Sister Coffee Date + our anniversary date

This weekend was full of good things. 

I started off Saturday meeting my sister for our coffee date, its been a while, life has been hectic and busy.  But I'm glad we blocked off a couple hours to connect.

We went to an adorable coffee shop just 9 minutes from her house. e.a.t. Which stands for Eggs and Toast.

When we walked in it was completely empty but we immediately loved it! The colors, the atmosphere felt cozy and welcoming. 

The barista smiled and asked if we had been there before. She handed us the food menus, we found a seat to contemplate what we would order.  We both went with waffles, cinnamon roll for her, and lemon blueberry for me.

We sat for a couple hours and talked and could have lingered much longer. I'm so thankful for these times with my sister. I'm thankful in the past few years we have been intentional about making time for one another, checking in, texting (almost) daily. Sharing our joys, our sorrows, our struggles, our triumphs, big and small.

I spent the afternoon and evening with my husband. Celebrating our 26! Wedding anniversary. 💖  Rhett had the idea to go to a pumpkin patch.  It was a beautiful day for a drive. However the pumpkin patch was packed! Lines were insanely long, we walked around the sunflower field and the actual pumpkin patch, and then left.  Sadly as we hoped to partake in some delicious apple or pumpkin treats.

We headed down the road a bit to find someplace to get "lunch" instead. (it was already midafternoon by this point).

We ended up just sitting at the bar at Blue Water Grill, we ordered this super amazing baked brie as an appetizer and burgers.

Delectable

The restaurant was right on the lake so we walked out on the pier after we ate.

It was such a beautiful day!

Since it was getting late in the afternoon we decided to forego our plan to go out to dinner (we were stuffed from our lunch!) and just head home to hang out.  On the drive home Rhett gave me my gift which was a new Kindle paperwhite! So when we got home, I set it up and then we hung out on the couch reading and watching football respectively. A lovely ending to a lovely day.

Side note: Hannah immediately confiscated my old kindle, calling it her new kindle. But I think she's hoping a Paperwhite will make its way to her on her birthday or Christmas ;-) 

Things I love about the paperwhite- it's backlit so I can even read in the dark! The touch screen feels far superior to the toggle button on my old kindle 😆

25 Years and counting!

Friday was our 25 wedding anniversary! 

Rhett got me this sweet Precious Moments figurine.  

We had planed a weekend getaway to the Finger Lakes.  The weather was a little cold a dreary but we had  lovely time.  We stayed at this Air Bnb in Penn Yan.  It was cozy and peaceful.

Saturday morning Rhett made breakfast and we took our time enjoying breakfast and coffee.

We visited a few wineries and breweries.

We had lunch by the lake and enjoyed watching the various waterfowl.

The rain stopped in the afternoon and we sat here for a while enjoying the meager sunshine and the view of the lake.

We spent a little time relaxing back at the Air Bnb and then went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner.  It was delicious. 

Sunday morning we made breakfast, packed up and headed for home.  It was such a lovely weekend together.  I'm so thankful for this time together. 💖

24 years... and counting...

How it started...

 

How its going...

Thursday was our 24th wedding anniversary! I am beyond thankful to be celebrating this day with him <3 

Rhett has Friday's off so I took this one off too so we could spend the day together. We didn't do anything great but it was a very enjoyable weekend over all.

We started off with a breakfast coffee date...

Ran some errands, including visiting the Amish Bulk Food Store.  We took the dogs along for the ride and Chance tried to sit on lap.

For dinner we went to The Cider Mill.  Our reservations were for 8:15 because that and 8:30 were the only times available when we decided to go there.  It felt weird going out to eat so late but it was really nice.  We both loved the restaurant, the food and drinks were amazing! My sister recommended it to us, they went for their anniversary last month. We were not disappointed.

Saturday I planned to start off the day with a run but Rhett wanted to make us breakfast.  Pumpkin pancakes from a mix we picked up at the amish store.

I was happy to indulge him, even if I could only eat about half the plate he placed in front of me. :P

Late morning I headed to the lakes with Bruno for our run.  He was ecstatic and I was so proud of how good he was with all the people and dogs we saw.

Saturday night Hannah requested Chicken Gnocchi Soup- I made it in the Pressure Cooker and it was sooooo good!  We also served it with garlic knots from Aldi.

Happy October!

live LOVED

I started a different kind of post this morning...I was feeling weary and discouraged.  

But tonight I feel thankful.

Thankful for...

• spending Saturday evening with my husband at his sister's wedding
• being married to my man for 23 years last Wednesday.
  
  Oct 6,1998
  
  
• a day apple picking, shopping and having lunch at Chipotle with my girls.
  
  
  
  
• seeing Mikayla's apartment as she gets more settled in her new place
• Finally seeing and hugging my Dad after several weeks of illness
• a warm supportive House Church...even on nights where it feels loud and crowded :P
• Choosing to look to the future with hope and expectation instead of Fear
  
  
  
  
• These two loveable goofballs
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  So go ahead and live like you're loved

  It's ok to act like you've been set free

  His love has made you more than enough

  So go ahead and be who he made you to be
  ~from the song "Live Like You're Loved"
  by Hawk Nelson