Rainbows

It was kind of rainy yesterday. In the evening it's usually pretty bright out on a good day. Yesterday, it decided to get really dark out of nowhere and I had to actually turn the light on in the living room.

Then it got bright again.

A little bit later, part of the sky was dark and just a little line was really bright.

Kind of weird.

But I did get to see a rainbow. And when I was admiring it and snapping some shots, I noticed there was another rainbow forming to the right of it.

These pictures don't do what they sky looked like justice. Not even the rainbows.

Which brings me to the fact that I need want a new camera.

But that's a whole 'nother issue in itself. :-)

See the line of lightness right above the trees? Now imagine it a little bit darker outside, above that. That's what it really looked like.

I just thought this was a neat picture. The darkness with a bit of the rainbow.

Ode to my Bridesmaids

I thought that since it is getting closer and closer to our wedding day (can you believe half of the time has gone by between our engagement date and our wedding date?!) that I would do a little tribute to my bridesmaids.

Here goes...

Jessica and I met, well I'm not quite sure when. We officially became friends around 6th grade. Jessica and I spent many a nights on blow up beds, sleeping in school rooms. We traveled to quite a few states together with our youth group attending Group Workcamps where we would help fix up peoples houses that were less fortunate or too old to do it themselves. As teenagers, we spent many days sitting around her kitchen table just hanging out and talking. These reasons and so many more are why Jessica is my Maid of Honor.

Dawn and I were apparently in the same class in 1st grade...although I don't necesarily recall, we had some unkind words shared. We became the best of friends during 5th grade and were pretty much inseperable. I remember calling her throughout our junior high years for any tiny little thing, every couple of minutes.

Jenny and I didn't meet until I came home from ISU. I went back to work at the salon and she was working there. I'm not quite sure how our friendship blossomed, but it was a match made in heaven. We are very similar kinds of people which is helpful in so many ways. I would do anything for her and know she would do the same for me. Jenny is getting married just a few months after us and it makes it kind of fun being able to plan a wedding with your friend.

Stacey is my soon-to-be sister-in-law and I wouldn't ask for a different sil if I had to. Since the first time I met her, I have just felt so comfortable around her. She has the nicest soul and it seems she never gets mad or upset. She is a sister and a friend and I am so glad that I can call her family.

Katie and I have known eachother since maybe middle school. We had a mutual friend, but never necesarily hung out, unless you count the Little Miss Mundelein Paegent! We then went on to highschool and middle schools meshed together and Katie became one of my good friends. I love her for always speaking her mind. Plus, she likes me make me drink more than I should...haha! :-) I remember fun lunch breaks during highschool, walking over to Katie's house to hang out.

All of these girls hold a special place in my heart. I wish I could have 10 bridesmaids so that I could put all the women near and dear to me in my wedding party. I look forward to our wedding day for obvious reasons and I am just so grateful that these women accepted the invitation to support me and share our day with us. I love you guys!

Easy Week...

I don't have much for you today. This week is going to be a nice and easy week.

I get to work un-normal hours at work this week...which is SO welcomed! I'll actually have an evening, rather than getting home from work, eating dinner, trying to wind down and going to bed.

We did get new bikes, so we're going to go for a bikeride tonight after we eat dinner. I'll try to take some pics, give me something exciting to post on the blog! ha!

Other than that, I'm kind of happy to lay low this week. I am going on Thursday to figure out flowers for our centerpieces at the wedding. That should be fun!

Happy Monday...I hope you all have a great week!!!

Weekend Round Up

I'm gonna warn you right now...

This is a long one!

We had a nice long weekend. It was full of fun, summertime things. I don't know why, but it didn't feel quite like summer until this weekend. The 4th of July just brings back fun summertime memories.

Here are some fun things we did this weekend...

Taste of Chicago

On Friday, the 4th, we went down to the Taste of Chicago. It was so beautiful out, we had a perfect day! We went down with my future brother in laws and their significant others. We met their step sister and her husband down there and another friend and his girlfriend. We ate some yummy food, listened to some good music and had a couple drinks. It was a good day!



