Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!

Last night we finally got to make our way out to a haunted corn maze. And wow did we have fun! Between chain saws and some scary masks I will say we did get a bit scared, but probably laughed more. We drove out towards the mountains for about 45 minutes before arriving at this beautiful corn maze. The night had to be the most perfect night. We're talking low 70s here, which makes this summer girl really happy. I love warm weather!

Before the corn maze we managed to snap a few pictures!

 

This is what was the beginning of our group. Until one fell down and the others were chased away with a chainsaw. Yes, I was part of the being chased by a chainsaw. Thank goodness for sweet guy friends that lend an arm. After a bit of jogging and corn jumping we made it out, and as the first group out too! Pretty proud of ourselves. 

My sweet roommate and I also had to snap a picture of our coordinating Hunter boots. Love those boots. And who knew you could run pretty fast in those things!?

Such a fun night!! 

Hope you have a great Halloween. We are actually having our costume party tomorrow night, and creating our costumes tonight. So it'll be a fun night of shopping, popcorn making, and watching Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin.

xx

Fall Happenings

Happy Fall Break!

I finally made it to fall break, and oh boy is it needed. 

But heres a little photo dump of what I've been up to inbetween cramming as much nutrition information in my head that I can possibly stand.

On Friday we hosted a pumpkin carving party at our sweet little home. We made some chili, potato soup, and had a plethora of pumpkin goodies. Oh my and were they good! May or may not have still been nibbling on them this pass week.

ignore Trevor in the back who likes to be creepy

my sweet roommate and a best friend

my pumpkin!

On Saturday, since we had a bi-week we took to the mountains. We loaded up bright and early and cranked up some tunes for our little drive we had to the mountains. This trip was so much fun and I'm so glad we got to go. It involved riding in the back of truck, some great quotes, and playing in the sand..yeah that happens in the mountians. ha. 

may or may not have crossed this..

the most incredible view and three states!
Tennessee. Virigina. Kentucky.

I love my housemates.

Silly boy. 

Giant sand cave. So cool 

Well thats a little bit of what I've been up to. Expect a roomies birthday recap soon!!

Mid Week Discoveries

Hello friends!

Just wanted to pop in with quick hello & a happy hump day!

Hope everyone is making it through this week a-ok. Has this fall weather not been amazing?! Personally I'm loving the fact I can wear my boots with a dress and have no need for jacket. 

Love. It.

Okay, here's what I really want to share with you. 

Last night during my dreaded night class, sorry I'm not sorry I wasn't paying attention, I stumbled upon the greatest online magazine. EVER. 

Darling Magazine

But in all reality go check this out. 

I've never read something so encouraging and motivational. Of course I spent the rest of my class and most of the night reading all of the amazing articles.

And I probably bookmarked, or pinned several things too.

Cheers to a great rest of the week!!

Hive Five Friday

Woohoo!!

It's Friday and I'm #happyhappyhappy.

This week was one for the books. So lets catch up, shall we?

{1} My BEST FRIEND IS ENGAGED!!

Yeah, kinda the coolest thing EVER! I'm so excited for her. We may have been talking about this day since we became friends back in 2010. I love her & her now fiance to the moon and back. God has really done something special there. 

{2} I'm finally staring to get a handle on this crazy busy life of mine. Shew, only took two months into the school year but I'm making it work. Something about a good ole list just helps sort everything out.

{3} Pumpkin White Chocolate Iced Coffee.

Oh boy, Dunkin gets it people.  A medium deliciously flavored iced coffee for only 170 calories?! 

Starbucks, why is your small PSL 300+  calories?! Get. It. Together. 

But seriously, go try this coffee, today.

#TreatYoSelfFriday

{4} Puppy Zone

This sweet sweet boy treated my roommate and I to a visit at puppy zone last night. In his super swanky brand spankin new camaro. Definitely a highlight of the week. May or may not have been counting down our visit all week long. We got to spend some time cuddling with cute little pups, play with them, and then enjoy some awesome tunes while cruising around town. 

Yep, solid night if you ask me. 

{5} SQUARE DANCE

O.M.G Tonight is our annual square dance and I can't wait. So much plaid, boots, and pumpkins. Who knew square dancing was so much fun. I'll have to post pictures later.

So glad we got to catch up friends. I'm off to enjoy my iced coffee and #hustle through work today so I can enjoy not only the square dance to night, but my besties engagement party too!! Eep!

Happy weekend!

Friday Five

Hello!

Life has been insane these past two weeks! I think my schedule is finally getting into its groove and I'm adjusting to waking up before dawn now. So heres a quick Friday five. 

{1} Labor day fun

On monday some sweet friends and I traveled to Rock Island for a day hike. The park was so beautiful. It's basically a rock island close to a dam with plenty of swimming areas and some rock climbing. We hiked not on paths so it was quite the workout for us. The memories we made I'll cherish forever.

 God's beauty is so wonderful. 

{2} We had our first home game last saturday. It was so fun to be back in the stadium and cheering on our beloved vols. It also helped that we completely dominated. Go Vols. #GBO #VFL

{3} New job. I started a new office assistant position this week. I'm really enjoying it. I've never done office work before so it's fun for me to learn this side of the dietitian business.

{4} Duck Dynasty night. Every wednesday night all of our friends come over after church and we watch duck dynasty together. I love this time we spend together just hanging out in our living room. These people have become such a family to me.

{5} Retreat.

I'm leaving for retreat this weekend with my church. We're headed up to the mountains for some fun. Lots of food, worship, and silly games are coming our way. 

Hope you have a great weekend!!

Last First Day

So..

tomorrow is my last first day of undergrad.

EEEEEK!!!

I may or may not have meticulously planned my outfit.

I may have already listened to Rocky Top in five different versions.

And I possibly have freaked out about driving through the traffic.

I am oh so excited! 

I absolutely love my major, adore my professors, and can not wait to see my sweet friends.

Tomorrow is going to be awesome.

Bittersweet yes, but I'm so excited to have made it to this point. 

Mid Week Randoms

Hi friends!

I do love a good link up, so I thought I'd join in on this one today.

{1} Swim lessons this week have been a blast! I've been teaching these brothers and they are such a joy. One of them is working on making his strokes stronger so he can possibly join a swim team, and I've looooved sharing all the tips & tricks I learned during my competition years.

{2} My 101 in 1001 list is looking pretty good. This past Sunday I got to mark another thing off, ziplining! Oh it was so much fun. By the end of the day I got brave and was going upside down, doing flips, & going backwards. If you haven't done something like this I highly encourage it!

{3} The Lord's blessings have literally showered me this week. Just when I think I'm about to stumble the Lord lifts me higher and life couldn't be any sweeter.

{4} This morning I'm spending time with a sweet friend preparing for the school year over coffee. I love spending our time together, even if it is over school.

{5} How in the world is it August tomorrow?! Like wait, what happened to summer?? Time to squeeze in a few more adventures before the school year starts.