Meet the Shaneyfelts

Dustin

Weekend Recap: Happy October!

It’s Monday (and October…which is my birthday month!!!) and the temperature where I live is back in the 80s.  Not a fun start to a new week.  Friday was much cooler temperature-wise so you better believe I took advantage of it–I even broke out the scarf!
 This outfit was from Thursday (apparently I forgot to take a picture Friday) but I dressed in a sweater and scarf on Friday.  Oh, and please notice that I’m still wearing warm weather shoes–it’s hard to dress completely fallish when the high for the day is 75.



 I love it when my mom sends me snaps.  This is what I got Friday evening from her haha!



 After Dustin got home Friday evening and we had supper, I went ahead and hopped in the shower so I could get my pajamas on and catch up on Grey’s.  I laid on the couch under a blanket watching Grey’s while he listened to the local football game on the radio.  Neither one of us paid attention to what the other was wearing until I got up to go to bed.  We were wearing the same shirt from high school!  It was from Dustin’s senior year and my freshman year haha!



 The weather Saturday morning was perfect so I was able to easily run 5 miles.



 Then my dad and I went to get my Popo to take him to breakfast for his birthday.



 I met my sister for coffee (and maybe a cookie….) at the local coffee shop.  We ended up staying and talking for over an house–my favorite thing to do!



 I got home and had a package waiting on the front porch!  I am so excited!  I’m hoping we can hang it today and then I’ll share it this week!  We’re now waiting on Victoria to get hers in the mail 🙂  #twinswitheverything



 I decided to give this shirt to my sister–you’re welcome, Rach.  😉


And this was our Saturday night football watching…
 At least I paid enough attention and got to see the end of the Georgia Tennessee game.  Funny how Tennessee can win in the last second, but LSU’s last second play didn’t count against Auburn lsat week.


I’m always horrible with Sunday pictures–church, shopping at Sephora and JCrew (I’ll share this week!), watching Hallmark movies, out to eat with my sister, dad, and Dustin, and then we got home and…
Went over bills that were due and paid them…together.  Dustin was so happy–he loves dealing with numbers and being organized like that and I just sat there and wrote stuff down in our checkbook and updated our balance ha.  This is one area of our lives where we definitely compliment each other!


Now I’m looking forward to making it through this last full week of school and then I will have a 4 day weekend!  We are out next Monday and Tuesday for fall break and I CANNOT WAIT!
Linking up with Biana

Fall Favorites 2016: Introductions!

HAPPY SEPTEMBER, y’all!!!!  
I literally want to shout that from the rooftops because my favorite part of the year has started today!  I find that the older I get the more I crave fall and Christmas way more than I yearn for summer.  So because today marks the beginning of fall, my friend Emily and I are teaming up every Thursday this month to share a few of our favorite things of the season!



I happened upon Emily’s blog shortly after I started my own blog.  She and I are around the same age and have so much in common!  We both love the Hallmark channel (and reality TV), and I’m always thankful when Emily texts and tells me to record a certain Hallmark movie.  Emily is a big reader (like myself) and we both love a happy book with a good love story in the plot line.  Emily loves decorating her apartment seasonally, so I’m really excited to see her fall decorations this year!  You must make sure you check back when we share our fall decor!



If you’re stopping by from the Blogtember Challenge or from Emily’s blog, I wanted to introduce you to myself! 

 I’m an Alabama girl who married an Auburn grad (but Alabama fan) from my own hometown after we were set up on a blind date 5 years ago!  We’re a classic Country-Boy-Marries-City-Girl…..if you can call our hometown of 15,000 a city 🙂  After our wedding, we built our first home inside the city limits where I have a 5 minute commute to work!



On my blog you’ll see my passion for reading good books, cooking, home decorating, shopping, fashion, and creating and participating in family traditions.  I enjoy running, surprises in the mail, spending time with my sister, blogging, burning candles, and living in the South.  But more than anything, I love the Lord.  My goal is to glorify Christ every day through my actions, words, and thoughts.  By spending time in the Word, in prayer, through sacrificial giving and other spiritual disciplines, my worship of Christ grows in both spirit and in truth.  Please feel free to email me at saraheshaneyfelt@gmail.com if you have any questions!



I started Meet the Shaneyfelts a couple of months after getting married to document our life as newlyweds, and it has grown to much more!  I’m so thankful for the people I’ve met and connected with through blogging, and if you’re reading this, I’m thankful for YOU!!



To learn a little more about me, check out my About page!


Linking up with Annie and Brave Love Blog!

“always remember there was nothing worth sharing/ like the love that let us share our name”

It’s been two years since we stood in front of hundreds of our friends and family and promised to love one another in the roles that God has designed for us.  Some days I feel like we were married just last week, and then other days I feel like we’ve been married forever.  

But I do know one thing.

I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.  

Dustin, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me, and I am forever grateful for your love.

No, these two years haven’t always been easy, and I’ve learned so many things about you–and about myself–along the way.

 I’ve learned that it is impossible for you to hold grudges.  
While I can be mad at you for hours, you get over being mad at me about 5 seconds after our disagreement.  And then you try to joke around with me to get me in a better mood 🙂


 I’ve learned that you help me stay on time to things.
I’m definitely optimistic in the things I can get done before having to be somewhere (or in estimating the amount of time it’ll take me to get ready), so I run late a lot.  Now that you’re in my life, you help me to stay on time.


 I’ve learned that saying “I’m sorry” are the best two words we can say to each other.
We’re pretty much the same person–we both have dominant personalities and we both think that our way is the better way.  Saying “I’m sorry” to each other and admitting our faults is the best thing we can do in our marriage.




 I’ve learned that forgiveness is key.
Just like saying “I’m sorry” is important, it’s also important to forgive–and to forgive easily.  Ephesians 4:32 tells us to be kind and compassionate to one another, but to also forgive because God has forgiven us.  Even if I don’t feel like forgiving, I know it’s biblical and my obedience is pleasing to God.


 I’ve learned that you are a major list maker.
I didn’t know the extent of your list-making before we got married.  I knew you made lists before you packed to go somewhere, but I thought that was it.  Now there are lists everywhere!!  Lists of things you need to buy, of what projects you want to complete for the house, of to do lists–I think you could take anything and make it into a list, and I love that about you!  (And as I’m typing this, you’re sitting beside me making a list of ATVs.)


 I’ve learned that you support me in anything that I want to do.
And not only do you support me, but you push me to do my best.  Any race I’ve ever run, you’re there at the finish line cheering me on if you’re able to be there.  My dream someday of owning a store–you’re pushing me to get there.  I never have to worry that you’ll laugh at anything I tell you I want to do because you are so unbelievably supportive of me.


 I’ve learned that we complement each other perfectly.
Where you’re Type A, I’m Type B.  Where I’m super girly-girl, you’re a hunter and outdoorsman.  You obsess over our grass, I obsess over the inside of our house haha!  Even though we have our differences, we work so well together and I can’t imagine us never being together.


Dustin, I am incredibly grateful for you and appreciative of you.  You strive each day to love me sacrificially, and you make me a better person.  You’re the first person I always want to tell my good news to and the first person I cry to when I have a bad day.  

Thanks for always making me laugh–I LOVE YOU!

Happy Two Year Anniversary!