Gone to Carolina

I went home to SC this weekend to celebrate the engagement of my sister Rachel and (almost) brother in law Matt. His family threw a rockin' engagement party (with a band! and cupcakes!) at a hunt club near Columbia. Aren't they cute? :)

Happy Engagement Chan and Buffy! (I like nicknames. Don't ask.)

And of course, I got to enjoy some time at home on the island. I sure wouldn't mind waking up to this view everyday. Would you? :)

Girls Weekend

A few hours ago I put my mom and sister on a plane leaving Nashville after a wonderful girls weekend. We completely exhausted ourselves hitting up almost every mall, antique store, and shopping center in both Nashville and Franklin. But...we also managed to squeeze in a quick photo shoot, eat some cookie dough, and have a margarita (or two) along the way. Its all about priorities people. :)

Aren't they beautiful? :)

Shhhh.....

...our garden doesn't know its fall yet.

Either that or the tomatoes and the okra are in denial about the season change. Hopefully the pumpkins and the chrysanthemums won't make them any wiser. ;) They'll find out soon enough. 

Happy Anniversary

As of today, we have been married a year!  Which pretty much means we are experts at this whole "being married thing." (Right?) :)

Hunter surprised me by taking me horseback riding on Saturday, something that I had casually mentioned oh... one or two (or twenty) times in the past year. I'm very subtle. We went to Natchez Trace Stables (definitely recommend them!) and overall we had a wonderful time. We met a real cowboy, rode through a creek and I lost my sunglasses. So the day was complete!

This little lady had a thing for my cowboy. I had to tell her to back off. Very nicely of course.

Ponies!!!!!!!!!! Yes, the 5-year old little girl dream of owning a pony is still alive. (Am I alone in this?)

I also learned that it is quite difficult to take photos while riding a horse. Which may or may not have had something to do with me losing my sunglasses.

And...because we are hardcore vintage-y cowboy type people, one more western-fun photo:

Our baby is growing up!

No, we don't have any real human children...but our fur-baby Buster is growing up so fast! I am not sure I am ready for a full grown 80-90 pound dog (his projected adult weight) - except for the fact that he might actually calm down a little (right??).  We got Buster from Love At First Sight adoption center and they are awesome! (Warning: their website contains photos of a lot of cute puppies...you may be tempted to go get one!)

                           The day that we got him....                                          And now- 9 months!

         

   

And he is  repeatedly dropping his bone on the keyboard at this very moment trying to get me to play....oh puppies. :)

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