Tuesday, November 15, 2011
New Chapter (continued)...
New Chapter...
Wow! I have not posted in so long. I had so much going on with the wedding and the honeymoon and just life to even think about posting. I sure do have a lot to catch up on now though.
Well recently I have opened a whole new chapter to my life. I am a married woman now, to the most amazing man I might add. The whole wedding process seemed like a complete dream to us. The day after it was all over we woke up and looked at each other and were like Whoa, we are married. The cutest part is still to this day we look at each other and go "Your my husband" or "Your my wife"; like its some phenomenon haha. So I guess I better tell you all about it.
Well surprisingly wedding week was pretty calm. We had most everything done and ready to go. I think we even found ourselves looking for things to do to make time pass. So come Friday (the day before the wedding) it was quite relaxing. Cameron being the work-a-holic he is got up and worked a full day of work. I on the other hand slept in until it was time to get ready to go get my nails done with the girls. While I was getting ready, Cameron's dad came over to blow out the sprinklers. Cameron was adament about having that done before we left for the week just in case there was a freeze. It was only the beginning of October but you never know...specially since a couple weeks after that we got almost 20 inches of snow all in one week. Anyways, at noon that day I met all the girls at the nail salon and we all got our nails done and pedicures. It was fun and nice and relaxing. From there I went home and started getting things ready for the rehearsal dinner. Everyone was coming over after the rehearsal that night which was at 5 so I had to prep before we went there. I told everyone that they had to be at the church by five because I did not want anyone to be late. So we left the house around 4:20pm. About 5 minutes into our drive we realized we forgot the marriage license. Oops. So we had to turn around and get it. That put us behind and actually made us late because it turns out there was a lot of traffic. Whats funny about this is I preached and preached about how everyone has to be on time and in reality we were the ones who ended up being twenty minutes late. So once we finally arrived at the church for our rehearsal, we got on with the show. I was nervous and could not stop laughing because of it. Needless to say I got told to take it seriously a few times.
So after the rehearsal we all went over to our house for our rehearsal dinner. We had tacos and nachos. It was yummy. I love tacos and nachos. We passed out our gifts to everyone and went our seperate ways for the night. But not without me lecturing the boys about drinking the two liters of jager that they had. They did it anyway haha. Another unintentional thing that happened was us girls ended up getting pretty tipsy too. Desiree had told us about "Panty Droppers". They are made with three ingredients.
The next morning I woke up super easily. I must of been anxious, nervous and excited. We began showereing at getting ready around 8am. The hair and make-up lady was coming around 9 am. I was surprisingly quiet and calm all morning. I felt like it was all a dream. After all. I was getting married. It was the day every girl dreams of having for their entire life. We had to be ready by 11:15 am to leave for the church. And it definitely did take all that time to get ready. I was surprised at how well my hair and make-up turned out. But I loved it and I felt like that was the prettiest I have ever felt. Our photographers were there to catch it all too. They were amazing. Huge thank you to Photography Evolved: Kyle & Sara Here is a picture for your own judgment.
Once we got to the church I got in my gown and waited... and waited... and waited for my groom to arrive and get ready so we could do our first look photoshoot. I know its not tradition to do but I just loved the idea. After all, all morning I had nerves building up. I had to catch the emotion from all spilling out before anything ever happened.
After that we split back up and went to our own area of the church until the ceremony that started at two in the afternoon. I was completely fine after this. After all everything was going great. Nothing went wrong other then being a little off schedule but that is to be expected. So we waited some more and then it was finally time. At this point I was still fine. I was fine all the way up until it was my turn to walk down the aisle with my dad. This was a specialy moment I would have with my dad that I will never forget. It was amazing. I remember them closing the doors so I could prepare to walk down the aisle and I look at my dad right before the doors open and say " Im gonna cry" and there went the tears. Actually I was pretty much balling. All those emotions I had been holding in came rolling out. Our ceremony was perfect. It truely was. I loved it.
After that we went and took pictures with our wedding party. It was tiring and I was ready for it to be over. Which is probably why what happened next happened. I had a total break down because I did not want to do pictures anymore. I just wanted to chill out for a minute but a few people decided to distract the picture taking process right when we were about done and I flipped out. But thats okay right? After all it was my wedding. Haha. So when pictures were finally done we hopped in the limo and went to our reception. It was a blast. We danced and laughed and threw cake in eachothers faces. We did everything you do at a wedding reception. It was fun. We were anxious most the evening though because we were leaving for our honeymoon that night. We had to leave the reception at 10-10:30 to catch our 12:20 flight to New York then a 5:30 flight to Flordia where we took a cruise to Cozumel, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Grand Caymen. Needless to say we did not sleep much since Thursday and it was now Sunday.
Well... the honeymoon will have to be in a different post. This one sure has gotten lengthy.
Well recently I have opened a whole new chapter to my life. I am a married woman now, to the most amazing man I might add. The whole wedding process seemed like a complete dream to us. The day after it was all over we woke up and looked at each other and were like Whoa, we are married. The cutest part is still to this day we look at each other and go "Your my husband" or "Your my wife"; like its some phenomenon haha. So I guess I better tell you all about it.
Well surprisingly wedding week was pretty calm. We had most everything done and ready to go. I think we even found ourselves looking for things to do to make time pass. So come Friday (the day before the wedding) it was quite relaxing. Cameron being the work-a-holic he is got up and worked a full day of work. I on the other hand slept in until it was time to get ready to go get my nails done with the girls. While I was getting ready, Cameron's dad came over to blow out the sprinklers. Cameron was adament about having that done before we left for the week just in case there was a freeze. It was only the beginning of October but you never know...specially since a couple weeks after that we got almost 20 inches of snow all in one week. Anyways, at noon that day I met all the girls at the nail salon and we all got our nails done and pedicures. It was fun and nice and relaxing. From there I went home and started getting things ready for the rehearsal dinner. Everyone was coming over after the rehearsal that night which was at 5 so I had to prep before we went there. I told everyone that they had to be at the church by five because I did not want anyone to be late. So we left the house around 4:20pm. About 5 minutes into our drive we realized we forgot the marriage license. Oops. So we had to turn around and get it. That put us behind and actually made us late because it turns out there was a lot of traffic. Whats funny about this is I preached and preached about how everyone has to be on time and in reality we were the ones who ended up being twenty minutes late. So once we finally arrived at the church for our rehearsal, we got on with the show. I was nervous and could not stop laughing because of it. Needless to say I got told to take it seriously a few times.
So after the rehearsal we all went over to our house for our rehearsal dinner. We had tacos and nachos. It was yummy. I love tacos and nachos. We passed out our gifts to everyone and went our seperate ways for the night. But not without me lecturing the boys about drinking the two liters of jager that they had. They did it anyway haha. Another unintentional thing that happened was us girls ended up getting pretty tipsy too. Desiree had told us about "Panty Droppers". They are made with three ingredients.
1/3 Beer (We used wood chuck cider & Corona)
1/3 Pink lemonade
1/3 Pucker
Yes, it sounds so gross, but it most definitely is not. It is for sure my favorite drink! So yummy. So we played kings cup with these "Panty Droppers" and sure did learn a lot of things about each other. We were going to watch the movie Bridesmaids, but that didn't happen because we were all a lil too tipsy to pay attention. We ended up going to bed at around one or two in the morning. We had to be up early the next morning but it all worked out.
The next morning I woke up super easily. I must of been anxious, nervous and excited. We began showereing at getting ready around 8am. The hair and make-up lady was coming around 9 am. I was surprisingly quiet and calm all morning. I felt like it was all a dream. After all. I was getting married. It was the day every girl dreams of having for their entire life. We had to be ready by 11:15 am to leave for the church. And it definitely did take all that time to get ready. I was surprised at how well my hair and make-up turned out. But I loved it and I felt like that was the prettiest I have ever felt. Our photographers were there to catch it all too. They were amazing. Huge thank you to Photography Evolved: Kyle & Sara Here is a picture for your own judgment.
