OH EM GEE!

I just recently stumbled upon this blog and can't be more excited to start making some of the things she has created! She's my kind of gal! She sews, but hates patterns and isn't afraid to try some new styles and ideas! A lot of her stuff is inspired by Anthropologie and amazing new styles! Please go check out her blog!

Last night before coming across her blog I came upon this blog that I believe will be my new friend for decorating my new house once I'm married! Go check it out as well!

Oh my goodness... I can't wait to start being crafty again!

My new OBSESSiON!

This may sound a little crazy and far-fetched, but I decided I really want a horse drawn carriage for my get-away on my wedding day... however I can't find anyone that knows someone that has anything similar and I refuse to pay a large sum of money to have one. If anyone can help me out, I would greatly appreciate it.

WEDDiNG WEDDiNG WEDDiNG WEDDiNG....

That is the only thing that can be processed by my brain right now. I'm not gonna lie, it's SUPER ANNOYiNG. I wish that my brain would go back to normal, but the way things are going right now... that is proving to not be how this is gonna happen. Here is a list of things I still need to do- just using this as my thinking pad, or these things probably won't get done.

Make centerpieces
*still need canning jars, glass beads
Get wedding dress altered
Decide on a photographer, florist and cake maker
so much more to do... but the most important is
finding a job to pay for my wedding..... :(
Just my thoughts... will post a better, more exciting overview of my life when it happens.

LATE POSTS

Sorry for the two late posts, but I had to get them put on there before I go crazy with wedding plans and run out of time to blog! Speaking of which, if anyone wants to help with my wedding, please text/call or even e-mail me… however you want to contact me is fine! I’m going to be making a list of things I need volunteers for, so please let me know if you’re interested! Thanks so much, and please keep posting… it’s the only things that makes time go by for me… besides ripping off those paper links of mine! haha Have a great week everyone! Love and miss you all!

FUN ON THE RANCH!

So, before I move back to Arizona to plan our wedding Scott and I decided it was best to make our rounds and visit family. Our first stop was to see his dad and stepmom (John and Judy) who live on the ranch where Scott lived until he was 17. We got there Friday night around 10 PM and went right to bed. We awoke to the smell of waffles and bacon cookin’ away! We had breakfast and then sat down to watch General Conference. After listening to the wonderful speakers, Scott and his dad went out and did some house work putting up a porch. Meanwhile, Judy and I did some baking. I learned how to use an apple peeler and make apple pie filling.

BEFORE and AFTER:

Taste testing=pure happinessss.

After the boys were done outside they saddled up two of the horses so Scott and I could go for a ride. I have only ridden 2 other horses in my life so I expressed to Scott my desire to go for a good ride between sessions of conference. We rode around the ranch property and enjoyed the wonderful creations the Lord has made for us- from landscape to the cool breeze that blew away the sun’s rays. This is me on Maggie…

Following the ride, we ate an amazing lunch that consisted of homemade chili, potato salad and buttered bread. When our tummies became full, we relocated to the couches to watch the second and final session of conference for the day. After the session was over we watch The Best Two Years and then made dinner. While dinner was being prepared, I made my mom’s famous Chocolate Meringue Pie. I realized how much I miss baking and CANNOT wait to be a cute little housewife! I learned a lot of little tricks in the kitchen from Judy and even more life lessons from Scott. I loved listening to his mission stories he told throughout the day and his insights from the words spoken today in General Conference.

TODAY’S BiG ACHiEVEMENT: learning to cut men’s hair!

I have been able to cut girl’s hair for a few years now, but I never knew how to cut guys hair ‘til now. Scott took the time and patience to teach me, and let alone… on HiS HEAD!

It probably wasn’t the smartest idea the day before we plan to get our engagement pictures taken, but oh well. He reassured me that he could fix it if I messed up and that everything would be alright. I must admit it didn’t turn out too bad…

Don’t worry… that isn’t the finished project… You’ll just have to wait to see the engagement pictures for the final look!

Speaking of engagement… we also got a look at our FiRST wedding gift! John sent me a picture of it last week, but I finally got to see it today! It’s my FAVORiTE color and I will definitely need one in our first house. Can you guess what it is?

 

 

It is…..

