A Sweet Question

My best friend since kindergarten, Lauren, got engaged on the 4th of July. I was so excited for her when I got a text message of a hand with a beautiful ring on it telling me that my "La" was engaged. Although I had been asking and expecting it for months now, it totally took me by surprise. And it made me remember all of the times we shared together....

tying our identical (put different colored) coats together in recess.

making up dance routines to "come on ride the train" in mamaw's front yard.

twirling batons together on livingston hill.

making up absurd videos including "candy and katrina's workout video".

riding four wheelers by the carpet shack.

getting sunburned and watching the fireworks at MacFarland on the 4th of July.

getting smashies for/with mamaw.

making pallets on the floor every night with the turtle quilt.

eating pancakes on sunday mornings.

putting water balloons in our bathing suits and jumping on the trampoline.

sliding down the stairs into my basement and putting a whole in the wall.

being co-captains of the majorette squad.

listening to sweetness in starlight and crying as we knew we were leaving for college.

living a few doors down our freshman year of college.

being there for the heart break when the boyfriends were gone-thank goodness.

being there when the husband was found.

So naturally, I might have cried when La handed me this today:

My simple joy for the day: being asked to be the maid of honor in my best la's wedding. Love you, la!

A Blessing in Disguise

I was very bummed because I was suppose to go to Fair Hope this weekend to spend time with Michelle and her family, but I couldn't go because of financial constraints. :(

Well, my dear friend Lacey reminded my on Friday about the Jamboree, a National Championship for Country Musician Beginners in Smithville, TN complete with an evening fiddle-off. So, Saturday night we set off on our adventure to the sweet, country town of Smithville. It was a little over an hour away but totally worth the trip.

I didn't realize that not only would there be music but dancing too. There was square dancing, clogging, buck dancing, and my person favorite, the old-fashioned flat foot. Here is a sneak peak of the winner of the flat foot dancing competition:
...and he just might have been the oldest flat footer too!

The Jamboree including all of the yummy foods that you could possibly think of. We had bbq sandwiches, homemade peach ice cream, and......

...the best combination of sweet and salty - kettle corn.

The end of the evening consisted of a fiddle-off between the senior fiddle champion and junior fiddle champion. The junior fiddler won! He was so talented! Here is a sneak peak of his final number:

Then came the wonderful starry night trip back to Nashville. We rode with the windows down and I sat in the back seat curled up in a large quilt looking at the stars. It was beautiful.

"By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth." Psalm 33:6

My simple joy for the day: a precious flat footer, good food, and music that warms my heart.