Wedding Dress Redo

I am not getting married again, but if I were going to I might have to make some changes...I'd keep my fabulous groom

LOVE HIM!!!

But I might re-consider my dress...I adored my dress...I might run home right now and try it back on, it was that fabulous....then I saw this dress today...and well, just look!

It is this Watters dress. And I just think it's gorgeous!! Go see it up close on the Watters website, trust me!  I love the sweetheart neckline, the flowers and how flowy it looks.  But could it hold a candle to my dress?

My dress created a waist and had just the perfect amount of lace and lace=classic!  It had a sweetheart neckline, buttons down the back and a gorgeous train, which I was completely opposed to at first, but then we would not have had this amazing photo... 




That is our ring bearer, who carried my train from the moment pictures were finished until we were in the limo....And no one even told him to!!  How adorable is that?!

Need more pictures of my dress for comparrison?  Well, okay!!

Alright, so I SWOOON over my dress, still!  I would not change anything about my wedding day at all!!  So if someone else could get married soon and wear the Watters dress that would make me extremely happy, mmkthanks!

Sorry for the ridiculous amount of "gorgeous", "fabulous", "amazing", and "adorable" in this post...I'm in a FABULOUS, AMAZING mood!!! 

Christmas Cards

*Spoiler Alert!  Do not read this post if you would like to be surprised by our Christmas card design!*

Clayton and I have been considering sending out Christmas cards this year.  Now that we're married it seems fitting and we have pretty recent addresses for everyone we would want to send cards to :)  I immediately decided to use Shutterfly (http://www.shutterfly.com/) beacuse I have used them for several different things before and have never been disappointed with their service or products!

We used Shutterfly for our wedding guest book.  I wish we had a picture of it, because it's so amazing!  I went to http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-books and created a photo book using all of our engagement pictures.  I made sure that each page had enough white space surrounding the pictures so everyone could leave us a message!  It was so much cuter than everyone just signing their name.  We recevied some of the sweetest notes and it is one of those things we will look through many many times and hopefully, someday our children will look through it!!  But enough about our photo book (I am currently working on two more with our wedding photos!) and on to our Christmas card selection.


Option #1 I really like this idea...but I just couldn't come up with 10 great things we did in 2010.  But this card is adorable!
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/love-2010-christmas-card-5x7-flat



Option #2 A super cute card to show off our little family.  The picture of Clayton and I is one of our engagement pictures.
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/2010-wishes-christmas-card-5x7-flat





Option #3 I love the snowflake inspired damask print and this picture is one of our favorites.

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/snowflake-damask-holiday-card-5x7-flat



Option #4 I really like the idea of being able to add all 3 of our furbabies...But is it too much?!  The card is even called Family Roster!!
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/family-roster-christmas-card-5x7-flat





Option #5 Again I love the damask look!  And another one of our engagement pictures :)
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/royal-elegance-christmas-card





I love all these options!  Maybe I should use different pictures though.  Clayton is on board with any of them, though I think he really wants to add our furbabies to the card...makes it not so much about us!  Luckily with Shutterfly it is so easy to change any of my cards by swapping out pictures or editing pictures so I can play with everything a bit more before deciding.  What do y'all think?  Do you love the damask as much as I do?  I think it's a classic look that won't ever go out of style!

This post has been sponsored in part by Shutterfly.  All the opinions are mine.  I will be receiving 50  holiday cards for blogging about this service.  Although all of my options have been sitting in my Shutterfly Projects folder for weeks before I even heard of this!  If you are a blogger, you can get in on the goodies too by going to this link http://blog.shutterfly.com/5358/holiday2010-blog-submission-form/

Music Monday: Issue 8

 Clayton and I headed out to Mineola on Saturday to look at some possible housing options.  We did not end up making very good headway on Saturday but it appears that someone is looking out for us because today we got some pretty good news!  I don't want to say yet, because nothing is final, but we are pretty excited!  It's just another piece of the puzzle falling into place.

This song by Miranda Lambert really has nothing to do with our housing, not this time!  But I just love this song...perfectly titled "Love Song." 



It is sappy and lovey dovey and makes me cry every time!  And yes I might be girl crushin on Miranda a bit, but I think it's deserved...A good small town Texas girl who just won Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, and Music Video of the Year.

