heflin.

sam's birthday wish every year is to spend the weekend in heflin, alabama with grammy and lynndaddy and the woods. he spends hours packing up all of his essential shooting equipment, throws his favorite tee shirts in a bag, and matilda and i just try and keep up. sam truly comes alive in heflin. the first day it rained and rained and he couldn't get easy, he needed to be outside. sunday he made up for it by spending just about every second there. grammy and i cooked and read while lynndaddy and sam spent their day in the meadow. matilda and guinness ran free. it was wonderful. i feel so recharged. no internet, no phone (except for a few text messages) and only the sounds of rain and gun fire...










matilda loved lynndaddy's walking stick so much that he made her her own...







see more of our trip here as well as more pictures of their beautiful home...

thank you so much lynndaddy and grammy! it was a perfect weekend.

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it's my birthday today

my birthday always makes me feel a bit like this


however, this weekend was deliciously sweet. the weather was perfection, the company and food were too!



what mustaches are made of. this is by far one of the best desserts i've ever had. thanks for the recommendation leigh!



matilda did a lot of assisted walking.



we cleaned up our beds and planted some cold weather vegetables.



mouth watering. my mama is the master of birthdays.



perfect margaritas and folded hearts courtesy of rachel.





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pork tenderloin
asparagus
jalapeno cheddar corn bread
leek mashed potatoes
allen's green beans


see the rest of the pictures here

thank you beyond measure for the all of the thoughtful cards, sweet messages, gifts, and all of the love. a very special thank you to my husband and family for making it such a special day. i love you all!

ps i'm dedicated to fitness. today i was super bougie and bought these and this and this and this.

pps i hit my wonderful neighbor's car first thing this morning en route to a french breakfast with the girls. poopppp.

namaste.

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happy friday

as i roll in to my long weekend i am so happy and thankful. i'm looking forward to forcasted beautiful weather


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indulging in my very favorite birthday cake



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having a celebratory dinner with my family (although jake will be missed!)



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trying to do some yoga to combat eating said cake (currently obsessed with lululemon thanks to osayi)



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i'm just dying to know if you all have recommendations on non-cheesy yoga dvds?

and just soaking up the sun with sam and til.





make sure you check out the beautiful, shiny new southern flourish website! it's live. i'm so proud to be a part of it!



and hooray i made it to the top ten handmade blogs on the lovelies! thanks a millions for all your votes...there's still time to vote, i could really use them and if you've already voted you can tweet also. i can't thank you enough for all of the kind words and your amazing support!

have a beautiful weekend!!!


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