lifelong friends

so i forgot just how much i love my hammock considering that in the summertime, i hardly ever get to lay in it. its just always so hot outside. right now, its about seven in the evening and the temperature is just about perfect. i love evenings like this where i can just relax and enjoy the fall weather.

i got to spend some time this past weekend with one of my best friends from college, meg. her little boy charley turned one on the 24th of september and his first birthday party was this past saturday. it was such a fun party and i had a wonderful time there. i normally don't pick favorites either (like meg) but this visit to jacksonville was probably my favorite. it was relaxing, it was fun, i learned how to make lots of new recipes, and i had wonderful conversations with meg. it was a time that i really needed because the last few months have been really hard. i'm finally beginning to feel like the hard times are passing and i'm realizing just how blessed i am and how much the Lord loves me. its so wonderful to have friends that are such a stability in my life and meg is definitely one of those for me. she's definitely one of my lifelong friends! the picture in this post is of me and charley at the park one morning. he's such a precious little boy and i loved being able to be at his first birthday party! what a special time.

i'm excited about this weekend! friday night i am going to a fall festival with two of my favorite girls and saturday my dad is coming down for the day to repaint my bedroom. i recently decorated it with reds, blacks, and tans so we are painting my walls a dark tan color. i can't wait to see how it turns out. i am going to cook him breakfast on saturday and then spend the day at the apartment with him. sunday is a bridal shower brunch for one of the girls in my small group which i am going to with kerri after the 11:00 service at church. i always love going to showers so i am sure that this will be a lot of fun! its looking to be a fun weekend! and tomorrow is october 1st - yeah! i can finally decorate my classroom for halloween! what fun!