honeymoon, here i come

WE'RE GOING TO FREAKING WAIKIKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I figured it out 2 days early and I'm sooo excited!!!!!! I just wish he was here for me to jump into his arms.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

love pictures

In the midst of a crazy life,
this picture makes me giggle and this picture makes me smile

someday

Our Smug has been updated! (finally, eh?)

It's a process since his computer is so slow, but see what's there and keep checking back!

"A"

Can you believe it's only 3 weeks away? I can't. Soon the stress will all be over. I need to step back and enjoy it but there are so many things going on right now that I can't seem to do that. Today it hit me how many of our friends are about to come visit us- all at once! In just one weeks time, we have friends coming in from Missouri, California, Seattle, and Portland. Not to mention all the friends from here that we get to see. It's crazy and so exciting, all at the same time. 3 weeks sounds so short but to me it still feels like it's in the far off distance.

For the next 7 days, Tony is going to e-mail me one letter a day. At the end, I have to unscramble them to reveal my honeymoon location. What fun!!! Today's letter is "A". The possibilities are endless!!

Oi Vey

I'm so stressed out. I've been home for less than a week and I'm already back to being overly stressed. Tonight I was tempted to call 98 people and tell them the wedding's off. Instead, I'm taking our immediate family's and flying them to Hawaii for a FUN trip. Fun! What a concept!
The RSVP due date is tomorrow and 110 out of 160 cards are still missing. How do I plan things with that?! How do I know if I'll have 98 or 250 people? And my aunt called today and said she might be going to Sturgis but if not she'll be there. What the hell? This is my freaking family! Who have known about my wedding for 8 months now! AGH. I'm ready to quit. I just want a simple ceremony with the 7 people in our families and to walk away with a husband. That's all I want.

My other grandma (meaning not the one with a broken neck) has been diagnosed with cancer. I've been so crazy that I dont even know all the details, but she's having surgery on Monday. She's always been so strong, and such an amazing woman. Certainly a hero of mine. I think I haven't been involved yet because I know how hard it will be when I let it hit me.

God, give me strength.

Seattle, Portland, Cali, and back again!

My trip was wonderful! A much, much needed break away from everything. I was so engrossed in everything that's going on at home that my trip was just a second thought and I was lucky I even remembered to pack and go; I was so blessed to be able to go, though. For 4 days I forgot about everything here and didn't have any obligations. It was a dream.

We started in Seattle:

saw the world famous fish mart, but it was closed!!! We were so sad.. the only thing people could figure is that it was the holiday weekend so everyone was gone. I think they should've been there, just for us!:

Went to the Beautiful wedding of Tony's good friend:

For my birthday dinner, we went to a WONDERFUL seafood restaurant downtown. We mentioned that it was my brithday, so they gave me the dessert of my choice for free. We picked Baily's irish cream cheesecake (oh. my. gosh. yum!). It came on a square plate with "Happy 21" written on it in chocolate. So cool!

After the wedding, we drove along the coast to Portland. It should've been a 3 hour drive, but it took us about 9 hours instead. So worth it! I'm really glad we did it.


I got to spend my 21st birthday with these 2 crazy kids :)

We toured Portland, hung out, and got to see Multnomah falls (which is amazing). Brit woke me up with a cupcake/ choclately creation for my birthday :) And then that night, we bought a small cake and put 21 candles in it and cut it in 4 pieces. Brit's piece ended up ground into my pores. Check Daves smug for those pictures. It was a fun way to spend a birthday!

Upon leaving Portland, we returned to Seattle for our flight home. We had THE BEST 3 hour layover in LA. His sister and her boyfriend and his best friend came and picked us up, we went to dinner and then walked on the beach for 20 minutes. Then we came home....

It was amazing to spend 4 straight days with him in an unfamiliar city. To see how freaking well he took care of me, on so many different levels; and to see us work through situations and make decisions together. Getting to hug him and hold his hand for 4 straight days is such an unmatched, wonderful thing. I feel like my love for him deepened by almost 100%. He's going to make a great husband.
Now I'm off to VEGAS!!! Girls only trip. 21st birthday/about to get married trip. I can't wait!