Operation: get rid of our junk!

Spring Cleaning just rocks. Plain and simple. Although the majority of our latest weekends we have spent working at weddings, the ones before that were full of Spring cleaning. Here I talked about how we already threw away SIX tubs worth of stuff and donated over 3 huge trash bags of clothes, and we've been taking little steps here and there to minimize our overall amount of "stuff".

Caleb and I actually rent our current home and while it's not always ideal, it's what has worked for us so far. Our lease is up this year, though, so we are beginning to have the conversation of what will come next for us and our living arrangements. One thing we do know is we want the LEAST AMOUNT OF JUNK as possible when it's time to move!

So I'm going to be applying Emily Ley's Simplified Challenge to our home again the next month or two! I don't know about you, but getting rid of stuff just feels GOOD, right? I always love how simple the prompts are, but by the end of the month my life just feels cleaner and so much more manageable.

I love how simple her challenges are, yet they bring the most amazing results and seriously make you feel like a cleaning boss! Anyone else want to join me? ;)

Hope you have a fun day ahead! We have some family coming over tonight for a game night and I'm making some delicious food! I love getting to cook for other people -- I'm having flashbacks of 2013 Kayla who was afraid to prepare anything other than cereal. Oh how far I've come, and still have a looong way to go! ;)

WE'RE COUCH OWNERS!!!!!!

I just can't even. You guys, we threw our love seats over the balcony of our second story apartment patio this weekend. I'm not even kidding!

Caleb and I put on our big kid pants this weekend and finally made our first BIG purchase together. A real couch, and a loveseat (theatre style)! We are in love. It may sound silly, but this will make our awesome marriage even more awesome. Actually getting to SIT by each other during a movie date night in? Whaaat!?

I don't talk about it much, but everything in our apartment is someone else's. Aside from shower gifts, nearly everything in our apartment was handed down to us. Which don't get me wrong, it was a huge blessing...but it didn't make it feel like OUR home. So, we decided it was time to get rid of the two LOVE SEATS...yes, you read that right... and buy a new furniture set for our living room.

I know they are a little blurry...but he was so dang tired, and took pictures with me anyway so I didn't want to ask him to do it again. Besides, these were actual moments. I set my camera (or so I thought) for one picture, and it snapped like 12 in a row.

Back to my weekend. It was amazing. Guys, seriously. Caleb had a guys night Friday so I hit the gym with a hard run and then spoiled myself to some "me-time" at home...complete with my first face-time session with my first blog friend, miss Ashley, and her more than adorable little boys. She will hate me for posting this picture, but miss thing just can't take a bad shot...so there. Regardless, Ashley feels like she's been a friend for ever. She's so sweet and selfless, and I cannot wait to meet her!

Saturday, we had a consultation with a bride at 9AM, then the rest of the day was spontaneous (hence...buying those couches!). It truly was the greatest weekend ever. Aside from the Bengals game, it was great. I'll talk about more in other posts. I have so many things to elaborate on!

Happy Tuesday!

GUYS!!!

Huge news. HUUUUUGE! {thats what she said: Michael Scott}

But seriously. Okay so if you follow me on twitter, you already know this but I'm going to announce it as if you don't already know....

WE OFFICIALLY HAVE A HOME!!!!

Two Friday's ago we filled out the applications for our apartment, and WE GOT IT!

Caleb will officially move in March 1st. 

Guess what else? We get our own washer/dryer... INSIDE our apartment. I don't have to share with anybody and keep 97 quarters on hand at a time...WOO!

Matter of fact, our apartments aren't even BUILT yet! So that makes me excited... they will be finished at the end of the month, we get the keys and Caleb will be moving in first thing March 1st. We are SO excited. A lot of prayer went into this decision and I am SO thankful God gave us this place to start our new journey together.

YAY FOR DECORATING!! (Caleb, there may be a ridiculous amount of yellow in our new home...#sorrynotsorry)

It is also somewhat comforting knowing we will be the first people to EVER live in that particular space... new everything! Looks like I'll have some decent size counter space too, so I'm being FORCED to brush up on my cooking skills for Caleb! & for all my blogger besties that want to visit this summer? We have an extra bedroom, so come on over ;)