Rain or Shine kinda life!

A month or so ago one of my girlfriends, P, called with a brilliant idea...

HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH CONCERT!!

     So...last night was the big night...I had originally bought my dear husband a ticket however he has a final on Monday so he couldn't come... So concert attendees included myself, parents, my girlfriends J,P, and B and then P and B's mom and stepdad. The day had some scattered storms during the afternoon, but it seemed to have cleared up a bit by the time we were leaving for the concert...
Now...my mother recently broke her butt...literally her coccyx...so when we determined our seats were metal stadium bleachers...she wasn't to thrilled...but we got a round of drinks and chatted..the opening band came on and we continued to drink and enjoy ourselves in the sunshine...oh by the way..concert was at an outdoor venue..

       So then it was time..they began to set the stage for Hootie to come on...and then it started to drizzle...and the since we live in the south...it began to pour...lighting and thunder included.... And if you have never experienced a South Carolina thunderstorm...they come super quick..and aren miserable...

     Well..the venue put on a twenty minute delay..being that the tickets said rain or shine. (ie. They weren't giving out refunds). And they evacuated the metal bleachers...and basically had Everyone move down a section...so..we sat in poring rain..getting soaked and freezing for an hour..but hey at least we were gonna have good seats..(ps. Most sane people took cover..but no..we didn't!) Then..after all our waiting we got word...CONCERT CANCELED! SO we left...but..then..it wasn't canceled!! So we made our way back through hundreds of people...and somehow even managed to talk our way back to the awesome seats....I am still not sure how we pulled that off...

     The concert was amazing...it rained(but lightly and no thunder or lightning) for the first hour or so of the concert...but I didn't even notice...awesome songs...they even did some of Darius' new country stuff..and my girlfriends and I danced and sang the night away( though the lady in front of us might not have enjoyed it too much..)

And that's how we made the best of a night that we could have let the rain ruin...

     Here's to summer coming to a close, to good friends, good times, and good attitudes...

Please...if you ever have the chance to just dance in the rain..and truly not care...do it it's things like that, like concerts in thunderstorms, that will be remembered forever...

So..here's to making memories
<3 A

The Wedding of the Century...well at least from my Point of View!!

I married my best friend on June 4th! 

      It was the most wonderful day, I couldn't have asked for anything to go better than it did! The weather was perfect, the ceremony went flawlessly (well except for my dad stepping on my train..but that was actually pretty funny)...and the reception was a blast. It was great to see friends I had not seen for a while, and of course amazing to get married!

I wish I could share this day with everyone...but the best I can do is share some of the photos...These photos show some of the finished products of the DIY projects I have blogged about before as well as some pictures from the wedding!! I was also lucky enough to have a photographer friend....and she did a trash the dress session for me..FREE of Charge!!..and It turned out AWESOME!!

My wedding was truly the happiest day of my life! I hope you enjoy the pictures!!

Cake Description Chalkboard I Painted

The Test Tube wedding Favors

Quilt Table for my "wishes quilt"

One of the squares from my quilt!!

Bouquet Charm I ordered off ETSY..the husband had a matching one on his boutonniere!

the wedding!!

the Ring pillow my mother made!!

Ribbon Wands!

Personalized Embroidered Koozies my mother made!! -I painted the boxes!1

Pinwheels for the kids

the Pinwheel garden displays!

Birdcage card holder I painted and decorated (banner from ETSY)

Trash the Dress Session!!

My Happily Ever After!!

So here's to my together-forever kinda love!
<3 A

I'm BACK!

Hello!
So here's the update..

I am now a MRS. not a Ms. (and the wedding was FABULOUS!)
I have completed a month rotation at a Community health center.
I have adopted a stray kitten I found on the brink of death in my parents garage..her name is Copper.
I have had the BUSIEST summer of my entire life!
I start school back in two weeks..

Over the next few blogs I intend to expand on some of the happening of these past few months...but overall I have been VERY HAPPY...but I am glad to finally have time to come back to the blogging world!

Here's to starting again!!
<3 A