valentines: greek god style

so every valentine's, we have made it our tradition to do themed dinners.

 

this years theme: GREEK!

 

before the theme really got started, i woke up to a yummy breakfast by trav. my favorite egg sandwich, with compliments of blood orange juice, turkey bacon + berries (all things red!)!

 

 

then, @ work: these beauties were delievered! such a little romantic. i wasn't expecting them at all either. love my tulips babe!

 

 

after work, our place was decked out. my sweet husband came home to greece!

 

 

a little menu action for ya'll:

 

 

some table scape going on. (did blues + whites for to match the greece flag). candles were a must. i didn't have any statues laying around or else they would have been around this area.

 

 

meal: i didn't take a pix of our food but it sure was yummy. if you read the menu pictured above, you can see we started off with pita chips + hummus. had a fresh greek salad (extra feta :) ). lamb with tatiziki + greens in a pita. rife pilaf to compliment that. red wine all night. baklava unfortunately never made an appearance (we're probably better off without it anyway!). such a great dinner!

 

 

dree code: oh and then this happened! my handsome hubby in a toga! what a HOT greek god!

 

 

me in my greek get up!

 

 

movie: and don't forget the best part.... my big fat greek wedding! this movie cracks me up!

 

 

 

it was a fun, loved filled day. i hope ya'll felt as loved + special as any person should.

 

 

happy {belated} valentine's day. xoxo

heart attack...

it's the last week of january, so you know what that means....

 

it's {almost} valentine's day!

 

i started with some decorations we already had but am about to go out shopping for some more! here is what's hanging around so far!

 

i made trav a heart book for our first valentine's day: "25 things i love about you". from those hearts, i made a banner. call me a pack rat, i say i'm sentimental.

 

still have our mini trees up {i justify it by saying - it's still winter}. so i threw some heart ornaments on them!

 

this banner was made our wedding by my sister. i need to outline the letters to really make them pop. once again, sentimental. and who doesn't love our antlers?!?!

 

lil vignette of some valentine decor!

 

it's not much yet but had to get it up!

 

oh ya, speaking of valentine's day. we like to do a themed valentine's every year. last year, we did western. check that out here. so any ideas of themes?! get at me!

 

xoxo

rose bowl party

we did it! we braved the cold, the crazy crowds and had an incredible experience at the rose bowl parade!

10am (NYE): the streets open for people to start setting up their "spots" at  new years eve! 

3pm (NYE): i called trav while i was at the mall (he was on his way back from hunting) and we decided to do the camp out! so as you can imagine, the streets were full!

3:30-4pm: we didn't let that crush our dreams! we found our spot (3 blocks up from our place) and set up by 4! we met the kindest family next to us and had quite the adventure.



around 7/8pm: my sexy husband reppin' '13! 

 

around 7/8pm: me lookin homeless! 

midnight: kissed + celebrated on the streets with thousands of others! tortillas flying, marshmallows mid air, and horns blaring!

2am: shaun + salina arrived. i was half asleep on our blow up mattress and asked salina if she rather sleep in our cozy bed. us girls headed three blocks down the street and snuggled while the guys braved it on the streets! (love you baby! thanks for the sacrifice!)

7am: my man cooking breakfast burritos. him + shane made other husbands/fiances look like chumps!

7:45am: me + salina trying to keep our front row seats while eating our breakfast burritos!

8:30ish: after fighting some people away, we were still front row!

one of my favorite moments! salina is from wisconsin (and is a huge fan). the float was stopped in front of us for a couple minutes. salina ran into the middle of the street and got a good shot with the wisconsin float! what a die hard fan ;)

10:30am: the last float! rose parade float! 

ps - who was that chick singing on it?!

the four warriors!
trav, me, salina + shaun! salina + shaun are engaged and are tying the knot in June! we could not be more excited for the two of them! it was such a fun experience. thanks to them, we have memories to last us a lifetime! love you (soon to be) lane's! 

my parents spontaneously came out for the parade too! what sweeties they are. they drove from vegas to san diego new years eye night to get auntie + uncle. woke up at 5am new years day to make it in time to the parade! what gems. love them. 

 hope ya'll enjoyed. and i hope to see each one of you on the streets with blow up mattresses next to us ringing in 2014!

xoxo

cheers to 2013!

2012 has been a huge year for us! we moved back to California, celebrated our 1 year anniversary, got a job (i LOVE), a promotion (trav!), and have built an awesome community!

looking forward to 2013 and making every day count! have ya'll written your resolutions?! here's mine!

happy new year!

xoxo

christmas vacation: vegas/brian head style.

Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year (welcome to the club right?!). the birth of Jesus. being with family. eating incredible meals around the table. laughing. opening gifts. drinking hot toddy's (oppps!), i meant hot coco's ;).

we were able to take a couple extra days off and head up to vegas early. here is a little re-cap of an incredible time in vegas + utah! (warning: there are a lot of pix!)

 runnin' rebels game (trav's first one!)

a thompson baby sandwich. little london + jet jet. two loves of my life. (neice+nephew)

utah time! snow mobilin' with my babe!

some cuddle time by fire place! loved every minute with the thompson's!

back in vegas! got our hot coco + bailey's and hit the water show. (this is one of mine+trav's favorite spots ever. he asked me to be his gf at olives - a restaurant that overlooks the water show {insert awwwww :) } ).

bellagio has the most beautiful Christmas decor.

my mom's first experience at bass pro shops (an outdoorsman's paradise)! it's one for the books! proud of you mama g. you handled that store + showed it whose boss!

now it's christmas morning! london got a bike! watch out world!

jet is just happy to be a michigan fan! he loved eating the wrapping paper too :)

thompson's christmas tree! with smash's beautiful frames!

christmas dinner with our family, the sacca's! could eat every meal in this gorgeous home!

game night! this got a little heated between some couples (who will remain annoymous), but was a wonderful way to wrap up the weekend!

as you can tell, it was a full week, with no dull moments! from basketball games, to snow, to hot dates, to quality family time, to shopping, to games, to presents, to family! one of my favorite christmas' yet!

hope ya'll enjoyed your time this Christmas.

xoxo 

the most wonderful time...

merry christmas from the harper's!

hope yours was filled with the love of our Father, beautiful family + quality time!

xoxo

happy easter!

so blessed that our sweet Jesus died + gave his life for each and everyone of us! hope you saturate in His goodness + are thankful for His love + sacrifice.

Christmas!

Trav surprised me with this cute lil number one day! We decorated it together and started our wrapping! Enjoy the season! XOXO (sorry the image won't rotate lol)