#tbt

It's my favorite time of the week, everyone! #Throwbackthursday. While I'm sitting in my cubicle loving the view of Stinker and Hubs' pictures I have everywhere there is one view I am missing today.... A HAWAIIAN VIEW! Hubs and I went to Hawaii in April 2012 for our honeymoon. While I hate the flight I threw 2 major tantrums in air on the way back I did love Honolulu, world famous Waikiki Beach, Hilton Hawaiian Village and most importantly a romantic week long trip with my hubs. Seriously, if there are any families, couples, or single gals looking to book a trip, look at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. It was amazing. I shopped daily there and we never had to leave the resort for any meal. I am dreaming about it right now. Ladies- there were luxury stores on site such as Louis Vuitton! We were just a half mile away from a great shopping and restaurant strip in Honolulu, I referred to it as Honolulu Rodeo Dr. Of course we saw Pearl Harbor and paid our respects to the men who lost their lives for our country but other than that we were resort bums and LOVED every minute of it. Hawaii was magical and I can't wait to escape there with Hubs for our 5 year anniversary (it's in our 5 year plan... if I keep saying it will happen it will.. just let me think that :)). Anyways, enjoy the pics as I sit here and day dream about the Hawaiian air from my Kentucky cubicle. 

This was the night of the Luau at the Hilton Hawaiian 

Village :)

There were beautiful rainbows all over Hawaii. This was at

Pearl Harbor.

You all.. .I present you Hilton Hawaiian 

Village. Take in all the beauty!

My stud muffin of a hubby. He's the best.

These precious penguins were at our hotel.

We saw them daily while walking to the beach!

How amazing are these trees?!

Part of the USS Arizona. It is still leaking oil to this day.

The memorial over the USS Arizona.

The USS Arizona memorial. I can't really explain how sad

Pearl Harbor actually is. I felt weird smiling in pictures there. 

It's a very somber place, the magnitude of death and hurt is still

felt today. I haven't had a chance to go to Ground Zero yet, but I 

imagine it's the same feeling. I am honored as an American and

a history lover to have been able to go to Pearl Harbor. 

Side note: Hilton Hawaiian Village hasn't paid me a dime or offered me anything for this post. I really was just that in love with it! Again if you're planing a trip to Oahu, I can't stress how much I love it! Hilton Hawaiian Village

So... How did I get here?

So over the past few months the past 2 years if I'm being completely honest have been pretty crazy for me. So crazy in fact I decided I needed to face the obvious and start writing them down! This first post is to give just a little insight into what this blog will chronicle... my wonderful, crazy, hectic and often times messy life! So let's jump in!!

Almost 2 years ago I married the man of my dreams. We had dated about 8 years before we jumped the broom so there was no surprise that we were getting married. It still remains in my top 5 favorite things. Realistically, it's number 2 just behind having our amazing daughter (but that's jumping the gun just a little, we'll get more to her in a hot sec!)

This is us on our wedding day:

April 14, 2012

We had an amazing wedding with some of our closest friends and family members in attendance. Our fairy tale began and we hopped a plane to Hawaii for our honeymoon and returned back to Lexington where reality hit us... HARD. See I had been substituting at a local school, trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life and funds were starting to dwindle because of pesky student loan payments. {Guys, education is incredibly important but DO NOT take more money than necessary... you'll be paying off loans until you're 100.} I spent the rest of the summer trying to plunge myself into the real world and landed my current job at a local university. I love my job. I can't say enough great things about the people I work with and my boss. It truly is the best ever.

A few months into my job Hubs and I got the best surprise ever.

That's right people, Baby K was due to arrive

August 2013!

Now I'm not saying I was going to be on an episode of "I Didn't Know I was Pregnant" BUT I was about 2 months in before I found out. To spare you all of a long story, we were completely shocked I was as far along as I was but over the MOON excited. We spent our first year married planning for sweet Baby K (Harper Maryann now that she's born and a girl). It was pretty fantastic. I continued to get bigger and bigger and more and more uncomfortable until August 19th rolled around....

Boo Bear came into our world August 20th right

after 3 am :)

August 20th was easily the best day of my life... like I said earlier :). This little face has completely changed my life for the best. Hubs and I would spend our Friday or Saturday nights out with friends and now opt to hang out with Stinker Bugs and cuddle. You would think with the almost banishment of our social life our world would calm down but it has become just the opposite. Boo Bear, Stinks, Goof and sometimes ButtHead  has rocked our lives. We couldn't be happier but the stories we're creating are too great to not share! Welcome to the blog!!