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Friday Faves!

Happy, Happy Friday, y’all!  I’m going into today like…
 …drinking that coffee because SCHOOL IS OUT!!!  Yeah!  We’ve all been counting down to Christmas break for a while now haha!!  I’m spending today running every last Christmas errand that I have to and getting it all done TODAY!  It’s been a busy week, so the blog took a backseat and I’m so glad to be back today!


It’s Friday and I’m sharing some of my FAVORITES with y’all today!

Dustin and I drive around and look at Christmas lights every December and I’ve dubbed it The Shaneyfelt Christmas Light Drive By.  This year we also drove by an “Enchanted Forrest” so obviously we had to get out and walk through it.  We loved it and can’t wait to experience things like that through the eyes of a child 😊



Speaking of, the baby got a gift!!  One of my sweet students gave me a Christmas present and when I opened it up, it was a gift for the baby!  And perfect for us since we are big Alabama fans!  I can’t wait to put the hat and mittens on the baby!!


My sister was the photographer at our cousin’s wedding the Saturday before Thanksgiving, so she snapped a few pictures of Dustin and I dancing…
 Even the video my aunt got of us is me laughing the entire time.  You just have to see Dustin’s dance moves to understand 😉



Love him!


And for my FAVORITE song of the week…
You’ve GOT to watch this!  I love all kinds of music–not just John Mayer and Led Zeppelin (just not country)!  I love the NPR Tiny Desk Concert series and this one was so good!


I hope y’all have a Merry Christmas and I will see y’all back on the 26th!

Rosemary Beach 2018

Hey y’all!  Today I’m so excited to share about our recent vacation to Rosemary Beach…for those of you who don’t know, Rosemary Beach is on the infamous Highway 30A which is the same highway that Seaside is on.  Rosemary was literally heaven on earth!

A few things before you read:
1. This post is very photo heavy!
2. Because I’ve already had mean comments about fundraising and just want to clarify…this trip was paid for BEFORE deciding to adopt and even before we got pregnant.  So no, our money that we are fundraising for adoption has had nothing to do with our trip at all 😊
3. Rosemary Beach is very family-friendly so I would recommend everyone to go!  We talked constantly about what it would be like going back to Rosemary with a baby!


First I wanted to show you a tour of our house!  I used VRBO for the first time and lucked up on this place!!

 The living room


 Full-size kitchen!  Notice the ceiling–every room had a vaulted, shiplap ceiling with an amazing light fixture.


 I wish I would have turned on the overhead light for you to see this better but the bedroom was gorgeous!


 The bathroom!  I didn’t get a picture of the shower but it was a gorgeous tiled shower.

Day One:

 Everyone bikes in Rosemary since most people don’t stay on the beach, so this is the green where we all biked to, parked on, and walked down the stairs to the beach.  We loved it!!


We got to the beach that afternoon and ended up sitting through a pretty hard rainstorm.  Dustin snapped this of me because I was having to protect myself from the huge rain drops–they were cold and hurt!


 We walked to Cowgirl Kitchen for supper (I didn’t talk any pictures because I forgot!).  It was so, so good!  I got the bbq chicken taco salad and it was wonderful.  Then we changed clothes and biked around town.  We made sure to make it to the 7pm concert on one of the greens because it was a Beach Boys cover band!


Day Two:

 We got up early and biked to a coffee shop we saw downtown the day before, AmaVida.  It was the best tasting coffee, so we made sure to grab a latte every day we were there haha! We ate breakfast outside while people watching.


 The storm the day before stirred up stuff in the ocean, so this was the only day that it wasn’t crystal clear.


 We are staying at this hotel next time!




I had made reservations a few weeks ago for dinner Tuesday night at Paradis.  We walked to dinner–I loved being close enough to walk everywhere!  Paradis had the most amazing focaccia bread ever!  I could have eaten only that as my meal.

Funny thing about me….I do NOT like seafood.  So while we’re eating at lots of seafood restaurants, I always order something else.

 I had a spinach salad for dinner.


 Dustin had some lobster encrusted grouper with lump crab meat and shrimp??  Looks gross to me 😜


 I can’t remember if it’s Seacrest or Seagrove that is right next to Rosemary?? so after dinner, we walked to a cupcake shop for dessert.  I had dessert every day while we were on vacation.  #noregrets


 That town had it’s own cute little set up.


Day Three:

 my tank is part of the NSale but sold out!
This was Dustin’s birthday!!!  He wanted donuts from Seaside, so we both got up early and while he drove over to Seaside to pick up donuts, I went out for a run.  Then I met him downtown at AmaVida where we both got a latte and sat on a bench in the green to enjoy our breakfast.


 You cannot go wrong with Five Daughters–either in Nashville or Seaside!


 This is where we enjoyed breakfast that morning!


 We love the beach!!!  And we both got a little burnt from the day before…

 This is what we looked like biking to and from the beach every day haha!




 We went to Seaside for dinner that night.  Bud & Alley’s was recommended to me and it was not my favorite.  Now Dustin will tell you he liked it, but I didn’t.


 It could also be because I tried to branch out and make myself like seafood by ordering grilled grouper, but nope, not a seafood lover.


 Then we changed clothes and biked around Rosemary a little more that night!


Day Four:

 This was our four year anniversary!!  


 We biked to breakfast again this morning at Grits & Grind.  I had the veggie scramble and it was delish!

 All the heart eyes!


 Dinner that night was at George’s in Alys Beach and IT WAS SO GOOD!!!  I had the Mexican street corn salad–which looks weird but I loved it.


 Dustin got the spicy salt and pepper shrimp and he loved it!


Happy four years to us!!  And happy because we had some really amazing key lime pie for dessert!!!

dress
 We went back to AmaVida that night because we were obsessed!


Day Five:

Sadly, this was the day we had to leave.  We stopped at Fonville Press for coffee in Alys Beach because I saw Mallory Ervin talk about it a lot on her vacation to 30A back in June, but it wasn’t my favorite!

I got the bacon and veggie cast iron egg scramble and like I said, it wasn’t my favorite.


We had THE BEST time ever while at the beach and also realized it was going to be our last trip just the two of us!!  

Four Years

Today marks four years of marriage.  Four years?!  When I was younger and had planned my entire life out down to what age I was going to get married and what age I was going to have babies, my life today looks nothing like what I had planned. 

 But I’m so happy it doesn’t.

I can’t imagine my life without Dustin–especially after everything we’ve been through.

He’s the first to get over an argument and always tries to get me laughing so I can get over it.

He calls me as soon as he gets off of work–every single day.  I know that if I don’t have a phone call by 5:35, something is wrong.  

He extends so much grace to me and I never deserve it.  When I think about how much grace he extends to me, I’m quickly reminded that I should freely extend grace to him.

I remember getting ready for our wedding, and I distinctly remember how calm I was.  And it’s because I knew I was doing exactly what I should be doing.  Has it been all roses and fairytales?  No.  But I know that love isn’t a feeling–it’s a choice.  And Dustin and I both consciously choose to love each other every day no matter what.  I’m so thankful to my friend Dana for setting us up on a blind date and the fact that I agreed to go on one 😜


 Happy Anniversary, Dustin!  You’re my favorite husband 😂

To read about our wedding…

And watch our wedding trailer!!!