Our Love Story- Valentines Day Link Up

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1. How long have you and your significant other been together?

Wait for it.....11 months on the 19th! Def one of those, "when you know, you know" things!

2. How did you meet? {What's your "love" story?}

I have actually never written how we met. After Caden and I had finally gotten back on our feet from a long streak of things falling apart, I wanted nothing to enter our lives and mess us up! We had a safe place to live and a secure job, I planned to be here for many years to come. I jokingly asked a lady from my church that I admire, "if she had any more sons?" She had three sons that I had heard nothing but good things about. She laughed and then proceeded to tell me about her nephew that was the closest thing to her sons. She wasn't kidding, Shane went on family vacations and spent many summers at her home with her boys. She told me all about him, most importantly that he wanted a family. He had never been married and had no kids. We ended up going out on our first date a few weeks after talking on the phone. He brought me flowers. Seeing his chemistry with Caden after a few dates, confirmed my desire of a future with him.  

Our First Date :)

3. If married, how long have you been married? If not, is this the guy you hope to marry? {do tell}
We are getting married on June 16 this year! Only about 4 more months!

4. If you are married, where did you get married at? Big or small wedding? If not, where would you like to get married? And will it be big or small?

We are getting married at The Elms in Coosada, AL. I posted about it here. It will be between 200-300. I am so excited and can not wait!!

under the moss trees, minus the water hose:)

5. Do you have any nick-names that you call one another? Do share!

Shaney boo or Shaney Love, Love bug, Hunny Bunny, Baby Love

6. Name 3 things you love most about your honey.
Only 3???
Ok, the first is the way he is with Caden. Caden is so excited about having Shane as his Dad. It makes me so happy every time I see them playing and spending time together!!

The second, would be how supportive he is in everything I want or do. He makes me feel like everything that is important to me is important to him. I looove that about him!!:) I am never nervous to talk to him about anything!

The 3rd would be how much fun he is. I would never be able to be with someone that didnt make me laugh or like to have a good time with me. He is very silly with me, although he may not come off like he would be!!

7. Tell us how he proposed? Or your ideal proposal?

He proposed at Disney World in front of the castle during Wishes! You can read about it here.

8. Is he a flowers and teddy bear kind of guy for v-day, or strawberries, champagne, and rose petals?

For now, def a flowers and bear (or Reese's!!:)) Maybe after were married a while, he may try to shake it up a bit with  the other ;) We actually celebrated this weekend, since we wont be together on Vday.

My roses from Shane

Caden's card, candy, and $10

9. Are you a sunset dinner on the beach kind of girl, or pop a movie in and relax on the couch?

Both! We love the beach! And any opportunity to be romantic, Ill take it! But the movie on the couch is an every weekend desire for me!

About to parasail!

Relaxing!

10. Tell us one thing you'd like to do with your significant one day. If you could do anything? Go anywhere? 
I want to go to NYC at Christmas time very badly! It seems like it would be so romantic!

11. Tell us what you plan on doing on this Valentine's Day.
We went to dinner and exchanged cards, candy and flowers for me!:)

12. Are you asking for anything this Valentine's day?
Nope got all I wanted, time. Dont mean to sound cheesy!

13. Give us one piece of advice of keeping a relationship strong and full of love.
I would say communication is a top priority in a relationship. You can't go very far without it!!
Also, the piece of advice that I hold closest would be.. if you work on your relationship with God then everything else will fall into place.

14. Show us a picture of what love means to you.

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Busy Busy...

We have been so busy the past two weeks! I can hardly wait for this weekend to be a little lazy! Shane is working and aside from a Vday dinner and church, I think Caden and I will be spending it in jammies. I know, you must be envious! I wanted to share a little about what has been keeping us so busy.

Tata and Palyn made there trip here last Monday.

They were both able to meet and love on sweet baby Coleman.

I love this picture of the three of them!

Palyn usually stays right around Caden, even if he is on his game.

She is sooooo into dressing up right now! She repeats "Im a princess!" We are all in trouble! Caden loved dressing up when he was little too! He actually still does some. When he was 3-7 it was a different superhero everyday, batman, spiderman, captian america, power ranger, superman. It recently turned into Darth Vader and light sabers. I am not exaggerating. We would always get them on clearence after Halloween. We do the same for her. She loves it just as much! What a great imaginantion those two have!

I am so into my Mary Kay now!! It took me a good year to get warmed up, but I am now on fire!! I am in love with this company! We get prizes all of the time! I just got this purse last week! I have also gotten earrings and a necklace without even trying hard! I cant wait to see what is next now that I have started putting forth effort!! This month, anyone that listens to the Mary Kay opportunity, 20-30 mins, get their name put in a drawing for a free Coach bag. You also get a free lipgloss! Wouldn't you like to listen for a chance?

I went shopping a little last Friday night at Belk and got these adorable rain boots along with some brown wedge boots. Sale, yes. I have always wanted rain boots, but didnt want ones that looked like everyone else's. I loved these pretty preppy ones, and they have about every color on them, so you couldn't go wrong! I was excited that it would be raining the next day, so I wore them. Yeah, it didn't rain until late that night! Ha! Oh well, they were fun!

On Saturday, I attended a women's conference at a local church. The theme was Beauty from Ashes, and it was very good and beautifully put together. I enjoyed the speakers, the decor, and the food. You ladies did a fantastic job putting this together! Your hard work was noticed and appreciated!!

On Sunday, we went to the new church that we have been attending and I am LOVING it!! The messages are so easy and good, and the worship is great too! I still miss my home church FBC Oak Grove, although they are very different. I cant wait to see what God has in store for our new family at Centerpoint. After church, Shane, Caden, Emmie, and I attended a small Bridal show in Montgomery. I have to find a caterer, and wanted to use someone local to avoid travel fees. I didn't have much luck, so I am working out a few things right now to hopefully have one soon.

