Wedding Week

This past week I've had weddings on my mind everyday.  In the past 8 days, my husband and I attended two weddings, I helped photograph one of the weddings, we celebrated our own wedding anniversary and I shopped with my soon-to-be sister-in-law to find her perfect wedding gown.  I've seen and felt so much love this week, and my heart is full.

A perfect weekend

There is so much I love about this man, this face and our weekends together.  Sometimes during the week, Justin might have long hours to work, we go to bed really early and the days seem to fly by.  I always look forward to our weekends because that means I get a full 2 days with my Mr. and we can do just about whatever we want.  

Surprisingly, this weekend started a little early!

Justin and I woke up at our usual time of 6{ish} on Friday, but we kind of had a slow start to our morning.  After about 30 minutes passed, I realized he had not yet showered, chosen his work clothes for the day or showed any sign of being in a hurry for work.  I asked him if he was planning on getting cleaned up soon and that was when he flashed me a big smile and said "I took the day off!"  To say I was excited just seems like an understatement. 

This meant we had 3 full days together!  We took advantage of all of that time and did some of our favorite weekend things:

• local shops - including record stores, antique shops, handmade stores and coffee houses.
• small local restaurants.
• ice cream.  We looooooove ice cream.
• movies.  We might have rented 7 from the library for this past weekend.
• discovering new areas in northeast Ohio.
• cooking together.
• couch cuddle time with the pups.
• having music on all day in our apartment.
• window shopping for things we don't need.
• and eating lots of sweets and coffee.

These are some of our usuals.  This weekend we actually did all of that and more!

Justin loves adding records to his collection.

We went to a Dr. Seuss exhibit at an art gallery celebrating his birth month.

Best. Ice Cream. Ever.  Trust me, I eat a lot of ice cream.

What do your weekends look like?!  

Decorating for Valentine's Day

{l.o.v.e}

When Justin and I were dating, he decorated my room with over 100 post-it notes telling me all the things he loved most about me while I was at school.  Some of the notes mentioned personality traits, my silliness, physical features and the time we spent together.  

I have kept them for all this time and decided today to get them out of their box and read them again five years later, with fresh eyes and as his wife.  

As I started taping my favorites on our walls to decorate for Valentine's Day, I asked myself if he would say the same things about me today.  Am I still doing all of these things that he fell in love with?!  I would hope that the answer is yes, and more. 

While looking through all the post-its, I separated the blank ones and decided to write on them all the things I love about Justin.  I really do believe that it's all the little everyday things in a relationship that can make it so wonderful.  I tell Mr. Sharkey all the time how much I love him, but today I am going to write down exactly what I love about him.  I hope that in another 5 years we can read them again and say that we still love all these things about each other and that these are still things we do today.

Although I think we should show our love for one another everyday, today is a reason to go a little overboard!  I can't wait for Justin to get home and see our love notes to each other hanging above our table.

The Perfect Gift is the book Justin had me read right before he proposed,
along with my first Valentine's Day card to him and my favorite love quote book.

Tell your significant other all the things you love about them!

Pick up some fun post-its at your local craft store or Target and grab a pen or marker. Think about all the little things, daily routines, goofy moments, personality traits, physical features and their style that makes you love them so much.  It's a great way to show someone you love them in an inexpensive way that they can reread for years to come.

{Happy Valentine's Day}