Thursday, October 14

Surfing The Past:

I was going through an old album this week and decided to scan a few of the pictures that made me laugh, and made me say, "Holy crap! I was orange!" (I taught swimming and was a life guard during the end of this summer and that's why I'm orange...) During the first year we were dating (2004), we took a little day-trip to Arizona to see Dustin's Grandma and on that trip we took a long a little disposable camera. These are fond memories.
Dustin with my hat on, clearly making fun of me although, I can't
remember what he was saying.This photo cracks me up.
Not really sure what the serious-trying to be sexy face
is all about (how embarrassing),
but Dustin sure looks cute in this pic if you ask me!
I didn't do a whole lot of "Surfing" this week, So I decided to read through my blog and post some of my favorite posts since I've written over 500 blogs now! Yikes....I can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing....

Surfing The Past:
When his personality started to shine through
The one where I announced this and this
What Conrad & Dustin dressed up as last year for Halloween
Not even a month old and he was already melting my heart
The time we went to the cabin with our friends for the weekend
The names we didn't choose
I can't believe I was this BIG! Whoa!
The smell of old spice deodorant still makes my mouth water...
An engagement session I loved doing
10 things that make me happy

If you leave a comment, let me know 10 things that make you happy!
It would make me terribly happy to know!

7 comments:

  1. Ten things that make me happy (right now...because there are a lot more! hee hee):

    1. getting to sleep in or take naps
    2. finding a crunchy leaf to step on
    3. being smiled at by any baby (since I don't have any of my own yet)
    4. pumpkin anything...creamer, ice cream, cookies, pie, pop tarts, turnovers, scones, candles, costumes...
    5. the band NEEDTOBREATHE :) especially the drummer!
    6. having people in my home
    7. singing
    8. dancing at random (i.e. to a song in a movie in my living room, to a song in a store in public...)
    9. seeing people impacted somehow by what I put on my blog
    10. amazing prayer mornings with Jesus

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  2. Ten Things That Make Me Happy-
    1. Most things involving Jack.
    2. Autumn air. It just feels different, smells different and makes me act different (for the better).
    3. Soup. I'm a soup fiend.
    4. A clean house, lit candles in good scents, Jack in bed and time to myself.
    5. Being around books. I spent A LOT of my time in the library as a kid.
    6. Good conversations. It literally leaves me with a buzz.
    7. Downtown Tucson and the people that inhabit it.
    8. The right dress, right now. Shoes too.
    9. Chipotle. My husband will use it as a reward, a way to mend a fight, and probably bribery since he knows I love it so much.
    10. Your blog.

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  3. So fun to look at the past, huh? And you weren't orange, you were golden brown! Lovely.

    10 things that make me happy:
    Coffee in the morning.
    Going in to get my baby girl after a nap and how she smiles at me.
    Halloween!
    Visiting friends in fun places.
    M&Ms.
    A good, vintage find!
    The sound of waves crashing.
    Putting out amazing music.
    Seeing my friends change the world.
    Making things.

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  4. I feel like my "ten things that make me happy" list changes from month to month, but isn't it nice to see the little things that make us happy like crunching a dead leaf under our feet or having a clean house.

    Amanda, I was smiling while reading your list because I too could have written all of those things. I feel like a good conversation with a friend about REAL things, not superficial types of things, but life changing, character changing things really leave me with a buzz too.

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  5. Thanks for sharing some of your older posts with us. It was a nice way to get to know you. Also, I always think it is fun to look back on pictures of my husband and I from the early days...we started dating in high school over 11 years ago...we were children!

    And here's my 10:
    sleeping in
    cuddling with my baby boy
    coffee
    stealing some moments alone with the husband
    talking to my mom
    sitting by a fire
    smores!
    making my boy laugh
    helping people
    driving (I find it so soothing!)

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  6. love this post.

    My ten things:
    -pumpkin spice coffee creamer
    -the anticipation of willow's arrival
    -hearing olivia say "i love you mama" randomly
    -FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS! (my *ahem* tv show guilty pleasure...i admit)
    -hot showers
    -Fall in North Carolina
    -taking and editing photos
    -my giant, chaotic, and ever growing family
    -chocolate and hazelnut. together. in my mouth. for a chocolate/hazelnut party.
    -my MAN.

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  7. i want to be tan again! i can't remember the last time i was tan. happy things atm:

    -a crisp new magazine
    -when my man draws me a bubble bath
    -doing something good for someone else
    -e-laughing with my bff
    -cooking a nice meal
    -putting a great outfit together AND getting a compliment on it so you know it isn't just you being wacky
    -thinking about our vacation
    -inspirational & motivating stories
    -when you go to pet a dog and it jumps all over you super excited. it happens to me alot...sometimes with muddy paws. still makes me happy.
    -cheese

    i love lists!

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