2nd Anniversary!!

Happy 2nd Anniversary to the love of my life, my best friend, the father of my unborn son and my other half.

I cannot wait to see where we are in 1 year, 10 years, 20 years and even 50-60 years from now! As long as you're by my side, we'll be alright :-)

January 7th, 2009

Holy crap ladies!  I cannot believe I missed my One year blogiversary! (or however you spell it!)  It came and went without a thought!

Back then, I had no idea what I was going to write or even why I was starting a blog in the first place.  Hubby thought I was crazy and I figured nobody would care what I had to say.

However; there are some of you out there that really do care!  Some of you who comment on every post and brighten my day!  Some of you who have even helped me out along the way! I've met people who live in other states, I've only dreamed of visiting and people who live in my very own state!  I've even met one blogger , recently, who seems like my long lost sister!  We have so much in common, it's scary! 

I have to say that I've been presently surprised by the blog world.  I have found answers to questions I've had, been corrected on some things I thought I knew, learned some great recipes and even made some new friends along the way!

So thank you to those of you who have chosen to follow me on this journey! I hope I have not disappointed you!  I'm hoping that 2010 brings so much more than 2009 ever thought of bringing!  So, sit back and relax, 2010 is going to be an amazing ride!

Happy Friday everyone!

P.S.  Don't forget to enter my giveaway!!   you have until 5:00pm CST Sunday February 7th, 2010.

2 years ago today

This man asked me to be his wife :-)

 With this ring:

I said yes :-)

 And I couldn't be happier :-)

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful in-laws!!!

Guys!  I'm a horrible daughter-in-law, I had this post sitting in my "edit posts" section wanting to post it on their actual anniversary on 11/2/09, but I didn't!!!  I'm very sorry!!! So, without further adue:

Happy 30th Anniversary to the best in-laws a girl could ask for!!! :-) 

Here they are at our wedding, dancing the night away!

A picture of the whole family

At a wedding in Wisconsin

These people welcomed me into their lives with open arms.  I couldn't have asked for better in-laws.  They are amazing people and I hope to someday live closer to them so we can see them more often.  I hope you both enjoyed your 30th anniversary and I can't wait until we're celebrating our 31st and you're celebrating your 60th! :-)

Our Anniversary Weekend

This weekend was perfect!  It gave us time to relax and just enjoy each others company without any distractions!  Before I tell you more about our weekend, let me catch you up to speed.

It was my husbands job to plan parts of this weekend because I planned most of our wedding.  Let's just say that he didn't disappoint. I cannot believe that we have been married for over a year now!  It just seems so odd.  Does that mean we are no longer newlyweds?  How long are you newlyweds??  Anyway, without further-a due, let me tell you about our Anniversary Weekend!

Friday:

We both took off today so that we could use this as a travel day.  We headed to my hometown to drop off our puppy at my parents, then went out for Mexican food with my mom.  Then we were on our way to Wisconsin to spend the night with my in-laws.  We went out for dinner that night with my in-laws, my brother in-law and his girlfriend.  It was so nice for everyone to get together for a change.  It doesn't happen very often.  After talking for about an hour after dinner, we called it a night.

Saturday:

We got to sleep in, which was amazing!  We woke up to spend some more time with my in-laws and had breakfast, which was delicious!  After breakfast, we spent a few more hours just hanging out before we decided to get on the road.  We arrived in Gurnee, IL around 2:30ish.  Jesse took me shopping at Gurnee Mills, which if you haven't been there before is a HUGE mall.  It took us about 4 hours to walk one direction in the mall and we only stopped at about 10 stores.  After shopping till we dropped, we headed back to our hotel to check in and get settled.  Jesse booked us a 2 night stay at Key Lime Cove Waterpark resort.  It was so fun!  Our hotel had it's own whirlpool and when we walked into the room, there was a dozen red roses waiting for me! :-) Yes, mr engineer himself got me the most impractical gift for our anniversary because he knew that I would enjoy it so much! I loved my flowers!  We then got ready for dinner and headed to a Japanese Steakhouse (sorry no pics).  Apparently, when its the slow season for 6 Flags, everything else is slow because we were the only ones at the restaurant!  It was delicious though and our cook was hilarious.  We went back to the hotel room to enjoy our whirlpool and a bottle of wine.  It was fabulous!

Sunday:

We slept in, went to Cracker Barrel for a delicious breakfast and then back to our hotel room to hang out.  We then ventured to the water park at our hotel, which was not as fun as we thought, but very cool for younger kids.  We then went to our hotel room to get some more use out of our relaxing Jacuzzi.  After relaxing, we got ready and went to The Rainforest Cafe for a light lunch before heading to 6 Flags Great America's Fright Fest.  We had so much fun going on all of the rides.  The best part was, the longest we waited in line was about 5 minuets!  We got to go on every ride we wanted to, went through a haunted forest and just spent some quality time together.  We also got a caricature done which was pretty fun.

Hubby playing an intense game at Cracker Barrel!

Our drawing and my beautiful flowers.  If you look closely, hubby put our rings in the picture too! :-)

Monday:

We headed back home today.  What a wonderful weekend.  I couldn't have imagined it better myself.  My husband did a great job with the surprises and we were just able to relax and spend some quality time together.  Thanks Jesse, for making this 1st Anniversary amazing!!! I love you! :-)

We're back!

Well, we're back from our weekend!  I'm busy putting things away and getting organized.  I will be back later this week with a post about our anniversary weekend and I do have pictures to include! 

I also have to show the surprise that was waiting for me at my door upon our return!  Stay tuned!  Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!!

Happy Anniversary!!

