....

Sorry I've been absent yet again. This time it hasn't really been because I've been too busy. I've actually found myself starring at a blank screen every lunch hour trying to decide what to write about. We are at a point in the wedding planning process that I can't really share much more with you. If I do, you wouldn't have anything to look forward to the day of the wedding. I want some things to be a surprise.

I suppose I could give you a little bit of an idea as to what I've been up to in the last week...

Invites

My head is currently buried in fonts, wording, food choices, dates, blah blah blah all for the invitations. A part of me is really excited for these but the other part just wants someone else to do the deciding for me. Let's get the important stuff over with and on to the fun stuff! Seriously. Thank goodness I have friends who work wonders and I don't have to crack my head against the wall designing my own invites. I just have to pick and choose between the ones she sends me. Moo Moo you're amazing. I'm sorry if my "change this, change that, flip flop this" emails are getting annoying. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I promise.

Food

What do ya'll want to eat. Seriously. I don't know if I've ever told you before, but I hate decisions. And this I feel is a decision that won't go away. Buffet or Sit Down? One meal choice or two meal choices? Chicken or Pork? Name tags? blah blah blah


Guest Book

I find myself walking back and forth past this empty canvas. I know what I want. I just can't seem to get myself to take the first step of putting pencil to canvas. Again, I can't share this with you...it's a surprise...

Shoes

I need to find a pair of shoes. Yes, another pair. But these will be amazing! Again...it's a surprise :)

Bridesmaids Gifts

Ordered!! After much debate these suckers are ordered! And I could not be more excited about these things. Hopefully I can keep these a secret :)

That's all for now. We have our last wedding this weekend. It's bitter sweet. We loved seeing everyone every weekend but it will be nice to be able to sit at home and relax for awhile.

Addicted

This is how I spend my lunch break...Don't Judge

I love the song playing...


Hlee + Bee :: The Wedding Film Teaser from Lighthouse Studios on Vimeo.


This dress is amazing..


Serge & Elina :: The Wedding Film Trailer from Lighthouse Studios on Vimeo.


The vows...I keep trying to talk Tony into writing our own vows...I'm still working on it.


Kat + Greg :: The Wedding from Lighthouse Studios on Vimeo.


Twilight say whaaat...


Jaymee + Kyle :: A Oasis in the Desert from Lighthouse Studios on Vimeo.

Night before

I've been thinking a lot lately about what our plans will be the evening before our wedding day. Mainly a lot about the rehearsal and grooms dinner, I still have no idea what to do about these. This may be tomorrow's post...or later...

But one minor detail of that night I can't help but think about, and it's not even something that I'm debating about either. I think I've been asked once or twice about where I'm sleeping that night. I figure Tony can have the house and spend time with our little love Axel before he has to head to doggy day care. I on the other hand plan to make the trip up to Osceola. I know it's out of the way and probably a huge pain in the *** but I'm not budging on this one. I confirmed that with myself this past weekend as I was lying in my old bedroom staring up at the green stars. I want to go home.

I don't know why but for some reason I look at it as my last night as a kid. Maybe because I didn't go off to college like most kids do or because I moved back home for awhile. I don't know. But for some reason I feel like it's my last night before I become a big kid and have to go out into the big world without my parents. Weird I know but I don't know how else to describe it. It's not like I won't ever stay there again after that night. And it's not like I'll never see my parents after that day either. I seriously don't know why it's such a big deal to me.

Between that and knowing that I'll have an hour long car ride with my mom and dad that morning back to River Falls makes it even more special to me. Again, it's not like I'll never see them again. It's just for that hour I'll have just the two of them all to myself before this big day where I'll probably hardly get to see or talk to them after the ceremony. There will be 300+ people around after I walk down the aisle. Don't get me started on the aisle part. That alone makes me emotional just thinking about it.

I never thought I'd be this way. Maybe because I never saw myself having a wedding like this. But then again, I never saw myself having a family like I do now and the amount of amazing people in my life either. That's what I've learned to love about life, it's constantly changing. You never know what is ahead of you. And honestly, I wouldn't change a thing.


Oh, Hey Ma-I just wanted to let you know, I'm coming home with you after the rehearsal dinner...just thought I would share that with you...since I hadn't before this. :)

You learn something new everyday

This past weekend we attended yet another wedding. There was so much that went down that I can't even think straight. So instead of attempting to write a blog post that would most likely turn into a novel I'm going to create a bullet list for you all. I hope you enjoy.

