Honeymoon!

So the wedding was great! Everything I thought it would be, and it went so much smoother than I could have asked for. I am still waiting on the disk so those pictures will come soon! So for the Honeymoon we went on a 7day cruise to Mexico, we stopped in Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerta Vallarta. So great, we had a blast. John had never been on a cruise before, all I had to mention was the food and he was in!

This is our ship, the Mariner of the Seas


In Cabo we held this 8 week old tiger. So adorable, but I think it wanted to eat me! The thing loved John be kept growling at me. Pretty scary I am not going to lie!




In Mazatlan in front of this Gorgeous cathedral. I love old buildings like castles and cathedrals the art is amazing. This one in particular I think was built in the 1300s and was just awesome.


The beaches in Mazatlan were PERFECT! John was in heaven. It was like jumping into bathwater and the sand was amazing. They even let us use towels and facilities @ this resort, we could use their pool and everything. Pretty awesome I must say.



At the dinner table. Of course the food was amazing. I spent the week after the trip being starving! I ate WAY too much, plus they had an Indian dish every night on the menu. I had it pretty much every night, plus our waiter would bring us an extra curry or something. WOW!



In Puerta Vallarta we did an excursion through the cruise line. We did a Jeep tour. We had a caravan and drove all over. We did a little off-roading which explains the sweet bandannas. It was great, we went to a little village w/ no electricity just a simple life. Then we went to a tequila factory and saw how they made tequila. They fed us some amazing lunch then we hit the beach for a couple hours. It was just like being in America. They had a wal-mart ( they were building 2 more!) and they had a Sams Club and a Costco. The hotels and resorts looked beautiful. It was definitely a tourist hot spot.




The last couple days on the ship were just relaxing. John bought me some beautiful flowers! Just a great trip!
We did have some upsetting news once we got home. 2 days later John's boss called him and told him he had no more work! UGH! What a great wedding gift. So we have had some struggles! He has another job now and we actually have a really great opportunity to start an insurance agency w/ Farmers. It feels like a blessing in disguise. I think its a trial we needed to go through. A month later things are defiantly more calm.

Bridals

Ya... So the wedding is kind of consuming my life right now. We did get the Bridal's taken, and of course they are amazing. I just love our photographers they are awesome! Only 3 more days and John & I will FINALLY be married, after 4 1/2 years it just feels right! More importantly, we both need a vacation desprately. Enjoy the pics!

I am sure we will have plenty of pics from the wedding and honeymoon. So I promise I will keep up on my bloggin duties!

Engagements!

We finally got our disc! These are just a few of my favorites. Only 2 more months until the big day!

Wow I am a blog slacker!

I don't know if anyone actually reads my blog, but I still feel bad not updating since March!! I guess I am not that exciting. Wedding plans are still plugging along. John & I took our engagement pictures this month. So when I get my disc I will make sure I do a post. I can't wait to see them myself!

A quick update, Connor turns 1 on May 21.. so that is coming up in the next couple of days. He is walking and talking just a little bit. He is still the highlight of all of our lives right now.

Grandpa & Darla made a quick trip to our house for a couple of nights. The first night they were here we played cards and Mom & I made caramel popcorn. We were sitting there eating it and Grandpa's tooth broke!!! The next day he ended up at my office getting the tooth pulled!! I felt so bad, not the best way to start of your vacation. I was so happy that they came and stayed with us though, it was a little strange having my grandpa be on the receiving end of what I do everyday though.

Andrew, Aleta, Grandpa Averill, Darla, & Connor

Connor & His Great Grandpa Averill

We are always finding new ways to entertain the little guy, bubbles were a great idea. I think we were more entertained that he was!

Erick stopped in for a visit as well. Again we played a lot of games. We had so much fun! He had a butt kicking training the next day though, hopefully we did not wear him out too much!

Had to post an updated picture of my dog! He is actually so much bigger than this now, but I just love him to pieces.

Connor is walking now!

The newest early Birthday gift. Nobody can seem to wait to give him his new gifts. He loved the sand box though!

A new pic of Crystal & I.


Happy 51 Mom! Yup I made the cake. It was pretty good! Funny story Crystal & I have used that cake storage thing for months and we could never figure out why the lid never sealed... Oh ya we were putting the cake on the wrong side of the platform. Yup we are super smart!

Las Vegas!

