A Special Wish

To Caleb and Kayla,

Jared and I truly don't have the words to tell you how much we love you two. You are our best friends and we are so SO honored that we'll be standing by you tomorrow as you officially become one. It's been so much fun over the past three years getting to know Kayla, seeing your relationship grow and just celebrating all of the joys of life with you two.

Be it baseball games, Bengals parties, holidays or just playing Wii together while eating way too much buffalo chicken dip... we have so much fun with you!  We are so blessed not just by your friendship, but your walk with God and your love for each other. For two people who haven't always had it easy and have overcome many obstacles in the past couple of years- your outlook on life is incredible.

Marriage is hard, and it takes effort sometimes.... but it's also the best blessing in the world and worth it all! We pray for you guys daily and will continue to do so as you start this next chapter of life together. I know there are great things in store for you both.

It excites us SO MUCH to know that the four of us will be family -and friends- forever and ever.

Now let's get this wedding weekend started, already!!

Wax Paper Chandelier

I am pretty darn excited to be linking up for the first time with Katie, one of my favorite bloggers. I'm the laziest 'pinner' ever, hardly ever doing anything on my dozens of Pinterest boards. Until now, that is! I spotted an amazing chandelier made of wax paper on Pinterest a few months ago and thought it would be an awesome addition to the decor at Kayla's wedding. There was no real tutorial out there, so it looked pretty simple and we figured we'd give it a try!

Little did I know- it would not be quite as simple as we thought.... and incredibly time consuming. There... you can't say I didn't warn you!

Oh, and the more hours you spend punching out circles from wax paper, taping circles to fishing wire, and attaching them to the spray-painted wooden ring? The more weird things will get. Again- consider yourself warned.

This project took probably close to 10 hours over time- I kid you not. Kayla and I punched holes for hours and hours it seemed like. Since those handy little circle-punchers aren't really made for wax paper, it was a lot of trial and error on how many sheets we could cut through, and what method worked best.

Thankfully, although time consuming- this is really all you need for the project. I used the hot glue to secure some of the knots once we were ready to hang it up.

Oh, and preferably a husband that will help you out when you feel like your fingers are about to bleed ;) Thanks, Jared!

Jared refusing pictures and my tangled mess in progress ;)

I know it's going to look SO pretty hanging up in the outdoor reception this weekend behind the bride and groom's table! So what do you think..... would you have the patience to create one of these??

Summer Bucket List!

Yes, I said it. The S-WORD! Summer will officially be here before we know it... after all, we're approaching Memorial Day weekend (what?!) If you've been around my blog for longer than 2 days, you probably know how much I love a good list... so of course, I'm bringing you another one today to pin and complete in the coming months. That is your assignment, folks! ;)

And what's better than one blogger's list? How about seven bloggers combining their bucket lists, all in one spot!? Let me kick things off with my own personal list:

Andrea

Steph

Mandy

Gwen

Robin

Robin wins for best to-do list over the summer ;)

Kristen

Not sure I'll be able to concentrate at work today.... all these ladies have be dreaming of sunshine, concerts and being in the water! Summer, here we come!! Did you get any ideas for your own bucket list? Have you started one yet? What's the number one thing on your must-do list for this summer?