Our Christmas card and Newsletter

Dear Family and Friends in the states and in Canada,

Hooray! Our first family news letter! I am pretty excited about this, however I don’t know about David, but I decided it is a good habit and tradition to get into. I love getting these from everyone else, so why not send them out ourselves?
It’s been an exciting year for David and I, getting married and all. I figured what I can address in this, is all the questions everyone has been asking about David and I. First, everyone wants to know how married life has been and what we do and such? Married life is awesome, can’t go wrong living with your best friend. I have had a blast learning how to cook and since I got laid off on Halloween, I have a lot more free time to learn new recipes, knit, scrapbook, clean, etc. David is still working for Naylor Solar and continues to love it. He plays the Xbox in his free time, sketches, sculpts, and plays his guitar. I love now that we are married; I don’t have to talk him into serenading me. It seems like every other day he is on his guitar. We love our new family ward. It is perfect for us. David is in the Young Men’s as a Deacons advisor and though there are few boys, he loves getting to know them and help out. We also have made some great friends in our ward. We have new and old friends come over on Sundays or Mondays with their spouses and we have Family Home Evenings. That has been so much fun for us. It’s been good to get to know so many great people. This October David joined the Celebrate Kids family and works on the weekends with me as a clown, elf, or helper, whatever the company needs. Let’s just say he is the cutest little clown and elf ever lol.

We are hoping to get up to Canada sometime in early 2009. We finally got David’s immigration papers sent in for his Green Card. No, that isn’t making him an American; it is just granting him permanent residence in the states. Everyone seems to think that now that we are married he is an American. It makes me laugh because he still loves Canada, it is his home and I am glad. Nothing can ever replace home or family. SO, once his paperwork comes in we can head up north and I can meet the rest of his family and see his home and things and places he loves. Speaking of family…NO, we are not having babies anytime soon lol. Not planning on it at least. Naturally, that seems to be a popular question. Let’s just take care of that question now.

We are ready for the holidays and have enjoyed decorating our home and tree (with popcorn and candy canes I might add) and being with family. We can’t wait for years to come!

Love, David and Britni Richards

Missing a Grandpa

I dont even know where to start with this. I miss one of my grandpas. He was a grandpa by marriage from my dads second wife, and when they first got divorced i did my own thing in my own little world and a few months later started missing him. I keep a picture of him with me and think about him often, but it has been 3 years since i have seen him or anything. Everytime i drive down Charleston i look to see where his office was only to find it isn't really there anymore, at least i dont think it is. Well, she posted pictures the past few days and he is in some. It makes me miss him even more. I miss Grandma too, but its not the same.

Why, you ask haven't i done anything about this? Well despite my own wants and needs it isn't a good idea. Wife #2 everytime we come in contact thinks i have some hidden agenda or am working for my dad to spy on her or something. Contacting her family would be like opening a can of something that could hurt me, as it always does. It's not that they would react awful about it, its that SHE would. Like i said she thinks i have some sort of hidden agenda.

I don't want contact with her anymore. I don't want people to keep saying "Aren't you ______ daughter?" No. I may have been at one point, but not anymore. She was a good mom to me at times and we had some good times together. But that time is over now. She has changed and so have i. She served a purpose in my life, and i turned out someone i enjoying being. I'm more like her than i thought which is weird to think, there is so much about her that i'm not a fan of, but really truly believe we are not the same person. She uses her abilities different than i do and that is what makes us different from eachother.

I'm not about to walk into the lions den for my own wants and desires to be connected with Grandpa P. Its practically suicidal and leads me in an emotional direction i don't want to be in anymore that only she can cause.

The many adventures of being laid off

well, i got laid off from my job on halloween. but have had an incredible time since, and David and i have gotten pretty close. We went to Orem last monday adn stayed with our friend John Laycock, and had a BLAST. Its good seeing friends that you dont get to see all the time. I hung out with Robi while David and John went to a Metallica show on Monday night then we all played together that night and on Tuesday. it was a nice little mini vaca. When we came back to Vegas that night it was back to business on Wed. i went and got a health card in child care and food handling, and picked up applications, on thursday got online and found some jobs and friday faxed my resume out to 8 different places and filed for unemployment. Saturday i got to work for celebrate kids for about 3 hours and that was about it.

Davids calling in the Young Mens is a new experience that we are both adjusting too, but we love it. We also love our little Family Home Evening group of couples. It makes my week at least. Since we've gotten married it seems my social life has dwindled so it is nice to know i will see people every Sunday or Monday.

I believe this is all that we have been up too lately.

Popcorn is weird.

Really though...think about it and look at popcorns. A little kernal that blossoms? Even the look of popcorn is weird and the texture...almost like packaging popcorns but not. I don't know exactly what the mystery is about popcorn, but it is definitely a mystery. That is all.

The Downer Blog

I'm pretty disappointed right now and maybe a little pessimistic. So, there is the disclaimer before you continue. I have been thinking about things I'm good at the last few weeks, things to keep me busy while David is away throughout the week. Unfotunately, I have found that the things I'm good at could hardly keep me entertained. David draws, sculpts, plays the guitar, among a whole bunch of other things. I dont have anything like that. It's frustrating, but i am officially annoyed with my lack of talent. Every Monday David and I invite couples over to have Family Home Evening in our home. We take turns teaching the lessons and have a little treat and game and song and prayer...the normal. Unfortunately what this has led to...is me realizing i'm not cut out to teach anyone anything. Ever since i was little i wanted to be a teacher, until it became time to go to college and i found other things that interested me more. Well, it's a good thing i found something else til teaching was ripped out from under me once i found i was incapable of teaching. My lessons last like 10 minutes max, i need a guide and i feel like i'm getting the sympathy answers. When i try to make discussion about the lesson, and they have no idea what i'm talking about, but they try anyway. I don't know if that makes sense. But here i am trying to prepare my FHE lesson right now, wondering what in the heck i'm doing. It's even more frustrating, is its a topic i myself am passionate about, yet having nothing to say about it. Grrr. Alright. That is all.

Oh the crushes i had!

So i get up in the morning and watch Saved by the Bell every morning before work. It got me thinking about the boys in movies or shows i had on crushes on....




Benny from The Sandlot


Devon Sawa from Casper and Now and Then





Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green Gables






Jonathan Taylor Thomas from Man of the House and I'll Be Home For Christmas





Zack Morris...Saved By The Bell




The Lawrence Brothers from Brotherly Love.

A Wonderful Day!

