I can't believe I forgot to tell!

A couple of weeks ago I threw Braxton a surprise birthday party! He's a complete Star Wars fan, so what other theme could I have gone with for this 20 year old? :] he was completely surprised! I was so excited that all his friends showed up and that everyone seemed to have a good time. Of course light sabers were broken out and light saber duels were everywhere, but it was a lot of fun. The cake was magical and absolutely perfect. I couldn't have done it without the help of his sister and his mom and of course everyone for helping me keep it a secret!


That last picture is one of my favorites of the night, so funny :D


Birthday parties are way more fun than I remembered, but they are a lot of work! Especially surprise ones, but they are completely worth the look the loved one gets on their face when they realize what's going on. I highly recommend them.
Tonight's the night that me and Mr. Raybourn are cooking! Wish us luck! As for now, I'll feed my addiction (and try to take in tips) for Food Network.

Happy Saturday!
xoxoxo kayla

Away We Go

Away We Go, was an adorable/feel-good movie that I thoroughly enjoyed watching! I may be a little partial to the movie because I'm a complete John Krasinski fan, but I really liked this movie! It was a "real" movie, that seemed to be about "real life" people and their problems and how they feel about things, not everything is perfect. I like movies like that, and plus, how could you not just love this adorable guy??

If you catch yourself thinking, "I've totally seen this guy playing in something else!" he plays Jim Halpert off The Office (one of my favorite tv shows) and he's recently played in "It's Complicated"
Anywho, now that you've been "educated" on John Krasinski, on to other news... Braxton and I are cooking supper together for the first time Saturday night! I'm really excited about this! We're going to make cheesy chicken and rice casserole, salad, french toast, and for dessert we're making chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter as icing! Eek! It's going to be so much fun! I'll have to take plenty of pictures and show you all!

[thank you weheartit.com for all the images]

Have a lovely day!
xooooo-kayla

Inspirational Monday

This Inspirational Monday is going to be dedicated to weddings! I adore weddings and the happiness that they bring people so I hope that you enjoy and are inspired :]

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1. The most adorable bride and groom owl centerpiece I've ever seen!

2. Are these not the most ADORABLE wedding cake toppers you've ever seen?! Completely in love! swwwooooonnn.

3. Birds nest wedding ring pillow!


4. Hands down, cutest garder that I've ever laid eyes on. Cute puppy too :]


5. Absolutely EVERYTHING about this! I almost teared up at this.


6. Potted (Love) photo holders!


7. Beautiful eco-friendly save the date cards!


8. Cutest bride and groom award goes to...



9. Can I please have these and Christmas lights incorporated into my outdoor wedding?


10. A chalkboard seating arrangement.. Love!

I'm home!

Student Life was a lot of fun and I learned and grew a lot in my spiritual walk in the four days that we were there, but I have to say that I'm glad to be home! The old saying is true, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." because I definitely missed Mr. Raybourn more than I thought I would. I missed my own bed terribly bad, too. One thing that I believe was laid on my heart while I was there was that I'm thinking about taking a mission trip next summer to Ukraine with an organization called Servant Life. It's something that I'm going to have to pray about and mull over because it is a big thing. Anywho! I rented "Away We Go" and I'm really excited about watching it, John Krasinski is one of my absolute favorite actors. Ahhh. It's good to be home :]


xoxo-k

Inspirational Monday

I've decided to try and do an "Inspiration Monday" post that contains 10 inspirational images that I have stumbled across. I want to do this because somehow Monday's always seem to end up cruddy, so I hope that if you're having a cruddy Monday, this weekly post will help cheer you up and get you out of your funk!


1. These beautiful origami swans! I would love to have them hanging from my ceiling!


2. Absolutely breathtaking wedding photography by Jason Stockdale

3. Oh-me-oh-my! I love this jumper!


4. I've often thought about going blonde. Love this outfit.


5. I absolutely love this picture!

6. Eek! Why does this have to be the cutest dress ever?

7. I'm definitely ready for this road-trip coming up.

8. I wantwantwant these shoes!

9. Spencer's phone takes cool pictures :]

10. And last but not least! How adorable are these vintage suitcases?

I hope that you enjoyed this 'Inspirational Monday' post! I'm off to pack my own suitcase!
xo k

I'm going away for a while, but I'll be back don't try and follow me.

Tomorrow I'll be heading with my youth group to Student Life at Orange Beach and we will be gone for about a week! I'm pretty excited about going on a vacation, but I will definitely be missing Mr. Raybourn while I'm gone. He couldn't get off of work to go with me, BUT he will be meeting me tomorrow morning to say goodbye :] he's such a sweetheart! I hope that you have a great week and I'll be back to share some of the memories that I made!

xoxokayla

Snaps-a-lot

Me and my camera have been really busy lately. I've taken things from my Papaw's wedding (a few snaps are above) to a fun photoshoot with a friend, Corbin McDavitt.


I had a blast and it was a fun experience! We explored all of downtown Laurel to get the right shots and I'm definitely up for doing it again. If you remember, my Aunt Paula got married a few weeks ago and she called me to today completely ecstatic about how her pictures turned out! She kept going on and on about how I have a real eye for photography and I should definitely keep it up! Coming from an artist herself, this definitely made my day that much better! I was beaming with happiness!


P.S. Kissing pictures are trashy ;)
Anyways! I hope that you have a great 4th of July! I can't believe that it is this Sunday! Where did June go? Time is just seeming to fly by! It's still hard for me to realize that it is July 1st today. It seems like just last week I was graduating. Well I have some exciting things coming up this weekend that I'll have to share with you later! It's going to be fun!
xooxoxoxoxoxoxo
Kayla