Do you love this love song as much as I do?!  It is just the song I need somedays :) Also, any ideas on a better avenue to post my music monday songs?  I feel like there has to be a better option than youtube.

Hope you had a good Monday!

The House that Built Me

I guess some of you may be wondering what Miranda Lambert's "The House that Built Me" have to do with our big announcement.

To be honest, not really that much!  Except that the house that built Miranda was in Lindale, Texas.  Which is where Clayton and I will be moving this month!

Clayton's amazing skills landed him a job with 99.9 KMOO!!  Radio is Clayton's passion and he is so excited to be back in the business.  He will be the morning news anchor, while co-hosting the show with Cindy and Mike.  So be sure to tune in to www.kmoo.com from 6am-10am Monday-Friday to hear my handsome husband dish out East Texas news!

KMOO is a country format which is why I've been feeling a little country lately on my Music Mondays :) We will probably be moving to Mineola where the station is located...Mineola is about 15 minutes north of Lindale and 30 minutes north of Tyler.  With a population of a little over 5000 it is a much smaller town than our big city of Dallas but we are really excited!  How many married couples get to start a whole new adventure after 6 months of marriage?!

Follow us on our adventure to see where it takes us!!

Music Monday: Issue 7

I realize I haven't posted since Monday last week :-/ But I have some excuses, I happen to think they are pretty good too. Without too many details (the excuses deserve their own posts!) our laptop was destroyed, work was busy (well maybe this one doesn't deserve it's own post) and Clayton and I have embarked on a huge new adventure!!
I wanted to share this song with you because it has some significance to our adventure....

Any guesses as to what our adventure could be?! Or any guess as to why the song is significant?

Music Monday: Issue 6

I've been feeling a little country over the last week or so.....



Hope you enjoy :)

Mattison's Messy Moment Version 2

Mattion actually did this about a month ago, but I was looking through pictures on my camera and remembered....

 The day she tore up her dog bed....into 4 MILLION pieces!!!  I used the vaccuum cleaner to clean it up and the entire mess filled the canister 5 times.  She was in trouble!

Look at her back there!!

I guess we were lucky....that could have been OUR bed...or couch!!  Hopefully none of y'all have had your bed or couch destroyed like that, but I've heard it happens...Anyone have puppy horror stories?  Please share!  It would make me feel much better :)  Have a great weekend!








Music Monday: Issue 5

For today's musical treat I wanted to take you back, way back, like I was in the 4th grade back!



Random but hopefully enjoyable :)

Haev a good rest of your Monday!!

For my niece

I had some free time last weekend while Clayton was working and the crafting bug bit me :) I love it when that happens!  So I sat down with some fabric and went to town on some baby headbands...they might be a little big, but I made them so they could be adjusted to her head once she arrives.  But little baby girl is also in the 97th percentile of height/weight and my sister is almost 22 weeks so she could be a pretty good size little baby.  By the way, my sister is completely freaked out by the fact that her baby is "huge" but the doctor says it is nothing to worry about for now, that she will probably even out towards the end of the pregnancy. 

Fabric combined with tulle we used for my wedding veil :)

And of course I couldn't have all this cuteness around without making one for myself...I think it is pretty cute but I haven't worn it since this day so it has been sitting in my purse for a while but it is still in great shape so luckily they can take a pretty good beating without getting ruined!

What do you think?  They were easy to make and I think they are adorable...I can't wait to see her wear one, even if it is just for 2 minutes!  Anyone else made a headband?  I suggest it to anyone who hasn't!

Mattison's Messy Moment

Mattison is a great puppy, but she is just that....a puppy!  So occasionally she get into things and makes a huge mess.  Thought I'd share some of her messy moments.  This is one of the worst messes, I think because it directly affected me....see below my favorite pair of shoes...

Yes, she ate the complete top off of the shoe on the right. 

So long shoes...We had a few good times, especially our rehearsal dinner. 

We really do try and make sure everything is out of her little puppy reach, but she is sneaky and fast!!  We'll be back with more of Mattison's messes.

Music Monday: Issue 4

It's Monday, again.  So here I am coming at you with another great song :)

Clayton introduced me to this band when we first starting dating...it took me a few times of listening to their album before it hit me, but all of a sudden I was in love!



Once you have fully soaked in the greatness that is Ghostland Observatory "The Band Marches On" check out some of their other songs, you won't be disappointed!

