Can you kiss in the dark?

So, here is the deal.. James and I had family night with my mom and went to the park and played hide and go seek in the dark. It was so much fun..

we hid around, played tag, swung on the swings, and rode skate boards down a hill... Fact: I love how he is with my family.
Fact: I love how we can turn one crazy idea into a fantastic night. Fact: Kissing while hiding makes it hard to be quiet. :)

But in all honesty this is one of the reasons why I love him. I love that we can spend the night doing everything . Or a night doing nothing. Both are super fun...

Sometimes it's the little things that make life life... and the little things that mean the most to us..

The Perfect Place

James and I went and looked at a few places today to actually have the ceremony. I was really neverous that we wouldn't find something decent in our budget which is basically $1,500. I know that seems like alot but most places won't let you book just a ceremony. or you have to book like a 3 hour time slot.. when my sister got married we paid $5,000 for just the place to have the wedding.

So, We did find this place that had you know pretty good grounds. The date we had in mind was open and it didn't seem to bad, but there was a few problems with it and it just didn't feel right...

Then we found it the absolute perfect place.. beautiful, willing to work with you... the photographer is extremely good, it's so green and pretty, can hold everyone and no one has a bad view.... plus it's like $300 under budget, which helps...

So, my mom and I are going to put the deposit down next week... and we'll have it!!!

Here are some pictures for you guys!

Love and Barcodes

Lately things have been a little crazy around here.

I found a checklist online that shows James all the things that need to get done in a certain time frame. It look about like one thing per week. Which is not to bad.

But since school is starting yet again, we are trying to get 3 things done a week. Last night was sooo much fun!! James and I registered at Target and you should have seen the fun things we got. We planned out a Kitchen, and a living room, bedrooms, and two bathrooms. The apartment we are getting has 2 bed 2 bath. I had the home advantage because I actually have lived away from home, so I remember all the little things you think you need, and the things that you actually need. I think it was a great awakening for James. I don't think he really realized how much stuff goes into making an apartment, not including the furnature, or anything.

I finally got to pick out pots and bowls, all sorts of things it was SO much fun!

So yeah Buy us awesome gifts, or give us money... we like that too!

Wedding Dresses

So, James has been gone to Church camp this week and I've been getting a head start on all the planning.

James is thourghly convinced that Six Months is not enough time to plan a wedding, so I told him I would handle it. Now James is not your typical guy, thtat goes here are the people I want, and the colors I don't want after that I don't care... Nope James wants to be right in the middle of it all. Which I thought would bother the hell out of me, but it's actually nice to see how he cares about everything.


Anyways. I made a binder to help keep track of all our ideas, deposits, information, and finalized plans. I've done a TON of looking for everything online this last week and have pulled up some great ideas, and some not so great. Anyways when James came home last night he was bombarded with 2 hours of wedding talk. His thoughts on Colors, flowers, invites, reception places, everything. I think we have a good grasp on the idea we want.

Today though I had sooo much fun with my mom and little sister. We went wedding dress shopping. We went to David's Bridal and I tried on like 20 dresses. I'm pretty sure I've found the one I want. You know how in all those chick flicks you see the girl and she puts on the dress and she's like OMG this is it...???? I TOTALLY had one of those moments!!!

It was great, my mom took a picture of all the dresses and we are sending them to my older sexy sister Katie in Reno to get her imput before we make a decision.

The colors James and I have picked are Black, White, and NAVY blue.

Anyways yep.. Dress shopping was GREAT.
And to save $ we found a great pattern at Joann's and we are going to get the bridesmaids dresses made by this lady we know it'll be fun.