Saturday, January 29, 2011

Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men's blood-Daniel H. Burnham


Guess what?
I haven't died!
And I have a few things to catch my loyal readers up on

Yes most of it is wedding related but what can yah do?
I'm getting married in a month after all!

Just to warn you though, this post is going to be all over the place since I haven't updated this thing in a LONG time

FIRST OFF
Clay and I registered a little while ago
Probably one of the funnier experiences I've ever had
We had WAY too much fun with the scanner guns
I was thinking about it after we finished up and was wishing that you could put a star by the things you're really excited about you know?
I love blenders and tupperware as much as the next person but... well....

SO
My solution was to give my readers the special privilege of seeing my
Favorite Registry Items List!
Just a little incentive for those of you that read this... if you are the giver of one of these gifts you will shoot up on my favorite people list substantially.
And I'll owe you. Muchly.

So without further ado, may I proudly present
FRIL

Words cannot describe how much I ADORE this bedding. It is just O so me. Yes I will be made fun of because it is crocodile print. Frankly I don't care.
If it isn't broken, don't fix it. You can't improve on perfection.
Perfection=any kind of reptile print
O how I love these dishes! I have been coveting these babies ever since I discovered the wonder that is Bed Bath and Beyond. Plus, who doesn't love square dishes?
Yes, we might have picked out our silverware based on how well the spoons can cut things. You read that right, how well the SPOONS cut.
You can take the boy out of the Philippines but you can't take the Philippines out of the boy
I think this little baby might make or break our marriage/food budget.
I never realized how expensive it can be to keep Clay fed until he moved to Logan! Rice is the perfect solution. Philippines favorite, and o so cheap.
Now we get onto the real favorites... Clay discovered this game about a week ago and it's now his new favorite thing. It has been a favorite around my apartment for a LONG time now. NOTHING beats Bananagrams
Yes this is the shower curtain we registered for. I also registered for a much more sophisticated, cloth shower curtain, but seriously, how much cooler is this? It's also about a tenth of the price.
Yes we registered for nerf guns.
Yes we're old enough to be getting married.
Why do you ask?
Ok this one takes a little explaining. I'm very anti video games, especially Xbox 360 when you get married. From my personal experience, guys just don't have the self control to drag themselves away from it. I'm not competing with Nazi Zombies. However, I make a very large exception when it comes to the N64. My mom officially became the coolest mom EVER when she got us one of these little babies for Christmas. If you guys have old N64 games laying around... instant wedding present.
(Golden Eye, Mario Party, and Super Smash Bros get you extra bonus points.)

Alright, onto other developments!
Meet Clay and I's new babies, Ralphie and Thor...
(not really ralphie and thor... i was just too lazy to upload pictures of them)
You might remember them from my digital final. They were Marissa's frog zits.
They're little, and cute, and Clay loves them more then me.
But seriously, who can blame him?


So I think I may have found the hair I want for my wedding day...

Thank you Jessica Alba.
Now if only I could have your body to go with it.

Now onto a segment I like to call,
The Hunt for the Perfect Wedding Shoes

I had something very specific in mind when I was thinking of my wedding shoes
They had to be heels
They had to be strappy
They had to be some kind of lizard print (see beginning of this post)
and they had to be green

Little did I know how difficult this was going to be

My first discovery was these little babies...
O. My. Heck.
Perfection in a shoe.
Thank you Rach and Maris
Unfortunately, they only came in a size 6
Strike that idea

The next logical step was to google green heels
Google rewarded my efforts with these...
Zombie Stompers
Well, they are green
And they have a heel
and you know how much I love zombies
But sadly we parted ways

Well, obviously this search was starting to get a little ridiculous.
And apparently green shoes don't exist in the middle of winter, so I decided to compromise and open up the search to grey shoes
That is when I found these...
Criteria=Met!
But then I remembered, Clay does not find me being an inch and a half taller then him sexy in ANY way.
These were NOT my shoes.

