Day 7: Favorite Movies

I have so many favorite movies! Jason and I love movies. We are so compatible - we like the same kind of movies and watch most any genre (except horror and documentary-type stuff). We love love love going to the movie theater together - sometimes we even do back-to-back shows and stay in the theater for like 4 hours! We are a little ridiculous :) but it's something we love, enjoy doing together, and connect through.

So here are a few of my favorites!

My favorite movie of all time - THE LITTLE MERMAID!

Day 6

Day 6: A Picture of Something that Makes You Happppppy!

I think I will have to put more than one picture :)

Things:






People:

Pure Imagination!!!

Jason and I decided to make truffles tonight and I wanted to share them on my BLOG!
The first ones are cookies and cream, the second are peanut butter pecan, and the last ones are mocha truffles.
I must say - they are super yummy! I may just post the recipes later!
Enjoy our short video :)

Siblings

Day 5: Your Siblings

Bethany Rayne Boyd is my sister. She's 3 and a half years younger than me. I have had her in my life for 20 life-changing years. We grew up not liking each other much. We definitely fought. I was a little too bossy. We were sisters! Once I FINALLY got my own bedroom at the ancient age of 16, things got a little better between us. After my mom had her accident, I sort of had to mother my little sister. Our relationship changed alot then. It grew and strengthened. We had to lean on each other at times when we had no one else. Finally, when she moved up to Ole Miss for college, I believe we became best friends. No matter what... we have a bond that cannot be broken. Nothing can shake our love and friendship and loyalty to one another. I LOVE HER more than I could ever say and would give my life for her. I love you Bethany!



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I also have 2 sisters-in-law who I adore. I'd rather not even use the whole "in-law" part because I consider them my real sisters.

Emily and Allison Boyd

I love each of them sooooo much! It is more than I could have ever asked for to join a family and gain two best friends. God is so good to me! Each of them are so unique and add so much joy to my life. They both are fun and good listeners (that's important cause I love to talk!). No matter where we are or what we are doing, we always have a good time together!
I love you Em and I love you Al!

Day 4: Your Parents

My parents are Dusty (Eugene) and Amanda Boyd.



















This picture was taken 4 years after my mom's accident!

My mother married my father at the wee age of 17 in 1963 and they've been together ever since.
My dad has worked offshore 7/7 for Chevron for years. He loves the outdoors and playing his electric guitar. I often fell asleep to BLARING AC/DC as opposed to lullabies as a child. He made sure we were in God's house every time the doors were open and for that I am thankful.
My mom was a homemaker until my little sister started school. In her spare time she loved to do crafts, garden, cook, be the head party mom for my school classrooms, teach Sunday school and GA's at church, and just be with her girls. She was the best mom ever! Once my sister started kindergarten she decided to go back to work. She worked as a teacher's assistant, pre-K teacher, and then head bank teller until July 7, 2005.
On that day, my mom nearly lost her life in a car accident. She had a severe brain injury and a broken vertebrae. The fact that she walks, talks, and functions today is an incredible MIRACLE made possible by THE GREAT PHYSICIAN. She was unconscious in University Medical Center for 2 months and then in rehab for 1 month before she finally came home. It has been 5 years since then and my mom is not the same. People see her and are astonished, which delights me. However, things are still not "fixed" and she has a really tough time with emotions and memory daily. Although at times I get discouraged - 1)I am SO GRATEFUL to simply have her here with us and 2)I will never lose hope in my Savior to continue healing my mother.

This was my mom 4 months after her accident.

Nothing has affected, changed, inspired my life as much as my mom's accident.
Today my mom is again a homemaker and enjoys cooking even more than she used to, I think!
The thing I am most grateful for regarding my parents, is that they raised me Christian. Thank you for teaching me about Jesus Christ, Mom and Dad!

I would also like to make a shout out to my incredible in-laws, who are also like parents to me! They welcomed me into their family a long time before it was ever legal. They treat me like one of their own and give me so much love and warmth! I would not be the same without their influence on my life. Thank you for accepting me and for sharing your son with me!

