Oh Giirrrlll, It's Your Birthday!

This week was my 25th Birthday, and it was a great one!! Tuesday, Ryan and I had dinner at Mitchell's Fish Market, which was delicious. Wednesday Ryan and I met his dad, Tiffany, Amber, and Ryan at Northside Social for some cocktails and dinner. We had such a good time, and loved the restaurant. Afterwords we went back to the May's to watch Hard Knocks, and Tiff cooked us up a little surprise. We had chocolate fondue that was amazing!!
Last weekend I went home, while Ryan was in Vegas, and my sister made me feel special with all her little birthday touches. She made red velvet cupcakes, my favorite! We also went to the Pearl's lake house, and Taylor made everyone wear birthday crowns!! My mom gave me the perfect dress to wear to the rehearsal as well!

I want to thank everyone who made my birthday so nice and special. I love my family and friends so much!! xoxo

Indiana Football

And now he's a Ref!

Bucket Win : )

It's almost time for football season to start back up!! I can't wait to get down to Bloomington for some games again this year. I just LOVE Bloomington!!

The season opener is just a couple weeks away, and I can't wait! We will miss the Akron and Michigan game because of our wedding / honeymoon, but I'm sure we will try to make the rest of the home games and of course the last game of the season at Purdue. I sure do miss making "Marando" shirts and wearing his jersey to the games. I posted some of my favorite football pictures from the last 5 seasons that Ryan played. I must say though, he is becoming one phenomenal tailgater ; )

Here is 2010 - 2011 complete schedule:

http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/ind-m-footbl-sched.html

Everyone let me know what games you will be going down to!!

GO HOOSIERS!!! Play 13 : )

50 Days Til We Say "I DO!"

I can't believe I get to marry my best friend in 50 days! I remember getting excited to say it was 300 days away! Our summer has just gone by so fast, and even though it seems like the wedding is so far away, I have a feeling these last 50 days are going to fly by. I'm getting really excited, and I feel good about where we are at in all the planning. I think we have done almost everything we can until the RSVP's come in and we get closer to the date. We knocked out a lot these past 2 weeks...invitations, cake, dress fitting, hair / make-up trial, meeting w/ Father Stan, passports, jewelry, shoes, finalizing flowers! Now I just can't wait to get back all of your RSVP's; I get so excited checking the mail each day : )

Here is our wedding website for additional wedding weekend details. If you need anything or have any questions please let Ryan or I know.

www.theknot.com/ourwedding/katelynblumling&ryanmarando

California

A couple months ago we took a family trip to Carmel, California. My family, Kyle and Ryan all went to visit my grandparents and watch the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. We had a blast and it was a very relaxing trip that went by way to fast! Here are a few pictures from our vacation...

Taylor and I at the U.S. Open.

All of us at Brophies.

Ryan & I in San Fran!

Pebble Beach : )

The guys getting ready to go over to the U.S. Open.