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We will be shootin’ these two lovely cats’ wedding day before they even know it…

Marty+Jenna… you guys were an absolute blast getting to know. Thanks for being such troopers even amidst some of my crazy ideas. Can’t wait to see you again this spring!

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I found this awhile ago on the Ryler Society tumblog. And every time I watch it I laugh just as hard as the first time I saw it.

So I thought I would share it. But here is the catch… you’ve got to vote for your favorite fall in the comments section, cause this is just toooo good to pass up.

My vote is most definitely for #18 or #11. The element of surprise in the  “OH CRAP I JUST MISSED THE BAR AND AM GOING TO FACE PLANT” is absolutely exhilerating.

side note… I kind of feel bad for laughing at these lovely athlete’s expense. Kind of. No really, I do feel bad. But it still is just soooo funny.

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We love to celebrate life with all that we have. Whether it be the simplest of celebrations over the victory of my poorly pathetic hockey team, or a free weekend with no obligations, or the monumental occurrence of actually finishing grad school-it’s just in our blood to celebrate life.

With that said, a few days ago we found a fabulous reason to celebrate.

And that would be comment numero 100 on this here blog.

So we decided to throw a little online party (if there is such a thing). Not because we are running some little lame blog competition, but simply because we needed a reason to give away a sweet pair of STUNNER SHADES and box of OTTER POPS!

So with no further adue…. (drum roll please) the 100th commenter on this here blog was…..

KJ Swanson out of good ol’ Seattle.

To quote her comment exactly: “you had me at gleaming…”

So there you have it KJ. You’ve just won yourself a box of otter pops and stunner shades. We hope you are even half as thrilled to be winning such a prize as we are to be giving it.

For the rest of you out there…. go find a reason as stupid as ours and celebrate it with all that you have. Even if it is that you new husband actually remembered to take out the trash. We know that is a huge victory in our home.

Life is too short to not celebrate it. All of it.

Party on friends.

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