Well, after a little over a month now from meeting with our lawyer David and I FINALLY got all our paperwork in!!! What this means...is next week we sign the documents the the firm typed up, and they file everything with the government which starts the process of David getting his Green Card, granting him permanant residency in the states!!! We are so excited! We had a little trouble getting some documents together from Canada and getting a hold of people, but alas as of today the paperwork is in and things can move forward! PLUS this means in about 3 months we can FINALLY visit Canada sometime after that! Yay!!!

Proud Domestic Moments

Ok, so i can cook, just not as well as i'd like...i wish it were more of an instict than anything. Instead i get out my cute little box meals when i make David and i dinner and have at it...i mean, i can make SOME things from scratch, just not as much as i would like.

My family likes to tease me and say i can't cook because before i had david i would have macaroni and ramen every night and thats all i ever made for myself, but i'm completely content with that. I was only cooking for me, i didn't need to put on a show.

Well, then we got married and i cooked about 5-6 days a week for the first month until i started to feel bad. I realized that i LOVE pasta and so i tend to make it...a lot. I didn't cook at all last week cause i felt bad and embarrassed that i made it so frequently...David didn't say anything to me about it, i'm sure he doesn't care, but sooner or later he is sure to get sick of it.

So, i was sick this entire weekend and didn't cook at all some more, and yesterday took a half day at work...so i had this genius idea to get out the many cookbooks we have and find some sweet receipes so i dont feel like david is suffering. Here was the problem though. I'm not huge on flavor and spices. I dont eat green, onions, red sauce, barely any veggies, seafood, or pretty much anything foreign. SOOO, looking through these cookbooks was practically pointless since they are made by professionals and might as well be crinkling my nose at everything on the Food Network channel. Then, i thought i would look through the receipes david brought into the marriage, from Canada. The problem with that was....i don't read canadian. I mean some of the thigns were self explainatory, but i'm pretty sure i would need all ingredients for it to work, and...i may speak Canadian sometimes, but i sure the heck don't read it.

I pull out the last cookbook we have, and my last hope for new receipes. It was the cookbook i have been using for sometime now, but only for pancakes and orange julius'...my Aunt Lynne's cookbook. Thank heavens...there was my kinda food in there. I found 2 receipes i wanted to try for this week and pulled them out and went shopping....HECK FREAKING YES I MADE HOMEMADE BREAD ANNNNNNDDD A CASSEROLE WITH HOMEMADE MASHED POTATOES NOT BOXED ONES!!!!!! lol am so proud of me.

And all Seasons have started...

Ok, i really don't watch much TV, i'm mostly a big movie go-er. HOWEVER, i have the 3 shows that i watch religiously...Heroes- on monday nights, and Smallville followed by The Office-on Thursday nights. I am more than caught up on The Office, but would never miss an opportunity to re watch all 4 season because they are THAT good! We own season one, and one day i hope to own 2, 3, and 4. I love watching them over and over again...with that being said, The Office first episode of season 5 is on tonight...i will miss it though because David and I are going to see the Foo Fighters at the Joint. Sooo, tomorrow morning and i will be up and on nbc.com i'm sure laughing my head off. Man, i LOVE The Office. Smallville is my next love. I own seasons 1-6 and yesterday David brought home season 7 for me. That was quite the little surprise :). Last week Season 8 or Smallville started, but i couldn't watch it because i missed the last two episodes of season 7, but now that i have season 7, i'm watching those two episodes today, and can start season 8 next week. And, my new love is Heroes. I got into it during the spring and borrowed (and now own) Season 1, then watched Season 2 online, and its season 3 premiere was on Monday... It was good stuff. Well, now that i blogged and dragged on about the 3 greatest shows ever lol i can't wait to see what is in store for me with Jim and Pam, The Villians, and Smallville

is ALWAYS a surprise!!! Yay for my shows!!!

Sadness or Anger: I don't know which, but i'm a raging tornado of it!!!!

So there i was looking at everyones cute blogs today, and finally figured out how to change my template to something cute...little did i know it was going to DELETE all my friends and pictures down the side when i got it! I'm soooo angry and frustrated right now! I don't know everybodys links SO please add them....i would like to say it is important that i get everyones back, and it is true i read everyones on my list, but these for sure i want to recover...Brooke wood, erika childs, liz case, brighton noorda, morgan baldwin, aunt jan, rob and rashahn chatwin, ashley demille, myra bybee, cassidy willhite, jen broderdorf, jen hurst, misty barrett, laura cutler ugh....this is all i can remember right now from my list. freaking thing. grrrrr. I'm definitely a raging tornado of anger!

Utah-Our Vacation State

On Friday this past weekend we had Dad and Sondae and Culel and Jessice over at our house for pizza and a movie. Oh man...our house isn't exactly Culel proof (though i think no ones is) so, we tried to proof it as much as possible and he STILL found things ot tear down adn get into! He was such a little terroist lol! Everyone left early because they couldn't get a hold of him, he wanted to touch and play and tear up EVERYTHING lol. I even took him and jess on a walk to the pool house in the middle and made him walk so he could be worn out, and on the way back it hit him and he started stumbling around so i picked him up and carried him the last bit. Clearly that last bit was enough to give him his energy back because the second he walked into the house it was like he'd never left lol little fart.

Saturday, David and i left up to see my grandma Ellen p in Duck Creek. I haven't been up there since i was younger to hang out for one because i work weekends and never have the time, and two because i am lazy and New Harmony is closer. So it was quite the treat after we made a point to get up there to hang out with Grandma and her best friend Jane. We had dinner with them, and got dirty riding four wheelers, and played Sequence and Jokers Wild with them. LOVE it. I can't wait til they come back down to Vegas so we can play here :)

ALSO this weekend. We left Duck Creek and went to play in New Harmony. I hung out with mom because David was helping Ross work moving hay and filing up the sewage trenches with dirt. Why you ask do i saw it was a vacation when David worked?? Well, because he had so much dang fun working and playing on the loader lol!!!! I was getting a kick out of watching him because i new he was having a blast...so i took pictures of it knowing i was going to blog about it today lol.

And Finally the RECEPTION...

I totally forgot something in the last blog about in between the Sealing and Reception. David and i needed to fill the car up with gas so we stopped at a 7-11 on the corner of bonanza and lamb or something and this guy came up to us and asked for a ride, David told him that unfortunately we were on our way to our reception because we had JUST gotten married, and this poor homeless man whipped out a dollar, handed it to david and told him to never spend that dollar to always keep a dollar on him and congrats and walked away. Though now, we have no idea where that dollar is, i thought it was quite the lesson. This man giving us what he had with a little advice to go with it. Good Man.

