"now pass me my dress, yes"

2 months from today....

I'm gettin' hitched!

This weekend was crazy. A few weeks ago I ordered the wedding dress I fell in love with online and I've been waiting for it to get here. Or rather, to a store in Lehi. My Dad actually called I'm pretty sure every bridal store in Utah as well as a couple in Idaho and one in some random state for this dress and no one had it in. He eventually found one place getting it, so I hurried and- with only slight complications- ordered it.
Three weeks later they finally told me it came in, so I headed up after work on Friday and was so excited to see it. I got there,  tried it on....and hated it. :(  It was the saddest thing. The ladies at the store kept saying how great it was and finally Melinda took me aside and asked me about it and I tried telling her what was wrong and then just ended up tearing up with her saying "oh no, don't cry!"

The whole way home I just kept trying not to think about it so I wouldn't cry and when I got home I didn't even want to try it on for anyone. I tried it on a few times anyway, just to see if I could learn to like it, and then slept on it that night and decided the next day I just couldn't do it. By that point we were up in Idaho and Logan looking around for reception places. That ended up being pretty fun and we found two places we're deciding between.

While we were out and about I just kept thinking about my dress and I asked my Dad to just list it for sale online. After a couple hours Logan called the store I got it from and sweet talked them into letting me exchange it. They even stayed after hours and I had the whole store to myself and a personal shopper to help me with dresses. They close at 6pm and I was there from around 7pm-9pm. I found the perfect dress- (which ended up being almost the exact opposite of the first one I got) and it doesn't need any alterations (phew- sigh of relief) and now things are back on track again! The lady told me she usually doesn't even call Grooms back but Logan was just so nice on the phone she wanted to make an exception for us. It was a Christmas miracle! ....or maybe a wedding miracle. :)

We have pictures on March 10th with one of my favorite photographers around here so I'm totally excited, and the weekend after that I have my Bridal Shower Melinda is throwing me which is gonna be awesome, I'm really stoked. Things are getting busier, but (cross your fingers) just more and more fun as time goes on. :)  

"you've felt this way all along..."

Hi!
 So, things have been crazy lately. First and foremost, I'm engaged! We made a video to announce it. This has the back story as well as the actual proposal..if you want to skip to just the proposal, skip ahead to like 5:30 in the video. Also, say goodbye to beard-y on Logan's face because he shaved this week. 

Um, so after we got engaged we went to Disneyland the next day. That's how we roll. It was a blasty blast and I didn't want to come back to work. Boo, work.

yay for the little mermaid ride!

I got mega soaked on splash mountain

Since then we've been wedding planning (as anyone on pinterest knows...sorry for wedding spamming!) and trying to plan things out in the short time we have left. The date is April 27th, and anyone who wants an invitation should send me your address and one of these days we'll get around to getting invitations. Our theme is the little mermaid meets pirates of the caribbean. mostly because we love pirates and mermaids and come on...who loves Ariel more than me? So we're trying to plan that loosely themed so its not over the top and kitchy...but awesome.

Sorry if I'm off in my own world over here in the next little while. I've got dress fittings (wait till you see my dress!!! it's amazing), decorations, a reception place to book, who knows what else...

...time to elope yet? ;)

"it's a new dawn, it's a new day..."

Happy New Year everybody!  We drove down to celebrate in Las Vegas, and got there just in time for fireworks in front of the Bellagio fountain. We even made some crazy friends who led us over to an awesome drum circle with a hula hoop dancer.

Start your new year off with a kiss...

Whew! Christmastime has come and gone and I am left with the feeling that I have so much to be grateful for. I went up to my parent's house for Christmas and got to see my little niece Carly and my nephews Isaac and Nathan. They are all adorable, and I loved getting to spend time with them. 
To backtrack a little, Logan and I decided it was high time we went up to Zion again because we haven't been in forever, so we went up last week. It was super pretty and in the middle of the road we found reindeer! or...sheep...

Friday was the last day I worked before Christmas, and I dressed up for the occasion. Everyone loved it; I had people coming around the desk admiring my outfit and bringing their spouses over to see. I know, I'm so cute. ;) 

I drove up to my parent's house on Friday after work, and Saturday morning my mamma took me and my sisters to the spa where we got massages. ....ahhh......wonderful. It was relaxing and fun and I really don't see why I shouldn't be able to go like once a week. :) I'm already ready to go again. 