Things I Learned

• Tony cannot pick out any wedding cards going forward (Tony & Megan-I'm sorry for the card)
• Tony's truck smokes...a little
• If I need to be picked up by eleven-Tell Kegan and Brittni I need to be picked up by ten.
• Ushers work hard (note to self-spoil my ushers)
• Shoes are very important --Yes, I know I know, You're thinking Haley I thought you knew this. I do--for girls--I did not know this for boys. (note to self-make sure groomsmen & ushers have comfortable shoes)
• Tequila Wine makes her Tony's clothes fall off. (My apologies to the entire wedding party & guests)
• Groomsmen vests need to be sturdy (in case at some point someone may feel the need to rip their vest off)
• Shoes need to be double knotted (in case at some point someone may feel the need to kick their shoes off in the middle of the dance floor)
• Always make sure Kegan does not hold onto the car keys (This will prevent the possibility of locking keys in the car)
• Ke$ha and Lady Gaga may have a look a like
• Remind yourself when discussing things with Kegan that he may not be completely there (No, Kegan Ke$ha was not really at the wedding)

And most importantly,

• Tony has the nicest, loving, craziest friends I have ever met. Watching those boys out on the dance floor was the highlight of my weekend. I could not help but sit there and think that we are so lucky to have these people in our lives. I can't wait to spend another weekend with them in a few weeks at Matt and Jasmine's wedding and to have them a part of our own big day.

To those boys: Thank you. Thank you for being a part of Tony's life. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of his life and now yours. For many years I heard so much about each and every one of you. I will admit to you now that I had always been scared as I didn't want to step on any one's toes. You are Tony's friends, he should be able to always have fun with you. Without me. I avoided going out with him, calling him or "bothering" him while he was out with you as I didn't want to take him away from you. I'm a shy person, I don't have a whole lot to say and would rather stand in the corner than be in the center. But after this weekend I realize I have nothing to be scared of. Let's face it, if you can handle being friends with my crazy love, I'm hoping you'll be able to accept me. I may have dragged my feet the last few years and not allowed myself to open up to you but I promise that will be no more.

When our day comes, if no one else will be at my wedding, I know we will have our friends out on the dance floor. I'm not concerned.

And you can bet your a** we will have a good time.

I promise.

Save the Dates-Check!

So as most of you know already, the save the dates have been addressed, sealed, stamped and sent. Whew.

So I just wanted to take a quick minute to say hello to all the new readers out there who may have gotten the site off of the STDs (get your mind out of the gutter Tony). Welcome to our wedding site, I always say I will keep it up to date but as my previous readers know, that doesn't always happen. :) I try tho. I have a feeling over the next few months I'll be updating frequently. I received my 5 month reminder email yesterday. 5 months! I'm sure most brides look at it as "Yay! 5 months til my wedding!" I look at it as "Ugh, we have 5 more months to get this stuff done"...how sad is that? It'll get better, I'm sure of it!

We attended two weddings this past weekend, one was the full wedding/reception while the other one was just a reception. We managed to fit both of them in, can't say it was "easy" and I wish we would've been able to spend more time at the reception only one but due to other commitments we were only able to stay for a short while. Both couples had a beautiful day/night for their special day.

While we were winding down our night, and I (as sober cab) was trying to wrangle the boys up to go home, a song came on that stopped me in my tracks, our wedding song. Now our wedding song isn't a very "common" song to be played and I can honestly say that I've never heard it at any other wedding. So as I was trying to pull Kegan out of the barn I couldn't help but smile and tell him that it was our song. Kegan of course decided that we couldn't leave yet and that Tony and I had to dance first. I couldn't fight with him on that one.

Side note-I realized this weekend, it is not cool to be the only sober one in a group of four. Maybe it's just with these two Meyer boys and Brittni, but it is impossible to gather them together. Those two boys know everyone and talk to everyone. So at the end of the night when I wanted to go home, trying to get them together was a job. I would find one but when I would go find the other one-the first one would disappear. It came to a point where Brittni and I would say "ok you get Tony, I'll get Kegan" -1.2.3. Break! Some how we would both end up boy-less. I think they were on to it. After probably close to 2 hours of attempting to gather them and after the DJ stopped playing music I was able to get them into the car and on our way home. The next day I found out that Tony was on to my game and would tell me "yea we can go home, find Kegan" and he would then find somewhere else to stand because "he didn't want to go home" I tell ya, the things I do for my love. He did bring me to get ice cream last night as a thank you for putting up with him the night before. I may have told him he was driving me there, but he did it. :)

Changes

I've been reminded numerous times over the last two weeks that I haven't blogged much lately. And to that I say I'm sorry. My head hasn't really been in it. Number one, time flies...just sayin. Number two, My roller coaster ride of wedding planning is currently at its low point. Too many things to do, not enough time to do them in and no idea on how to even do them. So bare with me please.

