Gotta love the bad news

In my last post I rattled on about being "okay" and the pain being gone. I was far far away from being “okay”! On Friday afternoon I went and picked up the prescription of antibiotics the doctor gave me. I took some around 3pm and was feeling alright, around 5pm I was starting to get a little pain and to not feel so good. I ate a little around 7pm and took the rest of the antibiotics for the day. At 9pm I started throwing up and couldn’t stop, I couldn’t even keep down a little sip of water. This lasted the whole night, finally I got a little sleep only to wake up and run down stairs again, so Jeff moved the mattress down stairs for me to sleep on so I could be closer to the bathroom, and he slept on the couch. The pain was hurting so so so bad and the only thing that would stop it for a second was to hop in the shower and turn the water scolding hot and let it run on my back. I did this probably 50 times from Friday night to late Saturday night. Finally at 1:30 in the morning the pain was so horrible that I was crying and I looked at Jeff and said “honey what do I do?” he looked at me and said “we need to go to the hospital, I have been trying to tell you this for a whole day now” I was being stubborn and I told him we didn’t have money and he said he didn’t care and I got to the point that I didn’t either cause I was in so much pain. So we got in the car and went to the ER and by that time I was really really hurting. I was so uncomfortable so the guy hurried as fast as he could and got me to a room, where of course we waited and waited. Finally they put me on an IV drip to get fluid back in my system and then they gave me pain medicine and anti nausea medicine. I felt a little better but I was sad to be in the ER and I was so weak from throwing up all day and so tired from not sleeping. Once the doctor came in he felt my stomach and asked about my pain and he said he was going to do an ultrasound. Once he came back with the little ultrasound machine he was a little shocked at what he was seeing so he said he wanted to have a real ultrasound done with the big machine. I got wheeled off and had an ultrasound done on my tummy and what came back was kind of scary so they said I needed to have emergency surgery done to remove my gallbladder. I got admitted at around 6 or 7am and had surgery at noon. They ended up removing 27 stones from my gallbladder, which were about the size of a BB. But there were still 3 more stuck in my bile duct which they couldn’t get to because of my liver was so inflamed. It turns out that the one stuck at the bottom of my bile duct was three times the size of the ones in my gallbladder and it was blocking the hole at the end, which in turn was causing me tons of pain. So after I woke up from surgery the doctor explained to me that I was going to have to go down to St. George to have the surgeon there get the ones out of my bile duct. The only problem was they couldn’t get a hold of the surgeon. So I sat in Cedar hospital until Monday after afternoon-ish and finally I was able to go down to St. George. Once I got there and got settled we had some visitors, then they said around 5pm I could be going in for the surgery! I was excited because when we first got there they had said it was possible that I wouldn’t be able to get in till the next morning. At around 5:30pm they took we down and I had a scope put down my throat and he sliced a tiny slice in my bile duct so that the stone could pass through, it wasn’t to bad cause they knocked me out the only bad part was laying on my tummy which has scars on it. After the surgery they wheeled my back up to my room and I had to stay the night again but the doctor let me go home at around 8:30 the next morning, thank goodness because I was getting oh so sick of the hospitals and I missed my puppies. Tuesday it so crazy in St. George cause of all the rain and flooding so Jeff wanted to see the rivers, I let him go drive around for a bit, till the pain was getting bad so then we went home. Unfortunately I still had the JP drain stuck in my side and that thing caused a lot of pain because it was stitched to my side so every time I would move it would pull, AWFUL!! Most of you who know me know I can’t go a 24 hour period without showering and we were going on 72 hours with no shower. So I called the surgeon in Cedar to double check if I could shower and they said NO  No worries I did a half shower. I washed my hair in the kitchen sink with Jeff’s help, then I sat on the edge of the tub and shaved my hairy hairy legs and washed my lower half all without getting my tummy wet at all!! When I called I also scheduled an appointment to see if my drain could come out for Thursday. Thursday I went to the Doctor and he was so so so nice, he took the stupid drain out of me, it felt nasty like a worm crawling through your yummy or something. It was so great to be free, after he took it out and told me I was free to shower and how to take care of my slices he showed Jeff and I his collection of gall stones and things he has taken out of people. I can say mine was nothing compared to some of the stuff he had!!

