Friday, June 3, 2011

This is the story of a dress...

My mom worked SOOOO hard to create my dream dress and I think she did a dang good job!
I'm soooooo happy!

Step #1-The fabric
Step #2-The first cut.
Notice there isn't a step for the pattern.
Well, that's because she just winged it.
(if that's even a word)

Let the hard work begin!

ALMOST THERE!

And now for the finished product.
Photos courtesy of Wolf Photography





I know it's hard to see the detail of the dress in these pictures.
She hand-sewed some trim on the veil and all edges of the dress.
I mean, she worked her butt off and it turned out AMAZING!
Hopefully I'll see everyone at the reception so you can see the dress up close and personal!
I'm about ONE WEEK AWAY!!!
I can't even believe it!

Jamie ACTUALLY graduated...?!

My sister Jamie accomplished something we never thought she would accomplish...High School Graduation!
Haha kidding.
She is actually a little too smart.
Here are some pictures (there's A LOT) I took of that day!
(yesterday)


Gettin All Dolled Up

She sometimes thinks she's a model or somethin






...and I haven't even gotten to the actual graduation pictures yet!
Hang in there!



*Deep Breath*
She just stood up!


Turning her tassel!
And now the best part...
Dinner afterward!

FINALLY a GRADUATE!!!





Congratulations Jamie!
Love you!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

I'm baaaaack!

So I realize it's been a while since I last blogged.
Boy do I have a lot to share!
Well let's start with the last post I did.
About how I was pampered at my Pampered Chef Bridal Shower!
Well...MY GIFTS CAME!!!
And the coolest part was mine were all wrapped like actual gifts!


Yeah it was pretty awesome sitting in my mom's living room opening gifts as if it were Christmas Day!
She even made fun of me for taking everything out of the packaging and make-believing I was in my kitchen using the items for real.
Hey, don't judge.
When was the last time you got to play make-believe?!
It was so fun!
Then I got to go home and try to find a place for it all!

This was a bad angle to show what I got but I have
new mixing bowls
a chopper
measuring cups
a cooling rack
and some cutting mats

So much fun stuff!

So there's that.
Now onto my next subject.
One of the worst weekends ever!
I was soooo looking forward to going camping over Memorial Day.
Even though it was a 4 hour drive and we had to come down a day later then everyone else, I was still so excited.
We left first thing Saturday morning and basically drove straight to the camp ground.
When we got there, no one was there but it was ok because we wanted to rest.
Everyone got there and we started dinner and set up our tent.
That night was probably my worst night's sleep ever.
The wind was just insane!
Our tent would practically fold over on us and the flapping noise was so loud it was just hard to sleep.
The next day was expected to be better because we were going to Goblin Valley!!!
Love that place it is so stinkin fun!
We spent about an hour climbing and exploring and taking awesome pictures!
Then...
On the way back...
I accidentally...
DELETED all those cool pictures!
I'm such a dummie!
We stopped one more stop and here are some pictures I have from that day...



Then, to make things worse, the wind just didn't die down.
And it was blowing dust like crazy!
Everyone was gitting it in their eyes, ears, mouth and nose. (haha)
So more then half the family decided to head home a day early.
But we were going to stick it out.
So we cooked dinner and it was delicious.
Then, my Grandma really wanted to head home and my parent's were her ride, so we left.
So to sum it all up, we spent $100.00 in gas to get there and back,
were only there for just over 24 hours,
and have only about 7 pictures to show for it!
Oh but wait, our awful weekend doesn't end there!
On Monday our computer decided to crash.
Everything gone.
Music.
Pictures.
Videos.
But, it was an emergency recovery thing we could do.
So we did.
It brought back the Music and the Videos but no the Pictures..
Sad day!
Most of my important pictures I had saved somehow either to discs, online, or a few on here...but still. Losing all of those pictures really really sucks!
Oh well, what can ya do?!
Don't worry, I'll have another post pretty dang soon about my dress!
Stay tuned