After we left Aunt Jans house and went to the reception, i went around and just doubled checked on things, making sure the laptop with the music on was set and ready and the projector and bringing in my bag to change clothes and such. about 10 minutes til people were supposed to show i went and changed back into my fluffy wedding dress and then it was show time...until we couldn't find Mom. I ran out to the car to get my phone and called her. Of course she was lost! lol i stalled a bit but then finally got into the receiving line with Dad, Sondae, David, and Susan until her and Ross showed up, then they joined us. I can't believe some of the people who drove out to be with us!

Within 45 minutes to an hour the room was full every table filled and some people standing i was surprised, but very pleased. Chris announced that we were going to be starting the Ring Ceremony and our bridal party lined up and Bishop Andreason came over. I was pretty much against the Ring Ceremony since the beginning, and even the day before we were married. BUT it was something David really wanted, so i incorporated it in the way he wanted. I was nervous for one because it was in the middle of the Reception. Every reception i have ever been to people are in and out of the building and it is never quite. Our reception was perfect though. By the end of the Reception, the Ring Ceremony was my favorite part of the night. Thank you David. Ok, so the reverence in the room during the ceremony was astounding and the Bishop did SUCH an amazing job. He touched on the temple and what goes on in there and somethings our Sealer said, and then talked about the rings and what they mean a bit. I was incredibly impressed and pleased with how it played out.

Next came the Surprise Video. I had been working with David sisters a little over a month before the wedding to get a video of them and a congrats or whatever they wanted to say to us. I knew it would be important to David because of how close he is to his sisters and he was kinda bummed they couldn't make it. The video obivously wasn't as good as them being there, but it was pretty up there to David and HIS favorite part of the reception. He had no idea that it was in the schedule, so after the Ring Ceremony when i got on the mic and gave my nervous little "speech", he was all smiles.

Dun Dun Duuuuunnnn!!! This is the next little surprise i planned in for David without informing him. A few nights before the wedding David and i were at Aunt Jan and Uncle Lloyds when Uncle Lloyd suggested we cut the cake with a sword (mind you this is while Jan and i are polishing and decorating the thing we were cutting the cake with!). Uncle proceeds to take David in his room and show him a sword and get him all hyped that he could use this sword to cut the cake. David comes back into the front room and asks if we could cut the cake with the sword and i hold up all the work Jan and i just finished with the cake cutter we were going to use and told him absolutely not. So fast forward a bit. He kept bringing up the sword over the next few days and i kept telling him no. Then the night before on Friday, I was packing all the things up for Jan to take to the church while i was still at the temple taking pictures and stuff and the sword had been left out. I asked Jan if we could really use the sword and got the okay, so i hurry and decorated the handle all girly like :). Hey, if i was going to cut our cake with a sword the sword would be decorated lol! Anyhow, so the day came, the time came and Bryana presented the sword to David and again i got to see his face light up lol. SO good. It makes me happy. He was so stinking excited he got to cut the cake with that sword lol.

After the cake cutting was the Special Dances. Dancing with Dad was an adventure because i can only really dance with David so i kept tripping, you just couldn't see cause my dress was in the way. I didn't get to catch much of David and Susan dancing, but when i asked him about it he was pretty happy about it. Then there was our first dance to our song "Forever"-Ben Harper. mmm David. Good stuff :)

Then...We danced it up!!!

Money Dance next and we made bank! I was nervous at first because we didn't to be like the time when the crickets come out. We were excited though because on our honeymoon we didn't have to spend any of the money we set aside for the honeymoon, just all the money from the money dance and still had some left over on the way home. David made the most though lol. I kept dancing with the same person for quite a while, for every one person i danced with he danced with three...i see he is a popular one and a good choice lol ;)

THEN it became time for the garter/bouquet toss. First of all my dress is very restricting...so when the time came to throw it, i was being careful not to hit the lights on the ceiling, but to also, throw it far. Well, i did good with the ceiling part, but the far part didn't happen. It didn't even make it to the older girls. I was disappointed and embarrassed, but there wasn't really anything i could do. I really couldn't throw far. The garter toss is where the humor comes in lol. Right after the bouquet disappointment, David came up to me and asked me what leg the garter was on. I was so confused lol i was like "what garter?" lol and then the light bulb came on...i didn't even have it on! When my photographer was helping me get my dress back on, i was so worried about making sure the back of my dress was pinned up that i totally forgot to put the garter on!!! lol Sooo, i ran into the changing room and put it on and ran back out and sat in the chair they had set up for me lol. Funny thing that garter lol David got down in there with his teeth, buuttt it got caught on my G's so he snuck a hand up there and got out safely lol. His toss was wayy better and i'm sure a lot more fun for the guys.

We cut the reception short because we had nothing left to do but the last dance and exit to sweet bubbles. So we danced while my brother and sister and David's cousins passed out bubbles and changed while everyone was heading outside so we could run through them to our car. When we got to our car it was decorated with car paint and oreo's and a mysterious sucker stuck to the hood, and we drove away.....

The End. :)

Wedding Day before the Reception!!!...With the most amazing husband ever!

Ok, SO, i got up early the next morning, and by early i mean around 7-8ish, and helped Aunt Jan with the little poem that was framed on the favor table and other small tasks. Aunt Jan made me and Jenny breakfast which was waaay yummy (Jenny said with me that night!), and then we were both off to get our hair done. Jenny got hers cut and i got mine did all pretty for the day. Brakell freaking rocks. I didn't realize that i didn't schedule things well and i would be cutting it close to get to the temple on time...luckily i was in Jan's mustang..:) needless to say i made it home quicker than normal lol. So, got home, had everything packed and in the car, and Jan, Lloyd, and I took off and headed for the temple. It was weird i thought i was going to be nervous, but i wasn't. I was anxious more than anything. I got to the temple and David and i went and sat in one of the recorder rooms and made sure all our information was there and correct then went our seperate ways to change. I love being in the bridal room, that day there was apparently like 15 or so other weddings going on, so there were about 4-5 other dresses in the room. Love it. Ok, so i got dressed and met David in a waiting room right by of our sealing room. It may or may not be sacriligeous, lol but we were definitely being silly and kissing, and just, being us. There was a bit of a complication so our ceremony was running late. My Grandpa Garth accidentally forgot his recommend in Utah and he was one of our witnesses. So we decided if he didn't show up, then we would ask David's Uncle Rick to be a witness, but then no one could find Uncle Rick lol! After about 5-10 minutes my temple escort came and told us it was time, that they had found Uncle Rick and everything was ready to go.