Tonight my love has planned an intervention for me. Thanks to my mini panic attack this morning, I have gained his help in this wedding planning process, whether I want it or not. He can only do so much tho. The last few days I have realized how lucky I am and how much I love that man. Not sure what I would do without him. Hopefully after tonight, I will have some clarity and will be able to update you all on where we are at in the whole process. And possibly attempt to explain why we are in the current situation we are in.

On a side note, yesterday was my little lovebug's birthday. Here's a pic of her devouring her birthday cake this past weekend.  Uncle Tony and Auntie Haley bought her her first jersey. Represent!

Yesterday marked her 1 year. 1 year ago she came into this world...not so quietly. I can remember that morning like it was yesterday. That was by far one of the longest, scariest, best days of my life. The first week of her life she was poked and prodded numerous times and was trapped in cage at the hospital. A year later she is as healthy as can be with nothing but smiles. Amazing how in 1 year so many things can change. I believe change is good. No matter what it may be, there is always good in it.

I got to thinking about how much has changed since that day one year ago. Not just for lovebug, but for my own life. I started a new job, made new friends, got engaged, started planning this ridiculous wedding (with love), gained some new pets (hey-o to my lil fishies!), accepted things I could not change and opened my eyes and mind up to new things. Every thing happens for a reason. Good or Bad. This roller coaster wedding is somehow going to be good. I just know it. Maybe it's so I don't sit and worry about all the other crazy things in this world....(Amy meeting new crazies over yonder in Green Bay). Maybe it's to teach me to better organize my life a little. Or maybe it's to teach me to let others help me. I'll figure it out. Eventually. Until then I will lean on my love and try to stay on task with this wedding from here on out. I don't really think I have a choice...on either of those.

To my love,who I know is reading this, I love you.
Through the years of our ups and downs, we figured it out.

I don't get it

I have yet another issue.

Not necessarily an issue. Another decision.

I hate decisions.

A few weeks ago as I was surfing online for invitation ideas I came across this little number...

Via Etsy

I love them. I wanted something different, but something easy that I could possibly create myself. So what do I do? I quickly email SIL Nicole and ask if it's something we can do. Within a few hours I had a Word document waiting for me in my email. She's amazing. I printed out the rough copy and started adding my small touches. Again this is a very rough copy.

This just caused my excitement to sky rocket. I love them even more now. I send them off to a few friends, Tony and my mom. I get a few responses back saying neat, that works etc. I then get a response from my mom. Normally she's all over my ideas and she'll take my ideas and run with them. This time not so much. Here's the response I got.

"I don't get it"

That little bubble floating above my head just popped.

Are they that different that it's hard to get the information? So do you continue with the fun, crazy invites you like in hopes people understand them? Or do you play it safe and do the same standard invitations?

Who would of thought.



Another Dress Debate

Heyoo--
Sorry for my absence. I was enjoying an overdue long weekend. I may or may not have only mentioned the wedding once or twice. :) Oh well. I had good company to bounce my ideas off of so it was all good.

Are you ready for my latest dilemma? I'm not. Hence me turning to you.

Flower girls.

Cute. Precious. Innocent flower girls.

Three of them.

Meet my girls.

Lilly--Tony's Cousin

Emma--My Niece

Presley--My Niece

Here's the big dilemma. What the h.e. double hockey sticks do they wear??

Let's get the easy part out of they way, Presley AKA P will be wearing the following..

Easy.

Now as far as the other two go, I have no idea. They are 7 will be closer to 8 by the time the wedding rolls around, they aren't "little" girls anymore. I need something age appropriate. Not to mention I have no idea what color I'm going to do. Ivory to match me? Red to match the bridesmaids? eehh. It's impossible to match the flower girls with the bridesmaids. Not going to happen. So either I go ivory or another possibility is black. I know I know black is not a little girl/wedding color. But it is. I've seen it. It looks very classy in it's own weird way.

What do you think? Is black non flower girl? Or will it class up this crazy Meyer wedding?

I think...I'm in love...

with cupcakes!!!!!!!!!!

I some how managed to stumble across these photos while stalking fellow bloggers. These came from pintrest...which I can't figure out how to work. I think my work computer sensed what type of situation it could cause so it blocked me.

anyways... back to the cupcake love...

Aren't they adorable!!!!!!!!! I. WANT. THEM. This would match perfectly with our centerpieces!!

If you want to drool some more, check out the rest of the pics from this wedding here.

Will we have time?

