-6 months-

6 months ago today we were doing this...

lots of this...

and this...

and this...

and tons of this...

I couldn't be happier.  

Love you :)

blast from the past

I was going through some old pictures the other day and came across some old ones of Matt and I from when we first started dating.  I had to scan this one in because I didn't have a digital camera in 2004...or I just didn't know how to upload them on the computer.

This picture is my favorite one of us from back then for many reasons...

Our smiles are HUGE.  We are so happy.
 Matt's hair is long and in my eye.  I don't necessarily like that it's long, but it's a memory I have of him from then.
 It's our first picture together.
His arm around me. I remember being SO excited that he put his arm around me :).

August 2004

A little background on the pic.  It was taken in Jacksonville ("Jax" for short, hence our dog's name) where we were on vacation together.  It's kind of random how it happened, but basically I wasn't going to go if Matt didn't, and when my mom said he was going, I was in!  I didn't tell him that though.  We had been talking for awhile, but Matt just wasn't my "type", he partied a little too much.

While on vacation, everyone kept making jokes and comments on how we liked each other.  Instead of hanging out with my mom and the girls, I would always want to go wherever the boys were going (Matt and the Layton boys).  This picture was from our last night in Jacksonville.

We came back from Florida knowing we wanted to be together and we've been inseparable ever since.

DMB since the beginning

Matt and I love Dave Matthews Band.  I have so many pictures of us and our friends at all the concerts.  This one is Matt and I at the concert campgrounds in 2006.  We look so young! We had been dating for 2 years at this point.  Crazy!  

2006

We have been going to the Dave concert ever since then and this will be the first year we aren't going because they aren't touring :(.  Matt and I have been listening to DMB since we started dating.  I can remember riding around in his old beat up Honda Civic with "Ants Marching " blaring making the speakers sound like they were going to burst.  I love when we randomly decide to blare Dave in our car now and Matt goes on to do his "air drumming" or "steering wheel drumming" :).  So many of the songs have so much meaning to us.  While I'm on a roll, here are pictures of us from the DMB concerts up until last year.

2007
We went to 2 concerts this year.  This picture is from the first one in Chicago.

2007
In Noblesville

2007
Walking from our campground (Walkabout) to Verizon.  Our group of friends always walks however many miles it is to the concert from our campground.  We normally find someone to give us a ride in the back of their truck once we've walked a little.

2008
This was the first year my friend Abby joined us.  See picture below for the shenanigans that took place.

2009
Matt had to work and I didn't think he was coming, but he showed up right before the concert!

2010
No DMB for Matt since he had to work.  I went with Abby, Amy, and Sam.  We set up our tent and ended up tearing it down that night after the concert and driving to a hotel.  It had POURED rain all night and a tornado had come through Indy so we ran for shelter.

I've also been to Tinley Park in Chicago, the University of Illinois winter DMB tour, IU (Dave and Tim), and Virginia Beach to see Dave.  Lauren, Abby, and I drove to VA Beach for a little vacation and also to see Dave in 2009.  We went to VA because of Dave's opening act, Donavon Frankenreiter.  He's not that well known, but download some of his music...I LOVE him!  His music is so catchy and soothing.

2009
VA Beach Amphitheater 

Love these girls

It was a no-brainer that Matt and I had to have Dave played at our wedding .  We walked down the aisle to "Oh" by Dave and Tim (acoustic) and our first dance was "Steady As We Go".