Daddy's Little Girl

Dear Daddy,

You mean the absolute world to me.

The world.

You and Mom are the best role models I could ever ask for.

I see daily the joy and happiness you both shed.

I admire you. A lot. Your huge heart. Kind soul. Love for life. And simply happiness.

You always see the best in situations and other people, where I sometime well...don't.

You realize the small things in life are the most important,

and I'm so glad you have shown me this but it is so, so true.

I just want you to know that you've taught me so much dad.

You have shown me patience, when I didn't even think patient was

possible for me. {still workin' on that :)}

And mostly I cannot thank you enough for just being there.

Always. No matter what. For my entire life.

You have always put your family first.

Even to the times you came to games in your work truck, or would come in your uniform,

stay up late after a long day to help us with our homework, or play outside...and had the most amazing bedtime stories {which will be turned into a book someday}.
Each memory is so so special to me.

You took the time, the effort, to be the best dad you could be.

That means more than you could imagine.

And I am so thankful to have you as my dad.

Thank you....for being you.

The best daddy in the entire universe.

{aliens, included.}

Love you to the stars and back.

& you know I'll always be your little girl.
Happy Father's Day.

-Your Daughter-

Wedding Wednesday {once}

After doing the link-up and seeing that

pretty much all my popular posts were about 

Wedding Wednesday...I came to a conclusion that gals

really love some weddings!

So wedding is what I'll give you.

:)

This Wedding is all about SHOES:

First of all...who doesn't love shoes?

And I already know you love weddings....

SO winner winner chicken dinner.

Here are some shoes I am thinking about.

Or dreaming about.

Or just staring at them and wondering

the chances I will fall and bust my arse in the middle

of isle in front of all my friends and family.

On to dream world....

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Okay so I realize I may bust it if I wear some 

of the high heels because I'm sure I will be shaking like crazy.

Problem is...I haven't found any I love that are lower.

Ideas?

Pictures?

Bring em on :)

P to the S...

I'm going to have a giveaway when I get back

from vacay because you all are the flippin' best.

That's all.

Happy  Hump Day.

The face behind the sunflowers

Another Link-Up Party.

What What.

The lovely Michelle @ A Little Bit of This & That started the cutest idea of doing a blogger

"Meet & Greet"

So others can find out more about you and vice versa.

Because really one of the best parts about blogging is meeting other people who know what you are talking about without giving you the crazy eyes,

going though the same things as you, and are simply the nicest  {and funniest} people EVer.

 If you for some reason don't know me...well, you should. haI'm Molly from {obviously} A Midwestern Touch.A recent grad trying to grow up and put on my big girl pants to preparefor all that is to come in my future.As well as enjoying being engaged to the love of muh life.I have no idea how I even thought of the name of my blog. I  just wanted to do something that represented "me" and my hometown and thepeople I am surrounded with came to mind.And that began A Midwestern Touch in January of 2011.  

 The reason:The very first reason I got the blog was to write down ideas, crafts, random thoughts down so I wouldn't forget them. Becausee, well, I forget everything. And think...way too much. I also thought it'd be fun to look back someday and see the journey I have taken over the years. THEN. I got rid of facebook. Yup, I did it...I pushed the deactivation button. For a good reason though. On December 20, 2010...I got engaged. { !!!!!!! :) } And right after we got engaged Jeff thought it'd be a good idea to deactivate our facebook accounts until we could tell everyone in person or personally and they wouldn't find out through facebook {because we keep it real like that}. That led more happening to my blog. Such as the life of a senior in college, engaged woman, and just trying to find my way in life. SO. That's kind of why I'm here.To grow. To write. To discover myself and look back and see how I've grown, maybe not grown, and the love and fun I've experienced along the way. Plus, I use it as a second brain to remember all the little details I would never be able to. It works out pretty perfectly.And it wouldn't be the same without you all.Who make blogging 10x better.  

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Wedding Wednesday (Diez)...On Thursday?

What is more fun than WeddingWednesday?

Wedding Thursday!

Duh.

I ended up not having any time to do it Tuesday night because my friend had a

birthday celebration that I was not going to miss.

Therefore, no post.

So here I am.

Today I wanna talk about flowers.

Which I love. A lot. Especially fresh flowers.

Wanna know something funny?

Or stupid I guess you could say.

Jeff use to buy me flowers all the time.

Just because.

{That is not the funny or stupid part}

And somewhere in there I lost brain cells because I told him to stop.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

Because I didn't want him to "waste his money" {those suckers were

GORGEOUS,  large, and expensive} when they just died after a few days.

Am I eating my words?

YES.

Ah pretty flowers, I miss you.

You looked really good on my dining room table and I'm too cheap to buy  my own.

Waaah.

Ya I'm an idiot.

Anyway.

Flowers for the wedding.

I've had a big dilemma on this one. Because everything has to be perfect. Right?

And I don't want to choose something wrong.

I have a large fear of that.

Which is why I cannot make decisions.

I do know that I LOVE gerber daisies.

They have Molly written all over them.

I as well LOVE sunflowers.

Hints my header.



All pictures above VIA



Problem is...I cannot figure out HOW or IF I should encorporate them together.

Im really bad at this stuff. I think it could work though.

So I need help.

Or if you have ideas throw them at me.

Definitely will take opinions with open arms, and legs, and whatever else.