Dad's Birthday

 My Dad celebrated his 53rd birthday last week...Happy Birthday again, Dad!  And his absolute favorite dessert is Banana Caramel Pie.  My cousin made it on a whim one year and he fell, hard, in love :) Since then I have taken over the pie making duties and this year was no different.  I had every intention on taking pictures of my ingredients and step by step process, but I forgot :-/  So I will give you a run down of everything using google images!

Ingredients:
Pie crust - I go the easy route and use the premade ones
 
2-3 bananas

Can of sweetened condensed milk

Cool whip


2 heath bars


Directions:
1. Boil a pot of water.
2. Remove the label from the can of sweetened condensed milk and boil in pot for 3 hours.  Continue to keep an eye on the water level and make sure there is always enough water in the pot to completely cover the can.  Once can is "cooked" let the can sit and cool for about an hour or so.
3. Slice the bananas and lay in the bottom of your pie crust.
4. Your cooked can has turned into creamy dulce de leche, pour on top of your bananas.
5. Top your bananas and dulce de leche (caramel) with cool whip.
6. Crush heath bar bits onto your cool whip and refrigerate.

And for the final product, which I didn't forget to take pictures of.....


mmmm...i love heath bar



And there you have it!  I also made 6 mini pies this year for Clayton and he has requested that this be his birthday tradition also!  I've heard it is a great tasting pie although I will never know thanks to a banana allergy.  Has anyone else ever had "cooked can" dulce de leche?  I thought my cousin was crazy when she told me about it!

My sister is having a.......

baby GIRL!

She found out last week and I have been dreaming of pink frillyness ever since!  I want to make my adorable little niece headbands and tu-tu's and baby leg warmers :)

Source

And I am going to throw her a baby shower in January so I finally can start thinking of themes and decorations and invitations!  Just like planning a wedding, on a much smaller, cuter scale!  So far all the direction my sister has given me is she wants pink and yellow m&m's...I think I can oblige!

Anyone have any cute baby shower theme ideas?  Excited to be gaining a precious niece or nephew?

What's in a name?

I work for a company that utilizes large maps of Texas for their everyday functions.  I was "studying" aka pretending to know what I was looking at, one of the maps the other day and noticed a common theme.  Texas is divided into 254 counties and a lot of those counties are great baby names!  Now, Clayton and I aren't in the market for a baby just yet, but I couldn't help but think of all the great names right there on the map. 

*Anderson
Andrews
*Angelina
Aransas
*Archer
*Armstrong
Atascosa
*Austin - Cute little boy name
*Bailey
Bandera
Bastrop
Baylor
Bee
Bell
Bexar
Blanco
Borden
Bosque
Bowie
Brazoria
Brazos
Brewster
*Briscoe
*Brooks - LOVE this!!  But sadly, this name was vetoed...maybe I'll have a nephew named Brooks, I can dream, right?!
Brown
Burleson
Burnet
Caldwell
Calhoun
Callahan
*Cameron - my Godson is named Cameron, well one of my three Godsons :) Adorable name
Camp
*Carson
Cass
Castro
Chambers
Cherokee
Childress
*Clay - Clayton cannot stand being called this!!!!  Understandably.
Cochran
Coke
Coleman
*Collin
Collingsworth
Colorado
Comal
Comanche
Concho
Cooke
Coryell
Cottle
Crane
*Crockett - I have actually met a little boy with this name, ha!
*Crosby - Name of one of the Parenthood characters
Culberson
Dallam
*Dallas
*Dawson - Dawson's Creek?  Haha, no, I could never take anyone seriously named Dawson.
Deaf Smith
Delta
Denton
*DeWitt - Know some with the name DeWitt...very Texas.
Dickens
Dimmit
Donley
Duval
Eastland
Ector
Edwards
Ellis
El Paso
Erath
Falls
Fannin
Fayette
Fisher
Floyd
Foard
Fort Bend
*Franklin
Freestone
Frio
Gaines
Galveston
Garza
Gillespie
Glasscock
Goliad
Gonzales
*Gray
*Grayson - *SWOON* Yet another that has been vetoed.
*Gregg
Grimes
Guadalupe
Hale
Hall
Hamilton
Hansford
Hardeman


