Happy list v7

139. A freshly washed rug

140. Quiet time

141. Having such a handy, hardworking husband

142. When things are actually covered under our home warranty

143. Training for my first half marathon

144. Curling up in our living room chairs

145. C.S. Lewis 

146. When people show appreciation

147. Quick wit

148. Lonesome Dove - the movie and the book

149. Finally settling on a coffee table solution and bonus - when sweet, antique finds fit just right

150. Makin' plans with friends

151. Seasonal eating

152. Our new barn-style fence gates and the sweet boys that built them for me

153. Patagonia sales

154. Teaching my mom how to use her new cellphone

155. Printing pictures for frames

156. Trying new recipes that don't disappoint 

157. A lazy Friday night in 

158. Making lists

159. Hiking Glacier National Park

160. Pitamakan to Dawson Pass

161. The Flathead River

162. Subarus

163. Weeknight date nights with our best buds and Matchbox Twenty

164. Watchin' the boys fall off the new slackline

165. Lookin' forward to some bouldering in the crisp, fall weather

166. Rocks that look like SC

167. Cairns

168. Mixmatch seating

169. The absolute kiddish grin on Michael's face when we picked up the trooper from his grandparents this weekend - the very first car he remembers is now his

Blessed far beyond what I deserve.

What keeps you smiling, sweet friends?

The last best place

The delay in this post has very little to do with the extent to which we enjoyed our trip to Montana and Glacier National Park last month. Highlight of our summer for sure as we soaked up time with the Andersons all together again, hiked some of our most favorite miles so far, spotted some wild animals, fly fished in the North Fork and saw for ourselves nearly every square inch of Glacier National Park.

It is true; although we adore home in South Carolina there's certainly a constant tug in our hearts toward the West where every third cast means another Cutthroat, your gun can rest at your hip, there are endless Rockies to summit, grizzlies to share the trails with and you could just about retire after a game of punch-Subaru.

Montana, you lived up to your name as the last best place and we can't wait to enjoy your big sky again one day soon!