A Beautiful Day for a wedding

My dearest cousin Ben got married last weekend! We are SO happy for him and Kat (Kathryn). They are the cutest. It was an awesomely gorgeous day here, and we had all sorts of family in town to celebrate with us. Plus, my aunt was able to take us out to look at a couple of houses while she was up!! It pays to have a Realtor in the family! And please don't mind my lack of makeup/sickly hair. I came last minute, and didn't have time for any of that fun stuff.

So here is my FAVE pic. This is just classic Ben. Always happy...and of course he is especially happy this day, but I love it. He saw me standing there, after I told him I wouldn't be able to come because of Brooklyn's adventures, and when he saw me, this was what I got!!


How gorgeous is she!? And every bit as beautiful on the inside as the outside.
Adorable.


And rewind back a few days to when Grandma made brownies and let Makayla lick the bowl. She was a bit excited if you couldn't tell.


And today she wanted me to give her princess hair, and put a ribbon in it. She was very specific.

And then she turned that other piece of ribbon into a "necklace" by holding it around her neck...haha.


The end. I'm off to get me some food, because I am STARVING!!!

Crafty Session #2

So, I decided to do something crafty...again. I don't know what has gotten into me. Maybe it's the upcoming wreath/craft party next week! Who knows. But me and Makayla needed a fun activity this afternoon besides having the TV on ALL day long...

And here is what we made! They turned out ok, not the cutest turkeys I've ever seen, but they were really fun to make!

And a side note...I got my hair done!! I decided to go pretty dark this time. I came home from my hairdressers place and realized that it was pretty much almost black. I couldn't handle it. She couldn't get me in again till after the weekend, so I had to go around feeling "goth" all weekend. But now it's much better, and I love it!!

And another side note. I just finished reading "The Help" and am so in love with that book. if you haven't read it yet, PLEASE do yourself a favor and go get it, or check it out at the library!! You won't regret it!

Makayla is 8 months old!

So I haven't posted Makayla pics in a while it seems. So I'll put a few in here. She is 8 months old now, it's gone by SO fast! I can't believe she's so close to a year old already. I swear I just had her like a month ago.




Oh, and also a pic of my new hair color...it's quite a bit lighter than what I was going for, so what do you think? Jason told me it was really "streaky." Haha...guess he likes a more natural look. Oh well. I'm thinking I'll change it again in November before my cousin's wedding. Probably have her darken the blonde streaks a bit. There's some awesome brownish red streaks in there though that I am loving!!!

**so I just noticed in this pic, you can't really see the color that great...it's much blonder than it appears here. Maybe I'll get a better one on here tomorrow.