Two Years

Today marks two years of blissful marriage for Jase and I. My favorite part of anniversaries is looking back to day one. Below are a few excerpts from the journal I kept during that time and more wedding photos I've fallen more and more in love with.

'April 13, 2013 couldn't have gone more perfectly. Despite my being 10 minutes late, my perfect groom was waiting patiently at the temple for me.'

'I wanted to have it at Grandma's to have her involved and remembered. She spent so much time preparing that home for entertaining others. I wanted to show-off its elegance and her impeccable taste. Our open-house went beautifully.'

I imagine being the bride and groom is similar to being royalty and a presidential candidate at the same time. It's all smiling until your face hurts, kissing babies, unprecedented amounts of hugs, and being better dressed than everyone else.

'When we showed up to the hotel, I in my wedding dress and Jase in his suit, the bellman asked our last name. As we entered the lobby the bellman shouted, "Everyone, may I have your attention. Introducing for the first time, Mr. & Mrs. Noack!" The lobby of about 50 people started to applaud.'

'Roberts, Lacee, and baby Eli picked us up and we went to my grandma's grave. My mom gave us general directions of where it was but when it came to finding the marker I had to think back to her graveside service. So, of course, I'm crying because of the memories while I'm searching and a little bit frustrated. We finally found it and I left my bridal bouquet there for her.'

'The cruise was a great deal because all of the food was included and you got to go to different places. One night we both ordered steak and a lobster tail since neither of us had ever tried it. We didn't like it'

And my favorite memory of all:
Jase- "You need me."
Brooke- "Awe, I do need you (:"
Jase- "No, you kneed me in the balls."

And the romance continues!

The last two years have flown by. We are doing all we can now to ensure our future is a bright one. I am so grateful to have my best friend/husband with me through it all. I am so excited to see what our future holds. 

We'll be dining at Flemings to celebrate. It is the same place we ate on our wedding night since we were starving and had a ton of cash. This time we won't be in t-shirts, jeans, and vans!

Wedding Photography-Cortnie Dee Photography
Wedding Planning-Bon Wed
Last Photo-Ash Gabes Photography

Chandelier Molding

Right before Jason and I arrived in San Diego to move into one of my grandpa's houses, my dad replaced the dining room light fixture with the chandelier that was used as decor at our wedding open house. The previous light fixture was hexagonal so that's what was left behind. We decided it didn't look so bad, but only if it was a different color from dirty beige. 

Easter weekend we were at Lowe's to buy an outlet, just an outlet. When you're a home owner, or a home dweller who has free range to cosmetically alter the house, Lowe's is kind of like Target. You go in for one thing and walk out with at least five. I saw the paint and decided to wing it. I've wanted that dirty hexagon painted for the last year so this was the moment to choose the color. I picked one then asked Jason his opinion. He said we should go more bold...see photo below.

So that was a bad idea. Not only the color but the fact that plan A was we were going to only paint it, no molding. Once I climbed off the ladder and stepped back to take it all in, I called my parents to see if my dad would help me cut some angled molding. The next step was tracing the shape. "Fun" Fact: This manufactured hexagonal lighting fixture wasn't perfect. One side was 8 inches and the rest were 7 5/8 inches. COOL. HOW DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN!? Anyway...I decided to make all of the molding 8 inches since it's easier to fill in with paint than fix what was outside of the molding.

 I headed back to Lowe's bought the paint color I originally chose, the molding I had my eye on if I needed to execute plan B, and spray paint for once the molding was cut. My dad was coming from a church meeting but was ready to help. He got his saw out right away, helped me figure out the angle (45* angle so a 22.5* cut), and cut them all for me! I am so lucky to have him.

I decided to glue these to the ceiling so my dad suggested construction adhesive. Off to Lowe's for the third time in one day and at 9 o'clock at night. When I got home Jason wouldn't let me continue my project until I ate dinner...what the heck? Does he like love me or something? Weirdo. So I ate some dang tacos to make him happy and proceeded with my project. I painted the first coat and was loving it! I got the second coat on and spray painted the molding just before bed.

Easter morning I was right back at it! I had my extra tall step ladder and used the chandelier as a workstation.

I stuck the molding in place with blue tape then peeled them off one by one to apply the glue then replace them. I am so happy with the results. This was such a fun project since it was challenging, made a big difference in our home, and wasn't expensive!

Valspar Sample Size Paint: $3

8 feet of Molding: $8

Spray Paint: $5

Construction Adhesive: $5