David and i walked down the hall into our ceiling room, it was beautiful. However, the second i walked in, i about started bawling. There in the corner of the room was my Dad's brother, my Uncle Dennis. He is almost identical to my dad and i couldn't help but picture my dad and how he wasn't there. Before the ceremony even started i was all watery eyed, so i kept my head down and David was squeezing the life out of my fingers for one reason or another :). After i regained composure i was able to concentrate more on what the sealer had to say. He was a silly guy lol. Kinda off the wall really lol. Anyhow we got through the Sealing, said the "I Do's" and were off again. It was weird. There was this part during the sealing that i could REALLY feel that we were married, that if happened and we were welded together. And then when we left the room it was gone, and it just felt like we were playing house again. I think that it was important that i felt the distinction though, it made it final. Anyhow, so David and i changed into our wedding getup, my white fluffy dress and his sexy suit, and exited out the east side doors!

This is gonna sound silly, but exited out those doors was just one of those things. lol Everyone who gets married in the Vegas temple has the "doors picture" the one right after you get sealed adn you bust through the doors and everyone is out there waiting....ya i freaking loved this part! lol And of course after we came though the doors david had to do his embarrassing bit...*sidenote* so while we were dating, david would ALWAYS like to embarrass me in public with this phrase "everybody, everybody! This is my hot girlfriend!" so its kinda been an on-going joke, and when we got engaged, he had to "everybody, everybody, this is my hot fiancee!", so OBVIOUSLY right when we can through the temple doors to see everyone, after we were officially married David held his hands up and "everybody, everybody! This is my hot wife!" lol i dont think he could help it. After that it was awkward for .5 seconds, when we didn't know what to do. Everyone was just kinda standing around so we started to make our way around everyone receiving the congrats and giving out hugs. After that our handi dandi professional photographer got bossy with us as requested and called out names ordering us around for group pictures. It was freaking hot outside! 3 in the afternoon and we were rockin and rocking taking pictures, walking up hills, jumping around...good times, good times.

Finally we were done with family pictures, bridal party pictures, and David and my individual picture business and we were finally off. We stopped and put gas in the car and got drinks then went to Aunt Jans to sent out a little something for her and Uncle Lloyd adn to NAP. We were sooooo tired and we hadn't even conquered the reception yet. So, i showed David our wedding bands because he hadn't seen them yet, and then fell asleep on the couch. It wasn't until Aunt Lynne, who was staying there, was like "you guys had better get up if you dont want to be late to your reception!" that we woke up.

Stay tuned for the reception part of all this....

20 of my favorite Husband things

I love:

-coming home to my husband
-making dinner for him
-getting new things for our apartment
-cuddling with David
-waking up to my husband
-talking with my husbands sisters
-grocery shopping with David
-being punch drunk with my husband
-holding hands with him
-catching David's eyes from across a room
-going to the temple with David
-hanging out with my family and David
-road trips to Utah with David
-showers with David
-FHE's with just the two of us in our new apartment
-Texts to and from David
-knowing my husband loves me
-having a husband to love and adore
-taking pictures with my honey
-having my best friend as my spouse

Getting Married to...THE best man ever...Days prior to the wedding.

Well, lets start our story 3 days before the wedding. I'm not going to detail it all because that would take far too long, but i will give you enough.

Wednesday! Davids mom and grandma were both in by tuesday night so we decided it would be a good idea for them to meet my family prior to the wedding so we set up a dinner at my dads house on Wednesday night. We were running late but finally got there and my family had cooked a very yummy yummy dinner. I got out our table topics box (its a box of a whole bunch of questions to kill awkwardness lol). Susan and Grandma Kydd were being pretty quiet and so i got out the box deciding we didn't need awkward silence the entire night because my family i think would have been quiet as well if not forced lol. So i got out the magic box which was fun and interesting hearing everyones answers...the night was short lived. It didn't go bad at all...it served its purposed, and they met, it ended up not being awkward and ya. SO--the in-laws met.

The next day (Thursday) was a really really busy day for me. I knew Davids family wanted us to come play with them which was a good idea. I would feel really bad if all these people came all the way down from the north and only saw us at the reception. That is retarded. So we tried to make time for everyone. Anyhow so thursday i took off work a bit early and loaded up the trailer with EVERYTHING that was going to the chapel on friday for us to start decorating. Then David came over so we could go up to the temple (i wanted to go one last time before we got sealed). After the temple we went to the Imperial Palace which was where Susan, Grandma Kydd, Uncle Rick, and his kids were staying. Susan went and got Davids friends and cousin, David J, Erin, and Ryan while we were at the temple so they were all in the room when we walked in. This night was sooo nice. I have mentioned before how i love associating with anything David is associated with. I want to meet alllll his family and every single one of his friends. I love being able to put names with faces too. I have known Grandma Kydd since we first started dating way back in November, and i have been able to visit with Susan and David J online. It was even more neat though to meet uncle rick who i've heard so much about and his cousin Ryan. **Sidenote: Ryan is pretty much the nicest guy ever with the most amazing dreadlocks ever lol. Anyhow i LOVED that we were all there in that little hotel room hanging out visiting and getting to know one another. This was one of the two best nights prior to the wedding. The brought gifts for us down from Canada for David and i to open there and they wanted to hear how we met and he proposed. It was a really special night for me being there with his family and friends who i already have fallen in love with. They are amazing. That night after we left we went and unloaded the trailer at the church that i had loaded up earlier that day, cleared out the entire cultural hall, and ATTEMPTED to hang the lights on the ceiling, however, there was some confusion to how it was done and it didn't happen. So we all went home.

Friday! The busy day. I got up at 7:20am to go get the key to our apartment then met David at the chapel to let him and the boys in to set up the ceiling since we finally got the correct way on how to hang the lights. While they were hanging lights, me and Little (Erin) and Brighton went back to my place and loaded pretty well much everything that i owned onto the trailer we had unloaded the night before. Susan was there finishing our cake and Aunt Jan finishing our favors. We were so proud of ourselves lol when i have guys help me move it take about 2 hours to load everything. Darn right it took us three girls only an hour and a half haha! After we were done we went over to the chapel to help the boys, but they were practically done so we swapped! The boys went and unloaded the trailer at the apartment and us girls beautified the hall. We took a bit of a break in the afternoon when Rachel met up with us and got some supplies we needed then all met back up to finish everything at the church that could be finished. Then it was relax time and we all went out for pedicures then went our seperate ways. Later that night after seeing David the last time before we were married, went to the church and finished all the final little touches, which pretty much was everything audio related. THEN i went to my Dad's house to see my sisters one last time before i wouldn't for a few months. Bry was leaving back to DC while i was on the honeymoon and Bailey up to Reno for her first year in college. It was such a precious night to me being there with just my dad and siblings--Bry, Bai, Caiden, and Culel. I loved it was just us family, sitting around, watching the olympics. Everyone was asking me questions about when i went through the temple the week before, their parts the next day and times they needed to be places though. Caiden was perhaps the cutest about it though. He asked me just before i left if he was going to be able to see me before i HAD to become a Richards lol. I told him no and he proceeded to tell me he didn't think i sounded good as a Richards and i should just keep being a Shirley lol. Good stuff. Anyhow, this was the other precious night to me. Then i went home, hung out with aunt jan a bit, and went to bed.

