8 years and going strong!

So Larry and I just celebrated 8 wonderful years together on Monday! I love Larry, more than anything else, but sometimes it's REALLY hard to figure out what to get him or do for him that he would like and would show him how much I love him and appreciate him after all this time. I kind of did our celebration on Sunday. To know why I got him was a decent gift, you have to know now that we live on our own and furthur from everyone else; it's really just us...no one else. No one comes to visit us, we just do things all on our own. There have been so many times where Larry says "Go get a game for us to play!" and when I go I realize all our games are 4+ players. When we get food we get so much food I forget we only need to get stuff for two of us. It's been an adjustment, not a hard one, but one indeed. So anyways, for our anniversary I went out and got a whole bunch of two player games, so that we could play together and have fun with just us and not need to feel like we need visitors just to have fun. I was really excited about it actually, we've played them all a few times and I've had so much fun spending more time with Larry and laughing our butts off. One of my new favorites is called Headbandz, it's one where you have a card that attaches to a headband so the other player can see it and then you ask yes/no questions to figure out what's written on the card.

So back to Sunday: Larry had drill so I made sure our house was SUPER cleaned for him to come home to and set the games up so he could see them and know I got them as a gift for us so we can spend more time together. I told him I knew it was kind of cheesy and it was more for us than him, so I told him if he got me anything he can save it for christmas or my birthday, but I guess I was too late because...

I got a nice little surprise once I got to work. I absolutely love getting flowers from him, he's so good at picking pretty ones out. We also ended up going out to dinner at Olive Garden, which I haven't been to in forever, it was YUMMY! and then I challenged him to an ultimate Headbandz showdown :) I feel it was one of our funnest anniversaries we've had, but I also think we're getting to the stage where maybe we should start traveling for our anniversary and going out to new places to try together. I'm hoping he'll be on board with it...I love traveling and he and I travel so well together!

Well here's to 8 years so far....and MANY MANY more to come...by this time next year we'll be an old married couple I'm sure. I can't wait to call him my husband!

Big check off the list

So we went wedding dress shopping yesterday and....

I BOUGHT MY WEDDING DRESS!

I'm so excited about it...well actually I put it on and really liked it, then went out and showed the girls who came with and they all just gasped and said "that's it!" so I went in front of the mirror and said "that's it!" I loved it. Then we left and I had my overthinking-it brain on apparently. I went home and literally went on (poor Larry) for like 6 hours, seriously, about how I loved it, then I was like wait, did I? No I did, I loved it. I had to look at the picture over and over and over. I was looking for ANY reason ever to get my mind off of it. I didn't want to second guess my dress, I wanted to just be happy I was done shopping. Luckily when I woke up this morning I looked at the picture (thinking it's a new day, I'll know for sure now that I've slept and stopped thinking so much) and now I know for sure, I LOVE the dress. I really can't wait till it gets in and I can see how it's going to look and know it's MY dress.

I have to wait till February till it gets in so I have time to look for shoes and jewelry to make it look better and hopefully find a way to not think about it over and over till then. I took the picture off my phone so I can't just keep obsessing over it. I think it just feels weird to know I'm actually getting married, I still don't think it's hit me yet, which makes me wonder if it will ever hit me, but I'm sure once we get into May I'll realize it's coming up.

Other than that we are right on track for our wedding, almost a little ahead of things. Once we actually meet with our wedding coordinator at Millennial Falls we'll know what else we need to do that isn't included in our wedding package. I do know we need to figure out tux or suit for Larry and the rest of the guys involved. It'd be nice if he had an opinion on it so I knew which to go with and if we wanted to buy or just rent his. Why is this part so hard for me? Good thing we have some time to decide.

On an extremely sad note, we found out our photographer (who is SUCH a nice lady and I was so happy to find someone who I not only got along with, but who took GREAT pictures of us and who had an amazing deal on wedding photography) has stage 4 liver cancer and will not be able to do my bridals or our wedding. If you read this and you pray, please pray for her. Larry and I don't pray, but we know she doesn't deserve this and I just hope some sort of miracle comes out of this for her.

