our chicago experience

in honor of our 2 year anniversary

jesse & i took a day-trip to chicago!

our first stop was the Shedd, as mentioned here & here : )

 the jellyfish kinda grossed me out a little.

 whales will always be my favorite! 

then, Millenium Park

 & present time!

 [[new fav picture of jesse]]

then he gave me THIS!

a beautiful sapphire promise ring.

me: oh my gosh im so excited to open this!

jesse: i hope you like it!

me: ... 

:O

HOW DID YOU AFFORD THIS

jesse: i saved up! do you like it?

me: YOU DON'T HAVE THIS MONEY

jesse: i saved it!!!!!! what do you think?!

me: AHHHHH

jesse: SAY SOMETHING ELSE!!!

me: I LOVE IT!!!!

then it was dinner time & we were starving.

luckily we got there when we did because

a. the line went out the door shortly after we waltzed in &

b. it started to rain (poor people outside).

it was pretty amazing.

(i may or may not have liked the spinach & artichoke dip better than the actual meal)

 then we walked around in the rain for too long

[my feet were sopping wet. wrong day to wear my TOMS]

 drank some starbucks that hit. the. spot.

& said goodbye to Chicago until next time.

xo

(thanks again jesse! for everything!)

so one time, after 2 years....

i'm still in love with this man-

we still talk as much as possible-

& he still brings me flowers:) -

aren't they pretty!

still hard to believe someone could love me so much for so long :)!

(please ignore my giant box of goldfish. im kind of obsessed)

jesse & i will be celebrating by going to the shedd aquarium later this month.

im having a hard time waiting that long to give him his present.

ahhh!

happy wednesday! :)

crazy birthday week

its that time of year again where jesse & julia celebrate their birthdays!!

its so weird to think that this time last year we had only been dating for 5 months.

we thought we knew each other so well :)

anyways as part of jesse's gift this year i took him to one of his favorite places ever!

SIX FLAGS!

along for the ride were my two sisters, cami & maggie, 

and all my local cousins aka lanie, kevin, joey, & frank!

it was also franks birthday.

he turned 16 which is weird.

and he's kind of a stud which is even weirder.

^ baby frank.

here's an awkward picture of the birthday boys:

while at six flags, joe won a purple squid hat which most of us traded off wearing

all. day. long.

at one point someone dropped the hat & we all knew it.. but we just kept walking 

because honestly it's a little bit weird... then lanie (being responsible) went to go 

pick it up. it just so happens we had almost just made a little girl's day & she

was going to go pick it up. way to go lanie.

i also got jesse PLATINUM SCRABBLE...

possibly the greatest gift you can give.

see? :)

we then proceeded to play in starbucks (again). it happens a lot.

for my present, jesse got me these CUTE shoes i've been wanting so badly.

enjoy the cuteness of the shoe.

he also got me scarf & apparently has something big planned in october.. a date! 

pumped for that... no idea what it is!

maggie did this for my birthday :) love her.

aaaand my mom definitely took these from a party she went to...

she says she had permission... im not so sure. ;)

either way i think they're pretty & i will take them.

finally my closing picture:

♥

j u l i a