OR pictures would be lovely too :)

I know I don't need to figure out my flowers RIGHT NOW.

I mean the wedding is like a year and a half away.

But that wedding I just went to has not let my mind off of the gorgeous flowers she had.

Let me know ladies!

I love to hear your thoughts!

Raise your glasses because tomorrow is FRIDAY!

A Wedding and Sun-Filled Weekend

It's funny how in Kansas the weather goes from -20 to 90 smoking hot degrees in like two seconds.

I would recommend to carry a rain coat, umbrella, parka, and swim trunks at all times because

you never know what the weather is going to be.

Seriously, Kansas weather is bipolar.

It's okay though, I love it dearly.

Kansas..not the craZy weather.

However, I got to enjoy a wedding and sunshine this weekend that ended up being

perfect Kansas weather.

It was a smokin' hot 90 degrees but with a nice cool breeze.

The wedding was outdoors, which I LOVED.

Makes me really want an outdoor wedding.

But, October is a bit risky in these parts.

It would either be beautiful or snowing.

Don't wanna chance that one.

The wedding was perfect and simple...just like the bride and groom.

It was funny going to my first wedding after

being engaged and taking note on every.single.little.detail they had.

Definitely has changed my views on weddings!

Anyway,

it was a wonderful weekend at home filled with lots of

family, food, and sunshine...straight summer style.

And I finally got some color on (one half of) my legs!

Have I mentiond I love home?

Ya, well I do.

Nothing like it.

I would also like to say a big

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY

to my beautiful baby niece.

One year ago today my brother became a dad,

my sister-in-law became a mother, I became an aunt, my brother an uncle,

 my mom a grandma, and my dad a grandpa.

I will never forget the magic the day she was born.

And the anxiety of waiting at the hospital, sleeping on the hard as a rock couches,

waiting for her pretty little self to be born.

"It's a giiiirl, Katherine Marie" my brother said as tears of joy filled his eyes.

Truly magical.

Thank you baby (now toddler) Kate...for coming into this world.

You are such an incredible blessing.

Hope you all had a good weekend!!

P.S. Just for fun I wanna say congrats

to my handsome fiance  for leading his baseball boys to a championship victory.

Whoop Whoop.



what makes you come alive

So last night I was laying down thinking of 5 million things going on in my head (Remember, No Cable) and

for some reason I kept thinking about how I have not had frozen yogurt in so long.

Ages.

Really,

I haven't had it in like sheez.... uhhhh two weeks or longer? WOW.

Unheard of in Mollyville.

I couldn't get my mind off of it.

And I was not hungry. At all.

Actually I had just eaten the biggest salad of my life. With an addition of wheat thins and diet coke.

Plus I'm trying to save my pennies.

Then I started thinking of all the things that make me

all giddy inside like a fresh pink bowl of fro yo filled to the brim with fruit.

Simple Life Pleasures.

The small things that keep us going.

I tend to think the small things are what matter most.

And truly lead to a fulfilling life.

A Few:

A Good Sunday Sermon

Frozen Yogurt. Pink Gummy Bears in Fro Yo.

Diet Coke
Country Music
Buffalo Sauce
Cowboy Boots

Blogging/Comments from Bloggers

Memories from your Childhood

Camping
Family

Sonic Happy Hour & Strawberry Slush-Floats

Fiance

Quotes
WINE
A Good Workout

Homecooked Meals

Pictures Drawn by Kids

Nike Tempo Shorts

Sunflower Seeds + Baseball

Tailgating

Fresh Flower Centerpieces

Old Couples Holding Hands

A Good Book

Date Night

Hugs

Life

The Lake

There are many more,

but just throwing a few handfulls out there.

All the simple things added up = One Large Gigantic Amount of Awesomeness.

Oh,

and wanna know how my night ended?

It would not stop haunting me.

:)

Wedding Wednesday (Nueve)

My brain is always so scattered on Wedding Wednesday.

There are like 500 bazillion things I want to talk about.

And another 500,000 questions I want to ask.

And another 100,000 decisions I want made for me

Remember last week when I told you the very exciting date month,

only for Fiance to be all sorts of silly and try changing it on me..or naming off dates he thought sounded "cool".

Well we came to an agreement.
Yippee.

And we are thinking October 20, 2012.

Has a nice little ring to it :)

And all great things come in TWO's.

So now we can have a coutdown 10.20.12
Bring.It.On.

Today is RANDOM.
Potential candidates for the BIG DAY:

You put this on the table so your guests will take pictures you actually want them
to take without them knowing you are tricking them. :)

Jeff's Idea- When the guests arrive have the "guest book" be baseballs and have them sign baseballs with their name
and a little note, and we will be able to keep them in a vase like the picture above for decoration in our house (most likely man cave.) Or have the baseballs sitting on the tables and they can sign/write their notes whenever they want throughout the reception. I thought it was a very cute idea. :)

This is just too dang adorable. Cute.Cute.Cute.

I love the idea of putting important dates of the bridge and groom on each table so people can get a sense
of your relationship. I would style mine a little differently though.

Cute Ring Picture :)

I am for some reason really obsessed with chalkboards right now? Don't ask me.

All pictures via PINTEREST

Like I said...
RANDOM.
But I don't want to forget :)

So HAPPY (Wedding) WEDNESDAY!