I am a little late on this post... our trip was the very beginning of March. Someday I will start blogging on time. We had a combination B-day trip for me & my cousin Andrea. There were 6 of us that went down to Vegas. I think I got a total of 10 hours of sleep the whole weekend. We went to shows and walked the strip. We piled all 6 of us in my Honda civic and drove to Freemont street. It was cool to see the old part of Vegas, plus I got an amazing knock of purse :D Yup I am too cheap to buy a real one but its an adorable pink snake skin guess bag. I had so much fun being with the girls and we decided it has to be a yearly tradition to get away with the ladies.

This was our last night in Vegas, We pulled an all-nighter! Andrea, Darcie, & Terri had to be at the airport by like 4 so we stayed up all night. We were definitely a little delirious by the end of the night.


This was @ the cirque de solei show! A little weird but definitely entertaining.


Andrea & I in front of the Mandalay Bay event center. Sadly there was not a UFC fight that weekend. Although our significant others would have left us if we went without them...Next time for sure!


Crystal & I on Freemont street. A little provocative....

The whole crew! We were somewhere between the Venetian and the Palazzo hotel. They have this amazing waterfall.

Crystal & I showing a little sisterly love.

Terri, Andrea, and Darcie. This was the day we walked what felt like 20 miles. My legs were so sore.

Mom & I, such a good pic I love this one!





This was me putting my first money ever into a slot. I am definitely not a gambling woman. I did save my cashout voucher, I won a whole 22 cents. Woo Hoo! Needless to say I wont be quitting my day job. I will just be leaving the gambling to John.

Happy 21st Birthday to ME!

I was lucky this year I had a Birth-week! On Saturday we went to a movie and celebrated at California Pizza Kitchen with most of my family, then we came back to the house for presents. Then on Sunday Dad, Andrew, Aleta, & John came over for dinner. Aleta surprised me by making me a cake. It was beautiful and oh so tasty!! Connor hated the candles! He was on my lap while I was blowing the candles out and he kept leaning away. You can kind of see him in the pictures. What a cutie! Later we watched Madagascar 2. He kept laughing and dancing it was adorable I have a couple videos of him dancing. It was funnier to see everyone else trying to get him to dance though! Connor was actually Dancing to the beat though... it was so much fun.
.



Then on Monday (My actual Birthday) I had to work (BUMMER) it was not too bad. Mom and Crystal had flowers deliverd to me. My favorite Gerber Daisies. At work the girls surprised me with lunch, it was so nice! Then later on we went up to the Cheesecake Factory, which is now my very favorite restauraunt. I forgot to mention all these nights I was not getting to bed early enough so I was so tired I was already 2 coffee trips into the day by the time we got home from dinner to open more gifts. I think the first few pictures I look normal, but I started to get so loopy. It made for lots of fun though! Just Mom, Crystal, John, and I were together on my birthday. It was such a blast. I appreciate everyone so much! Birthdays when you are older are not quite as fun as they used to be but this one tops the charts. Plus next week we are off to Vegas... I am sure I will have lots of fun pictures to post

My cute family

These pictures are from the Saturday we spent trying on wedding dresses. Mom, Crystal, and my cute adopted Grandma Lucille came with me to share in the moment. Is was an emotional, exhausting day!! But so much fun. We did take pictures of me in some of the dresses but I will post them at another day. I want John to wait to see me in a wedding dress! (I know I am a cheese ball!)
I have to throw in a Connor video. He is laughing so good now. He was having a ball that night! He turned 8 months on the 21st, and Aleta says he is close to 20lbs. We get to babysit him usually once a week. Its been so much fun. He is army crawling now, and he loves to move around. What a busy boy!

I'm Back!

As you may have noticed in my last few posts I decided to go blonde! After about 4 months and 6 inches of fried off hair I realized blonde hair is not for me. So now I am back to myself again. I missed my brown hair so much!! Here is my before and afters.... brown hair is definately me!

I am engaged!!!! and I have a new Puppy!

Yup thats right John and I will be tying the knot! We went out to the Bombay house for dinner on New Years Eve. It was totally casual I had no idea what was going on. We ate our dinner and talked nothing out of the ordinary. Then when we got our check I started scooting out of the bench to leave and John said," Wait a minute, I've got a question for ya." I just sat there dumbfounded. Then he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him and I just said, "Are you serious?" ha ha Then if you know me very well as you might have expected i started crying and I could not get the smile off my face. The ring is amazing!!! He did such a good job. It was so unexpected, props to John and his sneakiness!

We also got a puppy the Saturday after Christmas. His name is Ace and he is a boxer. He is so adorable! I am having so much fun.