Happy list v3

32. Watching friends become mothers
33. Always using Katie's recipe every time I cook salmon
34. Backcountry camping with friends

35. A good belly laugh
36. Sore muscles
37. Productivity
38. Working in the back .4 with Mike
39. When scripture yields such perfect clarity
40. Staying on budget
41. When Sully's so tired and lazy when we get home from a weekend spent on the move
42. Cleaning and organizing...everything.is.just.better.that.way.
43. Long catch-up chats with my sister first thing in the morning
44. Pops of color in every room
45. Homemade housewarming gifts

 46. That time me, Mike, Jesse and Kim had to break camp in the pouring rain and sleet on Old Butt Knob
47. Combining my favorite things and doing them all at once

48. Long talks with Mom in any and every parking lot around

49. Lunch dates with Dad

50. Vitamin D

51. Fresh ingredients

52. Dried mangoes from Costco

53. Being honored with most special requests

54. Freshly cleaned sheets

55. Awesomely sweet friends that show up to help Mike build fence and work in the yard

56. Merv's vet office stories

Blessed far beyond what I deserve.

What keeps you smiling, sweet friends?

Happy list v2

17. My newly washed little Taco

18. Encouragement
19. Almond amaretto coffee from Fresh Market

20. An unhealthy amount of throw pillows, especially our new ones

21. Crossfit - shout out to Upstate Crossfit in Mauldin

22. My Brooks

23. A fridge full of fresh produce

24. Dads, husbands and Bobcats that put in new sewer line for next to nothing

25. Working hard at something

26. Packed-full-of-plans weekends

27. Empty weekends

28. Yep, just any kind of weekend

29. Trying new things for the first time likeeeee our very first NASCAR race

30. Hydrangeas - always remind me of our wedding day

31. Running into Brittany at the grocery store on a bad day

Blessed far beyond what I deserve.

What keeps you smiling, sweet friends?

Settlin' in

Our version of a bedroom ceiling fan.

New dining room light, mounted thanks to brother bear - nevermind no dining table quite yet.

Lovin' our new living room furniture - not possible without you, B!

New coat of paint for what will be my spice rack.

Succulents on my back stoop.

And Sully's always around for it all.

Still working hard on the yard, lots of things growin' already. 

Furniture to build and everything yet to hang on the walls. 

Gettin' there's part of the fun (:

Happy list

For all intensive purposes we'll start this happy list tradition with the number 1 and keep 'em going as they come to me...

1. The way Sully likes to have ALL of his toys within his reach at all times
2. Watching my best friend get engaged on her favorite beach to the wonderful man she's always deserved

3. Sleepover guests

4. Better yet, visits that turn into sleepovers

5. Getting the hookup from friends 

6. Celebrating birthdays

7. Sister time 

8. Sweet surprises from Mike

9. The achievement of friends

Dr. Meghan Allen on the day of her DVM graduation from Auburn!

10. Honey and fig goat cheese from The Spinning Spider Creamery at the Farmer's Market in downtown Greenville

11. Big yards

12. New opportunities

13. A full life with a full calendar

14. Finding bobby pins on hand when you need 'em

15. Inside jokes

16. When my dad comes to the rescue

Blessed far beyond what I deserve.

What keeps you smiling, sweet friends?

Obi-Wan Kenobi and a pretty ginger...in my backyard

Always, always thankful for visitors at our new home.

Bonus when they show up at 6am ready for a Lowe's trip and a full day of burly man productivity. 
Yep - ultra blessed with such wonderful friends!

New fence posts are all set.

Redneck limb trimming ensued.
More sun for our garden.
Sweet visit from our Merv!

Us girls squeezed in a quick trip to the mall because Mike is apparently all too rugged and has holes in all of his jeans.

Our back .4 is coming along so nicely.
I admit, I'm kinda obsessed with our Poplar tree.

We've been collecting plants all week and can't wait to put our Ag degrees to some more good use (:

Sweet Sully

Love my sweet boy.

Loyal to a fault and chill as a cucumber.

Love your pink nose, football head, instant enthusiasm, crazy swimming and willingness to fetch 1000 times in a row.

Always at the top of my happy list, bud.

Our yard, the back .4

Not quite the pastures we're used to, but quite the upgrade...our own little back .4!

Mike's ripped up the existing fence. 

Two pines down.

New resting spot for the shed.

Putting green has got to go.

Some tiny details to stay.

Bobcat always, always well-represented.

Spring can stay, too, minus my out.of.control allergies.

Weekend plans are to finish our new fence and raised garden bed.

And chicken coop is to come. 

Gotta go - I hear a banjo (: