Engagement Present

SoOo ... Yesterday Sean and I were going to have our engagement pix taken, but they got canceled at the last minute, so we went for a walk and ended up at the dealership to just take a look . . .

so what do you think of our new car? :)

*please excuse the cell phone pic*

Creative Bug will be put to good use

Well... there have been some emails flying around between my family. Apparently we are going to be doing christmas different this year:

Short story would be that we are going to be doing quasi-homemade gifts??

Hmm... I am not really sure of the details... no one has "finalized our gift giving plans" but I am thinking I'm in big trouble... Giving gifts is hard enough, but giving gifts that are handmade?? Looks like I'm screwed :) and so is everyone else that gets a gift from me :)

Just kidding.. well, not really:

For our first Christmas I made Sean a quilt, let me rephrase that, I made Sean most of a quilt.

Its all done except for the binding--I know I know, thats the easiest part..

Looking back on that experience and looking forward to this Christmas.. I think it has disaster written all over it!

Creative Bug

I have the creative bug.. there is only one problem... I am not a creative person.

You all have sweet projects of something sewn, glued, gelled, crafted, or cut... I am always in awe of your super-cool skills :)

I saw some cute fall decorations on Courtney's site

I constantly see baby outfits that are soooo sweet on Rachel's blog

Melissa has some decorated gourds and pumpkins

Shannon is doing amazing flower decor

the list goes on and on... (please don't feel bad if I didn't put your project up... I promise, I look at all of them and every one spires my creative thinking!)

Anyone want to help inspire my craftiness?? And when I say inspire, I really mean give me a project that has step by step directions with pop up pictures and be prepared to answer your phone every 5 minutes for my questions on how to "exactly put that glitter in the right spot" :)

I am more the type who just copies someone else's ideas... and doesn't even do that good of a job... ::sigh::

Aww, I thought I was hiding it!

My wedding photographer told me today that she thought that I needed cheering up. She said that when she last talked to me, I sounded so sad (Sean left for a fire on Sunday morning, after only being back from his last fire for 4 days).

I felt bad. I don't want people thinking I'm this weepy person as soon as Sean leaves! I actually fall to pieces as soon as he gets back. :)

I am sad of course when he is gone, but, as Sean reminds me every nighton the phone, this is only temporary, and I need to be strong. I pray every day and night for God to give me strenght and for my joy NOT to come from Sean being home, but from Jesus and all that he has done for me in my life and the life of the ones that I love.

If you ever see me in this sad state of emotional patheticness, please kick me in the teeth (well... kinda). People keep telling me that this is suppose to be the happiest of times. I am trying, I really am!

Booked

Well... Sean came home on Tuesday night and I am sooo happy to be back together!

Yesterday I took a sick day, and yes I am actually sick, and we got to relax and spend the day together and.... we booked our honeymoon.

We aren't going to Hawaii... we are going on a Mexico cruise! Yay! Even though we already did the cruise, it will be a little different without 13 other family members taking us in 13 different directions, we can just relax and be together, we booked a suite so we get a nice balcony and I feel much better knowing that all we have to do is get on the ship and everything else is taken care of... activites, meals, room service, ALL included! Yippee!!

Now we only have to take care of alllllllLLL the other wedding stuff and we're set :)

$$ Honeymoon $$

Sean and I have been talking about our honeymoon... and goodness...its going to be expensive... We happen to pick our wedding the week before Easter and consequently, our honeymoon is spring break week. Which means prices go up... A.LOT!!

We are thinking about Hawaii... I have never been and Sean has only been once. I am sure it would be great... but I am also sure that it will be expensive, a good hotel is 300 to 400 a night.. and I don't know about you guys, but I sure don't drop that kind of cash especially x7 (one week).

I don't mean to always be pointing out the negatives, I know my honeymoon will be great, but does it have to cost so much? We really want to GO somewhere, but a place that normally wouldn't be too expensive, like Mexico, is super packed (with a bunch of underage college kids no less) and super expensive.

Arrg... Sean is on a fire right now, so we are going to talk about it when he gets back, but its so frustrating to look at first how much we are going to spend on this wedding.. and then second how much we are going to be spend on our honeymoon, and then see whats leftover to try and get into a condo or house?? How does THAT happen??

Sheet Music

Have any of you heard of or read the book Sheet Music? I was asking one of my recently married friends some questions and sharing some of my concerns.. and she recommended I read the book. I looked it up online and it immediately made me blush.. She said that she got embarrassed reading some parts, but thinks that its super helpful and wishes she would have read it before she got married... and thinks that it will address a lot of questions and put me at ease before "it happens" haha.. so awkward posting about this.. but I really want to know your opinions :)