tulip festival.

Since Trevor's parents were up in Salt Lake City for my graduation we decided that we should get together with some family that lives near by and go see the tulip festival they have up here. It was really beautiful, but I am not going to lie, the tulip fields they have in Carlsbad in California are way better. While the flowers are better in Carlsbad, the landscape and features of this place was much cooler. Where in Carlsbad there are just fields and fields of gorgeous flowers, here it was like a maze of gardens, and there was a gorgeous house, or mansion really, on the property, waterfalls, you name it, they had it.

It was a great afternoon with family, and the sun was finally coming out in Utah, hurray for that!

It was a gorgeous day :)

p.s. these are Trevor's infamous cut off shorts he makes every time he gets holes in his jeans. please tell him they are not as amazing as he thinks they are, haha.

picture this.

When Lissa offered to take some pictures of me and the hubberz, I was thrilled! I had been following her adorable blog for awhile and was probably more excited to meet her then have our pictures taken :) Lucky me she dragged her husband and sweet little baby with her to the shoot and I was tickled to meet the little one in person.

It is funny, I have never met anyone that I know from the blog world in real life before, and it was pretty fun to put a real face to the blog version of someone :)

Love him :)

Lissa had a challenge with me and Trevor that I should have probably warned her about.... Trevor taking pictures can be an awkward event, haha. At one point even she couldn't help burst out a laugh with how uncomfortable the poor guy is in front of a camera! haha She was amazing with us! She really made us comfortable and on top of that, is pretty dang entertaining. The end result is just adorable. I love them :)

So check her stuff out, you wont be disappointed!

glasses blues.

So remember this post about how I am an old lady and can't see anymore? Well I went with the tortoise pair if you were wondering, and when I got them in the mail... they were even prettier in real life. I put them on my face... held my breath... and.... no. sad moment. I know the bigger framed, dare I say "nerdy" glasses are in right now... but these were NOT flattering. I knew I had a very small and petite face, but I didn't realize just how small. These things were pretty funny, and I had got their smallest pair. If you don't believe me you can check out the skype chat I had with my mama to get her opinion....

I have always had a beautiful pair of Coach glasses that I love. But wanted to try something new that had spunk. The second I took the Ray Bans off I tried on my Coach ones and fell in love all over again. They just suit my face so much better, and something I wouldn't be embarrassed to wear in front of a bunch of young students in the classroom haha. So it looks like I am keeping it simple and classic ladies and gents.... I guess I shouldn't be surprised, that really seems to sum up my style anyhow.

But on a happier shopping note...

I wanted to share with you a site that was sent to me called  Zestii At first I thought this sounded too good to be true, but guess what? It is just that good. I have already bought items through it and I am loving it. Are you ready for this? First and foremost, it is totally FREE to sign up. Then select stores, which they have a great collection of them by the way, you can actually earn a percentage back from what you spend. Does that make sense? Here is the breakdown... 1. SHOP Click through their partners for the store, brand or product you are looking for and earn $ based on how much you spend. Each store has a different percentage you can earn. 2. REDEEM Check back a few days after your order has shipped and redeem $ for cash, products and gift cards. I usually just use mine to pay me back through pay pal. Some of these stores I shop online at all the time, so why not get a few dollars off every time I do? It adds up!

I bought two pairs of shoes at LuLus and got $10 back! I like the sound of that. I always think if you have found something great, share it, so here you guys go :) Oh and when you sign up, you instantly get a $5 credit, so they are basically paying you to sign up, a win win :)

The Best Day

Someday Trevor and I will have children, and I know when that day comes, our wedding day will take second seat to the best day in our lives. But we will never forget the day that started it all, and was the beginning of our family and life together. It really was the best day, and one that I know we both will never forget.

08.11.09

One beautiful Tuesday morning in August...


The Celebration...

PASSWORD IS: McClain

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