A pictureless update!

Well, another week has past! And it’s another week closer to the wedding! YAY!! We are actually down to 45 days today!! I can’t wait!!! July has flown by SO fast! I hope August keeps the same pace! J I forgot my camera cord today, so unfortunately I won’t have any pictures to post.. So this is a pictureless blog update! Haha. I will bring my cord, and upload pictures tomorrow (even though there aren’t many this week)..

The past week was EXTREMELY busy for Dev and I!! Last Monday when I left off, I put up pictures of the ADORABLE little Chihuahua puppy we were “fostering” for a couple days.. Well, after I updated my blog, my Grandma went to mine n Devs house, picked her up and returned her to her owners.. L It was sad!! And I missed her lots that night, but realized it was for the best.. Dev and I had our hearts set on a BIG dog since I have never had anything bigger than a 12 pound dog.. LOL.. And Dev wanted a doggie to do things with!! So we would wait and our perfect dog would find us! J

Tuesday I had my first fitting for my dress! WAHOO!! I was so excited to go put it on!! We got to the store and I slipped it on! I wasn’t over the moon excited with the way I looked in it (hey, its safe to say MOST girls aren’t once bridezilla-isms set in.. lol). They had to take it in, in the chest region.. I am lacking in that department unlike my busty younger sisters.. Sigh… LOL.. I got to mine n Devs house that night to Dev and our GREAT friend Chris assembling our new BBQ.. For those of you who know Dev, you KNOW that man is all about BBQ-ing.. So it was a matter of time before he had his own grill!! I’m surprised he made it THIS long.. LOL… I (being the dog lover, puppy wanter I am) was browsing KSL, when I came across the CUTEST little mutt puppies EVER.. They were a boxer/golden retriever mix, and $50. They were ADORABLE.. There was a little one listed with the name “Sparky” and he instantly stole my heart, as well as Devs.. Dev (being the amazing dog loving, puppy wanting fiancé he is) picked up the phone and called to see if the little dude was still available.. Come to our surprise he was, AND (I call this part fate.. lol) the owners were coming down to Salt Lake from Ephraim Thursday for the Journey concert!! Well we were SOLD! Dev told them we definitely wanted the little stud named “Sparky” and we would meet them Thursday to get him! YAY!! And so it begins… Hahaha..

Wednesday I met Dev at our house after work.. We had errands GALORE to run.. We went and got some tiki torches for our back yard.. No joke can’t even sit out there 5 minutes without being eaten alive by our Jurassic park sized mosquitoes.. ICK!! They are horrible.. I am COVERED head to toe in bites.. These suckers can get ya through sweat shirts and all!! The joys of living close to the Great Salt Lake, AND being surrounded by horses.. LOL! We were having some friends over this weekend, so we needed to do something to prevent everyone from needing blood transfusions from these beasts! LOL!! From there we went to Petsmart.. We got our little monster a few chew toys, doggie dishes, a harness and leash, and the special doggie food Dev researched.. Haha. He is SO stinkin cute with this dog!! And he was before we even got him.. J I lucked out finding a guy who loves dogs as much as I do! ;) We then went to do some grocery shopping, then home to relax!! PHEW!

Thursday was a tough day… I had ZERO focus or motivation at work.. I was too dang excited to meet our little puppy!!! Dev had spoke to the lady the night before, and they agreed to meet out at Ikea at about 3, and the lady would call when they were on their way. Dev usually gets off work at 2:30, but he was WAY too excited as well, so he snuck out a little early! LOL.. He went to our house, changed and waited for the phone call.. Well 3 o’clock came around, and no call.. He got really antsy (as did I).. So we waited, and waited.. And the call FINALLY came in a little after 3:30.. We headed up to meet the peeps and pick up our pooch! LOL! We got there, got out of the car and saw our little (huge) dude.. Dev bent over and the pup ran to Dev and instantly started to play.. Aww.. It was love at first site.. Haha.. We headed to my house and showed him off to my fam, then took him to his new home.. Here is the pic listed on KSL of our new baby rightfully named TANK! J

Friday was another busy day!! I ran errands ALL DAY long, and headed to the house to clean it top to bottom.. As well as spend time with Tank! J We then headed up to Devin’s parents to help in their backyard for a bit as they were getting sod the next day!