The stories will come....

when i get back to work monday and have nothing to do, in the meantime, you can rest your eyes upon these!

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The Canadians are coming! The Canadians are coming!

The Canadians are here!
Davids friends and family started coming in last friday night and the last bit come in tomorrow. Just a little update on things, since it will be about a week or so til i get back from CA. On top of getting ready for the reception and wedding and everything else, we get to play tour guide. It has been really fun, and an adventure to balance. Everyone has been wanting our attention, especially davids friends and family coming all this way so we are trying to accomadate everyone. Last night we had a little family dinner so davids mom adn grandma could meet my immediate family. I have been getting the last things together (i.e. my dress pressed, the rest of the decorations, and others small details).

Planning the wedding has been a blast but i am SO ready for it to be over. I have a ton of people who have made my life easier. A few of the important who have been life savers is my cousin Chris stepping up to the plate to DJ last minute, Lori Wong and family, who solved the ceiling crisis, Brenda and Lorraine taking a lot of work and decisions off my hands, Melissa Brandley for reading my mind with the flowers, i'm excited to see how they come out, she is amazing, and Jackie Noorda, pretty well providing all decoraion. These people are the ones that will be making the reception run that everyone will be attending and have saved me from SO much stress. And of course my very very sweet Aunt Jan who has been my hero. Literally, I dont know what David and i will do without her. As excited as i am to move in with David i will be sooooo x10 sad to leave her presence and household. She is so wonderful. Well, these are just a few thank yous, more will be in order after the wedding. But man these guys have saved me from panic befor eit happened.

Alright all, be back in a week...ish :)

Temple

Well, after all the fear and panic, i finally went through the temple this weekend :) it was wonderful. I loved being there with David, and i'm not going to really say much here, but that it was amazing and so natural....

THE best weekend with my Fiance...So far. :)

This weekend after all my dress drama finally worked out. John did me a HUGE favor and drove my dress down from Orem to Cedar City so i would have it for the pictures. HUGE HUGE HUGE Thanks to John. He is a lifesaver yet again. So we were incredibly busy running back and forth from utah all day Friday for a sealing and reception for Davids friend Monica Hopley. She looked beautiful! It was nice to meet another friend of his from Canada. It has pretty well became my new favorite thing. It makes me even more excited for when David J, Erin, and Chrys come down. Anyhow, after the reception, we took Monica's sister and mom to Las Vegas so they could make their flight, then went and picked up Breaking Dawn...a must in our weekend...then finally got to Davids to pick up his suit and nap at 2am. And had to get up at 5-530 to get to St. George by 830 to get my hair did. So we race up to St. George, got my hair did for bridals, that i'm not posting til after we're married :). And then took Casual fun ones. i had SOOO much fun with David. He looked absolutely amazing in his suit. Here is a few of the goodness and joy.

My Dress never came in. I am pretty upset with the bridal stores right now though it seems there isn’t much I can do. They haven’t been very helpful and rather rude. The worst part is I scheduled pictures this weekend and everyone made arrangements for me only to find my dress isn’t in, nor do they know where it is at. We are still going to take pictures, but in casual matching clothes, it think it will still be cute, but I wish the dress was here. We get married in 2 weeks and no one seems to know where it is.....Wait, hold that thought. My dress is supposed to be here on Wednesday. I just called the place…again, and that is what they said. Freaking people. I want to strangle them all.

David is in St. George today. He went to his friend Monica’s sealing. I wish I could have been there. It makes me more anxious to get married despite how nervous I may have or will be. I just want to be with him.

I got my hair done Wednesday to test things out, and it ROCKED! Even David liked it. I went down to the Sahara and Lindell chapel to surprise david after he got out from his interview, and was sitting in the lobby. Well, he came out of the office, looked as me...did a double take, STILL didn't recognize me lol and started walking out to his truck lol. I was walking after him adn was like, “ummm, did you forget something?” and he turned around like "what?" lol needless to say he had no idea it was me for a split second. lol everyone loved it though, and i stinking love it.

I think that is all the news for now. This upcoming week is going to be busy, we are trying to shove a TON of stuff into a week before David’s friends and family start coming in from Canada. It will be a good time.

Alas, it set in...

The panic, or fear, or anxiety or whatever it is set in last night. I pretty much hate it. I didn't think it was going to happen. I have been SO incredibly calm through this, more calm than i thought i was going to be actually. I kinda broke down yesterday over everything. It lasted like 4 minutes while i was at work and then the water stopped and that was all....until i was heading to the chapel to meet with the Bishop for my recommend. I was all quiet, which for interview isn't normal for me, and kept thinking that right then and there he was going to tell me no now that the invites are out, we are two and a half weeks away and everything is set in motion.

I'm pretty sure that it isn't the getting married fact. I know i am supposed to marry David, no doubt about that. But i have had a few dreams lately and still can't shake the idea that even though i have both recommends and the marriage license and all the other requirements that i am going to get to the front desk and be denied. Like, "Sorry, it was a cruel joke, your recommend isn't actually valid, come back in a few months" or something. I mean i go through the temple next Saturday for heavens sake! This kinda stuff can't be happening! If i am going to bee feeling like this for the next 2 1/2 weeks til we get married it is going to be VERY long.

As for other business...the fine tuning of things is going well. David and i finished covering the bases of our trees all pretty last night so they don't look like plaster in a bucket. We've had our license for ages, we both should have our recommends by next week, friends and family from Canada start coming in next Friday, our beastly project of our music is finally polished and complete after two weeks, I get my hair colored today and test out sweet styles, AND i'm crossing my fingers my dress comes in this week since we are supposed to be taking pictures this weekend in Utah. Thats the wedding stuff, then tomorrow we are going to see Carolina Liar and the Ataris AND Breaking dawn comes out this weekend :)

Bridal Shower Pictures

I have been way busy lately and am too tired/lazy to post the actual pictures up here. So here are the links.

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24 Days, Bridal Showers, Dark Knights, Colbie Caillat, and the best fiance ever.

Well, we are now 24 days away from the wedding and 3 weekends. I'm surprised how calm i am. I know it hasn't sunk in for David yet. I asked him on Monday night and he said not really, maybe it will either 11 days in or after we are married...goofball :) lol.

So last wednesday i had my first bridal shower. I have two. One my aunt is throwing this saturday for family, and one that my maid of honor threw for me last wednesday for my girlfriends. It was a freaking blast! I love just hanging out with friends every now and then. After me shower this saturday i will put up pictures, but for right now it can wait.