So I am officially doing “okay,” I don’t want to speak to soon but most of the pain is gone except for when I yawn, take deep breaths, sneeze, cough, oh and move just right. I am back to eating normal food which is nice because I ended up cooking Christmas dinner for the family and it turned out AMAZING!!!!! There are so definite downsides to the whole situation, spending days in the hospital, the cost (which I am a little scared about), I had to miss our annual Vegas shopping trip, and everyone thinks it is necessary to baby me but I don’t let them cause you don’t get better by being a freaking baby! There are some super plus sides to I have lost…10.5 pounds in a week, I am now forced to eat a little better, and the horrible no good pain in gone!!



So now a little about Christmas! On Christmas Eve we went over to Jeff’s parents and had their traditional Christmas Eve lunch, which is sandwiches and snacks and dips and so on. We played games and Jeff and I took the 4-wheelers out for a mud boggin, which was a total blast and only hurt for a second ;)!!! Then we opened Christmas because Jeff’s brother wasn’t going to be there Christmas day!! I got a super sweet roaster oven that I wanted so badly and some baking pans which I desperately needed, Jeff got a fishing poll and some fishing stuff and well I can’t really remember what else!! Christmas morning we woke up early so I could start the Ham and stuff, then we went back to his parents to do our stockings!! Then we came home and it was a cooking frenzy all day, well kind of!! I am pretty good at managing my time so it really went smoothly and like I said everything turned out AMAZING!! We ate at about 6:30pm with my family (Mom, Dad, Tanya, Kids, and Willy) then we opened presents. It was tons of fun hanging out and laughing and opening presents. I got almost everything I wanted, a lamp for the living room, snow boots, beanies and gloves, panties, bras, a CD, and the list goes one of little odds and ends and the best gift was our recliners!! All in all I would say it has been a pretty good year, and I am excited for the next one!!!! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and all hopes for a Happy New Year! Much Love!!!!!

Oh the month of December and it isn't even over YET!!!

So this is a crazy month for most people, although we love the holidays sometimes you just need to take a step back and take it all in. Well life is crazy and crazy things sometimes just happen to the best of us and to the worst of us! This month started out as a downer, no Holiday bonus from Jeff's work, I got sick and it wouldn't go away, I applied for a job and haven't heard back, the list could go on and on.


Jeff's work party was on Wednesday night, still in pain but being the amazing wife that I am we went. It was fun, I shouldn't have eaten but I did and it cost me later. They gave out gifts to everyone that was there, I got two coffee mugs and Jeff got a sweet wood toy which he traded for golf balls and another mug! Then at the very end they surprised everyone by giving them all a Christmas Bonus!! It was pretty cool to see all these people so excited about getting the bonus because a lot of them could use it, even us!!!


On Friday the 10th I started to get a stomach ache which I thought was just a stomach ache then I got this awful pain which I thought was heartburn, well turns out I am no doctor and the pain and agony just got worse and worse. I tried being tough and waiting it out but on Thursday the 16th I couldn't handle it anymore. So I decided to have Jeff take me to the doctor, we have a few nurses in the family and they thought the problem was my gallbladder so I was taking stuff to try to help it such as lots of juice and antacids, we waited FOREVER and EVER for the doctor to come in. Once he came into the room he asked things like when my last period was, and what and where the pain was, and other symptoms I have been having, and also what I was taking for it. I explain all I could manage since I was suffering in excoriating pain. Well the super nice doctor starts poking and pushing on my stomach, did I mention the pain, well it made the pain a million times worse. Then he said well "I think it is your gallbladder, however the pain is in a strange location, I am going to proscribe you pain meds and some other pill and I want you to go have a blood test and schedule an ultrasound" If you know me at all you could imagine my frustration, a) being in so much pain  b) not getting an actual answer and c) being so hungry and thirty I could have eatin Jeff!!! So to say the least I was not impressed we went and scheduled my ultrasound and got my blood drawn, which didn't hurt a bit, then we went and filled my prescription and went home. The nice doctor told me that I needed to eat a low fat diet and eat frequent small meals, so I made Jeff take me to the store cause we didn't have anything to eat that was "low-fat" and I was starving from throwing up all morning!
Once we got home I had a dinner of low-fat cottage cheese and 6 olives, some juice, and a cup of fruit; then Jeff so kindly informed me that if I wanted to eat anything I would have to get up at 6:30 with him cause I couldn't eat or drink anything for 6 hours before my ultrasound. So bright and early this morning I woke up and had a yogurt and took my purple pill and went back to sleep with all intentions of not waking up till 2 so I could go to the doctor. Well AMAZING news, at 10am the doctor called and said.."how are you feeling today", I told him I woke up early and only took the purple pill and I didn't have the horrible pain only a slight pain, he said he was looking over my blood test and my liver and all that was fine, however there were high levels of H pylori which is the bacteria in the stomach. This can be caused due to ulcers of the stomach and the only way to see if I have ulcers is to shove some thing down my throat. NO THANK YOU!!! So he said the best treatment is 2 different types of antibiotics and another pill like the purple pill, along with a low fat diet of frequent meals!! So that is the plan and he said he wanted me to stay on it for a few months and if noting changes then I should come back and we will do the ultrasound and see if it is my gallbladder, and if it is we will have to take it out :( so hopefully this works and makes me all better!!


