Canada!

Better late than never. . .
This past July we said goodbye to America and hello to Canada. It was my first time out of the country. David is fulfilling his promise to me when we got married that we would go places I've never been and have many adventures together.
We went to national parks, we went on a boathouse, staying with our friends; the Atwoods; and it was wonderful. More pictures to come. These first few were from my phone.
Unfortunately, I get some pretty bad motion sickness I has to deal with almost the entire experience. Medications that prevent this make you sleepy, so most of the time I didn't take it. . . Because I'm dumb. . . Always take your meds. . .
Coming soon! Christmas is Georgia! Again, a place I've never been.

Whoa!

Okay,

I won't pretend I've been a great blogger.

It's not really my fault.

The V's don't have internet access at home.

Okay,

a lot has happened,

but guessing that a lot of the people reading this have me on Facebook too. . .

I'm going to skip through.

New couch

New TV remote (YES!)

Second new couch

New church calling

Summer heat

Went hiking in Salt Lake

New phone (No T-Mobile!)

New job

Whoooooooooooooo!

Yay!

So lots of things have happened

Now to the post what this post was supposed to be posting about

. . . We have to teach on Sunday. . .

There, now you share my pain.

It's my first lesson ever that I'm going to teach.

I'm not much of a talker at all!

My husband will always disagree,

but I'm just not.

I can even be like,

"Oh well, it'll only be for 40 FREAKING MINUTES!"

No, sir, that does not calm me down.
Because I can barely make a sacrament talk last ten.
That's something husband WILL agree on.

It's a good thing the spirit is there to help.

. . . And it wouldn't be so bad if everyone in the room had something to comment.

Anyway, I should probably get planning my lesson. . .

Maybe I'll bring treats. . .

Everyone loves treats, right. . .?

My last Saturday

This is my

last

Saturday

single.

While it probably won't really hit me until we start the wedding madness,

this coming Wednesday.

It's true though, this is my last weekend as a unmarried woman.

It started out great,

even though David is in California with his family at another wedding.

My morning was all

hot cocoa,

warm blankets,

comfy pillows,

David's sweater (and shirt. . . Sorry babe),

and Pinterest.

Then I cleaned up the basement to make room for the family coming all next week.

It'll be a packed house.

My oldest brother, Mike.

His wife, Tammy.

Their kids, Kylie and Kayla and Jayden.

My second oldest brother, Scott.

His wife, Jaimie.

Their kids, Tanner and Hanna.

My only sister, Rebecca.

Her husband, Devon.

I'm SO excited to see all my family!!

After cleaning, I went to work at my NEW JOB!!

I now work at In-N-Out Burger in Washington, Utah and today was my third day.

Needless to say I smell like fries. . .

But at least I have an awesome job,

with awesome people,

that pays well.

I'm being looked after.

My mom then took me to McDonald's

and we got ShamRock Shakes.

It was a great way to

celebrate

my last Saturday

as an unmarried woman.

I can't wait until next week. . .

Marriage License

Just to clarify. . . I'm posting twice, because I didn't want to post something huge.

Today David and I went and got our marriage license,

so technically we could just run somewhere and elope. . .

I mean Vegas is what? An  hour and a half away!

But we won't. . .

Maybe. . .

It's just so stressful planning every single tiny detail of such a huge event.

What shoes,

what colors,

what food,

what ties,

what dress,

what hairstyle,

where at,

what time,

who to invite,

find an apartment,

make

label

send invites,

blah, blah, blah. . .

One thing I know is that on any given day any or all of these things will come at me all at once

and I feel like I can't make a quick decision

and I end up making a few, but shutting the rest out until I can have some me time.

Which, by the way,

me time

is hard to find now-a-days.

One thing I have been starting to do is having at least an hour or two to be alone with myself at night before bed or in the morning when I wake up.

I work out,

or read a book,

or pinterest,

or take a bubble bath,

or (in this case) blog.
And it's a nice way to start and/or end a day.

After I've started doing this

I notice that I've been able to handle a lot more stress

than I would have.

And I've been a lot more calm when things start clashing.

Still though. . .

We could elope.

;)

Why yes! I do want to use your computer to blog!

I have the best future husband ever.

Just saying,

because this guy looked at me tonight and said,

"do you want to take my computer tonight so you can blog?"

I have the best future husband ever.

My computer's power cord gave out and I was bumming off my mom's cord for a while,

until the interchangeable attachment to my computer and the power cord was lost.

Hence me not posting anything,

but I didn't even complain and he was already offering.

I am back with updates.

David and I took engagements in California a few weeks ago

with the very talented Terina Matthews. 

We look amazing and she's very talented.

Thanks so much to her and all the time she put into those photos.

Our invites got out right on schedule and were received by some early this week.

The bridesmaids are all dressed and looking stunning in their skirts made by Julie.

My sister's dress is done and made by my talented mother.

My nieces will be twirling in their puffy yellow skirts made by Linda.

My nephews will soon be spiffy in suspenders and bow ties.

The only thing is to get my groom fitted for a tux,

and with our schedules so jammed full of pre-wedding/post-wedding madness it's no small thing.

I meet with The BellTower Courtyard (my reception hall) to decide the final details.

Planning the wedding is stressful, but so rewarding.

David and I have connected on so many levels simply through getting each other through the stressful moments.

Let's just say he's seen me cry over a tiny detail more than once.

He takes such good care of me,

and I am so lucky.

I love him so much