Friday night David and i went and saw Dark Knight in the IMAX theater. All i have to say is it was PERFECT. The best batman movie yet. The Joker was amazing and i loved that it didn't drag on like Batman Begins. There were about 3 times where the movie could have ended and it didn't it was still just as good. I mean some movies when they can close it and seems to draaaggg oooonnnn, not this one. It was very well executed. ALL of it.

I have been telling David for a while now how stinking excited i was that Colbie Caillat was coming to town adn i was VERY tempted to get tickets. David two weeks ago got Colbie tickets for me, the show was last night, and it was freaking awesome! I took my girlfriend Erin Cory with me. Colbie is kinda our thing. Well i had been wondering for a while who was going to open for Colbie, since it wasn't advertised at all, only to find Jason Reeves was! I was sooo excited! I flew to Dallas last year and saw Colbie, except it was far away and Jason wasn't there. Sad day. Anyhow, we were SO close to the stage, Jason opened, Colbie touched mine and Erins hand...twice. Not to mention the serious eye contact that was going down. I about peed my pants when Jason came out in the middle of Colbie performance and they sang "Droplets" together. Practically amazing. THEN after the show, Jason came down and signed our tickets and took a picture with us! AMAZING. Anyhow...Amazing night mmmm.

David is going to Comic Con this weekend to get his nerd on as we like to call it. He and our friend Christian are pretty darn stoked about it too. They crack me up. Last night they went and bought sketch pads and planned out the entire trip of who they needed to talk to and see and get signatures from, and all sorts of stuff. He's so stinking cute i love it. lol

Anyway good story. Recap. 24 days, 3 weekends. one bridal shower left, Dark Knight was perfect, Colbie was amazing, and David is going to Comic Con this weekend. Oh! and hoefully my dress comes in on time next week as it is supposed to.

Well, i finished it and am starting Eclipse....

I was quite impressed by how New Moon played out. It made me depressed at first and i couldn't help, but love Jacob's warmth and kindess of opposed to the eerie nature of the Vampire, yet i wanted Edward back so badly. I think what sold me was the irony. Her best friend a werewolf. Her lover a vampire. Destined mortal enemies, sure to cause internal conflict. it was beautiful. And the treaty at the end. KNOWING they were going to turn her into a vampire. Uh...SO good.

The marriage ultimatum was perfect and the voting...yum! The tension of being in volterra was so good and learning about the extra powers i thought that was neat, the different talents. The marriage proposal was sweet irony as well. Bella is so in love with Edward, yet not the kinda girl who would settle down, which as you are reading you can only be angry with her, because Edward is perfect. As i was reading about the guy who could feel relationships, i loved it how deep the love was, that it was starling. You could only root for them to be together. It was frustrating to me that Jacob is a werewolf, but i am going to assume that will come together as i start reading Eclispe.

I was surprised how partial to the vampire i was. Clearly the werewolf was much more warm and friendly, and even when i stopped to think about it i knew the vampires were creepy. Yet, the Cullens weren't. I think their icy blinding skin would freak me out and therefore i have a really hard time picturing any of them beautiful. There are so many things about them i don't like, but maybe the worldly image of the vampire is still in me and i can't shake it. I don't know if any of this makes sense. All i know is when i think vampire it creeps me out, but when i read i am more partial to the vampires then to the werewolves. Or maybe it goes back to what they represent. The werewolf as a friend and vampire as a lover. And I would automatically choose David over my friends. It's like Bella says: Love is irrational.

However, depressing New Moon was...it was perfect.

I'm gonna make this short and sweet...

Many of you are familiar with this book. New Moon, the Sequel to Twilight. I started it two days ago and am on the 7th chapter. I was late boarding the Twilight boat on this one, but alas i am here....and LOVING IT! Until i started reading New Moon. It kinda puts me in a bad mood or a mellow one rather with edward being gone and all. It makes me sad. I think it is because to me, Edward represents David in my life. i was so sad yesterday that i didn't feel myself, i didn't want to go to my bridal shower last night because i felt so depressed as if David was actually gone, because Edward was gone, or maybe i just felt for Bella. It wasn't until i was driving down the road heading to my Bridal shower and david was heading toward me in his truck that i felt better. I'm silly. Anyway it was all better and i was back to normal after i saw david. It was weird, ive never had a book do that to me. And i dont like that Bella is hanging with Jacob, as nice as he is, i dont like it. i feel like bc she is hanging out with jacob she is cheating on edward. I mean he has to come back right? i dont like the feeling so much that i get when i read because it is so depressing, but i have to read it because i want him to come back. So these are my thoughts. That is all.

The Beauty of Stealth Mode

I have had a date with Robi to go off roading in his jeep for sometime now. On Sunday....during sacrament :)...we set up a day this week. We figured it was really hot outside so we needed to go during the night, so we set it up for last night after FHE to work with mine and David's schedule.

Robi was our trusty adventure guide and Sierra our jeepmate, as we headed out past the 215 on Summerlin parkway. We were out for a good hour and a half and the best part of our adventure was in the beginning.

So right after you pass the 215 heading west and slightly go right, you hit construction. Of course there is a security guard there sitting at a gate to make sure there aren't punks that go back on the site and all sorts of other shenenigans. I'm thinking "DANG IT! What a party ruiner, now we have to reschedule." Wrong. Robi pulls The Jewel up next to the security guard...WAVES...and takes off lol! The Jewel hauls! The Security guard...lets call him Ed, whips around and starts chasing us! We start flying down the road thinking we could out run him until a loader on the jobsite pulls up out in front of us and slows us down! We see Ed coming up quick on us and what does Robi do? Straight squeezes past the loader and we take off again! However, Ed does the same thing to keep up with us! We get a considerable amount ahead of him where Robi puts The Jewel in Stealth Mode and takes of straight instead of curving left with the main road!...And Ed didn't even see us! He curved left and we got away and started our off roading experience!

SO, as we get out to take sweet pictures a helicopter comes flying over us...with its spotlight on...we were kinda panicking since the area we were in was owned by Howard Hughes and the aircraft was freaking circling around us for a good 2 minutes. Finally Robi got out of the jeep and waved...and the helicopter left! lol What the heck!? I think it is the hair. I swear it is full of magic and secrets!

To finish off our expedition we didn't die, though i was very grateful it was dark outside so i couldn't see what we were teetering on among other things. On the way back out we drove around the gate. Ed was waiting...in Stealth Mode. We waved again...drove past to Summerlin Parkway...and he watched....at least he recognizes defeat :).

