While we were in Savannah for our anniversary we took a day trip to Tybee Island. Tybee was only a 10 minute drive from where we were staying so we figured why not go? I had been before but the…
Mountain Weekend
I love long weekends! And as much as I love my job I really love days off of work! This past weekend we took advantage of the fact that I had Monday off for MLK day and took a long weekend…
Keeping Your Love Tank Full
During our marriage counseling our minster talked an awful lot about the importance of keeping your spouse‘s love tank full. In case you haven’t ever heard this analogy let me explain because it is something we refer to often in…
Top 5 Posts of 2012
Wow…2012 sure did fly by! But what a great year! 2013 you better come on strong if you want to beat 2012!Highlights of the year: Celebrated my first blogging anniversary in November of 2012 Bought my first home with my…
Christmas Weekend Fun
This weekend was crazy busy but a lot of fun for the Thompson household. We started the weekend off by attending a Tacky Christmas Sweater/White Elephant Party Friday night. It was a a lot of fun. We ended up with a new…
Holiday Tour of Our First Christmas at Our New Home
Since I have written several posts about our new home but not posted many pictures I thought it would be fun to give you a holiday tour of our new home all decorated for Christmas. So if a picture is…
Surprise Your Spouse: Break the Routine
Most of our life is is the same day in and day out. I believe that is why when we are surprised like Lucy in the picture above, we get such a lift to our spirit. And believe it or…
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween Everyone! Every year finding a costume to dress up in for Halloween always starts off as a dreaded daunting task for me but ends up being one of the highlights of the Holiday once I finally decided on…
Peoria, IL: The City of Beauty in October
I had to visit Peoria, IL for business in October and thankfully got to bring my sweet husband with me. Although there isn’t much in Peoria (it is about a 3.5 hour drive from Chicago) I did learn that: 1)…
Love is a Partnership
I love this quote. And it is so true! So thankful for my wonderful husband. Here’s to us and our own love story. Here’s a picture of us from last Thanksgiving. Here’s to love everyone!
Under Contract!!!
6+ months of house hunting and 5 offers later these are the two most perfect words I have heard in a long, long time. Want a preview of our soon to be new home? Here she is in all her glory……
Mountain Weekend
A few weekends ago Josh and I got to go visit some of our best friends who recently got married (whohoo Lee + Nikki). They live in the mountains on the top of an apple orchard. Seriously, yall’…this is their backyard:…