bridal shower

i received an invite to my bridal shower the other night!  this is the cutest invitation ever!  leave it to my bff and matron of honor, leah, to find the perfect one!  i can't wait to see what her and my other girls have put together!

now to find a cute bridal shower dress!  who wants to help me shop?  :)

rsvp's

johnathan and i have really enjoyed checking the mail and finding the rsvp's!  it's fun trying to guess who they're from.  once opened, we love seeing the funny ways our friends and family have said YES, and NO....they are/aren't coming.  here are a few of the 1st ones we've received.

keep them coming and make them entertaining!  :)



you're invited to...

since most of our guests...well, except for my bridesmaid, jenn (hers is being hand delivered.)...has received their invitations, i can post a pic online!  i designed them and ordered them online from zazzle.  i love the flip flop design.  the colors *pop* more in person.  the pic is kind of plain.

the rsvp's are the same flip flop design.

i hope everyone thinks they're as cute as i do!



back to school

tomorrow is the 1st day of school for many of my teacher friends.  i've had over a week to prepare and yet i still don't feel ready.  i guess teachers never really feel ready.  we do what we can and always beat ourselves up for the things we didn't get done.  there's always going to be something you could do but at that rate, you'd be at school all night!

this year, i've taken on a "new school year resolution" as our principal called it during the 1st staff meeting.  my resolution is to not stress out so much.  when johnathan and i got engaged in january, school kind of got put on the back burner.  i've always been super organized and prepared but towards the end of last year, i really didn't have it together.  the wedding stress and house buying stress really got to me.

this summer, i thought about it and realized that this school year was probably going to be the same...at least until thanksgiving or so.  i'm still planning a wedding.  i'm planning a honeymoon.  i'm taking more days off than i ever have before...which for a teacher = sub plans!  report cards have to be done early.  we're moving into our house.  i'm grade level chair...which i've never done before.  i could go on and on.  johnathan doesn't like it when i stress.  he fusses at me and then that just makes things worse.

so, my resolution is to not stress (as much).  what gets done...great.  what doesn't get done can wait til the next day.  i'm going to *try* to not bring home school work at night.  i have my girls to help out with the wedding details.  lately, my response to many things has been "it's fine.  it's fine."

i hope i can continue my resolution...past 9:15 tomorrow morning!

good luck teacher friends!!!

 



it's herrrreeee!!!

my wedding dress is here!!  i got the call monday night.  they must have read my mind because i was just about to call them!  my matron of honor, leah, is going to accompany me on my 1st fitting on friday!  i'm very excited to try it on again!  i hope she can get it to fit as well as the sample did.  the sooner it's done, the sooner i can have bridal portraits taken!  exciting!



an exchanging of rings....literally.

i recently posted that choosing our wedding bands was the easiest thing yet.  well, i take that back.  it seems nothing these days is easy for me and the rings are no exception.

johnathan and i went to pick up my wedding band the other night after having it sized.  i was really excited.  i tried it on...i didn't really feel anything.  i thought maybe it was cause i was in the jewlery store.  if you didn't know, jewlery stores make me hot and bothered. :)  so, i wore it while we were running some errands and then around the house.  as pretty as it was, i just didn't love it.  i love my engagement ring so much and i feel like i should love my wedding band just as much.  it should compliment my engagement ring.  i was really upset.  i didn't want to be stuck with a ring that i didn't love for the rest of my life.

when i was choosing it, i was torn between the skinnier band and the wider band.  wider band=bigger diamonds and as sarah and i say "go big or go home."  so i went with the bigger one.  i guess bigger isn't always better.

we took it back and i'll sum up a pretty long story with.....i was able to get the band i really wanted and johnathan was able to choose a wedding band for himself as well.  luckily, i hadn't ordered his online because come to find out, it wouldn't have been what he wanted.

so, here's what we ended up with!

happy anniversary leah and pony!

happy anniversary to 2 of my favorite people, leah and pony!

-august 7-

as i was packing up and going through stuff, i came across my folder of things that i was planning to use to scrapbook with.  a lot of the things were from leah and pony's wedding back in 2004.  it made me think about my wedding and brought back some memories!

the wedding invitation

the wedding shower

the bachelorette party

the rehearsal dinner

and finally, the wedding!

we had such a fun time and i hope my wedding is just as great!  i wish leah and pony many more years of happiness!  love you guys!!

with this ring

choosing rings was probably the easiest part of this whole thing.  i knew what i wanted.  we went to the jewlery store and i found it within 5 minutes.  usually i'm pretty undecisive but this was simple.

i also thought johnathan would have a hard time choosing a ring.  i figured he'd never find something that he'd actually want to wear.  guess i was wrong!  one night we went to barnes n noble and he was looking though one of his mustang magazines.  he came across an ad for rings that look like tires.  we came home, googled the website, and found his ring!  i couldn't design a ring that's more "johnathan" than this.

at least something is easy!!!