so how do i nicely call the cops on my neighbors?

last night they were "jammin" till 4am. yep. 4am.

last night we all had a hard time falling asleep to the loud music and yelling going on.

tonight, well i've heard every single katy perry song......... loud and clear.

i'm totally spent.

so again i ask, how do i kindly call the cops?

we've thought about knocking on the door and asking them to turn down the music, but we know they will knock on our door tomorrow (while they're still drunk) and apologize and make us feel even more annoyed because they NEVER leave.

another issue- not so much the neighbors themselves, but the 28 year old "son" that lives there... he's a bum and we're all pretty sure there is some serious dealing, and i don't mean cards, going on when he's there. if he wasn't there, we would have NO issues.

by the way- we live on 3rd street. the entire street is full of older couples and tons of families. so why do they need to live right next to us? urgh! what to do?

three years ago.

we became mr and mrs...

we got our flowers and the reception gerbs from cashwise... weird, i know. but they were so beautiful and such a reasonable price. I LOVE the colors in the bouquets...

and colors looked stunning against my white dress, the boys's black tuxes and the girls yellow dresses..... ahhh i LOVE this picture

the dip in the back of my dress is what sold me.

i still love my dress, wouldn't of changed a thing.

the same goes for my hair and my hairpiece.

kathryn did such an amazing job making me look my best on this special day.

the boys enjoyed themselves as much as you can imagine.

i love this picture of cam, my brother from another mother.

and what would we do without anthony "life of the party" hawes.

my mom was not too trilled someone was peeing while we were taking pictures.. but to be completely honest, once she saw it was anthony she said it was okay. she's a sucker for the hawes charm.

the colors in this picture capture the day perfectly.

we were so blessed to have such great weather and such beautfiul flowers at anderson gardens to take pictures with. they made our pictures stunning.

i am a HUGE supporter of country gallery photography.

we had two photographers on our wedding day, lisa and katie, who did a phenomenal job capturing our entire day. the background in this picture is absolutely perfect. i love how dan and i are just about to kiss, but snapped this pic just before.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE, FAVORITE PICTURE.

i think your wedding photography should be the most important thing, besides the dress of course and the love you have between the mr and mrs. i have over 400 pictures and love almost every single one of them. it's the only thing that you can look/touch/have memories to take with you.

so happy together. and i actually love that we had people in the background so it didn't look so "posey" like most wedding pictures do.

my mom surprised us with a horse drawn carriage to pick us up from the church and bring us to the reception. dan was not too thrilled about it and would of rather cruised around in his truck, but this was something special for us, and you don't see it too often.

our reception area was really simple and crisp. colored gerbs and white linens..

we made our own programs (now, i wouldn't dream about doing it again) but at the time it seemed like a good idea. no two were the same, and my mom and i had some good bonding time doing it.

my personal attendants, ashley, erin and kathryn, were so great... even if they did forget my veil ;) they got it just in time! kathryn and ashley are my friends from aveda and did hair for the wedding, making everyone look ultra fab! i've known erin for many years and am so happy she was a part of my day as well.

every time i look at this picture i get super emotional and will probably cry while writing this little memo: right before this we were doing the father/daughter pictures and i looked down and saw that my dad was wearing my grandpas "tiger eye" ring. my grandpa was such an incredible man and my dad reminds me of him so much. my dad told me that my grandma really wanted him to wear grandpas ring so that he would be there for my special day. if my grandpa would of been alive for my wedding day he and my dad would of walked me down the aisle, that was always the plan.

my mom looks absolutely gorgeous in this picture. her dress, her hair were perfection. and hands down this is the best my dads looked in quite some time. my parents look so happy in this picture, many wouldn't of guessed that they were divorced, they looked so happy together.

my dad has this framed above his entertainment center. i had just broke my bracelet and he was fixing it for me :)

dan and his dad have such a special and close relationship that many father and son would be jealous of. i believe lisa told gerry to hug dan and instead he laid a big kiss on his cheek. everyone was smiling and it was a tender moment.

i must say that i married into such a loving family. some girls dread their mother in law, but i adore shari.. i couldn't of asked for a better in law family.

the entire schroeder family, as of 7.26.08. this fall shawn and sarah will be getting married and we can add in sarah, the girls and gavin :)

dan and i are so lucky to have such wonderful people in our life. and these were the most important people at this time. our wedding wouldn't of been the same without them.

every guy looked so dapper in their tuxes and the girls looked so exquisite in their dresses and heals.

