7.18.14

Dear Aaron, you get  MARRIED tomorrow!!!! I'm so happy for you and so glad I get to be there on your big day. Dear Dave, we'll be together today after two weeks apart. Yes! Can't wait to kiss you. Dear Katie, I get to see and hug you this weekend! Dear Old Town, I've missed you and can't wait to walk your streets again before Aaron's wedding. Dear Finley, I'm sad I'm leaving you but I think you'll have a blast at the place we found to keep you. You'll get to swim! Dear readers, I've got some awesome guest posts set for the next week. Hope you enjoy. Thanks to Cassie, Aubrey, Carly, Kelli and Tera for your posts. Dear Finley, I miss your face already.

7.11.14

Dear friends, it's 7-11, go get yourself a free slurpee!!!!

{from last summer-after the beach slurpee time}

 Dear Spaz and Nate, thanks for stickin' around my house on Monday to make sure the painting and wet bar people could come and work. Dear Dave, I love you so much. You work so hard and I thank you. Dear Cassie, I can't believe we're done with our No Other God's study. I really learned a lot and am working hard on a daily basis to let my functional gods go. Dear Finley, thank you for being so good so far while Dave is away. Make my life so much easier. You're such a good boy (at times). Dear friends, please pray for my grandma as she fell and broke her hip. Pray for a speedy recovery after her surgery and for her husband (my papa), my mom and her sister as they navigate this new territory of how to care for their mom. Dear heart, you're still broken over our loss and its' ok. I really am trying to not take that hurt and anger out on anyone else. But it hurts so much that I can't rejoice with others for their happy news the way I should. Dear Aubrey, I thank GOD for you. I'm sorry that you understand my hurt and pain but I'm so thankful for your friendship and that you're someone I can call in the midst of a sobbing fit and pray with me. Dear Dave, thank you for always listening to me and understanding what I'm feeling.

Have a great weekend everyone!

7.4.14

Dear DAD, yay for you being in town!!!! Dear Nicole, I'm so glad you're here! Dear Spaz and Nate, So excited you guys are in town too. Can't wait to hug on ya! Dear Momma, thanks for sitting at our house multiple times this week. You're the best. Dear Best Friend Megan, I'm sad we won't be spending the fourth together this year but I hope you're ready for our tradition of a flag cake. I really brought it this year! Dear Aubrey, I'm so proud of you for starting your personal blog back up. You're amazing and funny and I can't wait to read every day. Dear Friends, you should check out my friend Aubrey's blog The Found Life. She's crazy funny, a talented photographer, and has such a big heart. You'll love her, I swear.Dear friends, I'm doing ok. I still really struggle with our miscarriage and sometimes it hurts so much I don't know what to do. But Dave and I are so strong and so good that I know I can get through this. Just an update that I'm doing much better and the sadness is kept at bay most of the time. I just don't like thinking that people think we're fine and healed, because it's far from the truth, but we're ok. Dear Nicole, I loved sitting in my closet among all my pretty clothes and talking till midnight the other night.

6.27.14

 

Dear Dave, I love when you're home and we're back in our routine together. Although absence does make the heart grow fonder. And I'm more appreciative of all you do when you come back home, so that's the silver lining I guess. Dear work, thanks for being understanding about me taking my name out of consideration for the full-time job. I'm really excited to travel with Dave for his work and figure out this whole "what I want to do with my life" thing when we're done. Dear hair, I like my new cut. Perfect for summer and for a girl that hates spending any time on doing my hair.