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Hardin

Harris

*Harrison

Hartley

Haskell

Hays

Hemphill

Henderson

Hidalgo

Hill

Hockley

Hood

Hopkins
Houston
Howard
Hudspeth
Hunt
Hutchinson
Irion
*Jack
*Jackson - I like this, but so does apparently everyone else
*Jasper
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Johnson
Jones
Karnes Kaufman
*Kendall
*Kenedy - Love last names that can be used as first names
*Kent
Kerr
Kimble
King
Kinney
Kleberg
Knox
Lamar
Lamb
Lampasas
La Salle
Lavaca
*Lee
*Leon
Liberty
Limestone
Lipscomb
Live Oak
Llano
Loving
Lubbock
*Lynn
*Madison - Our puupy's name, just spelled differently!
*Marion
*Martin
*Mason
Matagorda
Maverick
McCulloch
McLennan
McMullen
Medina
Menard
Midland
Milam
Mills
*Mitchell
Montague
Montgomery
Moore
Morris
Motley
Nacogdoches
Navarro
Newton
*Nolan
Nueces
Ochiltree
Oldham
Orange
Palo Pinto
Panola
*Parker
Parmer
Pecos
Polk
Potter
Presidio
Rains
*Randall
Reagan Real
Red River
Reeves
Refugio
Roberts
Robertson
Rockwall
Runnels
Rusk
Sabine
San Augustine
San Jacinto
San Patricio
San Saba
Schleicher
Scurry
Shackelford
*Shelby
Sherman
Smith
Somervell
Starr
Stephens
Sterling
Stonewall
Sutton
Swisher
Tarrant
*Taylor - Used to love this as a girls name, but I think I like it more as a boys name now
Terrell
*Terry
Throckmorton
*Titus
Tom Green
*Travis
Trinity
*Tyler
Upshur
Upton
Uvalde
Val Verde
Van Zandt
*Victoria
*Walker
Waller
Ward
Washington
Webb
Wharton
Wheeler
Wichita
Wilbarger
Willacy
Williamson
*Wilson
Winkler
Wise
*Wood - Knew someone named Woods
Yoakum
Young
Zapata
Zavala

* = Possible names, not necessarily my choice :)

Site where I found the listing of all Texas counties....http://www.texascounties4u.org/

So there we have it, name inspiration can be found almost anywhere!  And there is one on this list that we both ADORE, but we've decided we aren't going to share names until we actually have a little bundle of joy in our arms...a few years from now.

Music Monday: Issue 3

Did you miss me last week?  You two crazy followers!  Well I'm back for another edition of Music Monday!!!

With what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday on Saturday I have been loving The Beatles!  Really though...that is a lie!  I could listen to The Beatles, all day, any day, regardless of whose birthday it might be :)  To pick just one Beatles song would be impossible and a shame so here are a few of my favorites.











Blackbird is one of the most meaningful songs The Beatles ever recorded.  Fact.  So I will leave you with this picture of my Dad and I dancing to it on my wedding day.

Smooch

I just wanted to post one of the best pictures from our wedding day.  I want to do an entire wedding post or posts but haven't organized everythig enough yet. 

You can't see our entire bridal party in this elevator shot, but really this pic is all about my sister in law, E, off to the right hand side!  Our photographers (amazing!  seriously...check them out http://www.sixpenceweddings.com/) told Clayton and I to kiss and I guess E thought they meant everyone.....

PRICELESS :)

Happy Friday Everyone!

Furbabies' Moment

I'd like to introduce you to our furbabies.  They will be mentioned often on the blog so you should be able to place a name to a pretty little face :)

Our first furbaby is Turco.   I was with a friend at a petstore in October of 2004, just looking, and this kitten with the biggest kitten eyes you ever have seen was starring back at us. He was 100% an impulse buy.  I do not suggest this to anyone, but I am so glad I did!  He was $70, but the lady at the petstore gave me his sob story, "He was the only male kitten in the litter and all his sisters were adopted so quickly.  He doesn't like being taken out of the cage, so he turns people off with his crying, but he is the sweetest kitten ever."  To top it off she loaded me up with cat food, cat littler, litter box, toys and treats FOR FREE...just for adopting him!

Turco, also known as Turk, Turkey, fat cat, and mountain lion. (Just a few days after coming home)

Turco got his name from my friends boyfriend, I wasn't coming up with anything I liked and he was a huge hockey fan and suggested Turco, after former Dallas Star goalie, Marty Turco.  It was better than anything I had come up with!  He is the laziest, fattest (he weighs 18 lbs.) cat I've ever seen, but I love him!  He is such a snuggly, lovey cat.  When Clayton and I first started dating it took Clayton a long time to warm up to Turk, but now he sees how awesome he truly is!

