365: Fill-You-In-Friday

Well here we are again, a week later. and it is not Friday again. I will have to start getting better at this. I am hoping this blogging thing starts to become more fun/easier for me to figure it out. As of right now, it seems more like a chore. But hopefully as time passes, I will get better at it. Char and I had a wonderful week. My mom came into town, yet I do not have a picture with her. Sad day. She came and helped with my classroom and stayed with us for a few nights.

Day 36. July 17.
Today was a wonderful day!! I woke up early and met Meggie J at half price books. We were not sure what we were going to be doing, but after a mad rush of greedy people, we got a free box of books for our classroom! I cant wait to go back and get more. After that, I hung out with Lisa and we went all over Dallas doing errands and such. It was such a fun/productive day. Free books= one happy teacher!

Day 37. July 18.
Today we went to church and heard a fabulous sermon over parenting and children. It taught us so much and was very convicting. After church we went to the Original House of Pancakes for lunch with our small group. Sadly we had to split into two tables. This was our table for breakfast. We had a blast and just continued to get to know one another more. The rest of the day we just relaxed and such.

Day 38. July 19.
Today I babysat sweet Miles again. I have fallen in love with this sweet guy! It really has taught me alot about being a Mom. Ekk! Here is a picture of his bouncy chair. I have lots of cute pictures of him, but since he is not mine I shall not post them! But he is so precious and so loving. I am loving my little job! We also watched the Bachlorette of course.. but for the first time ever, I fell asleep. clearly I am not that interested this time.

Day 39. July 20.
PICTURE FAIL :(  Today I babysat again. But we had visitors. Erin came over to play, as well as my Mom came into town. She came into town to hang out and help set up my room. We went to Olive Garden to eat and just relaxed. So here is a picture of my mom at the wedding.

Day 40. July 21.
Today was quite the day. Mom and I worked alot at school. We unloaded everything, moved furniture, and started to organize everything. The kicker is that we had no air. So it was very, very very, very HOT. But besides that, we had a great day and we were very productive. I met a bunch of teachers who will be working at Wallace as well. I feel very blessed that the Lord has placed me in the school that is best for me. I am so excited to begin the school year. It seems that I will be surrounded by believers and that we will all be working for the same goal! How neat is that? Also today, Charley and I bought a bed frame for our bedroom. We used giftcards/money from our wedding to buy it! Today is a picture of the bed! (My room does not look put together enough.)

Day 41. July 22.
Today was another day in the classroom. We worked long and hard to organize and hang up some of the decorations. My mom really helped me get my room organized. I am so thankful she came up to help me.  I am so excited to have my kiddos finally!! Today was a long, but productive day!

Day 42. July 23.
Today was a wonderful day! I drove down to College Station for Trisha and Ben's couples shower. I loved being able to celebrate their upcoming marriage. Before the shower, I got to eat lunch with two teachers from this past semester who I look up to. We got to talk teacher talk and get excited about my upcoming year. I loved hearing all their ideas. I then went to Kirby's and hung out with her, then the teacher store and off to Trisha's. The picture below is the stone that Char and I gave them for their wedding. Spent the night with Trish and her mom! Fun day!

Sorry that my pictures are slightly "fuzzy" this week. I had my camera on the wrong setting for the whole week!! (I know I am still learning.) Overall, it was a wonderful week and can't wait for another week of marriage.

365: Fill-You-In-Friday

Ok So I have officially decided to make my 365 updates called "Fill-You-In-Fridays." Clearly I know today is not Friday. But, because I am just now getting caught up with my 365 here, I am posting this blog like it was this past Friday. I will post all the pictures of that week and what we did. This will allow me to enjoy doing the 365newlyweds, while not becoming obsessed with it and it taking up too much time. I want to capture our time together, but I want to make sure I am not always on the computer. So, that is why I decided to do a big post a week, with maybe a few others here and there :) So here we go.

Day 29. July 10.
This was a wonderful day! We spent this day with Trisha and Ben. They came in town for a wedding but got to spend time with us and stay with us, They were our first overnight guests! We truly loved having them. We all went to sprinkles for the first time ever and had the BEST CUPCAKES EVER! and I do not even like cake. So they must be pretty good! We also watched a wonderful movie called the Book of Eli. Such a good movie. Church on Sunday was awesome. Great weekend.

