project life : weeks 19-20.

Week 19 : I had the hair highlighted and trimmed, and so did Kev. Not highlighted, just cut lol. I've even got him taking before and after photos for me. Yes! We took Kev's parents to a Reds game on my off day, they enjoyed themselves. We had a team building day at work this week, followed by an afternoon of painting and some woodchuck. It was fun! We had our 1st kickball game and it was a lot different than we thought it would be. I played right field and pretty much just stood there, it was fun though. A chance to meet new people I work with.

On Sunday we celebrated Mother's Day with Kevin's parents, brother, and family.  My parents were in Florida celebrating from afar on the beach.

Week 20 : Went to Cancun for dinner with the kids and Natalie was begging us to have the servers sing "Happy Birthday" to her because she just had her party on her Mother's side. lol Maybe next time. Kevin had training all day on Tuesday, and I started Business Law class. On Wednesday I dropped off my car and got a really cool rental, a Camry SE edition, leather seats, loaded, except it stunk! The stench wore off after the 1st day thankfully. Kev's parents came over and helped with yard work and getting the pool started. Lots of work and I got fried! Friday I got my precious Acadia back, it was all nice and clean!

Saturday I took Harper's 15 month old photos, she was such a trooper and the photos turned out adorable. Love that kid. Went to my parents to mow the lawn before my Mom got home, in the rain and all. Celebrated Mom's birthday just her and I since she came home from Florida on her birthday. We ordered pizza and just hung out and talked, it was nice. Sunday had a bridal shower for my cousin's....cousins fiance (get all that?) It was fun and nice to get to know the bride a little better, and got me so excited to have a shower for our wedding! They had the cutest cake that was made of cupcakes and put together in the shape of a wedding dress.

Still love Project Life and seeing all these weeks get put into the big binder. I hope to continue this forever and ever and have albums and albums of this life documented!

Curious about Project Life? Start here.

See all of my Project Life posts here.

{ P.S. Today we've been engaged for 3 months....YEA!!!!!! }

wedding wednesday : country rustic.

 

We are setting out to create a DIY country rustic wedding. At first I didn't really know what style I was going for. I don't really like the word "theme" for a wedding, and style fits much better. I've been pinning some ideas on my pinterest wedding board and saving some images on the computer. 

The wedding party will be wearing cowboy/cowgirl boots! 

The ceremony is going to be outside in the prime of the fall season! I'm praying the leaves are beautiful and full of color.

Some ideas for flowers for the bouquet, cake, and centerpieces. It's so hard to decide their are a million choices! I love the calming look of the these flowers.  

I like simple, clean lines, colors, and decor, with lots of natural wood and florals. These are just a few sample photos of the style we are going for. Everything is coming together so nicely!

Happy Wedding Wednesday!

All images via : (Pinterest and Google)

k&m in may.

They have been walking/running together.
She loves it.
He loves it when his knees don't hurt.

His work schedule is very tough on us.
She is trying to see the light at the end of the tunnel in hopes it's not forever.

We took his parents to a Reds ball game.
They had a ball.

She started Business Law class.
He gets Tuesday nights to sleep again.

She is planning a 6 year old birthday party.
He is getting the pool ready to swim.

He, she, and the kids have a countdown until Florida vacation....
T-minus 18 days and counting.

case of...

for sure.
(Image source via: the chivery)

lately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh thank heavens it's Friday! 

- started shopping for our bedroom, it's time to put things on the walls after 2 years!
- Kev picked up the boat and took it to the lake....almost boatin time!
- love my parents yard.
- did lots of yard work at our house and took a bubble bath to relax the muscles.
- mail mail mail will it ever go away?
- the pool is looking clearer and clearer.
- driving around a sweet rental car that started out stinky and now has gone away, thankfully!
- battle wounds from yard work, and it hurts!
- our pine trees in the back yard have these bright green tips on them, thought it looked pretty neat.

It seemed like this week dragged on and on big time. The weekend looks like another busy one, headed to the parents house again and then a bridal shower. Fun times! 

Happy weekend.

how i spent my off day.

Every wednesday I am off work and look forward to this day so very much. It's a nice break in the week, work two days, then off, then work two days, then it's the weekend! Yesterday I had a busy day off, but it was a fun busy.  It went a little like this....

Started the morning off by dropping off my precious Acadia to get the bumper fixed. They gave me a nice rental, the Toyota Camry SE leather seats, the works. Everything was awesome except.....it's stinks! Never had a rental car that smelled so bad before but their's a first for everything right? I drove all the way to my parents with all the windows down to try and let the smell out. It wreaked of bad BO, or maybe something spilled in the carpet floor. Whatever it was it's stinky!

At my parents house did a little work around the house. I absolutely love their yard. My Dad keeps the grass so green and it's always so soft. Love love love it. My brother did some mulching for them last week so I snapped a few photos to send to my parents for them to see. It is so peaceful and relaxing there. I love the way their house sits on the lot, nothing but greenery and woods behind them. The newest plant is a cherry tree in the back. Can't wait!

In my parents room, they have this awesome skyline and it had the best sunlight shining through yesterday.  And for the fun of it....I took a photo of my Dad in his marine uniform back in the day. So handsome & looks just like my brother!

We started working on the pool! As you can see by the photos, the water is green and looks like lake water, which is because the cover we have sucks! Halfway through the winter the cover fell into the pool (because it was cheap), and we just sorta left it there until yesterday. Seriously. After two trips to the pool store we think it's going to be good now. We threw a bunch of shock in it, and after an hour or so it was already starting to turn blueish. Won't be long before it's crystal clear again!

While the pool boys, aka Kev and his Dad worked on the pool, his Mom and I worked on the yard. We threw away the cheap pool cover, and emptied the long skinny things that were full of water that were supposed to hold the pool cover on but didn't lol and hung them to squirt off on the fence. After all that work, Kev tells us that he's throwing them away. Figures! lol I pulled massive weeds, it looks like our side yard had mole holes all over. But after a little weed spray it'll hopefully look like regular grass again. Kev's mom swept the entire pool area, it looks so nice and clean! It was a lot of work, but loved it.

My poor back was fried! I wore my bathing suit top and with no sunscreen that'll do it! I took a nice long bath to relax the muscles and cool off my back.

My off day was awesome yesterday, a lot was acomplished and that's always a great thing! ! ! !

i love may.

anthropologie sea gleam pillar, gour mande strawberry lemon coconut cream parfait, amazon's book section we need to talk about kevin, bolthouse berry boost, the land of nod spell ya later letters.

The candle holder from Anthropologie reminds me of the ocean, especially when the candle is lit at night. You can see if you click on the link above, it looks so relaxing. Those strawberry lemon coconut cream parfait's are on my list of things to do this month, it looks delicious and seems like a healthy dessert/snack. I went to the library and took out the book "We need to talk about Kevin" I found it from another blog's list of books to read. I've heard it's very intense but interesting, and the title with Kevin's name in it? Fits even better. Bolthouse Farms has these smoothies that have pure fruit in them, they are delicious and very filling. The Land of Nod is the cutest sight for kids, found a cute banner that would look so cute in Natalie's room.

Happy May.