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hahaha...it has been a little bit crazy up in here the past few days! Tomorrow marks the beginning of our last week of work before moving!! and its my birthday week...double awesomeness! Since most of our things are packed up in boxes at the moment we've decided to hold off on my birthday celebration until we're in Charleston, S.C. on vacation next week. The beach, amazing southern food, sweet tea, and shopping...what more could a girl ask for on her birthday!

I have been crazy busy doing all of our final packing before the move and trying to pack for vacation/finish up report cards for my kiddos at work before we leave so this will probably be my last blog post for a few weeks. Although somehow in the crazy busyness I found the time to redesign my blog...the chaos that is our apartment right now was driving me crazy so I had to organize something!

The following pics are a bunch of randomness as I procrastinate on more packing :)

 

 packing party!

Cleaning out our pantry before the move and trying not to buy a lot of groceries means we're eating cheap this week...boxed mac & cheese out of a measuring cup anyone??

Its going to be hard to say goodbye to my precious babies this week...I know we're not supposed to have favorites as teachers, but lets face it...everyone does. My boss even calls this one my "daughter" and I will miss her like crazy!

Our last Nats game before moving :(

The next time I post we will hopefully be official Blacksburg townies :)

Big News!

In case you haven't already heard the news, or figured it out from my other posts with vague hints about "big decisions" and "plans for the future"....WE'RE MOVING!!

Jonathan got a new job (and I am SO proud of him!). We will be moving to Blacksburg, VA (aka: The Promised Land, aka: God's Country, aka: The Best Place on Earth) in approximately 22 days...not that I'm counting or anything. As of today I have exactly 2 weeks left of work, then we're going on vacation for a week and as soon as we get back we're loading up our stuff and heading out!  Bye-bye NOVA and hello Paradise!

So until then our apt looks a little something like this....

I'm trying not to let the chaos and disorder get to me! Any seasoned movers got any packing tips or advice for us?? I'd love to hear them!

Life Lately

Life has been crazy lately....crazy, but good! Right now Jonathan and I are in one of those pockets in life where everything is falling into place perfectly, life is good, we're excited about our future, and I think I'm falling more and more in love with him everyday.  Almost every night for the past two weeks has been a "date night", texts throughout the day, rushing home at night because we can't wait to spend time together, and so excited for this crazy adventure we call our life. 

Jonathan and I first started dating in the springtime so this time of year always brings back those memories and feelings. I catch myself smiling all the way to work in the mornings because everything is green again! How my soul longs for beauty and sunshine after the bleakness of winter.

So here are some snapshots of what life has been like lately...

 Surprise picnics at Burke Lake...

 Free cone day at Ben & Jerry's on a perfect spring evening...

... mad dash through a spring thunderstorm for cheap chinese take-out...sitting cross-legged on the couch trying to master chopsticks, eating our weight in chicken fried rice and general tso's, watching sappy old movies...

had to include this pic because i find it hilarious!

...walks in the rain and puddle jumping...being a kid again :)

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"It was in the spring that we first loved each other, or, at least, had first come into the full knowledge that we loved. I think that we must have loved each other all our lives, and that each succeeding spring was a word in the revelation of that love, not to be understood until, in the fullness of time, the whole sentence was written out in that most beautiful of all beautiful springs.”

- L.M. Montgomery...she always seems to express my feelings exactly

Wedding Weekend

Jonathan and I traveled home this weekend for the wedding of my bestie Lindsay and her man, Lewis.  It was such a great weekend to spend with old friends, and celebrate the love that Lindsay and Lewis have for each other! We are SO SO happy ya'll are married and can't wait to see where the Lord takes you!

Heres a few pics from the wedding, but I didn't realize until I got home that I didn't get any pics of the bride and groom together...guess I'll just have to post a link when their pics are done.

 College roomies at the rehearsal dinner...we all coordinated without even planning it

 not really sure

 my bestie and beautiful bride-to-be on her wedding day!!

 our other bestie and her man

seesters <3 br="">

Cherry Limeade

I am loving this warm weather we have been having recently! Please tell me that winter is gone forever...at least until next year :) During the summer I love to have more fun drinks in the fridge. There is just something so refreshing about a big cold glass of homemade lemonade, sweet tea, or this delicious cherry limeade! I made this for our Easter brunch and it was sooo good. I will definitely be making it again!

 Its mandatory to wear a cherry apron while making Cherry Limeade :)

Cherry Limeade

1 C. freshly squeezed lime juice

1/2 C. sugar

1 5 oz. container of maraschino cherries

2 liter of lemon-lime soda

• In a pitcher combine sugar and lime juice. Stir until blended
• Pour in the 2 liter of lemon-lime soda
• Add the jar of maraschino cherries and stir with a spoon. If you don't want your cherry limeade to be bright red I would recommend draining the juice from the cherries before pouring them in. The pitcher pictured was made with about half of the juice from the jar of cherries.
• Serve chilled with lime wedges for garnish