and I bought it!!!! I went to try on the veil that I initially fell in love with just to be sure it was what I wanted and I still loved it as much as I did before! So I bought it! :) Yippeeeee!!!! I also made my appointment for alterations in September...holy smokes...can time fly by any quicker? So much to do, so much to do!
7.28.2012
7.27.2012
99 Days! let the countdown begin!
Well, here we are! We are out of the triple digits and into the 90's on the countdown for our wedding. Time sure has gone by quickly and I just can't believe it. I have so much to do but I don't feel too overwhelmed anymore...who knows if that will happen again but I have let so much go and have faith that it will all end up perfect! My shower is in less than a month...and my bach party is in little more than a month...I'm so excited for all the fun planned for me by my amazing bridesmaids. Becca has done a wonderful job on the invite(s)...I have only seen the shower one but I have been told the bach party one is amazing and I can't wait to see that one as well. I have something going on pretty much every weekend to get things done for the wedding. Tomorrow I'm heading to the bridal store once again to try on my dress and finalize my veil choice. I'm pretty positive I know which one I want but I wanted to make sure. I also need to get things to finish making my invitations because those need to go out next month. 3/5 of my girls have purchased their dresses and the last 2 I think know which dresses they want. Now for the flower girls! Danny has been browsing suits and he is pretty sure we know the color we want them to purchase but need to decide on a style. I'm heading back to the Forest House Lodge next weekend with a huge list and game plan...I need to visualize and see things as if it were our day...I need measurements, numbers, design plans, etc. I am getting serious about this because time is becoming limited. I need to know what I'm doing, what I have, and what I still need to buy.
Ahhhh yes! Almost time! Life is good.
Ahhhh yes! Almost time! Life is good.
7.24.2012
Jason and Alexis's Wedding weekend
What a fun and amazingly perfect weekend. Everything went so smoothly and everyone had an amazing time. We were also very lucky to have Matt (Danny and Jason's brother) able to make it to the wedding. There was a point where he was actually told "no" by the Astros that he wouldn't be granted the leave time and couldn't come to the wedding. It was very sad, and depressing. But, things changed and he was able to come afterall! Thank goodness! :) It started Saturday when we had the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. The dinner was held in the wine cellar at the Westlake Village Inn where the guests and bride and groom were staying. It was amazing food and we later made our way upstairs to their club where they had a live DJ and we danced the night away! Most of Alexis's friends were part of the USC dance team so everyone loved to dance which made it a lot of fun! Even the guys enjoyed dancing. Sunday was the wedding. We arrived at the venue at 1pm for bridal party and family pictures...the ceremony was at 3 and BOY WAS IT HOT!!!! It was 100 degrees and the ceremony was outside with NO shade at all...PHEW! It was about a 35 minute long ceremony which was great considering the conditions! The groomsmen were melting in their suits and the guests were as well! It was all worth it though. I set up most of the decor for the wedding and she put a lot of cute little details into it that just looked awesome. It turned out beautiful! The day went as planned stress free and happy. Danny was a bit nervous for his speech but he did AMAZING! I was so proud of him...and he completely did it off the top of his head. Alexis looked beautiful as always and we all danced and partied all night to celebrate. The next morning before we headed home we walked over to their suite and ordered breakfast with them...it was a perfect weekend. It couldn't have gone any better. I am so excited for our wedding...it really is just around the corner. We had a blast and even received our very first wedding present from Danny's brother Matt (yes it was a little early). Honeymoon money! Now to hash out the details for that! First things first though...here's a look into our weekend...
Rehearsal dinner...
WEDDING.....
7.15.2012
Our busy days
Life has been so amazingly busy lately that blogging has been one of the last things on my mind. Even now trying to do this I have found myself getting up multiple times and distracted by other things after writing just the first sentence...ay yi yi! Anyway, lately we have been up to a lot!
Life in general:
At the end of last month...our friends Jess and Josh finally arrived from Texas. I really can't believe how fast 3 years flew by for them but I am so excited to have them back here with us! They live across the complex from us but it's perfect regardless.
