First Anniversary Recap

Hooray!  It's June and the official start of summer! We've had a busy (and wonderful) June so far.  We've really enjoyed watching the flowers in our garden take off!  The hydrangeas have been my favorite so far and have so nicely complimented many rooms of our house with fresh cut blooms.  I look forward to a small flower budget for June as long as we live at this house!

June also brought with it our first wedding anniversary!  Due to Leap Year we weren't lucky enough to have our anniversary fall on a Monday, but I took a half day and Rich and I treated ourselves to some spa pampering before we left for the beach with family.  That night we ate Chick-fil-a (yum) and enjoyed year old wedding cake that tasted JUST as delicious as the night we had it!

 

 
To celebrate our wedding we took a dinner cruise in Norfolk.  We got lucky with the most beautiful night on the water and it was really special seeing this place from the river.  Sunset was gorgeous, the food was to die for, and the memory is special to us.

 

 

 

My most precious first year anniversary memory was the sweetest gift I have ever received.  I came home from a long and tough day at work to find a brand new farm table in our dinning room!  My immediate thought was where on earth did Rich buy this?!  I learned shortly that he had MADE it for us secretly over the last month at a co-workers house. It is my most special gift and one of the best things I will ever own.

Weekend Recap: Mothers Day

At work on Friday we celebrated the 6th of May, also known as the day after Cinco De Mayo with a Dip Party.  My co worker brought my favorite dip recipe and an old faithful for ANY gathering with the Peanut Butter Ball. You can snag the recipe here and make it for your next social gathering.  I promise you will get hounded for the recipe because it is THAT good.  

Rich's family came for the weekend to celebrate Mothers Day and to see our new place for the first time.  I got a little creative and ambitious and whipped up lemon buttercream icing for my homemade cupcakes from one of my favorite bloggers.  Want to try for yourself?  You can grab the details here on how to make this. 

We had our first grill out evening of the year.  So glad I have such a great grill master for the rest of my life!

A few months ago I taught Sophie to shake and high five. It is her favorite party trick.

I love setting a fun table.  For Mothers Day Rich made a great breakfast spread and we ate off our wedding china. 

I came home from ushering at church to find my father in law and husband sanding down some of our interior doors that wouldn't close.  Our house is almost a 100 years ago with glass door knobs so we have a few stubborn doors that cause us issues.  I am so excited to have working doors again. 

We were able to venture out to walk the beach for the afternoon.  It was a warm but breezy day and there were only a few people on the beach.  I am so grateful we still live near water. 

Sunday evening we cooked out again and enjoyed dinner outside on our deck.  I LOVE our deck and love the chance to share it with family and friends.  I hope we have so many more great memories on this deck.

One of my favorite pieces of the weekend are our new curtains!  My mother in law made them from some fabric we picked up at Joanns. 

Easter Weekend Recap

Easter-oh my heart!  What a time of celebration!  I cannot believe that just this day last year we were packing up all our things from our first apartment together and moving to a townhouse on Daniel Island-ish.  Rich and I both remember so vividly how rough that move was.  I feel like Easter 2015 just didn't exist!  This year was oh so different,.  My parents came up for the weekend to visit us in Virginia and we loved having family in our four walls finally!  

Can I just share how amazing KONGS are for our dogs?  Company is REALLY tough for our high energy fur children, and thanks to peanut butter and the freezer, these KONGS become the most amazing distractions.  I caught this photo of them kong-ing away while we had breakfast one morning.  This picture is truly a photo of a FAMILY meal. I am a strong promoter of all things KONG, so if you have wild doggies like us, you will want to grab this from your local petstore of here! 

We spent part of Saturday at the oceanfront in Virginia Beach and a little place on the water called Rudees.  It was the closest we've found to a great place in Charleston called Reds. We had lots of great family laughs at this lunch time together.   

Completely guilty of pinteresting these little Easter basket cookies.  You can find the recipe here.  It is so simple and a pretty treat for kids (or....adults!)

After church we had a nice Easter brunch and a beautiful chance to use our china.  Love the chance to set our table for a real meal!

Easter evening we headed to Lifegroup and had a great potluck with about 14 great folks and lots of kids.  We played games, ate WAY too much food, and caught a few minutes of March Madness on tv.  

Speaking of tv, my bestest buddy friend Danny was on Hollywood Game Night and...umm WON!  He won 25,000 and it was so fun cheering him on Sunday night,  I can't believe I stayed up that late but I was so hyped he won I couldn't even fall asleep after.  It was an AWESOME way to wrap up a great easter weekend!