trumps in town.

a few weeks ago our house was jam-packed with trumps. my dad, my stepmom, my little sister, and my little brother and his girlfriend all came to visit us. seth and ally arrived on friday night just in time for us to head down to riverbend to see florida georgia line perform followed by jake owen. it was super crowded. had just rained so it was super humid and ridiculously hot. but fortunately we were able to find a good spot to stand where there weren't people bumping into us every three seconds. and despite a terrible, terrible adventure to ihop later that night, we had a blast!

dad, robin and jessie arrived on saturday afternoon and we went back to riverbend again saturday night for cee-lo's controversial act. the weather was much nicer {though it was still very hot!}.

on sunday, it was rainy for most of the day so we hung out around the house, drank margaritas and played board games. then we grilled out and had cake to celebrate robin's birthday!

it was so good to have the trumps in town. our house was crowded for sure, but we had a great time! i hope they all come back soon!

1095.

1,095. that's how many days it's been since this happened:

1,095 seems like so many days. but yet it doesn't seem like it's been that long since i was freaking out about everything that still had to be done anxiously awaiting walking down the aisle to my husband-to-be.

dear mr. heard,
three years has flown by. and i have enjoyed every minute of it {ok, fine, almost every minute}. so much has happened in those 1,095 days, but i know there is so much more to come for us in our life together. i love you and happy anniversary.

{p.s. if you'd like to know more about our wedding, check out our wedding page here. or get more details from last year's wedding week posts. and you can see how we celebrated our first and second anniversaries here and here.}

check back soon for a post on how we celebrate the occasion this year! and yes, it started with champagne and cake at midnight. tradition!

a little trip home.

as i mentioned at the end of my last post, i recently had a quick trip back to virginia to see my family and to see my bff kasey! juliet and i jumped in the car and made the drive up i-81 to my most favorite place in the whole. entire. world.

juliet is so smart that as soon as we take the exit she starts crying because she knows where she is and she gets so excited. like, head out the window excited.

although i don't blame her. if i wasn't driving i'd probably hang my own head out the window to breathe in that fresh country air. :)

but seriously. do my parents not have the best view in the world?

and it's a good thing they have a nice patio and view because poor juliet was so incredibly disappointed to find that momma and timmy weren't even home when we arrived! but she hopped up into her usual spot to watch over snakey acres as we waited. she loves being up on that wall and spends 95% of the time we are home outside by herself so she can sit up there. and she won't come inside until she's good and ready.

one of the sweetest things about visiting home {other than seeing everyone i love, of course!} is that my momma always put fresh flowers in my room before i arrive.

after momma and timmy arrived, we let their new puppy abi {abby?} and juliet meet for the first time. this face. how could you not love her?

and no, her tongue does not fit into her mouth. ever. actually that's not true. there's also this face:

silly puppy.

after a bit of time spent chatting/catching up/napping we all headed down to the blue ridge country music festival where we got to see colt ford, hunter hayes and little big town {gloriana played too but we missed them}. the music was good, the food was sold out, but the people watching was probably one of the best parts. i can't even explain some of the things. but we had a good time.

on sunday I GOT TO SEE KASEY! for anyone who doesn't know, kasey is my bestest friend from high school who moved to michigan right after we graduated. i actually drove her up there {okay, fine, i rode in my car with her as she drove and i slept most of the way} and spent a few weeks helping her get settled/hanging out/being silly. michigan is pretty far away but fortunately we get to see each other about once a year. last year she came to see our new house in tennessee! and while we usually spend about 6 hours taking pictures i somehow managed to only get this one picture of us this trip.

the best thing about getting together with kasey is that it's like no time has passed since our last visit. i'm so, so glad i got to see my best friend!

and now just a few random pictures i wanted to share from my trip. when momma came to visit me for my pinning ceremony i sent her home with some succulent cuttings and they've really taken off on her porch!

tucker puppy was begging for food and i thought this was the sweetest little face.

if juliet wasn't out on the wall, she was claiming this entire chair for herself.

and after a long day of playing in the yard, abi looks like this.

you and me both, abi.

stay tuned for more posts coming soon about more family fun and traveling!