Day 30. July 11.
So today was a wonderful day. We finished off the weekend with Trish and Ben. So fun being surrounded by such good friends. We then relaxed and drove all around Dallas looking at houses. We truly enjoy spending time together and just dreaming of one day having a house together. (We are not looking do not worry) Just having fun! Here is picture of all the adds and our realization houses are so much money. Boo.

Day 31. July 12.
We have officially been married for one month. It has been such a wonderful month of loving, learning, and being newlyweds. We have learned so much about how to serve and love one another. We love being married and cant wait for many more anniversary's to come! We just hung out to celebrate and I finished New Moon tonight. I am still liking Twilight more, but I am very excited to start Eclipse! I have heard it could be my favorite!

Day 32. July 13.
Char and I went to have TCBY with the fabulous Lisa. I of course got a parfait, which was delish. Truly enjoyed hanging out with her and enjoying the city of Dallas. We sat outside, so please excuse our "glistened" skin.

Day 33. July 14.
PICTURE FAIL :(
Today I went over to the Bell's house and found out that I will be nannying/babysitting for a bit until school starts. I absolutely have loved the opportunity so far. Miles is a 5 month precious little boy who I adore more than anything. I have fallen in love with him in such a short time!! I just thank the Lord for such a wonderful opportunity to learn about being a mommy! This is a picture of the girls from the wedding. Love you bffs.

Day 34. July 15.
First day with baby Miles and had the girls over for craft night! I made Baked Ziti and we enjoyed each others company! We made flower pens to use in our classroom and Lisa once again put up with our "teacher talk." Love you girls and cant wait to hang out again!

Day 35. July 16.
Date night number 4. Lately, we have truly just enjoyed spending time together and so we have done pretty traditional dates. We went to Cheddar's and enjoyed 'dating' one another. We then rented a Red Box and enjoyed watching a movie together. We both have just discovered Red Box and we love it. You cannot beat a dollar movie for us both. I love date nights.

and that is it. My first Fill-You-In-Friday.
We are loving being married, loving our church, and enjoying life as the Lord brings it.

365: and again.. Last one to transfer.

Ok so this is the last post to transfer. Sorry I just really want to have it all on my blog, so that at the end of the year I will have it all together. So basically I am just copying and pasting into here which just takes time.

 Here's to another week together:

 Day 22. July 3.

Leigh and Garrett got married! We were so blessed to witness them get married! We love you Leigh and Garrett and cannot wait to see where the Lord leads y'all as a family! Then went to dinner with the rents!

Day 23. July 4.

Happy 4th of July! We went and saw fireworks in Plano and came home and Char made homemade chocolate milkshakes! So delish and we loved our first holiday as a married couple!

 

 

 

 Day 24. July 5.

Today we relaxed and enjoyed Charley having a day off of work! We went and bought our new TV that Charley's groomsman gave him as a wedding present. We are so thankful and lucky!

 

 

 

 Day 25. July 6.

Char and I enjoyed time in the kitchen! We made lots of new recipes including these Cheesecake brownies :) Thanks Rachael and Kevin!

 

 

 

 

 Day 26. July 7.

Charley and I went to a Rangers game with Erin and Parker. We had a blast and it was dollar hot dog night. Sorry the picture is awkward... It was so close to me...

 

 

 

 

 

Day 27. July 8.

Today we went out to Fort Worth to visit Charley's Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. We had a blast visiting everyone, but forgot to take a picture. This is a picture in our house with a new iPhone app I downloaded that takes really neat pictures!! I was just trying it out.

 

 

 

 

 

 28. July 9.

Date Night number 3. We ate whataburger and watched a Red Box movie. We were going to cook, but we were too hungry.. and therefore I know what my husband loves and so we ate Whataburger. Then he hung our new mirrors!! They look wonderful!

 

 

 

Alrighty, that is the 365 from facebook. Now I can update from the past week! Yahoo!

 

 

 

 

365: again

And more 365...

Day 15. June 26.

My birthday. My wonderful husband surprised me in the morning with Starbucks, flowers, and a card. All I wanted to do for my birthday was to hang out and get our house organized and that is what we did. I also wanted sweet tea so we drove to Addison for McAlister's and finished the day off with Olive Garden. He knows my love languages ;)

Day 16. June 27.

