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16 Days Left!

16 days and counting...literally. I have a chain in my room that i took a picture of but for some really weird reason it's not letting me add the picture...silly computer. So i apologize about the definite lack of blogging. It's been super crazy and i know that's no excuse but it's the one i'm gonna use :D. So i've been bugging my photographer to get my bridals done so i can see some pictures because i've been SO excited to see them. We were planning to go to memorial grove for bridals and we had to reschedule twice so finally when the weather still was bad we decided to just go inside. we went to the capitol and it was truly all i could ever hope for. I kept praying for good weather but Heavenly Father knew that i really didn't want good weather i wanted a beautiful rainy day so that i could have my pictures at the capitol. (which already had sentimental meaning because that's where Colin proposed to me so now it's even more special!) So today she got me one pictures and she said that she would put all of the proofs in the mail on friday so i should have them all by the beginning of next week. HOORAY!!! This was one of the pictures i was most excited to see-especially because it was one that took a lot of effort from me to get in the beginning. these doors are quite heavy and i had to hold them for what seemed like forever! but the picture turned out even better than i could've hoped for!!! I can't wait to see the rest!

I'll try to blog a little more (which shouldn't be hard seeing as i wasn't blogging at all) over the next two weeks and two days. Life's a little crazy right now and mom and i have occasional panic attacks but we're slowly and surely getting things done! Just as a recap of a few wedding things we've done that some of you may not know about-we painted the kitchen and our two rooms at the carter's and they look fantastic if i may say so myself! Bart has been doing a TON on the kitchen-he already has the floors in and i can't wait to see how it all comes out! he's awesome and he's making is so nice! Colin and i bought a couch, an end table and a coffee table from ikea on memorial day and we got it all set up (hopefully a picture of it will come soon). Other than that we're just getting ready for the big day!

51 Days!

So we finally got out engagement pictures back! So we went through about 200 pictures and mom and I found our favorite seven! So now it's your turn to vote because we're having a hard time trying to figure out which one we like the most :D

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59 Days!

So something very very excited happened today (besides acing my presentation and a test). We actually got a preview of some of our engagement pictures! I can't wait to get the rest of them soon!

This one is my favorite option so far for the announcements!

61 Days!

It's official! We have made it over the hill and we're halfway through being engaged! (not that I don't enjoy being engaged but we're that much closer to being married!) This halfway point also marks the countdown to only 2 months left! It makes me mentally go through the list and make sure we're on track with getting everything ready. I'm pretty sure we've got the major stuff out of the way but there's still a lot of work to be done. This week we figured out a few more shower dates which will be lots of fun! We also went to the Carter's house and moved out the old appliances in their laundry room so that Bart can start to remodel it into a kitchen (well when he gets back from the Caribbean). We also figured out what rooms we're going to use for a bedroom and a living room. I'm a little nervous because we decided that we're going to try out the full size bed that's there right now. Hopefully we won't want to kill each other after a few nights of sleeping in it but at least we don't have to buy a bed if we like it!

So now it's just the long haul to the end of the semester. We just have 2 weeks of classes and then finals. I've got a 20 minute presentation and a test this week along with a few assignments so hopefully it won't be too bad of a week and I'll be able to start studying for finals. I think I've figured out a solution for my spring fever. I'm going to study outside in the yard or at a park so that I'm not dying to go outside all day while I'm studying! We'll see how it works. Sadly it'll probably snow or something this week just to put a damper on my thoughts that it's getting closer to summer!

65 Days!

Sorry again about the delay of writing. The days are definitely ticking down. We had a pretty eventful weekend. We went and got our engagement pictures done on Friday. We had a ton of fun taking the pictures, we loved our photographer (jessie alexis) and we really liked the location (the international peace gardens). I can't wait to see the pictures when they're all fixed up. We also got some of our pictures that Nicole took up in Idaho Falls. Here's some of our favorites:

Also, we got to have an amazing wedding shower with the Thorntons and Leeflangs. Everyone was amazingly generous. We got so much nice stuff and it made me so excited to decorate our new apartment!

Finally, we finally figured out the centerpieces (yay!) we're going to use black runner along the table with the VanRoosendaal's vases and a red candle and two bundles of roses on either side of it. We went to the ward yesterday and made sure it was the right size for the table and it looked great! One more thing off the list and one more day closer to the big day!

72 Days Left!

So I think we finally figured out the centerpieces! ...well maybe... it may not be the one seeing as we can't ever make a decision. But perhaps this will stick. It's a silver lantern with a red candle inside and then two small bundles of red roses on either side of it on the table. We'll have to put it all together on a big table to see if it is the right sizes and the right look but I hope that we can finally make a decision about it.

Also we've gotten all of our clothes ready for the engagement session-I just have to find the jewelry. Also I went out to the international peace gardens today. It was actually a really cool place. It seemed like it was kept up very nicely. The only thing I didn't like was that the flower beds were empty and the bushes were kinda dead but that's going to be a problem most places. But it seems like there's going to be a lot of really cool things that we can use to do out pictures!