For the fourth of July we hosted a bbq here and invited our friends over and of course, Jess and Josh. :) Kayla and Jerome came with Jake and we hung out by the pool all day long. It was a perfect day.
Work has been going well for me and I love my job just as much as when I started. I have recently sent one of my little ones on her way to the older Toddler room and acquired myself an adorable new little boy. He is just perfect! Also, our head teacher is moving to another room, which I am totally bummed about, but that gives me the opportunity to step up and plan the classroom with another one of the girls in the room. We are so excited to have this chance and I can't wait to get started. This all starts next month. I also finally have one early day (that is NOT 5pm "early") to get off. My new schedule will be till 5 mon-thurs and till 3 on Fridays! yippeee! :) Having that early day is going to make things so much easier when it comes to making appointments and getting stuff done.
We spent last weekend at Kayla's parents' cabin in Arnold, Ca. It was a lot of fun and very relaxing. They live in the forrest where their nearest neighbor is not RIGHT next door and it was so fun to watch the deer and animals come so close to the house to feed. We hung out for the weekend and BBQ'd and went to two different lakes both days. It was an amazingly relaxing weekend which is exactly what we needed.
Danny has also gotten a bug up his butt and is looking into buying me a new car...YIKES! I'm not sure where this came from but apparently he's done a ton of research and thinks that since I'm getting so high up in milege that we should consider trading my car in before things start going out (something that never crossed my mind and now I'm worried that he has jinxed me!). I can't say I neccessarily agree that this is the best time to do this since we are still planning a wedding...I'd like to wait until after the wedding but now I'm worried things will start going wrong. I hate that he said that.
This weekend we are heading down to Southern California for his brother's wedding! It's going to be lovely!
Now on to the fun stuff....
Wedding updates:
Ladies and gentlemen...we have a color! LOL it was the color I started out with a year ago...Navy Blue. I have decided on navy blue dresses for the girls and it worked out that my mom bought her dress a few weeks ago and it happened to be navy as well before I even made my final decision. Kayla found her dress yesterday at Nordstrom and Becca put one on hold. Missy knows what style she wants so it's just a matter of her finding it and Jess and Meghan still need to find dresses. I am very happy that this is getting accomplished. I also found a flower girl dress I loved for the girls! I need to take Rylee to try it on.
As for flowers, the girls will probably have bouquets of ivory flowers (maybe with some color, that is undetermined right now) and I will have a different one that I found a while ago that I loved...actually, a year ago! haha! Go with your gut about things you like. Navy and ivory...classy!
Changing back to navy also means I must switch the color of the overlays I am renting which was an easy decision...ivory! or champagne...I need to go look at the colors before deciding. My mom is in the process of gathering up all the lace she has so we can play around with them and see where we can use them at the lodge.
We are pretty sure the guys will be in a darker gray suit. Danny is throwing around just purchasing one rather than renting because in the end, the price ends up being pretty close and dark gray is a good color and a nice suit for everyone to own.
I already sent out our save the dates and I love how they turned out...I was very happy with them. Last night I happened to log on to the website where I bought the save the dates and found that all invites were 60% off!!! I have already ordered samples and they haven't arrived yet but since I ordered a sample a while ago and just messed up on the paper type, I know I like the invite, and as long as the paper is right I will like them completely. We added our own special unique touches to the invites and I really am happy with the design. It's a great website because you can really personalize the invites they just give you a base to go off of. I am still in need of RSVP cards, rehearsal inserts, and a couple other inserts that my amazing and talented friend Becca is working on. She wanted to make my invites but I figured it's easier just to buy them for how good of a price I got...if I don't end up loving them they do money back guarantee and she will continue to make them for me.
I met with the lady doing our flowers and I was so happy to find out just how affordable she is making this for me because she is good friends with my godmother. I am so happy!
My bridal shower is a little over a month away...I can't wait! I can't believe it's almost here. It's all coming so fast. Kayla, Becca and my mom are planning it and I have no doubts that it will be nothing short of amazing and perfect.
