Monday, February 14, 2011

Love...

...my sweet fiancé. I arrived to work & found sitting on my desk: a little mini rose bush, a card and the Toms I've had my eye on. Less than 9 months to go, cannot WAIT to be married to him! :)

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

iphone 4

My new phone is en route! A cool phone + excellent Verizon service...finally!



Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Anthropologie is launching their bridal collection on Monday...some serious anticipation over here!!!

Monday, February 7, 2011

Zihuatanejo trip!

Finally I am getting around to blogging our trip from January. We had such an incredible week down there! It was so relaxing and fun, and we found our wedding destination...so I'd say it was a pretty successful vacation :) So in no particular order, here are some shots from the trip...

The sundeck at our gorgeous hotel

View of Madera Beach

Madera Beach

My favorite tree was always lit up as we walked up the pathway to the hotel at night

Had a hard time putting my book down!





The 112 steps we walked up and down multiple times every day!



Our favorite lounge spot at the hotel (that we basically had ALL to ourselves) :)



A lazy mexikitty that we spotted in a funny sleeping spot


An afternoon at Las Gatas Beach

Sunset at Playa la Ropa

Dinner at La Perla

Sunset in the infinity pool

The hotel

The hotel at night

The bar at the hotel


The hammock on our deck

We consumed LOTS of coconut shrimp on this trip!



Dinner at Il Mare


The suspension bridge leading to the hotel

Breakfast at the hotel every morning...yep I had waffles 7 days in a row



Tuesday, February 1, 2011

It's already February??? Where did the last month go? I have been so busy with work/wedding planning/random activities that I still haven't even blogged photos from our trip to Mexico yet! It's on the list...I will try and get those pics up in the next week.

In other news I had my first wedding nightmare last night :( It had absolutely nothing to do with actually getting married, but almost made me laugh when I woke up & realized what went wrong. So what was the problem? Oh, none of my bridesmaids showed up to the ceremony! Ha! Something I am definitely NOT worried about, so I found it funny. I actually left Brad at the altar in the middle of his vows so I could go look for the girls & try to round them up for the ceremony. So you hear that bridesmaids? DON'T be late! :)

What I SHOULD be having nightmares about is the size of our venue! :( I didn't think limited space & a small maximum number of people would be difficult for a destination wedding but it is...ugh.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Check!


Wedding venue booked AND wedding date set.
Big accomplishments around here today!!!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

NYE

For New Years this year, Brad and I headed to Whidbey Island to celebrate with our good friends The Kochers and The Juhls. Kim's dad's house was the perfect place to ring in the new year. A fantastic view of the sound, Mount Rainier and even downtown Seattle! We had such a relaxing weekend filled with baby snuggling, great wine, lots of amazing food, sunny & cold walks, many laughs, movies, and a heated match of 90s Trivial Pursuit.

Btw, we are officially 30. NYE the first year I was dating Brad was spent at a house in Eastlake resembling a fraternity, entirely WAY too much booze, a sketchy hotel room, followed by a very hungover kick off to 2007 :( This year I woke up feeling great in a beautiful home at 8am, surrounded by babies, dogs, toys and my best friends. I must say, I'll take 30 :)




Rothie's sweet little twins Emma & Avery

My little cupcake, Charlotte

Court & I

Brad and I

Trivial Pursuit

A pretty walk on New Years Day



Two of my favorite Mamas

On the ferry after a fab weekend.
Cheers to 2011! We're heading to Zihuatanejo in the morning so I think it should start off quite nicely!