So that's where we stand on everything right now...in case you were interested. Next on the list is my Lasik appointments (yes this is wedding related because I want/need it done before the wedding so I can see everything clearly!). If things work out for that I'll be able to get it done at the end of November...EEESH!!

Wedding Show

So Mom and I went to the wedding show today. It was quite a bit of fun. We walked through a bunch of booths and I was able to find some discount coupons on dresses and tuxes/suits for the wedding (can't go wrong with coupons!) We also got to watch a fashion show with really pretty dresses to keep my eye out for when we go. I have to say though, the venue we picked is so awesome, and includes pretty much everything, wedding shows are almost pointless for us to go to. Larry and I went to one in Provo in early September and I found that we didn't really need to go to any of the vendors besides dress shops, I realized it was the same story with this one. I didn't see any booths that could help us with our wedding planning. But I'm grateful, because I'm glad I can find all my stuff in one place instead of coordinating a bunch of vendors to one location. One thing I have seen a lot of though, and have been wondering whether it's worth it to put money into, is photo booths. They had a ton of them at this show and I have to admit I'm kinda wanting one as a fun thing for our wedding. Mom and I got to take some pictures with one and I think they came out much cuter than other photo booth pictures I've done in the past. I had to cut it up a little because she didn't like one of the pictures and would probably hate me to put it up anywhere, but here are the cute ones (messed around in paint to fix it up too):

The prop one was fun, I loved doing the silly faces one, but I absolute adore the "cutesy" one (she phrased it that way). I love my momma, she's the greatest!

Now next on the list for next weekend: Dress Shopping!!! I'm still excited/nervous for it, but I'm really hoping I can find my dress in one day! Fingers Crossed! :)

Oscar Home from the vet

We had to take Oscar to the vet this morning because he wouldn't stop licking his stomach. The vet informed us that sometimes animals will lick until they go through the skin and recommended that we get a cone for him. This worried me a little bit since we can't EVER get him to stop licking his stomach, no matter how hard we try. We decided to try out the cone and this was our first experience with it once he got home. Have to admit when he smacks into the doorframe I laugh so hard every time.

October Time!

So I have to say October this year is going to ROCK! I'm so very excited for everything coming up this month. This is what I've got going on in the next 31 days:

October 3: I have a Dr.'s appointment, while this sounds weird I'm one of those people who actually likes going to the dr. if only for the relief of hearing I'm healthy afterwards :)

October 6: Mom and I are getting together (finally!) to go to lunch and then a wedding show at the Expo center. I used to love going to wedding shows before I was engaged, but now that I can actually use the information I get from them they are even more fun for me!

October 13: Is probably going to be one of my favorite days (maybe #2 on the list) because.... I'm going to go look at wedding dresses!! I'm nervous/excited for this one. I'm scared if I don't find one, but also nervous I'll love all of them. I'm hoping I have a helpful crew with me to help me find a good one!

October 15: Larry and I will be celebrating our 8 year anniversary, which is coincidentally a mark for 8 months till our wedding day! How exciting!

October 18 & 25: These are #1 on my list of exciting days because I'm finally going to Lasik consultations! The 18th will be at The Eye Institute of Utah and then the 25th will be at Hoopes Vision. Both I've heard are very good places to go and since I have been saving money into my HSA it shouldn't actually take me long to pay it off. So YAY to hopefully being able to see perfectly by the end of the year!!!

October 31: Is, of course, Halloween. I'm not sure if Larry and I are dressing up or anything, but I'm so excited to finally have our place to do this at. We'll get to watch our scary movies in our own living room, put on our own porch light for the kids, and we'll get to hand out candy to all them in the neighborhood. And since I don't work late at my new job I'll actually be able to see all the trick-or-treaters, and it's a new neighborhood that I've seen a ton of kids running around so hopefully we get a lot this year :) I love that part of Halloween. I'm also excited to go get pumpkins to carve again. That was the best part of what we did 2 years ago. I'll still miss my papa like crazy this year, I know that much, but I now know celebrating it is okay and actually helps me get through the day better.

So that's our MY October planned out. I don't think I've ever been so excited for October to come before :)