Happy Belated Fathers Day

I know I am a day late...Fathers Day was yesterday, but I was busy. I want to say Happy Fathers day to all the fathers out there, especially the two of mine.

Sadly, one is in heaven. My dad passed away very suddenly when I was 14. I still remember the day like it was yesterday. I miss him more and more each day, especially with my wedding coming up. I am not good w/ emotions in front of people so I don't talk about him in detail much.

Fast forward to me being 15/16ish and my mom meeting who at first I thought was the worst person on the planet because well he wasn't my dad. Now he is one of my best friends. My stepdadish (they are not married) Bob has been such an amazing gift to our family. First, he puts up with my mom and took on 3 kids as his own (he has no biological children of his own). There were many times he could of said I am done with this crap, but he didn't (why, I have no idea). He has stayed by my moms side for almost 10 years now and has proved he is not going anywhere.

I also want to wish Michael Happy Fathers day from our fur babies. Just because they are not human doesnt mean he isnt a dad to them. Go ahead, laugh...my mom does. One day (not anytime soon FYI) I cannot wait to wish him a Happy Fathers Day from our human baby.

SURPRISE!

Michael turned 30 on Sunday while we were visiting Pa. Usually we are up there in January for my birthday so we always go to this wing place for dinner with our friends. I came up with the bright idea to throw him a surprise birthday party for his 30th. He was the one who put the thought in my head by saying dont do it! HAHA! Taught him to tell me not to do something :). With LOTS of help from good friends and his family we were able to pull this off. He was surprised that I was able to, I SUCK at surprises. I always give it away because I get excited about it.

There was some hiccups, especially the day of. The day of we went and had lunch with our best man, maid of honor, god daughter, and both sets of parents. Michael had been craving this places ice cream for weeks. He was also REALLY instiant on playing mini golf, but it was around 4 pm and this time and our best man and maid of honor were the party set up people so they had to go. My mom made us leave which really made Michael mad so he became really grumpy. During the day he kept trying to change the place we were going for dinner (I had to put my foot down). We were playing cards with his cousins and grandma (who were suppose to be at the restaurant by 5:30) I kept trying to get Michael to go back to the house to change for dinner so they could go, but he wouldnt let us go! We were able to pull it off, but barely!

Here are some funny photos! He really enjoyed it and was REALLY surprised!

The attendees

Kylee our god daughter

Happy Birthday Michael!

she would not take a picture with him

So What Wednesday...

All the cool kids are doing it!

This week I am saying So What to...

• If I ate way to much on our trip to Pa, it was fun!
• I cannot wait to move up north - this georgia heat is killing me
• If we give one of our dogs baby benedryl some nights so we can all get sleep - he has bad skin allergies and is up all night scratching :(
• We dont want any kids at the wedding (except our goddaughter who will only be 1) Its costing like $80 a person to eat, plus we dont want the hassle of kids
• I am still checking the registries :) I have two more bridal showers to go! 
• If I am basically planning my own local bridal shower - I want to! 
• I dont really care about what color vest and tie Michael is wearing at the wedding, I am over some of those details. 
• If I want to send out invitations like now! I wanna know who is coming!
• If I have wedding on the brain....
• I really enjoy couponing and grocery shopping - i like to see how much I can save!

Now go link up and join in!

My First Bridal Shower

This weekend my future sister in law, Melissa, and matron of honor, Jessica, thew me my first bridal shower. Michael, my mom, stepdad and I drove up to Pennsylvania on Friday and back to Georgia on Monday. Jessica and Melissa did a great job! We had almost 30 people there and got lots of presents! I realized while going through the photos I never got a photo with well anyone, but especially the hostesses. It was def awkward to open presents and be the center of attention when you dont know most people there. Here are some photos from the fun day!

Me with Jessica on the left and Melissa on the right

I made him open presents with me

The Duggars

I was inspired to blog about the Duggar family today thanks to Olivia at Her Noble Character. Her blog is very interesting, check it out. 

Most know the Duggar family as the crazy family with way to many kids. I see them as a loving family who happens to have 19 kids. Whats wrong with that? Most people I know think they are crazy. Here are my thoughts on the Duggar family. 

• Michelle and Jim Bob obviously have a very strong marriage. They have 19 kids and still find time for each other. A lot of parents with only 2 kids can barely say that. 
• They are debt free and very self reliant. If you watch the show, they have made money thanks to small business ventures.
• They are 19 very well behaved kids. Not many parents can say that.
• Michelle home schools all of the kids (not my cup of tea) but good for her! 
• Both parents are so hand on, its great. 
• I come from a big family (lots of cousins) and love it. I am glad that they get to experience that. 

Now I have no intentions of having 19 kids, but I can understand their reasoning and will continue to stand up for them. I really want to pick up this book, looks really interesting. 

Happy 30th Birthday!!!

Happy 30th Birthday to my wonderful soon-to-be hubby! He is being a big baby about it, but I am excited for him. I LOVE Birthdays! His sister sent me some funny childhood pictures of Michael (our table numbers are childhood photos) here are a few funny ones! ENJOY! (hahaha hes gonna kill me!)

Uhh...traffic!

Everyone says that their city has the worst traffic, but I am pretty sure that Atlanta traffic is by far one of the worst! It takes me about an hour, but if there is no traffic its 20 mins. How does a 20 min commute turn into one hour? Who knows! But its VERY frustrating. Now that summer is here I was hoping for less traffic. The mornings have been getting better, but the afternoons are still downright awful!

Here is a pick from my commute this morning and it was a decent morning: