our house is a home

it has taken 3 months but i finally unpacked the last couple of boxes.

to be fair, they were just boxes of books that were very difficult for me to pick up because of how heavy they were..

anyways, we have our bookshelves in our kitchen by our table because thats where they fit the best. and all the books are finally put out and the final boxes are empty!!

it is slowly but surely turning more and more into a home and i love being a lil home maker. it makes me so happy to have everything clean and tidy and in its place. and to cook dinner for my husband. 

it gives me such joy to have my husband come home after a long work day to a clean home and dinner coming soon.

hamilton got a new job a few weeks ago with an arborist and he works 6 days a week and usually is gone for 10+ hours a day. i miss seeing his face as much as i used to, but he likes his job a lot, and im glad that he's happy.

we also added a new member to our family. we have a dog! his name is bowzer and he is a pitbull and he is the absolute sweetest boy ever. i love him and i think he really makes our family complete (for now)

i have always had a dog at my house, but the past 3 years i haven't, and it makes me so happy! i love him and he loves us too. we adopted him from the shelter probably a month and a half or so ago, and our little family feels so much more complete now :)

 he's definitely ferocious, i know.

our little cuddle monster

 isn't our place so cute? i love it

oh and bowzer ate his first shoe today..and yes, it was hamiltons favorite shoe..

i guess that means i have to replace them at some point

xoxo, jacquelyn

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this guy.

i have the most amazing and most supportive husband. he is so good to me.
i am no where near perfect and struggle to be the best i can be.
hamilton is so loving and caring towards me. i have had too many breakdowns to count and i lash out too often, yet he somehow finds ways to handle my attitude.
it can be difficult for me to deal with all the emotions that go through my mind.

i cant say enough good things about him.
he is so loving.
he is so amazing with my nieces and nephews, it just makes me excited to have children with him.
he is the hardest worker i know.
he is also the goofiest person i know.
we are constantly laughing.
he makes my cheeks hurt from how much he makes me smile.
i love how he pushes me to be better everyday.
he pushes me to accomplish my goals.
he talks with me about my crazy dreams i have for our future.
he will watch my beauty youtube videos with me.
he builds me up every single day.
he never lets me win games, which i hate sometimes, but it does make me try harder to use my brain haha.
he can have fun doing absolutely anything.
he will travel anywhere and everywhere with me.

and so so much more.

one of the first pictures of us. he made me go to this dance, but we had so much fun

this is his favorite picture of us from before we were dating

engagement photos with the best photographer ever!

our first concert together. the best time ever!

honeymoooon

can we just appreciate this water for a minute??

 

 pda because i dont care

 picture overload, as usual.

xoxo, jacquelyn

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it's been a while

hey there blogger. it's been a little while since i've posted. 

life's been crazy and i've been dealing with quite a bit. 

married life is amazing as ever and honestly just keeps getting better. 

life in my head hasn't been quite as good. i've been dealing with depression.

it has been getting better, but not totally better. i've decided to start blogging again because writing has always been an outlet for me.

hopefully this will help me out a little bit.

anyways, life has been a little wild. 

hamilton and i moved back to my home town and i am so happy here.

we went to tennessee for a week and that was such an amazing trip. i haven't adventured that much in a long time.

hamilton's older brother and his older sister both got married in july. a week apart.

my brother came from michigan, with his family, for a couple weeks. that was so fun and it was so nice to spend time with them.

i have stopped taking all prescription medicine and i honestly feel so much better.

my body feels better, i am super tired all the time, but that's just my totally out of whack with my sleeping schedule.

hamilton has a super awesome job with a mangrove cutting company, he's really starting to like that. and i am working at a boutique on the island.

ohhh and we went to another twenty one pilots concert, andddd it was even more amazing than the first time |-/

 

i am so overwhelmed with the beauty that i've seen this summer. i am so amazing with the world and all the amazing things it holds. i want to travel everywhere.

xoxo, jacquelyn claire

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