Courtney & Ronnie's Wedding

Happy Hump Day Everyone! I hope your week has been going awesome! Work has been a bit crazy on my end, but it is a good kind of crazy because I am learning all new things!

Today I wanted to recap my cousin, Courtney's, wedding! Last Friday everyone got all dolled up and made their way to partake in the wonderful festivities of their ceremony and reception.

Ronnie's family is Assyrian, so the wedding followed a more traditional Chaldean theme.  There was crowns, pins, dancing and tons and tons of glamorous people.  Courtney went with a pale pink and champagne themed wedding that turned out to be absolutely gorgeous! But I digress...

Michigan has been having a lot of rain lately, so there was some apprehension that it would rain the day of their wedding, and it did.  However, it rained for a total of thirty minutes while everyone was at the ceremony and it did not interfere with any of their events. 

The church was filled with tons of family on both sides and the ceremony was absolutely beautiful.  Courtney walked down to the same song that Mandy Moore walked down the aisle to in "A Walk to Remember" and I was instantly crying when the song came on.  The ceremony lasted about thirty minutes but it felt like it flew by.

After the ceremony, everyone made their way to the reception hall, and let me just say, it was ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!  The had white curtains hanging all around the room with pink accent lighting.  The flowers were a beautiful mix of pink and white and some arrangements were tall while others were short.  I love how they mixed it up.

The evening was filled with delicious food, great alcohol and dancing which is the perfect way to end a wedding! My night ended with sore feet and big smiles, that is for sure.

Congratulations Courtney & Ronnie!

Danielles Birthday + a Diamond Mouse Pad

Hello Everyone! I hope your Tuesday is going well! I wanted to share with you today a quick recap of Danielle's birthday celebration we had last week! 

My girlfriends and I always try to make it a point to get together once a month for any reason that we see fit, and for the month of July, that just happened to be Danielle's birthday!

We made plans to go to dinner at Mongolian BBQ (BD's) which was a ton of fun because Caroline had never been before! If you do not know what Mongolian BBQ is, then you are seriously missing out!

When you get to the restaurant, they take your drink order and hand you a bowl.  This is where the fun comes in: you get to pick what you eat! There is a buffet where you pick your meat, veggies and cooking sauce!  This time around I had chicken/shrimp with a medley of different vegetables all cooked with their Asian Peanut Sauce.  Yummmmyyy.

After dinner, we made our way back to my apartment to have cake and make crafts! For this get together, we all made our very own mouse pads.  Danielle found a tutorial online that seemed pretty simple, so she bought all the supplies and we each got to make our own mouse pad.  Now to just get a mouse for my laptop, haha! 

Mine was hues of turquoise/green, Danielle's looked very similar to the tutorial, Caroline did red and white with red glitter, Sarah did hues of puples/gold and Kimmy did a Batman/Superman combined look.  It is so fun to see how different everyone's creativity is! And the best part, it did not cost all that mush to make.  

If you'd like to make your very own version of this mouse pad, check out the video below! Her tutorial is pretty straight forward and easy to follow!

Happy Birthday Danielle! 

It's August Already?! What in the World?!

Hi Everyone! Apparently a month has gone by since I last checked in and that is pretty lame! So much has been going on that I have not been able to keep up with everything and unfortunately the blog suffered for it.

Luckily, I have found a renewed since of fervor to get my rear end in gear and hop back on the blogging wagon! 

August is not going to be nearly as busy as previous months because we just don't have as much going on - and to be honest, I am totally okay with that! I feel like we have been moving at lightening speed and the slower pace will be much enjoyed.

In Chronological Order:

• Courtney and Ronnie's Wedding (update to come shortly)
• Stephanie's Surprise birthday party
• Dwayne Comes to Visit
• Redecorating the Guest Bedroom
• Trip to the Sleeping Bear Dunes
• Celebrating my Father-in-Law's Birthday
• Renaissance Festival 
• Up North for Labor Day

Other happenings in August! 

Since July came and went and we are already on August 4th, I am starting a bit behind the game this month.  However, I plan on getting my stuff together and getting my butt in gear! 

My Challenges in August are:

• 30 Day Arms Challenge
• To read The Maze Runner by James Dashner
• Workout at least 15 times
• To do #jackabeedaily2014 every day 

The Maze Runner movie is coming out sometime this Fall, so I am looking forward to reading the book prior to watching the movie.  Unfortunately, I need to finish June and July's book before I can move on to August's book.

Question of the Day:

What fun things do you have planned for August?