A first.

I have never been much of a winner. not lately. not when i was little. not ever.

i may have won at bingo once. but probably not...

but all that changed today when i saw this...

YAYAY!!!!

I cannot wait to use them for thank-you postcards! Such a fun, fun thing!

Thank you so much Holly, and UPrinting! You made my day!!

To do lists.

Tonight marks 25 days until our wedding day.

It is creeping upon us faster that we thought it would.

With that brings many, many to do lists.

Which is ok, because I love checking things off my list.

A few of the bigger things on the list include, getting programs designed and printed. Decide on which flavors of popcorn to serve for our popcorn bar. Paint up some old wood to make a cute direction sign...the list goes on and on...

Any tips on last minute wedding planning? :)

Hope you're having a happy Tuesday!

A little detail..

goes a long way.

We bought plain, burnt orange paper bags, and my aunt dee decorated them.

she rocks by the way.

These are for out on the patio of our reception area during cocktail hour, and they will be filled with peanuts.

Just a little snack for everyone to munch on while catching up with friends.

so great!

where did you go.

i've been weird lately. maybe not weird, but just a little not myself.

i find myself in weird, weird moods.

i know this has nothing to do with the wedding. i am beyond thrilled for that.

this is about me.

missing you.

i never thought that as a 22 year old that this would happen to me.

i got up. got ready for work. grabbed my keys.

started my car.

and cried.

i'm homesick.

i miss my little brother already, and he hasn't been gone a week.

i miss my mom and dad, who i just saw 4 days ago.

i miss a new friend, who just headed to school.

i miss my little brothers laugh, that i got to hear so much this summer.

i guess this is about me, and the summer of 2009.

where did you go.

you were wonderful.

i am going to miss all that laughter, and love, and friendship.

new adventures, and raunchy jokes.

i will yearn for your warm walks with boyfriend, and roadtrip talks with my mom.

i will miss weekly breakfasts with my dad.

and most of all. those little brothers.

they've become some of my best friends.

summer, come back. i miss them so much already.

I may be bias...

...but i don't think a flower girl could get any cuter!

Pair that cute little tu-tu with some brown converse high-tops, a little cream onsie, and you've got the cutest little flower girl ever.

So fun...first, my inspiration.

and then, BERKLEY! Prancing around in her little brown tutu for the wedding!

PS...our ringbearer is a doll too. just you wait.

Bridal Showers...

Last weekend, at this time, I was preparing for a busy day!

Two bridal showers, in two seperate towns. Both were wonderful.

We spent the morning in Mandan and Jace's house. The evening was spent in my hometown of Mott.

Fun games, great food and laughter were had at both!

I was sooo lucky to have two of my best friends travel 5 hours to attend both showers. It was great catching up with them!

Thanks to everyone to helped with either of the showers! I had such a wonderful time!

Thanks J.

You are nothing less than wonderful.
I know i've written that our lives have been busy, and slightly stressed, and kinda crazy.
but i have this one guy making it an amazing ride.
thanks j...
...for going to get blizzards from dq with me yesterday.
...and for picking out my flavor for me when i just couldn't choose myself.
...for taking the garbage out after we opened all of our fun presents.
...for making present opening so much more fun that i could have imagined.
...for kissing me first thing after you walk in the door after work.
...for thinking i look cute jamming in the kitchen to taylor swift, while making you supper.
...for always having a shoulder for me to fall asleep on. even if it's 8. or 4:30. or even 11. it's always there. and warm.
...for picking out good books for me to read.
...for all your help with the little things.
...for fun bike rides.
...for all the giggles.
...for telling me you can't wait to call me your wife.
...for changing your shoes when i just don't think those ones go with your outfit.
...for your millions of kisses.
...for going for drives with me when i miss home.
...for being you. you save me.

i thank you.

Lately...

