in 100 days..

.. tyler & i will officially be mr. & mrs. christian :)

we're getting married on august 8, 2009 in longboat key, florida at the colony beach and tennis resort. it will be a small, intimate ceremony on the beach.

the wedding party--

my maid of honor & best friend, kristi.

& her dress, in meadow.

the flower girls & tyler's cousins, kailey & emily.

& their dresses, in meadow.

the best man & tyler's brother, matthew.

the ring bear & my nephew, maxwell.

.....and a sneak peek at my dress :)

its a ivory, silk carolina herrera. i love it!

home is where the heart is.

in a few short months tyler & i will officially be homeowners! YAY! we're both so excited and can't wait to move in when the renovations are complete!

we got unbelievably lucky with this house. tyler's uncle paul currently owns the house.. its actually the house that tyler grew up in. his uncle gave us a great deal and is helping us with the remodeling. so far, we've added a 20x40 addition which will be a new living room and kitchen; the entire house has been gutted; the old kitchen will become a dining room; the old master bedroom (i use that term loosely) will become a true, larger master bedroom with a private master bathroom & walk in closet.. in total we will have about 2200 square feet.

here is a photo album with pictures of the house before and the current progress..
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2106596&id=42202363&l=7c1d7e1be9

before

after (so far..)

recently, the new front porch and front sidewalk has been poured and the new driveway will hopefully be poured next week! the plumbing is finished! tyler is building our awesome kitchen cabinets & bathroom vanities! the electric is next on the list!

you've gotta start somewhere..

i started this blog because it was part of an assignment for a class i had this semester; but after thinking more about it i've decided to attempt to keep it up. i thought it would be an easy way to keep all of our family members updated with what's going on with us. we'll see how long this lasts.. :)