While the Husband was away.....

Last weekend my Husband went to Greenbay to the Packers game with my Dad and Brother Bryan.  We've never spent New Years Eve together.  I know it's not a huge deal but it's one of those things where you want to kiss the love of your life! :)

I was busy doing many things while he was gone including make a couple little crafts!

I made this I love you Because.... frame for our bathroom!  I've already written him a couple of messages.  It's fun because he gets up before me in the mornings so it's fun for him to read before work!
It's super easy to make.  Our bathroom is pretty simple but we have green and hounds-tooth towels for pops of fun.
I just got a frame I had, hounds-tooth paper and covered it with a soft green velum.  I copied the words on to the velum.  Then I used twill and just rolled the flowers and hot glued them on.  It seriously took me maybe 30minutes.

Next I used aluminum foil and covered the wooden "K"  I'm not sure where I'm going to put it yet. It's currently sitting on our dresser waiting for direction.
For this I bought the K at Hobby Lobby.  I then put it face down on the foil to see how much I would need.  Then I put mod podge on the front of the letter and pressed the foil down.  Then I just turned up the edges.  This was  little hard because it wanted to rip.  I made sure you couldn't see most of the wood on the sides.  After I mod podged it on I just ran black paint over it for a subtle effect and to cover the areas where the wood was showing through!  EASY!

One of my new goals this year is to craft more!  I've gotta decide what my next project will be!

A Little Recap and a Fresh New Year!

It's so crazy to me that 2011 is OVER! It was a crazy whirlwind year and has come and gone so quickly.  As I was writing my new years resolutions for this next year I was thinking about all that has happened in 2011! I've been really bad at blogging so I'll do a quick recap!

January.
We got baby Millie and I turned 25! 25 seemed like a blah age to me but it turned out to be a fantastic year! Millie is an energetic 1 year old Yellow Lab that keeps me on my toes!  She may drive me nuts and leave yellow hair all over my house but I wouldn't trade her for anything!
Brian and I also took our engagement pics on my birthday, right after we got Millie and this was our first family picture!

February.
Brian officially moved to OKC which meant no more driving back and forth to Chickasha 4 times a week.  The new Pioneer Store opened on 39th and Council and it's doing great!

March.
March flew by and was mainly spent getting ready for our wedding.  We had multiple showers and parties and I spent my free time getting all of our gifts organized in to our house!

April.
WEDDING MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!  Even though I had to wait until the 29th I felt like this month flew by.  I kept a good countdown on my wall and work and because of all of my over time I was able to take two weeks off of work...it was wonderful.
Our wedding was so much fun and lots of friends and family came in from all over the USA.  We shared our wedding day with the Royal couple but I think ours was still the best.

May.
We spent the first week in May on our honeymoon in Mexico at the El Dorado Resort.  Seriously...go there.  We LOVED it.  May was busy with the wrap of school at SNU and learning to live with one another...which was a fun task!

June and July.
These months were spent like any other summer months.  We spent lots of time at the pool and at the lake and in the sun as much as possible.  I'm a sun baby...I can't get enough of it! It was also Brian's 24th birthday in June!
On a weekend trip to Ponca City we did a whole lot of fishing but I lost my pole in to the lake after a strong wind caught my chair and pole and threw it in to the water.  Brian saved the chair, but the pole....RIP.  We stayed in the city for the 4th of July (I haven't done that in years) and we watched the fireworks from up in a boom at Pioneer...talk about a great way to enjoy!

August.
Back to school meant busy times for me as always.  At the end of the August I was approached by the new Admissions Director to Switch positions to Admissions and Serve as the Special Events Coordinator/BFC Recruiter.  It took a little over a month and I made the switch in October...I LOVE by job!

September.
I can't really think of anything super exciting happening in September. Just the fair like always and lots of OU football games! I was wrapping up my job in Media Strategies and getting ready for my sweet niece to arrive.  You can see her sweet baby shower here.

October.
Busy.  That was this month.  I began my new job at the first of the month and it kept me crazy busy just trying to learn a whole new set of things...but like I said, LOVE it.
Brian's cousin Garrett had surgery on his legs and was in Children's Hospital for a few days.  I tweeted Kevin Durant and he came and surprised Garrett.  It was seriously the sweetest moment EVER and I really admire him for coming to visit.
My sweetie baby niece Lillie Raelyn was born on October 15th.  She has beautiful dark hair and chunky cheeks and I literally want to squeeze her every time I see her!

November.
My first big Event at SNU, College Days, was a huge success!
My brother was also crowned Homecoming King at SNU.  Such a fun weekend for my family.
Millie turned 1 on November 23rd.  We had a little party for her and I made some special cookies...she loved them.

December.
That bring us to where we just were.  December went by fast just like all the others.  We were busy with Christmas Parties and dividing Christmas between all of our families.  We're down 5 and still have 1 more to go!  We spent Christmas in Virginia with my dads family and I loved it as always!

