Sneak Peek!!

Here's a few pictures that a friend of mine took after Matt and I got our 'Groomals' with our photographer. You'll have to stay tuned for more pictures of my dress! :)

ONE month!!!!

One month from today, I get to marry this cute boy!!!

Matching

Courtney and I have matching Jeans.

We love it.

And Matt has the man-version of the jeans!

Hey, when you find good jeans, you have to share - I mean, isn't that what friends are for!!

A 'sorta' update

I've become quite a lazy blogger lately. The problem being that I have WAY too many things to blog about, and no where near enough time to do it in!!

Here is a link to my friend Courtney's blog. She's a much better writer than I am, so just read her post, and enjoy the pictures!!! Gatta love those flapper dresses!!

This weekend, I had my first Bridal Shower!! Courtney, Diana, Megan and Sheri did an excellent job!! Man, I'm going to miss these girls!

The 'Party Planners' - Sheri, Megan, Me, Courtney, and Diana

The AMAZING food!! Everything was home made, and tasted great!

Me and the gifts!! Which may or may not have been about 90% lingerie :)

I could easily have blogged about many other things - such as:

-Belly Dancing classes

-The 'Man Shower' that Matt's friends threw for him

-Being 'homeless'

-My adventures in house/Dog sitting for a friend of mine this week

-Getting my Endowments taken out in the Portland Temple

-Wedding planning and the details of that

-All the car troubles that Matt and I have been having

-The annual Ward Camp out

-My mom's quick trip to Portland

-Matt's first Pedicure

-Movies in the Park on hot summer nights

-My first experience at the Crepe Cart in downtown

-The amazing Portland Cello Project concert last weekend

-My first Monster Truck rally

-All the things that I'm going to miss about Portland

....... and the list goes on.

But that's all for now!!!

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awesome!!

My awesome U-Haul!!!

My mom and I get to drive this baby back to Utah tomorrow!

We packed it up this morning with all my stuff [minus 3 weeks worth of stuff to keep here in Portland while I'm homeless], and we're ready to head off bright and early tomorrow.

Now we're off to get a pedicure to reward ourselves for all our hard work :)

Ironic?

Ironic how at the end of my last post, I patted myself on the back for being a good blogger. And then no posts for a month.

Oops!!

Maybe this next month I'll be better!

Tuesday Nights are my favorite!

Matt and I have started having Tuesday Night Date Nights! Weekends are usually busy doing things with friends, so we decided to have Tuesday Nights be our night!

Last weekend, we went on a wonderful walk along the waterfront in downtown. Even on a Tuesday night, there were plenty of things to see, and Portland is always great for some awesome people watching!!

So on Tuesday night, Matthew cooked me dinner, then we went to this place by his house called Ceramic Cafe. They have tons of different plates, cups, bowls, whatever you want. And then you pick you paint color and paint however you want! After you finish painting, you leave it with them, they 'fire' it for you, and then in 5 days we will have our finished pieces - all shiny and dishwasher/microwave safe!!

You can draw whatever design you like with pencil, and then the pencil burns off in the kiln [spell??]. I had done this about a year ago, and made a big black/white/red argyle plate, so I decided to make a coordinating bowl! I know it looks like it's going to be grey and pink, but after they do whatever they do to it, it will be black

and red and shiny!! Matthew made a little plate - and found a much more efficient way to paint the bottom of the plate by just pouring the paint directly onto the plate!

I'll try and remember to post pictures of our finished bowl and plate once we get them back!

On to other news - my ring will be

done today! Next week, Matt and I are going to Utah to do wedding stuff, and get engagement pictures! Cross your fingers that I can find a wedding dress!

At the beginning of July, I'm off to Washington DC with a friend to celebrate the Fourth of July!!

Matt and I have also taken up racket ball. Ok - so we've only played twice, but it's alot of fun, and Matt is a great teacher who is very patient with me and my lack of coordination!

AND... my favorite show ever is back on again - So You Think You Can Dance! YAY!!! We get together with a bunch of friends on Thursday nights and watch all the dances an everything [minus commercials - thanks Tivo!!] and pick our favorites. Always a good time!

That's about all for now! I've actually done quite a good job of blog posting lately! This is like my second or third post this month!!

I am convinced that there is not a problem in this world that can't be fixed with a good pedicure!! There's just something about sitting in that big, black chair that makes all your problems go away!! Maybe it's the massage. Or maybe having someone rub your feet. Or the nice calf massage and oil rub that they do. Maybe it's the gossip with good friends, or maybe it's that final wax-dip! Maybe it's just the warm towels and brightly painted toes that make me smile. Whatever it is... I'm just glad that I can go to my local little pedicure place and escape from it all for a little while!




Ah.... I already want to go back!!

Canada, eh?

I spent the past week in Vancouver and Victoria Canada with my Family! It was a great little family trip – lots of pretty driving, pretty scenery, beautiful weather, and good family times!

Warning!! There are a ton of pictures in this post!!

A cool bridge right outside the Washington/Canada border

Dad, me and Dave at a cool waterfall

downtown Vancouver at some cool, really old clock

eating lunch at a park

a view of Vancouver as we left on the Ferry.

me and Dave at the Chinese Gardens

family photo! right outside Whistler - where the 2010 Winter Olympics are going to be

Dave and I did a zip-line tour. There were 5 zip lines, and it was awesome! The longest one was almost a half-mile long!!

dave on the zip line

me and Dave at one of the tree balcony things

self-portrait while on the zip line!

Dave up-side-down!!

Me up-side-down!!

me and my mom!

me and Dave touching the freezing cold water off Vancouver Island!

Dave giving Mom a piggy-back ride. How cute!

view from another ferry ride

is there ever such a thing as TOO much ice cream?!?!
[obviously the pre-wedding diet has NOT started! haha]

views around Vancouver Island

A cool Castle tour in Victoria, Canada

family bike ride along the water in Victoria

Great family trip!