Wednesday, June 29, 2011

21st Birthday

I'm 21 now. It was my first birthday as a married girl... and my first birthday I didn't spend with my family! We will get together later this week, of course. Kyle and I were given a free night at any (reasonably priced) hotel as a wedding gift, so we decided to use it for my birthday. It was wonderful. Kyle works so much that it gets hard to have too much fun time to spend together, so we were so excited about this little get-away. We went out to dinner after he was done work, then headed over to Greenfield, MA to the Hampton Inn. We got there at 10:30 and had a late night snacking on our dinner leftovers (my favorite thing about eating out!!) and watching TV on the big flatscreen in our room. The hotel was lovely. Perfect room with a Jacuzzi tub, REALLY comfy King bed, the flatscreen TV, a fridge and microwave, cool bathroom vanity (of course I always notice the furniture and decor) and the best continental breakfast I had ever had at a hotel. Food galore... anything you could really want for breakfast was there.

So our hotel experience was awesome. The reason I chose to go there is because I wanted to go to the Yankee Candle Company/Flagship. Which is basically this HUGE building that never ends. Lol. It's not just candles... it's rooms and rooms of candles... so many scents that you have never even heard of. And there's name brand chocolate and candy from special places like Lake Champlain chocolates... then you go over to an area and they have primitive home decor (my fave) and little souvenirs and knick-knacks. Then there's Santa's Workshop where there are tons of toys and thousands of different ornaments as you walk through this winter wonderland. Then there's a Vera Bradley section and other high end (expensive!) things with the coolest dressers and vanities that start at $500 and go up. I wanted every one of them. Kyle only thought I was funny. He didn't like the $999 price tag on one little bureau. But it was so cute. ;)

So to make my overly long story a little shorter... here a few things I got besides our big candle finds:




And them amazingly enough, my husband came home yesterday and randomly wanted to make no-bake cookies. (??) So he did, and they were incredible!! :)

Saturday, June 25, 2011

My Wonderful Husband

While stopping for something at the market last night, Kyle saw these and thought of me. :) How sweet... he knocked on the door and I opened it to find the beautiful roses. They are such a pretty pink and add a nice flash of color to our kitchen table! ^.^


Friday, June 24, 2011

Friday already?

I feel like the last few days have been a little "off". To start off, Wednesday and Thursday I babysat Ben and Nick and that definitely threw my days off. Lol. I love kids, and I also love having fun with them and trying to make everything "cool". But for some reason these boys just test my patience instead, break everything I own, don't appreciate the things I do, and fight with me. I know, welcome to the world of kids, right? Hmmm... not sure that. Anyway, my days were a little off and my house quickly became a disaster and I haven't gone grocery shopping at all this week.

LOL.

Today is my catch-up day, but it's Friday! Right? Yeah, it's Friday. I'm already feeling better about my house... I've swept, scrubbed, tidied, sorted, folded, put-away... I still have the mopping to do, the ironing and... the dishes. Haha. The candles have been lit all afternoon and I am enjoying the fresh, clean smelling apartment. 



My gramma recently found this couch cover at L.L. Bean for me (she was an employee there for 10 years, so she is a lucky bum and gets to go to the Employee Store and get things cheap!). Now I am the lucky bum because she found it for me! And it's my favorite - chocolate brown. :)


Noah was with another foster care family while mom and dad were gone on their anniversary trip... so while they were on their way home, the foster care family dropped him by my house for a few hours yesterday until mom and dad came home. He of course had a blast with the two other boys and needless to say the apartment was full of - noise. Noah was actually very good for me... and we even made his favorite corn muffins. :)
Anyway, I better get back to work. There is still a lot to do... and I have a lot of paperwork to get done too! I am glad I am only getting married once in my lifetime... changing your name on everything is a chore and something I would rather not go through again. ;) 




Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Cake Cutting (Hehe)

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Wedding Photos!

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Wedding Photos!


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