Last night Tony and I headed out to tackle one of the less painful tasks on our endless list of things to do. Registry. Now you may remember we attempted this at Target after one of my many breakdowns. Yesterday was a lot more relaxing and I was already in a good mood before we even started.

We started our adventure at Kohls. Tony kept saying to me, "What are we going to put on our list at Kohls?? Don't they just have clothes?" haha my little love had no idea. After a few moments of frustration with the registry computer-I hate touch screens-we were on our way with the gun in hand, Tony's favorite part. His job is to scan, I point. We started in the bedding, Tony was a little bored with it I think but we survived. Next came the dishware. I'm so excited! We picked out some new stuff so that we would have all matching sets AND it matches the kitchen! Woohoo! I think at this point Tony was started to have fun with it as well. Especially when we got into the cookware. He started to go a little crazy actually. But hey, we only do this once so I let him scan whatever his little heart desired. Sorry if I don't get online in time to delete the greeting card, cars book, dorm organizer, antler frame, dog frame and any other random item Tony decided to scan without my knowledge.

After scanning all the items we thought necessary at Kohls, we headed back to the service desk to hand in our scanner and print out the list (this is where I see all the UNnecessary items). As we are waiting for the list I ask Tony if he thinks we'll be able to go to Bed, Bath & Beyond yet. He responded nonchalantly with "I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time" I think we both realized at the exact same moment what he had just said.

Needless to say, we couldn't hold back our laughter. The group of Kohls workers standing in the corner looked at us like we were crazy. It was worth it though. If you don't know what I'm referring to do yourself a favor and watch Oldschool. You can thank me later.

We ended up having enough time for Bed, Bath & Beyond, so we headed over to Woodbury. I cannot say this enough, THEY. WERE. AWESOME. The people are so helpful there! I could not believe it. Shout out to P.J. he was our little helper for the night. I think I told him 5 times how helpful he was. Seriously. If you are about to register, go to BB&B they are amazing. Thanks to P.J. I'm actually excited about our choices and enjoyed our adventure. I have a feeling we'll be going back next weekend to visit him. :) If not for the registry, for the Jamaica hints. Like I said, SO helpful!

Bringing the past into present

I've been debating back and forth on what we will serve for our dessert. Whether it be a wedding cake, cupcake, cheese cake or candy. As I was thinking about this huge decision, I decided I'd take a break from it and work on something else.

I have read numerous ways brides are incorporating their loved ones who are no longer with them into their wedding. This got me thinking about Tony's Grandpa Meyer. He passed away shortly after Tony was born but he has always been a large part of his life. I felt it was important for us to remember him in some way. For those of you Meyers who are reading this now, keep your eyes open. I don't think I want to write in detail what our plans are, but I do want others to know that he will be remembered.

This also lead me to think about my grandparents. They have been happily married for fifty eight years and continue to love each other day in and day out without batting an eye. I've always looked up to them and hoped that I too would find someone to love like they love each other. I was lucky enough to find him. I emailed grandpa asking him if he had a picture handy from their wedding day. A few days later I received this in the mail:

I'm hoping I can steal something off of this to incorporate into our wedding. Possibly the cake? I plan to take this to our hopeful baker and see if they are able to replicate it. Cross your fingers.

E-Session Take 2

A couple weeks ago Tony and I had our second engagement session, this time with our wedding photographer. I could sit here and tell you all about it and how amazing they turned out but I'll let you take a looksy for yourself. Thanks to Michele for the amazing session! We can't wait to see how she captures the wedding!

Thanks to Michele for the amazing session! We can't wait to see how she captures the wedding!

You Have Mail...

Is it just me or do you get excited when you see you have a new email?! I love it! Who's it going to be? What do they have to say? What fun coupon did I get? What wedding idea is floating around today?

I'm happy about these. Most of the time.

Here's what I received the other day.

6 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait. What?!?!!?!?!

Where on earth did the time go? I feel like it was just last week I was sitting on a beach planning my wedding. I want Mexico back!

I was calm. Too calm apparently as I had been slacking a little. Now I feel like I'm going into a downward spiral into bridezilla land with my checklist in hand. This would probably be ok if we had a normal schedule these days. Every weekend here on out is completely booked until October. October! That puts me at 3 months out! Throw in our work schedules, both regular and overtime, housework, shopping for friends weddings (wedding, bachelor, bachelorette, showers), tux fittings (for other weddings), time to see the family, and find some time to see and talk to my fiance that would be great too. We'll see tho.

Oh! And I almost forgot! My own wedding planning!!!!!!!!! How could I forget?

Excuse me if my mind is a little scatter brained over the next few months. You'll probably see a lot of random posts. Don't mind me, it's just my way of gathering my thoughts.

