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Perfect Moments

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They are so rare! I am the biggest whiner I know and I can definitely be a debbie downer if I'm not careful. I don't mean to be that way, I just tend to see what could be better. Some people get really bogged down by that so I try to bite my tongue on occasion. But it's nice when I don't even have to try. Like this one time Mr Smith treated Lexi and I to lunch.

We found a nifty boutique and antique mall up the way (I got that rocker that I plan on painting white for 50% off, so $15, exactly what I was hoping for), experienced the best teriyaki chicken I've ever had at Nara's & took a stroll along a beautiful little park right next to Mr Smith's office. We even ran into some friends when we stopped by Aldi on the way home (Lenior has an Aldi too so we killed two birds with one trip)




What other perfect moments do I remember? I definitely need to make sure I write them all down. What a fun list to go back to!

Perhaps when I realized this cookbook from my MIL has it all and that I finally made the perfect batch of chocolate chip cookies. Seriously the dough and the cookies the following day were delicious. Also, the moment when Alexis kept giggling for a solid 5 minutes over this cat that let her love her.



And then finding old memories like a notebook page of Mr Smith's texts during our engagement.
These are the moments of perfection.
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