From there we left the church. My mom had decorated the car for me to ride in. So we loaded up and went on our way.
Once we got to the church I got in my gown and waited... and waited... and waited for my groom to arrive and get ready so we could do our first look photoshoot. I know its not tradition to do but I just loved the idea. After all, all morning I had nerves building up. I had to catch the emotion from all spilling out before anything ever happened.
After that we split back up and went to our own area of the church until the ceremony that started at two in the afternoon. I was completely fine after this. After all everything was going great. Nothing went wrong other then being a little off schedule but that is to be expected. So we waited some more and then it was finally time. At this point I was still fine. I was fine all the way up until it was my turn to walk down the aisle with my dad. This was a specialy moment I would have with my dad that I will never forget. It was amazing. I remember them closing the doors so I could prepare to walk down the aisle and I look at my dad right before the doors open and say " Im gonna cry" and there went the tears. Actually I was pretty much balling. All those emotions I had been holding in came rolling out. Our ceremony was perfect. It truely was. I loved it.
After that we went and took pictures with our wedding party. It was tiring and I was ready for it to be over. Which is probably why what happened next happened. I had a total break down because I did not want to do pictures anymore. I just wanted to chill out for a minute but a few people decided to distract the picture taking process right when we were about done and I flipped out. But thats okay right? After all it was my wedding. Haha. So when pictures were finally done we hopped in the limo and went to our reception. It was a blast. We danced and laughed and threw cake in eachothers faces. We did everything you do at a wedding reception. It was fun. We were anxious most the evening though because we were leaving for our honeymoon that night. We had to leave the reception at 10-10:30 to catch our 12:20 flight to New York then a 5:30 flight to Flordia where we took a cruise to Cozumel, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Grand Caymen. Needless to say we did not sleep much since Thursday and it was now Sunday.
Well... the honeymoon will have to be in a different post. This one sure has gotten lengthy.
Friday, September 9, 2011
We are getting so close....
Oh my goodness! The wedding is in two weeks and one day! I can not believe that it is finally here. I am so excited for it, but starting to get a little nervous. Not because I am getting married, just because there is so much to do! This weekend is Cameron's and my bachelor and bachelorette parties. I am so excited for mine. This will be the first time in a really long time that we will be going out without each other. My sister is planning mine and I just want her to know how thankful I am to have her. She is doing such an amazing job making sure my wedding is going to be fabulous. I honestly could not do it without her. I am a little nervous about what Cameron and them are going to do. His friends are CRAZY lol but I know he will have a blast too.. and of course I trust him to make the right decisions. Next weekend we are having a Pre-Wedding Brunch. We are doing this because there is so much going on, it is easiest for us to do this and let everyone know what they are responsible for and of course the schedule of the day. We are making breakfast burritos for it too... yummm :) Along with all that we are finalizing the ceremony at the church on Tuesday and picking up my wedding dress on Thursday. I also have to crunch in school work and work ahead so that I do not miss anything. Then week following this one is THE wedding week, which means its going to be super busy. We pretty much have everything done but we have a lot of organizing and stuff to do in order to feel the day will run smoothly. Cameron and I also have to pay all our bills that are due until October 5th because we are leaving for our honeymoon directly after the reception. I can not wait to spend seven straight, uninterrupted days with my new husband!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Feeling the affects...
"Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
Lately life is turning out to be quite overwhelming. I am definitely starting to feel the affects of having way too much on my plate. I started my new job on August 2, 2011. I love it, even though there is a lot to learn. It is a nice change of pace and definitely something I would rather be doing than working in a restaraunt. Last week was the start of school. This will be my third year of college, however I am a bit behind. Its discouraging to be behind but on the other hand it is good because I am still trying to figure out exactly what I want to do. I know I definitely want to do something in the medical field, I just havent quite figured it out. I am thinking probably a neonatal nurse. I love little babies, so I would love to help them feel better when they are not feeling so well. Another reason for me being behind in school is because I can only do so much. I am taking three classes this semester and one of which is Anatomy and Physiology. I like to really have time to focus on the science classes I take because they tend to be tough. They are essential to my career so it is just best to take my time when it comes to those. I will hopefully be finished with school within the next two to three years. That is my goal. Aside from work and school, I am coaching JV Cheerleading at WRHS. It is a lot of work. I never realized how much time and effort it truly takes to run a team like this. I do get a lot of help from the varsity coach but I am slowly starting to take things upon myself. Also, the wedding is in 4 weeks so it is definitely crunch time. Between all these wonderful things going on in my life, I am exhausted and so ready for vacation. I just pray mother nature lets us enjoy it, without any hurricanes or anything. I am just so surprised at how fast time is going. Pretty soon I will be married to Cameron Swainson. I feel so blessed to have such an amazing man in my life. I am truly lucky.
I feel as though the quote above truly inspires me. Even though my life is full of complete choas right now, it just shows who I am. I truly believe what Jodi Picoult says. Life isnt all about the extravagant things we do, its about how we handle the things and experiences we are given. Life is truly what you make of it. Every situation in life has a purpose. There are things in my life that did not happen that at that point in time I never wanted more but now a few years later I completely understand the reasoning behind the turn out. I feel so blessed to have learned the things I have in life and to continue learning valuable lessons. I feel as though the hardest but most treasured lesson I have learned is to do the right thing even when the going gets tough. Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same. No matter how much you want to give up or take the easy way out... DONT because it will come back to you and bite you right in the butt. I learned this after a few things in life went wrong. I just wish some other people would learn this lesson. Even with the people I am not necessarily close to, but the people around me are, it saddens me to just sit back and watch them fail time after time. I wish I could say something, or show thing the right way but you cant just walk around worrying about everyone elses lifes. They have to learn it themselves because most the time when we are told how to do something we let it go in one ear and out the other. We learn things the hard way, and saddly some people never learn.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
New and Exciting things:)
Lately things have been going so well. I am absolutely in love with my Fiance and our new house. Its so nice to call it our own! I am also doing alot better about being alone here. The first time Cam went out of town, I freaked myself out BAD!! But I am feeling more and more comfortable everyday. After all, its Arvada not 5 points. haha.
Something new that has happened to me is that I got a new job (: I start on Tuesdeay at Huron Animal Hospital as a front desk person. I applied and interviewed for this job over a month ago and was really hoping to get it. After a few weeks went by I figured I didnt get it and I was right. Until they called me on Thursday and asked me to come work for them because the person they hired was unfit for the position. I am soooo excited but a little nervous too, considering they already fired someone they thought was better than me. Wish me luck in my new career.
Along those lines, last Friday Kinley went and got fixed. When I picked her up she was not doing good at all. It broke my heart to see her like that. However, she is as hyper and happy as ever now.
Today is my Bridal Shower and I am sooo excited about it. My sister and bridesmaids, along with mother, mother in law, and grandma worked so hard and I cannot wait to experience it. I cannot believe it is here. I also cannot believe that I will be Mrs. Cameron Swainson in 7 weeks. Its unreal, but so exciting and I am so ready for it.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Bentley, Kinley, and Wedding Update!
Bentley is officially 14 weeks old. He is growing so much and is just the sweetest thing. Between him and Kinley they sure are a handful. Kinley goes into the vet tomorrow to get fixed. We are really hoping it doesn't change her temperament because we absolutely LOVE everything about her! The main reason we are doing it is being when she is heat, she bleeds sooo badly. Also, because obviously Bentley is a boy and that would not be good to mate them. However, we might try to mate him with my parents dog Bella. She is also a golden retriever. We are not sure on that yet tho. I will have to keep you posted. If we don't do that then we will be getting him fixed too.