Dear Nicole, we will be back together in just a few days! I'm really looking forward to your visit!!!! Dear Sister Friend, I can't wait for you to be back in the states, I miss you so much. Dear Dave, you work so hard and I'm so proud of you. Congrats on your promotion at work. You're an amazing provider and I feel so safe with you. Yesterday morning as I was pulling out of our driveway and you were getting settled in your car, I just looked at you and went, "God, I love that man, I'm so lucky." Dear Tera, thanks for your guest post. Can't wait for a follow up. I need to start meal prepping, so this is helpful advice. Dear Youtube, I'm ashamed to say I've been sucked down the rabbit hole a time or two. It stars with one funny video and before you know it it's midnight and I've watched hours of videos. But thanks for keeping me entertained when Dave was gone. Dear Finley, thanks for getting so much better about going into the crate. It's making life so much easier. Dear Friday, I woke up thinking you were Saturday. Fail. Thank Goodness Dave knows his days and made me get up for work. He's a keeper. Dear Friends, enjoy your weekend! See ya back here on Monday!

6.20.14

 

Dear Dave, I'm glad you'll get some use out of your anniversary gifts. And I'm so thankful that you're taking me with you on your work trip to AUSTRALIA and SINGAPORE! I'm sooooooooooooooooo excited.  Dear Christa, Cassie, and Kristyn, in regards to my 500th blog post yesterday, I'm so thankful the blog world has brought us together and formed some special friendships. Dear Dave, Thanks for being willing to let me share our life online. Dear Aubrey, I'm waiting for you to start your personal blog! Do it! I'm so glad we have each other to lean on during difficult times. Dear Cassie, you get married tomorrow!!! Congrats sweet friend. May your day be as beautiful as you dreamed.

Dear Mom, I'm so glad to have you so close by. It's fun to get together to make dinner and hang out. I love that all the time but appreciate it even more when Dave is gone. Thanks for keeping me company. Dear Reyna, thanks for our fun day together. Nothing beats amazing food, a walk in gardens (with hugging trees), and a stop at the outlets.

Dear Dave, I miss and love you lots. See you soon.

6.13.14

Dear Momma and Janet, Dave and I are so blessed to have such amazing moms. I'm so thankful you guys get along too. Dear Dave, happy anniversary weekend! I'm really looking forward to uninterrupted time with you. Dear Finley, we're making improvements with you going willingly into your crate when we leave the house. It's all about treats. I much prefer this to you flopping over and looking at me like "yea bitch, I got you." Dear Dave, I'm not looking forward to all the travel you will be doing in the next few months for work. Dear Summer Book Challenge, I have been slacking majorly over here. Hopefully I'll pick up reading when Dave is gone. And I might need to re-think a book or two because they're boring me! Dear Google calendar, I don't know what I ever did before you. You save my life.

 

Dear Dad, HAPPY Father's day. I love you so very much and am so thankful you're my dad.

6.6.14

Dear Janet, I'm so glad you're here! We're going to have a fun weekend while you're visiting. Dear Spaz and Nate, It was so good to see your faces on Facetime the other day. I'm glad you're coming home soon and I can call you anytime! I really miss you sister friend. Dear Mom and Dad, it's always so great when you both are down here. Love eating well with you guys (since our time is really focused on what we're going to eat for our next meal!) Dear Dave, I love how you love my family and are always willing to spend time with them. Dear Frozen, Now you're breaking up marriages? I mean come on. Any person that choose the movie Frozen over their marriage is clearly a little insane. Did you hear about this guys? Dear Dave, my stomach did a little flip the other day when I saw you walking in your work clothes to find Finley and me on our walk. I think it's so sweet you wanted to come meet your little family. Gah I love you.

Dear Finley, why on my day off do you wake me up at 6:30 am? 

5.30.14

Dear Katie, you fly in TODAY!!! Today is the day we'll be together again! I'm so excited! Dear Em and Ryan, so excited you're in town as well! Dear Kindle, I love you, thank you for making it easy to hide that I'm reading. Dear Dave, I love our little family. Dear Finley, we love your haircut, you're such a little cutie. Dear Dave, thanks for being the best and encouraging me with my attempt to rock a summer scarf. And one of my favorite moments this past week was you trying to do it for me from the youtube video tutorial I was watching. Some of that shit is complicated!

