A wedding? Aren't you already married?

Howdy folks! So...as most of you all know Justin and I have been married for almost 2 1/2 years (2 years, 4 months, 1 week and 4 days to be exact). Since we did the whole "Courthouse Wedding" thing, and never had a "real wedding", Justin came up with a brilliant idea, to have our wedding on our 5 year wedding anniversary. I cannot believe it's already been 2 1/2 years! So, since we're on a budget and I want to hand-make as much as I can for our wedding- I decided that now is the best time to start planning it. I've never dreamed of a "fairy-tale" wedding. It's not appealing to me. I'd much rather have a casual, intimate wedding with just our close friends and family. I know we both want an outdoor wedding (ceremony) with the reception in a barn or tent, in the summer, and at night. I think the perfect setting would be in or around Justin's hometown of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. It's so beautiful and green in the summer. I know we want lots of lanterns lighting the ceremony along with bold reds, oranges, and yellows (and lots of sunflowers!). After all I'm still in the brainstorming phase but here are some of our ideas for our "rustic-country wedding", enjoy! :)

The invitations (I thought this idea was soooo cute! It reminded me of old Johnny Cash music posters)











          

Beauty Amongst the Chaos

Is it June yet? The month of May has been stressful to say the least. However, I'm trying my best to stay positive, and to count my blessings :) A loving husband that makes me feel special even when I'm having the worst of days, three awesome little brothers who mean the world to me, a sweet mother & grandmother that love me more than anything, two crazy dogs that bring me joy, a great job, and a few close friends that bring me comfort & laughter. What more could a girl ask for ;)

My 21st birthday is coming up soon! & I'm so excited! This whole year I've been trying to figure out what I want to do to celebrate, (and being the total nerd that I am) I decided the perfect way to bring in my big 2-1...with "Eclipse" of course! Yes, that's right. Then of course dinner, drinks, and a night to remember. So, yes. You all are invited :)

I have been on a search to find a new hobby. So...I tried gardening. I found it surprisingly relaxing & I enjoyed it very much. I planted gerber daisies, dahlias, petunias, and ranunculus. The colors were beautiful, and I loved sitting on our porch swing admiring them...however, that was short-lived. I watered them accordingly & planted them in adequate sunlight but they only lasted about two weeks. Good ol' Oklahoma weather, rock-hard red dirt, and the crazy wind got the best of them :( I watered them accordingly & planted them in adequate sunlight. I guess I'll try to plant bulbs next year.

Since it's been awhile since my post, here's a little update: we finally got our bed & the rest of our bedroom set and here is the end result of our bedroom makeover...We absolutley love it!

Oh, Hi There!

So, I cannot remember the password to our last blog to save my life, so I had to start a brand new one. Here our some of our updates:

...as many may know, the past year we've been working on our house & making it home. Well, we've come a long way! We went from sitting in camping chairs in our living room, to having a full-furnished home! We are really loving it. We just bought our first lawn mower & Justin is pretty excited about mowing, don't ask me why. lol. We finally purchased a bedroom set and recieved the dresser & nightstand & our TempurPedic mattress- however, the bed itself is still being shipped. Our mattress is heavenly! If anyone is mattress shopping- TempurPedics are the way to go! I hardly move at all now when I sleep, and when I do get out of bed, Justin doesn't move. Heck, I could jump on the bed and he would'nt know :) This isn't a very exciting post- but we are very excited about all of these wonderful little things in life.