Extreme Home Makeover Hunley Edition

Now that all things wedding are wrapped up, it's time for the hubby and I to focus on revamping our home. We've been in our house for just over a year, and while we've made big improvements, there is still a lot to be done. Stephen's main push is for the outside of the house ie: landscaping, painting, putting down new floors, etc. My main push is the upstairs, so I'm completely redoing our bedroom first. First I have to paint, so our room is going from a warm brown color to this beautiful and cool green

Next up is the new comforter

It looks like a light blue in this photo, but really its a pretty airy grey color. Add in a new lamp

And I've got the makings of an oasis retreat bedroom that I will be more than excited to lounge in every evening. Now if only I could convince my lovely man to install the ceiling fans upstairs :0)

A Royal Wedding

and no I'm not talking about William and Kate, though I must say that she looked absolutely stunning this morning. Tomorrow will mark 3 weeks since I married my prince charming, and I have to admit that life has been treating us pretty royally. We have so many big things coming up in May, our at home reception (where we hope to see everyone), Stephen starts STE school and I am so proud of him, I'm done with my last spring semester as a student, and a few other big things that I'll blog about throughout the month. So in honor of our 3 week wedding anniversary I give you 21 reasons why marriage is amazing:

1) We get to wear our wedding bands, and we've both received lots of compliments on them
2) We frequently call each other hubby and wifey
3) Our photographer has posted amazing pictures that brings us back to that amazing week all over again
4) We both gained the most amazing new brothers! (and I got a sister too, love you amy lynn)
5) We're not living in sin anymore lol
6) Daisymae and I have a new last name :0)
7) I get more mushy texts than ever before
8) I think marriage has made me prettier, I have a wedding glow! I just cant hide my happiness
9) My husband makes me laugh daily
10) Stephen is a fantastic cook
11) My hubby helps out so much around the house
12) We truly face everything as a team
13) I'm motivated to be a better me so I'm stronger for us
14) Our dance offs have gotten more intense
15) My hubby spoils me on the regular
16) I feel so loved
17) I have someone that is going to love me from now until forever
18) We get to grow old and crazy together
19) We get to celebrate our marriage again in a week
20) Our wedding was royally awesome
21) I fall in love with Stephen more every day

We're back... and we're MARRIED!

We are officially Mr. and Mrs. Hunley! After 24 years of being Brandi M. I am now Brandi H. Woo Hoo. It's a little weird, well only when I go to write my name, I mean it's hard to break a 24 year habit. I do love saying that I am Mrs. Brandi Hunley. I <3 it! I swoon over it, I doodle it like a school girl!

Our trip to Cancun was a week of pure heaven, and truly the best week of our lives. We had so much fun, and were surrounded by so much love that it's truly heaven sent. Our friends and family thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and I think everyone came to make new friends too. There was dancing, foam parties, snorkling, drink spills, trips down the water slide fully clothed, spinnaker craziness, two very special birthdays, fire dancers, and of course the amazing ocean.

I feel so blessed to have become the wife of such an amazing man, and to have the world's most amazing support group. I cant wait to see the great things that life in store for us.

Here are some pictures of our trip <3

Bon Voyage el capitain

Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.  ~Seneca

Today marks 7 days from me becoming Mrs. Stephen Michael Hunley, new initials B.A.H. Just call me lamb chop. We had our Bon Voyage Party today and it was so much fun! We had all of our friends and family that will be in Mexico with us, plus a few extra fun friends thrown in. I did my very best to make this party as beautifully decorated as possibly, I"m working really hard towards building a portfolio for becoming an event planner. Today I actually put forth some effort to make it look like a real event. My fabulous sweetcheeks (Soon to be) hubby woke up at 730am and went to Restaurant Depot, Norfolk Wholesale Floral, Costco, Party City, and the liquor store with me. He was such a trooper. Here are some pictures of the party:

Lets Get Ready to Stumble

yeah, I know that sounds awful, but lets be honest: we all plan on making the most of our time in Mexico. Me in particular. You know the saying, first comes love then comes marriage then comes a baby in a baby carriage. Or something like that, anyways, you see my train of thought. So back to Mexico and the bottomless margaritas, and the tequilla shots that my Maid of Honor and I are totally unbanned from specifically for this occassion.

