Show Us Your Life ~ Wedding Dress

One of the blogs I like to follow is Kelly's Korner. She's been doing a tour of homes each Friday, whiech sadly I wasn't able to participate in, because we were still in the process of building our home. But it was a great way to look at rooms and get ideas! And you will all get a look at our new home soon. We are almost done, and having a housewarming party this weekend, so I'll post more pictures after that...I don't want to give too much away too soon! :-)

Anyways, she finished with tour of homes and has moved on to Show Us Your Life, so I thought it would be fun to participate this week...This week is show us your wedding dress.

The first time I saw my wedding dress was before my husband and I were even engaged. I was with my roommates in college shopping for one of their wedding gowns and our bridesmaid dresses, and we walked in the store and on a mannequin, there it was. It took my breath away! "That's my wedding dress, " I said. "Really? They said, "Try it on." I refused to try it on then, but several months down the road when we got engaged, it remained on my mind. I went to many different places to look and tried on countless gowns, but in the end, this one still one my heart. All my friends and family said it looked just like me.

I found my dress at David's Bridal, it was part of the Oleg Cassini collection, who actually designed much of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's wardrobe while she was in the White House!

I loved it the first day I saw it, the day I tried it on, the day I wore it down the aisle to marry my best friend, and still today...To me it was elegant, classic, and timeless!

Full Length

Close up of the front

I took my bridal portraits at Bass Hall, this is on the balcony where my husband proposed!

Back of the dress

Our Wedding Day...I wore a cathedral length veil for the ceremony.

Bustled during the reception

To check out more Show Us Your Life Wedding Dress Blogs go to Kelly's Korner! Enjoy!

We're In!

It's been awhile, but we have been very busy moving, unpacking, painting, and spending some wonderful time with family!

On June 23rd we spent our 2nd Anniversary in our 4th night in our new home! It was so special! We decided to take the day off and slept in and then went to dinner that night at Morton's Steakhouse in Dallas. It's in the basement of an office building right across from Dealy Plaza. This is the same wonderful restaurant we went to in San Antonio last year. The service is amazing and the food melts in your mouth! Everyone who came to our table wished us a happy anniversary, and when they brought out desert they brought out a lit sparkler!

We spent the fourth of July with family. Friday night we went to Addison Kaboom town and sat right under some awesome fireworks. Saturday we had dinner and went swimming with my family and then went with our niece and nephews to watch the fireworks...They were so excited to see all the different colors!

We are almost done unpacking...The only room that's completely done is the kitchen, so I decided to post pictures of it...More to come soon, we're getting close in many ofther rooms.

Looking in from the entryway

TX Tech Plates!

Jason's grandparents gave us this for a wedding present...

Short but Sweet

Well, like the title says, this will be short...We closed on our house today! Yea! It was so exciting to got our keys and walk in our new home. It still doesn't feel totally real yet. We're not moving until Saturday, so I think it will feel more real then, when we actually spend our first night there. We have been so blessed and are so thankful for God's provision and blessing which led us to this place! When we walked in we walked around a minute or two, and then took a moment to pray and thank the Lord for all the experiences and memories He has taught us and given us in the past two years, and all that was to come in our new home! Thank you Jesus!

It will probably be a while until my next post...We are both taking next week off to paint and unpack! We will also be celebrating our 2nd anniversary! We will spend our 3rd night in our new home together...We are planning to relax on Tuesday and spend some true quality time together. We decided to return to Morton's again, this time in Dallas though, for dinner to celebrate...I'm sure we won't be dissapointed!

So before I go, because I'm not sure when I'll post again I thought I'd leave you with these...

Our Wedding Day ~ June 23, 2007

1st Anniversary ~ June 23, 2008

Morton's Steakhouse ~ San Antonio, TX

June 18, 2009 ~ Closed on our New Home!

My Top 10

I was feeling a little sentimental during my last post, however, I am super excited about being in our new house...I think it feels a little surreal this week that the house is actually done. It was fun picking everything out, and seeing it go up...I can't believe this will actually be our new home in less than a week!

As I was beginning to pack I started thinking about what I am most excited about...So for fun I thought I'd post a top ten list of the top 10 things I am most excited about with our new house! (They aren't in any particular order...)

1. Our Kitchen...It is probably 3+ times the size of our little galley kitchen in our apartment and has probably 6x the cabinet and pantry space! We will actually get to use some of our wedding presents that we have never used before...haha!
2. Garden Tub in our Master Bathroom...I am looking forward to coming home from a long day and soaking in that!
3. Master Closet...Although we have a large closet for an apartment, It's so big, I can't wait!
4. Backyard...It will be so nice to have a place to relax and hang out!
5. Dining room...We will be restaining our dining room table which was my grandmother's and painting some of our other dining room furniture...I am going to try to crackle faux finish our china cabinet...I'll let you know how it turns out!
6. Guest Bedroom...We can have guests stay with us now! Book early...LOL j/k!
7. New couch and loveseat...We haven't been able to entertain that much b/c our apartment is so small and we only have one couch...Now we can have people over!
8. Painting...We weren't able to paint our apartment, and I am so excited to see how some of our accent walls turn out throughout the house!
9. Location ~ Both Jason and I will only be 10 minutes from work!
10. Using all my creative juices to decorate our new house to make it a HOME! I can't wait to see everything come together!

You're Gonna Miss This...

