Goodbye 2010 . . . Helloooo 2011!

Happy New Year everyone! I can't believe how fast this year went by and all the exciting things that had happened. Here's a little recap of what's been going on in our lives this past year. January: I bought my BLUE 2006 Hyundai Sonata. I absolutely love driving around in it! Also Matt and I bought a house in Overland Park, Ks! February: Matt started his new job at Burns & McDonnell as a Consultant...

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Holiday Centerpiece Ideas

Ok so it's been a couple of days since I posted my last blog, sorry! Since I skipped a few days and I promised I would try to come up with an inexpensive Holiday decorating idea or tip everyday til Christmas, i'll post a few today to make up time. :) I'm mainly focusing on centerpiece ideas. After I finished decorating our Christmas tree this year, I had a few...

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More Christmas Decor :)

I can't believe it's December 2nd already! Today is also my mom's birthday, Happy Birthday Mom! I love you! So I have had a lot of free time lately and I have been able to clean and decorate the house. I just wanted to share what I made yesterday after reading Modern Jane's blog. It's a free and easy way to decorate for Christmas, all you need is a color printer,...

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Engagement Photos!!

There here!! I received our engagement pictures in the mail yesterday and I love all of them! It was very hard to choose my favorites because they all looked soo good! I also was just way too excited and I already started designing my save the date and it's pretty much finished (even though I won't be sending those out for at least 2 more months!). Well as I...

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Christmas Decorating

It's that time of year again! When I was growing up one of my favorite things to do was help my mom put up the Christmas tree and decorate it while watching a holiday movie and enjoying a cup of hot chocolate. Good memories! This year Matt and I finally have a place of our own to decorate for the holidays! We got our tree really cheap off of craigslist and my...

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Making progress . . .

So this past week has been pretty busy for us, last Friday Matt and I got our engagement pictures taken. We did a lot of nature ones at Shawnee Mission Park & then went to the Plaza to get some urban shots. I can NOT WAIT until we get them! Our photographer is talented and amazing and soo much fun to work with, I have no worries about our wedding pictures...

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Pumpkin Carvings

 Matt and I decided to get out of the house and go to the Johnson Farm Pumpkin Patch just south of Kansas City yesterday. After we looked through all the pumpkins and made sure that we found the perfect ones, we went straight home to carve them. I prepped the table as Matt searched for stencils online. Eventually he found one he loved and went straight...

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Before & Afters

Ok well here goes my fist ever blog post. Matt and I have been updating the house that we moved into in March and I thought I would share our progress so far. While I was fixing up the interior, Matt has been busy working on the outside, specifically the deck. He has power washed it, rebuilt the railings, sanded it down and stained it. It's taken him all summer...

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