to my lover...

Happy Anniversary ...

Seriously, I feel like it was yesterday when I was trying to sneak down to the high school football field after the game to try and give you a high five and was secretly hoping for a hug
I would have never guessed that a few years
later we would be a thing in college,
or that I would walk into a house full of rose petals and a shaky guy on one knee
waiting to propose over my lunch break...

In 5 years, we have accomplished so much...

first and foremost, we made a human {and a darn cute one at that}
we built our forever house
I haven't lost my wedding ring {although there were 2 close calls}
oh, and you haven't either
{but no surprise, you are the responsible one}
we have moved 3 times {and are still married might I add}
we lived at our best friends house
{and thankfully, all of us survived}
we have sucessfully eaten our anniversary dinner
at the melting pot every year...
{ahem! when is our reservation?}
you almost cut your leg off building our fence and I drove you to the ER with no gas and my car read 0 miles most of the way there
{yes we made it there}
oh, and I almost passed out
and yet we are still in love!

Together,
so many memories

so many ups and downs

but like we vowed

we have been there for each other

you have taught me so much
and since I am not good at the mushy stuff...
here's how I really feel!

you are the creamer to my coffee.
the ping to my pong.

to peanut butter to my jelly.

the fruit to my loop.

the mac to my cheese.

I love you !

and 5 years later, in the same church we were married in, with a little addition

now let's go drink some champagne and watch our wedding video
you know how momma loves her some champagne

to 5 years!

cheers

whatever it takes to get a nap around here

Yes, that is my daughter in the dog's bed..
what? don't judge! 
I have to work tonight...

Reflecting...

want to know what I missed most about my break from my blog?

I missed reading all the other blogs that I love...

a few days ago, I was browsing  my daily reads on the bloggie and stopped at {just lovely things} 
just love her! 

the post - a sort of past, present, future reflecting post...

and I thought, what a great time for ME to do that with my own life 



Last  year at this time...

• I was trying to find balance.. trying to manage my shop, a blog, being a mom and wife, telling people NO... I was getting burned out of my hand made hobby {sad}.  was beyond busy with sewing dresses
• I was getting ready to close on my house and dreaming of what my new house would bring to my family although I hadn't found the one... yet!
• I was planning a second birthday party and was unsure where to have it because we had no idea of where we would be living
• I had an almost 2 year old who loved Dora, and drank way too much milk, talked like a baby, and hadn't had a haircut yet
• I was ready to get pregnant again
• I was not feeling my job anymore

This year...

• I am ready to blog again, and realized after a year, how  much I missed this blogging community and these super awesome women
• I am in my new dream home... and loving decorating and doing projects and adding memories day by day... I even love cleaning my house {seriously!}
• I am planning my daughter's 3rd birthday party {right around the corner}, in our new home.  A small party with my daughter's friends
• I have an ornery almost 3 year old, who throws fits with the best of them, still enjoys her milk, talks like an adult, and loves anything disney princess..
• I am still ready to get pregnant again
• I am at a new job and I love it!  changing hospitals was exactly what I needed. 
• I am going to be celebrating 5 years with my husband...  and we actually still love each other

Next year...

• I hope to be blogging regularly and continue to build relationships and work on my writing and finding my voice.  I hope to take pictures, with an actual camera, and improve my picture taking abilities.  I hope to find the balance I need to reopen my shop and be successful
• I hope to be decorating a nursery and bringing home a sibling to PJ
• I hope I can continue to influence my daughter in good ways, that these terrible two's-I hope it doesn't get much worse three's will run their course 
• I hope I will continue to love my job and maybe even drop down a day to spend more time at home
• I hope that Phillip and I will be celebrating 6 years and that we are all healthy and happy and continue to Love!

 I am in a good place in my life and I am feeling very blessed. 
Where do you see yourself next year?
What will it take to get there?

where'd the weekend go...?

It's Monday... everyone cheer!  ugh! not...
Monday's are never really enjoyable, and especially not after having
the busiest weekend ever...
maybe not ever but close!

