little letters with a few pictures.

dear erin and mike,

your wedding pictures look amazing.

steven and i are so excited to get ours soon.

love,

your sister / sister in law

p.s. we miss you. come visit us.

the new mr. & mrs. santiago

dear anthropologie,

thank you for the fat merchandise store credit. and thank you for having extra 25% off sale so i could get even more with it. now, please send me my new clothes. i'm anxious.

love,

an anxious customer

the bridesmaids and groomsmen with the new mr. & mrs. santiago

dear sisters {that includes you, sara},

remember when we were bridesmaids at erin and mike's wedding? and then remember when you were bridesmaids + lauren & andi when steven and i got married nearly 4 weeks ago? that was fun. let's do it again. steven and i will volunteer to be the bride and groom. i pick up my dry cleaned dress next week, so it's perfect.

love,

heidi hopper

dear steph,

i don't know if you even read this anymore, but luke is so dang cute. thanks for coming to both mine and erin's weddings.

love,

your {favorite} cousin

cousin stephanie with her husband paul and little luke!

dear parents,

i'm excited to see you in about 6 weeks. it'll be the first time we are home to visit, and not get married, or go to a wedding, or get engaged, or anything. okay, i lied. we are coming home for a wedding--katie & kyle's, and we will be involved, but it won't be as crazy since it's not our family. we love you. we miss you.

love,

your favorite daughter

dear waffle mania,

we had you on sunday. mmm, berries and whipped cream! it was so fun using our double flippy waffle maker for our 1st sunday of the month "waffle mania" tradition. a new tradition, since it was our first 1st sunday of the month together. and thanks em and blake for sharing it with us. we'll do it again? in a month? great.

love,

waffle lover

dear dinners,

umm, pardon me for tooting my own horn, but i've been making some so good dinners lately.  like that recreation of stonefire grill's bbq chopped chicken salad? yeah, i just need their exact bbq sauce and it's pretty much the same.  or how bout that mango salsa chicken last week? or the asian stir fry? or that rustic tuscan chicken with the fresh tomato and zucchini spaghetti squash i somehow made up? steven's really loving you. so am i.

love,

happy, healthy, hungry hoppers

dear gym,

it is so good to be back. regularly. we've had some tough, busy months this year, but we are back on track.

love,

gym rat {okay, not really a gym rat, per se}




dear apartment,

i'm sorry it has taken us so long to get you organized. i finally did my clothes. and you are all painted. and today i'll do all the "stuff."  and we'll get the pictures hung in a few days.  and the kitchen will be organized as soon as the bulk of our gifts arrive with the hoppers next week. hang in there.
love,
the hoppers

dear lauren,

we are SO excited for you to come next week!! you'll love it here! 

love,

your favorite {and only} sister in law

dear students,

i miss you. it's been 2 weeks already! i hope you remember everything i taught you. and i hope you remember that i'll always love you and think about you and pray for you. come visit me at color me mine. i'll give you a discount.

love,

miss kendrick / mrs. hopper {no, you can't call me mrs. kendrick}

p.s. none of you will read this.

dear body,

get out of bed. you read. you studied. you prayed. you checked your email. and you need to be done blogging. run to the gym. now.

love,

heidi hopper