Thoughts on Thursday: Happy Birthday

1. Thank you ALL soooo much for all of your sweet comments yesterday!
2. I appreciate that so many of you understand my J. Lo crush
3. I have been an awful blog friend lately...I fully intend on getting caught up on your blogs today! So be looking for all kinds of comments! :)

And now...

It seems like everyone we know has a birthday in April, May or June......so I decided to one enormous HAPPY BIRTHDAY post to all of my favorite Spring babies!

April 12
J's best friend and our Best Man, Colin


April 13
My friend (and wedding photographer!), Sara Jayne


April 15
My BB, Carolyn


April 18
My dear friend and college roommate, Kelly


April 26
J's little brother, Christopher


April 28
Our good friend, Alisha


May 1
J's sister (and my first best friend), Nicole


My good friend and old roommate, Clara


My friend (and fellow shark), Hannah


May 14
My Dad!


May 20
My dawg, Robyn


May 21
J's good friend and now mine, Sharisse


June 1
My beautiful Mom


June 12
My little sister, Kara


June 13
My great friend and Lil Bro, Steve G


June 19
My Grandma


June 22
J's step-mom, Judye

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF YOU!
I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Now, the rest of you head on over to my BB's blog: Life, Love & Puppy Prints to play along with this week's Thoughts on Thursday!

Wedding Wednesday: Engagement Photos!!!

Get ready for a picture overload! Now that our Save the Dates are sent I can finally share our engagement pictures with you! We took our pictures several different places around Minneapolis. It started as a beautiful afternoon and then turned super cold and super windy. But, with the help of our amazing photographer Sara Jayne and her fiance John we had a really fun time and hardly noticed the weather (hardly). I would love to show you all 150, but that may be over doing it. So, here are my favorites:

We started at the TCF Bank Stadium where my Minnesota Gophers play (and also where J proposed).










After the stadium we went to a super cool walking bridge on the U of M campus. Unfortunately, because of the wind my hair was super crazy in almost all of these, so I wasn't a hug fan. But, this one is AMAZING!


Next, we went to a really cool warehouse area near downtown Minneapolis.







By this time the wind was really becoming an issue, so we needed to find somewhere we could be covered and block the wind. We cam across a giant hole, not kidding, a huge hole. We decided to climb down and it turns out it was on old rotted railroad track that was somehow buried underground. Me and Sara were terrified we would fall through the rotting wood, but we were willing to do anything to get some amazing wind-free shots. Thank God we did, because these are some of my favorite shots from the whole day.






After "the hole" we were in need of a break. So, we headed downtown to our favorite restaurant Runyons for a cup of coffee and some dinner. It ended up being a great place to take some pictures! LOVE these!

We ended the day in St. Anthony Main which is a really cool part of the city right on the Mississippi River.

J.Lo-ration

I have a girl crush on J. Lo and I'm not embarrassed to admit it.

She has a crazy fabulous fashion sense (her outfits are my favorite part of American Idol)

She's the most beautiful woman in the world (according to People magazine)


She makes great music (c'mon, admit it....you love yourself some J. Lo)

She makes great movies



And she's a super-fab dancer, which is the key to my heart

Yes, I just did an entire post dedicated to J. Lo. What of it?

Real Quick...

You know when you're in the right place at the right time and in the right mood....and one of your best friends says something that hits you in just a way that you can't stop laughing? In fact, you laugh so hard you start to cry?

That. Just. Happened.

I'm not going to pretend like I can explain it or that you would think it was funny....but I can't stop laughing. Tears are rolling down my face.

It's cleansing, ya know? Having a deep belly laugh that just doesn't stop....it's the best feeling in the world.

So, thank you BB for saying "they're just grown up random sheep"

You made my night.