Actually…it’s not even that. It’s just that sometimes you find yourself in a moment that is completely perfect. It forces you to step back, take the best mental picture that you possibly can, in an attempt to be able to fall in love with that moment over and over again...
That’s what this weekend held for me: a handful of those moments; moments so precious and wonderful, in fact, that I felt a deep need to start writing again. Moments which led me to feel so incredibly lucky and blessed, that I had to start telling the world about them…
During the past nine months, I have traveled to Key West, Utah, Colorado, and North Carolina. I have graduated college and started a "grown-up" job. I have strengthened friendships and fallen in love. And I have started to see glimpses of what my life has in store for me...
...and let me tell you, it is quite the beautiful life.
This past weekend, I was lucky enough to have almost all (my brother-in-law is currently deployed) of my favorite people in one place. My youngest nephew turned one last week, and we decided to through him an epic birthday party. Let's just say...my sister knows how to throw a party...
Since our little Joey is all about jumpin', we decided it only made since to get a bounce house! It was the best decision and the most exciting part of the party. We've decided that every family function, from here on out, is going to have a bounce house at it...
It's really important to mention here that my 58 year old father had never been on a moon bounce before. Ever. Let's just say...his inner child came out. A lot. And his mood was then like that for the rest of the day...
Later, after the epic party, we all went to the pumpkin patch. There was no pumpkin picking going on, but we did take a couple pictures, and go on a hay ride. On the way to the pumpkin patch, we were blasting ACDC and my dad decided to stand up in my car and stick half his body out of my moon (sun?) roof. When he decided to join us again in the car, he looked at me and said, "You have to suck everything you can out of days like this...". And he was right. Saturday was as close to perfect as I've ever been.
After we got back from the Pumpkin Patch, Party Rock Anthem was playing in my car, so we opened up all the doors of the car, blasted the song, and danced in the middle of the street. Random neighborhood kids saw us and decided to join. Then my dad made some toasted almonds, we broke out the Sangria (yum!), and we went on the back porch, listened to music, talked about life, and just enjoyed the last few hours of an amazing day.
It really was an amazing time :).
Our car ride back to Maryland on Sunday was filled with crosswords, laughter, outlet malls (Harry & Davids? YUM!), talks about life, Bojangles (never.again.), Christmas music, and an unspoken mood of, "that was one of the best weekends ever...".
My life is beautiful. I mean, I could use a little bit more math in it, but if that's the only complaint I have right now...then I'm just going to shut my mouth and continue to thank God for the wonderful people He's blessed me with. Because, honestly, every time I think my life can't get any better, He proves me wrong...
Our car ride back to Maryland on Sunday was filled with crosswords, laughter, outlet malls (Harry & Davids? YUM!), talks about life, Bojangles (never.again.), Christmas music, and an unspoken mood of, "that was one of the best weekends ever...".
My life is beautiful. I mean, I could use a little bit more math in it, but if that's the only complaint I have right now...then I'm just going to shut my mouth and continue to thank God for the wonderful people He's blessed me with. Because, honestly, every time I think my life can't get any better, He proves me wrong...
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