More from Spring Break

well it is officially the first day of Spring!! I did a post on the first day of fall because it was our favorite holiday. I kind of skipped over the first day of winter, but it kind of feels like we skipped the entire season. It never really got super cold or very snowy, which I am perfectly okay with! Probably the prettiest snow fall of the year was just a couple weeks ago and then all of it was gone again in a couple days. That's my favorite; a little snow and then it melts fast.

Anyways, the rest of my spring break was fabulous!! I couldn't have asked for better weather! I laid out a few days and I think I may have even gotten a little color :) That's right in Iowa AND in March!

one night last week it was the same temperature in Punta Cana, Key West, and Ankeny!

Remember our checklist? I got a lot of stuff checked off

1. paint flower pots
2. figure out something old, new, borrowed, and blue
3. book our salon for the day of the wedding
4. blog...yes I have to put it on the to-do list to make sure I do it!
5. scrapbook (not necessarily wedding-related but want to do)
6. finish invitations
7. appointments: decorator, cake, dress, tuxes, caterer, rehearsal dinner caterer, pianist
8. shopping for ties, flower girl dress, and shoes
9. make a map of the Enrichment center
10. figure our escort cards and guestbook
11. and a few other detail things that I'm going to keep secret

We are still on the lookout for ties and I still need to get my sister Abby some shoes for the wedding. I think I am almost set on deciding my old, new, borrowed, blue. And I'm still deciding exactly what to do for our guestbook. 

here's just a tiny sneak peak of our invitation

Most of the invitations are printed...they just need to get put together. In case you were interested in the whole DIY invitation deal. BY FAR the worst part of it was cutting!! I really enjoyed the designing process, but cutting it all out stunk...big time!


This past Sunday my friend and ex-roomy, Jenni, took some extra engagement pictures for us! She's so talented! We also had a lot of fun just hanging out with her for a couple hours that morning :)

here is the first picture she gave to us. I reeeeaally like it :)

Later that day, we played bags outside and I tried to be a little photographer myself by trying to recreate this picture.

here is ours...

 P.S. I had to crop our picture a lot because you could see up my shorts. lol. We'll try again another time :)


All in all, I'd say I had a very successful and awesome break!