olympic mock meet.

our fabulous gym, cfsq held their 1st annual mock 

olympic weightlifting meet on saturday.

we each had 3 attempts at both the snatch & the clean and jerk.

our fearless leaders mario & ivy and judges v & dave

made the meet super real & serious.

i got 4 "no-reps"..

post-weigh in smiles.

lea chalkin up..

angie with her cute girls & their sweet signs of encouragement.

lea seriously killed it. i am so proud of her.

she took home the award for best technique in the snatch!

about to drop down in the snatch.

perfect clean..

into a strong jerk.

joseph.

joseph's better half, sarah.

jesse.

camaraderie counts. high 5!

yours truly making the serious face... haha.

struggled a bit with my last jerk but loved every second!

blurred power snatch.

super cool t-shirts.

winners!

all the lady lifters!

post meet brews at johnny maccrackins.

the angry orchard was delicious & hit the spot.

special thanks to my sweet slim for being the 

official paparazzi & taking amazing pictures.

amy & elmo talk yoga.

charleston

a few weeks ago we vetured to the beautiful land

of charleston, south carolina for some r&r.

the atherton's, some of my families oldest friends moved

to charleston recently and live in the most amazing home.

this is a picture from their dock, that's their mansion back there....

the sky was breathtaking, perfect for a nice pinky sunset.

we got eaten alive by the swamp.

beautiful pals on the boat.

the world is our oyster...

love me some shadow pictures.

the weather was just perfect.

workin' on our jump shots...

this was take 7 of like 500.

jared created a one of a kind monogrammed

sand square for the bride to be.

jared with raf & his masterpiece.

sunshine and smiles with tj & raf.

its nice to have a friend with a boat!

flaming friday.

my colleague emily & i have started a new tradition at work:

flaming lips friday!!!

we have a flaming lips theme song every friday.

today emily chose turn it on.

enjoy!

zombie lawn gnomes.

i just love garden gnomes.

i also love it when people take classic, nostalgic 

things & make them ridiculous! 

checkout chris and jane's etsy shop for more zombie gnomes.

zombie killing gnome family.

cute zombie garden gnomes gnawing on a plastic flamingo.

'tis the season!

shoulder stand.

wow. this is how mick jagger got ready
to rock it out on stage...

do some yoga today
and feel like a rock star!

health education master.

please join me in congratulating slim

on finishing his masters program!!!

i am beyond proud of him.

to celebrate mr. smarty pants, we went to seed

a new hot-spot in the big city of marietta!

as a surprise, we had the menu customize to celebrate 

slim and his HUGE accomplishment.

o my gosh- it really is a personalized menu!

the baby came to celebrate too!

my folks joined us also!

as a bonus, our fabulous cori joined us & surprised slim

with a delicious cake!

the cake was also very personalized!

way to go, my darling. 

i'm so very proud of all your hard work & dedication to learning!

ipad.

slim completely overwhelmed me by surprising me with an ipad!
here's my first X-ray photo booth app picture!

cotton anniversary.

730 days ago

slim & i got married!

everyday i thank the clouds, the sun, the moon

& the stars for giving me another day with you by my side. 

“being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, 

while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
-lao tzu

weekend review.

we spent the weekend welcoming fall and loving that slim 

has finished his program and was able to join the living again!

 

we had a few movie gift cards so we went to see

trouble with the curve which was awesome. the movie was filmed in 

atlanta & a few of the extras from the movie were in the audience

and were going crazy when they showed up on screen.

after the movie we went to our local starbucks & in the 

tradition of welcoming the autumnal season, i had a

pumpkin spice latte. delicious!

we meet up with the buckerts on saturday morning for a nice

hike on the cheatham hill trail & then hit up great harvest bread

company where owen enjoyed some monkey bread!

those buckert boys are so cute & sweet & lovey.

after the hike we hit the house hard for the rest of the weekend.

we spray painted these cute iron chairs we found for free down the

street. we sprayed them apple red and i am currently on the search

for the perfect oil cloth fabric to make the cushions outdoor ready.

we scrubbed our old wood floors and put out our new rug!

i went flower planting crazy and planted pansies & kale all over.

i also finally found a good home for our aloe plant in one of

the leftover decorations from our wedding...

slim spent some time working on his school blog so

i escaped to target to check out the new fall fashions.

i decided not to get this dress... but i'm still thinking about it

i think i'll go back & grab it... it was only $24.99.

slim and i cut out tv a few months ago & seriously

have not missed it. our cable bill was over $90 bucks so

we decided to save the green and spend more time exploring,

reading, crafting, biking & being present with each other...

last night we got an antenna & now have about 15 channels

that we can watch for free- and they're in hd.

the emmy's last night were so funny. tv came back just in time!

slim surprised me with a little dessert sampler:

mini key lime pie, mini blondie & a tiny cannoli.