Bridals

Some of them are lopsided... but here are some pictures :-)

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1 Week Left

Its the week before the wedding and Joey and I are so ansy. Its been a great past couple weeks. Sunday the 7th my Mom, Grandma and Aunts threw me a bridal shower. I saw people I have not seen in years, it was great seeing everyone. It was so much fun, 30 people came and there were lots of gifts! It was nice chatting with everyone, and not to mention a Sunday off work!

Jennilyn did my bridals last Tuesday, BreAnne came with me and helped with everything. CJ, Jen's husband, came along with us and he had some great ideas! I will post more pictures later, I had to steal one from Jen's page.

I have had my dress sitting in our closet for the past few months and he has had no desire to look at it since I had my pictures taken. He is so curious as to what it looks like! I trust him not to look and about 20 people have threatened him, mostly Belinda, that they will all know if he has peeked or not at the wedding... so you all look at him at the wedding and that will tell you whether or not he has peeked!

2 Week Countdown...

So today there are 12 days left until Joey and I get married! Everything is happening so fast, I just can't believe we have been engaged for 9 months. I remember when we were thinking about how long it was going to be until we were finaly married... and holy cow.

There have been little odd end jobs I have had to do, get bridesmaids gifts, finalize numbers for dinners, send out invites and last minute invites, stuff like that. Its actually bery challenging trying to get everything ready while working 2 jobs and entertaining Joey at the same time. Poor guy is always so bored. We have the opposite schedules.... my busiest days are friday saturday and sunday and those are the days where he has all the time off work. He keeps telling me that we need to buy a house so he can work on the yard. Miah and Belinda are working on their yard and he keeps talking about how he should just go over and join in. He says it would be better for everyone.... if you know Joey you can practically hear the words coming out of his mouth.

Anyway, I did my bridals on Tuesday, my wonderful friend Jennilyn took them and I'm so excited to see how they turn out. We had to kick Joey out of the house for a few hours, he really wanted to come... but its a surprise :-) They were so much fun, Jen brought her husband Cj and he had some great ideas! BreAnne came with to help, it was so much fun!

Yesterday BreAnne came into the salon and we colored her hair, she looks adorable. Afterwards we went to lunch. We rarely get time together and I enjoy every minute of it!

Weddings, Pictures, Showers Oh My!

This past month has been CRAZY!! Seriously... I don't think we have had time to breath. Um, if you asked me if I was stressed about the wedding 3 months ago.... I was fine. Ask me now.... STRESSED!!! All the last minute details are starting to pile up and we still have another month until the wedding! Its a good stress though, don't get me wrong, I'm getting more anxious every day!

First off... Congratulations to Sinda and Dave Horrocks on their big day! May 15 Sinda Amanda Brown became Sinda Amanda Horrocks, it was a crazy day, lots of driving. It started at 6:30 p.m. May 14th at their dinner at the Asian Star. There were SO many people there! They both have huge families, it was a little intimidating I'm not going to lie. After the delicious dinner Kayle, Dave, Lindsi, Grant (freshly home from his mission), Roxy, Mason, Joe and I went to get Cold Stone. It was so good seeing everyone and hanging out together again, it had been way too long!

May 15th I arrived at Sinda's house at 8 a.m. sharp to get her all glammed up for her big day. She looked beatiful! We all got to the Temple at about 1:30, and while the lucky ones got to witness the Sealing, Lindsi, Roxy and I waited impatiently to see our newlywed friends. When they finally arrived out those doors they looiked so happy together! We took lots of pictures around the Temple. While Sinda and Dave finished up with their pics the rest of us ran home to put on our cute bridesmaids dresses. They were black with white polka dots and we each had our own colors, mine was yellow (I will get pics later).

The reception was so fun! It was helf at her gorgeous house and could not be more perfect. Pictures, dancing, sitting around waiting, laughs, and even some tears.... poor fry kid. At about 9:30 p.m. we all went around to the front to bid the cute couple goodbye. As I write this they are in Disney World in Florida.