Luckily, we found the perfect match just a few clicks later... Meet the winner!
My beautiful, grey, snake skin wedding shoes! Now that you know the story of the struggle behind them, I'm sure you appreciate them as much as I do.

Now, something that I am very excited about
A little while ago, Clay and I were talking about honeymoon destinations
We'd already decided to just do something little right after the wedding, and save up and do something cool, either around our one year anniversary or during the summer

We were tossing around ideas and of course, Clay threw out his favorite place as an option..
Well, I decided to look into it, and apparently the Philippines aren't exactly high on tourists' destination list. Meaning flights are dirt cheap
The more we talked about it, the more we realized how doable this might actually be!
And seriously who WOULDNT want to go here...

Naga Philippines here we come!

Well, that's about all from our area of the world!
As always more posts to come!

XOXO

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Wedding Sampler

Just a little taste of what's going down March 4th


If you can't tell, I have wedding things on the brain




The Colors.
Diamond white is thrown in there as well





Flowers


Bridesmaids' Dresses
Sleeves will be added






Suits and Skinny Ties
So sexy





But most of all, to my sweetheart...


And now... time to get it all together!

Wish us luck!

XOXO

Friday, December 31, 2010

The Christmas Post

Hey All!

Sorry this post is a bit late! But you'll have to forgive me. I've been enjoying my very first Christmas with my boy, and my only Christmas with a fiance!

Though I must admit, I kind of missed waiting around for that Skype call from the Philippines
(not really)

We'll start at Christmas Eve
It was Clay and I's first experience trying to mix family traditions

Meaning it was Clay's first time Christmas Eve Bowling...
After dating for almost 3 years can you believe I have never been bowling with him?
And we're Mormon?

It makes no sense.

As you can see he did well the first round...

But the pressure started to wear on him...

and me..

that's the face of failure right there...

Clay is feeling confident. Me, not so much
This is right before Clay had his random "Hitch" moment and swelled up like a balloon. Unfortunately, I was too distracted by this to realize I might want to take pictures for posterity. Sad Days.

And the final score of the second game!
Probably the best I've ever bowled in my life
But it was Britton that pulled it out in the end with his 5 strikes and put the rest of us to shame.

Later that evening we got to open our Baird Christmas pajamas

Which happened to coordinate this year

This photo pretty much sums up our relationship
Love him

NEXT

Christmas Morning

at the Baird house, it looks like this...


Britton came out of the carnage with a nice bass guitar...

At the Reed house the favorite gift was "Just Dance 2"

I. Can't. Dance.

But apparently it is a requirement at the Reed household

And apparently Clay has some hidden talents that I didn't know about
Just another reason I love him


On a different note, Rach and I have a new love...
His name is Skiing

I personally have had an on again, off again relationship with skiing

But at the moment I can see this being a long and fulfilling relationship

Plus, who wouldn't want to be a ski bum?

XOXO

Thursday, December 16, 2010

FINAL-ly!

Hey Bloggies!

Holy Moly it's been a while!
Finals kind of took over my life there for a little bit (a lot)

It's definitely been a bit of a downer when it comes to my blogging life!
O the life of an art major

But the good news is, instead of having a nice A on the top of a test at the end of the semester to show for it, I have some artwork!
See below....
I call this series-Happily Never After
Red Riding Hood


Sleeping Beauty


Snow White


Rapunzel


Frog Princess


Cinderella

You like?
I was pretty pleased with the results myself.

Good news was I didn't completely kill my social life with finals week and we threw a little party last thursday
An ugly sweater party to be exact...
The girlies! Yes, Rach, Mariss, and I are wearing ornaments for earings. Love it

We had lots of activities. Like a gingerbread house contest
And we just enjoyed each other's company
(Guess what? These 2 got engaged yesterday! Congrats Zena and Zack!)
Party=a success!

Finals are OVER!

Which means I FINALLY get to start getting everything ready for MARCH 4th!
I seriously can't wait!
and I promise more frequent updates here!

Bring on the Christmas Break and the Wedding Planning!

XOXO