The Month of Love

The girls came over for a Sweet Treat Party which was filled with amazing treats! Rice crispies, scotch-a-roo's, cookie cupcakes, donuts and carmel apples...only bad thing...I forgot to take pictures!! I'm the worst! I did, however, manage to get a picture of Meems and Leah with their little men...PHEW!


One thing I did get right were the cake jars! Best idea ever! Thank you Pinterest! So easy and so delicious!


I love decorating for every month but there's something about Valentine's Day decor that gets me pumped!

The Pergola

We got the New Year rollin' by building our Pergola that we've been dreaming about since June! It was a lot of work but totally worth it!



Almost there!

2011 Recap!

Happy New Year! We started 2011 settling into our rental house after saying goodbye to our first home :( We dried the bittersweet tears with a trip to Disneyland! Little did we know at that time that 2011 would be a life changing year for all!



In February MIchael's little sister, Ashley got engaged! Matthew proposed on February 21st and we couldn't have been more excited! Good pick, Ash :) They came down to AZ that month for Michael's cousin's wedding and we celebrated their engagement at Rustler's Roost!

And then we partied it up at the wedding!



Congrats to the happy couple!


In March we found out our wedding was featured on the Stonebridge website! How flattering!



In April our little angels turned two...why does this make me sad? They grow up so fast!



In June we celebrated my 25th birthday but the best part of June...we moved into our new house!! House, we love you.


We ended June with a birthday party for our nephew, Eddie! Mr. Eddie Spaghetti turned three this year! So handsome!


July was a hot one so we escaped to the dark casinos of Vegas with the Hass fam and then spent a week lazing around at Lake Powell...perfect way to beat the heat! And all I'm saying is we got to the boat with enough beer to get an entire village wasted and we left with maybe a case full...BOOOYYYSSS!


...We got hit hard by the first major Haboob! How exciting!



...And we celebrated our dads with a party at our new house for Father's Day!


In September we celebrated our niece's first birthday...how perfect is our Ellie Bean?!?!


...And Crane Rental became the proud owner of the largest crane in AZ! Michael was pretty pumped!



October was jam packed! Two bridal showers, one wedding, a killer party and a BIG surprise...
It all began with Jess' bridal shower, a peacock palooza packed with incredibly delicious food!




Ashley's bridal shower was beautiful! And check out the cupcakes! AHHH-MAZING!




And then...the BIG surprise...Two days before we left for Nashville for Michael's little sister's wedding we got some very unexpected but incredibly happy news...we found out we're having a baby! Our little bundle of joy is due in June!

On October 21st Ashley and her fiance Matthew tied the knot! Funnest wedding EVER! Our calves were so sore the next day from cuttin' a fierce rug on the dance floor all night! And I wasn't even drunk!



Happy Halloween! We threw a party for our family and the only thing more fun than decorating and making the invitations were the costumes! Michael FINALLY got to dress up as a werewolf and I was a troll...even Odie dressed up!





November was just as busy as October and we kicked the month off with my bestie's wedding! What a perfect day :)


We celebrated our two year anniversary by revisiting the place where MIchael proposed...the second picture is a remake of the one we took almost 3 years ago!



We went on a train ride through our beautiful great state...



And for Michael's birthday we went on a ghost hunt in Jerome...a gift from me :) Check out this picture....I think we caught something!


Merry Christmas! We had a great Christmas and the best part was I actually got to be home this year!! We had Christmas Eve dinner at our house which was so fun! I love to host!