Saturday Dev headed to his parents house BRIGHT AND EARLY to help with the sod! I had a hair appointment at 9 to get a color, cut and trial run for my bridals! I LOVE what my stylist did with my hair.. She is amazing!! And I can’t wait to see my dress, hair and make up all come together this Saturday for my bridals!! Makes it all seem SO real, and SO close!! J After my appointment I headed up to Dev’s parents to help finish up the sod.. We got it all completed, and only had one casualty.. Within 5 minutes of me being there, I OF COURSE was stung by a stupid bee… LOL.. Leave it up to me to have something go wrong so quick!! LOL!! We headed home from there, got ready and went to Devs uncles birthday party for a few minutes, then went to a BBQ/Bee’s game with my fam for my Dads work party! It was a good time!! The Bees KILLED the other team.. It was actually a fairly boring game since it wasn’t close at all.. LOL.. But there were fireworks at the end of the game, and those were AWESOME!! We had killer seats almost right underneath the fireworks, so that was a lot of fun!!  J

Sunday was a very chill day.. At last… LOL. We did some grocery shopping, and spent the day relaxing with Tank, and watching movies!!! We went back to my house for our Sunday dinner, and stuffed 300 invites.. LOL.. That was a lot of work!!! But again, made it all seem so real! It was exciting!! J

Monday my mom finished up an AMAZING card box for the wedding!! She is SO AWESOME!!! The box is super pretty! I can’t wait to show it off at the wedding.. I will put up pics tomorrow!! We then went and picked up my dress! YAY!! It fit like a glove this time around!! J Its now waiting patiently at home for me to wear! ;)

Tuesday I woke up not feeling well at all!!! I think I must have had the 24 hour flu.. I got ready, and headed in to work thinking it would pass, and no such luck.. I got SUPER sick at work, and eventually headed home.. I went to mine n Devs house to sleep, and be with Tank!! Let me tell ya, its HARD to sleep and be sick with a 6 week old, hyper puppy that just wants to play! Haha.. Kinda glad we got him now, before we get married and have babies!! LOL!! I slept ALL day, and Dev got off work and took Tank to the vet.. He is healthy as a horse (literally.. the vet said he is gonna be one big boy.. lol) and we relaxed! Now I’m back to the daily grind, with one more day in my week.. Ahh.. I know, its tough being a state worker sometimes.. LOL! ;)

I will post some pictures tomorrow of our new family member.. Hope you all have a great rest of the week, and weekend! J

Weekly updates! :)

Well I’ve decided I’m going to start posting every Monday (if all goes as planned) to go over the past week’s activities!! I figure that’ll be MUCH easier than posting one GIGANTIC post talking about the past few weeks (even though I’m sure my posts will be just as huge.. I’m a talker)! LOL!!

This past week has been one of the slower weeks that we have had so far this summer!! It was kind of nice!! J So this first weekly post is probably going to be kind of boring!! LOL!!

Well a couple weeks ago, Devin and I started talking about the possibility of selling our hot tub.. We currently don’t have a fenced in back yard, NO privacy and LOTS of kids in our neighborhood. Dev got home from work a few weeks ago, and the hot tub lid was wide open!! This wasn’t good, especially since that SAME day the neighbor girls were outside in swimsuits running around playing, AND even though we had the hot tub turned off, it was still full… Hmmmm, not 100% sure but we think we know who was playing in the tub.. Well, after talking about it for the past few weeks, Wednesday we made the decision that it had to go!! We couldn’t risk a neighbor kid playing in it and getting hurt, AND once we start our own family I couldn’t feel 100% comfortable EVER leaving the kids home alone (yes, even if that’ll be like 13 years away.. lol) and letting the kids play in the backyard without FULL supervision.. So Wednesday we cleaned it out really good, polished up the cover and posted pictures on KSL. Well after a day of NO bites, we reposted it Thursday night (just to see).. After about an hour, we received a phone call from one interested purchaser, and a text from another.. The guy who called ended up coming over to check it out, and it was a done deal! He gave us some money to hold it for him till Friday, then met up with me and paid the rest off.. Apparently he and his wife went out of town for the weekend, so he is coming to get it tonight! That was FAST! LOL.. We didn’t think it would be sold as fast as it was, but we are glad to have it leaving (one less stress) and we are more than happy for the extra $$! J

Friday afternoon Dev and I went up to his parents for a few hours to help in the backyard! Devs parents have been in their house for about 4 years, and they have the front yard done, just not the back. For the past few weeks, they have been pulling weeds, leveling, putting in a sprinkler system, etc to get it ready for top soil and sod this week… We figured the least we could do is give them as much time as possible right now (things are extremely hectic and busy with the wedding right around the corner) since they are having our rehearsal dinner there, and in the back yard September 3! Well we spent 2 ½ hours running wires for the sprinkler system, burying trenches, and throwing out HUGE rocks!! PHEW!! We were EXHAUSTED!!! It was A LOT of work!! And even though 2 ½ hours doesn’t seem like much, we got half of their (over) 6500 square foot backyard ready for top soil!! We went home that night about 7, and our good friend Chris came over with his son Aiden and made us dinner!! He made his “world famous” spaghetti, and it was way yummy!! After dinner, and cleaning up we just sat around and talked and hung out, while poor Aiden who was beat, fell asleep right on the floor by the kitchen table.. LOL. Poor guy couldn’t even make it to a couch! Haha.. It was a really fun, chill night!!