 

 

A WASHiNG MACHiNE!

 

Isn’t it cute?!? The best part is that it’s ELECTRiC and it actually works… I’m not too sure how clean it will get our clothes, but I guess we’ll have to find out.

WHiTE FLURRiES…

FORECAST for September 29, 2009: Eighty-five degrees

FORECAST for September 30, 2009: Thirty-four degrees AND…

 

<h2>SNOW!!!</h2>

I know for some of you that snow is no big deal… well for an Mesa, Arizona girl that has only been in snow a handful of times… this was a BiG deal! This was also the first time I remember being in snowfall…

       Scott and I wrote on our cars… I know, it’s silly but cute and fun!

Sorry for the short post, but it’s late, and I’m super tired, so I’m off to bed!

Good 'ol fashioned PAPER CHAiNS...

That is Scott's paper chain taped to his wall... ready to start being torn apart!

Yep, that's right. Scott and I went back to the first grade level and made paper chains as a countdown... forget calendars and the new high-tech flashy buttons that are digital countdowns.
We chose to do these and hang them in our rooms so we could count down the days 'til we get married.We made it color coded so that each color ends the small countdown to the next check point so to speak.
Orange-13 days to Halloween.
Yellow-26 days to Thanksgiving.
Pink-2 days to my BiRTHDAY.
Blue-17 days to Scott's BiRTHDAY.
Green-2 days until Scott comes to ARiZONA!
Red-8 days to Christmas.
WHiTE is 8 days until OUR WEDDiNG!!!

WOOHOOO I'm so excited for this countdown to BEGiN!
Leaving for ARiZONA tomorrow morning!

Engagement photos...

So I have a few of the many pictures we had taken for our engagement picture photo shoot. When I get the rest, I will definitely post them as well!

I have two other posts that I have saved on my computer that I haven't posted yet, because I haven't had access to Wi-Fi, so when I get the chance, I will post them asap... yes, they will be a little out of order, but oh well!

To check out our AMAZiNG photographer- www.bellajourneephotography.com

Mmmmm

So last week on my days off work, I took a short road trip to go visit my AMAZiNG fiance! I stayed with his step-sister, and hung out with her while he was at school. Scott and I had a BLAST exploring the town where we’ll be living after we get married!

The night before I left, the three of us were hanging out and I had just changed into comfy clothes to get ready to lounge around. Somehow the size of pants came up and Scott made the comment that he bet he could fit in my pants… so I challenged him and gave them to him to try on… sure enough, they fit. I was kinda upset at first, but then had to laugh. Especially when he started modeling them around the ‘flat’        I HAD to get some pictures… so enjoy. haha. The best thing about Buckle pants is that they look good on anyone!

Sorry the picture is crooked... he was too tall for my camera.

  

The rest are close-ups of him showing off his backside, so I won’t show those off in public. ;) Only mostly because he knows where to find my blog and I don’t want to upset him. Anyway… enjoy!

“MOST WANTED”

Well, it so seems that other than the news, the only thing people want is pictures… I love how pictures are most desired when there is limited quantity.

   Scott claims that he is NOT photogenic… I think he is amazingly good looking NO MATTER WHAT!  However, I have realized that we really don’t have many quality pictures of the two of us together. There are a few, but I am a picture NAZi and won’t post any that I don’t like (specifically of me). So, you will all have to wait until we get pictures taken… We’ll be getting our engagement pictures done hopefully pretty soon, so after we choose what we want to put on our announcements, I will put a few others up for all to see! On another note, I do have very few pictures of the ring, and in my opinion, they don’t do the ring any justice because it’s more beautiful in person… however, for those of you that aren’t near me to see it, the pictures will just have to do for now.

This was me in my room being silly and taking pictures literally like an hour after he proposed.

It’s a little out of focus on the stone, so you can’t quite see all the facets and small details, but I love the picture!

This is the side view of the Tulip style setting that my ring has… the ring looks as if it’s made of yellow gold and not white, because it’s so shiny that it reflects my skin and makes it look different… but in reality it is white gold.

Anyway, hopefully that will quench your desires until we can get some professional/ higher quality pictures up. Please give me feedback and if anyone wants to help with wedding planning, please let me know.