Well I survived officer camp for another year...I've been in Dallas with my new JV Officers for next years team the past few days...They did well, learned a lot, and I am very proud of them!

We stayed at a wonderful hotel, that I wouldn't mind going back to for a Anniversary, etc...The Hilton Dallas Rockwall...It's right on Lake Ray Hubbard, beautiful, amazing service, and I think would be very relaxing without the craziness and pressure of officer camp! haha!





It was a little crazy last night with all the bad storms in the Metroplex...The tornado sirens went off and we had to wait in a service hallway for about 40 minutes for the worst of the storm to pass...The whole back of the hotel is windows and there was very strong winds coming off the lake...Talk about thanking the Lord for timing...My girls had just finished their evaluation for the night...I am thankful we got it over with so their nerves weren't so affected!

I came home to empty walls...Jason started taking down all our pictures and decorations while I was gone to pack them...It is so crazy to think this time next week we will have closed on our 1st home! I desperately need to get to packing! Although I'm elated to be moving into our new house, I'm a little sad to take everything down leave our apartment...It was our first home together and we have so many wonderful times and memories together here...all of our first holidays together, etc. This has truly been an amazing home for us to make our life together!

I remember our 1st night here together when we came back from our honeymoon...We only had our bed, our luggage, and our wedding gifts which my parents delivered! We sat in the floor and opened gifts! haha!

I was driving the other day and heard a song by Trace Adkins "You're Gonna Miss This"...

She was staring out the window of that SUV
Complaining, saying "I can't wait to turn 18"
She said "I'll make my own money, and I'll make my own rules"
Mamma put the car in park out there in front of the school
Then she kissed her head and said "I was just like you"

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

Before she knows it she's a brand new bride
In a one-bedroom apartment, and her daddy stops by
He tells her "It's a nice place"
She says "It'll do for now"
Starts talking about babies and buying a house
Daddy shakes his head and says "Baby, just slow down"

Cause you're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

Five years later there's a plumber workin' on the water heater
Dog's barkin', phone's ringin'
One kid's cryin', one kid's screamin'
She keeps apologizin'
He says "They don't bother me.
I've got 2 babies of my own.
One's 36, one's 23.
Huh, it's hard to believe, but ...

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this"

I think so often we get wrapped up in the future these days we don't take time to appreciate the gifts of today...The next two weeks will mark us closing and moving into our first house as well as our 2nd anniversary! I am so so thankful for the amazing life we've been blessed with this past two years! We've had so many awesome times together from our honeymoon to our first apartment, Christmas, Anniversary, etc. I know that these are days that I will miss and cherish for the rest of my life! :-)

What's in a name?

One of my cousins posted this link on facebook, and out of curiosity I tried it out...

http://www.howmanyofme.com/

It tells you haw many people have your first and last name each, and how many have both in the US. I don't know how accurate it is, but it sure is weird to think about...I actually figured their would be more people with both my first and last name.

First Name
There are 102,701 people in the U.S. with yuor first name.
Statistically the 523rd most popular first name.
89.55 percent of people with your first name are female.

Last Name
There are 24,526 people in the U.S. with your last name.
Statistically the 1454th most popular last name.

Full Name
There are 8 people in the U.S. with both your first and last name.

I tried my maiden name and there were only 3 people in the US with both my first name and my maiden name...Guess I was more original then! haha!

My name is fairly common because although my parent's didn't know this at the time, it was becoming popular right when they chose it for me. It is still very special to me though, because my first name was actually my mother's maiden name, and my middle name sounds somewhat like part of her first name! Someday when we have kids, if we have a little girl, we are going to pass on my first name as her middle name to keep it going!

May Day!

Well it has been a while, and this won't be a long post...but I always feel guilty when I got to read every one's updates, so I thought I'd drop a quick line...

The house is coming along well...almost done! We went through and did the first walk through and they are doing cleaning and touch up work now. They installed the carpet and had a cleaning crew come through. The house looks amazing. I am in awe that we will be living there in 3 weeks!

We haven't started packing, and I am getting more anxious as to how we are going to pull this off each day! I have 3 days of school left, so I am trying to get all my grades in. I'll have the weekend to relax and start packing, and then next week I take my officers to camp for 3 days in Dallas. Our final walk through will be next Friday. We have a dance convention at the school the next weekend, and then we start open studio Monday -Thursday for 2 hours a day, and we close on that Thursday. Whew...prayers would be much appreciated for the next few weeks.

My JV Team had an end of the year celebration last Friday and I enjoyed it so much! I am so proud to see them going on to Varsity! It was very meaningful to hear how much they had enjoyed the year, learned, grown, etc. At the end the girls circled up and said a prayer led by one of my officers, and it was such a sweet joy to hear them lifting up their praises to God! Although my job requires many long hours, and heartache/stress at times, I am thankful for where I am, and in knowing I am where God has called me to be during this season of my life! It is bittersweet to see our seniors on the Varsity team graduate this week! I will miss them dearly!


Here's a few pictures from the party...


My team



Cake...The girls all wanted to eat the piece with their name on it! haha!

Here's a few of our house...Please pardon the blue tape marks...That shows them where they need to go back and touch up stuff.

They stained the front door, so the outside is done!


Looking at the front door from the inside...And the tile! Please don't judge the light fixture...It wasn't the one we picked out and we're changing it because we find it offensive...LOL!



Carpet in the Living Room