Home Sweet Home!

Why Hello :]

As many (should be all!) of you know, Tom and I moved just north of Cincinnati last December. We are now nearing our one year anniversary of moving here (Time sure flies when you're having fun), and I FINALLY got to putting things up in our bedroom. Heck, we didn't even have curtains until about a month ago. Well, I have pretty much cluttered up decorated all of the other rooms in our house. So now it was the bedrooms turn! We got our engagement pictures done about a month ago, and I finally found some frames I like to put them in! Now keep in mind, we do not have children, so we have a lot of pictures of ourselves. haha. 

So oddly enough, this dresser belonged to my parents, they bought the whole bedroom set when they got married, so it has been around for quite a while! I have three Ball mason jars on the left with candles in them, and a candlestick that I got at an antique mall  with a candle on it. We just hung the pictures above today!

Here is a close up of the pictures. I bought the two thicker frames at Michaels today, the little one for $3.99 and the big one was $6.99. The three smaller frames were actually orange and I spray painted them brown! 

This is the collage photo frame I got today at Michaels for $14.99! What a steal! I have been looking for one I liked for cheap, so perfect!

Here's a close up!

I know, I didn't center these the best, but I'm not that worried! I grabbed these shelves up a few weeks ago from target for 6 bucks! The bouquet is from my sister Lisa's wedding, and the other things are stuff I had around the house!

This is a piece of metal art that my sister Lisa got me for my birthday, and it's perfect because it's big enough to not look small on this huge wall (at least in person) and the tone of the colors matches perfect with our ugly yellow walls. 

Now this isn't in the bedroom, but I spray painted this frame brown. It was white, but it was kind of scratched up when I bought it (it was $3 at TJ Maxx), and I knew I could fix it right up with some spray paint!

Here's a close up! :)

Please forgive my awful yellow walls. They're not my favorite! But we're renting, so we can live with it!

Hope you enjoyed a peak into our home!

Love,
Lauren

Wedding Madness!

Hellllllloooooo!
Yes, I am one of those annoying people who use too many letters in my words. It's the best! So, as we near our wedding deadline (EIGHT MONTHS FROM TODAY!) we actually have to do things for our wedding, not just talk about it. We now have invitations picked out, engagement pictures done, save the dates sent out, and are beginning to gather things for the reception. My's family is also beginning to plan my shower! Exciting I know. This transition is very strange though. We went from only talking and discussing, and dreaming, and now we are doing. Next, we will begin picking out cakes, flowers, food, and music! In the next few months I also get to go with my wonderful bridesmaids and help them pick out their dresses! We also get to discuss our ceremony with our awesome officiant, Jason Mims, who became an officiant just for us! How awesome! I am getting more and more excited as our day is rapidly approaching, and we cannot wait to celebrate with everyone!
Love,
Lauren
PS- Here are some of our engagement pictures, all courtesy of Blue Martini Photography

Sisterly love

As many people know, I have two amazing, wonderful, intelligent, inspiring, caring and all things wonderful, sisters. Since we were little, we have loved, hated, admired, and supported each other. Growing up with Rachel and Lisa was more then I could have ever asked for, at least for the most part (haha). I'm the youngest, so when we would play, I got the grunt jobs. At our old house we had a huge sandbox in the very back of our back yard. We always liked to make tunnels and rivers and little towns with our sand. Our town needed water to go in the river, makes sense right? Well, it was always my job to go get the water, which was all the way at the house. So instead of building tunnels, I would end up spending my afternoon running from the sandbox to the faucet, filling up a 16 oz cup with water, running back to the sandbox, and then back again. Over, and over, and over. At least that's the way I remember it happening. I just wanted to play with them. I am six years younger than Rachel, and four years younger than Lisa, so there was a big age gap, and didn't always understand what they were playing, or how to do the things they were doing. But they included me, which is all I wanted. And then we got a little older, and were in totally different places in our lives. I wasn't all that much fun to hang out with because I was in elementary school and Rachel was graduating from high school, and then eventually Lisa went to college, and I was in high school, and then I was in college, and they were both graduated and married, and had homes, and careers. It's really interesting how no matter where we were in our lives, we knew that we could count on each other. Having sisters is like having built in best friends. You get mad at each other, disagree, but then you get over it, you apologize, and you move on. There is no fight to end the friendship. Even if there was, we would just call mom and have her fix it. Now here we are, all three of us grown adults, with our lives, jobs, homes, and husbands (yes, I know I'm not married yet, but soon enough), and we still make time for each other, because we're built in best friends. We're each others biggest cheerleaders and supporters. I couldn't imagine not having my sisters. I couldn't imagine not having that bond and that go to best friend. I am so happy I have them in my life.
Love,
Lauren

Browns Game

Lisa's bachelorette party

Lions game

Christmas

Rachel's Wedding

Lisa's Wedding (I'm next!)