Now that we are about 3 1/2 months away from our wedding I'm feeling confident in the decisions and things that are happening. Everything will be perfect. It has been easier to make decisions because I know I'm getting down to the wire. I am having an easier time envisioning things that I want and am going to make another trip up to the lodge hopefully next month so I can make a final long detailed list of things I need to do and bring up the lace to see where I am able to use it. I need to order my veil and go in for my alterations here soon which I am hoping won't be too costly...I'm excited for this day to be here...I'm excited for the stress of all the decisions to be done with...I'm excited to live a normal life after all the wedding planning that I've been doing for the past year...I can't wait for November 4th!
Life in general:
At the end of last month...our friends Jess and Josh finally arrived from Texas. I really can't believe how fast 3 years flew by for them but I am so excited to have them back here with us! They live across the complex from us but it's perfect regardless.
For the fourth of July we hosted a bbq here and invited our friends over and of course, Jess and Josh. :) Kayla and Jerome came with Jake and we hung out by the pool all day long. It was a perfect day.
Work has been going well for me and I love my job just as much as when I started. I have recently sent one of my little ones on her way to the older Toddler room and acquired myself an adorable new little boy. He is just perfect! Also, our head teacher is moving to another room, which I am totally bummed about, but that gives me the opportunity to step up and plan the classroom with another one of the girls in the room. We are so excited to have this chance and I can't wait to get started. This all starts next month. I also finally have one early day (that is NOT 5pm "early") to get off. My new schedule will be till 5 mon-thurs and till 3 on Fridays! yippeee! :) Having that early day is going to make things so much easier when it comes to making appointments and getting stuff done.
We spent last weekend at Kayla's parents' cabin in Arnold, Ca. It was a lot of fun and very relaxing. They live in the forrest where their nearest neighbor is not RIGHT next door and it was so fun to watch the deer and animals come so close to the house to feed. We hung out for the weekend and BBQ'd and went to two different lakes both days. It was an amazingly relaxing weekend which is exactly what we needed.
Danny has also gotten a bug up his butt and is looking into buying me a new car...YIKES! I'm not sure where this came from but apparently he's done a ton of research and thinks that since I'm getting so high up in milege that we should consider trading my car in before things start going out (something that never crossed my mind and now I'm worried that he has jinxed me!). I can't say I neccessarily agree that this is the best time to do this since we are still planning a wedding...I'd like to wait until after the wedding but now I'm worried things will start going wrong. I hate that he said that.
This weekend we are heading down to Southern California for his brother's wedding! It's going to be lovely!
Now on to the fun stuff....
Wedding updates:
Ladies and gentlemen...we have a color! LOL it was the color I started out with a year ago...Navy Blue. I have decided on navy blue dresses for the girls and it worked out that my mom bought her dress a few weeks ago and it happened to be navy as well before I even made my final decision. Kayla found her dress yesterday at Nordstrom and Becca put one on hold. Missy knows what style she wants so it's just a matter of her finding it and Jess and Meghan still need to find dresses. I am very happy that this is getting accomplished. I also found a flower girl dress I loved for the girls! I need to take Rylee to try it on.
As for flowers, the girls will probably have bouquets of ivory flowers (maybe with some color, that is undetermined right now) and I will have a different one that I found a while ago that I loved...actually, a year ago! haha! Go with your gut about things you like. Navy and ivory...classy!
Changing back to navy also means I must switch the color of the overlays I am renting which was an easy decision...ivory! or champagne...I need to go look at the colors before deciding. My mom is in the process of gathering up all the lace she has so we can play around with them and see where we can use them at the lodge.
We are pretty sure the guys will be in a darker gray suit. Danny is throwing around just purchasing one rather than renting because in the end, the price ends up being pretty close and dark gray is a good color and a nice suit for everyone to own.