...i've been keeping busy.

this will seriously be the first weekend all summer that i will spend at our own apartment.

all stinking summer.

i'm sure jace will love it. i have a wedding to photograph here in montana, so i will stick around here for that, and i'm very excited to see how the wedding turns out. i'm a serious sucker for weddings. and love {if you didn't already know that.}

in the meantime, here is one of my latest wedding projects. THE WEDDING TREE. thank you miss hannah for the wonderful ideas, and for helping make them reality.

hannah helped draw our wedding tree, we bought a beautiful frame from hobby lobby, and now it just needs some pretty little leaves.

the point behind this is for it to be a special little guestbook/art piece. guests to our wedding will choose a color from the amazing stamp pad i found at hobby lobby, and leave a thumb print as a leaf. they will write their name beside their leaf, and it will be a beautiful memory of our wedding for years to come..

right now, i am busy working on the little sign to set beside it....:) can't wait to see it all finished with all of our family and friends little thumb prints on. so fun.

thank you hannah. she's wonderful.

sign for near the tree.

perfect for a fall palette, don't you think!!

Have a happy weekend. I swear I have shower pictures to come...and more projects!

36 days to go!!

Little Things.

This is kinda the story of my life right now. It's been such a busy, wonderful, happy, horrible and crazy week at the same time. And yet, we are in love and happy. Nothing will take that away.

I had two wonderful bridal showers this past weekend, pictures to come! I cannot thank my friends and family enough for all the fun and support I've been given through-out this amazing engagement.

I also got a call from my fiance saying that our apartment recieved water damage due to the heavy rains we got in Montana.

Nothing like a good/bad weekend all in one.

The good definately outdoes the bad, but the bad makes a little work for us.

The contractor stopped by the apartment yesterday only to tell us we will need new carpets, or at least a deep cleaning, and that they will need to repair and rebuild a lot of our walls.

He stated that we will soon be best friends. Oh well, we like company. :)

On the happy note, the weekend was also very productive. I shot two photo sessions, I got to spend two nights with my best friends, and I got to share more time with my family. We also designed our flowers, and bouts..and with the help of a special friend, I'm sure they will look wonderful!

But most importantly, I got to come home to Jace, and got to kiss him goodnight.

The makes everything better.

I had the best day with you..

yesterday.

Such a wonderful week

Thank you God for the wonderful family I was born into. I absolutely love every little thing about them. And yesterday was no exception. It was a regular Tuesday at the dental office I work for. I headed home for lunch at noon, and when I returned at 1 I realized that all 3 of afternoon cleaning patients had canceled. UGHhh, I thought. I was trying to brainstorm who I could call to come in and fill my openings, or what I could do to make my afternoon go faster. Just when I headed up front, I noticed 3 good looking boys that looked rather familiar to me, trying to hide behind magazines. MY BROTHERS, and their friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHH!!! They had just driven 3 hours to Montana to suprise their sister!

Right then, I turned around and noticed the whole dental staff looking at me, including the wonderful doctor that I work for!! They were all in on it! It had been planned for weeks that they would be coming in for cleanings, and that it would be a suprise. They did wonderful. I immediately got tears in my eyes, one, because I love any chance I get to see my brothers, two, because I truely work with great people. I had the best afternoon at work, ever. It was wonderful. I can't thank them enough---Suprises rock my world. :)

On more happy news----HAPPY 25th ANNIVERSARY to my wonderful parents. Like I said, I have a WONDEFUL FAMILY~in fact, my mom helped plan the dental suprise. My parent's love is so, so special, and they are such great parents. I miss them everyday, and was sad I didn't get to see them on their big day. But, they were off celebrating, so having my brothers with me on their big day made my day. I'm sure my parents were thinking how special it is that everyone was together in their own way yesterday.

So happy love days. Happy suprise days.

Just happy days to you...I can only hope you are having a wonderful week like me!

Mom and I...

have always been best friends.

But this wedding planning has been extra fun having all of her help and excitement. She knows exactly what I like, and I always love her company!
Here are a few of our latest projects--Fixing up our guestbook table, side table, podium, and alter. We went around and found old tables that needed lots of TLC, we then painted them a soft ivory, scuffed them up with sandpaper, and stained them to give them that nice antique look. Couldn't have been more happy with the outcome. A cheap project, and a great way to spend a Saturday morning with mom!

Thats pretty close to how our guestbook will look, with our blurb book sitting in the front!

sorry for the great background. we were in the school's wood shop! :)