Ryan and I took the train down. It was a fun ride. There were mobs of people though. Looks like everyone decided to take public transportation...

Getting off of the train was a wreck! There were just mobs of people not moving. It was horrible. Once we got to the end, there were wide open spaces...come on people!?!

Sisters and a friend...

The three brothers

Barbeque Saturday

Saturday we went over to Ryan's moms and had a bbq. Again...some more yummy food (that's what the fourth is all about, right?!)!!!

Me and little C (isn't he so darn cute?!)

The three boys again...they just can't get enough of the camera?! ha!

R and Me (or I or whatever...)

Independance Day Parade

Today we went to the 4th of July parade with my mom. Ava (the niecey) was in the parade, riding her decorated bike with our church. She was so cute, but it was SO hot out in the sun. We were literally sitting there sweating bullets. It was fun...though I did get a little sunburnt.

Me mum, me and R

Ryan works with the guy towards the left (the one with the white hat). We took a couple of pictures of him, just in case he wants them. :-)

God Bless America

Look at all those horses, they must have been dying in the heat!

Mr. and Mrs. America?!

There's Ava and Grandpa...he kept going, she decided to stay with us and watch the parade!

Cutie!

There's the Pastor, riding in the parade for St. Andrews

We also got new bikes over the weekend. We have yet to ride them. We were going to go for a ride tonight, but after sitting outside all day at the parade (and doing nothing else, really) we are exhausted! I literally feel like I could fall over. I'll sleep good tonight!

I'm heading to bed soon...I get to work the early hours this week at work, woo hoo! It does stink a little bit that I have to wake up so early, at least I get off early!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Happy Fourth!

Happy 4th of July!!!

We're off to the Taste of Chicago to sit out in the sun, have a few drinks, eat some yummy food and watch the Old 97s.

Hope you have a fabulous Independance Day!!!

Where in the world...

I was just looking to see where in the world you are reading from...yes you...if you're out there! ha!

I saw this over at this blog...you should go check her out, great blog!

I thought this would be fun...so please, go on, fill it out!

Fourth of July Haircut

Luckily, we are both off of work today...it's so nice! We've been running errands and getting some stuff done that we had to.

Mason got a haircut today and in honor of the 4th of July, he got a red and white starred hankerchief.

We gave him a little photoshoot when we got home from picking him up.

He looks so tiny now.

Conspiracies

I found this blog through my Google Reader (oh yeah, did I mention I Google Reader now?! I totally do!). It's actually kind of funny. It has a bunch of odd, bizarre, funny, hilarious posts on it. You should check it out.


Anywho...there was a post on there that I had seen before. It was very interesting. I am one for coincidences, conspiracies, etc if you will.


So, without further ado...

The Lincoln-Kennedy Coincidence

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.


Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.



Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.



Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head



Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln ’s secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy’s Secretary was named Lincoln .


Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.


Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln , was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.


John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln , was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.


Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.


Lincoln was shot at the theater named ‘Ford.’
Kennedy was shot in a car called ‘ Lincoln ‘ made by ‘Ford.’


Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.


Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here’s the kicker…


A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.



Kind of makes you think...doesn't it?!

W is for WEDDING!

Now, I normally don't do this.

Writing about particulars regarding the wedding, that is.

I don't do it because I kind of want it to be special and I want it to be more of a surprise when people arrive/attend the wedding. I don't want everyone to know exactly what is going on before it even happens.

BUT...I got these really cute cards for a REALLY good price. If I don't use them, I don't use them, but I thought what the heck?! We are going to use them as our place cards for seating at the reception. I'm going to put the name on the top center/right side and put the table number inside the hearts. I think they are SO cute!!!

The bells don't exactly ring all too loudly, but the thought it there!