I already sent out our save the dates and I love how they turned out...I was very happy with them. Last night I happened to log on to the website where I bought the save the dates and found that all invites were 60% off!!! I have already ordered samples and they haven't arrived yet but since I ordered a sample a while ago and just messed up on the paper type, I know I like the invite, and as long as the paper is right I will like them completely. We added our own special unique touches to the invites and I really am happy with the design. It's a great website because you can really personalize the invites they just give you a base to go off of. I am still in need of RSVP cards, rehearsal inserts, and a couple other inserts that my amazing and talented friend Becca is working on. She wanted to make my invites but I figured it's easier just to buy them for how good of a price I got...if I don't end up loving them they do money back guarantee and she will continue to make them for me.
I met with the lady doing our flowers and I was so happy to find out just how affordable she is making this for me because she is good friends with my godmother. I am so happy!
My bridal shower is a little over a month away...I can't wait! I can't believe it's almost here. It's all coming so fast. Kayla, Becca and my mom are planning it and I have no doubts that it will be nothing short of amazing and perfect.
Now that we are about 3 1/2 months away from our wedding I'm feeling confident in the decisions and things that are happening. Everything will be perfect. It has been easier to make decisions because I know I'm getting down to the wire. I am having an easier time envisioning things that I want and am going to make another trip up to the lodge hopefully next month so I can make a final long detailed list of things I need to do and bring up the lace to see where I am able to use it. I need to order my veil and go in for my alterations here soon which I am hoping won't be too costly...I'm excited for this day to be here...I'm excited for the stress of all the decisions to be done with...I'm excited to live a normal life after all the wedding planning that I've been doing for the past year...I can't wait for November 4th!
7.05.2012
White chocolate fruit tart
This fruit tart was made for our class by a parent of one of the kids who left. I love fruit tarts. But this one was by far the best one I had ever had. Every teacher agreed! I had to email her for the recipe! And I made it on the 4th of July and everyone loved it!
White chocolate fruit tart
Crust:
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
Heat oven to 300 F. Beat butter and powdered sugar until smooth; blend in flour. Press mixture into the bottom and up side of a greased tart pan. Bake 20-25 min until lightly browned. Cool completely.
Filling:
1 2/3 cup white chocolate chips (~10 oz)
1/4 cup whipping cream
1 package (8 oz) softened cream cheese
In microwave safe bowl, place white chocolate chips and whipping cream. Microwave on high 1-1.5 min until chips are melted and mixture is smooth when stirred vigorously. Beat in cream cheese. Pour into crust.
Topping:
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/2 tsp lemon juice
Fruit of your choice
In a small saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch; stir in juices. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until thickened. Cool.
Arrange fruit on top of white chocolate filling. Carefully pour glaze over fruit topping. Chill completely. Tart is best served cold.
White chocolate fruit tart
Crust:
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
Heat oven to 300 F. Beat butter and powdered sugar until smooth; blend in flour. Press mixture into the bottom and up side of a greased tart pan. Bake 20-25 min until lightly browned. Cool completely.
Filling:
1 2/3 cup white chocolate chips (~10 oz)
1/4 cup whipping cream
1 package (8 oz) softened cream cheese
In microwave safe bowl, place white chocolate chips and whipping cream. Microwave on high 1-1.5 min until chips are melted and mixture is smooth when stirred vigorously. Beat in cream cheese. Pour into crust.
Topping:
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/2 tsp lemon juice
Fruit of your choice
In a small saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch; stir in juices. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until thickened. Cool.
Arrange fruit on top of white chocolate filling. Carefully pour glaze over fruit topping. Chill completely. Tart is best served cold.
7.01.2012
First pool day of the summer
So since we've been so busy we hadn't really had a chance to sit by the pool at all this year. We made sure and kept the weekend open that Jess and Josh would be arriving and we ended up at the pool all weekend. Since we haven't been in the sun much, and I haven't been in a tanning bed in years, I'm probably the palest I've been ever. I applied lots of sunscreen but apparently I missed a few spots. Happy summer! Lol.
Needless to say, I am much more careful when I apply sunscreen and luckily those spots didn't peel but turned into a tan! Phew!
Needless to say, I am much more careful when I apply sunscreen and luckily those spots didn't peel but turned into a tan! Phew!
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