The wedding is coming up fast. I cannot believe that in 9 weeks I will be Mrs. Cameron Swainson. Its surreal. I have almost everything ready to go, just pulling together the little things now. I'm excited but at times I get super nervous! I cannot wait to see how everything turns out. After the wedding, we will be leaving for our honeymoon. Our flight leaves at midnight that night so we are not wasting any time. We will be flying to Tampa, Florida where we will board our cruise ship that will take us to Cozumel, Mexico, Belize, Isla Roatan, Honduras, and then Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. We haven't planned any shore excursions yet but hopefully after paying for the wedding we will still have some money left over to do some fun things. I really want to go para sailing, snorkeling, and swimming with the dolphins :)
Anyways, besides all that life is going well. We LOVE our new house and we are pretty much unpacked. Well, besides four boxes of clothes that I have no where to put because for some reason we need like three months worth of clothes. Haha. I even donated some and don't have enough room. Looks like we need to donate more. Today is Cameron's 20th birthday <3 We are probably just going to go our to dinner to our favorite Mexican food place. We had a huge BBQ with family and friends on Sunday so we are taking it low key. His parents are also going to take him out to dinner this weekend to celebrate so he gets a week long birthday! I love birthday's whether its mine or his or any ones, I love to celebrate them and get super excited about them. So needless to say, I do my best to spoil him during his birthday!
One more thing I just have to share. Today I went to get a paper from Cameron's parents to turn into the insurance so we can finish our claim and I saw Cameron had mail on the counter. So me being me, opened it up. Turns out it was a speeding ticket for me. I was a little worried because I did/do not want pay them $80 for it. Then my cousin Jackie sent me this link to fox31 news to segment they did saying that unless it is served to you personally, you do not have to pay for it. So I'm not going to :) hehe if all else fails and we end up having to pay more... then we will sue Fox31. lol
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Time is getting away from me!
Wow, time has flown since the last time I posted. I cant believe we are already half way through July! This means Cameron's 20th birthday is in 11 days and our wedding is in 76! Ahhh, so crazy. Sometimes its still hard to fathom that I am marrying the love of my life in just two short months! We still have so much to do to prepare for the wedding, but mostly the little details. My mom, sister, and future mother-in-law are such a big help lately. I think they finally realized how overwhelmed I've been with moving and all. My wonderful sister is planning me a bridal shower for the 30th of July. I am super excited to see everyone and a little nervous about what kind of gifts they decide to give. All this is happening so fast. It wouldn't be so bad if the fire never happened because then half the obstacles we've over come in the past 3 months never would of had to be over come. However, I thank god everyday for throwing those at me and teaching me so many valuable lessons. Not to mention, for all the wonderful things he has blessed us with. Such as our wonderful house. I love it! I'll attach some pictures of it at the end of this :) We have officially been living here for a week.... and I bet you can't guess where Cameron is ;) Yup, that's it... out of town. He is currently in Minnesota, so I am left to unpack and make this house a home. Which honestly I do not mind, considering I would've done it anyways. It my womanly duties coming out. HAHA. The weather around here has been super crazy lately. I swear we've at least gotten 3 or 4 inches of rain just this week and they all came from thunderstorms. And when I say thunderstorms, I mean scary storms. Sooo much rain, wind, and thunder and lightening. Our power even ending up going out for ten hours last Sunday while we were away at a 4th of July firework show. Its been a weird year for weather for sure. So, other than moving, unpacking, the crazy weather and wedding planning not much is new. So here are a few pictures of life lately.
Our house <3
Storm Rolling in 7.10.11
Playing in the rain
4th of July Weekend
Friday, June 24, 2011
Closing one door, opening another...
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." - Helen Keller
Today is a little bitter sweet for me.