Emmie and I, her instagram photo

Can I please have an iPhone just for Instagram and Red Stamp?

Caden and I have been taking a 10 min walk around the complex in the mornings before school. I read that it is supposed to help the kids focus at school that day. He was excited to see dandilions out one morning. Cutie Pie! When he came home from school this day, I had to take a step back and look at him. I swear it seemed as if he had grown a foot at school that day. Wow, he is so tall! We also had a breakdown one afternoon because of a new rule that was put into place this week. "No DS on school days, only on the weekend" Love Always, Mama. You would seriously think he was dying. That is what I am hoping to break a little by this rule, his obsession.

I spent time one afternoon helping Caden put together these Vday treats for his class. There were so many cute ideas floating around pinterest, but this one seemed the easiest, most affordable, and most age appropriate for him. You can find my pin here.

My church, FBCOG, asked me a few weeks ago if they could come over to the complex and have a craft, snack, and story with the kids every Tuesday afternoon. I, of course, thought this was a great thing to do, and am thankful for a loving, serving church family.

And today is my beautiful Mama's birthday! We sent her this picture this morning to wake up to on her special day!! We love you!!

Hope my past two weeks weren't too boring for you to sit through! I like to document the little events of our everyday lives as well! Have a great weekend!



Circus 2012

This year, Shane joined Caden and me for the circus. We have been almost every year, but with us moving, and Caden getting older, I figured this may be the last year for a while. The theme this year was "Dragons". It was one of the best I have seen in awhile, and we had great seats in the lower center level. My favorite is always the acrobats. I am amazed at all of the awesome tricks they can pull! Especially one, holding a lady up just by her hair....craaaazy!! Call me cheap, but I always let Caden bring his light saber in so that we dont spend $767598324 on a light up toy. After seeing these pictures, Shane may agree that this will be our last year for awhile! He is so much fun! I was excited to be able to attend FBOG that morning. Although, we had to leave after Sunday school to make it on time, I hated to miss the message.

An act, taken with my phone

Our Circus Family!

Sorry Shane!

Caden on a circus motorcycle.

Watching a little pre show from up on Shane's shoulders!

Clown noses, am I the only one smiling?

This is usually Caden's fave!

Meeting a clown

We brought Caden in these sour "cry baby" candies, attempting to avoid the $10 snacks as well!

Sourrrrr!!

It was a great show! We stopped for dinner on our way home, and then Shane had to head back to Pville. I hope you all enjoyed the circus this year!!

Caden's Lego Birthday Party

In October, yes October, Caden had his 8th birthday party. It was a Legos party, and so much fun! I always begin planning his party out months ahead, which my friends and family don't understand! It helps with a small budget to have a better party. I have more time to find diy ideas and clearence items. I am not linking any printables to this post, if you are interested in any sources just ask me in a message, and I will look for them. It was just so long ago for me to look for them now, when I really just want to share his party memories with friends and family, and for memory sake. This has a lot of photos, I managed to fit it all in one post! Thanks to my sister, Ryan, and Shane for taking the pictures while I ran around making sure the kids were all having a good time! A lot of work went into the party, and I would have hated for an activity to be overlooked just because they didn't know about it!! Not normally OCD, but when it comes to parties and events, maybe I am!! Thank you to Shane, my family, and friends that helped and put up with my craziness that week! I just knew that with us moving this year, it would be his last big party here, in our hometown.

The Decorations

I always love his cakes. Since his third birthday they have been made by Pam Barnett. She never fails us!

The letters were foam from Hobby Lobby. We kept them and I will try to find a way to use them in his room.

Obviously, everything was in Primary Lego colors.

Drink and present table

I wrapped a ton of boxes, mostly shoe boxes, and glued dots of the same color to them to make giant legos. I reccomend this to anyone having a lego party, because it took up huge spaces and were cheap and easy to make. There was another table full of them

The name banner was made by glueing dots of the same colors to the paper and then his letters.

Each guest table had a photo from the Disney lego store, a fun lego fact, and a pail of legos with a number "8". Pails and little blue clip stands were from Hobby Lobby.

Coloring station with leog printables

Lego brownies

Made by icing brownie and adding m &m's.

Primary colored candy bowls, M &M's, Skittles, Sour Patch kids, & Jolly Ranchers.

Jars filled with legos.

Bigger Legos for the smaller kids.

Each child got a slip that asked "How many Legos?" and the winner got the jar.

The straws were from Hobby Lobby and the faces were printed off.

The Family and Friends

Connie and Calan were a huge help.

As was Ryan!

Amy and Bridgett

Becca and Norah Belle

Crystal and Tata

Palyn and Emmie

Tata, Cindym and Aunt Lisa

Mom, Dan and Amy

Caden and Mawmaw Helen

US!

Will

Becca, Julie, Me, Crystal, and Emmie

Aaron

Kaitlyn

Mawmaw Mary, Shane, and Deedee

MacKenzie

The kids also took home a bag full of Legos. The bags were from Wal Mart and had dots glued on to them, and a tag thanking them for coming. Everything was printed in a Lego font that was downloaded.

Payton

Christopher, Presley, Kiki, Lacey, Mom, Ryan, Palyn, and Haigan

The Fun!

Palyn with a pink lego

Blurry, but about to sing happy birthday

I think he was embarrased!

Cutie pie loving her jolly rancher!

Playing under the table!

This is the other table with the lego boxes. I also painted baby food jars yellow and drew faces on then with sharpies. So cute, easy and cheap!

We thank you all so much for making his last party here amazing!!