So what did i learn?
1. Pee before getting in the jeep
2. Blow past Ed to maximize your jeeping experience.
3. If you get motion sickness jeeping is not your sport.
4. The Jewel is a rockstar.
5. Jeeping is literally an art.
6. The Jewel's backseat is magical.
7. Don't drink gatorade while jeeping. It gets in your eye.
8. DON'T WEAR SKINNY JEANS.

Bridal Stores are Ridiculous.

Why is it that every bridal store i have called seems to stress me out. Actually, i wouldn't consider it stressing me out. I would classify it as angering me profusely. Make sense? When i was finding my dress i called about 4 stores to find out if anyone had it in stock only to find, that it wasn't and if i wanted it, it had to be made and shipped out of China. This meant that i would have to wait until the week of July 30th for my dress...isn't that cutting it a bit close though? I called 3 months in advnace and it is still taking forever? You would think bridal stores deal with important days all the time, and know that brides don't like to wait long periods of time for essentials. I mean, are they expecting me to show up naked if it isn't in on time??? Honestly, I think it should be a requirement to keep that crap in the states. None the less it was from a Utah venue...isn't Utah the marriage capital of the world? To me that screams, hey we have dresses in stock so you can get married tomorrow. Apparently i was wrong.

So, then this weekend we found THE perfect dresses for my bridesmaids, and they are being rushed to be here on time. Well, the sales lady told me they would be here by Aug 8th. So i got paif for them over the phone. THEN went i called back for additional info., she was like oh no, they get in from CA, 2-3 days AFTER August 8th....Holy crap!? Are you kidding me?? LIES AND DECEIT! She told me they would be in by Aug 12th, which means i am going to have to RUSH to get them. My mom will have to drive to Cedar to get them, then after i get off work at 5, meet her in either St. George or Mequite, then on the 13th have them fitted to the girls...it will take a day ish to have them done and we pick them up on the 15th. What the crap!? Freaking Bridal Stores. I hate you all.

Happy Slurpee Day to all and to all a Good Slurpee Day!

I think that we should take a moment of silence for the Slurpee. It changes lives...puts smiles on faces, turns bads days to good, cools down us Las Vegans from the heat, and they are tasty among many other things. So silence time...now!............................................Ok stop.
Mmm slurpee. Today, next to my birthday, is my favorite holiday. Who wouldn't love these little cups of joy? I am convinced God sent us a little piece of heaven. So in honor of us avid Slurpee go-er's i have a little something to make you giggle and appreciate the Slurpee even more. And for those of you new Slurpee comers...Better late than never. Jesus forgives you and you aren't going to hell anymore. Choose the right and bring others unto this little cup of goodness. Happy Free Slurpee Day everyone! Get a free slurpee! and enjoy!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A SLURPEE ADDICT WHEN...

-You know what Slurpee flavours the local 7-11 currently has

• You know what the consistanies are like -- either before you arrive and/or pour from the taps

• You know the names of the Clerks that work at 7-11

• Your tongue is stained the color of your favourite Slurpee flavour

• You deliberately take your time while drawing your Slurpee from the machine and dottle before going to the till, in order to "defrost" before heading back into the cold.

• If you don't arrive at your usual 7-11 store as you usually do, they ask what happened to you the next time that you go there.

• Your reflex aims to ensure that your Slurpee remains perpendicular to the ground, without spilling, if you may slip and fall.

• You know where all local 7-11 locations are.

• Know how good or bad the consistencies are by just looking at the product, before even drawing it.

• You have a need to stop whenever you see a 7-11

• You have several Slurpee cups sitting around

• You do favors for others only because you've been promised a Slurpee reward.• When you develop withdrawl symptoms if you don't get your daily (if not hourly) "fix"

• When you have pictures of Slurpees placed into your photo album, tacked to your walls, or framed, not to mention various pictures of your favorite 7-Eleven store.

• The 7-11 clerks know YOUR name.

• You never turn down an opportunity to have a Slurpee, even if you are having a migraine and have a nasty cold.

• You find yourself lecturing others on Slurpee Etiquette, the importance of constancies, and the best 7-Eleven's around town.

• Whenever somebody starts to talk about cup sizes, your initial thought is, "yellow cup or clear cup?" Your embarrasement is soothed by another Slurpee.

• When the clerk says, "you again?" Except, they aren't all too surprised.

• When your sister wakes you up in the middle of the night and asks if you want to come to the 7-Eleven with her, you only hesitation is whether or not you should wear a jacket.

• When you ask for a wad of Slurpee coupons for your Birthday and/or Christmas present

•If you had a catch phrase if would be: "Mmmm....Slurpee" "Wanna go for a Slurpee???" "I'm thirsty" (often followed by the preceeding quote) ... or would somehow include 'Slurpee' or '7-Eleven'

• When people refer to you as the "Slurpee girl" (or guy, if that applies)

• When you start your day with a Slurpee, or end it with a Slurpee

• When it's not odd for you to always be seen with a Slurpee at your side.

• You sit on the heat register because its -30C outside and not warm enough inside to keep you from shivering as you drink your Slurpee.

• When the bitterly cold winter is no reason not to have a Slurpee. In fact, it's a good thing: that way, your Slurpee won't melt on the way home.

• When the "bestest" present of all would be a life supply of Slurpees.

• When the best part of playing volleyball is getting the after-game Slurpee. A big one to celebrate your win, or a big one to cheer yourself up.

• When, in the dead of winter, you get yourself a Slurpee and a hot chocolate to balance it all out.

• When the only thing that gets you through the school/work day is knowing that you'll be able to get a Slurpee at its end.

• When, after every burp, you truthfully comment (aloud or to yourself), "Mmmm. Tastes like Slurpee..."

• When you try to grow a Slurpee tree by "planting" a Slurpee cup into the ground. [Sadly, this did not work...]

• When all your doodles contain the images of or the words, "Slurpee" and "7-Eleven."

• When you think (and believe) that Slurpee cures everything. [someone told me this only applies to myself, and that Slurpee only makes me feel better--not them. Who knew?]

• When you wait for the do-not-draw-product-when-flashing light on the machine to stop blinking just so you can have some of your favourite flavour

• When you somehow manage to always have a Slurpee in your hand.

• When you feel personally insulted when people call slushes from other stores "Slurpees." You also then make it your duty to lecture them on the differences between Slurpees and the other stuff, and how wrong it is to call any non-Slurpee a Slurpee.

• For Halloween you want to be a Slurpee

• You pretend to look at other merchandise while sipping on your delicious Slurpee and head back for more after the cup is half empty, before lining up to pay for it.

• When you figure out you can get 64oz (1.9L) of the necter of the gods (Slurpee!) by using a DoubleGulp cup.

