Trae's Birthday is almost here (:

So Trae's birthday is coming up fast!  It kind of snuck up on me, between extra hours at work and midterms in school.  Now that all that has settled down however, it is time to plan a tractor party!!

I've been looking up tractor parties, EVERYWHERE!  Last year we did a "little rebel" theme.  Super cute, but super expensive.  I had to order literally everything online.  This year I decided I wanted to do something simple.  After our summer trip to the great grandparents house in Oklahoma, we came home with a new tractor obsession.  Tractors, green and yellow, super easy right?  Easier.. next year we are doing pirates.. or Spongebob, or anything that I can just buy the stuff right off the shelf. 

I am lucky enough to have a brother who is majoring in graphic design though (:  He is responsible for anything I can possibly pawn off onto his artistic shoulders.  So these are the invites for little man's party!! 

I can't wait to post more pictures of the decorations! (:

So I am getting married..

It's still sometimes a shock to me..We've been engaged since Christmas 2011 and our wedding is 221 days away now.. but I'm still adjusting (:
ANYHOW.. We had to take save the dates and some engagement pictures.  We aren't done because a prop for the final engagement photos didn't arrive in time but, we snapped quite a few shots with what we had for now (: the rest will just have to wait for another month or so..

Our lovely photographer also happens to be one of my lovely maids of honor (I have two).  Best friend since kindergarten full time and wonderful photographer part time.  So without further ado here are some of our photos from the {three hour} photo shoot.

She doesn't like this one because of the weird fog, but look how happy we are

This one wasn't even posed, we actually chose to kiss each other.

Hopefully we can re-create this in 50 years (:

Look at that sarcastic smile (;

These are just a few of the {300} photos that we took. Obnoxiously cheesy and lovey? Yes. But who cares how long we've been together or how old our son is, it was awesome to revisit that affection that is usually blocked by an excited little 2 year old. 

Dollar Tree rocks

Dollar Tree is my favorite store.. maybe. It's tied with Hobby Lobby.  Fortunately they JUST opened up a Dollar Tree, RIGHT NEXT TO HOBBY LOBBY!

Halloween is my absolute favorite time of the year, I love costumes!  Dollar Tree has also started putting out tons of costume stuff.  Is it cheap? of course, its a dollar.  However, it's perfect if you want to store up on some toddler dress up.  They have tons for boys and girls.  They have pirate stuff, ninja, army, fireman etc. I didn't take much notice of the girls stuff but the other side of the isle was filled with just as much girly things.

AND since this blog has a lot to do with remembering the funny little things he does, this is Trae dressed up in the fireman costume (:

 The hat was a little big (;

Pantless fireman

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My alternative fairy tale (:

Where dreams do come true and we get our happy ever afters no matter how 

unconventionally our story unfolds

-A brilliant women and one of my favorite people ever (Melanie)