I sound like I am complaining, but no not the case...
it was a rockin' good time, don't get me wrong
but it went way too fast, and now here I am staring Monday in the face! 

want a recap?  ok, since you asked, here it is...
I know I know, you're thrilled {as you should be}
I guess I should add, I have been such a slug lately and have not taken my camera out in months...
hence the less than stellar instagram photos...
I really should get my camera out.  I am going to do that when we are finished, k!

Friday night, kicked off the weekend with a little high school football.  my little brother plays and nothing is more exciting than cheering him on...  I usually yell too loud and lose my voice, and often times yell the cheers with the cheerleaders, which my husband thoroughly enjoys {what? some of them are the exact same ones I did when I was in high school}  I had hot chocolate and sang the wildcat fight song.. good times folks! fall was kind of stolen, and winter decided to show up.. I was not ready for gloves and coats but it happened.. presley, decided to take a nap instead of partake in the cheering.  {wish I could sleep like that, anytime, anywhere}

Saturday, we met up with some old friends and had the best time... we celebrated the homecoming of one special fella. so glad he is back home safe and sound after being deployed in Afghanistan over the last several months... everyone say "thanks"  Thanks... !

Sunday, who decided to do a huge family get together at NOON?  I literally woke up and ran all morning.. {I wish I could tell you I was actually running, like outside.. what's that} no, I was running all over my house like a flipping tornado trying to clean house and make food and turn on all my scenty's so any house guests would think I worked all day making pumpkin cinnamon rolls... {revealing my secrets here}  luckily, my little sister came over.  we like to bake together and she's a pretty dang good cook  We tried TWO new recipes that I had pinned a while ago.. the smores brownies {awesome} and the football shaped peanut butter cheese ball {holy smokes yumm-o}.  I was a little nervous about bringing a brand new recipe dish to a party, but I guess they were good because they were gone just about as fast as I could set them out. {no really, I almost got my finger bit, my family likes food, what can I say}.  We did the typical, everyone get your picture taken with grandma and grandpa, kind of stuff and lined up all the cousins that were in attendance.  that's always a joy when you have 100+ grand kids.. seriously, no joke! {I stopped counting} and luckily there were only about 30 of us there or we would have needed a major wide angle lens...

between parties, PJ spotted a cop car {seriously the kid can spot one a mile away, which is sometimes handy when I am going a little too fast on the highway, no I never speed, just kidding} she has a thing for cops and firefighters and happened to see one driving in the neighborhood.  she always waves huge at them and tells them thank you... well this cop had his windows down and overheard her cheering for him so he stopped to say hi!  she looked in his car and he turned on the lights.. I hope my neighbors didn't think I was getting arrested, wouldn't that be the talk of the town..

onto the next par-tay.  Sunday fun day...!  I am not a huge fan of football unless my little brother is playing, but I like the fun crowd that surrounds a day of football.. and a crowd it was!  we had a TON of fun, ate some ah-mazing food and drank a couple of adult beverages.. {just a couple, I swear}
all in all, a good weekend.. if I do say so myself... ! 

 

 

 

 

this picture really doesn't belong, but I liked my outfit, k!

 

 

peace out, homies!

I hate introductions... {or re-introductions really}

just updating my pages with the new and improved bloggie
{bloggie- yes I'll explain}

 

I can't seem to get my butt out of my comfy bed today

the dishes are piled high

the laundry is all over the floor
{like really, you'd probably trip and fall over it}
and rumor has it, it's cold here in kansas
and my covers are keeping me warm

no I'm not the laziest person in the world
I worked last night, give me a break...

and since sleeping beauty next to me is still taking a nap
I decided I should probably sit right next to her
and do a little bloggie update...
and yes sponge bob is still on the TV and the little stinker is asleep...
but I can't find the remote
{don't judge}

 

here it is peeps

the moment you've all been waiting for
{or probably not}

the part where I tell you about my totally cool family

and then give it a permanent residence on the OUR STORY tab
if you've all ready heard this story, sorry, act like you're excited pretty please
and if you haven't, well, enjoy and you can read it as many times as you want
I knew you would be excited about that!

