More Wedding

Hope you aren't sick of wedding stuff. Molly did such a good job on our pics, I have to show them off. 

Katie Herzig!

I saw Katie Herzig last summer when she opened for Brandi Carlisle. We all know how much I love Brandi but Katie was a very fresh surprise. Here are a few of her songs. While looking her videos up YouTube I found a few other goodies. 

There is no video here just music....even better. 

Just a few of the songs I like to put on that make me smile. So smile, it's almost Christmas. 

Ok Get Ready, WEDDING!!

Ok I got my pictures from the wedding from the amazingly talented Molly Jones. Check out her website she does such an incredible job. 

We had such an amazing day. The sun came out at the last minute and we were able to have the ceremony outside (being outside was the whole reason we planned a wedding in only 5 weeks). 

Chris's sister did the flowers. They turned out really pretty. 

Smooch. Chris hates how he looks in kissing pictures but I loved this one. 

This is about as serious as the two of us get. It didn't last long...

...as you can see. I loved this because that is what we do the most of, laugh at each other. 

This pic of Chris and his mom Sandra is so cute. 

Oh my sweet daddy. Yes, I call him Daddy. I always will. 

Funny story, my dad is a little hard of hearing so as he was walking me down the isle he started singing the "here comes the bride"song (that is not what i walked down the isle to). So the music started really quite and here me and my dad come down while he is BELTING "bum bum bum bum" to the tune of here comes the bride....Hilarious and so typical! 

Noelle, me and Kleis. The 3 girls! We were all laughing pretty hard but trying to keep it together in this picture. Noelle was so ready pictures. She kept asking if it was her turn yet, weird, we usually can't get her in front of a camera. 

The full dress. 

This was actually a really comfy dress. I wish someone would have talked me into spanx though. I have a little tummy going on in most of these. Chris's grandma Jeanne passed away a few months ago and these were her pearls. Chris gave them to me a few days before the wedding and asked me to wear them. They are so beautiful and they go great with the strand my parents gave me when I turned 21. They had had them before I was even born. Noelle has a pair too. 

Well this is the crew. We all went to elementary, junior high and high school together... We've been friends forever. Love these girls. 

Our wedding day happened to be Chris's grandma Fern's birthday. So we all sang her a little happy birthday. I think she was pretty excited/embarrassed. 

That was such a good cake. Nothing bundt cake!!!

There are lots more pictures but these are a few of the ones I loves. We had a great day and shared it with great people. Chris and I are so happy and so grateful for all of the support of our amazing family and friends. 

The week after we got back from our honeymoon in Jackson Hole we started our remodel which is still going and consuming our lives and $$$. I have some good before pics and I'll get some after too. Also we are headed to the lovely island of Maui to spend Christmas with Chris's family on the beach.

Let's Be HONEST!

Ok friends. I am going to be perfectly honest with you. Yesterday, due to the crazy winds and lots of huge fallen pine trees :(, there was no power at work. So, what did I do, I went to see the Eclipse Part 1. Here is the honest part, I went BY MYSELF. Oh yes it is true I was  a sad pathetic fan who couldn't wait for a friend to go see this went and I went ALONE. I have to say I am kind of a fan of alone movies. I get the treats I want and I don't even have to share...wow, that is honest. 

I bought my self a popcorn, at least it was a Junior bag and I even practiced self restraint by getting a MEDIUM diet coke. I saw 4 rather large women eating a Xlarge popcorn all by themselves. You know, the bucket that is made out of cardboard rather than just the large bag. Oh boy. I was an interesting and educational day at the movies. Needless to say the movie was pretty good. Much better than a few of the other ones. Ok so now it is your turn. What have you done by yourself that is almost as pathetic as seeing Eclipse by yourself?

note: i have seen movies alone before but to see this particular movie alone added a whole new and sad element to the act of singular movie viewing. 

Christmas Card

Here is our Christmas card this year. We had a little animal photo shoot which was pretty much the funniest thing ever. Kitty HATES that sweater. She refuses to move when she has it on. Which you would think is good but she just lays around and won't look at the camera so we propped her up like this. Ralph on the other hand LOVES having his picture taken. He is such a well behaved pooch, well at least in front of the camera. 

Beyond Words

Just a quick post to publicly say how grateful, or Thankful may be better, I am for everything. We had to say the 3 things we are most thankful for. My list, in this order, Chris. He is the best thing to happen to me. I am so blessed to have him forever. I would be one lost lady without him. Number two is my crazy, insane, inappropriate, hilarious, and loyal family. They are more than family they are also my best friends, I am so lucky!! 3 is for my health and happiness, not just mine but also the health and happiness of everyone I love. Of course the list goes on and on but those are the first three. Hopefully everyone has as great a day as I did. Now I better get back to listening to my husband snore while he takes a pre black Friday nap.

Erin and Dave

My cousin Erin lives in Cali and she got married to the nicest guy Dave. I don't know him very well but I can tell he is a really good guy and loves Erin so much. I am so happy for them. 

I have a friend who it Clooney from Up In The Air so I had to take this picture of security and send it to him. There is no way he would ever wait in this ridiculous line. 

So you can see that this man's pants have something embroidered on them right? In case that is not bad enough on its own. The things embroidered are little NCs for North Carolina....Oh my! Words cannot express how hideous these were. Don't worry his wife totally busted me taking this photo. But I had to I was all alone and I didn't think anyone would believe me. 

Speaking of being alone, Chris was in Arizona for work so I Jetted to San Diego with Kleis, my mom. She had a lot to do and family to see and since I am kind of a humbug I made her go without me. So I walked around Coronado by my lonesome and enjoy a delicious breakfast by myself...I ate way to much as you can see. 

My dad sits on this bench every morning when he is in San Diego. He loves this little seat. He wanted to put his name on it but they told him he has to be dead to be commemorated on a plaque...can you believe it. So dumb. What do they care if you are alive or dead. Anyway to secure his future bench he put one on for my Grandparents who have both passed away. But I think when my dad passes, in lots of years from now, they get the boot and he is in. haha he never lets me forget that we need to change this to his name. 

Erin and Dave. Such a sweet happy couple. Love them. Too bad my camera was in my suitcase. 

Erin is not a dancer!! At all! As they announced this dance she walked passed me and mumbled to me 

"I have been dreading this dance my entire life". Classic Erin. I love it. She did really well because Dave had given her lessons. 

The next day I went to lunch with my old friend Jennie who lives in Coronado now. It was so much fun to see her and her cute family. Then we did a family dinner for my cousin Andy's birthday. It was awesome to see everyone and spend time with my grandparents.

San Diego was a blast but the flight home made me rethink ever flying again. I am already a knuckler when it comes to flying but this was the WORST flight of my life. I hated every second of it. It was so bumpy I didn't even get my damn Diet Coke. AHHH!!!!