our {home}

i am thankful for our home. we were so lucky to be able to buy our first house last may and have turned it into our home. i am so grateful we were able to buy it!! we had rented before, which was great while it lasted, but we finally feel like this is ours. it's where our little boy was born
where kennedy started kindergarten
where we got our first dog
where we have to fix our own malfunctions that happen instead of just call the landlord :)
{ryan takes pride in that one}
where i get to decorate and feel like i'm actually decorating for us instead of the next tenants
where we are so excited to come home to at the end of the day
there's just something about owning your own house.

i am also very thankful for the heat in our house.
last night we went to keys on main with a bunch of people, so so fun, and ry and i decided to leave early.
it was so cold outside. all i could think about was getting home to my nice, warm, cozy house.
it made my heart so sad for all the homeless people who had to sleep outside in that freezing weather.
it definitely made me so grateful to have simple things, like heat.

my kidlets

i am so thankful for my kids

they can drive me so crazy but i wouldn't change anything

i wipe their noses, find the blankies, read stories, tuck them in, comfort after bad dreams

i'm a lunch lady, housekeeper, full time nanny

and i love it

my kids make me who i am today. i can't imagine where my life would be without them in my life.

kennedy is my best friend and she promises she always will be. {ah 5 is such a sweet age}

i remember at the ultrasound with jagger, i didn't want a boy! i wanted another girl so badly because kennedy had just been amazing.

looking back, i wish i would have known what i know now.

i {LOVE} my baby boy

i love the way he spongebob smiles at me when i quickly turn my head around in the car and say i love you to him

he is so much fun and so much different than kennedy

it's funny to me how different boys and girls are

we have 2 of the most extreme genders with our babes.

kennedy couldn't be more girly

and anything with wheels jagger instantly growls and loves to play with it.

i am so blessed to call these two kids mine

i love being their mommy

My {husbAnd}

i am EVER so thankful for ryan. he came into my life at the perfect time. he truly is my best friend. he will do anything for anybody. that is what i love most about him. he is the most selfless person i know. he doesn't judge and lets me be me. he supports me in what i want to do and has never put me down. i love how we can be so sarcastic with each other. we get each other.

not many people can say these things and truly mean it.

the way he is with our kids is just heart warming. i always knew he would be the best daddy.

his patience is so amazing, i have never met anyone who is as patient as him. he will wait and wait and never complain. we definitely compliment each other. we have fun doing absolutely nothing together. my favorite thing is on a sunday night sitting and watching the kids play.

that has a lot to say in itself

ryan is the most hardworking person i know. {besides my dad} he works awful hours during the week {9 p.m. to 7 a.m.} and then either goes to school on tuesdays and thursdays from {8 a.m. to 12 p.m.} or his other job on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays in the morning then home to sleep.. and yet, still, doesn't complain.

it's just how he is. he doesn't stay at his old job for any reason but,

"there are other families that need their job, so i need to help the company survive"

that's my ry. if anyone knows him or has met him you know what i'm talking about.

i love that i still get butterflies when we kiss, and how excited i am when i get to see him or go out together.

i know we're meant to be

i love you forever and ever babe

{Thank}ful

i can't believe it's this time of year again. this past year has totally flown by.

i feel that each and every year there is just more and more to be thankful for. i am going to try to post daily { i know it probably won't happen :) } specific things that i am ever so grateful for.

