Oh Daisy!

As of this morning at 9:30ish James and Makenna are officially adopted! It took 22 years but I am now a big sister. It's felt like they are ours for a long time but it's nice to say they are official. I thought I would post some remembrance pictures for the occasion.....

Usually the projects and updates that I post have to do with what I have worked on for the wedding but today is a little different......





No that's not me working on wedding stuff... i'll give you a second to take another look...... YES! That is Andy printing our return addresses onto the envelopes! I know it sounds like a very small task but because the printer we were using isn't the most high tech, it took him hours to finish! First it took us a lot of time to figure out exactly how to center and feed the envelopes, then he had to tape down each one individually and wait for the ink to dry before moving onto the next. It was a HUGE help for me to be able to work on my work sample while wedding stuff was getting done!

Please, please, please do every thing you can to avoid this! I know it's a little easier for all of you because your dresses are halter tops but just try to keep this in mind as the warm weather approaches! :)

They've been sitting in a box in my closet for many months now and it's finally their time to shine!! Kaitlin and I made these half a year ago during the summer and now I have stuffed, addressed, sealed and stamped all of them and they are ready to head out the door. As long as I can make it to the post office tomorrow (yes, it's snowing again!) they will be in the mail. Let me know when you get yours! One more big thing to check off the list!

We spent most of the morning meeting with our new caterer, florist, and in general wedding guru. Her name is Donna Panatella who we met through Shawn Roberts and is absolutely awesome. We sat down down and she went through just about everything we need for the entire wedding. The main intent was to set up the wedding menu including, chicken and roasted prime beef. Lucky for us our caterer is also an inexpensive florist! Her family was in the florist business for 25 years and she recognizes that most florists are big rip offs. Basically she gives us the flowers at the whole sale price to her with just a little bit extra for her time. We decided on white hydrangeas and white roses for my bouquet and green hydrangeas with white roses for the bridesmaids. I was very happy with how she was able to look at my ideas and come up with a great inexpensive plan. She also gave me a lot of advice on the centerpieces and now I am up in the air with what we are going to do for them! She is also taking care of all the rental stuff like tables, chairs, real plates, silverware, linens at the cost that she gets them all at. We hit the jackpot with finding her! Here are some pictures of each type of flower even though they aren't all together like they will be!

White Roses

Hello lovely ladies! Mom and I spent the morning walking the mall, one of my favorite holiday hobbies, and I found out some insider information from payless. While we were paying at the register I told mom about the shoes that TeriAnn had went to try on and how they would have worked if they weren't so tall, so then the lady working started talking to us about bridal shoes. She told me then they are switching designers and coming out with a whole new line in January. This is why they only have 2 or 3 options right now. She also told me that if buy them from payless they will dye them for you at no charge. If we find some we like in January/ February then she suggested that we order them all together so they are in the same patch of dye and will turn out the same color and we can take advantage of the bogo sales. I am excited that this might be an inexpensive option (she said probably around $40 and then with bogo they would be $30 each)! Just wanted to update you all and let you know to keep your eyes out for them!

Even though most classes were finished up last week, I was still supposed to have one class on Monday morning and spend at least two days in my placements. Thanks to the worst snow storm to hit Portland in a long time I got to spend two days lounging around and got home a day early! Andy got the chance to drive to Portland with me on Sunday night which was really nice because it took us 3 hours! We got 6 miles away from home and got stopped at a hill that they were requiring chains to go over. Since there is no other way into Forest Grove we had no other options. There was no way of us knowing that it school would be canceled each day so we were stuck up there (which means that 3 hour drive was for nothing!) I did get a lot of work and some shopping done! As soon as I found out school was canceled for Wednesday (my last day I had stuff to do) we hit the road! Then I woke up this morning and came down to Medford. It feels great to be home with nothing to do.... just joking! I wish I had nothing to do, instead I have a ton of wedding stuff, Christmas presents to finish, and a work sample to write!! All this to let you all know that even as full grown adult I still get to enjoy snow days and made it home safe!