Now on to Christmas, I am still cooking for the family hopefully it goes well!! Monday we are going on our annual Vegas trip, I am pretty excited to hang out and shop with my mommy and my sissy and even Bobbi!!


I hope everyone has a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! Don't worry I will try to keep you posted on my health and life! Much Love!!

The past few months!!!

So life is crazy, well not really but it sounds like a good excuse!!! I am a super slacker when it comes to my blogging. Life just isn't that exciting, but I will ramble on about the past few months so that all of you can be caught up on me!!! =D



October- It was so long ago I can't really remember what we did! I am sure the month consisted of softball, more softball, and even more softball!!! Then there was Halloween, the first for us in our house!! We had lots of fun staying home and handing' out candy to all the little trick-or-treaters, I was surprised we actually got quite a few!



November- Not a whole lot went on in November until Thanksgiving! This year was Thanksgiving with the Okeson side of the family! We went to Jeff's sisters house in Layton, we left Cedar on Wednesday afternoon, after the "huge" storm hit ha ha ha huge my but! We hung out with the kiddos and then Thursday we went on a tour of the Davis Co jail, Matt our brother-in-law works there, it was pretty sweet to see; it is not the same as you see on TV that is for sure. Then we had turkey day dinner and just chilled and hung out with his family. We were going to come home Friday but instead decided to hang out till Saturday. Friday night we had a game of canasta which didn't go so well because everyone plays by different rules, I was oh so confused lol!!! Then we came home Saturday unloaded the car and headed to St. Geezy to pick up the "kiddos" from Grandma's house!! When we got there it was so so so sad, my Mom's baby girl Mariah was down and couldn't get up. We did everything we could but she was a pretty good sized horse so we couldn't move her that much. I thought for sure if we just left her in peace after giving her our love she would just close her eyes and drift away. So we did just that, we said our goodbyes and left her to go in peace. Jeff and I decided we should take my mom to dinner to get her mind off of the whole thing since she was home by herself. After dinner we came home and that silly horse was still here trying to get up and talkin' like she was still young and crazy. It was so hard to deal with especially for my mama, but I kept telling her at least she lived a good life and she would be in a better place. Jeff and I had to leave to get back home that was also hard because I felt so bad leaving my mommy all alone at such a hard time. The next morning I called to see how things were going and she said that My My was still hanging in there, eating carrots and still trying to get up. She also said my Dad had made it home and that they were able to flip her to her other side but she still couldn't get up and stand. The next day my mom called me and told me that My My had passed and they were going to bury her the next day. Then she called me after they buried her and she told me that she put a carrot and apple in the grave with her just in case she got hungry on her way. I cried and cried it was so emotional to hear the sadness and emotion in my mom's voice losing her baby was so hard. Sometimes you forget just how much some things and some people mean to you until you suffer loss. My Dad got Mariah for my Mom when they were first married, so she was their first baby. She was my mommy's favorite old lady and now she is waiting on the other side for her to ride her again!! At least she is in a better place and isn't suffering anymore! To say the least after Thanksgiving wasn’t the best, but you just gotta keep moving forward so we have all tried to do just that!!!