 

 

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<<<<I'm Elizabeth>>>>

20 something year old,
{no really, I say 20 something because I can never remember how old I am, I have to ask my husband}

living a pretty ordinary life in a small town where I was "born and raised"
I love my husband and my daughter and couldn't imagine life without them...

I hate introductions and tell me about yourself things because well,

to be honest, I suck at writing them..

It's really hard to find words that say, Hi! I am awesome and I have something worth telling you,

but obviously I think I do have something to tell...
and good thing because I am pretty sure that is the point of a blog,
which I will forever forward refer to as bloggie, because I think it's cute.
<It's ok, you don't have to think it's cute>

onto our story, the point of this page, hence the title...

I met the love of my life in high school...
no really, I had a crush on this super cute football player who was older, but he wasn't feeling it...
<he claims it's because he knew we would meet again later in life>
I think its because I just wasn't cool yet...
but hold up, I must have turned cool when I got to college because, yep
not only did he want to talk to me, he wanted to date me!
I still to this day, can't believe I married the hot football player I would swoon over in the hallways

{you're welcome babe}
like seriously, when I saw him out of my life science class at the water fountain my heart would flutter,
I thought he was trying to catch a glimpse of me and I would try and look really good and play it cool,

how embarrassing, I think he was just thirsty...

anyways, sure happy with my college choice because besides a degree, I walked away with a husband...
we moved back to the town that everyone swore
"as soon as I graduate high school, I am out of here and never looking back"
I'm not sure why, it's not a bad little town...
In fact now that I am so much wiser and mature{insert sarcasm}
I think it's a great little town,
and the place where we decided to start our family,
and I am sure I will hear from my kidlet's the same testimony
{about leaving and never coming back}

but they always come back! that should be my town's motto! someone write that down...

the best thing, seriously, that ever happened to me was becoming a mom..
{I know, getting all sentimental}

but hey, it's true...

the little love of my lifemy sunshine
the world...

my 3 year old going on 13
really, if you met her you'd be like "wow, that girl has attitude"
I hate to admit, but while she looks like her dad
she gets the attitude from, well, you guessed it...
ME!

My little PJ...

I wish I could tell you I was a stay at home mom,
but I have bills to pay and a Gap card{what? my baby dresses well}
so how do I manage it all?
I work nights, as a labor and delivery nurse!
{really, it's only 2 nights a week}
that's right, I sacrifice sleep...
<<<which is something I love dearly>>>
while my family sleeps, I bring life in the world
and then I don't miss much at home!
except my comfy bed...
and I am never crabby from lack of sleep...
{ahem! that's a lie}

<this is us>
 

this is a place where you will find snip-its from our day to day life

a place where I share my love of DIY,
seriously if I think I can make it instead of buy it, I will try

{hey, sometimes it's good and sometimes it's not so good}
a place where I share new lovelies from my shop
{oh, did I mention I have a shop?}

 

a place where I can pretend to be a photographer

a place where I can brag on my kids
{well, I only have 1 kid, but the plural just sounds better and maybe someday, well, yea}
a place where I can confess, confide and call it like it is...



I like to laugh and have fun
and I really like to have a beer <<or 4>> on my deck with the hubbs...

I like to keep it real

so kick back and read up friends...
and let me know you were here
you don't have to tell me I'm awesome or anything, just say HI or something...
{leave some love, m'kay?}

<<oh, and come back, ya heard>>

<<<< photo credit willow brandt photography >>>>

　



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and  since these are like the ONLY photos I have of ME
I am going take lead from my fave, emily andersonbecause seriously...

I have got to get over it and get in some pictures

or my daugher is going to think I was always sleeping through her whole life...
{seriously, she will tell people "my momma sleeps all day"}
hey, thanks for calling me out stinky...
I work nights people...
as a nurse! {just to clarify}

 

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