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All About Dustin!

Happy Valentine’s Day ๐Ÿ˜  This isn’t my favorite holiday to celebrate because my heart hurts for those who are single and long for a relationship.  I’ve been there and I remember how that feels.  Just know that God has placed you in this season of life for a reason and trust in Him to provide exactly what you need, so make the best of your singleness and don’t waste this season of life.

Now onto today’s post–all about DUSTIN!  To read about how we met (hint: blind date), click here.  I am so thankful that the Lord brought me Dustin because we are exactly what the other person needs.  Where I’m late, he’s on time.  Where he’s messy, I’m super organized. We balance each other out and have lots of fun together.

These are just some of the things I love about him…
 He encourages me to do anything I want because he genuinely believes I will succeed.  I can always count on him to be my biggest supporter.



 He believes I’m a great cook and brags about my cooking to other people.



 When he laughs hard, he has the funniest laugh.



 He left behind a job he loved and one that fit perfect for his college degree (wildlife science) in order to move back home for us to get married.  Even though I offered to move to Mississippi, he valued my job over his and didn’t want me to leave the school system I work in.



 I love that he’s really outdoorsy and very masculine.


 He provides for us–not only in finances but also food ha!  We have a deep freezer full of 2 deer plus some meat left from a deer killed at the beginning of the season.



 Speaking of finances, Dustin is very on top of ours to where I don’t have to think about them at all.  He has an excel spreadsheet of each monthly expense and bill, and he takes care of getting bills paid.  I basically keep up with how much money I have to spend in between paychecks. ๐Ÿ˜œ



 Our interior decorating style is VERY different, but Dustin trusted me enough to let me pick out everything in our house.  And now he really loves it–maybe not the cream furniture but it all looks good haha!



 I love that Dustin is passionate about sports.  Not only is very knowledgeable about all sports, but he also likes to play sports too.  Like when we bought a wiffle ball set this past summer just so we could practice pitching to each other in the backyard.



 I love that we enjoy going new places together and trying new restaurants to eat.



 Dustin thinks I’m the best teacher in the world–he’s never seen me teach, but he still believes that I’m the best ha!



I love that we have LOTS of fun together!  We’re always laughing in our house and when we go out places.



And I couldn’t leave out a picture of #wheredustinsleeps–I love that Dustin can fall asleep anywhere and at any time, and the fact that he doesn’t get mad when I take pictures of him sleeping and post on social media.


A few tidbits about Dustin:
-He was a senior in high school when I was a freshman in the same high school.
-Our birthdays both fall on the 25th of the month.
-He’s left-handed
-He’s 6’3″ and I’m 5’7″ so I will always be able to wear heels around him.
-He tries to use big words sometimes in conversation and then doesn’t get mad when I call him out about it being used in the wrong context.
-He’s an Auburn grad but an Alabama fan 
-He still wears t-shirts from high school
-Speaking of t-shirts, he’s obsessed with buying t-shirts
-He asks me to pick out his clothes ๐Ÿ˜œ

Weekend Recap!

Happy Monday, my sweet friends!  This weekend has been great, and even though I’m sad to see it go, I’m ready for the week ahead!

 My new shirt  (it’s on sale!!) came in the mail and I was excited to wear it for our women’s coffee house night at church.



 Here’s a good picture of our big area with the crowd starting to come in–we were so happy with the turn out.



 Not the best picture but this is our coffee bar and sweets area.  We had regular light and dark roast coffee plus the coffee bar offered specialty coffees and hot tea.  For our sweets area, we had TONS of cookies and brownies!  



 Our speaker Friday night was Brittany Price.  If you’ve never heard of her, you need to read her story.  I felt very encouraged hearing her testimony of praising God in the midst of suffering.  We all will suffer at some point in our life, and it’s how we use that suffering is what matters–use it for God’s glory because He is our source of strength–not anything else.

 This was at the end of the night and we were so tired!  My friend Sarah and her husband will be moving to a new church to serve that congregation, so this last photo of us serving the women’s ministry together is something I will always cherish!



 The small group leaders in our women’s ministry (plus Brittany)–I love these ladies!


This guy was asleep by the time I got home Friday night, so I got to see him Saturday morning when we woke up.  As you can see above, we spent some quality time together each checking our cell phones ๐Ÿ˜‰



 We went to the gym together and my sister was there.  I love living in the same town as my whole family.  Also, please ignore how messy the closet is in the background.  I need to organize the shelves SO BAD!!! ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ™ˆ



 Later that afternoon Dustin and I went to run a few shopping errands and go out to eat.  Then we decided to go watch a hockey game.  Last year was the first (and only) hockey game I had ever seen, and I thought there would be fights.  Well, I was wrong.  But last night made up for the fact that I didn’t see any fights my last game because they fought A LOT.  Finally, I decided to get my phone out to capture some of the fights.  We ended up leaving 10 minutes into the 3rd period because I was still tired from Friday night, and I slept all the way home ๐Ÿ™‚



 Sunday morning was church and then we went out for lunch.  



 I needed to wash our comforter, and instead of going to the laundromat like I always do, I asked my sister if I could use her washer since it’s so much bigger than mine.  I’ll have to keep that in mind next time I need to wash it, right Rach? 



Dustin and I went grocery shopping together that afternoon.  We never grocery shop together and I was quickly reminded why.  “No, we don’t need these bbq sauces.  No, these snack foods aren’t healthy.  You don’t need that chocolate.”  I sound like such a mean mom instead of the wife of a diabetic who complains about not being healthy ๐Ÿ˜œ


And then we spent the night searching for a beach condo!  I think we found one–fingers crossed it works out!


Linking up with Biana

Friday Favorites!

Happy Friday, friends!  I am keeping today short and sweet since I didn’t get home until after 10 last night, and I’m writing this blog post early Friday morning.


 This picture popped up on my Facebook memories–can I be that dark and thin again?!  This was taken on our honeymoon and we had just spend a day on the beach and decided to stop at a local ice cream shop.  It was heavenly because I ate whatever I wanted on our honeymoon haha!



Wednesday at school we had club day.  Each teacher sponsors a club and some are based on that teacher’s hobby.  Another teacher and I sponsor the fashion club and we decided to talk about make up at our last meeting.  So Monday I spent my planning period trying to find a make up tutorial that was appropriate for 12 and 13 year old girls.  And when the girls showed up Wednesday morning, some had more make up than I did and they also watched my favorite makeup girl, Jaclyn Hill.  #iworeclearmascarawheniwastheirage



Tonight at my church, our women’s ministry is sponsoring a coffee house night with a guest speaker.  I spent last night helping to set up (check my IG story @saraheshaneyfelt).  Our speaker became a widow suddenly at a very young age with 3 young boys all age 4 and under.  She will be talking about God’s grace and provision through her suffering.


And I enjoyed reading this article on how much women spend to compete on The Bachelor.

Linking up with Erika, April, Heather, and Amanda