Aruba, Bahama, Come on baby wanna..

...Go to Antigua?  I definitely want to go back.  Our honeymoon was the most relaxing week I have ever experienced.  We spent our time by our private pool reading and swimming.  I read Nicholas Sparks' book Safe Haven and Kathryn Scott's The Help.  Hubs read a couple books as well, I just don't remember the names.  They were boy books--violent and action filled.  Aside from that, we ate--a lot.  The food was amazing.  The first night I started a competition.  Because the food in the evenings was rather fancy (read: we didn't always understand what we were ordering) I decided that we should see who orders the best dishes each night.  Every meal was 4 courses, there was only one soup option per night so you could only earn up to 3 points in one night.  If you ordered the same thing, no points.  If we both liked our own dishes or each other's dishes better, no points.  We were only awarded points if the other person's dish was clearly the better choice.  I was ahead for the entire vacation--until Sunday night.  Sunday Hubs tied it up and on Monday he beat me.  If you know us, you know we love watching the food network.  This gave us a chance to act like some of the judges from Chopped and critque the food.  On our last full day, we took advantage of their wellness cottage and got a couples massage.  It was glorious.

In front of our adorable cottage

Cocobay Resort

The beach

The other beach

Another view 

Our patio and plunge pool.  It was an infinity pool so it looked like we were in the ocean!

Dressed up for dinner


love,
Kait

Project Bedroom

Waaaay back in August, Hubs and I repainted/redecorated the room we were living in at my parents' house.  I have to say, I love how it turned out and the colors are probably going to be my inspiration at my new house.

We used Behr Premium Plus paint to cover the turquoise and yellow walls.
Our color is Burnished Metal.
It's hard to see in this photo, but it really does look beautiful.
The bedspread was on sale from Target, a Room Essentials back-to-college-sale.  

The lamp is from Target (from like 8 years ago, but they do still carry it)
The print is from The Wheatfield shop on Etsy.
(Thank you, Amy, for sharing this shop with me!)

Curtains, sheets, and and throw pillows...all Target

These are frams that I spray painted green and peuter.
The empty one will be receiving a wedding photo.

It needed one more thing...this one?

Or this one?

The other side of the room

I hope you like it!  Hubs and I were pretty proud of how it turned out.  We were very comfortable in this room for a few months.  

love,

Kait

Happy Halloween/Meet my mom

Welp, this month has been C-R-A-Z-Y.  It's probably going to take me all of November to update you on October.  I would skip ahead into the present, but I wouldn't want to skip writing about our honeymoon, our trip the Florida, our visit to Michigan, and our move to Missouri--all these things have happened since I last posted.

Today's post, however, will be short and sweet.

Meet my mom.  She works as a teacher aide for pre-schoolers.  She also bakes on the side through a business she started out of our house called Pat's Perfect Pastries.  I think that's where she got the inspiration for her Halloween costume this year.  She's a little nuts sometimes, but I love her and I am thankful for her.

That's all for now.  Enjoy!

love,

Kait