Taking a chance on a chandelier

Awhile back I had posted about creating our own chandelier.

Like this...

A got to thinking tho that maybe this wouldn't go with my centerpieces. In case you forgot, here's a refresher of what those look like. (side note-I've been working on these...they are coming together nicely if I don't say so myself ;) I'll post about those later)

Are they too different? Will it be too many things going on? The wonderful decisions...ugh.

I emailed FBIL Brent to see what his thoughts were. He seems to think they'll flow together nicely with all the "natural-ness"...I'm hoping he's right. But that didn't ease my wonder. So I started thinking...dangerous I know. What if I were to take that plastic centerpiece out of the "chandelier" and replace it with a "real" chandelier. An old school antique chandelier. Painted black. here's where I squeal with excitement of how brilliant I am This leads to research on the good ole craigslist. I knew going into this that it could be completely out of our budget and not worth it. I was preparing for heartbreak. I sorted thru the $300-$400 chandeliers and ended up finding two, $35 and $50. EEEEk! Sold! The first for $35 was used as a mobile for a child's room (creative) so it is not a "working" chandelier. This is ok. However, the second one I found for $15 more is beautiful. I want it. I need it. Here's this morning's email to my love...

I found another chandelier that I love more that has actual lights still on it. It's $50 but I can hang it in Marilyn's room after :) it still works. Can I email about that one?

Muahaha...Marilyn's room is coming together nicely...after the wedding of course. It's currently being overtaken by wedding flowers, feathers, headpieces, feathers, jewelry, feathers, vases, feathers...ya get the drift.

I have yet to hear back from the second chandelier. If that one falls thru, I'll go with the first.

What are your thoughts? Too much? Or do you think it will flow?

Or am I just DIY crazy?



Yet another debate...

Cake...Cupcakes...Cheesecake...Candy...

Do I need to play Justin Bieber again??

I'm having a hard time deciding on this one. And Tony doesn't help. He doesn't eat any of the above. His choice is dairy queen cake. Sorry hun, it just can't happen. On the other hand, I love each one of these options. What do I do?!

Look at all these cute options!

Classic Wedding Cake...

Cupcakes...

Look at this cute little cake to throw in with the cupcakes...Pearls!



Candy!!...

Oh and then the cake topper! I loooooove these! Aren't they beautiful?! And this is made out of paper! Paper!! I can't make this myself...I wish tho...

I guess I should be asking the readers which one you'd like....since you are the ones who will be eating it :)

Engagement Story-Part 3

I kinda left y'all hangin for a bit on this one...oops!

Where were we?....

Sooooo I turn to find Tony down on one knee. Looking up at me.

Down on one knee. Looking up at me. Me!

H: "Is this a joke?"
T: "No"
H: looking around for someone to jump out at me and say "haha gotcha!" but no one is jumping out..."Are you serious?"
T: "Yes"
H: "This is a joke"
T: pulls ring out of pocket
H: "That's fake" still not believing that this is really happening "This is a joke"
T: in a slightly irritated/unsure of what was happening voice "It's not fake" starts to pull my hand and turn the ring to put on my hand
H: noticing the turned ring and seeing the side of it "It's my ring!!!"
T: waiting patiently for an answer "Will you marry me?"
H: "Yes!"

Turns out the day after our little ring shopping adventure, Tony went back and got my ring. He must have heard my heart break when the girl told us that it could be gone if/when he came back. Those of you who know Tony, know how big of a P.I.A he can be when he is about to buy something. He'll research something for hours on end, every day, for months if needed until he finds what he's looking for.

I apologized to the sales lady when I went in to have it re sized.

Oh which reminds me, funny side story.

When we were in the store on our little adventure 10 months prior, our lovely sales lady wrote down the ring information and my ring size. Ya know, just in case. Silly me who still didn't think it would happen for some time, threw it on top of the shelf in the living room. It probably sat there for a month before I moved it one night. We were having friends over, so I moved it in between a couple books on the book shelf so people wouldn't see it and ask questions. Little did I know, Tony was searching the house top to bottom for that little sheet not long after our house guests. He never did find it. So when he did propose in Mexico I unfortunately couldn't wear it completely on my finger. Oh well. Adds to the story :)

But back to Tony's adventure. The boy knows everything about diamonds now. It's crazy. Apparently I picked such a different ring that he had a hard time finding a diamond to go with it. Round doesn't look right and princess doesn't look right. Luckily Katherine was in love with cushion cuts and brought one out for Tony. Perfect. Now came the "important" details, the details that I needed to apologize for. Katherine told me he's what they train for. Poor thing. After searching the limited number of diamonds and many random trips to "petsmart" Tony was able to find the right one. It may have been shipped in from Maine but it was the one. Again, I apologize to the girls at Shane. I love him. And every time I look at my finger I'm reminded of how much he loves me, the love we share for each other and the life we are about to start together.

