September 1st, 2018

Happy 30th Birthday to Jon & Jess! Jess's birthday is on the 6th while Jon's is on the 9th, so my aunt threw them both a dual party today. :)

August 30th, 2018

So we wanted two tables for the back wall in the dining room and for beneath the TV in the living room, but instead of going out and buying some Mike went and made some...he still continues to amaze and impress me on the daily with his talents!

August 26th, 2018

Today we finished up painting another wall and also started to decorate the dining room! We’ve had this plan to make a kind of collage of all kinds of older photos and antique items.

So far, we hung up photos of all of our grandparents in the adorable window-frame we got from my Auntie Renee and Uncle Bob at our Bridal BBQ. 😊 In the "happily ever after" frame (which was a gift from Jess from our BBQ!), we plan to hang a photo from Mike’s parents’ wedding, a photo from my parents’ wedding, and an upcoming photo from our wedding. Right now it has filer photos, but it’s going to look so cute!!

The two picture frames came from that antique shop we visited while in Wisconsin. We covered the back of one with some fabric (inside content to be determined), while the other we plan to leave open and hang some baby photos of Mike & I in!

We plan to add more still, but this is certainly a great start! I cannot wait to see how it turns out in the end. I so love decorating our home together! 💕

August 25th, 2018

FoamGlow 5k with the ( l i g h t ) of my life! 🧡💚💡 My shin splints were acting up pretty badly during our run, but we still finished with a great time and had tons of fun! 😄

August 24th, 2018

Mike gave the boys their "groomsman boxes" tonight during Zack’s 20th birthday celebrations! He was SO excited back in December that he rather abruptly asked them all to be in our wedding party during our engagement party...without any cute gifts to go alongside the request. 😂 But the gifts finally came. 😉 We couldn’t think of three other people we’d rather have by our sides on our big day! Love all of these guys right there!! 🖤

August 21st, 2018

"It seems to me, we have a lot of story left to tell." —Walt Disney ºoº

So Disney discontinued their "just engaged" and "just married" buttons awhile back, instead creating a general "happily ever after" button to emcompass all relationship-type things. However, being the diehard Disney geek that I am, I just had to get my hands on one! Thankfully, I found a vintage Disney shop online that sells discontinued items from the parks! They just so happened to have a handful of "just engaged" pins left, so I ordered one for us to add to our collection! 💕

August 20th, 2018

My sweet little cousin has slept with her elephant every night since she got it from us.

August 19th, 2018

 

August 18th, 2018 *

All of the decorations were beautifully prepared and assembled by my amazing parents, aunt, and brothers. The colors are our wedding colors (purple & gold). My spectacular aunt also prepared an adorable fruit arrangement (in addition to all of the delicious pastries she made)! My wonderful co-maid of honor Jess arranged all of the stunning flower centerpieces! My incredibly thoughtful dad had the canvas on the mantle printed and customized with one of my all-time favorite lyrics. The scrumptious food was catered by one of my favorite authentic Italian places in town: Mama D’s. Everything turned out so lovely and had that fairytale-feel. I am so thankful for all of the generous people in our lives who made our party so special! ☺️💕

First off we have the absolutely AMAZING sweets table, prepared 100% by my amazing Auntie Jan! She baked heart-shaped sugar cookies, brownies, Oreo cream smears, cake pops, and a beautiful sheet cake.

My lovely Godmother Auntie Renee prepared my favorite cupcakes.

My gorgeous friend Fran brought the CUTEST cookies ever from the bakery she works at! Wedding, Disney, and dinosaur-themed cookies...could it really get any better? 😍

Today during the party we officially got our ring bearer! We asked Mike’s cousin Kolten to be apart of our big day and he said yes! We couldn’t have picked anyone more perfect and we are so excited to have this handsome little man helping to make our wedding day even more special! ♥️💍🎩

And we have our flower girl too! When we asked my sweet cousin Aria to be our flower girl she dropped her gifts, stared at us open-mouthed, and then gave us the biggest hugs ever. We are so excited to have this beautiful little girl joining in the celebrations! ♥️💐👗

We also asked both of our aunts to "help us tie the knot" and do the readings during our ceremony! My Auntie Jan and Mike’s Aunt Mary have been two of the most loving, supportive people of us since day one. They continue to shower us with love and constantly remind us how excited they are for November 10th! We are so thankful for them both and are thrilled that they said yes!! ♥️💒

Thankful for an amazingly generous, supportive, & loving family. 💜💛💜💛

August 17th, 2018

Charlie and I are SO EXCITED for the party tomorrow!! 🤩🤩🤩