The Newlyweds!

One of my best friends Ms. Leah Satterfield got married! I was so lucky to get to be a part of it all!

Um, did I mention that she looked stunning?!?!



Seeing your friend get married is so exciting! Being asked to be a part of something so great makes me feel so special. Leah is like family to me, we go way back!




Congratulations Leah, you two are perfect together!

Wedding Weekend!

Leah Satterfield & Jesse Green are married! More pictures to come~

Because Making it Public Makes it Happen!

I am making it public that I need to get in better shape! I have been such a junkie this summer and need to stop making excuses and get my little booty moving and grooving and in shape! I might not be HUGE, but I have put on a lot of weight in the last year and I have no excuse. It's not baby weight (I lost all of that)but it's "Erinne Being Lazy" weight. I need to get back to the healthy lifestyle I definitely had before and it starts tomorrow!

I love Summer! Don't You?

Look at these kids having a great summer afternoon! Before this picture was taken I MIGHT have been jumping on the trampoline with a 10 year old and a 6 year old, and it MIGHT have been super fun.....especially since we put the sprinklers underneath the tramp.

How to be Happy....

How to be Happy:

Pop one of these little fellows out of your belly and BAM! Instant Happiness....it's that easy. Almost as easy as making instant oatmeal.

Dear Life,

Dear Life,

You are so funny sometimes. I thought I knew exactly how my life was going to be, and then you decided to switch it up on me! When I was 17 I graduated from high school and thought I had you all figured out. I had my jeep wrangler with the top off, I had my dream school, San Diego State, and I had plans of living the beach bum lifestyle for the rest of my life. I knew that I'd graduate from SDSU, go on a mission to Tonga, move to Kauai and become a tour guide for kayak tours, and then get married when I was 24. Oh yes, then five or six kids were going to pop out of me.......and they'd all be absolutely adorable.

Life, you put me in my place. Thank you for doing that because it made me realize life can be quite the ride, and it's more fun when you have no idea what is in store for you!

My plans changed to me getting married when I was 18 and then moving to Idaho to go attend a school I refused to apply to my senior year of highschool, BYU Idaho.

Niko was probably the biggest surprise you gave me Life. Not only did I find out I was pregnant a month after getting married, but I learned that being pregnant was not fun. (Throwing up 3 times a day was considered a good day for me) And that C Section? Wow-ee! Life, you quickly turned my dream of 5-6 kids to a much lower number. But remember when I dreamed of having absolutely adorable children? You exceeded my expectations there with my fantastic little boy.

And now, I'm a graduate of college, a super senior with 139 credits, and could not be more satisfied and content right now. My little boy is 2, I'm 21, and married life has been my everyday life for almost 3 years.

Thank you for not giving me the life I planned, but for surprising me with the wonderful one I get to live everyday.

Love,
Erinne






P.S. If you threw in a winning lottery ticket, I really wouldn't complain much over that.

How to Feel like a Million Bucks for $20!

I like clothes, I always have. When I was in high school one of my favorite things to do was to search the clearance racks of stores, and buy cheap cute clothes! I discovered something amazing in Idaho Falls called Lily's Too Consignment Shop. I bring in the clothes that I don't wear anymore, they sell them for me, and write me a check! My clothes have always sold pretty fast! Ok, so if you bring clothes in and she gets them sold you can either take a check or spend it in store. She gives you 10% off the items bought in store if you use your credit there. And let me tell you, she has got a great selection of clothing!

I brought clothing in the end of April and just picked up my $45 check! Woohoo! However, I decided to look around the store and found some awesome deals. Since it's the end of summer pretty much everything was 50% off. 50% off an already cheap price is not bad at all! I spent half of my credit in store and got so much "new" stuff.

My favorite steal was a cute black dress, for $3.50. It fits great and reminds me of Audrey Hepburn....and for $3.50?!?!?!

I have been looking for a denim skirt for awhile, something casual and cute that I can wear with tights for the fall/winter and now I've got it. It was $5.00 but 50% off it was $2.50!



This classy shirt is Tommy Hilfiger and good for those times I need to dress up! $4.50


This flannel hoodie was actually in the boys section but I thought it'd be adorable for those casual cold Idaho winters. $2



I got a beautiful oriental looking one too, but it's in the wash because I HAD to wear it right away! It rang up to $4.50, and it's perfect for dinner out.

And trust me, that wasn't everything I bought either! I also got a cute american eagle cargo skirt, a pink shirt, and a preppy navy sweater for the fall.

So total it all added up to $25 and something cents, but remember I had a credit?? So basically it cost me nothing and I still brought home a $20 check. Not bad. Not bad at all.