I had a whole thing typed about how it's been so hard to get excited while planning my wedding

and you know what 

I think it's time to stop complaining

so I deleted it and I'm starting fresh

Yes, I've had my lows of this planning

and there may be so more low points

but right now it's time to get excited about it

let's get real here I'm gettin marrrrrieddd 

I'm so happy to marry the greatest the man on that planet and to enjoy myself with all my family and friends and with Cory's side too ! 

I'm excited to put on a wonderful dress 

To walk down the aisle 

to say 'I do'

to take some wonderful pictures with an amazing friend as my photographer 

to take some photos with my wedding party, family, CORY, and my new family

I'm so excited for my bridal shower 

bachelorette party 

ahem 

for my decorations that are going to be phenomenal because of Cory's wonderful family

I'm so thankful for my mom and all she has done to help me find all the perfect things for our wedding

I'm so excited to dance all night; to eat some yummy food and to make the best of memories 

I can't wait to get married ! 

Share my life with Cory, move into our own place

I'm excited to call Cory my husband 

I'm so very excited for our trip to Kauai 

hollaaa  

Here's to the next chapter of my life 

Here's to this summer being the best summer of my life 

Here's to the joys and excitement of getting married 

YES!

apartment "shopping"

Cory and I got the chance to go look around at some apartments this past weekend
and you know what it was actually fun.
We went to see about 6 different apartments and each one was completely different from the other.
I just assumed they all had the same general lay out and there wouldn't be much difference.
Come to find out each one was just as different as the other.
And for the area we live in, I had no idea the apartments could vary so much.
One place in particular.... oh my goodness it was so so tiny, like crazy tiny.
And then another place was huge and had plenty of room.
Each place was unique, each having their pros and cons
We have our top 2 and now it's kinda of figuring out what is going to work best for us.
I'm so excited to finally have a place of our own for when we get married
And I love that Cory really knows me and knows deep down I didn't want to move too far from family.
We'll either be 5 minutes from my house or 2 minutes from mine  :)
yes a little closer than we had originally planned, but it just worked so well for us we couldn't ignore it just because we want some space from our families.
Overall apartment shopping was great for us and got us even that more excited to get married.
I think we were both pretty nervous to do this together, because we know that talking about the financial sides of things kinda of draws out some tension between couples... and a young married couple, oh ya you better believe it's difficult.
Luckily we had a great time... and Cory ...he let me decide on what would be best..
Say what ?!
Greatest feeling ever to know that I got to decide
I can't wait for August when we really get to get down to business and move into our new place and of course
decorate
holllaaaa 

a good weekend for me !

 

 Well this weekend was full of love, new adventures and Mommy :)

I got to see my wonderful small group leader and my niece 

and got to have lunch with one of my bridesmaid before she left for Mexico 

yeah, she left me in the madness of wedding planning 

how dare she leave me to go Glorify God 

the nerve. 

anyway,

It was a wonderful time to just touch base with one another and to remind each other how much we love and appreciate one another

and to dream about when my leader comes to live back up in the OC and I get to see my little niece grow up right before me 

come June ! can't wait! 

And my sister moves back in June too!

my heart is full and I'm so happy to have some very precious ladies come back to do life together with again.

   

And something else got done this weekend 

:) 

I just busted out oooh I dunno 100 invitations, NBD 

you may ask why would you ever do those by yourself?

good question 

I literally sat on the carpet floor and just started doing some and said to myself I'll do a few

and then all of the sudden I was on a roll, even Cory asked to help and like a crazy person I said no.

But I enjoyed getting them all done, it was nice to focus on them and make them look pretty.

There is light at the end of this dark tunnel that I've been in with this whole wedding planning.

I'm actually getting excited, what a thing huh ...

 

 
And then we had Mother's Day
Cory and I both got to spend time with our mommies and let them know how much we love them.
It was a special time
And I even got to see baby pictures of Cory and let me tell ya he was a cutie pie !
more to come... back to studying...finals week ! 3 more days then summer is here !

 

Its been lookin' a lot like this lately 

college life. 

finals are right around the corner 

{8 more days left}

I can't wait to be done and to just focus on one thing 

the wedding.

it's coming up so fast and I feel very unprepared for all that needs to get done.

it's becoming really real that it's only 3 short months away 

I'm on an emotional roller coaster right now and so many things are going through my head daily.

any emotion you could possibly think of ...I'm feeling at least once during the day. 

literally.

I keep thinking that you only get one shot to have a wedding you know?

it's not like a class you take in school, if you mess up you at least know that you can try again if you really have to. 

but a wedding....one shot 

and it's not like I'm a professional wedding planner and this is my job

I work with 5 year old kids....that hardly prepares you on how to plan a wedding

and EVERYONE has an opinion on EVERYTHING you do. 

I know I'm supposed to say I'm going to do it my way ....but still you want to make people happy and some people actually make good suggestions 

it's just harder than I thought it would be 

and don't get me wrong I'm beyond excited to marry the love of my life 

but all this other madness and stress ...I could kinda of deal with out

30 people witnessing your marriage on the beach....sounds good right about now 

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And sometimes I just need to stop, relax and enjoy this time 

take it all in 

because it's only going to happen once 

 

 what I tell ya ...emotional roller coaster 

back to studying

 

can't wait for it to be May 17th 

can't wait for it to be August 5, 2012 

:) 

weekend recap

 

date night with the fiance ! 

( weird smirk) hah

we went and had some delicious sushi and planned out our May schedules 

yeah...we have to do that 

grown up stuff 

yet we enjoyed it because we were organized AND *communicating* 

outfit: jacket:vintage store 

top: I think Kohl's 

pants: wide leg -gap

got curly with the hair with a curling iron my mom got me for 1$ its the best!

 

A time with the lacrosse ladies 

I got the Spirit Award

aka. Miss Congeniality Award, obviously 

my mom was proud ;)

it was a great time with some great girls

and the picture on the right corner

my lovely friend of 3 years 

this year was her last

I'm going to miss her so much ! 

we were the 2 that stuck with the team and have seen the up's, the downs 

and all those great times for 3 years 

the bright side of college...making those friends you'll keep forever

love you ladies !

  

every time I have to study...this happens ...she needs to check her facebook 

obviously.

or write my papers for me... that would be nice 

 

and this will be going on for the next 2 weeks 

mayhem. 

2 more weeks and then I'm burying myself in everything wedding

I seriously can't wait for that.

  

oh...and I'm going to try this....

I still haven't done the first one....

hahaha 

bye !