luke's birthday and other goings on

yesterday was my wonderful husband's 24th birthday. we spent the entire day celebrating and just soaking up the fact that we were able to be together. we ate lunch in morgantown at the mediterranean market and deli. the tabbouleh and falafel are delicious there. after lunch we headed up to pittsburgh, drank beers in the hofbrauhaus biergarten, watched the pirates win a baseball game, and came home to eat late-night slices of my homemade chocolate birthday cake. the entire day was perfect, and i'd do it all over again. luke is my best friend, and there really should be more days spent celebrating how wonderful he is. ;)

in other good news, luke and i signed a lease for an adorable little house in the historic morgantown neighborhood, south park. we move in july, and we couldn't be more excited! it's the first house we've lived in together. i can't wait to have a patio and an outdoor space to spend summer evenings!

xo eden

friendship hill national historic site

a couple weeks ago, luke and i spent my day off (my only day off) just above the WV/PA border at the friendship hill national historic site. it's the land and estate of albert gallatin, the secretary of treasury under jefferson and madison. it boasts beautiful views of the WV/PA hills and a grand overlook of the monongahela river (which flows through morgantown and pittsburgh as well). for us history geeks, it was an afternoon well spent. afterwords, we headed over to the forks of cheat winery and distillery to split a bottle of wine on their tasting deck and talk about life.

the weather was beautiful and the company was swell.

days that this one are always my favorite. the ones where we give each other our undivided attention and where our only plans are to spend the day together.

we've got another couple of those planned for the next couple of days since luke's birthday is on wednesday!

happy.

in times of stress, sometimes the best thing for us to do is to think about all of the good things we have...all of the things that make us happy. here are some things i've been particularly thankful for...some are big and some small.

01 | i stumbled upon back-to-back reruns of the nanny on tv tonight.
02 | luke and i have been so close lately. we talk about our dreams...our hopes...what we want for each other.
03 | our favorite event of the year (visiting our friend's cabin with all of our favorite people) has been scheduled for mid-july and we couldn't be more excited.
04 | i've accepted the fact that luke and i are just not neat people, and that that we don't need to compare our home to others'. we're just happy we have a safe place to live.
05 | i love my job. it's not my career, but for now, i love it. the people are wonderful.
06 | we had tacos for dinner. i freaking love tacos.
07 | i found a website streaming the fourth season of sons of anarchy. we watched it in 3 days. so good.
08 | luke is finally on a sleep schedule that allows us to go to bed together, rather than me passing out an hour before he comes to bed. i hated that.
09 | pancakes & dreamsicles...pretty much all food makes me happy.

what's making you happy?

xo eden

a ballgame in the steel city.

yesterday, luke and i spent the entire afternoon in pittsburgh. we've both been so stressed and exhausted lately. i've been working a lot more hours and luke has been working on finishing up his first full year of grad school. to help us reset and de-stress, we thought we'd spend a day off from all of that to just enjoy each others' company and relax in our one of our favorite cities. so we scoured stubhub for good seats for the pirates game and called it a date.

^^^we had heard a lot of good things about primanti bros, and i won't lie we were extremely underwhelmed by it...we will not be going back. it was, however, nice to sit out on their market square patio and toss back a few beers before the game.

^^^we had a little extra time to spare, so we sat on the benches that line the river facing pnc park and took in the beautiful views that pittsburgh has. the weather was nice...sunny with a little breeze. as we were looking out at the river, i noticed that right in front of the bench someone had written "west virginia" on the railing. pretty perfect.

^^^our seats were pretty spectacular, and the game was a really good one! lots of action, a few home runs for both teams, and even though the pirates lost, we still had a great time (aside from the few rude/obnoxious fans around us).

overall, a really wonderful day spent with my very best friend. luke, thanks for being so fun. xo

xo eden

a relevant quote.

i've seen this quote a couple times today online, and i thought it was worth sharing once more. important to remember that while there is evil and terror in the world...there are also those who are good and kind...those who ran towards the danger today in order to help...those marathon participants that kept on running until they reached the hospital to give blood. remember there is always good.

keeping boston in my thoughts and heart tonight.

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world.” — Mister Rogers

xo eden