Gallery Wall

So.... in keeping with the theme of home improvement projects I've been on lately, this past weekend, I decided to tackle the space above the couch. It has been bare since we moved in-about 5 months ago-but it's just such a large space that I couldn't commit to putting something there. I debated finding a great piece of art, a mirror or some large photographs, but in the end, nothing 'spoke' to me. 

That is until I was perusing my favorite (addictive) website pinterest! I ended up pinning a bunch of great gallery walls that people had in various places around their homes. I thought this was something I could tackle, so I headed off to Target to get some great frames-I did a mix of black and white-and printed out some of my favorite photos. I wanted a mix of family, places we loved, our pup, and of course, some of us as a couple.

Okay-living room gallery wall-check!

Onto the next :)

master bedroom update

This past weekend, our master bedroom got a major update! Thanks to my in-laws who bought us new sheets for our 2nd anniversary-apparently it's the "cotton anniversary" so it was very apropo!

Here are some of the before's...please don't judge-I just took pics without tidying it up :)

And here are the after's! I was inspired by the gray sheets, and picked up some soft gray curtains via target, a new duvet cover via west elm and I added a pop of color with a green blanket I had via west elm and a green arm chair (thrifted) for a reading nook...I think it's quite an improvement!

I absolutely LOVE my new reading nook! Since it's our only bedroom, if I wanted to watch TV, I had to sit on the bed...which wasn't always enjoyable.  Now I have this sweet little nook to read, relax and watch my shows :) It's only a start, I'm planning to add a gallery wall above the bed, and some other pops of color to the walls!

I'll keep you posted :)

Summer Vacation Part 2

Part 2 of our summer vacation brought us to Cape Cod to Nick's side of the family. With this group, you can always expect lots of games, late nights, great food, and tons of laughs!

On the ferry to the Cape!

Games in action!

The Champions!

Gaming into the night

Brothers 

The Fam!

Celebrating our 2 year anniversary!

The guys

The Girls

Great times, great friends!

Wordless Wednesday-Meet Norman!

Summer Vacation Part 1

Part 1 of our summer vacation brought us to Martha's Vineyard to hang with my side of the family, including some great lifelong friends (who we also consider family). We ate amazing food, beached a ton, and enjoyed some of the local sights-it was vacation perfection :)

Love the Vineyard!

Post Vacation Blues

Is it just me or does coming back from vacation give people the blues? We had such an amazing time on the Cape and Vineyard and (I feel like I say this every year, but...) this year was the best yet! It was great to see everyone and even though we haven't seen some of our friends for months, it was as if no time had passed at all. Those types of friends are blessings. 

So I'll be over here, easing myself back into reality, grocery shopping, doing loads and loads of laundry and trying to work off those extra pounds I brought back with me...

Here are some pics through my iphone-actual pictures to come when I get around 

to downloading them all :)

Top Left: sunset ferry to MV
Top Right: date night in Oak Bluffs
Bottom Left: hanging around OB
Bottom Right: Mom chillin'

Top Left: couples shot at my favorite restaurant ever-Jimmy Seas
Top Right: Happy 4th!
Bottom Left: My stud hubs :)
Bottom Right: Flag waving in Oak Bluffs

 Top Left: View of Vineyard Haven
Top Right: Breakfast at Black Dog (hence the extra 5 lbs)
Bottom Left: Lighthouse at Telegraph Hill
Bottom Right: Beach bums at South Beach

Top Left: Good-bye Mimosas at Coop de Ville-Oak Bluffs
Top Right: Mother/Daughter matching fedoras at ferry
Bottom Left: Saying good-bye to MV
Bottom Right: Saying hello to Cape Cod with a Pina Colada

Cheers to 10 Years!!

10 (short) years ago, while driving away from my house, off on one of our many dates that summer, in his green pick up truck, a boy turned to me and asked me to be his girlfriend. 

I said 'yes' in one of my best decisions yet.

There's something so sweet about growing up beside the man who once made you late for curfew, jumped over your Mom's flower bed so he wouldn't be late picking you up, has seen you through your tumultuous teen years, held your hair through the college years and now looks at you with tenderness as he calls you his wife.

Today we celebrate 2 years of marriage, but that small number doesn't quite do our relationship justice, it was 10 years ago that a shy girl said 'yes' to an anxious boy. They could've never guessed that 10 years later, they would still be side by side, stronger and more in love than ever.

Here's a look at our 10 years together....(some years were prettier than others!)

6-4-2002, Liz 16 Nick 18

6-3-2003, Liz 17 Nick 19

3-13-2004, Liz 18 Nick 20

6-5-2005, Liz 19, Nick 21

7-9-2006, Liz 20 Nick 22

5-10-2007, Liz 21 Nick 23

7-4-2008, Liz 22 Nick 24

7-1-2009, Liz 23 Nick 25

7-9-2010, Liz 24 Nick 26

 10-12-2011, Liz 25 Nick 27

6-23-2012, Liz 26 Nick 28

Cheers to 10 years!!