Stella & Dot

Tonight, my friend Kendra hosted a Stella & Dot jewelry party at her house. My mom and I went together and we loved the jewelry! I had never heard of it before tonight. I wanted one of everything but instead, my mom bought me the beautiful gold necklace in the picture.

My charm will have a "S" on it and the stone will be clear. Whenever we get our baby, I want to order it's birthstone to add to the necklace.

If you have never looked at Stella & Dot jewelry before, I would highly recommended checking it out. http://www.stelladot.com/

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

New Design

Ok, so I know it's a little early but I have been waiting to use this new Christmas background for my blog. It was a freebie but I think it is so cute! Christmas is just right around the corner and I am so excited for the holidays!

Bryan and I were living with my parents last year during the holidays, so I didn't get to decorate. This year I have a new house to decorate and I am so ready to get started.

Happy Tuesday!

Adoption Family Fun Day!

Yesterday was Christian Adoption Services Family Fun Day! The event was held at a beautiful park where they served us lunch and then introduced all the families and their new editions for this year. Bryan and I attended plus my mom and dad, they encourage us as a waiting family to participate in agency events. It was great hearing everyone's adoption story. The more I am involved with the agency, the more people I meet and get to know. I love how Bryan and I are becoming part of the adoption community through our agency. It is like an extended family because of a common bond. The babies were precious and I can't wait to share my adoption story one day!

The park was near my grandmother's house, so on the way home we stopped by to see her. This is Grandma Peggy, my mom's mom.

Now I am enjoying my Sunday afternoon. We had a great church service this morning and then we shopped for groceries. My in-laws are coming over for dinner tonight. Bryan is grilling us a steak. Yum! I hope everyone has had a great weekend!

Last night, I got together with my mom and some friends to decorate small Christmas trees for a mission project for church. As a service project, we are going to take these trees to all the widows and widowers for Christmas in memory of their lost spouse. Decorating the trees was a lot of fun. We ate pizza and spent the evening working on our trees in my mom's garage.

The final products!

Yesterday was also my dad's birthday! Happy Birthday dad, I love you!

Happy Day!

I love our adoption agency blog. Everyday I check it just to see whats going on and I love the days when they post pictures of the families with their new babies.

Today there are pictures of a couple with their new baby boy! I know that this is their first child and they have been waiting for a while. I can't imagine how happy they are right now!

It really brings me joy when I get to see these photos because I know one day (hopefully soon) that will be Bryan and I. The day that I get to share our good news with the world will be one of the happiest days of my life!

Weekend Recap

Bryan and I traveled to the beach this weekend for a family wedding. Luckily, the wedding was close to our beach house, so we could stay there. I wanted to share a few photos of my parent's beach house. They bought it about a year and a half ago and we love it!

This is our beach ride! It is legal on the streets, so you can take it everywhere.

Carrie and Shawn were the bride and groom. The groom was my father-in-laws's oldest son (Bryan's step-brother). The day was beautiful and we had a great time.

This is Bryan and me with my in-laws, Carol and Paul (Bryan's mom and step dad).

Finally, my mom surprised me with this precious diaper bag. I love the colors!

I hope everyone has a great Monday!

I am not feeling that great today. I have a sore throat, headache, and runny nose. Hopefully it is just sinuses but the sore throat has me a little worried. I made it through work, but it was rough! So my wonderful husband took care of dinner. He made soup and grilled cheese. He's a keeper!

Thanks babe! You're the best!