2012.
So here we go on to a new year!  I've made a list of 12 things I'd like to do this year.  Some will be easier than others.  Some will take a few life adjustments but I know if I try had they can all be done.

1. Lose 20 Pounds.
(Even if you can't tell that's how much I've gained since my wedding.  Must. Get. It. Off.)
2. Read the Entire Bible.
3. Send Birthday Cards/Write more letters
4. Love Brian as much as a I can and be a good wife.
5. Try new recipes
6. Redecorate our Bedroom
7. Read more Books.
8. Do not let Laundry pike up.
9. Do more Crafts.
10. Spend more time outside.
11. Journal Everyday in my cute new journal.
12. Save More Money

I'm also going to try REALLY hard to Blog more this year...but with that list above when am I going to have time?

Happy New Year!!!

Fall Makes Me Happy!

I'm not sure why I love fall so much...most people do I guess but I always just feel so much happier and so much more content!  

This season is my favorite and here is why:

1. Cooler Weather!  I don't like COLD but this cooler than 100+ I can do!

2. Fall Colors!  Who does love yellows and oranges and deep purples?

3. Smells!  Every Autumn Harvest, Baked Apple Pie, Cinnamon Smell makes me just giddy!

4. Clothing!  I feel like there are 10 times more clothing options.  All you need is a light jacket.

5. Thanksgiving and Christmas are around the corner!  Who doesn't love these amazing holidays?

Future Child

Brian and I often talk about our future kids.  It's kinda fun to guess what we think they'll be like, what they'll look like and what they'll be interested in.

If it was up to me I'd have darling babies always dressed in Ralph Lauren, massive bows, bow ties and ruffles.  My husband on the other hand thinks that they should wear camo, play sports and learn to use a gun at the age of 4.

Brian as a little boy

And me!

Well today I came across this picture that just MELTED my heart!!  I think I'll be okay with little hunter babies one day! :)

How can you just not fall in love with how darling that picture is??!

Job Change!

After much prayer and thought and talking with my husband I am going to be making a job change!


On October 6th I will be making the move from Media Strategies as Media Coordinator to Admissions as Special Events Coordinator and Recruiter for BFC Students!


Serving as the Special Events Coordinator I am going to be able to use so many of my strengths and really really enjoy what I do everyday!


While the move is very bitter sweet I realize that I am just across campus and will still be working very closely with my MST friends!


Please pray for me as I make this transition!! :)

Guest Bedroom!

For the last couple months our guest bedroom has been a slow coming together process.  It took me forever to find bedding I just loved and took even longer to get to Ikea to buy a dresser so it wasn't just an empty room with a bed! It's simple, but I think it works well!!

I'm happy to say that I think this room is done....for now at least!  I need to get some cute cord covers and I may add a picture or something over the bed but for now....this is it!  I've really struggled to not go all out and buy fun things for the walls and more cute pillows but I know this will be our nursery one day....and it'll all change and I think I'd much rather wait and spend the money then!

Enjoy!

Millie wanted to be my room model.

Lillie is Coming!

In just 7 more weeks my sweet little niece Lillie will make her grand entrance in to this world!  I am excited beyond words!!  I can't wait to hug and squeeze and spoil this sweet little baby!

I wanted to throw my sister-in-law, Kaylee, a very fun and sweet shower she'd love.

Originally I was thinking I wanted to do polka dots and sweet baby things but Kaylee told me she was going to do the nursery in ladybugs and I knew right then that a shower with ladybugs it would be!

I started searching around for fun ideas and very quickly knew what I was going to do! Ladybugs are EVERYWHERE!  I don't know if I'm just more aware of them right now or if they are really popular but they're so easy to find!

The invitations were SO much fun to make.  They took some time, but lots of love went in to them!   

 Over the last few months I have spent so much money!!!  Brian told me I had to cut back after the shower because I was going to break us.  I just couldn't help it though!  Little girls clothes are SOOOOOO cute!!  I didn't get pictures of everything but here are just a few things!

This cute little air pillow came from Ikea!!!

I had these sweet outfits made by my friend Kathy! She does an AWESOME job!  Check her out on Facebook at Kaitley's Kloset

 

I made cute onesies to use for the mantle decorations!  I haven't finished sewing the letters down yet because I ran out of time but Kaylee will get these soon enough!  She even got some cute headbands with ladybugs to match!

Decorating the table was my favorite part!!!  I knew right away that I wanted to use ladybugs, a touch of pink, and a green table tutu!!  We don't have a big table at our house, just a bar height table so I decide to have a split level table and I think it turned out pretty cute!

 

Brian's cousin Kenzie is a cake making genius!  She came over on Friday night and we made the ladybug cupcakes!  It took FOREVER but I think they turned out SUPER darling!

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Maybe I'm some what biased but I think that writing cursive "L's" is the best letter to write! So therefore I think writing Lillie's name is super fun....just look at those fun loops!

This sweet sign is hanging above her bed!

Saturday was such a fun and special day and I'm so happy that I was able to put it all together!!  Love this sweet family that I'm a part of!

Now we just need Lillie to get here!!