While I was in town for a few days, we went to my grandparent's house where my Grandpa busted out his ukulele and played and sang songs, we had dinner with my cousins, I got lots of playing time in with the little ones, and I never wanted to go back to work again. Ha ha. 

I was sitting with Carly and Isaac and Nathan one day and I got out some crayons so they could color. A few minutes of hard work later, Carly turned to me and asked "do you know who the 'inja tuytles are?" (Her "r"s come out as "y"s and it makes everything she says cute) I told her I did know who they are, and she held up this picture and said "Its us! we'ya 'inja tuytles!" How awesome is this picture? I love our little eye masks. 

We also went up to see the Christmas lights in Salt Lake while I was there, and on the last day we went to Ogden and went...indoor skydiving! It was the hidden present this year for Christmas and we got clues that led us to it. (which was funny all in itself- especially if you were there to see curtis' high-stepped running.) Flying was super awesome, I've been wanting to go for years and I'm so glad I finally got to. :)

They gave us a movie afterward of all of us flying, which is sweet, and you should watch the end to see the instructor flying around. he was nuts. I wish you could see how high up the tunnel we were in went. It was super cool. 

One last thing before I wrap this up- I made this dress for Sofia (Logan's little niece) and I was all excited about it until about a week before Christmas when his sister posted a picture of her and she suddenly looked doubled in size! I was convinced it wasn't going to fit, but in the end he sent me this picture of her in her dress (and the hat I made her forever ago) and she was absolutely precious like I knew she would be :) hurray!

"i'm shippin' up to Boston, whoooaaa..."

Oh hello again. Don't worry, I'm not dead. If you haven't heard from me in awhile its probably because I've been terrible at blogging, been working my life away, been traveling across the country, and switched phone carriers and got a new phone that I hardly know how to use. But it is fancy, and that's what counts. Sometimes I just forget its supposed to actually be for communicating- not just taking pictures, playing games, and trying to figure out swype typing. Goodbye iphone, hello Epic Touch. I named it Ginormica...it's huge.
Also, Logan got an audition at Berklee School of Music in Boston last week, so we flew out there with his parents and his sister Shanda and had a blast. I've wanted to go to Boston for so long, and let me just say- its everything I knew it would be. It was amazing. I love-love-loved it, and I didn't want to come back.
When we got off the plane we took a shuttle to a boat, and a boat to our hotel. As soon as we hit the boat dock and saw the city I suddenly had this feeling of being home. Which is strange, because I'd never been to Boston. Something about that city, though- I felt that way the whole time I was there. Every little building we passed I just fell in love with and I was constantly pulling out my camera or my phone to take pictures. We went last Friday and came back on Monday evening, spent Tuesday in Vegas, and got back late that night. It was a good little trip, even if it went by super fast.
While we were in Boston, we took a trolley tour and also did a walking tour of a lot of the historical sites. We also ate at some amazing places. The first night we were there, we went to this Italian place surrounded by a bunch of Italian stuff, and I'm pretty sure the owner is part of the mob. He looked pretty legit. The food was delicious- so yummy. The last night we ate there the concierge recommended an Irish pub. It was on a street with a bunch of other pubs, and when we walked in I fell in love with it. There was a guy playing his guitar and singing in an Irish accent, and another guy playing a wicked violin next to him. The waitress spoke with a crazy thick accent and the whole place was amazing.
I have a whole album of the trip here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150475125864653.393835.656354652&type=1&l=303ee23b42
aaaand I'm pretty much ready to go back. Here are a few highlights in case you don't feel like scrolling through facebook pictures.

Horsey the Elf

I got this on the trip, and now I bring it to work for lunch. It makes me smile every time I see it.

i LOVE this park. so pretty. 

USS Constitution

These old buildings are just mixed in with all the modernized buildings. it's so cool to see them still hanging on.

old city hall

check out how cool that building behind me is. 

site of the boston massacre

trolley tour!

on our way home we stopped at the Venetian in Vegas. They have this huge tree and its made out of bubbles!

In case you don't hear from me again before the holidays are over- Merry Christmas everyone! :)