{the summer scarf}

Dear Megan, we need to start talking about our next visit/trip together. If we don't too much time will go by. Life gets crazy and I miss you. And I like seeing Caroline grow-after all we have a special bond and I need to stay her favorite. Wait, does she have favorites yet at 14 months? Probably, because she's so advanced. Dear 3 day work week, I love you. I wish you happened more often. Dear Cassie, I'm really loving our No Other Gods study. It's really hard to accept some things but it's so good to grow in Christ. And thanks for letting me guest post yesterday.

Dear places, WHY do you keep the AC so cold? I get that it's hot outside but I shouldn't have to wear my North Face while sitting in my office, shopping at the mall, or eating dinner somewhere. Dear Yelp!, Don't worry, I plan on trying some fun new places with Katie this weekend and I'll review the shize out of them! Dear Tera, Thanks. Now I'm addicted to yelp. Dear Dave, tomorrow is the day you proposed to me three years ago. I'm so thankful for that excited beginning and even more thankful for the life we've built together. I love you more every day.

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

5.23.14

Dear work, Thank you for this extra day off. It feels great to sleep in (just a little-ugh Finley) and to be at home. Dear Dave, I can't wait for you to be back home with me today and for us to enjoy a 4 day weekend together. What fun we're going to have! Dear Finley, I'm sorry I've been uber busy this week, I promise LOTS of trips to the dog park this weekend. Dear Cassie, I'm excited to chat about our first week of No Other Gods Bible study. Dear Katie, you come to visit next week! Ahhh I'm so excited!!!!! Dear GoodReads, why won't you let me link my amazon book purchase to my account? It's so frustrating. Grr. Dear Yelp!, I just joined you and now I'm obsessed with writing reviews. And since I am quite opinionated I'm glad to help people out.

5.16.14

Dear weekend, I hope you're much better than last weekend. I had high hopes and then it sucked. Dear Dave, the beach is calling my name, let's go! Dear Finley, I'm so glad you're feeling better. Your poor tummy was a mess this past week, but I think we're good to go now.


{he is just too cute}

Dear Lost, I'm so glad Dave and I finished you-yup all 6 seasons. This obsession of ours is over now, thank goodness. Although the final episode was like huh...I definitely googled an explanation for it. Dear aunt and uncle, it's so nice having family just randomly stop by. I love having family live down here. It's something I never thought I would have. Dear Tera, I missed you on g-chat all week. Hope you had fun in Fiji on your honeymoon! Dear Nicole and Todd, your emails make me laugh so much-thanks. Dear Schiller, I don't think you know how happy you made me now that I'm finally on your fantasy team. 4 years later, but I made it! I'm gonna kick some fantasy ass this year-get ready boys! Dear Christa, Thanks for your guest post on Wednesday. I love knowing places I can take Finley. Dear Publix, why oh why don't you carry Dave's yogurt that he likes. He's a picky man and only likes one kind. You make life harder by forcing me to go to Target-where you know I'll spend money on stupid stuff for myself (although I was good and only picked up CatchPhrase, a lip stain, and a little jewelry box on sale for $2). Dear game night, I'm excited to have some friends over and to play some games and get to know everyone better. AND I hope I win!

Dear friends, hope you have a great weekend doing whatever it is you love to do!

5.9.14

Dear Dave, YAY for a weekend together! Dear Mom and Dad, I'm glad you guys are together for the next month or so. Enjoy it! Dear Finley, you ready to go back to the dog park this weekend? I'm ready to let you run out all your energy. Dear Sister Friend, let's find some time this weekend to Facetime and catch up. I miss you. Dear Book Challenge, I'm really enjoying you. Finished my first book already. And although I was disappointed with it I'm excited for the book I'm reading now. Dear Finley, I don't know why, but you're being so funny with your tongue lately. You let it loll out of the sides of you mouth.

Dear Dave, I'm so excited for a weekend of date night, beach time, cabinet choosing for the wet bar, and much needed quality time together. You're my favorite and I'm so glad I get to spend life with you. Thanks for making every day better, I love you.