December- Well we are only a week in, but Christmas is right around the corner!!! I have the house all decorated and cute!! Our Christmas this year is going to be a little less about gifts and a little more about the spirit and joy of Christmas. Unfortunately do the current economic situation Jeff’s work isn’t getting a Christmas bonus so we don’t get to buy tons of stuff, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing!! I am just thankful and glad that we have a roof over our heads and food on our table. As for our plans for Christmas we will be doing Christmas morning with Jeff’s family and then my family is coming up to our house and I (with my mommy’s help) am cooking Christmas dinner!!!
I most likely won’t post anything till after Christmas or even the New Year!! So if I don’t I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! Much love!!!!

Slacker, again!

OK OK OK, so I am not so super good at the whole blog updating thing! It  isn't that I have been super busy or anything, I just kinda forget about it!! So the low down on our lives these days!! Jeff turned 26 on September 25, we went to Vegas to the NASCAR truck series race and it was tons of fun, and way loud! All we have been doing lately is softball, Jeff is umping 2 nights and playing 1 here in Cedar and soon softball starts back up in St. Geezy and ends here, cause it is so flippin' cold, thanks goodness! =D Then it's basketball time! Other than that nothing to exciting is going on, oh wait, I finally hung up some wedding pictures in our house, six months later! My slacking at it's best! I guess the reason I don't post is cause there is nothing to post about?!?! I will try to be more exciting, we'll see how that goes!! Till something new comes along, much love!

5k!!

Well as you can tell I have been slacking slightly lol, my bad!! I thought I would update and tell you that I ran a 5k!! So my training wasn't going so good, the first couple of weeks I was so motivated but then life happens and well you do it when you can, but struggle to keep up a solid schedule. Blah blah blah ha ha so I was planning on running in the Labor Day 5k, but Anna said she was going to run in one in Cedar called the Moon walk and 5k run on August 27th. So I thought about it and decided to call Amanda and see what she thought, well we decided to do the moon walk! I was so nervous/ excited that I could have pissed my pants, but I did it and had tons of fun! Amanda and I finished together in about 44 minutes, which to me is not bad at all considering that this was our first one ever and we had only made to the beginning of week 6 in our training!! I must say I am super proud of myself for actually doing it!! Yay me!!! I was considering doing the one on Labor Day still, but haven’t decided for sure yet!!! I am glad I found something that I kinda like doing and it will help me get into better shape!! I am excited to see what life brings for me in the next little while!!! I hope to have some things to talk about so I can keep this darn thing updated, till next time much love!!!!

Why I otta beat him!!!

Last night was day 1 week 3 of my 5k training, or it was suppose to be! Jeff and I headed out about 9:15pm and started our usual course. As we are going along Jeff mentions that he listened to week 4 and it is going to be a killer you have to do intervals of jogging for 3 min walking for 2 min then jogging for 5 min, I laughed and said "hell I gotta get through week 3 first", I had listened to the beginning of week 3 and it mentioned a 3 min jog then a 3 min walk so after our warm up walk it says jog for 3 min, I thought to myself ok it mentioned something about a 3 min jog so on we went. After the 3 min jog it says now do a 2 min recovery walk so we start walking THEN it says now it's time for your 5 MIN JOG!! I was like what the heck and I looked and Jeff and simply said "I AM GOING TO KILL YOU" he was like why I preceded to explain to him that after playin' with my i-pod he didn't put it back on week 3 so we were currently doing WEEK 4, he was like oh I am so sorry lets start week 3 right now, I figured what was the point I had already jogged for 4 of the 5 minutes so I might as well keep going!! So to say the least I am a little sore today but I am going to keep pushing myself with week 4!! Only a month from Friday till the Big Day!!! I'm pretty excited!!!!! Till next time, much love!

5k training goes on!

So I finished week 1 it was amazing, I actually felt much better physically which is awesome! But then....I got sick so I wasn't able to start right away on week 2! Bummer for me, I was so worried that with the week long break from training it was going to bounce me right back to the beginning. I was so wrong!!! Monday we went for the first day of week 2 and it felt so AMAZING!!!!! I am excited to say that I felt just as strong if not stronger and I can not wait to keep movin' on and up!!! Can't wait to finish week 2 so I can update on my progress!!! Much love!

Week 1 day 2 5k trainin'!

