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this week is a particularly happy week for husband and i! we have been married two years as of yesterday! what a crazy two years it has been. we bought a house & had the most handsome little boy in those two quick years.

our honeymoon in fredericksburg

first things first: my husband! without him i wouldnt be where i'm at today. i wouldnt have this amazing home or my handsome little boy. i also wouldnt have the best best friend in the whole world. more importantly i wouldnt have my perfect pair; the one who completes me and makes my life full of smiles, laughter and adventure. i love you!

going to rack dive

my new job! its totally different than what i'm used to and it has been challenging learning everything there is to know, but its been so much fun in the process. not to mention the fact that i've lost five pounds in the first three weeks of working there.  thats for sure something to be happy about!

everything is green! we have gotten rain here recently, plus the weather is amazing, so everything is growing and thriving! which makes my drive anywhere so scenic. i particularly love the streets that are lined with full trees that create a canopy of the roads. so whimsy and wonderland like.

getting sooooooo big!

my parents! as hard as it was my parents babysat benjamin overnight a couple of weekends ago, so damon and i could have a night out/off without any crying, diaper changing or swaddling. or co-sleeping. it was great! and much needed for our relationship as husband and wife. i have to tell myself its ok every now and again to have those nights.

what are you happy for today?

hump day happiness #1

i used to do a weekly post of things i'm happy for. well back then it lasted 3 weeks. this new chapter in my life gives me reason to start it up again, because now that i'm a stay at home mommy who works part time, i've got lots of things to be happy for.

date nights with my boys is one of my favorites! we try to go out and enjoy some yummy food and a drink or two once a week whenever we are both home.  this week though, i've been trying recipes from pinterest. so far so good.  speaking of good - i've got a yummy pasta dish i'll be sharing tomorrow.

all the blooms! since the weather has been nice on the weekends, we've been tidying up flower beds with new pretty flowers, bringing all kinds of color to our landscape.  i'm hoping to find a good patch of bluebonnets around thats not right off a highway so we can take some good pictures of benjamin before he gets his own opinions of flowers and picture taking.

pastries for breakfast..  i decided to whip up the blueberry muffin mix i had stashed away for breakfast this morning. its always nice and refreshing to have a different breakfast awaiting you in the morning than your standard bowl of cereal or cup of yogurt. i need to start doing this more for husband and i.

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a few things i'm loving on this 18th day of april.  

food pins on pinterest

rainbow fruit skewers

cheeseburger eggrolls

i must say i have a healthy addiction to pinterest.  mainly the food section.  it makes finding recipes and meal ideas more exciting than just coming up with them on your own or googling for hours on end.  plus theres pictures. yummy pictures.  these two items are just a couple of the recipes i've added to my must do list. 

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pallet garden

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really hoping to accomplish this little project in the next couple of weeks for our backyard.  rather than leaving natural wood brown, i plan on adding some color to mine.  thanks to my brother who has pallets readily available to him.

scenic drives

driving home in the afternoons has been rather refreshing once i get past the city.  all the trees, natural vegetation and animals that i get to see on my route makes for a very relaxing drive, giving me time just to soak up all God's natural beauty on the Earth.  plus lots of just thinking time - reflecting on the day i just had + things ahead of me.  some days i just want to pull over and take pictures of everything, but i probably could spend hours doing that, so maybe that will be a weekend activity. 

what items on todays happiness list?

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its the first wednesday of spring and i have a jillion reasons to be happy today...

rain! in the past 2 days we have gotten about 4.5 inches of rain! its like monsoon season, because the weather folks are saying theres potential for more rain today.  and all this rain puts us like at 13 inches for the year so far, double where we should we be. very thankful, because i know in july & august we will be wishing for more.

apprasials.  our home was supposed to undergo the appraisal yesterday. can't wait to hear the news - hoping its worth alot more than what were paying. 

new friends.  damon introduced me to a fellow he works with and his wife this past weekend. super awesome people & hope they become long lasting friends of ours.

smash.  i love this show.  everytime i watch it, it just puts a smile on my face. maybe its the music, or the dancing.. or maybe it reminds me of my trip to new york & seeing broadway. broadway is pretty spectacular if you've never been.. any other smash fans?

blackberry cobbler.  the picture above doesnt do this amazing dessert justice.  its getting to be the time for blackberries again, which means more homeade yumminess in cobbler form.  and when its not the season, i know i can go to the local grocery and get a frozen one. yay mom for that find! i think its my most favorite dessert even. even more so than red velvet.  eek.

what things are on your hump day happiness list?

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hump day happiness

its wednesday folks!!

half through the grindful week

& i couldnt be happier!

to share in the happiness is a new feature.

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ranger baseball spring training.  husband and i have tivoed and then watched a few of the ranger games & have thoroughly enjoyed watching Yu pitching. bring on the regular season.

packing. it makes the thought of us moving even a bigger reality.  i cant wait!

open toe shoes. with the weather in texas finally starting to warm up, i have been able to wear my open toe shoes more. and i even wore shorts last night on a trip to uhaul.  come on springtime!

spring break. even though i may be a normal adult and work through spring break, it sure does lighten rush hour quite abit & i thank you for that.

mio energy. its zero calories, but adds just enough to my water to help me get through my day without needing coffee.

the amazing race. so glad its back on & i thoroughly look forward to sunday nights to see where they end up next.  go team border patrol guys!

what's included in your hump day happiness?

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let me know, so i can check your happy things.

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thanks! xo