The Rehearsal

If only you could practice all your important days....

I loved our rehearsal dinner, Zach did such a good job picking out a restaurant and it was perfect...the music even matched my wedding theme (I'm certain that I'm the only one that noticed that...but I'm happy about it).

I was most excited about the rehearsal because then I got I to give out the wedding party/parents gifts. I've been excited about that part for months, mostly because my bridal party was amazing and I don't like to wait to thank people :) ... and because tiffany boxes are fun, and so are tiffany keys!















But by far the best part of the night was Zach's toast, which took me by surprise and almost made me cry. It would have made me cry but I was smiling so hard that it would have been impossible.







And I even got to go swing dancing after, even though the rec center was under construction...lame. But I still had so much fun because I've missed SB swing dancing a lot...and now Zach's a good dancer! so that made it even better.

Wedding prep

I'm glad I went out to Carp a week before the wedding, I thought we would have time to relax, go to the beach, and get a few last minute wedding things done. Didn't really turn out that way, I think we ran errands all day every day. And we crafted well into the night, my fingers were sore from tying ribbons and the whole punch bruised my hand. Luckily Emilee was around to help fold programs and to force my mom to make seating chart decisions :) and to sold my own seating dilema!

The thing I was most worried about, getting the marriage licence, turned out to be the easiest thing in the world. I think we were at the courthouse for like 15 minutes and we were done. And the courthouse is beautiful so I'm kind of sad we didn't have to be there longer. 

Shirt fail

I was browsing the Forever 21 website the other day and found this little gem, which they boast is "exclusively ours!"

Now why would I bother buying a shirt with a bra attached to the outside? Why wouldn't I just put my bra on the outside of a shirt I already own? Luckily I never want to do either of those things.

Bridal shower weekend!

So last weekend I flew out to California for my amazing bridal shower. Amazing because my bridesmaids went above and beyond what I ever would have expected. My sister and Crystal spent like 9 hours one Sunday putting together party favors, decorations, and thinking of games to play. Emilee was in charge of food ...as well as my honorary bridesmaid Lindsey :) who was chef for the day, and AMAZING at it (like making her own fig jam and rosemary garlic ciabatta bread the night before). I

don't remember what it is she's cutting in this picture, but it's not paper, like I thought it was. Emilee made her deviled eggs, which I don't want to talk about because then I'll start craving them.

Lindsey being amazing!


so much food!

After the shower Emilee, Shana, Crystal, Lindsey, and I drove up to Santa Barbara for the second half of bridal weekend. Apparently the premade tiara and veil wasn't good enough for Emilee and Lindsey so they sewed this one together for me to wear :) And Emilee made buttons for us all to wear :) customized for each of us.

I had to open underwear and such things in the restaurant, with everyone looking at my lobster telephone! But it was fun anyway :)

And then we got to sleep in my old apartment, I miss that blue couch, best couch ever! But then we had to leave early in the morning to meet with the hair/makeup people.....but that's a story for a different post.

umm, seriously?

Let me relate to you what happened to me in the Mimi's Cafe bathroom last Sunday.

I was just about to start washing my hands when I saw the door to the bathroom open slightly then close again, then open a little further then close again, then open and a head pop through and it close again. So I go open the door for whoever is struggling with this... and behind it are two morbidly obese women, one is holding the other one's life support....so they're connected and they can't really walk. So I hold the door open while they slowly walk through it. They get about 2 feet away from me and I hear this, from the first one "my gosh! she was small" and then the other one (in the snobbiest voice I've ever heard) "well ya, what do you expect? she probably only eats once a year" then continued muttering that I couldn't understand.

ummm.

I wanted to be like "hi, I can hear you! I'm still right here!"

but instead I finished washing my hands and went back to my table and ate garlic fries.

paint paint paint

Painting normal walls is significantly easier than painting fake wood paneling. Last weekend Zach and I finished the family room, making the green wall much much greener. And I never have my camera with me anymore, so this terrible phone picture will have to do...no the wall isn't horrible yellow green, at least it wasn't when I left...

We also painted the bedroom. So much easier than the family room, now I like painting again. It's the best blue! and will be cuter with my sheer white curtains and you know, furniture.

I'm really excited to put up the before and after pictures...once the rooms are a little more complete. I'm hoping that we have completely ungrandmafied it.

Other things to note! Look how adorable my kitchen utensils are! They go pretty well with our dishwasher, and our stove-car.

I miss the beach during summer in Colorado...a lot. But everytime I do it starts thunderstorming outside and makes me feel lots better. Zach seems to think that I'm weird for staring out the window at it until it passes....but how can you not?! it's amazing. It's also amazing that it can be sunny and warm and then I look out the window again and it's doing this:

SO much hail, and so much lighting, and SO much rain I could barely see the building next to mine, it felt like we were in a very tropical storm. Charlie is not a huge fan of these. It was even big enough to drive the drag queen out of the pool.... where he(she?) usually stays all day (and people come out to "show" him to their friends...like he's part of the circus, it's weird, maybe he likes the attention?)

On friday I leave for California! Hoorah!! The lineup:

Friday night: Girls sleepover!

Saturday afternoon: bridal shower

Saturday night: bachelorette party in SB

So excited!!

Church signs

I'm so happy because when I drive home from work in October I'll get to pass a church everyday... a church with really terrible quotes on their sign out front. I don't even know if they're quotes, they don't make sense, so I don't know where they are finding them. So far I've seen:

"Summer. A vacation from learning" why? are they happy about summer? or offended that kids stop learning, I can't tell.

"Have an awe-ful summer" - you know, it's a pun, from when everyone tells you to have an awful summer...oh wait, no one says that, huh?

The church is also called "Precious Blood"...I know what they mean, but if I didn't that would sound like the creepiest place ever! like maybe Sweeney Todd lives in their attic.