Friday, July 24, 2009

Show us your life...wedding dress edition

Here is the picture we started with
She also made my veil as well
It was a one piece strapless with folded tulle and lace
and little silk and pearl flowers around the bottom of the skirt
She offered to make the bridesmaid dresses as well,
however I chose these from a local bridal store
I hope someday I'll have a daughter that will want to wear it on her wedding day




Today I decided to take part in Kelly's Korner Friday tradition of showing the blog world a little bit about yourself, your home, essentially your life. Today is Wedding Dresses!!! My grandmother made my wedding dress, I was so honored!! I found a picture online and then we went and picked out the fabric and the rest is history. She put a lot of hard work into it!
It was perfect, I'm forever grateful to her!

Monday, July 13, 2009

Back at Little Eden

Little Eden is a week....full of beauty
full of tubing
full of boat trips on the new family boat
full of minnow catching
full of fun long lasting memories that will last us forever!
It hasn't changed a bit





Monday, June 15, 2009

Sights of Sanibel (Mendoza Family Vacation)





Things you won't find on Sanibel: big neon signs, crazy spring breakers, or high-rises. Instead you'll find quite the the peaceful, family oriented, friendly island. With over 17 miles of beaches, 26 miles of bike trails (A.D. made it around the Island one day!) and one main street call periwinkle drive full of chic shops and oh so yummy restaurants. You will always see kids and adults fascinated with sea shells. We found quite the beautiful collection along the shores. The island's east-west orientation acts as a scoop for the tide's treasures. We also enjoyed a fun family kayak trip through the J. N. ('Ding') Darling National Wildlife Refuge, and a breath taking sunset/dolphin cruise through the Gulf of Mexico.
Praise the Lord for vacations and relaxation!



Saturday, June 6, 2009

Vintage Finds

This reminds me of Bree Van de Kamp
This desk really has me craving an old victorian house

I would love this chenille blanket to hang over our future baby girl's crib

coral rose earrings


All these beauties can be found on ETSY


Lately I've been obsessing over anything vintage...perhaps it's all these garage sales with people selling this precious stuff for nearly nothing! Here are some of my favorite finds.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Happy Birthday to ME!





My bday was actually the 16th, but I've gotten a little lazy with the blogging lately. We had a great time with my sister Jenae and Scott at the Melting Pot (probably the most amazing place ever!) It's a delish fondue restaurant that you must go visit sometime soon! Trust me, you'll be sorry you waited so long. My mom and the little kiddos also came out that weekend and we had a nice little celebration the night before at Red Robin with A.D's parents as well. If you live around Indy another must for kids is the Monon Center; they have an indoor/outdoor water park area that Mya and Blayn fell in love with. The best part is that it is only $5 a day! I'm looking forward to going back this summer to the outdoor park! Here are some pics from our weekend...

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Does this dog look tranquilized??


Today when it was time for Macy's annual vaccines, I slipped her a small tranquilizer in some peanut butter that our vet ever so nicely demanded requested us to give to her before visits. Peta people please don't hate me. I do believe this fear or as our vet calls it "panic attack" Macy has must stem back to the care she received back in Marion Indiana after getting fixed. She had a large hematoma after her surgery and when we took her back to get it looked at the vet tech rushed her back into who knows where and I heard her poor cries for a good 5-10 minutes straight. When she came back I could tell her hematoma had been lanced and drained. The vet didn't even come back and talk to us to tell us what had happened, but only told the tech to tell us that they weren't charging us anything. So ever since then...she has been deathly afraid of the vet, almost like me and the dentist. Back to my point, this stupid tranquilizer does nothing for Macy but give her the look of a drunken dog. She is still crazy at the office and has to be taken to the back, tied down, and put in a muzzle for her blood work/shots. As we were leaving today the vet said "Well at least she is consistently like this". As in consistently their worst dog ever or what did he mean by that? Well I got news for them, her doggy tranquilizers are all out, and we're not refilling them again. She really is a good dog and has never been aggressive toward anyone, besides the vet. So to my poor little Macy, we promise we'll never drug you again!
p.s. Just to clear things up, they don't have to tie me down at the dentist, although I wish they'd knock me out.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Pray for the Freemans


Today my heart is heavy for the Freeman family...Baby Kayleigh was born three months early last June from severe intrauterine growth restriction and preeclampsia. At birth was just over 1lb and only 10 1/2 inches long. She has gone through so many trials in this past year and was getting so close to coming home and now doctors are telling her family she is brain dead. Please check out their blog and pray for this family.