An October Wedding

A couple of weekends ago Jason officiated the wedding of one of his cousins. 

It was a gorgeous fall day, and the venue was a beautiful farm.

The ceremony took place under this huge tree. I really loved the birdcages and purple flowers.

The reception was in this building. It was like a big screened in porch!

The flower girl dresses were so cute. I love the big skirt and the purple!

Jason with the bride and groom

They held cocktail hour next to this lake. It was especially beautiful as the sun was setting.
Congratulations to the newlyweds!

An Update

Well, it's been awhile. Unfortunately, being busy and having construction workers on our street knock out our cable/internet three times over the last couple of weeks have kept me from blogging.

My last off week we had a lot happening! 

It started off with a great small group on Monday night.

Tuesday, Jason and I took the pups on a long walk. We found a really nice trail near our house that follows a river.

Taking a break by the water

Tuesday night the family went out to dinner to celebrate Charles's birthday. We had a delicious dinner at Olive Garden and even got free dessert!

Singing "Happy Birthday"!

Wednesday was an around the house day. The bug man and the cable man both came by, so I had to be  at the house. I did get out for dinner with Jason and some of our friends at Outback.

Thursday was a really fun day. I got to have lunch with my dad and do a little shopping. I bought a few new fall things at the Loft and got some decorations for the house at Hobby Lobby. That evening after dinner, Jason and I went to a nearby fair. It was free admission night! We didn't ride any of the rides, but we did check out the horse show, petting zoo, tractor display, and have a funnel cake!

Friday was a chill day which was good. Saturday, we headed up to Chattanooga to meet some of my aunts and uncles and cousins for a surprise baby shower for MC. She was definitely surprised, and we all had a good time. 

Diaper Cake

Opening gifts- My aunt made this blanket for Baby C

My aunt also made this cake! It was delicious! All the baby shapes are pieces of chocolate.

Since we were already so close, Jason and I went with Mom and Dad up to their new property. We wanted to check it out! It was pretty grown up so we came prepared with boots, machetes, and a chainsaw attachment for Jason's weed eater. I'm glad we got to see where Mom and Dad will be building their house. It's definitely a nice piece of property in a nice area.

Daddy and I with our tools!

Sunday, we went to church and did our grocery shopping. Then we had some of our friends over for dinner. It was good to catch up with them! 

After dinner we headed over to do a physical assessment with our new personal trainer. She is a very close friend of ours who trains out of her basement. We're going to try to have sessions with her twice a week. I love working out, and I'm excited to be able to make it something Jason and I can do together. Our first official session was Monday afternoon, and it went really well. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

I'm looking forward to the start of another off week, and hopefully finding some time to post about our Disney trip and the wedding we went to this weekend.

Blogtember: Life Lately

Monday, September 23: A "life lately" post. What you're up to, how you're feeling, how you're doing on your goals, etc.
Life lately has been very busy. Last week we were out of town- at Disney World! It was a great family vacation. We had a wonderful and exhausting time! I'm going to share the photo collages I made for each day, then next week I plan to share more pictures and more details.

Magic Kingdom: Cinderella's castle, afternoon parade, Electrical Parade

Hollywood Studios: Lightening McQueen and Tow-mater, main drag, Tower of Terror, main entrance

Downtown Disney: us at Rainforest Cafe, dragon made of Legos, sunset over the water, TRex Restaurant

Animal Kingdom: main entrance, giraffes, Tree of Life, elephant

Epcot: us at a show, France, the giant ball, main entrance

Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure: Transformers ride, pharmacy, main entrance

Tonight begins small group at our house. We decided to be a host home this time around, so Sunday we spent most of the day getting the house cleaned up and ready.

As far as goals go, in the spring I decided to start working out again. I have stuck with it, except for our vacations. Last week we walked a lot, but we didn't eat very well. This week I am looking forward to getting back on track with my workouts and eating better. Jason and I went grocery shopping and tried to stock up on lots of healthy items!

This week it's back to work. Hope everyone has a great week!

Blogtember: Comfort

Friday, September 20: React to this term: comfort.

The definition of comfort is a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint; consolation for grief or anxiety. (source)
Here are some things I think of when I think of comfort: a big hug after a long, hard day snuggling with my pups on the couch sweatpants on a cold day a nice breeze on the beach
I don't know about y'all, but I like to be comfortable. Probably a little too much at times. It's definitely something I'm working on- getting out of my comfort zone more often and being more accepting of change. 
What makes you comfortable?

Blogtember: Creative Writing

Thursday, September 19: Creative writing day: write a (very short) fictional story that starts with this sentence: "To say I was dreading the dinner party would be the understatement of the century".

This was a tough one for me. I'm pretty sure I haven't written anything fictional since high school. But I gave it my best shot!

"To say I was dreading the dinner party would be the understatement of the century. Unfortunately sometimes you just have to do things you don't want to do, especially when family is involved. It wouldn't be that big of a deal normally, but this get together will be a little different. My cousin, Scott, got married a few months ago and will be bringing along his trophy wife. She is as aloof and spoiled as they come. And of course she is real nice to everyone's face. We all know she is really talking bad about us when we turn our back. None of us really enjoy being around her. Hopefully this time she will at least wait until she gets home to complain about our grandmother's taste in clothing. It made things a little awkward at their wedding when all of us, including Grandma, heard her terrible comments. She didn't even bother to apologize if that tells you anything about her character. 

I hear my husband calling that we need to go, so I head down to meet him at the car."

Blogtember: Only Photos

Wednesday, September 18: Only photos

Blogtember: Memory Lane

Tuesday, September 17: A memory you would love to relive.

If I could relive any memory, I would go back to elementary school. It would be a Sunday afternoon. We would get home from church, get changed, and head over to Nana and Papa's house. Nana would have a huge spread cooked for us and my cousins, Stuart and Sandra, would be there too. Nana was the best cook, so everything would be delicious. Mom and Dad would have to keep telling Charles and I to eat exactly ten green beans.  After talking and eating it would be time for dessert! We would have two desserts. Papa always got his own because his had to be sugar free. It was always good too though. If Nana made carrot cake, Charles and I wouldn't eat it even though everyone told us how good it was. When you're a kid carrot cake just sounds gross! More important than the food, we would be having fun spending time together as a family.
I miss those family lunches on Sunday afternoons and Nana and Papa. What memory would you relive?