joined together, forever.

Here are some sweet photos from our wedding. I'm basically re-posting these photos from our wedding photographer's blog because I haven't received our CD with all of our photos on it, and I'm much too impatient to wait for it to come. I've already waited THIS long to share them. I find that very impressive.

Our wedding was perfect. It was at my grandparents house in the country, where I grew up. It was a romantic evening wedding. Just a tad of chill in the air. The sun sat as we said our vows and afterwards we went into the pasture and celebrated with all of our loved ones with campfire, dancing, and libations to warm us. We wanted our entire wedding to have a very community feel. We set the tables up in a large circle(ish) shape so we could all enjoy one another and the dance floor was in the center. For dinner, I asked everyone to bring a dish of any sort. We had such a fantastic turnout. It couldn't have gone better. I'm so thankful The Hibben's were there to capture it all. 

I didn't snag all of the photos from the photographers blog, but I snagged many of them. So if you'd like to go see a few more you can head here. 

Our Colorado honeymoon

We're back, we're back! I had such a wonderful time reading the girls' guest posts the last two weeks. Aren't they just the best? I hope you got a chance to visit each one of their personal blogs and get to know them a little better, because truly, they're just the most wonderful women. If you haven't, I encourage you to do so. You won't be sorry. 

Now... I know you all want to see photos from the wedding, but they're just not quite ready yet. Until they are, though, I'd like to share a bit about the places we got to visit on our honeymoon! This post may be a bit photo-lengthy, as I usually try to stick to between 1 and 3 photos per post. It was just so beautiful, this time of year. I couldn't help myself. Enjoy!

Where we stayed: 

We stayed at a little lodge a little ways up the mountain called "Boulder Mountain Lodge". We had no cell phone reception, and no wifi. It was perfect. The first photo in the collection of three, above, was taken along the road up the mountain to our lodge the day we arrived. As you see in photos above; while we were enjoying our crisp afternoon in our private hot tub, a doe and her fawn came to visit. It was magical. We sat quietly for nearly 20 minutes in awe of them. They noticed us, but didn't seem to mind that we were there. 

What we did:

We visited several places while in Colorado. Denver, Boulder, and Nederland were the three towns we frequented.

 While in Boulder, one of our favorite things to do was to hop coffee shops. If there's anything that isn't hard to find in Boulder, it's coffee and pizza. A few of our favorite places to stop for a cup were: Boxcar Coffee Roasters, The Laughing Goat, and The Cup. We ate breakfast at Snooze, which was incredible; I had a breakfast pot pie, and Tristan had a sweet potato pancake. Of course, we also had our fair share of pizza as well from Beau Jo's and Backcountry pizza. We went on a brewery tour at Avery Brewery, which was so fun and educational. We now proudly display our "A-hole" sticker on our vehicle. We also got to go to Boulder's Dinner Theatre and see "The Full Monty", which was hilarious and so so good. We tried to visit Boulder Falls, but due to falling rocks it was closed for the season. That's what the sign said. Later somebody informed us that it had been closed for years. 

We went into Denver, and I have to admit.. I did a lot of shopping. Mostly at forever21 which is so lame, because we have two here in OKC. What's a girl to do? We also got to hit up H&M which was a treat, because we don't have one of those.. yet. We spent our day shopping and roaming 16th street mall, and in the evening we walked Larimer Square (second picture, above, in the collection of three) and ended the night at Punch Bowl Social where we indulged in some adult beverages and spent all of our quarters on old arcade games, bowling, and Tristan taught me to play darts. There's even a rather embarrassing photo somewhere of my impeccable (not at all) aim. :: Spoiler:: I hit the scoreboard. 

Later in the week we decided to take a trip up the mountain to Nederland, a small hippie town that looks just like Frontier City with mountains for a background... and no rides of course. We had coffee in a little sidecar called Buffalo Bills, which was adorable. We spend the rest of our trip traveling up the mountains. Just exploring. Most of my more scenic photos are from that trip. I can't tell you how many times I made T pull over on the side of the road so I could capture the perfect photo.

Weather:

The weather was incredible last week. There was a light snowfall the first day we were there. Perfect. It looked like powdered sugar being sifted all over the rocks and trees. The rest of the week was just chilly enough to wear a sweater, but usually not cold enough for a coat until the sun went down. I wore tights, and sweaters and boots and scarves all week long and it was  b l i s s . 

Most importantly, I got to spend some good quality time with my husband. Something that we rarely get due to our opposite schedules. Our scheduling conflicts are our choice, so that we can each spend time with our daughter, but still... It was so nice to have him to myself for five days. I loved Colorado. I loved time with my husband ...

... but my goodness, You can't know how good it is to be back to this. 

October Favorites: Halloween Edition

Obviously this month's favorite etsy finds had to be Halloween themed. I love Halloween, but I never get organized in time to decorate or really go out, so to any of you who may be like me, here's your reminder! You've got plenty of time! Consider this your inspiration and motivation to get started! (and me too) Keep up with my "All Hallows Eve" Pinterest board for some great DIYs and etsy items for the holidays!

1. black and white bunting by Heidi Adnum | 2. Custom foam pumpkins by Purple Ink Graphics
3. Wonder Woman Kids Costume by Kutie Bow-Tuties  | 4. Ghosts print by the big harumph
5. Hallows Eve cake topper by Gnomes Whimsy | 6. The Perfect Dress by FoxParse

Fern's being a flapper girl this year for halloween. How sweet is this costume by Bella Bina?? Could you just die?