We were supposed to be closing on our house today and moving in this weekend. However, that did not happen :( Like I said previously the first mortgage company fell through. That upset me so much, because if everything else was going wrong, that was the one thing I was counting on to be right. However, today we found out that we are approved again :) lets hope nothing changes from now until Thursday when we close. We've been out of our apartment and living from house to house for two and a half months now. This transition period has been the biggest pain in the butt that we could have. But, on the bright side I feel like it has really strengthen our relationship and ourselves. At least, for me I can say I have some pretty thick skin now. I have also learned to look at things in a more positive way. It could have been worse, but we were very blessed. We like to view this as a blessing in disguise. Not many people can comprehend why we feel this way, but when you step back and take a look at the bigger picture... it is. Yes, the fire was a horrible thing, one of the hardest things for us to over come as a couple, as well as individuals; but we learned so much from it.
1) We learned that no matter the circumstances, or how bad it is we have each other to lean on.
2) We learned that every so often our little fairy tale can become a nightmare.
3) We learned that god blessed us with the most amazing families. They comforted us when we needed them the most. My mother lent us $500 to help pay for vet bills. My brother gave up his bedroom and bed just so that we would have a place to sleep. We could never be so grateful for all that both families have done for us.
4) We learned that we have angels watching over us. Even in the worst conditions, they made sure we were safe as well as our puppy and belongings.
5) We learned that bad things lead to wonderful things. If the fire never happened we never would have thought to buy a house (which we are closing on on Thursday) and we would never had our newest puppy Bentley.
6) We learned to make the best of every situation. Instead of sulking in our sorrow and depression, we stayed busy, stuck together, accepted the support given to us, and found the better in the situation.
While those are only a few things that we learned, we accept and appreciate all that we have learned and gained from this beautiful nightmare. I am so grateful to have all that I do, especially the most amazing Fiance a woman could ask for. He is my strength, my happiness, my entire heart.
"He who has hope has everything."
- Arabian Proverb
- Arabian Proverb
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Waiting....
The hardest part about being in a relationship where one of them has to work out of town is probably doing everything alone. We are currently in the process of buying a house and it just really sucks having to figure everything out over the phone and/or trying to get documents that you as his future wife do not quite have access to because you are not married yet. Along the lines of having to do everything alone, include the small things. Such as: sleeping alone, waking up alone, eating dinner alone, watching tv alone, grocery shopping alone, and so on. Sometimes it extremely hard to deal with, and not complain about. However, at the end of the day he is doing whats best for the both of us and our family. Because he has this job he is able to take such wonderful care of me and our puppies and himself. He gives us things I could never imagine to have to this point in my life. I am truly blessed to have a wonderful Fiance who does everything he possibly could for us.
I am currently waiting at home for my man to get home, in the last two weeks I have only seen him once and that was for about 5.5 hours and we slept most of it and he was sick :( poor guy. I know it could be worse, though. I feel so guilty sometimes when I say how much I miss my man on facebook or complain because he is gone a week or too, when military spouses go months and years without seeing them. Not to mention, military spouses have to deal with the constant reminder that they are in a war zone and at any moment their entire world could be taken from them. On the other hand, I hate when girls my age go around crying about not being able to spend all day every day with their man. I mean come on girls, at least you can see them every day. I also hate when girls hate how their men have to work all day long and never have time for them. Do they not realize that they work all day to take care of them? Not to mention, I would give anything just to be able to crawl in bed with my man every night. Yes I would love to spend all day every day with him but I would be perfectly happy just being able to sleep in his arms every night. But I don't get to. It just really annoying to me when girls complain about that kinda stuff. So I am kinda stuck in the middle, I dont have it so bad. Yes, I have to spend weeks away from him at a time, but atleast I can talk to him daily and I know
he is safe. But, I also don't get the pleasure of spending every night in his arms. It's a touchy subject, and no noone is probably going to change their complain, hell I might now either, but that is just how I feel about it. LOL
