Bachelorette Weekend

This weekend is my bachelorette party and I couldn't be more excited to get together with some of my best gals! We're doing a super low key drinks, dinner, hang out here in Frankfort, and that's exactly what I wanted. Something easy, fun, and local. I remember in my twenties when I thought I wanted to travel and do a whole weekend away for my bachelorette party. As I've gotten older, what I have realized is most important to me is having the ladies in my life that have helped me become who I am and are excited to celebrate Drew and my's marriage. And the best way to do that is to stay local.  Let's face it, I can't party like I used to. Or at all for that matter. And most of my friends have kids. So going out of town for some huge expensive blow out just isn't our style anymore. It would be totally dumb to spend a bunch of money on a hotel room and drive more than an hour when we're all going to fall asleep by 10:30 pm. Hee hee hee! So with that being said, I cannot thank my lovely matrons of honor enough for throwing this wonderful evening for me! It's exactly what the doctor ordered to help me enjoy some of the wedding planning process and an excuse to be really excited (like I need and excuse!) about the big day as it approaches. Check back for an recap next week sometime, and until then, here's some oldie-but-goodies pics over the years with just a few of my gals!

Wedding Update!

Y'all, we made a major "complete" check mark on our wedding checklist last night. I cannot tell you how relieved I am to finally be able to mark "choose readings and write the ceremony" off our to do list. This one was super stressing me out. I mean, almost everything about this wedding is stressing me out, but this is one thing that actually matters to me in the grand scheme of all things wedding. The words we hear and say to each other on June 11th are so incredibly important to us, and the part that I take most seriously. So, needless to say, choosing all the readings and whatnot was a major decision. There was a few debates and a bout of tears, but what we chose is exactly what we wanted and expresses exactly the message we want to incorporate into our lives and marriage. But word to the wise, don't do any wedding planning with your fiancee when you're hormonal and moody. (FYI, everything is good now. I need to chill.) We referred to this book a lot when searching for poems and quotes. Which was kind of annoying that we found almost everything we are using from one book. I bought 4. I really enjoy buying books...

{Buy it here if you're feelin' froggy! There's some great prose for lots of occasions in there.} Anyway, the point of this rambling mess of a post is that we are getting so close and wrapping up all the little details! Only 45 days to go!!!!! I cannot wait to become Drew's wife!  {Wife!?! Wow, sounds awesome and weird all at the same time!}

Soccer Star in the Making

Have I mentioned my future step-son is the next Pele? Not really, but we were over the moon excited for Silas to make three goals in his two games last week! None of us (parents and step-parents) are worried about his soccer abilities in terms of success, but it sure as hell was fun to see him get so incredibly excited after making his first goals of his soccer career! I thought he was going to burst from joy, which made me heart just about burst too!

Check out the live shots yourself! I might just be a smidge proud of him...

Kick Off

First Attempt

GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!

And the best part, the celebration!!!

Youth soccer is a hoot, and lucky for us the weather has been perfect for his past few games. It's fun to watch him finally get a bit more involved in the game. He loves it, and swears he's going to be famous now that he's in his third season of the sport. Outta of the mouths of babes, I tell ya!

Family Room Update

I think I figured out how to arrange the family room, finally!!!! Woo hoo! I know that this is not that exciting to ready about, but it has been at least 5 months of messing with this space. What do you guys think?

(Ugh, get out your real camera, lazy girl!)

Fashionista

Is anyone else as obsessed with embroidered clothes as I am these days???

I'm super digging this look, and I think I have everything in my closet to make it happen! Woohoo! I'm happy and my wallet is happy!

(Thanks for the pic, Pinterest! Also, I don't  know how to put in links on the mobile version of blogger.)

Any-who! Yay for fashion! What else is cute this season?

Decorating Disasters

I might as well just put up multiple pictures of my house for this post and call it a day. We're right in the middle of moving Drew's stuff in this week, and we're both worn out.
Not to mention being worn out, I am beyond over trying to decorate this massive house we bought. (Yeah, whine about your large house, lady. No one care.) The problem I'm having is trying to blend two very different decorating styles, on a budget, and with a color palette I'm not really use to.
Cool beach tones and grays have never really been my go to, but when we bought the house that's what was there. And we liked them a lot. We just didn't own anything that matched. So I've spent the last six months either recovering our existing furniture or buying new stuff. It's been mostly fun, but there is one space I cannot decide what I want.
Our family room chairs are making me crazy. Everything I end up putting in there either is the wrong size or the wrong shape. I just cannot get it right. And I'm driving Drew insane, to say the least.
So what do you guys think of this set up?

  (It's a dang mess up in here!)
Any help or tips? I am at the end of my design rope...

The weather outside is weather

Do you see that thermostat????? 81 degrees here in the good ole Bluegrass State!!!

Please excuse my blog abscence while I go frolic through fields of flowers in celebration! 

(Please let this be the end of winter.)