IT'S BRITNEY DAY!

Yes, this is my wedding blog.

But.

It's Britney Day!!!!

So.

I'm want to write about Britney.

So.

Let's take a little glimpse at the train wreck wedding between Ms. Britney and dumb*** K-Fed.

No...Not that wedding...

This one...

Check out the bridesmaid dresses!!! Do you suppose the similarity is a good thing or a bad thing?

I loved that she changed into a shorter/fun dress after...I mean it's Britney...did you expect anything less? I would rock it.

Hopefully the current man in her life will give her a much more classier wedding...

Oh Britney.

Changes

After yet another day of debate, and endlessly walking back and forth past my boots, I think I've finally decided on not going through with it. I think I need to lay the boots to rest. As much as I want red glitter cowboy boots, I don't think this is the route I should be taking. :(  However, I do think I'm going to continue on with the swarovski crystals and sparkling up my own pair of shoes. We'll see. I'll probably sit on that one for a little bit longer.

On another note, my Monroe piercing I got a few months ago...may be no more. I love the little gem and waited 7 years to get it so this is a difficult decision for me. I'm just concerned with where it's located and the affect its having on my gum and teeth.

Do I give it a couple more weeks in hopes that it gets better? Under normal situations, that would be my first option. We are unfortunately scheduled to take our engagement pictures on the 12th. Do I leave it in until the 12th? This way I won't have a healing scar. Or do I take it out now? Hopefully the scar will have healed by then. My other thought is if I do leave it in until after the pictures, will I really want a piercing showing on our engagement pictures? When I won't have it soon after?

I love this piercing.

I don't want to take it out.

But.

It hurts.

A girl already has to put herself in enough discomfort and pain with a zillion other things to fit into this society. Do I really want to add to that list? Just because I think it's cute?

The Big Shoe Debate...

So anyone who knows me, knows I can't wait on things. Once I get an idea in my head I want to make it real. ASAP. One of those things being my boots.

I ended up finding a pair of black, shorter, lower heeled cowboy boots on Monday. Since Mr. Fiance wouldn't let me run to Michael's that very same night, I waited until Tuesday on my way home from work. It's on my way home, duh. Kinda...maybe ten, fifteen minutes out of my way but hey! I wanted to get this party started! I entered the world of Michael's to find my wonderful jewels waiting for me. And guess what!? They were on sale!! It's meant to be.

I hurry home, finish a couple chores and sit down at the kitchen table to begin my long and tedious adventure. First, lets back the train up a bit. On my way home between Michael's and my driveway I was thinking that maybe I'd be safer to do an actual heel with this gems instead of the boot. I mean, these little gems aren't cheap. So if I finish these boots and I don't like them-then what? Wear them out of guilt? Here starts the big debate. Red glitter boots or red glitter heels...such a tough decision!! What if I don't like the boots? What if they don't turn out how I'm dreaming them up to be? Why can't Taylor Swift just lend me her boots for the evening? Ugh. Celebrities. Why do they always have to get the good stuff!? Anyways. Back to the task at hand. I decide to do a couple and see what I think. I sit at the table with the glue and gem in my hand. Here goes nothing. I stick the first one on. Eh. It's ok. Add a couple more. Still ok.

Enter Tony.

T: "You should space them out a little more"
H: "I'm still debating if I do the boot or if I find a pair of heels"
T: "You can find a pair of sparkly heels to buy online"
H: "I want to make them"
T: "Maybe you should get a red boot"
H: "Let me know when you find a red boot"

Thanks for the encouragement honey.

Here's what I have so far...

I know it's not the greatest picture and you can't really get the true idea of it yet, but I'm nervous. Do I continue adding them and see what happens? How far do I go before I decide?

Am I dreaming?

So a few weeks ago I attended the Taylor Swift concert. When we left the arena that night, I didn't leave there talking about the concert...while somewhat, I was a little upset about the lack of T-Party...anyways, I left there dreaming of cowboy boots and glitter. Red Glitter. At one point during the show Taylor came out wearing a black dress and red cowboy boots. These weren't just regular red cowboy boots though. They were glitter red. I mean, it's Taylor, that's pretty much a given.

I want them. I need them. I have to have them. Right now.

But.

