Happy Fall!!

I love Fall!!...the changing of the leaves, cooler weather, coats, scarves, pumpkins, cinnamon...

Unfortunately, I live in FL, and our Falls are quite short because summer is sooooo long. None the less, I am looking forward to the cooler temperatures and my favorite holidays!

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September 11th

Praying for all Americans as we remember this day. And giving thanks to all of our soldiers.

(my bro)

My First Wedding I Photographed.

This past weekend I was given the opportunity to photograph my first wedding. The date was fast approaching and to say I was nervous was an understatement. It would be my first time photographing a wedding and also my first time using a dSLR Camera (which I was borrowing) and planning on using Manual! Am I Crazy?! I wanted to use manual because you can control so much more and the photos you produce are amazing.

After a crash course using the camera and manual mode on that friday from our good friend Andy, I was feeling so much better.

Saturday came and I was still feeling pretty good. I was thankful for digital cameras and figured I'd take tons of pictures and I was bound to get some really good shots. Overall the experience was great!! I feel I came out with some great photos and experience!! eI would like to do more weddings one day...but I think I'll try second shooting for a while befor I dive in. And ask for a donation. Because editing all the photos (which i didn't even edit half) took so much time. Now, here are a few photos....

Clothing Swap

Last night, the ladies had our first ever clothing swap. It turned out to be such a great night. Not only did all of us walk away with a garbage bag full of clothes, but we were able to just have some quality girl time and catch up, no babies, no husbands! We even had 8 garbage bags full of clothes that were not claimed. So, we will be donating them to one of our favorite thrift stores. We had so much fun, I think we are going to do this every 6 months.

Now, it's time to wash my new clothes so I can wear them!

For Sale, No Go

So...

We have decided not to put our house on the market. Over the last few months we have been updating our home so that it could compete with the newer homes. When we first decided to put our house on the market, the active comps were pretty favorable. Houses in our neighborhood we're going for what we were wanting to just break even or they were a little less. But we figured our home is one of the nicer ones and larger ones, it should be able to sell.

Well, the other day I was taking a look at the active comps and the sold comps, after getting much inspiration and advice from my new favorite show, Real Estate Intervention, we decided not to put our home on the market. Over the past 5 months or so, homes in our neighborhood have either been taken off the market or sold for $40,000+ less than what we even owe. And we don't want to owe anyone anything.

We are still going to be making improvements on the home and getting it to a place where we love to be and will most likely be for the next 2 years or so. So, my focus has changed. And I think I'll make a new topic, Room of the Day, where I will find inspiration for our home!!

Sand and Water

Today we went to the beach with our Engaged and Young Married's Group from Church. It was a perfect day for it. It was hot, but not too hot, the water was perfect, and the friends were perfect.

Cohen didn't care too much for the sand. But, he did brave the water for a bit.



But spent the rest of the time sitting, mooching off of everyone.

Celebrating 5 Years!

So, Yesterday Jason took the day off so that we could celebrate our Anniversary all day. We are actually taking a cruise (my first one!!!) in September (praying for no hurricanes) for our 5th Year Wedding Anniversary. But we still wanted to do something special on our day.


The baby woke us up early, as always, so after he was fed by Jay, I made us a lovely breakfast. Pancakes, Eggs, and Sausage!!! The sausage was a treat, because we never have red meat.



We relaxed for a little bit after breakfast and then packed up the baby for a day with the Grandparents (both sets).

First we sent Co to Jason's Parents while we went out for a nice Italian Lunch. After stuffing our faces with bread and pasta, we went to go pick up my engagement ring!!!



Sometime while I was pregnant, my ring began to bend in half. I think it was due to getting it resized and them not doing a very good job of it. None the less, after a year of not wearing it, I finally got it back!! It was like getting a new piece of jewelry. I love it!! I think I was secretly hoping for an upgrade, but it was the original ring my hubby got me. And I do love it.

After that we traded cannoli's for our baby, we dropped by our home to make a picnic basket and get more goodies for the baby to spend the evening with my parents. After spending a little time with my Dad, we headed off to have our picnic at the Movie in the Park, which happened to be Jason's all time favorite movie, Back to the Future.



It was a wonderful day celebrating our 5th year Anniversary. Now...2 more months till the cruise!!!