Saturday morning, Dev got up BRIGHT AND EARLY and headed to his parents house to do more work in the yard! I of course slept in.. LOL (that is the one thing I will miss about living separate.. not waking up each time he does if I don’t have to.. haha).. I got up, and got ready for my second bridal shower with Devs family! I headed up to Devs parents house a bit after 1, and he headed to the NEXT yard that he was asked to help in.. By the time he got to that yard, everything was done so he wasn’t needed anymore, lucky Dev headed home to nap. My bridal shower was a lot of fun!!! Devs mom and sisters all did a really great job!! The food was yummy, the gifts were awesome (it was camping theme), and the company was great as well!! It was a really fun day!! Dev came back up about 3:30, and he had to open one gift in particular… I was BRIGHT red, and he needed to feel the pain too.. Haha. Well as we were getting ready to clean up, and head out I got a call from my grandma.. Friday she ended up purchasing a LITTLE (not even 1 pd) Chihuahua! Once she got her home, her older (much bigger) doggie didn’t like her AT ALL, so she realized she couldn’t keep her. Since Dev and I have a house, and no other pets we offered to take her till we could find her a good home.. She is SO adorable, and such a good doggie.. I got more attached than I thought I would.. L And now I’m havin a hard time knowing we are gonna have to send her on her way soon!! I think its awesome how people foster doggies, and keep them till they can transition them to their new home.. I just def couldn’t do that!! Its way too hard for me!!! Saturday night we set up the little stinker in our jetted tub with blankies, water and her toys and headed out to my Dads lifelong, best friends birthday party! It was lots of fun hanging out, and talking to people that I haven’t seen in YEARS!! It was a nice Saturday!!

Sunday I got up and headed over to the house, and Dev and I washed our cars.. They both DESPERATELY needed a good cleaning.. I honestly can’t even remember the last time I washed my car! Haha.. We played with the puppy, then went to my parents house for Sunday dinner..

Now we are back up and at it!!! And I’ve already got a serious case of the Mondays.. BLAH! LOL! This week is a BUSY one!!! Lots going on!!! So I hope I can wake up, and make it through! Haha. Have a great week everyone!!! J

 A sneak peek into part of what was in that gift I was extremely embarassed over! LOL!

 Me n dev wearing part of our gifts.. Haha.

 You can see compared to that SMALL blue toy just how tiny she is!

 She was yelling at me cuz I took her picture! LOL!!

Wedding- PalOoZa!!

Well, I said I would post pics of the house renovations like 2 weeks ago, and I never did.. LOL!! So today is the day! J I have all the before pics on my sisters camera (well, all that I took anyway).. So you will just have to use your imagination for the befores as you look over the afters! Not that much imagination is needed.. LOL! The walls were all, 100% completely WHITE.. The cabinets down in the kitchen were the basic, light oak color.. The house was very clean, and plain.. So it was fun to be able to do our own thing, and have such an easy time changing everything!! J We are still working on some things downstairs (finishing poly euro thane’ing the cabinets, painting the banisters/railings, and switching out lights), and then we will move on up to finish the upstairs (main/master bathroom, spare bedroom and what will be a nursery).. J I don’t think we will have everything finished before 9-10-11 comes rolling around, esp since we are down to 61 days now! LOL!! But we are sure gonna try hard!! I will (I promise) post more pics, more often as we go! Haha. For now, here is a peek into the house that is now being called “Devisha’s”.. J

 The front room!

 The shelf, and hearts Dev and I made.. With the bench Dev's parents made us for Christmas! :)

 The "Baker" blocks Dev and I made!

 The kitchen!

 Our SUPER HUGE Lounge room! :)

 The master bedroom!

Our first pets! LOL!! 3 fish, Bully, Munchie and Oreo.. Bet you can't guess who is who! LOL!

Well, the post header is called “wedding-palooza”, and that is for a good reason!!! We have now switched over from everything HOUSE, to everything WEDDING! As we should be!! As I previously said, we are down to 61 days!! AHH only 61 more days!! Yesterday was officially 2 months!! We are really getting down to the wire, and I get more and more excited every day!! This past weekend we went with Devin’s parents and ordered our beautiful flowers, I can’t wait to see everything come together, especially my gorgeous bouquet! We also (finally) narrowed down our pics, and had them finished/touched up, and my awesome mom got our invites ordered (the designer should be emailing me a proof tomorrow, and I CAN NOT wait to see it)!! Yesterday I finished up my favors for this weekends Bridal Shower with Dev’s great fam! J Should be a great time!! 2 weeks ago was the shower my amazing fam threw for me.. It was such a GREAT time, everyone worked really hard to make sure my day was amazing, and we got SPOILED!! We got so much nice stuff!! Below are a few pics from the shower! J It was a great day!!

 Me opening gifts!! Yes, a few did make me cry! LOL!

 My mom tying all the bows in my hair for Dev to take out! Haha..

 For each bow Dev took out, he had to give me a kiss.. Toture I know.. ;)

 Awww... LOL..

Me n my LOVE <3! :)

Well, that’s all for now!! I def need to start posting more frequently so my posts aren’t NOVELS.. Haha.. I will try to post again later this week with more updates!! Happy Monday! J