when lisa told us to all climb up on the playground equipment i thought she was crazy. i thought "hell no" i'm not going to ruin my dress. but thankfully everyone was calm and the pictures went perfectly. (except for frank... see below)

we had such a great time "stealing the bride and groom".. almost too good of a time, since the boys and i were completely drunk by the time we got to the reception- oops!

oh such beautiful brunette bridesmaids :)

this is what i was talking about... oh frank, gotta be the clown.. sadly i just deleted the picture of dan and the girls on his truck that he LOVES to look at... but i'm not sure how to properly put it at the end of all these pictures without dragging it and potently messing up the entire blog, so maybe i'll repost it later.

such a big boy

first night in gavin's big boy bed... a success!

he fell asleep without me being in there..

slept through the night...

and didn't fall out of the bed, THANK GOD!

but he did get up at 5:30 am ready to play...

over all, it was a good first night :)

no microwave?

so about a month and a half ago our microwave broke..

honestly, i had a slight panic attack because we tend to use it quite frequently, especially having a 2 year old who sometimes needs to eat on demand. i always buy frozen veggies that can be steamed in the microwave in three-four minutes, and heating up leftovers seems to be a must for a microwave.

....and then the thought occurred. i don't need a microwave, i just like the simplicity of using it.

when i worked for juut we didn't have a microwave in our break area. almost everyone hated it, including myself. when you have a 30-45 minute break and 15-30 other people on break at the same time (sometimes)... you want your food done quickly. david wagner (our head boss and founder of juut), was dead against using microwaves because of the radiation it causes. he is a "health freak" and lives an extremely healthy lifestyle not only in his salons but also in his homes.

i did a little research on microwaves and the effects that microwaves have, and wow, i was astonished. i'm not here to tell you not to use a microwave, i'm sure eventually we'll get another one, but for now i'm going to keep on my "no microwave" plan. and try a little bit harder to keep a little bit of radiation away.. it's really not that hard, just takes a little bit more time. :)

even dan has said "it can't be good for you if it cooks something in three minutes instead of in the stove/oven for 20-30 minutes"....... well said dan!

at the farm

we NEVER want to leave... can you blame us?

the beginning of july.

it's "spicer is nicer" days this weekend. and since dan has been working on penk's monstrous deck for the last two weeks+, and finally finishing it today, my mom and i ventured to spicer early saturday morning... even though i was feeling quite "under the weather" and for that matter, still am. but i made the best of it and sucked it up and put on a somewhat happy face. we did lots of playing in the lake.. got a little, a lot wet. this sweet child of mine could easily spend every single day at the lake.. talking about the "wa wa" and the rocks. he REALLY likes the sand and lays in it, every.. single... time.
gavin really enjoyed the "lillys" and i thought he'd be eager to jump right on one since he's okay with our own Lilly, but nope. he liked petting and looking at them rather than saying giddy up.
and now dan and a couple of his guy friends are out a melvins having a grand ol time... i was not interested in hanging out with 6-7 drunk boys/men-- sometimes i'm not too sure what to call them :)

just with in the first two days we've had some beautiful, and crrrazy weather.

the storm that came through on july 1st made our first "home damage"....

but not too much, thank goodness.

our neighbors tree fell on the fence and onto our cement slab... THANKFULLY dan's work car was not sitting right there were it usually is :)

the damage was gavin's new, brand new, as in i just bought it that day, pool. our roof is okay and so is the fence... which is totally surprising. we got lucky, gavin... not so much! on a good note, the pool was $25 and can easily be replaced.

for the rest of the weekend we have a few bbq's and of course some fourth of july fireworks to watch! we are EXCITED!

a little bit of hard work

goes a long way.

just a small amount of flowers, actually $24 to be exact can make such a difference.

last year we put in the bushes and moved around the hostas to make a boarder, we like it.

i bought a small chili plant and put it in a planter outside.

it's defiantly a "conversation" starter.

and the chili's are really good! win win!

i wrote a previous blog about how much i love my moms "shabby"

outside decor and finally created a masterpiece of my own.

i found all these flowers outside of target in hutch and only paid $12 for the flowers,

and i got the old wash bucket for free from my mom.

another project that is now complete is our bathroom.

or well near complete.

we still need to get a new shower cutain and some shelves/decor,

but as of now we love it!

totally worth waiting for forever for our sink.

the color is a little off in this picture because of the flash.

and the basket on top of the toilet needs to go, once we get shelves.