I can't find them. Anywhere. I can't even find a photo or a video of her wearing them. Am I dreaming?? I asked Laura if I was crazy, but she remembers them too. Why can't I find proof!?

So, now I'm on a mission. To find glitter cowboy boots.

Here's what I've found so far...

The gold ones are...eh...gold...I'm still undecided on them. The issue is if I order them and they don't fit or I don't like them, I can't return them. Then I'm out $$.

The silver ones, which would have worked perfectly for what I want to do, are sold out. No word on when or if they will be restocked. Eh.

You can't find any red sparkly boots anywhere. So. As I was searching the internet about to give up hope, the light bulb turned on.

The last few months every now and then I read on weddingbee about brides who are making their own shoes. They take a regular "plain" pair of shoes and glue swarovski crystals on them.  Like so...

What's my light bulb idea? Well, I'm going to find, attempt to anyhow, a pair of cowboy boots. Then I'll find red, hopefully, swarovski crystals and glue them to the boots. If I can't find Taylor Swift's glittery boots, I'll just have to make them myself!

Wish me luck!

Engagement Session Take 2

Back in January we were lucky enough to have our friend Jennifer snap a couple pictures for us while it was still winter out. They turned out great and I've used them a few times already for wedding things :)

Now that we have our photographer booked we have yet another engagement session ahead of us.

After much discussion we decided to have the "scene" of the event downtown River Falls. Since we had already had our winter session out at the farm I figured we could have some fun and change it up a bit. Downtown we'll have the old buildings, a couple walking bridges, benches and a green filled pathway. We're bound to get some good pictures out of those options. If we have enough time we might try and head down by the falls. We'll see.

I have no idea what we are going to wear. Either of us. I know eventually, once I figure out what I'll be wearing, it's just a matter of finding a shirt that won't clash with me for Tony. I'm not worried about him. But. I have no idea what I'm going to wear.

We have two weeks to figure this out.

I'm open for suggestions...

Suspenders say whaat?

Yes, I have yet another new obsession.

Suspenders.

You can go ahead and thank Ms. Mrs. Amber Worthington for that one. Actually, I'm not sure if it's her you thank or her brothers. Who ever it was that had the splendid idea of having suspenders is a genius.  I saw these beauties at Amber and Randy's wedding a few weeks ago. As soon as the boys took off their jackets and I spotted them, the light instantly clicked on. Not sure on the details of anything yet. I'll be sure to let you know when I do :)

Bonus: Tony likes them too

Who woulda thought?!

Maybe...Just maybe...Tony could possibly get his bow tie he's been asking for.


...Maybe...

Engagement Story-Part 2

If you missed Part 1-Catch up here!

Fast forward a few months...10 to be exact...

After much deliberation we decided on taking a trip. This my friends, was our first official vacation as a couple. Believe it or not, over the 5 years we had been together we hadn't really taken a vacation together. A weekend away up north doesn't count, in my eyes at least. We both had taken our separate vacations with our friends, but we had never done it together. One step at a time.

We booked our trip to Cozumel and started the countdown til we left. Actually, Tony started the countdown. For some odd reason, this trip didn't seem real to me. Honestly, I really didn't get excited for it until we were sitting in the airport. And for some strange reason, Tony was a little too excited for it if you ask me. The ten e-mails a day with "are you excited??", "__ days til we're on the beach!" "What do you want to do this day?" where a little excessive. But I let it slide.

Fast forward again to the day we leave. It's 4 am. I'm going through the last minute packing and double checked our paper work. Pause. I forgot to mention something. Awhile back in conversation I had mentioned to Tony I had never had an ocean front room. It was never brought up again. Until I accidentally ruined my surprise when I was looking for our transfer information.

Haley: In a confused tone..."why on earth does this say we have an ocean view room"
Tony: "YOU RUINED IT!"
H: "ruined what?!"
T: "You weren't supposed to see that!"
H: "WHAT!? See what?!"
T: " I kept that a secret all these months and the DAY OF you find it!"
H: still in a confused/half asleep tone "I'm sorry?"

Oops.

