snow day!

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 Rachel Atwell3 Comments

Last night a strange thing happened in Georgia – it snowed!

To celebrate the snow we took pictures, made brownies, and sipped hot chocolate {but let’s be honest, we probably would have done those last two things even if it wasn’t snowing}.

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This morning when I woke up, I told G I wanted to try to make a snowman!

I learned a few things during our snowman adventure. 1.) Making a snowman is harder than it looks, especially when the snow is like powder. 2.) Trying to play with snow without gloves is D-U-M-B. 3.) Being married to someone who likes to play like a kid is the best!

Happy snow day!

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a Craigslist gem

January 28, 2014January 28, 2014 Rachel Atwell1 Comment

A few weeks ago, we started looking for a desk. It was time for G to have a designated place {other than our couch} to study and do his work.

I started looking online at a few of my go-to places for furniture, one of those being Craigslist. After about a week of searching I came across this table and emailed the seller {shhhhh, don’t tell G she called it a ladies desk}.

She replied to let me know she had someone coming to look at it and then I never heard back. Bummer.

Last Sunday I was ~~trolling~~ scrolling through again and the same desk appeared. I decided to email her to check if it was still available and to my surprise she replied that it was! The first person that was interested had been going back and forth with a time to come look, and luckily for me, she never came!

In the email, she let me know that the desk had some worn areas on the top. I told her I wasn’t to worried about worn areas since G would just be using it to study for seminary and that we might be painting it anyways. We then made quick plans to see it that night!

That night we met one of the nicest sellers on Craigslist. We chatted for a few minutes with her and her husband, looked the desk over, and got ready to pay. The desk was in great condition so we were ready to offer the full asking price but when we pulled out the money, she only took $20 and said she wanted to help us as G got started with school!

Now normally when you hear about Craigslist you hear of sketchy places and sellers {both of which I’ve encountered}, but this lady was a gem, and our new-to-us desk is pretty special too!

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reliving our wedding day through Sean and Catherine

January 27, 2014 Rachel Atwell3 Comments

As I watched Sean and Catherine’s wedding last night, I felt like I was reliving some of our wedding.

Of course, our wedding day didn’t have a live feed, commercial breaks, or a bridesmaid that holds a world record with the groom for longest onscreen kiss {thanks sisters 😉 }.

But here are a few things we do share…

1. Sunday Wedding

We both chose Sunday as our wedding day! {and I must say, excellent choice of mixed type on your invites, S & C}

2. Officiant Choice

Sean and I share this one – our dad’s were the ones that married us! And yes, it was as emotional and special as it sounds.

3. Wedding Attire

While Catherine chose a form fitted gown, we both accessorized with beaded sashes, although a little hard to tell in these picture. The guys kept it handsome and classic in their black tuxes.

4. Colors

Hello, white, pink, and gold! Although the amount of flowers they used on one of their arrangements was probably more than our entire wedding, I definitely smiled at all the white and pink. Our touches of gold were in the invitations and the votives we used at our reception.

5. Waiting Until The Wedding Night

All the awkwardness of the “honeymoon cam” and lingerie segments aside, I was excited for them to have waited for their wedding day! I know that sounds weird, but sharing that with G is something I’ll always be so thankful for!

Happy marriage Sean and Catherine!

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