Day 3 - Your First Love




There is no doubt that Jason Michael Boyd was my first love, is my first love, and will always be my first love. We have been together for 8 years now, about to celebrate our 8th Christmas together. It has been the best journey of my life and will continue to be! I love him more everyday. He strengthens me, changes me, encourages me. He knows me better than I know myself, accepts me for everything I am, and is always looking to the person he knows I can be through our Heavenly Father. I really could go on and on about him and I know it would make you sick to your stomach ha! I LOVE JASON MICHAEL BOYD and I THANK GOD FOR HIM EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!

Day 2: Meaning Behind my Blog Name

I just recently changed my blog name to "American Honey."
It's one of my very favorite songs by Lady Antebellum. The first time I heard it, I just felt like it described me and the strong connection I will always have to the country. I grew up 14 miles from the city... and a small city at that, in Mississippi. As much as I've always thought I wanted to get away from the country, I never feel more at home than I do around the woods! It's comfort. I added the lyrics below for your enjoyment :)

"She grew up on the side of the road
Where the church bells ring and strong love grows
She grew up good
She grew up slow
Like American honey

Steady as a preacher
Free as a weed
Couldn't wait to get going
But wasn't quite ready to leave
So innocent, pure and sweet
American honey

There's a wild, wild whisper
Blowing in the wind
Calling out my name like a long lost friend
Oh I miss those days as the years go by
Oh nothing's sweeter than summertime
And American honey

Get caught in the race
Of this crazy life
Trying to be everything can make you lose your mind
I just wanna go back in time
To American honey

There's a wild, wild whisper
Blowing in the wind
Calling out my name like a long lost friend
Oh I miss those days as the years go by
Oh nothing's sweeter than summertime
And American honey

Gone for so long now
I gotta get back to her somehow
To American honey

Ooh There's a wild, wild whisper
Blowing in the wind
Calling out my name like a long lost friend
Oh I miss those days as the years go by
Oh nothing's sweeter than summertime
And American honey
And American honey"

Day 1: Introduce, Recent Picture, Interesting Facts

Introduce:
My name is Danica Layne Boyd. I am married to Jason Michael Boyd. We have been married for 3 years and together for a total of 8 years. He is my best friend! We have a sweet little Yorkie named Dixie! She warms our hearts and no one is ever as excited to see us as she is! We live in Oxford, MS and I love it so much, I never wanna move! I graduated from Ole Miss in 2009 with an Elementary Education major. Right now I am working as an assistant/secretary at Regents Classical Christian School of Oxford and hoping to be a teacher there next year! It is an incredible, sweet institution and it blesses me daily! I attend First Baptist Church Oxford and teach 4th grade Sunday School and it is one of my passions in life! Teaching God's Word to children... there's nothing better. I am full of joy and energy (most of the time!). I am always busy doing something... planning, cleaning, shopping, these are a few of my favorite things! This blog is an attempt at me chronicling some of my life. Hope you enjoy it!

Recent Picture:



The picture of Dixie is one of my favorites. She looks like a mess! She's so funny!
The one of me and Jason is from November when we went on a weekend trip to Branson for a marriage conference. It was very fun and the foliage in the area was beautiful!

15 Interesting Facts:

1. I lived in the same house from the time I was born until I moved to Ole Miss for college. My parents still live in that house.
2. I shared a bedroom AND BED with my baby sister for the first 16 years of my life.
3. My husband believes I have a super immune system because I rarely get sick.
4. Pain medicine has little to no effect on me = incredibly painful wisdom teeth experience.
5. I am addicted to biting my fingernails and absolutely nothing else.
6. I have been to the San Diego Comic Convention and I loved it! For those of you not familiar- this is a nerdfest. I'm a nerd.
7. I hate hate hate Gone with the Wind.
8. My parents fell in love when my mom was in high school, Jason's parents are "high school sweethearts," and Jason and I are "high school sweethearts!"
9. My favorite song is "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by Cass Elliot.
10. I love love love to sing.
11. I have believed in and followed Jesus Christ since I was 11 years old. He just gets better and better. With His help, I hope I do too! He is the lover of my soul.
12. My favorite magazine is Entertainment Weekly. Especially the Bulls-eye on the last page of every issue!
13. I do not like light. I do not like noise. I do not like hot weather. If I had it my way, I suppose that I'd just live in a cave.
14. I have not been in a tanning bed in 6 years and I do not ever plan to get into one again! Fair skin is the way to go :)
15. I adore Beth Moore and aspire to go through every one of her Bible studies.