Momma Mari walks in, Tony explains in disappointment that I found the room information. (hint) Momma Mari, who is way too excited for 4am in the morning, asks me if I'm "EXCITED!!??" As I'm standing in the hallway I reply with a yes but I can't be excited when my little boy Axel is starring back at me with a "what are we doing mom?" look...I didn't want to leave him :( So I quickly changed my answer.
While Tony is gathering the luggage, I head out to the car so I don't have to say goodbye to Axel. It's 4 am. on a Thursday. In October. It's dark out. I walk towards the car to get in the back seat, leaving the front for Tony. I  get to the door to find Diane and Brent sitting in the back. Again, it's Thursday, Diane should be in school...or at least still sleeping in order to get up for school...she should not be sitting in the back seat! (hint) But not thinking anything of it I jump in excited that I get to see them before we leave. We head to the airport. One thing I've learned, Tony is not an ...easy...traveler. He was so frazzled that it was starting to make me uneasy. But we got through just fine and we were on the plane to Mexico in no time. Even on the plan he was still uneasy. He kept checking his jacket and pockets. (hint) I of course thought it was because of his change of money handling, he had his wallet plus a money clip. Again, I didn't think much of it...just that he needed to take a chill pill and relax.

We make it to Cozumel. Had a minor hiccup with our hotel, but we got it all worked out-more in our favor actually. We settled into our room and decided to walk around. At this point it was probably 7 pm. Let me remind you we had left our house at 4:30-5 maybe, so it was a long day of travel. As we are walking around we are debating about what we are going to do for dinner. Eat at a restaurant or order in. We head to the beach to watch the sunset while we are discussing. After sitting down for a few minutes I ask if we can just order in food and go to bed, I was too tired to sit at a restaurant. Tony agreed. After a few more minutes went by Tony got up to use the restroom. When he came back out I got up from my chair, I was ready to head back to the room. Tony gave me a hug and made a comment about how he could do this the rest of his life. (hint) Silly me replied with a quick "me too" and turned to walk away. Tony held on to my hand but wasn't moving. When I turned around he was down on one knee.

Haley : In a serious tone..."is this a joke?"

To be continued....

Honeymoon-CHECK!

Ok.

So. Over the next week you might not hear a lot from me.  I'll try and update as much as I can and you may see short scatter brain notes here and there but it probably won't be anything huge. I'm on 12 hour days for the next week. woohooooo....ugh. Friday can't come soon enough. Thankfully I already have plans Saturday so I couldn't work that day too.

Anyways.

Back to wedding stuff.

Honeymoon stuff.

:)

Tony and I decided on Jamaica for our honeymoon. Actually I wanted Jamaica so in Tony's words, "Haley wanted to go to Jamaica, so we compromised and we're going to Jamaica." I loooove him.

I am SO SO SO excited to be going back to Jamaica. We took a family trip there when I was in middle school and I loved it. Even though you aren't supposed to leave the resort, the people there make it worth while. The atmosphere is amazing. I can hear the steel drums now.

Here's a little glimpse of our room...we're spoiled. We have a butler. Yea...a butler...I'm not really sure what you do with a butler but we have one.

Oh and it has a seperate island...along with a pass to go to 2 other resorts in Jamaica. Endless entertainment, food and drinks here I come.

If only it was January...

Diane Meyer-Bridesmaid

I was really planning on writing this post yesterday Wednesday, but I wasn't feeling the greatest so I gave myself a pass.

Where to start with this peach?

For those of you who may not know her, she is Tony's little sister. The baby of the family and one of the only girls. So this "little girl's" 16th birthday yesterday Wednesday was kind of a big deal.

I first met Diane when she was 3. I'm not sure if she knows that. But I did. I would always go camping with her cousin Sheena and one weekend she was up north the same time I was there. She was the cutest little girl and she tagged along with Sheena and I throughout the weekend. Even after the weekend went by I would ask Sheena how Diane was-I believe close after that she was in Chris's wedding so I saw pictures of her all dressed up. If I only knew what was ahead of us.

Over the years since,Tony and I started dating, I believe Diane and I formed our own little friendship. Even during the time of our separation I felt I needed to check on her. I stayed in contact with her as much as I could. Again, if I only knew.

She's my little sister. I don't need the same last name as her.

Why do I love her?

-We speak our own language, or lack of. Sometimes we just have to look at each other and we'll know what we're thinking
-When we are/aren't speaking our own language and someone tries to figure it out-we just laugh it off (no, mom-in-law, we are not always laughing at you...at the beginning...but when you think we are-then we do)
-We make fun of mom/mom-in-law together
-She gave me Bieber fever
-She's terrifying when she's watching football--no one interrupt her football time
-She watches TV series with me all day long on the snowy/gross weekends
-She protects me from her big brother/my 'loving' fiance when we may or may not get into a flicking fight. ( I will always run and hide behind her)
-She avoids garage night with me-you'll find her downstairs watching some sort of TV series :)
-Her attitude...some may dislike an attitude...I love it...(she's 16-I'd be worried if she didn't have an attitude)Work it--while you can get away with it :)
-She always makes me laugh


***NeXt BlOg----HONEYMOON!!!!!!!!!!! ---it's booked!