The day was full of wonder and stress, but it turned out great! She looked beautiful and he was handsome, I kept telling Joe how excited the I kept getting watching Sinda in her dress, thinking about our wonderful day together where I get to wear mine.

We had our engagement pictures taken by my wonderful friend Jennilyn Proulx, she did such a great job!! They turned out great! They were different than others... normally its full of cheesiness and kisses.... ya, if you know Joe then you know that is not what our pictures look like! Just kidding, he did a good job even though in more than half of them he was pulling a macho face, or just looked down right special. It was a fun time though. We were both happy that we knew Jen so it was not uncomfortable at all. We all laughed pretty much the whole time.

I had my first Bridal Shower a couple of Saturdays ago. Bonnie and Jen (Joe's mom and sister) held it and it turned out great. We got lots of great stuff, and we had a good turn out. It was a very fun time, I could tell they put a lot of effort into it and I really enjoyed myself. I had a great time! There are more to come and I'm very excited for the rest.

We are not quite sure about the whole job situation with Joey right now, his company is running out of work... big suprise... but since we have been through this before we know how to prepare and if we just stick together we can be strong and get through everything.

Now Joey and I are just focusing on all the last minute things, wedding license, gifts for everyone who participates in the wedding, final number counts for everyone and everything. I'm just soaking everything in and taking it for what it is becuase this is supposed to the the best time of our lives!

We are still thinking about seeing the Packers play the Lions in Detroit, were starting to lean on the YES side, but its still iffy...... I'm just crossing my fingers!

BTW

We are having our engagement pictures done on Monday... I will totally post because they are going to be so dang cute!

Saturdays

I love love LOVE Saturdays! Ya, I have to work but thats okay, I get to make a little money and hang with all the girls I work with who I love. And I get all night with my Joey! Usually our typical Saturday consists of Joey, me and our butts on a couch. Last Saturday we had Ryan and Laren come over for dinner. I made yummy chicken enchiladas (thanks Belinda) and rice, but being me I burned the rice.... anyway we ate some dinner and made some brownies while Joey and Ryan INSISTED on played NCAA.... it was pretty fun, we ended the night with getting some slurpees and playing the wii. Ya, I already can't wait until next Saturday!

Its Britney Biotch!

Its been a busy past couple weeks... like usual! Easter came and passed amoung some other things......

• Lizzy had her ballet, she was one of the Royal Trumpeters. Her ballets are so much fun, and I love watching her dance. I know she will grow up to be a beautiful ballerina and one day she will be the star of the show. Its always a fun trip going, we usually go to the pie before, and regret it after with stinky joey, but its always a fun time. Afterwards we hung out with Miah and Belinda, big suprise, and that always is a great time!
• Easter was a relaxing day. Joey and I slept in and was so lazy all morning, it was great! We went to my grandma's house for lunch. It was nice seeing my family, I dont get to see them very often. Then, we went to Joey's parent's for dinner, it was so yummy. Afterwards, we went and hung out with Miah, Belinda and the kids. I loved just relaxing all day and having no rush.

• On April 14 Britney Spears came in concert and I WAS THERE!! Oh my gosh it was SO much fun! I went with my friend Jessica, we went to dinner to Costa Vida, yummy, and then headed in to the concert, on the way we saw her bus... it was so cool! I saw my friend, Kyli, from high school there, that was great! The Pussycat Dolls opened up for Brit and they did so good! But of course Brit was amazing! I had so much fun, it was so nice to get out and do something, and I'm totally going again next time she comes!

• Tonight Joey has his plumbing final, I have been helping him study the past couple nights. He is going to do great! After he passes his test he is going to be a 4th year apprentice plumber, I'm so proud of him. He has come so far, and I can't wait to finish this journey with him.
• Speaking of journeys..... today marks the 2 month countdown..... 61 more days until our wedding! It was so cute, that was the first thing he said to me this morning. I love him so much and I cant wait to call him mine forever!