Will You Be My...Ring Bearer & Flower Girl?!?!

I was finally able to pop the first question and asked the ring bearer and one of the flower girls to be in our wedding. The look on their faces was PRICELESS!! I can't wait for Braden & Riley to be a part of our big day! :)

Boxes are ready!

Time to Open...

What is it going to be...

And they said...Y-E-S!!

Yay!! :)

Craft Wedding Project!

I found this adorable idea on Pinterest to ask my Bridesmaids, Flowergirl & Ring Bearer to be in our wedding. The pictures below say it all. "Now that I had the guestion popped. It is my turn to pop the question to you: Will you be my....?"

Phase 1 of the Project!

Supplies Ready...

Boxes are almost ready!

Bridesmaid...

Flowergirl...

Ring Bearer...

And they are Ready!



Now I hope they all say "Yes" just like I did! :)

Becker & Huddy Visit!

Becker & Huddy's parents had to go to a dinner tonight so we got to keep the cuties for the night! We had so much fun with them. Becker brought over tons of stuffed animals to join the party. And Hud loved anyone who held him, and some of the new toys at Gigi & Mark's house!

Beck & all his buddies!

Huddy Play Time!

Happy Huddy!

Fun times with these cuties!!:)

Happy Valentines Day Lovers! Xo!

Happy Valentine's Day! This year will be our 1st Valentine's Day ENGAGED!!! :) and 3rd Valentine's Day with J...which in ways seems amazing how could it be 3 years already!? And in other ways I feel like I have known him my whole life, because I can't imagine a day of my  life without him. Since the day J  winked and we started talking, we have not stopped talking. Whether it is though text, email or of course the old fashion way of actually calling each other...the conversation has been non-stop. One would think we would run out of things to say but nope, not at all... jsut more to talk about as the time goes on. Or we are at that comfortable level where we can drive in the car and just hold hands and not talk ( for a minute or two) and just smile at each other because the actions are doing all the talking! This Valentine's day we chose to have a low-key night together. I came home to beautiful roses on my table with a card. In return I had a card and "52 reason I love You" little craft I made J. We went to Asiana, our new favorite local Thai restaurant...which jsut happens to be be BYOB...so we picked up a bottle of wine and enjoyed the night alone just the two of us chatting the night away. What a special night! :) Looking forward to many special valentine's low-key nigths in the future!

Gorgeous Roses!

52 Reasons I Love You book...

Sweet dessert you got us to share!

Happy Valentines Day.... Looking forward to next Valentine's Day already! Xo!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!

On Sunday we celebrated my Mom's Birthday! The best part of the day was that Bri & Lizanne surprised mom by coming home to celebrate her special day! :) This really made the day complete to have all of us together!

We started out the morning with church, Dad made a big family breakfast and then we hit the bowling alley. For some good laughs, strikes, spares and of course family fun!



The Birthday Girl! :)

Mom's Big Bday Surprise! :)

 Kev & Mom

 Shan, Mom & Me

 Me & Mom

The Fam!

 Dad, Mom & Bri

Shan & Bren

Me & J

 

 Time to Hit the Lanes!

After bowling we headed home to make homemade personal pizzas. We started this tradition last year on mom's birthday to get tons of different topping and make our own pizzas, so I figured since it was such a hit why not do it again this year!

Pizza Time!

Cute Couple...

 Birthday Girl Decorates her Za...

 Melissa & Kev

After dinner we of course finished the big day with Bruster's Ice Cream Cake and presents in the family room with a big fire in the fireplace. I hope mom had as much fun on her Birthday as I know we all did!! :)

Present Time!

Make a Wish....

Happy Birthday Mom & many More!! :)

Cincinnati Beerfest 2012

Beerfest comes to town around the middle of February each year. SO we had a group of 16 mostly "college friends" we headed to dinner downtown and then to partake in the Beerfest festivites!

The Crew!

 The gals...

Red Carpet photo-op!



Fun times with Fabulous Friends! :)

SUPERBOWL XLVI in Indianapolis

This year the Superbowl came to Indy! So of course we had to par-take in all the Superbowl Festivities!!! Friday night my parents, brother Kev & his girlfriend Melissa came in town for the night. We went downtown to check out Superbowl Village. It was awesome but TOTALLY packed with people!!

J & Me

 Dad & Mom



Melissa & Kev

Dad, Mom, Kev & Me

J & Me before the Hennessy Superbowl Party!

Cailtin, Grenier, J & Me at the Party...

Party Time with DJ Rev Run!

Superbowl Village on Game Day!

Fun Times for Superbowl XLVI in Indy! Xo!

Destin Bound...Wedding Planning & Sunshine!

The Weekend was FINALLY here to visit Destin, and time for all our Wedding plans to become REAL!! :)

We took a flight Friday night at 7pm and were coming back on a 7am flight on Sunday...so we had 36-hours to see what all we could discover in Destin. The trip was a HUGE success!!! :)

We had meetings all day Saturday, but still found time for a walk on the beach, to drink a cocktail on the beach and of course to enjoy our gorgeous view from the hotel room balcony!

We met with:
- Lauren: the planner/resort coordinator
- Tori: Caterer
- Jeffery Patrick: Photographer

And then we finished the meetings with a sunset photoshoot on the beach. We had soo much fun during the photoshoot, CAN'T wait to see the proofs!

Before we knew it we were leavign the hotel at 5am to head to the airport. Goodbye Destin...looking SO VERY forward to being back in September (if not before then) for our BIG DAY!!!!! :)

Gorgeous Sunrise to Start the Day! :)

Beautiful Morning View off our Belcony

Beach Drinks!

The trip would not be complete with out some Brusters!

J & Me Toes in the Sand...

 After a crazy busy day we found the best Din spot: Cuvee Bistro, YUM!

Me and the Fishies!

J & the Fish...

AMAZING 36-Hour Destin Trip! Counting down the days until we are back again, hopefully for much longer next time! :)