Today was a pretty awesome day!! We got up and went to the lake with Nellie and her family, Kim and Anna and Jesse, Anna and Adam's brother Matt and his kids and their parents!! We got there around 10am and played in the water and I laid in the sun and there was a crazy fish that kept swimming by us then it tried attacking us!! LOL is was pretty funny I screamed like a little girl =) we headed home around 2ish! Then after the lake we came home and took a 2 hour nap then we went to a green show for the Shakespeare festival, it was pretty fun! After that we decide to have a family softball game it was going good till a bad hop got Matt's little girl right square in the forehead, to say the least that ended the game, but she was super tough and was doing fine when we left! When we got home from the game I wanted to go on my week 1 day 2 run, which technically should have been yesterday but I was a slacker! I am so proud, we finished the whole run, I just pushed myself through and I DID IT!! WaaaaaaaaaaWhhhooooooooo for me!!I can't wait for Monday night so I can go again and keep movin up in the program! Till next time, much love!!!

5k!!

Ok so I mentioned I was going to run a 5k, well I started training! Yesterday was the first day, Jeff and I set out around the neighborhood and I almost DIED!! Holly cow I knew I was out of shape, but I didn't realize I was so out of shape!!! We started this running program that gradually brings you up, it is called couch to 5k in 8 weeks!!! I was so excited to get out and run until a little over half way through I was completely dying and my legs and ankles were hurting so bad I had to walk the rest of the way, I was half tempted to have Jeff carry me!!! But he is like a personal trainer and pushed pushed pushed, now he is excited to go out everyday and do walk/runs, I am totally in for it now!! I suppose this is a good thing we are both a little on the hefty side and running should help us with that!!! At least now I have something to blog about, I will keep you all updated on my progress!!!

My bad!!!

So my hardest wasn't good enough! It has been over a month and a half since I posted last.... My Bad!! So to quickly catch up on our lives....California was such a blast, we had an amazing time! June wasn't to exciting, so nothing to report! We went to the first night of Gunlock rodeo on July 1st, it was tons of fun, I think it's my favorite rodeo!! For the 4th of July (really the 5th) we stayed in Cedar and went to the parade afterwards we invited the family over for a BBQ it was tons of fun after the BBQ we went to the movies and seen Grown Ups, so funny, after that we were going to take a nap but Jeff got called into work for a water leak and ended up missing the family softball game, but it's all good cause I represented us well by gettin on base all 4 times!! That night we lit off fireworks at Jeff's parents with the grand kids and then went to bed! This past weekend we had the heat stroker softball tournament in St. George it goes from 7pm to 7am Friday night and Saturday night the team ended up finishing 15th out of 60 something teams not to bad!! So those are the highlights of the past couple of months! Looking towards the future I am going to run a 5k Labor Day weekend with Anna and I am pretty excited!!! As of now no super exciting plans but I will try to update sooner than a month and a half!! Much love!

Can we say SLACKER!!