In exactly 169 hours and 22 minutes I will be in Cancun with my VERY soon to be husband, looking a little like this:

Only probably with shots lined up in front of us as well, hey it's our weddingmoon! Although I do promise not to wear the white sunglasses, aye yai yai!
And then, in exactly 246 hours and 18 minutes, I will be walking down the aisle looking something like this:

From sheer happiness I assure you. Also, a sidenote to my bridesmaids, if I do begin to look like this please fix the situation. These pictures last a lifetime people.

So our to do list is really starting to dwindle:
We've packed
Put together the programs
Put together the out of town bags
Have the rings
Found Daisy a temporary home with her cousins
Started writing my vows(so I guess a half check)

Now I have to:
finish the escort cards
assemble the bridesmaids bags
throw an awesome Bon Voyage party
find one more swimsuit for both Stephen and I
and relax
Oh and most importantly assure that Vampire Diaries is being taped while we're gone

We arent doing to shabby if I do say so myself. Really I'm just excited, excited to marry my prince charming, excited to have all of my favorite people on vacation in mexico together, excited to be stephen's wife, excited about my dress, excited about margaritas, I'm just plum excited about life!

xoxo

Throw Some Glitter Make it Rain

I cannot believe that I didnt post about our bachelorette/bachelor parties! Hello, mcfly, they were beyond amazing! Granted, this will most definitely be a pg version, but boy did wehave fun!

Stephen certainly had a great time :0) I came home to an open front door, clothes thrown all over the house, a lighter (stephen doesnt smoke), and find stephen layed out across the bed with daisymae sleeping soundly on his butt, and poor baby got sick and it was all over his jeans! Apparently they had a great time though! And I was able to nurse him back to health, including a couples massage that we thoroughly enjoyed :0)

My bachelorette party was beyond words! I couldnt have asked for a more amazing night, from the fabulous decorations and organization by Whitney, to the most fantastically fun girls (Andrea, Carly, Colleen, Maria, Ashleigh, and Jillian), it was jus superb! Top 5 greatest events:
1) Dancing on Stage with the band
2) Losing my shoes (multiple times)
3) jello shots and champagne with all of my amazing best friends
4) no hangover the next day
   - a special thank you to Andrea for taking me home when I needed it, to Ashleigh for watching over me, and to Whit and Carly for getting me into pajamas and washing my face. How sweet are my girls?!?
5) Having to remember half of the night through pictures, but knowing that it was one for the record books

a few pictures if you will:

I can't wait to be in mexico with this amazing girls!

Let the Mad Dash Begin

We officially have 13 days left, 13 days people! Where has all the time gone? It's like officially make it or break it time, and of course my husband to be just so happens to be on the worst possible working schedules ever. Therefore, I"m packing, trying to organize wedding things (thank you andrea for coming to my rescue tomorrow with the Out Of Town bags, youre an angel), trying to maintain a hot boday, driving to Washington DC so often I should be a politician, and trying to maintain my sanity. I am crying like a crazy woman, you would think the world is coming to an end. Dont get me wrong, I am beyond excited, I just cry over EVERYTHING! I'm tearring up right now over the image of walking down the aisle to Stephen. Wow, I've wanted this day for almost two and a half years, yes since the day I met Stephen, and it's finally here. I have put so much of my heart, soul, and bank account into this wedding, and it's all about to finally materialize. Not to mention all of our friends and family are starting to get super excited, I think I get a new text or phone call at least once a day from a different day saying that so-and-so is super excited for Mexico and can't wait. All of this excitement makes me more excited!

Next weekend is our Bon Voyage party, and man I am so excited! So this week that is all that I'm working on. Well that and packing! I also have to finish up school stuff for while I am gone, including two tests before then. Wish me luck!