our wedding shower

my brother in law and sister made our wedding shower invites! 

it was wonderful.

the only thing that i would change?

i would make sure i got a photo with my mama bear and dad! so sad that we missed that. its hard to remember to get those shots when youre in the moment though. 

but mama, rest assured i love you and so apprectiate all the hard work that you put towards this special day for patrick and i! 

here are some photos. enjoy!! 

and my favorite photo from the entire day.. my favorite little person. McIntyre. 

this is us opening her gift and reading her card. she was explaining what she drew for me. 

i. love. her. 

so. much. 

also i would love to thank, again, my wonderful bridesmaids! they went above and beyond what they should have and made this day so special and beautiful! they were such giant helps with everything! 

lex, rula pie, mad, kale, jo and ber... i love you. forevers. 

and cant forget to thank my dad, who had the big job of taking all the photos!!! we love you too!! 

hey madeleine, surprise!!!

one day i call kale. i have this idea that is impossible for many reasons. one of them being that its already a jam packed month. be it the month of my wedding shower, and kales school schedule and the memorial.. the list goes on and on. 

the idea came from one night when i wasnt able to sleep because i was thinking of how much i miss both maddie and kale. how i miss being with the two of them and how awesome it would be if kale and i just showed up in georgia one day. unsuspecting maddie would see us and think she sees someones who just look like us. 

kale loved the idea and we planned and made phone calls. we decided to fly, maddies older sister helped come up with the way to get maddie out of the house so late and night and we showed up at her favorite coffee place, jittery joes, and viola! two of her favorite {her words, not mine...} people surprise her. loudly. one of us with only one eye working at the time. 

it was wonderful. here are some iphone photos. 

and look at this link for the surprise, on video!!! 

the best breakfast you will ever eat. at mamas boy

im like a moth to a flame, or something like that.  

baby wills, getting some lovin' 

the memorial! 

kale and maddie, i love you girls. my favorite shoegurls and my favorite people to go to eye drs. homes on a sunday morning with! by. far.

march 2013

march. the month of our shower, memorial, georgia trip with kale, out house, moving, kate nash with alexa rae, ikea trip, saying goodbye to dan. it was alot of fun and a lot of excitement. 

our house! {well our house while we rent it!} we seriously love this house. even the awnings have grown on us. {i was nearly going to remove them myself..} its a tiny two bedroom, one bath, no basement home. but it is perfect for what we need and want. the backyard is so nice, and my favorite part is that there is a park across the street!! i will be sharing some photos of the inside soon! promise! 

this was too good to include in the collage. dan and patricks goodbye. 

roommates until i came along and changed things. im a meanie. at least petoskey isnt too far!!