Wow, it has been about 2 months since I have posted! So sorry, but life has been a well lets call it a challenge. Marriage is AMAZING; I love finally being married to Jeff, that part of life couldn't be better! After the wedding we honeymooned in Primm, it was a great time, but we were super excited to get back to our new home and set it all up and open presents! We got a lot of amazing presents which was pretty sweet! After that good time in la la land life started: bills, bills, bills, and the drama of my parents losing their house and me not finding a job yet and so on and so forth. So to say the least the last couple of months have been extremely trying and difficult. April started out great, but went out with a bang when my parents (who were working with some refinance company, which screwed them over) had their house foreclosed on; it was a super rough time for me because I was financially helpless and I felt horrible for this all happening the same month their youngest daughter up and got married and left them all alone. Luckily I am married to an absolutely amazing man who stood by my side and helped me through the drama and the pain and the guilt, which he said I had absolutely no need to feel. He also said “Honey, your parents are going to be just fine, everything happens for a reason and they are going to make it through this” I love him so much and he was right, god doesn’t go around punishing people, things always happen for a reason and he has a plan for each and every one of us. So Jeff and I put on some raggedy clothes and headed to St. George Mother’s Day weekend (Also my Mom’s birthday weekend) of all weekends to start helping my parent’s pack up there stuff and start moving it out. It was a very unproductive weekend, because we ended up helping a super ungrateful person try to move her stuff out so my parents could move in. By the way there have some friends who have 10 acres of land just up the road in Veyo, turns out that it is just what they need for my mom to run the trail rides off of and also that there is plenty of room for all of the animals! So the next weekend rolls around (my birthday weekend) Jeff and I head down again and this time we got a lot down, I worked on fences and Jeff worked on one of the huge horse corrals my parents have. We were going to leave on Sunday; however my sister Cassie showed up and needed our help so Jeff called into work and we stayed. We woke up early and busted our buts getting things packed and moved; by the way Monday was my birthday, we then packed a trailer full of stuff to take to our houses and headed back Monday night. My sister drove home and turned around the next day and drove back, I went back down on Wednesday and came home Thursday night we moved ALL 20ish horses and the corrals in one flippin’ day, it was the hardest day of work in my life no joke, this was Wednesday. We took the weekend off so I could get some stuff around our house done and to rest a little, plus Jeff had to work Saturday. Sunday night my mom called me up and asked if I could come down and help her out, so Monday morning I woke up early and headed back down. We got one huge trailer full loaded up and moved and another trailer half loaded before I had to head back home. The next day I was expecting to chill and then head back down on Wednesday, however nothing ever works the way I expect it to. My sister calls me up and says she is coming back down and I was going with her, she got to my house around 1 and we headed back down. We took another load of stuff and then loaded a HUGE woodpile up (thank goodness for the help of the neighbors or I could very well be dead by now) to burn the next day, we ended up going to bed around 2am and waking up at 7am (those of you who know me know I am not good on no sleep) I woke up the next morning sick, throwing up, it was awful but I had to get stuff done because they were suppose to be out of the house by….TODAY. It isn’t gong to happen. So we came home Wednesday night and I am so freaking worn out and tired and out of touch with everyone it isn’t even funny. My parents have lived in the same house for almost 20 years and they have A LOT of CRAP to move so this is why I am so crazy and stressed and typing a novel for all to read, but hey now you know!!!



So to say the least my life has been a crazy down hill sprint this last couple of months, but on the plus side we are going on vacation to Cali with Tanya and the kids June 5th - 9th so we are super excited for a nice little well deserved break! I will try my hardest to update on a regular basis, we will see how that goes, but for now much love!

It is the WEEK OF!!!

Alright so it is the week of the wedding!! Saturday is the BIG DAY!!! I must say I am pretty excited! I think I have everything taken care of...I hope! If not, oh well! All that really matters at the end of the day is that I am finally married to the most loving, caring, goofy, crazy, guy in the whole world! YaY for Saturday! I will try to update during this week, however it is a crazy crazy week! Lot’s so do to make myself B.E.A.Utiful! lol

Ladies and Gentlemen it is time for another update!!!

