Fat Tuesday

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. Most of you know that I try to give up chocolate/sweets each year for Lent and this year is no exception. I hope to actually succeed this year and make it through the next 40 days without sweets. But that is tomorrow….today is Fat Tuesday so let the indulgence begin.

professional pictures

They have arrived. There are so many beautiful pictures that capture the magic of our wedding day. It is hard to pick my favorites because I love them all. Here are just a few for your viewing pleasure!

The dress

The hair

My beautiful ladies

Brother and sister shot

What handsome men

The women

Luke and the ladies

The wedding party

Sibling love

My handsome man

Maybe my favorite picture of all. Group shot!

back to my roots

About once a year (typically during the winter) I grow tired of my highlights and opt for a dark look instead. This past Friday when I went in to get my hair did, I was SOOO done with my highlights! So, we went dark.

Before

After


I'm sure I'll grow tired of the dark in a few months and slowly start adding back highlights, but for now I'm loving my dark do.

my latest addiction

I recently joined Pinterest and now understand what all the hype is about. This website is amazing. Maybe too amazing, I just might need a pintervention real soon.

Some confessions:

• So glad I didn’t know about this site when I was planning a wedding. To think of the time I would have spent searching for ideas and inspiration is just scary.
• Pinterest makes me want to have children just so I can dress them up and do all the cute crafty things I see on there. Probably not the best reason to have a child…
• I am not a crafty person at all, but this site makes me want to run to Michael’s and a scrap yard and start DIY-ing all day long!
• No matter what mood I’m in or what sort of day I’m having, Pinterest makes me feel so happy.
• I get really excited when I see someone repinned my pin.
• I’m often torn between the fitness inspiration and delicious looking high cal food/desserts. I’ll pin “get fit in 30 days” and then immediately pin a recipe I have to try like “homemade peanut butter chocolate balls” or “oreo covered chocolate chip cookies.”
• I’m pretty sure Pinterest is making me a more interesting and stylish person.

Do you pinterest?

trees

This past weekend we had someone come out to the house and cut down two trees on the property. Both of these trees were leaning a bit too close to the rental units and Luke decided it was probably best to just cut them down before they did any serious damage to someone or something. It was quite a show watching the tree guy do his thing. He was like a squirrel the way he maneuvered around the trees, dropping limbs one by one as he made his way to the top and then cut down the trunk of the trees in pieces. Luke’s parents came over and we all pitched in making fast work of cleaning up the brush and organizing the wood. We even put Luke’s new toy, I mean tool, to work!

Luke and Greg watching the show

Tree man hard at work

Down she comes

Firewood anyone?