A Look Back-The Wedding

Ahh...our ceremony was perfect!! Short and sweet--perfect!!

I have 100's of pictures from our wedding-literally, so I just picked a few of my most favorites.

saying our vows

rings

unity candle

I love this picture so much!

sealed with a kiss

Party bus

Next up..reception fun!!

A Look Back-Bridal Shower & Bachelorette Party

With our 5 year wedding anniversary coming up in two weeks (!!!!!!!!) I thought it would be fun to do some recaps of our pre-wedding events, our wedding, and the first years of marital bliss!

First up is my bridal shower and bachelorette party!

My shower was so great!! My mom and bridesmaids threw it for me.

We played a game to see how well I knew Jon...uh..not well apparently. Each wrong answer you had to put bubble gum in your  mouth---I gave pieces to my flower girl to help.

guests

holy gifts, Batman

my MOH, Ash and I

my wingman and me

me and my Jesska

me and my mama

best friends since first grade

A few weeks later was my bachelorette party! We went out for pizza at the best place ever ever ever (Bazbeaux for Indy locals!) then we went to Howl at the Moon! You KNOW I got on the piano.

me and Ash

me and Jesska-my dancing partner for the night

love these ladies!

my DDs

possibly my favorite picture of us

Sam, me, and Chels

my DDs again

Looking through these pictures made me smile. What a great and exciting time!!

4th of July Recap

Why are long weekends so great and end so soon? 

Friday we took Cooper to the zoo. And thanks to Pinterest-he had a pretty sweet shirt to wear! 

Also-you'll notice he isn't smiling in these pictures. Why? Because apparently we ALL missed the memo that 4AM was a terrific time to want to "pay ow-tye". (Play outside.)

We were ALL tired. ALL DAY.

Saturday I made breakfast and dropped Cooper off at my parents so Jon and I could go out to the lake for the day/evening with our friends.

Entry to the Lake..LOVE the flags!

Beach

Hey there, handsome!

<3<3

After the beach and doing some relaxing in the Cove, we went back and had dinner and played Cards Against Humanity before the fireworks started.

We all piled in the boat and watched the fireworks from the lake.

 

 

 

all the boats on the lake

Sunday we just relaxed and kept our tired sunburnt selves at home.

Hope everyone had a great 4th!!

7 Years Ago today...

Jon came to my apartment in Indy to celebrate the Fourth. I made dinner (home made pizza to be exact). When I came back into my bedroom he had moved things around so there was an open area in the middle of the floor. 

He said he wanted to talk to me about something. 

Then he told me he didn't want me to be his girlfriend anymore and grabbed my hand...

Obviously he was breaking up with me...so I lovingly said, "Don't hold my hand if you're breaking up with me..."

He said, "No..I don't think you understand. I don't want you to JUST be my girlfriend..."

Then he got down on one knee and said, "You're my everything..." and a whole bunch of really sweet things, I'm sure..but let's be real...I was squealing and tackling him with kisses. So I have no clue what he said!

We were on cloud nine and celebrated the Fourth as a newly engaged couple!!

It was so perfect!

The night he proposed!

We look like such babies!

July is definitely the month of love in the Beyer household! It's the month we got engaged and the month we got married!

We are celebrating our FIVE year wedding anniversary this month!

Be prepared for some wedding recap posts this month!!

An evening on the lake

Our friends Fortman and Britt invited us to bring Cooper out for his first boat ride. He LOVED it!

So much so that he slept in until 8:00 this morning! (Celebrate!!)

We weren't sure how he would like a boat ride since he had never been on it before...but we should have known our little water bug would love it! 

As Cooper is looking out at the lake he whispers very seriously "big bath". Cracked me up!

We rode around the lake and then stopped at the beach so Cooper could run and play a little bit. The last time I took him to a pool he wanted NO part of it so I figured he wouldn't even go near the water. Oh quite the opposite. He had no problem with it!

 

Little does he know that we are going back on Friday for a couple hours! 

We love spending the Fourth out at the lake. We're bringing Coop for a little while on Friday then Jon and I are going out for some adult time.

So excited!!

Have a Happy and Safe Fourth everyone!!

Recipe-Crockpot Chicken Tacos

This meal is suuuuper easy!! Like-almost too easy!

1 package of chicken breasts

1 jar of salsa

1 cup of chicken broth

1 package of taco seasoning

Put the above ingredients in the crock pot. 

Medium heat for 6 hours. 

Easy peasy, right?

 

Last night we ate it with soft taco shells, but today for lunch I just ate it over rice and it was just as amazing!!!

All three of us loved it!

Father's Day 2014

We started Father's Day off with breakfast-pancakes to be exact! 

After breakfast Jon opened his gifts-we got him a new t-shirt (as seen in the picture on this post), a box of cards (that Cooper picked out), and tickets to see Manning & the Broncos play in Cincy for Monday Night Football-thanks to my most favorite customer ever.

Then, we packed a lunch and headed to the zoo for the day!

We called this little Meerkat "Reggie" since he's laying just like Reg.

The chimp exhibit is open!!

And what do ya know? Chimps LOVE babies!! This guy was just staring at Cooper.

Two of my three boys :)

After we went through the exhibits we changed Cooper into his swimming trunks and took him to the little splash pad. Cooper is quite a cling these days and he isn't a big water bug so we thought he would try it, then peace out. Boy were we wrong! 

He put his face in one fountain, the preceded to run around like a mad man to hit the different water fountains. Oh and he hugged a little girl who had Dora on her swimsuit. DORA!! (I can't stand Dora. Can I just say that?) Splash pad time was awesome and clearly wore him out-but just like every other child, mine couldn't leave without throwing the epic tantrum. "NO MAMA WATER!! PEAS MAMA!!" 

I fixed the tantrum with dry clothes, a snack, and some water. #motheroftheyear

Cooper slept 90% of the way home, then he and I took a 1.5 hour nap on the couch after we got back. I'm telling you-it was GLORIOUS.

After nap time, we did a bit of shopping and ordered pizza (Jon's choice of dinner-we all love pizza AND I don't have to cook? SCORE!!!). Our favorite shopping purchase was a little attachment for our hose that has different water fountains-ala Splash Pad at the zoo. Woop woop!!

Cooper, Reg, and I are so lucky to have Jon as the man of the house! He's wonderful, a great husband, and a great dad to our boys. I couldn't ask for more!