Anyways, I feel like I should explain why I picked the name "Definitely, Maybe" as the title for my blog. This short, little phrase sums up my life pretty much. Nothing is every guarenteed. Someone may say definitely at one moment but it almost always turns into a maybe. This is very relavent with my life as a Fiance who has a Fiance traveling for work. Nothing is ever promised. He may say I will be home tomorrow at 2pm and two minutes later it will be,"Change of plans babe, were going to New Jersey for the next two weeks." This little scenerio, shows up from day to day. Two days ago we were closing on our house next Friday, June 24th and now as long as everything works out we are closing on Friday, July 8th. While, "Definitely, Maybe" seems like a hassle and scattered lifestyle, I sure have learned alot from is and still am learning. The biggest thing I've learned is nothing is ever promised. Another would be expect the worst and you'll get the best. Expecting the worst seems like a horrible thing to do, but then you have no expectations to meet which makes life that much more enjoyable. Patience; a concept I still have yet to master. At first, I had absolutely no patience what so ever. I am, I do what I want when I want kinda girl. When I want something I want it now. I am still learning that is not possible at all, and while others might disagree (cough, cough Cameron) I feel I have come along way :-P
Friday, June 17, 2011
Making everything right, when everything is wrong.
I am creating this blog mostly in hopes of having a way to express my anger, joys, loves, sorrows, and frusterations. Thoughout the last few six months we have literally been on an emotional rollercoaster. As soon as one thing goes so incredibly right, something else goes so horribly wrong. However, we sure have grown up and grown closer throughout our little journey.
Over these last six months of our rollercoaster ride we've became engaged, had an apartment fire, two very sick puppies, and started the process of buying a house all while Cameron travels the contential U.S. for his job.
We became engaged on February 6, 2011. Even though I knew it was about to happen, he took my breathe away by the way he asked me. Conquencidently enough, the day we got engaged I was shopping with my mother, sister, and Cameron's mother for my wedding dress. When we finally called it quits for the day, they took me home and thats when my little follow the sign and rose petal road began. I walked up the stairs to our apartment (which just so happens to be on the third floor). On the door I see a sign saying "WILL". I reached for the door and it was locked. So I unlocked the door and inside the house there was a little trail of rose petals on the floor and candles lite all around. I followed the trail to the next sign which was on the bedroom door. It said "YOU". The trail of roses then lead me to the bathroom where a sign read "MARRY".... as I opened the door Cameron was right there saying "MEEEEEEEEE!!!" He had me a hot bath, candles lite, and my ring in the middle of a tray with fresh strawberries. It was so romantic and amazing. I will never forget that day for the rest of my life.
So, the wedding planning began....
Trying to plan a wedding in nine months is hard. Finding a venue was even harder. Finally we settled with the Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church for the ceremony and the Denver West Marriott for the reception.Thus far, we have all that set, the cake ordered, the photographer book, wedding dress bought, tuxes picked out, save the dates sent, invitations bought, and probably more things that I have forgotten. However, we still have so much to do...and to pay for. Oh and I forgot to mention that besides our flight being cancelled, our honeymoon cruise is booked and will soon have flights to it.
All that all seems fine and dandy, and quite exciting I might add. However, on April 18, 2011, our life forever changed. Our apartment was involved in a fire, damaging our unit making it unlivable. This single event has continued to affect our every day life. It truly has become an uphill battle that we seem to be losing, slowly but surely. We just recently got our belongings back but they are being stored in my parents garage until we have our own place again. We have been going back and forth between his parents house and mine just trying not to get in the way. This has literally been the hardest, most stressful thing we have been through. While, it seems to be a blessing in disguise we are still waiting to see if that is truly the case. A few weeks ago, Cameron and I put an offer in on a hour in Arvada and we are currently battling the mortgage companies to finish this whole process so we can finally have our own home again. Kinley, got stuck in the fire, causing so much stress for her as well as pneumonia. It took a few weeks for her to recover but she is doing well, even though it sure is tough on her to have to move from house to house with us. We are hoping we get everything sorted out with this house so she will have her own backyard to play in. We were supposed to close on our house next Friday, June 24, 2011 however that is not happening because of some troubles. We are now planning to close on it July 8th. So everyone please keep your fingers crossed for us.
