Anniversary weekend re-cap!

This weekend we went away for the weekend to celebrate our 1 YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!! Our anniversary isn't actually until next Sunday but we are going to be at a graduation next Saturday so we had to celebrate this weekend. Let me tell you the year has just FLOWN by! I can't believe that it has almost been a year since I walked down the aisle towards my best friend and husband! SO thankful for the journey the last year has been.

On our way! We had to stop by Starbucks for Happy Hour and half price Frapps! 

Iowa is beautiful!

Here is our little cabin! It was called The Haven and it was definitely a little haven for us this weekend!

It was the perfect size for us and it was so cozy and comfortable. I just wanted to stay there forever. 

Our little porch was such a peaceful and comfy spot to sit, chat and listen to the birds. 

Friday night after we arrived at our cabin we ate dinner on the porch.

It was nothing fancy but we enjoyed our picnic style dinner.

After dinner we had some pretty intense games of Sequence. 

After Sequence we watched a movie and went to bed. 

The next day we woke up early and went into town to grab some coffee and hit up one of the local bakeries. They were both amazing so we decided to go to both. 

We walked in town for a while and then went back to our cabin to eat our breakfast. 

Saturday afternoon we went for a two hour walk by the dam and on some of the trails near our cabin.

It was so beautiful outside and we couldn't have asked for better weather!

We also enjoyed some snuggle time in the afternoon. 

                             

That afternoon we walked around the town we were staying by and looked at all of the beautiful tulips that were in full bloom. The town that we stayed is known for their tulips and they were seriously all over the town. It was very beautiful!

Please don't mind the wind blown hair. 

That evening we went out to eat at a really amazing restaurant and enjoyed a LOT of food. Seriously, we were so full! 

CHEERS for 1st year of marriage! 

Can't wait for 80 more! 

The next day we ate our cheesecake from the night before for breakfast. (Super healthy right?!) 

Then we just relaxed all morning on our porch and chatted about life and listened to the rain and the birds. It was so peaceful and lovely. 

We ended our trip with a lovely coffee stop at an adorable coffee      shop in town. 

 Such a wonderful trip! Can't wait to celebrate again this Sunday on our actual anniversary! 

Stay tuned for a cutting of the cake picture! 

What did you do for your 1st Anniversary?! 

Love,

             Lindsey

   

Wedding Wednesday: The Bachelorette party!

It is that time of week again! Wedding Wednesday!!
I cannot believe that my one year anniversary is in a little over a month! So crazy how fast time goes!

Today I am going to tell you about my wonderful and crazy fun bachelorette party! My lovely sister and two of my beautiful best friends planned my party and they did such an AMAZING job! They went above and beyond and I can't believe how much work they put into it! They kept the theme a secret from me and it was so fun to be surprised!

J+L
Bachelorette Party
April 20, 2013

They scheduled the party for about a month before our wedding. That was a good time frame for me because I didn't want to be stressed out while celebrating and I knew that if we had it close to the wedding it would stress me out. I was going to go to my last dress fitting that Friday night and met my mom and a few other friends in Ankeny that night for supper after my fitting. The next day was my party!

My sister had planned a fun scavenger hunt at a mall in town it was so fun! We were split into teams and had a list of items to find in different stores and then we had to take pictures of them to send back to her. It was such a great idea and VERY fun! :) After that we had a few hours to do some shopping.


What a wonderful group of women! I am so thankful for them!



Unfortunately I am having a hard time finding my camera with the rest of the pictures of the mall on it but will upload those as soon as I find it!



After the mall we headed back to one of their houses to get ready for dinner.

They had decorated the house and it looked awesome! I then found out that the theme of my bachelorette party was BARBIE!!

How cute is that?
 It definitely brought back memories from when I was a little girl and we played Barbies for hours and hours!










All dressed up for dinner


We ended up going to a cute little Italian restaurant for dinner. It was delicious and we had such a great time with awesome conversation.


After dinner we went back to the house and played games, had some girly drinks, opened lots and lots of gifts and hung out. It was perfect!















SO thankful for these amazing ladies and their friendship to me! A special thanks to Betsy, Loretta and Julia for planning this party! You did an amazing job and it was so special for me!

Love you all so much!

Thanks for reading along and I will post the rest of the pictures from this party very soon! Stay tuned for next week when I post about my second shower.

Love,

             Lindsey

Wedding Wednesday: Engagement Pictures!

Hey Ya'll! (wish I was southern!)

Today I am following in my Wedding Wednesday fashion and posting some of our engagement pictures!

After we got engaged, one of the things I was super excited about was that we would get to take engagement pictures. I immediately started looking up poses on Pinterest and thinking about what we were going to wear. 

When Jordan and I were dating we enjoyed going on day trips together. It was so wonderful to be able to get away somewhere and spend the day together. One of our favorite places to go is Galena, Illinois. If you have never been there, you need to go! It is a beautiful and quaint little town with so much charm and preciousness (is that a word?). We traveled there multiple times while dating and loved it! SO.... I knew who I wanted to take our pictures and she just happens to live pretty close to Galena. April, from Blue Sky Photographs , did our pictures and it was really great to work with her since she was a family friend of mine! It was such a beautiful and perfect day and we had so much fun! 

I chose both of our outfits and I got most of it at Kohls and Target.

Without further adieu...

J+L
Engagement Pictures
September 14, 2012


My dress is from Kohls. Jordan already had this outfit.

My outfit is from Target. Jordan's outfit is from Kohls.

My shirt is from Kohls. 

                

I love how our photographer captured so many awesome moments! 

Thanks for stopping by! Next Wednesday I will be posting about my bachelorette party.

Love,

             Lindsey