fruit dip.

i had some friends over this week and wanted to have a little treat for them. so i picked up some fresh fruit and make this fantastic fruit dip!

the recipe is super easy too:

8oz. frozen whipped topping

7oz. marshmallow fluff

8 oz. cream cheese

vanilla extract (maybe about 1 teaspoon or so)

then mix them all together. i used my hand mixer and it turned out perfectly.

i got my fruit from the grocery store, but i am so excited to go to the farmer's market soon. i just have to mentally prepare myself for an early morning...not sure if i am ready for that :)

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friends.

our friends joel and kitty stopped by on their way home from spending time with family and friends in mississippi. they work for campus crusade for Christ at the university of south carolina and we got to know them this summer at Greek Summit. we were excited to see them for a couple of days!!

they brought us the cutest housewarming gifts!

you might not be able to read the small writing, but it is our favorite verse. psalm 34:3 "glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt His name together"

how precious is this? kitty made it!

we spent the day showing them around tuscaloosa and some of the areas damaged by the tornado. you might think we are terrible people, but we walked around the devastation and grabbed wood to craft. they were going to bulldoze the stuff anyway, we wanted to repurpose it!

on another note, i saved this stump. i want to use it for a side table...anyone have tips or a link on how to do this? :)

that night justin and joel decided they were going to build a fence in the backyard. at first i was skeptical, but they did a fantastic job! it looks amazing & now millie can run around outside.

while the boys were putting together the fence, kitty, another friend sherry and i hit up almost every single furniture/consignment/thrift store in town. 

we found one major score...a dining room table. it works perfect in our dining area and now we actually have a place to sit and eat without millie breath on us.

so thankful for good friends like joel and kitty. they encourage us to seek the Lord in deeper ways and continue to wrestle with what it means to follow Him with everything!

read her post on their visit!

friday night fun.

friday nights are always date nights. i love that about justin...even if we have had a long week, he always plans something fun for us to do together.

so, tonight we went to dinner at newks. yum. i tried their bbq chicken pizza. major yum.

after dinner we headed over to the alabama baseball game. we have lived in tuscaloosa almost a year and haven't been to an athletic event. 

it was so beautiful when we first got to the stadium.

we had so much fun hanging out with christie, jared, mac and daniel. even though it started raining and rained the majority of the game. we left once it became a tad bit miserable due to the rain and wind. not a good combo.

such a fun date night. now we are spending the rest of the night watching nba [justin's fav] and me getting to catch up on reading blogs. 

so thankful for my husband and fun nights with friends.

wedding weekend.

this weekend, we went to amanda and joseph's wedding in athens, ga. such a gorgeous wedding. amanda and joseph both looked so in love, which is always fun to see. their ceremony was at athens first united methodist church, such a magnificent church. gotta love those old beautiful traditional churches!

it was so good to see college friends and catch up with them. unfortunately, we haven't been able to see them since we moved to alabama...so fun to meet new boyfriends and fiancées!! many of them read our little blog...which encourages me to keep posting :)

beautiful zetas.

my handsome husband.

maggie, betsy, me, mallory and sally.

kristin, me and courtney.

my last roomie before marriage :)

love courtney and her precious blog.

labor day weekend.

this past weekend, we had a whirlwind of a weekend.

We drove to my parent's house on Friday. Got to spend quality time hanging out, which is always refreshing.

Then early Saturday morning, we drove to visit Nate and Kristin in Columbia. We had our "couples reunion" with the Spurriers and the Hilburns! Much needed chill/friend time. We love hanging out with them...we spent lots of time watching football and movies, napping and eating. All personal favorites.

It was so much fun letting the dogs play together. Millie definitely annoyed Brody, but it was so adorable to see them jumping around together!

On Sunday, the boys played golf, while the girls went shopping in downtown Columbia. For dinner we went to a hibachi restaurant, I forget how much fun and tasty those places are.

Hibachi

THEN, on Monday (praise the Lord for the 3 day weekend!!!) we drove to Athens!! We haven't been back since graduation (I know...bad UGA fans, but life gets busy!) and we got to have lunch with my long-lost bff, Courtney (Check out her blog!!) We had a great time catching up... chatting face-to-face is so much better than following her on twitter or facebook :)

Lunch at Barberitos!

Monday dinner with my parents, then back to Tuscaloosa early Tuesday morning.

All in all, we had an A-MAZING weekend with friends and family. It was so great to see yall!!