• You get offended when you see someone drinking an Icee or a Froster

• You buy a Slurpee to comfort you in times of frustration

• Nothing discourages you from getting a Slurpee

• You fake a sore throat just so friends and family pitty you and buy you Slurpees to "soothe" your pain.

• You drive around town to 3-4 7-Elevens until you find the perfect consistency or flavor--this happens a lot in the summer on a hot day when you really need a Slurpee and you go in and its all watery........so you go to another store........and another......and another.......until your mission is complete!

• Free imitators won't do, so you go out of your way to get to the nearest 7-Eleven to get the real thing: a Slurpee!!! And it's definitely worth the drive!

• When you pull up to the 7-11 parking lot you quickly scan all the customers in the parking lot and get anxious when you see a lot of Slurpees in their hands because you know the consistency is all screwed up now.

• In your mind you consider it a heroic sacrifice to let your friends have the good Slurpee first when the consistency is in jeopardy. TRUTH!

• You get brain freeze but continue to relentlessly sip until there is nothing left.

• When the clear Slurpee cups end up replacing you're cubboard cups at home.

• You get a PHd in Slurpee-flavor mixing

• You convince two of your friends to drive you to 7-11 to get Slurpees and when you finish your Slurpee 20 minutes before they finish theirs, they end up giving you theirs because they are too lame to finish them and you can't let good Slurpee go to waste.

• Before you go out for the night, you make sure that you have the exact amount of money for a large Slurpee because you know a Slurpee-run is inevitable.

• You tutor new-comers on how to maximize their Slurpee experience with tips on applying the dome lid, opening the plastic-encapsulated straws.

• You know just how to tamp the cup on the counter to settle the product to make room for more.

• You rant at any strange 7-11 which has the audacity to NOT serve Coke (or Pepsi...it'll do in a pinch) Slurpee.

• When there machine's down, and you've been in day after day to check, they buy you a free Slurpee to apologize when they finally get back on track.

• Your dream job is to "shop" 7-11's to determine whether they are up to spec and report back to headquarters your findings

• You re-draw the "food pyramid" with Coca-Cola Slurpee replacing the "carb" section at the bottom.

• You visit eBay, Google, and every other search engine known to man in the hopes of finding an actual Slurpee machine for sale.

• Your fondest memories of childhood include being allowed in the *gasp* backroom of your local 7-11 to search for that one rare comic-book hero Slurpee cup you needed to finish your collection and the joy of finding it and handing it to the clerk to have it filled up (these were the days before self-service Slurpees)

• You consider it sacrilege when someone overfills their Slurpee cup and it spills over the side of the cup and onto the floor.

• You consider getting a 7-11 franchise just so you can make your own Slurpees (tm and all!) in full accordance with the law.

• You patiently wait for the clerk to do whatever magic is necessary to get a non-functional spout to work because, dang it, you want THAT flavor and no other.

• When there is a 7-11 5 minutes away, but you opt for the one 30 minutes away because they have more flavors

• You know you are addicted if you are too lazy to get up, and send your *other* out at 2 AM to get a slurpee!

• When the back seat of your car is full of slurpee cups just in case you stop for a slurpee and someone else is with you. Then they can use one of your cups because refills are cheaper

The Exchanging of Names

First and foremost, Happy National Free Slurpee Day! I LOVE slurpees! mmmm.

Ok, now for this interesting experience. So you know how when you are thinking about someone or a recent conversation or whatever and then go to call someone and accidentally call the person you were thinkin about instead.

Ya well this happened to me last night, but with a text. It was awful. Not only did i fill in this persons name in the text, but i sent it to her instead of the real recipient. It wasn't a bad thing....assuming the recipient received it. The was someone who had been driving me CRAZY, like everytime i saw them or heard their voice i was like wow...notta fan. i was letting the friend that i had vented to know that things had been getting better. I didn't want them to think i was a complete hater and let her go on thinking i didn't like said person, when i was feeling better toward them. Ya well this text got sent to the wrong person, with the wrong things inserted and i got a call from the person i sent it to and was sooo embarrassed. Totally a text gone wrong. I tried to explain the accident and i think it didn't go so well. Regardless. Words to the Wise. Check who you are sending your text to. It saves you from day later embarrassment.

My Little Helper

So, after David and I were engaged the wedding planning started. I had a dress two days later and it all has been pretty well downhill from there thanks to the excellent contacts i have and my ward family. However, that doesn't mean there hasn't been a few bumps in the road. David and i rarely get in heated confrontations. We both share our opinion, and compromise from there. He has really opened up a new side of me, having to consider someone else in my life. Well, as the wedding plans were flowing, apart from parental drama coming in from all angles, the tension started flooding in between he and i...over wedding plans.

Most brides would say that their fiance had no hand in the planning or minimal...so that is kinda what i was expecting. Getting help when i asked for it. I mean i didn't want him to just be like "Okay tell me when and where" and i didn't want to not include him at all, so that when i really needed an opinion he would think it didn't count, so i just assumed he would be on the sideline and if he had something to say he would let me know since he has never been shy to do so.

Oh boy, was i wrong. He wanted a hand in it ALL. It made sooo much more work for me and he became annoying...at first. It started off because he just didn't see where the reception was going. Of course i took that as a blow to the face as he didn't trust what i was doing with everything. So, i was like fine if you dont like the way i am doing things then you do it and handed him the binder and got out of the car and went in the house. I can't stay mad at David though. Not even possible, so i went for a run to blow off steam and went in the house to call him and ask what he wanted to do and what he wanted to get out of all of this. Of course, he got all cute on me and romantic and my little heart just melted. "I just want the wedding plans to be something we can do together, so that the wedding is ours and memories for US. Not you and your girlfriends." How could i refuse a proposal like that? He said he just couldn't see the 'vision', so he was just hoping it would come.

The next day i got to work and printed off pictures on the web of what daisies looked like, typed up a list of all the decorations i had in mind or had been getting together, a list of time and days i was meeting with people so that he knew in advance that way if he really wanted to be involved there were no excuses, and a floor plan for the reception area, among a ton of other things. I sure was upset at first that it was making more work for me, but now i am sooo glad he wants to be involved. I love going to meetings with him and hearing his input on things, and this is all why i love him.

Well, the reason i wanted to post all this was because last night i had picked up the arch from my Dad's house that he had made for us, and took it home to decorate. I had Jan and David directing where the vines looked best while i was on a stool tying them onto the arch. Then it came time to weave the vines in and out of the arch and intertwine the flowers in with it all. David was ALL over that. It was so stinking cute lol i couldn't help, but smile. After all he is the artsy one between the two of us, it would look better if he did it anyway. lol He is the idea and sketch, and i make it happen.

I stinking LOVE it lol....and him :)