Our guest bedroom is finally CLEAN!! If anyone comes to Dallas, we have a place for you to stay!

 Day 17. June 28.

I worked on Thank You's all day and we went to dinner with Erin and Parker.(They are done!!) But I failed and forgot to take a picture of the 4 of us so here one is of my thank you notes!

Day 18. June 29.

We had Jason and Lauryn over for dinner! This is me cooking for them. Charley took it as a joke, but I forgot to take a picture when they were here so good thing he did!

Day 19. June 30.

Picture FAIL :(

So when I have a picture fail (meaning I forgot to take one), I am going to post one of the wedding. Today I went to Pei Wei with Kortnee and we had a BBQ with home group! I picked this picture because it is one of Charley's favorites!


Day 20. July 1.

Girls craft night at Lisa's!! C Todd was there as well. We made the super cute headbands on our heads and had a wonderful dinner by the Bradley's. Thanks Lisa and I love being in Dallas with yall!

Day 21. July 2.

Went on a wonderful date night at Pappasito's for half price fajitas and then went to Toy Story 3 in 3D. Such a fun date night!





The end of another great week as newlyweds.

365: more updates

Here are some more 365 updates from facebook...

Day 8. June 19.

Really the only picture we have. We left the Bahamas this day and were not to excited about it. All we did was travel, have a layover in Orlando and travel more.

Day 9. June 20.

Happy Father's day to both our Dads! We wish we could have been with them, but instead we were going through our kitchen and I wore the apron to pose...no cooking here!

Day 10. June 21.

And I finished Twilight. I officially joined the club! I had to fly to Houston to get my car. I finished the book and came home with more presents to unload :)

Day 11. June 22.

Do not worry.. None of my info is showing! BUT these are all my documents and such that I used to get my name officially changed to Lauren Elizabeth Hart! Long day of lines...

Day 12. June 23.

A day of hanging with Erin and we went to BBB to do some exchanges and I signed my name Lauren Hart for the first time.

Day 13. June 24.

I officially signed my contract and I am teaching 4th grade at Wallace!! Here is my classroom!

Day 14. June 25.

Charley bought us tickets to Wicked for my birthday!! We went to fireside pies and Wicked for my birthday and our first date night as a married couple. Wicked was phenomenal.

365:From the beginning

As you know I am going to transfer my 365 from facebook. Here it goes. 365newlyweds...

Day 1. June 12.

We got married today and this is one of my favorite pictures. My dad and I are high-fiving one another as we walk down the aisle as Mr. and Mrs. Hart. Happiest day of my life.

Day 2. June 13.

Of course we had to change our relationship on Facebook. We are now "officially" married ;)




 Day 3. June 14.

The start of our honeymoon in the Bahamas!!
This was our first dinner at Ristorante Casanova!

 Day 4. June 15.

After a day of laying out and enjoying married life, we had dinner at the Hibachi grill at our Sandals resort!

Day 5. June 16.

This is a view from our room. Absolutely gorgeous, we already want to go back!

Day 6. June 17.

Another wonderful day in the Bahamas. We went swimming with the Dolphins! Probably one of the neatest things we have ever done!!




 

Day 7. June 18.

Last night in the Bahamas. This was the view from our private candlelight dinner on the beach.




And there we have it. The first week as a newlywed couple, our honeymoon in the Bahamas. More updates to come.

Here goes nothing...

Well, this is the start to my first blog. It has taken me a long time to even figure out how it works, so hopefully I will get the hang of it. I am not a writer and so this was not a plan of mine. But I finally decided I would love to have documented our first year. My hopes are that this will capture Charley and I's first year of marriage... and maybe even more. We will see how much I like it. I am going to post my 365 on here instead of facebook. This will allow me to go into more detail and talk about what we are doing and learning. My hopes are that I will update my 365newlyweds once a week :) maybe like Fill-You-in-Fridays (I have not decided for sure). So anyways, welcome to our blog. I hope you enjoy it. Do not expect much with my writing or my photography. Hopefully you will enjoy a little sneak peak into our new life as the Hart's. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the wedding. Enjoy!




and for some reason... I cant get more than one in the spot I want. So more wedding pictures to come. This is all new for me... I need any help and tips I can get!!


Oh and P.S. I will be transferring my 365 over here little by little. So that is what my blog will be for a bit.