Where my heart is at.

This weekend was perfect, plain + simple. With nothing on the agenda, it felt amazing to fill it with what I wanted to do. I went for a long run on Saturday morning, followed by baking a delicious cake. If I may, I will say that I am an excellent cake baker! I don't admit things like this often, but I'm not going to be humble about this one. I baked the chocolate turtle cake from cafe latte. If you've ever eaten it, you know that it is to die for. Mine was no exception. Almost the entire cake was gone by Sunday evening! It was excellent. I am drooling just thinking about it.

We played games, caught up on the latest family gossip, + talked late into the nights. We ate chocolate cake. Papa made us fires when the nights got chilly and we refused to retreat to our warm beds yet. We went to see Avatar and went out for pizza. We ate more chocolate cake. We took the dogs for a walk in the beautiful sunshine and made a trip to hobby lobby for crafting essentials. I listened to countless stories about my grandparents growing up and our family history {one of my favorite past-times}. Mostly we laughed until we cried because they were all so hilarious + endearing. My grandparents have lived an amazing life.

I'm having a rough day at work because I'm missing my hubby. I feel lonely even though I'm not alone and I have a million things to do here! Sigh. Oh well, life goes on, right? My dad is taking me + Al out for sushi tonight so that will be fun and I'll have some company.

Even though I am missing hubby I feel so content. I know that may not make sense, but to me it does. I don't know when it happened, but I am really happy with where our life is right now. I feel like we are not {currently} struggling financially {or in other ways}, we don't have any major items we need to address, and we are just plain living. Our life is full of excitement. My heart is full of peace.

25 days of Joy: days 16, 17 + 18: I found Joy spending every moment of the weekend with my family! I think reflecting on the simple joys in my life has made a big impact on how I feel right now with our life =)