Reminder: Today is your last day to enter for the Vintage Pearl Giveaway! A winner will be chosen at midnight and announced Friday! Thank you to everyone who has and will enter, you're making this so fun for me! 

October 1st, my own personal holiday.

For the past 3 years I've taken it upon myself to celebrate October. Why are we celebrating October, you ask? Because it's the BEST month in the BEST season. October is when the leaves change and fall. October is when the weather starts to get chilly (but not too chilly) and you can start to feel good about wearing cozy sweaters and leggings (and not shave your legs, amiright?) October is when I finally feel like drinking hot drinks from mugs, and decorating with pinecones and pumpkins. All of my favorite smells are from October, and they usually all come from some sort of pie.

October is when I'll marry the best man I've ever met.

October is when said fantastic man and I, found out we were having a daughter, and with that started building our family together.

So. In light of all the wonderful things October has offered me and is sure to offer me every year, I celebrate. I celebrate with a pumpkin latte, and by buying my family autumn treats. Like any other great holiday, (Christmas) I stick with the "want, need, wear, read" theme.  When Fern gets home from MDO today, we'll go pick out pumpkins and mums. Tis the season!

Autumn loot pictured above:
*want* Nature Wick candle. -- 3 in 1 Scent: Vanilla Dolce, Apple Tree, Bonfire Nights. (It's the kind of candle that crackles when it burns because of the wooden wick. my favorite!
*need* (NOT PHOTO'd ) I got Fern the sweetest red peacoat from Target today. She is in NEED for the colder season!
*wear* Everybody gets a sweater!
*read* "Her Fearful Symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger. >> It's on my 30 books list, and I must admit, I've had it for a couple of years. Some dear friends told me it was a pretty spooky book, so I've been waiting for the right time to read it! Halloween-time seems like a pretty perfect time to do so!


Everybody should celebrate October! If you've got the time today, go out get your "want, need, wear, reads" or just celebrate October the way you'd like to celebrate it! Create your own traditions, decorate for fall, buy sweaters, make a pumpkin pie! It doesn't even necessarily have to be today (but next year you should plan for it)
If you do end up celebrating October, write about it and share your link with me! I'd love to see how you and your family celebrate the BEST MONTH EVER.


"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers" - Anne of Green Gables


also, Dont forget to enter my giveaway for a giftcard to The Vintage Pearl below. You have until Friday to get your entries in!

New Seasons.

With this new season, the beautiful weather, early morning breakfast dates in our sweaters, and actually feeling like it's 'ok' to order my coffee hot; come some new changes in lifestyle as well. October is quickly approaching, and with it our wedding. My last name will change, our living situation will change, and Fern of course, who never stops changing.

If you know me at all, you know I don't handle change very well. If things MUST change, I prefer that they do slowly, giving me time to mentally and emotionally prepare. Sometimes, I think, even though I've been given enough time to embrace all of this change, it's a lot all at once. So it still freaks me out. I'm trying my very best to take deep breaths, take one day at a time, and remember to not think of it as change in a "final" way, but to think of it as a "change of season", and welcome it as openly as we have with this long await cooler season of Autumn.

If anyone has any tips or tricks on welcoming change, please feel free to share it with me. I welcome your wisdom!

Autumn with my Blog Pal

Hi friends!
I wanted to share something really special that i've recently become apart of! If you've noticed to the right underneath my lovely sponsors, I have a little button that says "I have a BlogPal this month". I encourage you to click that little button and find out what that's about! It's been such a treat! I know most of the bloggers I've become friends with in the short time I've been blogging, all have the same blogging goals in common, and it's not followers, and it's not money or e-fame (although what a treat if those happened too, am I right?) It's growing this beautiful community of women who encourage each other, and love on each other. What a treat that's been for me! So when I ran across this opportunity, I jumped at it!

In short, you sign up for BlogPal, and then you're matched up with another blogger who has signed up! The first week is meant for getting to know each other, the second and third you're given topics to choose from, which you'll both blog about, and the fourth week you send each other a little gift. My blog Pal, Erin from Delightful-E Made, and I decided to blog this week about Autumn! You've gotta hop over to her blog, where she posted the yummiest looking Pumpkin Spice Smoothie. Perfect for right now, when you so desperately want to celebrate Autumn, but like both of us, are just melting away in September. COME ON COLDER WEATHER! How lucky am I to be friends with SO many talented ladies willing to share their recipes with me? Such a treat!

2 years ago this Autumn | 12 weeks pregnant

Isn't it so funny how almost always, people's love for Autumn stems from their love of the autumn flavors? Pumpkin and all the nicest spices. Autumn for me is so special because of the leaves changing, and the crisp air. The clothes and of course the treats, but Autumn is also when we found out we were pregnant with Fern. It's the season we'll be married in. I've made up my very own holiday to celebrate these things, on October 1st. (more on that in another post) 

Since It is so hot still, I feel you sort of need to encourage the autumn in. I, of course, went to my place of employment: Cuppies & Joe, and split an iced pumpkin latte, a carrot cake cupcake, and a gingersnap with Fern. It was absolutely perfect. I can't wait until it gets a tad colder and we can come in for hot coffee and chai and warm our fingers on the mugs.. But until then, the iced versions will do.

Now head on over and make yourself one of Erin's Pumpkin Spice Smoothies and while you're sipping on it, take some time to read these 6 one paragraph stories about autumn that will make you cry pumpkin spice tears. You're welcome. Happy Autumn!