Things that Grow

It wouldn't have mattered what the theme of this week was, the photo would have been the same.  However, I got lucky and if spun the right way, I think it legitimately fits this week's "things that grow" theme.

I have previously (on more than one occasion), mentioned my wonderful boyfriend.  But that is currently an incorrect statement, as he is now my fiance =D  Our love has "grown" to the point that we are getting married!  We met at our gym, so this is my absolutely gorgeous ring (that he created himself) on a kettlebell.  This kettlebell is from our home gym ... and we thought they'd look cooler if we painted faces on them =) 

Lesson learned??  Diamonds are incredibly hard to photograph.  They pick up and reflect other colors around them and my camera did not want to focus on it.  

Sacrifice

Last weekend was crazy busy and my week nights are always chock-full of things to do.  I did take the photo last week, just didn't get around to posting it.  This photo is kind of the sacrifice of things left outdoors.  It is part of a train station railing.  This steel has clearly seen it's share of different weather.  There's even a little something growing on the metal ...

"Foolin' Around"

Yesterday was my friend Sara's wedding shower.  She and her mother gave all the women involved in throwing the shower little hats, which is apparently a tradition in the UK.  Here, Sara is helping Ashleigh, her niece, get her hat situated.

Ashleigh in her hat.

Later, we split everyone into teams and they had to designate a "bride" and design a wedding gown out of toilet paper.  This is the real bride in her toilet paper dress.

Michigan

Steve and I went with some friends to the wineries in Michigan this weekend, and even though there weren't any grapes on the vines I took some photos.

All the trees seemed to have flowers on them

Some beer bottles at Round Barn and some of the wine at Karma Vista

This was the wonderful view outside of our hotel room.  There obviously weren't very many boats in the harbor yet, but I still think it was beautiful.