I'm going to take them apart though. I want to laminate them and switch out the white ribbon for black...our colors are black and red...exciting I know! ha! I'm a big fan of black and it's a winter wedding...and it's our wedding, so technically we can do whatever we want! :-)

Soon to be Matron of Honor

As I've mentioned before, my good friend Jenny is getting married shortly after Ryan and I. Their wedding is in May and I will be her Matron of Honor...I love saying that, since I will be a married woman by then!

I am so excited for her wedding and I can't wait for it to come. It will be a great time!

The happy couple

As a token of appreciation and saying yes to being in her wedding, Jenny got me this book. I just love it! She knows that I love the Chicken Soup books...she must have seen my vast collection...and thought I would love this! She was dead on! She even wrote a sweet little note in there to me!

Thank you Jenny!!!

The Hills

I honestly cannot tell you how much I love to hate this show, these girls, whatever!

I used to watch the show religously, recording it on Monday nights in case I missed it. Then, within the last season I just stopped. I stopped because every single time that I watched it, the girls would make me so mad! I don't even necesarily know why...

I think it was, for one, the way the editing is done. You know, where it makes the girls on that show look like idiots and like they do not know how to communicate, but to stare at eachother only and make weird facial expressions. You know what I'm talking about?!

And every time I see them on things (i.e. the new commerical with Brody and Lauren) I never want to watch/use the items they are using. It's like I don't want to promote anything they are doing.

I don't hate them, I just don't think that they did anything to deserve the fame they have.

They were on Laguna Beach. They aren't actors.

That's all...

New blog design

So I realize I don't have Photoshop...



Some day, I will and I will have an awesome blog design!



In the meantime, I have purchased some Blogwear from Shabbyprincess and made this. I was on the computer Friday night from, oh about 9:30 pm until 1:00am screwing around with it!

I kind of wanted it to have a clean/plain look...that's why it's white and has no color...what do you think?

I've been a bad blogger...

I've been absent from blogging...I haven't had much to say...but I'm baaaack!

I had a really good weekend this past weekend. On Saturday I went with my friend Jenny and her friend April to try on some bridesmaid dresses and wedding dresses for her upcoming wedding in May of 2009 (I'll be her matron of honor...since I'll be a married woman by then!). We went to House of Brides and then went out to lunch at Maggianos...mmm!

For some reason, I was just worn out after that! I had to get home before 4:00pm to go meet a police officer to get my goods back...back from when THAT incident happened...

After that, me and Ryan just lazed about the rest of the day....aside from our 8:00pm grocery shopping trip that we made. I like those, they are the fun ones!

Sunday was a day of rest and a day of doing absolutely NOTHING! Those are my favorite kind of days!

Monday was back to work...but not to worry, it is a short week...I'm off on Thursday and Friday! Woo hoo!

We'll be going to the Taste of Chicago on Friday the 4th...it's been kind of a tradition the past couple of years, hope we get nice weather!

A pretty giveaway

Go HERE to enter a give away for a cute monogrammed bag like this. And be sure to check out their new store website as well...super cute goodies over there!

House guest

We have had the pleasure of having a little houseguest this week. Tonight will be our last night with her...

Which is kind of bittersweet. I have not had a night of full, uninterupted sleep in the past 3 nights. I said to Ryan, what am I going to do when we have our own baby and I have to wake up in the middle of the night?! Hopefully we have one of those really good babies that sleeps for like 12 hours over night.

I'm sure just because I said that, I'm going to get cursed with a child that wakes up 100 times per night!

Oh well...it's been fun and I'm sure we'll miss her once she's gone.





Ava...our little niecey

This is at bedtime last night. She said that she didn't get to say goodnight to Mason last night. So, we called him into the room and he happily obliged to giving her some wet kisses and cuddling with her. Until she smothered him too much and he got a little annoyed...common occurence! :-)

He's so cute with her though. He loves to lick her dirty little face! Just kidding...not really! I can't wait to have the place to ourselves tomorrow...