It's already the 20th of September and I can't remember where this month went.

The heat has yet to relent. Waking up every morning hope rises in my heart that the air will be crisp at a cool 60 degrees but no avail.

As always things around here are pretty tame. Last Wednesday Adam and his law school buddies played flag football with some of the undergrads at U of M and totally beat them, 32-0! That's right! I felt it a little unfair because you've got men in the mid to late 20's, and even 30's against spry little 18/19 year olds. The undergrads were upset but I was so excited! Apparently it happens every Wednesday, go Adam! I took a few pictures of them but because they never stopped moving all the pictures looked blurry. I'll try to get some better ones in a couple of days. 

My work week was crazy (in a bad way) filled with lots of patients and a lack of techs. When Friday came we were nothing but lazy and laid around the house after work. Later on that night we went to Walmart for a few items and came home to watch It's Complicated. 

Saturday we woke up, again in hopes that the weather had lightened up, and went to Cooper Young Festival. The streets were packed with people, crafts and vendors. We never expected for it to be so hot, infact by the end of our time spent walking around we had sun burns. 

A local movie store favorite, Black Lodge Video on the hill

May I note that we only spent 30 minutes outside! While browsing the many booths I spotted one that had linen napkins, cloths and stationary. I fell in love with this cloth which I've since hung on the oven.

We grabbed a bite to eat at one of our Memphis favorites, Young Avenue Deli. 

Tuckered out from the sun we went home to watch football and nap! I do love a good Saturday nap.
Later that night both of us had the most major sweet tooth and it couldn't be controlled! I was craving a cupcake so we ventured to a cupcake shop I had been hearing about for quite some time now, Muddy's.
We honestly didn't expect them to be open at 8:30 but to our surprise there was a line out the door. We knew this place had to be good. We had the best intentions but failed on the diet front and purchased 3 cupcakes, 1 slice of cake and a chocolate chip cookie! We're shameful I know.

Here's a cute card I bought at Muddy's which I will be finding a frame for very soon. Cute!

Cupcakes: Vanilla, Chocolate with Mint Icing & Cinnamon with Cream Cheese

After church yesterday we spent most of the time in our home washing clothes and napping of course. 

We've started a new week and I hope that it treats you well. Happy Monday lovelies!

xoxo .bd

As I've neglected to post anything in a while I thought I might just share all of the photos from our Oklahoma trip in June to our most recent pictures. 

{Family Reunion in Oklahoma}

 

The two of us with his parents, Joe and Barbara at the Aquarium

 

The view from our cabin porch

 

The tiniest of all bathrooms! Six people, one miniature shower and plenty of towels.

{Having My Tooth Pulled}

Gauze, Medication and Napping in that order...and a gauze bag because getting your tooth pulled is anything but glamorous.

 {Breakfast with my Parents}

{Packing to Go Back Home}

Lots and lots of packing...

Back in Memphis

{Slip n Sliding}

At a friends birthday party, a slip n slide, yes the ones from when you were 8, was in the backyard and all of the guys took part. Note they are law school students, and at least 25. But they still get giddy over that kind of stuff.

While they were sliding the rest of their  were staying dry... as did I of course!

Adam obviously didn't stay dry and came home with scratches and bruises all over!

Again Friday is here bringing with it a beautiful weekend ahead.

Today is our last full day in Franklin as we'll leave tomorrow morning for our year left in Memphis.

Over the past week people have been asking if I was ready to go back and frankly I am. 

Our home is such a refuge for me no matter the size, location or occasional mustiness.

The heat and humidity in that city is an entirely different story, that I do not miss. No no. But...

I miss our bed with its cozy sheets and plush pillows. I miss being able to cook and create something new for us to try. I miss the nights when we sit in front of the tv to catch up on all of our Tivo'd favorites. I miss cleaning, scrubbing and caring for every bit of our lovely little place. I think we all would, though. Don't you think? Our parents have been nothing short of welcoming and giving, but everyone can understand the difference in living with your parents again, regardless the length of time.

The life we've created together in the past year has been beautiful. We have successfully lived completely on our own no matter the hardships or triumphs. 

Before we left, everything seemed so bland and boring. Our daily routine seemed to be...well...quite routinely and mundane at times. But looking back at photos of the past year and even blog posts, I notice that all of the routineness I speak of was nothing of the sort. Yes we got up for work and school everyday as most do, but we made pizza on the grill. Gosh that pizza was horrible, but we did it. We raked our back yard together, fought the roach who came out of nowhere leaving me running out of the shower screaming. We carved pumpkins on our porch listening to The Avett Brothers, conquered Memphis drivers...

The list goes on and all of that to say I'm ready to have a fun last year in that city with my husband. 

Tonight we're going to hang out with my family in Murfreesboro then head out as I said in the morning.

I hope each and everyone of you enjoy these restful days before work kicks back in on Monday.

xoxo .bd

{Photo Credits: HouseBeautiful, Martha Stewart, , Decorpad}