This was Moose's first "snow." It was more of icy rain than snow, but who cares we are going to count it. Eric and I went out bought the dogs little bears suits to keep them warm. Of course the first time we let them wear the suits outside they got soaking wet from the snow. But I mean thats life, life would not be nearly as sweet if things were perfect all the time. Something I have been thinking about a lot recently is how much I love my life. Even when I’m having my weekly (daily) break down and/or panic attack. I love the person I get to experience life with. I love that I am pretty much constantly running around like a chicken without a head. I love that I get to work with kids everyday. I do what I have always dreamed of doing (helping others) and I’m not even out of school yet. I love that school isn’t my top priority because I am aware there is so much more to life. I love that my days are filled with fur baby love. I love that my house is messing and my sink always has dishes in it. I love that I am broke and have to get creative with money (okay I kind of hate it but I appreciate it for what it is). I love that at the end of the day I know I am loved and I get to love so many awesome people. I am grateful for knowing life is never perfect, but always beautiful. One thing I would like to get into is documenting more of my everyday life. There are just so many wonderful things I don't want to forget about where I am in life right now. When I look back I want to see more than just the big adventures of my life, I want to remember the Harry Potter chess set my siblings gave me for my 21st birthday (featured in the video above), and the way Moose howls (its more like screaming) when I have been gone for more than a hour. Life is just too beautiful to not take notice of these things. As a start to documenting more Eric and I made a little video. I was just messing around with video apps on my phone while we were watching TV, so we decided to go for it. The house is a mess, we were both in our pjs but this is what our lazy nights in look like. Honestly it was so much fun not taking ourselves seriously and were just having fun with the camera.
I love this picture because even though everything else is blurry Maci's face and tag are in focus
I swear to you guys that Moose sat at the window and watched it snow for over half a hour. It was so freaking cute. He was trying to figure out what was going on and why everything was white.
I love the fair! I have so many memories going to the fair as a kid with my mom and our friends. Every year I would be checked out of school early to spend the day riding rides, eating too much food, and looking at cute animals. Honestly they are some of my favorite memories as a kid. The fair got even more special a year ago when Eric and I had our first "official" date there. It was the first time I was like "Damn I really love this kid." This it was so fun to go to the fair together after having a year of adventures (and struggles) under our belt. We spent the day running around playing games, eating so much food it makes my tummy hurts to even think about it, playing with birds, and riding a few rides.
Eric and I took a quick trip to the mountains this weekend to visit our good friends (who we hadn't seen in far too long!). Lets not go that long with hanging out again, okay? Okay. We got there to find we were going to see Leah's friends band. Once we got to the venue (if you can call it that), we had no idea where we were going. As it turns out you have to hike to the amphitheater placed in between to boulders. This is honestly the coolest thing I've ever been to in my life. It was a bunch of people having a good time in the middle of nowhere on a mountain with lots of good music. Although I wasn't expecting to hike half a mile in heeled booties it was beyond worth it. I definitely felt like I wasn't cool enough to be there, but it will certianly be a night I never forget. On the way home we took the Blue Ridge Parkway as far as we could. We stopped at every lookout just because we could. I love pursuing a slow life filled with love, laughter, and good friends.
Better late than never right? Maybe? Who knows, life is weird. Anyways last month I got to see the Eclipse in Charleston where there was 100 percent coverage. Honestly it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life. A month later and I am still trying to wrap my head around it. The Eclipse was breathe takingly beautiful, so fast, and a once in a life time thing. We all looked like we had just walked out of a 3D movie in 2002 with our sun viewing glasses on. Watching the Eclipse was so inspiring and I can't describe why, nature just blows my mind. On top of watching the Eclipse it was a super fun weekend. Moose went on his first boat ride. We spent an evening at the beach playing with the dogs and as always there was lots of yummy food. It was just another wonderful weekend in Charleston with the people I love.