Our second furbaby is Jake.  I had wanted a dog (why at 19 I thought I needed/wanted a dog and cat are still beyond me...I would also not suggest adopting pets until you are 100% on your own....still I don't regret adopting either of them!) but I wanted to make sure I got my puppy while Turco was still little so they would get along.  I went to the SPCA in May 2005 and picked out the cutest puppy ever!!

Jake also known as Jakey, Jakers, Swamp fox, Snip, Snake, Jakey Bo Bakey

Jakey did not have an easy beginning though.  I adopted him on Saturday and by Wednesday he was in the overnight ER vet.  I found out he had parvovirus.  Parvo is a deadly disease, causing Jake not to eat or drink.  Typically parvo puppies dies of dehydration.  He was at the vet for 5 days...they treated him with an iv to keep fluids in him and by the fourth day he had regained enough strength to bark at the vet technicians and chew through his iv.  Jake and I were EXTREMELY lucky...Please please make sure to get your puppy vaccinated!!!  And just because you've adopted a dog who supposedly has had their vaccinations, take them to your vet and get them a checkup, at the minimum.

Jakey is now almost 6 and the greatest dog.  He loves to swim in the creek, lake or anything natural, but won't even get near a pool...we've tried!  He will lay with you on the couch or walk 2 miles around the park.  He is just so easy going plus incredibly cute!

Our third and FINAL furbaby is Mattison.  My in-laws had been thinking about getting a puppy for some time and finally decided in February of this year that it was time.  They knew they wanted an australian shepherd as the dog Clayton had growing up was an aussie mix.  They went to look at the puppies and came home with not one, but two!!  We were all so surprised!

Me playing with Mattison (left) and Rowen (right) the day they came home

They were 7 weeks old and the cutest little furry things ever!  Once they were a little bigger we started taking Jake over to play.  They both really looked up to Jake, literally, haha!  But Rowen would follow him and mimick whatever Jake was doing and Mattison was happy to watch from a distance.  Fast forward to the middle of August, Mattison and Rowen have grown....quite a bit....



And were getting into A LOT of trouble.  Imagine two 50+ pound PUPPIES in the mud :)  My in-laws made an extremely tough decision to give them up for adoption.  Well, my sister in law and her husband really wanted Rowen, and we loved little Mattison so we all decided it would be best for the four of us to adopt them.  We were a little nervous how Jake would handle having a puppy in the house but luckily they are thick as thieves.



We were so lucky to have Mattison come into our lives so smoothly and now we can't imagine not having her around!!  She is still a handful as any almost 9 month old puppy would be, but she is so sweet-she loves laying in your lap (it doesn't last too long though as she is soon off to find something else to do).  We can't wait to start frisbee and agility classes with her in January.

         Mattison, also known as Mattie, MatPat, Fattie Mattie, & Mattie bo battie

I just love her freckles...too cute! 

So those are our furbabies, sorry some of the picture quality is bad, camera phones :-/ We have a little zoo, but we really wouldn't have it any other way!  How about you?  Do you have a pet or two?! 



Tough Realization

I probably should have come to this conclusion a long time ago.  But I just wasn't ready to give up on it, not quite yet.  But two weekends ago, it happened.....I realized I am too old to be shopping in the juniors department.  *sigh*

I have started to realize this over time, I just didn't want it to be true.  Juniors prices are so much better than women's!!  So Clayton and I had a wedding to attend and I needed a dress!  I was browsing online on Friday (yes, the day before the wedding...the shame!) but nothing in the junior section really seemed appropriate for a "grown up" party.  And I am a grown up, right?!  So I decided I'd just have to go to the store and see what they had...great idea!!!  Uhm, yeah not!!!!

I got to big department store at about 2:00 on Saturday.  Started browsing through the dress section, of the juniors, grabbed a few hopefuls and headed to the dressing room.  Where I had to wait in a 15 minute line because of coure no one should EVER go shopping for dresses, in the junior section, in September aka HOMECOMING SEASON *face palm*  And it was during my 15 minute wait that really drilled home the fact that I am too old to be shopping in the junior section...it went a little like this...
Mom of TEENAGER looking for homecoming dress: "Oh!  That's a pretty dress!! (pointing to one in my hands) What school do you go to?"
Me: stumbling over words..."Oh, no!  Haha, I am not in high school.  I'm 25...and married!"
Mom: "Oh, that's nice."
Me: Turning bright red....LIGHTBULB turning on above head.

