engagement pictures

i know i'm way late getting these up here, since i've had the cd for like...oh...6 months?  i dunno, it's been a while anyway.


here's our engagement pictures!  we had a blast taking them.  even kyle opened up a bit and SMILED.  now that never happens.  or at least rarely happens.  in photos.  i mean he smiles in real life all the time, just not in photos.  i'm glad our package included engagement pictures, it was a great way to get to know our photographer before the wedding and see how she works and so she can get to know our personalities a little.


all photos by jackie cooper, check her out at jackiecooperphoto.com.

i think this is one of my favorites.  i look like i have a secret or something...

jackie appeased us by letting us bring along the brats.  look at sly, such a model.

i love this one!

we had an impromptu shoot at the house when we went to change.

i heart sun flare!

another favorite.  we are hoping to get one just like this during the wedding with all the guests in the background!  i can't wait to see that one!

doesn't it look like he likes me or something?!?  :)

this is over by my work, so i threw this one in there, and i love that necklace that i happened to find at my grandparents house the last time i was there.

LOVE!  peaks of the exploration place, looking into the future, and the colors look amazing in this.  it was almost pitch black when she took this, but i love it anyway!

revamped!

i revamped my blog today...i'm sure you noticed. i mean DUH, it's not black anymore. [okay, sorry that was mean if you didn't notice. i apologize.] have you noticed that is like cleaning house for me? i do it and i feel like i've really accomplished something. and yet, all i've done is searched through a million pre-made templates and found a pretty one. and then copy/pasted it into the blog. so sad...but so true.

:)

anyway...i'm in pretty good spirits today. i went out to my mom and dad's house tonight to help my mom and some of her chamber of commerce friends plan a 5k run/walk in goddard. i ended up staying a little later. my mom was awesome and did all my laundry that i had left there on sunday night! yay! now i only have to do a few loads of sheets and towels and i'm done! don't you just love moms? they really are the best.

then i went straight over to my friend julie's house, she made me dinner [i'm starting to sound really spoiled in this post...trust me, these are not normal occurrences.] it was delish, chicken and couscous...YUM! and then we took our pups for a walk around the park. the ghetto park in our neighborhood....we've decided that if BOTH of us go and we BOTH have our dogs, probably no one will bother us. i didn't run today, but i've started this program called the Couch to 5K program. sounds perfect for me, eh? it's a nine week program and only 8 weeks left until the FIRST ANNUAL GODDARD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 5k run/walk!! jules is going to join me in my quest for 5K greatness. wish us luck!

my new apartment

my bathroom. complete with a broken toilet seat...i probably should call maintenance, but i've been to lazy so far.

view one of the bedroom. yeah, that's scooby doo, i may be almost 25, but i'm
still 2 at heart. and that red table will move eventually, i'm going to shorten it and make it into my coffee table.

view two of the bedroom...and one of the two parts of the apartment that still need organized. whoops!

dressing room/amazingly huge closets. the main reason i rented this apartment. :)

further back from the closet so i can show you nelson's little part of the apartment. lol.

the living room. and aley, my friend anna's dog that i'm dog sitting while she moves to NYC and finds a place to stay.

the front door, the awesome entertainment center i bought on craig's list, aley's crate and for some reason i still haven't found a place for my snowboard....at least it matches my red and black living room!

the dining room and the other part of the apartment that still needs cleaned. lol. oh, and if you haven't seen him yet, that's my dog nelson with his new haircut.

kitchen. boring and pretty small.

what you see when you walk in the front door. i really wanted to buy something that made me really happy and that i could remember with the money my grandparents gave me for graduation, so i bought that antique dresser for my entry way. it still needs sanded and polyurethaned, but i love it!

and that's it! it's small [although lots bigger than my old place] but i love it!