I have gotten a lot accomplished in the past 48 hours!!! I was hoping to get the invitations back on Monday; however that was not the case!!! So, Monday night I made myself a list of all the things I still needed, Tuesday I woke up and hit the town to get my list checked off!! My mom has been diligently working to get the dresses finished, Amanda’s dress was the first she did! We went to Manda’s work to make sure it was the correct size, and it was she is going to look super hott!! After we left from Manda’s work we headed to Joann’s Fabric store to find ribbon for the sash on the bridesmaids’ dresses and zippers, and also we had to get some stuff for our guest book, which is going to be the BOMB!! After the fabric store we headed to The Business Card Store, they did our invitations and did an awesome job with my awe-inspiring design, o yea that’s right I designed my own invitations who knew I was so talented! After the Business Card Store we headed over to Hair West Salon, a really close family friend owns it and she has been doing hair for years and she even use to do movie stars hair, I am thinking about letting her do my hair so we talked about a trial appointment and what not all I need to do is find a style I love!! Following Hair West we had to stop by the Tux shop and give them the measurements for Jeff’s brother Tyler and we got to check out the Tangerine vest and tie for the Dad’s and Jeff, WOW they are going to look smokin’, after that we hit up the Dollar Tree and Michael’s! I found some toasting glasses at the dollar store and some rocks for the centerpieces at Michael’s I found a crap ton of ribbon which I was thinking about using for the cake and cake stand, now I’m not sure lol!! After those two stores we headed to the Mall, there is a little dress shop just outside JcPenny’s and we rented a slip for under my dress!! Then we went to Wal-Mart! By this time I was super tired and Wal-Mart is so big and full of annoying people! AAAHHH But we got a lot of stuff we needed such as a knife and server, frosting, kisses for the favors, tulle for the arch, some baskets for the flowers girls, and then I found some super super cute ribbon that of course was all three of the colors! I used it on the flower girl baskets and it looks adorable. But now I am facing a slight dilemma I bought all the ribbon at Michael’s for the cake, but I love the ribbon I found at Wal-Mart and I just am not sure which to use!! Bummer, lol I am sure I will decide but right now it is a toss up! After we finished up at Wal-Mart we still hadn’t found the right size or color zippers for the dresses so we decided to head over to ACE and they didn’t have any either so back to Joann’s we went and we had to settle for zippers that were to long and not exactly the correct color, but whatever my mother is AMAZING and can make anything work!! After our long day we got home around 6pm we headed out to feed and then I came in and stuffed and addressed about 300 invitations, I was up to about 2am, but I got them all finished! The next morning I double checked my work and headed to the mail box where I put in 150 invitations!! I got home and went back to work separating the remaining invitations to hand out!! After finishing that task I went to work on the remaining favors, which are all finished WAHOO!!! Today I went to work on painting the baskets, then decorated them with ribbon and they look super cute, then I made my toasting glasses which also turned out super cute! Now all that is left is the ring bearer pillow, which my mom said she would do! Speaking of my mommy she has been working super hard on the dresses for about a week now all three dresses are sewn one has a zipper and the other two will most likely be finished tonight or tomorrow, then all she has left is her dress and the pillow o and to do a little adjustment to my dress!! All in all I think everything is just coming right together nicely!! Only three more weeks and it’s all over with!! YIPPY! I am excited to get married, finally, and have all this madness behind me!! So now that everyone is all caught up, I am going back to working on more wedding stuff!!! Till next time :)

Invitations!?!?!

So....I have been FREAKING out due to the fact that we are suppose to be getting married in 1 month and I just put the order in for our invites...yesterday!! Wow I am such a slacker! O well they said it takes about 5 business days so I will be mailing invitations next week, I hope!!

Engagements!!!

Woooo Whooo!!! We got our engagements back!! They are absolutely amazing!! We had them done by Abbey Kyhl of akstudiodesign.com!! AMAZING, she was great! So anyways we are busily planning out different styles for our announcements and are super excited to be movin’ along!! I will post a few pics so you can have a little taste!! :)

Successful Weekend!

Jeff and I had a super duper successful weekend! My dress arrived on Wednesday, I got my nails done Thursday, Friday we went shopping for clothes for our engagements, and then Saturday we had engagements done at 8 am, I had to get up at 5 am to get ready aaahhh, after engagements we taste tested food, got Jeff measured for is tux, got a quote for flowers, tried to go get prices at the rental places they were closed, then we registered at bed, bath, and beyond!! It was a super successful day, and we got so much accomplished, I am looking forward to this week and getting tons more accomplished!! Woo Whoo Wedding here we come!!!

As of today...

As of today, February 2nd 2010, the wedding planning process is a sluggish one! To date, I have picked out and ordered my dress and it should be here this week, but it needs some work to make it just how I want it (A lot of work actually, which I so kindly delegated my mommy to do, oh and she is making my bridesmaid dresses also)!! We have reserved the cultural hall in one of our local church for the reception and tomorrow I am going to go put the down payment down on the ceremony location! On Saturday we are getting our engagement pictures taken!! Woo Whoo! Jeff and I are also planning on hitting a few floral shops and hopefully getting the flowers squared away, then we are considering gift registry, a dreaded process I hear! We are super excited and going absolutely mad, all at the same time, because we had so long to plan this wedding, but waited to the very last minute to actually do something! There is so much to do and so little time to do it all in, but I have faith we are going to pull it off and have one heck of a wedding! As soon as there is more to tell I will be back to post an update!

We started a blog!?!

After pressure from friends, we have decided to start a blog! I can't be to certain that it will be updated often, but this is a great way for people to know how the wedding planning process is coming along! I hope you enjoy are crazy life as much as we do! Much love