Of course I had already waited 15 minutes so when my turn came, I went into the dressing room, tried on and absolutely hated all of the dresses I had picked out.  Surprise surprise, I look like I'm 15 when wearing a junior girls dress.

So I succumbed and went shopping in the women's section...hey, not so bad!  Ouch, minus the price.  Well, I understood that a nice dress was going to cost me a little more than a juniors dress, but it would be worth it.  And I can wear it more than once
http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=477945&CategoryID=26513

...I had learned a lesson and managed to get out of there with a super cute dress for $50!!!!!!!!!!!!  Yep, I had somehow found a great dress for less than I would have paid for for a juniors dress that made me look 15, SCORE!!!!!

Anyone else come to the realization they are too old for the juniors department?  Been mistaken for a high school homecomer?  Please tell me I'm not the only one!!

Music Monday Issue 2

All weekend Clayton and I have been singing this week's song.  Clayton introduced me to it so this is his fault :)




Enjoy!  Oh and you learn something new everyday, right? 
Well thanks to our friend James, drummer extraordinaire (seriously check out http://www.myspace.com/mattboggsband/music and http://www.myspace.com/rigbyrock to check out some songs James has been involved in), I was made aware that Gnarls Barkley isn't a real person but a collaboration of Cee Lo Green and Danger Mouse...So now you know!

Family Moments

Family is a HUGE deal to Clayton and I.  We both come from what I consider to be normal sized families who are spread out all over the country.  We were extremely blessed to have almost everyone in attendance at our May wedding.  It was the first time Clayton met some of my family and the first time I met some of his.

You know that feeling when you meet someone for the first time, and you know the two of you have a special bond?  That bond could be friendship, admiration for each other, love, respect or anything in between.  It's a bond that happens, not because it "has" to, but because it just did. 

I want to introduce you to Clayton's cousin, L-man.  L-man is 13 and the sweetest kid you'll ever meet.  His family doesn't live in Texas, so my first time to meet him was Thursday before our wedding.  *Instant bond* I was told L was shy, and I saw that in him, but not with me.  Immediately he was showing me their "awesome" rental car and we were talking about movies like we had always known each other!  Since it was the wedding weekend and there was so much going on I didn't get to spend much more time with L.  But there sitting in my facebook inbox, on a horrible Monday morning, 4 months after our wedding, was this message...

"hi maria,

I'm glad you are my cousin. I hope you are having fun with Mattison."

The sweetest message I've ever received!  It turned my day completely around...I called Clayton in tears (good tears) to tell him just how cool I thought it was.  It is such a great feeling to know that you made just as much of an impression on someone as they have made on you.  I guess that's the best we can hope for isn't it?!

L-man with my sister-in-law E

Anyone else have a special bond they are thankful for?  Or received sweet messages that completely turned your Monday around?!

Music Monday Issue 1

So Mondays are rough days...for everyone.  Thought I'd make Monday a little more fun...okay okay not FUN, but a tad more enjoyable maybe?

I love music so why not share the song I've been really into...and I am actually ashamed of my choice for today, but I just can't help it!!



There's just something about this song that I LOVE...Next week I promise not to be so "hit list" and share something different!  I've already got something in mind :)

First Moment

My first blog post...wow!  I found my first blog in October of 2009.  Clayton and I were recently engaged and I was googling for some wedding inspiration when I ran across weddingbee.com.  I started following all the engagement and wedding stories daily, it was an addiction!  Soon after I found more blogs that interested me and now my google reader is full of amazing blogs and growing almost daily :)

Since October I had thought about starting my own blog, I just wasn't confident enough.  Every blog I read has amazing writers and I didn't want to have a blog that couldn't live up to my own expectations.  Fast forward a year later and here I am, blogging...Will it live up to my expectations?  Hopefully someday, but for now I am content to just write.  Oh yes and kick myself for not starting this sooner!

I am a wife, sister, daughter, pet parent, niece, granddaughter, and soon to be aunt!  I plan to post about daily life in all of my roles and everything that comes with it!  Thanks for reading!