I’m sorry dear readers. Sorry that I haven’t posted a substantial blog in months, sorry that I’ve ignored you and your interest in my life, just plain sorry for abandoning you. But I’m back and I will try to be more reliable in the future, especially now that life has calmed down a bit – I mean what was I thinking?? Buying a condo and planning a wedding all within 5 months? Crazy!!! But it’s done and everything went off better than I could have possibly imagined! So…that means I’m going to try and post more regularly. At least a little more often than I have in the past, which is like months apart, so it shouldn’t be hard, right? Right.
I’ve decided since it’s been ages since my last post, I should give a brief recap of the last few months. Nothing major happened, but this will get you up to speed on the doldrums of my life.
November
Fairly uneventful month. The wedding planning process stalled out – I had the venue, caterer, florist, photographer, and pretty much all the other big details handled, so it was nice to take a break and enjoy the holidays with my family. Thanksgiving was really mellow, with Ryan and I spending the day separately, each with our own family. My Thanksgiving traditionally starts off with Laura and I frantically racing each other to tear bread for the stuffing – we never actually know who wins, its more about who can beat the other in tearing the final piece of dried bread. That makes up my stint in the kitchen – then it’s off to the basement to play pool or foosball and watch some football with my dad. The football watching doesn’t last too long, as I tend to get bored (I prefer the real game of football, you know…soccer).

December
One word: SNOW! Lots and lots of snow. At least, that’s how I remember the second half of December. Felt like I was confined to the house for months!
Okay, technically December started with tree hunting – our family tradition. It was freezing and pouring. Sadly, Laura & I didn’t find our tree as fast as we have in the past, but we finally settled on this beauty:
Laura wanted this tree with the top that resembles Carrot Top’s hair, but we chose a much smaller, less invasive tree isntead.

Next came decorating…both at home and our parents:




Then I had my first wedding shower, hosted by Ruth and Debi – they did an amazing job!




And then…came the snow. It started off being exciting, but quickly became old to us Seattlelites. The snow actually began the day of my shower. Fortunately it held off untit everyone was making their way home for the night. I was stranded at my parents, so I made good use of my camera:




Then came Christmas to finish December off!



By this point, our cars were buried by the snow and we had to dig them out:



This is the hot tub at my parents – my mom was extremely concerned about the weight of the snow breaking yet another one of her hot tub lids – I think this is lid #5.
I was able to move my car (blue honda civic) just seconds before the snow on the roof (pictured above) came crashing down on it. I literally backed it up just enough to be missed and as I put my car in park and opened the driver’s door, that snow slipped violently to the ground. It was like something straight out of a movie – but without the car actually getting crushed. And so ended December.
January
We were getting nearer and nearer to “D-day”, so this month was filled with dress fittings, final plannings/meetings, filling of candy jars, printing of programs, and any other various wedding tasks that arose. Oh, did I mention there was massive flooding going on in Snohomish and surrounding cities? Yeah, turns out all the snowfall decided it would melt and turn our valleys into lakes.



And did I mention that my wedding venue was in Snohomish? Yeah, this was a definite concern!!
February
Five months of peparations came down to this:



















It was an amazing night that went way too fast; filled with family, friends, good food, delicious cake, and lots of dancing. Does it get better than that??
Coming Attractions?? Our honeymoon photos – you can see them on facebook if you just can’t wait until I actually post them.