November 15, 2013

Friday Faves

Happy Friday to you!  We have a weekend of traveling for a 60th wedding anniversary celebration and a family dinner.  I hoe you all have a fun weekend planned as well!

My Friday Faves

1) TurboKick.   I have mentioned before that I teach this class four times a week at the local YMCA.  My last class for the week is on Friday’s from 4:30-5:15pm.  It is always interesting to guess the attendance for the day.  Happy Hour is TOUGH competition, y’all.

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2. Starbucks.  I treat myself on Friday’s to a Caramel Frapp.  MY FAVE!!!  Sugar free syrup, non-fat milk, no whip, please.

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3. Too Faced Primed and Poreless.

I use this primer everyday underneath my foundation.  Lifesaver for those who tend to get oily as the day passes by.  By the end of the workday my foundation is still set in place with minimum shine since I started using this product.

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4. Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Along the same lines as the Primer, the Shadow Insurance is just for your eyes.  Do you get that ugly eyeshadow crease?  You won’t after you start using this product!  My eyeshadow looks great at the end of a 9 hour day, no joke.  And my eyeshadow used to always be creased and slimy looking by lunch time.  This product is magic to me!

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5. Scandal

I am COMPLETELY obsessed with this show.  The plot lines, the characters, the suspense, the emotion.  Totally invested in this series and right now I don’t want it to EVER end.

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What is your makeup must-have?

Do you have a TV show that you can’t get enough of?

November 13, 2013

Our Harley Davidson Wedding: Part 2

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Our wedding took place at Westfair Amphitheater.  This was venue number 2 that was secured less then 3 months prior to our wedding, thanks to our original venue drowning from the crazy Missouri River Flooding.  Talk about last minute stress, but it all worked out.

Clint and I chose to walk each other down the aisle as opposed to me meeting him at the front.   Our lives were already operating as one unit, we had committed to each other long before our wedding date, and it just seemed appropriate to walk down the aisle together.

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My younger brother, Gabriel, played guitar for us. We chose the song Beautiful Day by U2 as we all walked down the aisle.  He did such a great job!

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The Happy Hubby and Wife!!

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Kyle is officially my step-son!  Handsome kid.

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Our Beautiful Families

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Clint had my ring custom made.  All his idea to do a bar and shield.

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In lieu of a traditional guestbook.

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And how amazing are these cookies?  One of my besties mom made them for me.  She makes the BEST sugar cookies I have ever had.  Ever.  Think Loft House Sugar Cookies, but better.  Her cookies were the one requirement I had for food.

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People ate, drank, socialized and as the sun set, our band set up to start the real party.

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We hired Lemon Fresh Day and they rocked the reception from start to end.  We partied until well after midnight, others even longer.  I heard some pretty entertaining stories about hotel pool after-hour shenanigans.  🙂

Beer, rock’n’roll, friends, family and a happy couple.  Wedding Day Success.

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November 11, 2013

Our Harley-Davidson Wedding- Part 1

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All pictures courtesy of Gulizia Design.  My favorite photographer of all time.

 

Taking it back today to 9.10.11~ Our Wedding Day.

In planning our wedding we knew we wanted it to be totally us, no-nonsense, lots of fun, Harley-Davidson centered, full of our favorite people, lots of beer drinking and good rock-n-roll.  I think we pulled it off with flying colors.  It makes my heart happy having people still talking about our wedding day, two years later.

The Day started in a hotel suite with my beautiful bridesmaids, a lot of hairspray, makeup, champagne drinking and laughter.  Perfect way to calm a nervous bride.

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Yes, I am hugging my own bottle of champagne.  I know how to do this right.

 

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Time for The Dress

 

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The Orange Sparkly Shoes

 

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The Jewelry

 

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Deep Breath.  Let’s Go!

 

I will never forget his face.  He cried.  I might have laughed. 

 

 

 

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His First Look

 

At this point we loaded up the entire wedding party, plus their significant others, onto a party bus.  Yes.  We did a party bus BEFORE the Ceremony.  It was all about celebrating that day.  No stress, no Bridezilla, no worries.  Just fun.

 

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We took the bus down to the Old Market, Omaha to where the train station used to be located.  A perfect place for the style of pictures we wanted.

 

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The Girls

 

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After pictures we hung out at a bar for a few pre-ceremony cocktails and time to just relax and let loose before hopping back on the party bus for the 20 minute drive to the ceremony.

Nothing but Shenanigans, friends.

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Up Next: Wedding Ceremony, Reception and our kick ass dance with the band Lemon Fresh Day!

 

 

 

 

 

November 11, 2013

Big Hair, Don’t Care- Happy Birthday Mom!

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Oh, Glamour Shots.  Who else thinks this franchise needs to return?  I mean, seriously!  Big hair, stage makeup, pleather coats and sequined pencils.  Brilliant.

 

Today my mom celebrates 53 years of AWESOME!  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM! 

I baked you a cake, circa 1986.

 

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We’ve come along way from these days:

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Love you! Hope you had a great day!

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