"Funny how it's the little things in life, that mean the most"

Sometimes I find that it is all too easy for all of us to get caught up in the hustle and bustle and business that life often brings and that we can overlook some of the little things in our lives that really mean the most, such as spending time with family, having great friends, a walk around the neighborhood, a boat ride, breakfast in bed, ice cream on a hot summer night, and the joy that great music and a live concert can bring to your life. Lucky for us we have had the chance over the past few weeks to really enjoy some of those simple things we are so blessed to have in our lives!

The weekend after my last post we had the chance to travel home to Richmond and spend some time with my mom and brother as well as Timmy's parents to celebrate Mother's Day and my mom's birthday a little late and to have a little early celebration of my birthday with them. We had the chance to eat, no overeat at Cheesecake Factory, which was for sure one of the simple pleasures that we miss since there is not one near is in SC.

Another one of of the things we were able to celebrate and enjoy over the past few weeks was my birthday. I have spoken a lot on here about the amazing women I have been blessed to work with and have as friends since moving to Charleston. Well Libby's birthday is just a few days before mine and we were lucky to be able to celebrate with the gang together on Libby's birthday. We enjoyed pedicures together in the morning and then enjoyed a fun Mexican dinner with the group that night, it was really great to have a birthday buddy and we look forward to celebrating many more together! Below are a few pictures from that celebration.




Over Memorial Day Weekend, when my actual birthday was, Timmy and I had the chance to visit my dad and Regan at their place in Hertford, NC. We hadn't had the chance to visit since they moved into their new place or even when the weather was nice so we were happy to have a nice weekend. We enjoyed the time to visit, relax, go out on the boat rides, meet some of their neighbors, and really enjoyed the nice cookout they had that Sunday night. I think that the 40 people singing Happy Birthday to me may have been a new record for me! Zoey was able to come with us and I think she enjoyed the boat more than we did, check out some of the pictures below!






This past weekend we finally had the chance to stay in Charleston and hang out with some friends here. Friday night Timmy had to do a promo event at Wild Wing so we went and hung out there with Steve and Jessica from the 96.9 Wolf Country morning show. They are so fun and down to earth and we enjoy hanging out with them. Our friends came along and Casey, one of Timmy's co-workers from Columbia was in town for the weekend with her husband Wally and they were there as well. Saturday morning Timmy surprised me with another late birthday surprise by making me breakfast in bed, it was amazing! Saturday night we went to see Zac Brown Band, which was amazing. Our tickets ended up being right in the front row of our section on the first level, so we had a great view and great time enjoying the amazing music! Other than the extreme heat and humidity it was a wonderful night. Sunday we were able to make it back to church and our community group, we are still enjoying meeting and getting to know more and more people at the church. We really feel blessed to have found such a great, young congregation to join!







We are looking forward to a few more weeks and weekends without travel before I head out of town at the end of the month. Hope wherever you are that you continue to enjoy all the little things in your life that mean the most to you as well!