We have had so many things go horribly wrong lately, we honestly do not know how much more we can take. Not to mention, its hard enough going through all this with someone by your side, imagine doing it while on the road, or home alone. As many of you know it is essential for Cameron to travel for his job. This adds stress to us during these hard times.... It is extremely difficult. But, we are doing the best we can to stay positive with every low blow, and hit in the face.
I will be updating this as much as possible, letting a little in sight in.
Over these last six months of our rollercoaster ride we've became engaged, had an apartment fire, two very sick puppies, and started the process of buying a house all while Cameron travels the contential U.S. for his job.
We became engaged on February 6, 2011. Even though I knew it was about to happen, he took my breathe away by the way he asked me. Conquencidently enough, the day we got engaged I was shopping with my mother, sister, and Cameron's mother for my wedding dress. When we finally called it quits for the day, they took me home and thats when my little follow the sign and rose petal road began. I walked up the stairs to our apartment (which just so happens to be on the third floor). On the door I see a sign saying "WILL". I reached for the door and it was locked. So I unlocked the door and inside the house there was a little trail of rose petals on the floor and candles lite all around. I followed the trail to the next sign which was on the bedroom door. It said "YOU". The trail of roses then lead me to the bathroom where a sign read "MARRY".... as I opened the door Cameron was right there saying "MEEEEEEEEE!!!" He had me a hot bath, candles lite, and my ring in the middle of a tray with fresh strawberries. It was so romantic and amazing. I will never forget that day for the rest of my life.
So, the wedding planning began....
Trying to plan a wedding in nine months is hard. Finding a venue was even harder. Finally we settled with the Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church for the ceremony and the Denver West Marriott for the reception.Thus far, we have all that set, the cake ordered, the photographer book, wedding dress bought, tuxes picked out, save the dates sent, invitations bought, and probably more things that I have forgotten. However, we still have so much to do...and to pay for. Oh and I forgot to mention that besides our flight being cancelled, our honeymoon cruise is booked and will soon have flights to it.
All that all seems fine and dandy, and quite exciting I might add. However, on April 18, 2011, our life forever changed. Our apartment was involved in a fire, damaging our unit making it unlivable. This single event has continued to affect our every day life. It truly has become an uphill battle that we seem to be losing, slowly but surely. We just recently got our belongings back but they are being stored in my parents garage until we have our own place again. We have been going back and forth between his parents house and mine just trying not to get in the way. This has literally been the hardest, most stressful thing we have been through. While, it seems to be a blessing in disguise we are still waiting to see if that is truly the case. A few weeks ago, Cameron and I put an offer in on a hour in Arvada and we are currently battling the mortgage companies to finish this whole process so we can finally have our own home again. Kinley, got stuck in the fire, causing so much stress for her as well as pneumonia. It took a few weeks for her to recover but she is doing well, even though it sure is tough on her to have to move from house to house with us. We are hoping we get everything sorted out with this house so she will have her own backyard to play in. We were supposed to close on our house next Friday, June 24, 2011 however that is not happening because of some troubles. We are now planning to close on it July 8th. So everyone please keep your fingers crossed for us.
We have had so many things go horribly wrong lately, we honestly do not know how much more we can take. Not to mention, its hard enough going through all this with someone by your side, imagine doing it while on the road, or home alone. As many of you know it is essential for Cameron to travel for his job. This adds stress to us during these hard times.... It is extremely difficult. But, we are doing the best we can to stay positive with every low blow, and hit in the face.
I will be updating this as much as possible, letting a little in sight in.
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