ish, for sound check. We picked up our neighbor, Abby(she used to be in my class and we became good friends with her parents), on the way. After early service, we went to Sunday School, then went to part of the second service. We left around 11:30 and went to brunch.
After brunch...


We came home and I took a nap. It was thundering outside, and Abby was painting and Matt was watching golf...and those sounds lulled me to sleep.
Abby's painting...


I didn't wake up until it was time to leave for the evening service. We had snow cones after church, and spent some time talking to our neighbors. Sweet Summer Sunday's! :)

We were just blessed by our pastor's sermon this morning and lots of kind words and support from our church family. I also got to visit with some sweet friends. I love our church family!

Oh, one more thing. I am obsessed with any reality show, you know. But I just saw Jillian Michaels' new show, Losing It. I LOVE IT! Can't wait to watch another episode!

Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Show us your life - china patterns

We will be married 4 years this month and I am not tired of our china patterns at all. First off, we didn't register for formal china or crystal because my Nanny passed down her collection to my mama, and she is going to give it me someday. It is rimmed in silver and has little flowers on it. My mama also has formal Christmas china rimmed in gold. I love both of them!

We registered for 2 everyday patterns. Our everyday set is plain white, simple, and beautiful. It is Grand Gourmet by Wedgwood. I have a platter that I love and the pasta bowls and large buffet plates are great for entertaining. We use the pasta bowls for everything though, they are great. It is discontinued though, and we would like a few more place settings. Luckily, we found a few places online that will sell it at a discount. Maybe we'll add to it soon. :)


We also picked a really fun pattern. Our other everyday set is by M.Bagwell and it is called Happy Together (fitting right?). I love, love, love it! We have everything in this. Canisters, cake stand, chip and dip plate, deviled egg plate, salt and pepper shakers, utensil holder, vases, plate holders, etc. I love mixing and matching. I display it sometimes, but we use it all the time too. She also has a mix and match pattern that we have some things in that you can actually mix and match. :) I just took a picture of what I have out right now. She has added a few casserole dishes to her collection and we don't have those yet.


We didn't register for her Simply Christmas Collection. But my friend, Becky, started us with a piece one year and now we have quite a bit of it. I didn't get a good picture of this, because it is all put away since we only pull it out at Christmas. We have a vegetable platter that is my favorite! We even have ornaments that match! There are some fun Halloween plates that I want too!



I'm excited to see all the different patterns out there!