A Week Off

We both have the week off this week and it has been nice spending time together! Besides a sick puppy (post to come) we have spent the past couple days in our pjs, lounging around, watching episodes of Friday Night Lights on Netflicks. Ohh how I miss that show.

Hannah was in town for Christmas so Jules had the girls over to hang out on Monday. It was so nice to see her and finally meet her boyfriend Brooks. We tried to go bowling but they ran out of lanes so we headed down to Barley’s for a few drinks.

We were lucky enough to have our good friend Dustin stay with us on Tuesday so Brian could take him to the airport the next day. Dustin gets so tickled by the things Brian does or the college stories he tells. He has a laugh that just makes everyone else laugh which made for a fun evening out. Addie and Eric came up and Julianna joined us for Taco Tuesday. We planned to go bowling but once again it was packed. We headed down to Power Play and had a ball. We were just going to bowl but when we walked in and saw everything they had we decided to play Lazer Tag and ride the Go Karts!

It was a night full of fun and non-stop laughing! After a few cocktails their love for each other showed a little more! Haha!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas flew by but we had such a fun time spending it with our friends and family! Friday, the Ziegler/ Zimmerman clan invited us over for dinner and then a carriage ride around Potwin to see the Christmas lights. Brian had to work but I wasn’t going to miss out on this! It was a fun ride with a great group of people.

Later that night Addie and I headed over to the Snook’s house for a many reunion. I met Brian there and it was so great to see everyone. It felt like we were still in high school or maybe we just acted that way!

Christmas Eve was spent with the McNeil side! Yummy breakfast followed by lunch, presents and then our favorite Chicken and Noodles for dinner! We were stuffed! We got some great gifts and ended the night with the tradition of singing Christmas Carols!

Christmas morning we woke up at my parent’s house. Everyone wanted to sleep in but Brian was too eager to see what Santa had brought! We enjoyed another yummy breakfast and then headed back to KC to celebrate with The Foths & Auntie M. My Aunt Amy is super creative and used our baby pictures as our gift tags this year. What did our parents put us in back then?!? Enjoyed a good dinner, got great gifts, and had a blast playing Pictionary on the Wii. We headed back home and was asleep when our heads hit the pillows! It was a wonderful weekend but we were exhausted!

Hoping you all had a wonderful Christmas as well!

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Photobooth Tradition

We were lucky enough to have a photobooth at our wedding thanks to my Daddio! To look back at all the fun our guests had and the special notes they left us is such a wonderful keepsake. We decided we would carry on the tradition each year to have something to look back on. Who knows maybe by Year 4 there might be another little addition to our picture! :-)

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An Anniversary to Remember

It’s hard for me to believe our special day was 2 years ago. It honestly feels like it was yesterday that I was walking down the aisle to meet my handsome groom. After all those months of planning your wedding day is here and gone. But I’m so thankful for the beautiful day we had and how gorgeous everything was.

This year I thought it would be fun to have a remake of our wedding dinner. Of course I waited till the last minute to get everything I needed so I had to go out in the cold rainy weather which sucked. Way to be a procrastinator!

Got home around 4, rushed around to set the table, take a shower and start on the food. Running behind it is now 6….table set, salad made, potatoes boiling on the stove, chicken cooking, shower taken….time to get dressed. Finished blow drying my hair and BAM….. power out. Not just our apartment but like the whole neighbor in the dark. Once again I’m not prepared. No clue where the flash light is….lighter out…. This is a girl left with frizzy hair, no make-up on, food on the stove, sitting in the dark….It was an anniversary to remember.

Hubs came home with beautiful flowers just like we had at our wedding. We waited around till 7:30 threw on comfy clothes and a hat and hit up Cheddars for a yummy dinner! Power was on by the time we got home so we popped some bubbly and enjoyed our wedding video.

We saved dinner for the next day which again was a total bust. It may look good but it wasn't. Let’s just say we will be going out from now on! Thanks for all the wonderful cards and wishes. Can’t wait for the many more years to come!

Year Two.

Two years ago today, I married the love of my life. Each year keeps getting better and better!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Kate and her friends had their annual Holiday Baking Party yesterday. About a month ago Julia had emailed me asking if Brian would like to play Santa. I thought he would for sure say no but I was wrong. There has been a lot of Ho! Ho! Ho-ing in our house as he wanted to be perfect for the kids.

He did a great job and the kids were super surprised. He was expecting the kids to just run up to him so he wasn’t quite sure what to say when they just stared at him. Everyone loosened up after awhile and enjoyed their fun treats Santa brought them.

What a good sport he was and what a great Uncle he is! Even the big kids wanted to sit on Santa’s lap.

Santa’s exit was pretty funny as he just walked right on outside! I think he got a few stares from the neighbors.

Jayden’s gifts from Aunt Lane & Uncle Pudge came early since we won’t see him on Christmas. He loved his Tractor Ornament and showed off his baby brother’s blanket. He loves Hot Wheels so what wouldn’t be more perfect then a Hot Wheel’s bath toy. He loved it and wanted to take a bath right away.

His Mama even sent me this picture of him on the drive home. He told his Mom he would be in the bath for 2 hours and after an hour I heard he was still in there! What a sweetie! I’m bummed I didn’t get a picture of Evan with his penguin ornament but he was happy to show me the sign for penguin after he hung it on the tree!

Monogram Ornaments

I found this idea out in Blog World and now can’t seem to find the source. But it was a cute idea someone was making as favors for her guests. I thought it was a cute, inexpensive and thoughtful gift especially for my newlywed friends. I made one for Trent & Shannon and Emily & Bryan but plan to make more for the Clothier ornament exchange.

All you need is:
*A box of Ornaments mine were 50% off at Hobby Lobby
*1 Large Rhinestone Letter & 1 Sheet of Letters in the Scrapbooking Section. (Make sure you take your coupons)
*Ribbon

*No glue needed as these are stickers and seal to the ornament.

They turned out super cute and my friends loved them!