first felt flower

i have been admiring megan hunt (princess lasertron's) felt flower bouquets and accessories for a while now. and i have been wanting to attempt to make something like those flowers for just as long. this past summer i bought the supplies necessary to make some but didn't get around to it until just before my cousin, maren's bridal shower. so i decided to finish one and decorate maren's present with it. so here it is. and on maren's present.

it wasn't too hard, but a little time consuming. i will definitely be making more and trying different tricks with the embroidery floss.

if you like it then

you shoulda put a ring on it. :) so he did!!

al proposed on monday night, march 7th!!! after our crossfit workout which included lunges, he did one last lunge (got down on one knee) and proposed!

i'm so very happy! :]

here are some pictures of the actual proposal as my crossfit trainer was aware that it was gonna happen and had her iphone ready!

my beautiful ring! i love it!!!

maren's bridal shower

my cousin maren is getting married in may and we had her bridal shower on saturday. it was a cowgirl theme, funny and i won 2 of the games :)

here is the beautiful bride to be (with her new apron on) and her momma, my lovely auntie diane!

here is the whole group of us
and all the boots :)

the bride to be and me

and me and my twin-cousin angi

first week of march

charlie turns one!!! such a cute boy!

i enjoyed my hair this week apparently: here is my tinkerbell bun on top of my head (and a pic of my new phone)

i hardly ever do one big french braid because i don't like that i can't get it very tight. but i decided to try it and i loved it! it was so easy on my hair (as opposed to the tight ponytails i usually wear) and i liked how it looked. i will definitely be utilizing this hairstyle more often now!

4 years. in german.

march 3rd was al and my 4 year anniversary! crazy talk that we've been together that long. we wanted to try dinner at something and somewhere different, so we chose the gasthaus in stillwater for german food. we had the whole back part of the restaurant to ourselves!

i had walleye, spaetzel, and steamed veggies. the spaetzel was amazing! the rest was ok.

al had a bavarian meat platter with pork haute, pork chop, knackworst, spaeztel and lots of sauerkraut. he said it was delicious!
here are some of the mugs on the walls; i think they're so cool!

and a toast with our german beer to 4 years!!

february randoms

here are some of my 365 picture project shots from february:

i am really getting into my crafts; here is one of the headbands i crocheted myself

this is my good friend megan's chihuahua/poodle mix, daisy. she's so cute and so full of energy.

had dinner with megan; she made lemon basted chicken, mashed taters, corn and croissants; yummy!!

i made dessert :) snicker salad!! yummo!!

the explorer turned 100,000 miles and it was 50 degrees in february in minnesota! (SO longing for some warmer weather...)

al and i had our crossfit/paleo double date with luke and malia (i really need to get better at taking pix of the people i'm with...) it was tough and fun! and the food was amazing!! all i got a picture of was the fruit salad i brought.

shane and jodi

our good friends shane and jodi got engaged in february! (finally! :]) and since i like to take pictures and had one of gina's nice cameras, we went out to the little park near their house and took some pics of them and their glowing-ness from being engaged. :)

cute lil bridge but the sunlight was so harsh and no shade or overcast....

i love the hearts on the sides of jodi's ring!

my attempt at sunflare

this one's my fav