5 years

Last week Justin and I celebrated our 5th anniversary together. What a fun milestone this has been for us! 5 years ago, we were both in school at BYU-Idaho and now we have two kids, live in Cleveland, OH and almost done with dental school. My how time changes things.

Justin let me sleep in a little that morning while he made breakfast and displayed the 5 bouquets of flowers which he and Jack picked out. Later that night, our friend, Jenni from Justin's class came to watch the boys while we went and ate at our favorite hamburger place...B Spot. They have the BEST food!! It was so yummy.

Before we went out to eat, it was time for me to reveal my little project I had been working on for a good month or so. Justin and I have always hated our bedroom. It is the catch all that never seems to be picked up and was not decorated. For 3 yrs since we have lived there, Justin has asked me when I was going to do something with our room. I just never knew what I wanted to do. But after looking at a million blogs and inspiration from a few friends, I finally figured out what I wanted to do with it and did it secretly. I have been stashing my haircutting money and buying things here and there, hoping it would all come together like I had pictured in my head, and I LOVE it!

I repainted the blue table from the bedroom set that we got from his Grandma Palmer. The chair was given to me by our neighbor who moved so I painted and reupholstered it. I also had my sisters edit some of my wedding pictures that I had printed along with a couple of new ones from a recent shoot Angie did while she was here.

These dressers were also part of the old bedroom set and I somehow convinced Justin to help me repaint them about a month ago. He never knew that I had a bigger plan in mind!

I got this headboard for $20 off of craigslist, painted it and hid it in a friend's garage. I painted my mirror, a bunch of frames and the inside of my fireplace. It used to be just white.

I was going to put a "before picture" but I was too embarrassed! Seriously...my room was BAD.

Now....I LOVE IT!! Justin was so surprised and super excited about it. Now we actually have a peaceful and relaxing space all to ourselves that we might actually want to be in! Before it was just chaos and ugliness, and that usually included a mound of laundry (or 2!).

We can finally sleep in peace. :)