Bub's Photo Blanket!

I seriously think this is one of the the

funniest gifts I've ever helped with....

 

My brother is in a long distance relationship, (we

love her!) and even though it's super corny, he liked

the idea of getting his girlfriend a blanket with his face

plastered all over it - So even when they're apart,

she can still snuggle with him! Dorky, but sweet, right?!?

 

Originally, we thought we could do one giant

picture of him, but because the resolution of the

pictures I had weren't high enough, we had to go with

a collage... which I think I like better anyways now!

I just ordered it from Walmart.com and had it shipped

straight to his girlfriend in Los Angeles.

 

I know...

Best. Gift. Ever.

10 Year High School Reunion

I can't believe that TEN YEARS have passed since I graduated

high school.... I'm now officially one of "those old people" that
my younger self always pitied! You know, the one who can't function

past midnight, who has an internal alarm clock that won't let her sleep
past 7:00, who would rather spend most Friday evenings at home, in her
sweats, watching a redbox movie while eating kettle corn, and if she's

feeling a little crazy, will drink a root beer! Yeah, that's my life now.

 

BUT, I'm 100% content with where I am at this point in my life, and I

didn't even dread my high school reunion (like so many often do). I

graduated with a relatively small class, around 100 people, and although

Facebook has made it much easier to keep up with what's happening in

everyone's lives, I was excited to catch up with friends I hadn't seen for years.

 

So Saturday was the big day. Even though I knew for ten years that it was

coming, it kinda crept up on me! Weird. Unfortunately, I've been sick for

over 3 weeks now, and Saturday was actually one of the worst days I'd had.

But, because my sis was one of the people in charge of planning the reunion,
I, of course, had to help her! And I ended up spending a good portion of
Friday and Saturday helping set everything up. I was pretty much exhausted

by the time the reunion actually started. At any rate, I'm so glad I went and

stayed the whole time - I loved seeing everyone, meeting their spouses, fiance's

and significant others, and had fun dancing, eating, and laughing! Too bad I
look sick and tired in every picture. Oh well!! Better luck next time, I suppose.

**I found my necklace in New York City the weekend before the
reunion.... the pictures don't do it justice because it was so pretty!**

A special part of the reunion decoration honored our friend
who was tragically killed in a wreck shortly after graduation.
Antwuane was everyone's friend and he will always be missed
and remembered. His picture was set up at the entrance, along with
our senior yearbook, a chalkboard welcome sign, and some music playing.

We had the reunion at The Palms, which is a smaller reception

hall about 20 minutes from our high school. It was catered by

Le Bistro, a delicious restaurant, and they served heavy appetizers.

For entertainment, there was a DJ, and a photo area with lots of props.

 

  Although only 27 alumni were able to come, it was a really

nice time and I'm definitely looking forward to the next one!
Hoping that some people who didn't come to this one, for one

reason or another, will be able to come to the next. They missed out! 

 

First Dance as Mr. & Mrs.

I've been a married woman for over three years now...
our anniversary was January 23rd. I knew my husband

wouldn't expect a present, but I decided to make something
that I personally wanted us to have... as it turned out,  he
thought it was a pretty cool gift too!
 

I saw the idea on Pinterest to frame a picture from your
first dance at your wedding, with the song lyrics around the picture.
I thought it was a cute idea, and figured it couldn't be too difficult
to make. It ended up being even easier because my mom helped me with
it, and she is much better with computers than I am.
The photo is a 4x6 and the frame is for an 8x10. We just printed the
lyrics onto thick computer paper, and I used double stick tape to attach the
picture to the paper. So simple! I think it turned out pretty cute!

Now I have to figure out a good place to display it. Not really
appropriate for the kitchen table, which is where it currently is!

**Christmas Cards 2011... and 2010**

I love getting photo Christmas cards from people,

so I decided when I got married that I would send

photo Christmas cards too =) I wanted to share this
year's Christmas card with y'all... and throw in last year's

card too.  Here's the front and back of the cards:

I bought silver tinsel garland and used a cricut to cut

out the letters, and then just hot glued them to the garland.

My sister, Rebekah, took the pictures one day when

Isaiah and I went to visit her (and her hubbie) in Louisville, KY.

We went to a local park and Rebekah just started clicking away.

It was pretty cold, so we didn't stay outside for long!
And Isaiah was such a good sport about it!!

The same evening, we uploaded the pictures to Vistaprint.

I choose an oversized postcard.  Since the garland said

"Merry Christmas," I didn't feel like it was necessary to have

the design of the card say something as well.

Here's some other pictures from that day:

 

 

 

 

AND... here's the silly pictures when we needed

to have a little fun!!

This yawn meant I was TIRED and DONE!

But it really was fun and took less than an hour.

Thanks sis for taking, uploading, and editing

the pictures for my Christmas card!!

And here's our Christmas card from 2010... since we got

married earlier that year, I decided to use a wedding picture.

This was a Vistaprint creation too....

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!
God bless!