insta-lately. Nashville.

insta-lately. Nashville.

Why hello, friends.

Holy cow, the last few weeks have been insanely busy.  My weekdays have been filled with too much paper grading and lesson planning and the weekends have been spent away from home visiting friends.  Obviously, the traveling part is the fun-busyness that I prefer. :)

But now...I am officially on break.  Planning each day as I go and traveling even more.  

Stay tuned for some awesome adventures.  

First up: Nashville.

We ran a 5k. At 8am.  On St. Patty's.  

We visited a hot dog stand.

We line-danced and jammed to live country bands.

We barbecued and ate an enormous country breakfast.

Most importantly, we laughed and had an all-around awesome Nashvegas weekend. Nashville for the win! Again. 

7am, ya'll. Get 'er done.

Team Sparty Swag. Go green, go white!

This is Scott hating Instagram.  I instagram-ed him anyways.  Sorry I'm not sorry.

Gosh, I love them.

Just acting normally.

Promise you'll eat breakfast here?

Stay tuned. Trips to sunny Florida and Oklahoma to come.  Yes, Oklahoma.

no photo nashville, but i do have wedding love.

no photo nashville, but i do have wedding love.

I would really love to share pictures with you of our weekend in Nashville, but guess what?
My sweet, sweet husband accidentally dropped my camera on the floor of a honky-tonk country showdown.  What can you do?  These things happen. 
Er, these things happen to those in NashVegas surrounded by cowboy boots and a whole bunch o' hollerin'.

In other news, here's more wedding loveliness, courtesy of our photographer/cousin.

I give you the ceremony.
Love, love.

It takes effort and extra hands to put on a wedding dress. Let me tell you.

Something old.  My "Meme" (grandma) made this from the very first formal dress she wore when she was 15.  The button is from a dress I wore when I was a little girl. LOVE, LOVE.

Could they be cuter? And the best part is...we're actually related to them. My cousin, Aaron and our niece, Grace. :)

My Grandpa and Daddy walked me down the aisle.  Such a sweet, emotional moment.

We painted half of an ichthus to show unity in Christ.

This is what pure joy looks like!

More to come! :)

life lately.

life lately.

 

This is what busyness looks like for me. 

(So, I'm not writing our wedding thank yous anymore, like I was in this picture, but you get the idea.)

I'm usually surrounded by STUFF and a mug of coffee is never more than an arm's reach away. 

For example, it's not uncommon for Mr. Blossom to come home to a living room covered in teacher's editions, worksheets and math tests.  Thank the Lord for his patience with me.

The best part in all this? ROAD TRIP TOMORROW. To Nashville. 

To see some really great friends.

And to hopefully hear some sweet music. 

( A good friend sent me this song today. Listen, now, because I'm a teacher and it's my job to make people listen to me.) ;)

(Picture found here.)

Any friends, music or fun cities in your weekend plans?