Today- i am thankful for

{family}

i don't know where i would be without each and every single person in my family-

even caleigh :) haha love you sisssss

they have been there for me through every up and down i have gone through

i love you guys oh so much!!

we're all so disfunctional but i wouldn't want it any other way

i am truly blessed to have such amazing people in my life

never grow up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFaMDWmR3BE

i love my kids. more than anything.
love for your kids is a different kind of love
it's an unconditional forever lasting feeling
this song made me cry when i thought about my babes
i wouldn't be who i am today without them.
i love to go in their rooms after they've fallen asleep
{and just watch}
they're perfect

life goes too fast.

kennedy is almost 6 and jagger is already almost 1

i don't want them to ever grow up

taylor swift sings it best..

listen to the song.

if you have kids.

you'll cry

i love you, you two.

oh i'm one proud mama

forever and ever

8.10.10

{our wedding day}

it was so much fun, and went by way too fast..

the whole day was crazy

but i will always remember every second

it was beautiful

and perfect

enjoy our day.. me and the bridesmaids getting ready

ahhh i was SO nervous!!

i LOVE my bridesmaids. they are the best girls ever. love you all!!



{caleigh}

getting my flowergirl ready. i love you forever and ever kennedy rian

{my dress}

ew. i promise my arm is not that fat in real life. precious picture though

div>cyd and travis. they're awesome. shakin their bums down the aisle

and me shakin my bum down the aisle!!

i love my dad

husband and wife. i love you babes!!

travis, mumford, nic, ry, shane, sam and adam.

the best groomsmen

it's official now :)

mmmmm i just love you mister!!

kennedy got the bouquet {with help from caleigh}
and she couldn't have been more excited about it

that's the cake. fight. we both lost ha!

our cake that ry's cousin and aunt made!!

it was beautiful!!

me and my dad dancing

then me and ry danced...

immaturity

im·ma·tu·ri·ty 
{im-uh-choor-i-tee}

–noun, plural
1. a state or condition of being immature: the immaturity of one's behavior; the
immaturity of a country's technology.

some people can be so mean
people that i don't even know
and mean for a wrong reason
recently.... {someone} who was very immature felt the need to voice their opinion
very disrespectfully.
i hope that they feel embarrased and ashamed of themself. i would
NEVER
say something to someone i did or didn't know that would be so rude...
if you're reading this,

you know who you are

and i hope you got the satisfaction out of saying something to someone that was completely

unnecessary.

have a great day everyone xoxoxo

and dance forever

here is our ceremony from our AMAZING wedding on {8.10.10}

our videographer was awesome and so fun to work with..

we.are.awesome

you have to watch it. you will love it.

we sure did :)

{f}all

i love fall.

the smell of the crisp cool air

baking like crazy

kennedy and i cuddled up every chance we get to watch halloweentown

the witches at gardner village

apple cider

the pumpkin spice candles

sweaters

kennedy's favorite, egg nog :)

there's just nothing quite like it. we are so excited for the upcoming holidays

spending time with our families around this time of year is extra special

i was definitely ready to say bye to summer this year..

my husband.

ry got a new job!!!!!! i can't even begin to explain how excited and proud of him i am.. he will be making more money, and the best part is... INSURANCE!! we have been without insruance for i can't even tell you how long so that is going to be {amazing}

i don't know anyone else that is as amazing of a man as my husband is.

he will do anything and everything to help others out.

he is genuine

kind

sweet

patient

understanding

loving

and most of all...

{mine}

i am so lucky to have him in my life, and my kids are even more lucky to get to call him dad

he always supports me in whatever funky idea i have wanted to do

never questions my dreams and aspirations

he has made my life complete { cheeeeeesy i know}

i.love.him

i have reached a point in my life where i feel everything is meant to be

life is just how i pictured it.

being married with kids.

it gets hard sometimes

but it's always worth it at the end of the day.

there's nothing quite like peeking in on my kidlets when they've fallen asleep

and kissing their cheeks goodnight for one last time.

i am so grateful

jaggers first hair cut!!

it was time

the mullet had to go :)

my friend tiffany does hair, so i had her do it! she is amazing!!

and oh my, it turned out oh so cute

he looks so much older! i can't believe that he'll be 1 next month.

time to start working on another one ;)

ahahahaha yeahhhh right.

enjoy the pictures...

of course his mouth is open.. his mouth is always open.

and he loves to sit in the sink when i do his hair

it's pretty cute