Today is our 1st Anniversary!  I cannot explain how quickly this last year has flown by!  It's incredible.

I once heard the quote: " I hope the day you get married is the day you love each other the least".  I thought this was very powerful and o so true!  Your wedding day is and should be the most important day of your lives (obviously until children come, maybe or maybe not.). 

Each and every day when my husband comes home from a long day at work and he kisses me hello, it reminds me just how lucky I am to have found the true love of my life, my best friend, my companion, my soul mate, my partner in crime, my wonderfully, lovable, generous, forgiving, honest, hardworking, amazing husband!

I've decided to make a list of things of 10 things that my husband does that I love:
1)  He never leaves the house in the morning without coming back into our bedroom to kiss me goodbye.
2)  He always comes home happy (no matter what kind of day he had)
3)  He always kisses me hello and goodbye everytime he comes home or leaves.
4)  He always wants my opinion on everything he does, whether he thinks I understand it or not (engineers!)
5)  He would rather show me anyday how much he loves me than speak the words.  He once told me that actions speak louder than words and why shouldn't it apply to love?
6)  He knows how much it means everytime he says those three little words to me, so he does say them
7)  He knows I usually cal, e-mail or text him once during the day while we are at work.  If I don't, he finds it odd and calls, e-mails or texts me.
8)  He would rather stay at home with me and cuddle up to a movie than go out, any day.
9)  He is goofy and will do anything to get me to laugh.
10) He loves me regardless of my flaws.

With that being said, here are a few wedding pictures none of you have seen:

Jesse~  Thank you for all that you do.  Marriage takes work, compromise, and love, none of which are lacking from our relationship.  I never knew I would be so lucky as to have found you and to have fallen in love with you. My life would not be complete without you and I am so thankful that you are in my life.  I cannot wait to celebrate many more years with you by my side as my one and only, my husband.  I love you more than the day we got married and tomorrow, I will love you even more.  XOXO

What day is it?

It's Friday!

Today I am thinking about all sorts of things (I'll share those at a later date)...

Mostly about this weekend!  You all know, I am not actually posting this today, but I have scheduled it to post in my absense.  I wanted to give you a sneak peak of where we will be spending our first anniversary!  We will be staying here, in a whirlpool suite!  I'm not sure of many  more details yet, as my hubby has planned those.  I'm sure I will not be disappointed! 

I do know that we will also be checking this out, because after all, one of our first dates was to a haunted house, just 3 years ago!!  (If you click on the link, beware that it does look kind of creepy!)

I will be back to post next week about our fun-filled anniversary weekend!! :-) Have a great weekend everyone!

Alright crazy blogger friends!

192 new posts to read.... That's going to take me awhile!  Please forgive me if I cannot comment on everything you've written in the past few days, I'm a bit behind on my Google reader.  

On an unrelated note, I can't wait to share with you what we're doing for our 1st Anniversary, coming up on October 4th!!  (or the weekend of I suppose)  Hubby was in charge of planning the weekend since I planned most of the wedding.  I'll let you all know how it goes and what he had up his sleeve!  I cannot wait to find out my surprise.  He knows he can get me just by saying the word surprise and then egging me on to ask questions about it.  The suspense just kills me!  Ahh Only another week & 1/2 until I get to find out!!

Happy 31st Wedding Anniversary Mom & Dad!!

My amazing parents are celebrating their 31st wedding anniversary today!  My brother & I could not have asked for better parents to show us how a real marriage is supposed to work!  I'm sure they have had their fair share of ups and downs, but they've persevered through it all!  This picture is from one of my best friends' weddings this past May.  We are such a good looking family, aren't we?  (I know, I'm a bit biased!)

 So, Happy 31st Anniversary to the best parents we could have ever asked for!!

We love you!

September Goals

It's a good thing I have all of you to remind me to do this each month! I'm terrible at remembering things like that! Seriously, I might as well be 80 with the memory I have sometimes! So, here goes nothing!

September & October are my favorite months. I've decided to post my goals for the next two months instead of just one, that way I have more time to complete them! (yes, that is cheating, I know!)

1) Buy a new (to us) car

2) Continue to buy a few Christmas gifts just to get a head start

3) Celebrate my mom's 50th!!!

4) Celebrate my parents 31st Wedding Anniversary! (How cool is that??)

5) Prepare for my friend, Pammy's visit in Sept!

6) Bake a pie (I have NEVER EVER done this before)- Any suggestions??

7) Get our gutters/downspouts/soffits replaced (which means we'll be poor for the next year because of it)

8) Get plenty of quotes for said gutters/downspouts/soffits so that we aren't ripped off!

9) Keep up on classwork since this is the hardest class of my program. Research & Stats, yuck!

10) Go on a mini-vacation with my Hubby for our 1st Anniversary! We're actually (don't make fun), going to Chicago and we're going to go to 6 Flags when they have their fright fest. Our first official date was to a haunted house, so we thought what a better way to celebrate the last year! We're staying for 3-4 days and on our actual anniversary (Oct. 4th) we're going to have a romantic dinner at some restaurant in Chicago and rent a hotel suite :-) I'm pretty excited!

11) Participate and help at our Big Brothers Big Sisters Annual Bowl For Kids Sake

12) Visit my In-laws and take care of their pets so that they can go up to a bed & breakfast (that we purchased for them as a thank you at our Rehearsal dinner)

13) (Last but not least) Workout 4-5 times a week and take my multivitamins daily!! O, and take time to enjoy the leaves turning in our backyard, buy pumpkins to carve and drink hot apple cider from a local orchard!

Yeah, it's a long list, but I think it's pretty doable for these next two months. Maybe I'll make November & December a bit harder! What are your fall goals??