It's Official!

Bridals

So, my bridals are posted online and I was wondering if you could help me pick. Which ones do you like the best? I won't tell you my favorites (as to not skew the poll) but just tell me what you like.

The pictures are posted online at http://www.lindsayjanephotography.com/. Go to the ‘Weddings’ portion of the website and select ‘Proofing’ to find the pictures. The galleries are alphabetized by the groom’s first name (ADAM).

It asks you to put in an email address but you can just put in yours and it'll work. And they don't send you anything so it doesn't matter.

The photographers put their favorites on their blog at http://www.lindsayjanephoto.blogspot.com/.

Thanks for your help!

Is the wedding frying my brain?

So Adam and I registered last weekend (he had way too much fun with the gun by the way... smart move stores! how to get grooms to have fun looking for towels and dishes? give them a gun. But to Adam's credit he was actually really great about picking out stuff... I think he's got better taste than I do).

So when it came to kitchen appliances I've always liked white (you can't beat how clean they all look) but Adam liked stainless steel. But then as a compromise we started registering for red appliances and it opened a whole new world for us! I'm really excited for how fun and retro it can look (next to the white and stainless steel) and especially how the red can accent the kitchen.

But unfortunately I think I got a little too excited about this cause lately all my dreams are about red kitchen appliances. I wake up all happy thinking of crock pots and blenders and waffle irons... that's probably not normal is it? But at least I wake up happy.

So here's to you and if you need a sweet thought before you go to bed, start dreaming of KitchenAid... in crimson.

Thank goodness for Dads

So last night we had a great Monday night. Adam and I went to my family reunion and then came back and had our own little lesson for FHE (we were reading in 2 Kings 6 where Adam's getting ready to teach in seminary and were intrigued by the "foodstuff" mentioned in the heading... little were we prepared for what the "foodstuff" actually was. Let's just say it wasn't the most uplifting lesson I've ever had... gotta love the Old Testament).

So we're ending our nice Monday and go out to the front porch to say goodnight. My parents bought this wonderful bench ("for our courting couples") and we were sitting on it for a minute and talking... night has fallen... the neighborhood's quiet... there are no cars.... when suddenly my dad pops out from around the corner with his weed-wacker! He glances up, sees us sitting on the porch, shouts a "hey!" then proceeds to start weed wacking the front yard. Mind you, it's 9:15 at night. The sun has gone down, there is no light to see anything... are you kidding me, dad? THIS was really your best time to weed wack? Adam and I just burst out laughing. The best part was that he didn't stop. I thought maybe he just saw one weed and wanted to catch it, but no. He went all the way around the perimeter of the front lawn and even back up the park strip and around the trees. He confessed later that if he had known we were out there he wouldn't have come out but this is so funny and typical of how his brain works. "Shoot, it needs to get done. I'm here. What better time than right now. Nevermind the couple saying goodnight on the porch. Don't let me stop you. Shoot." We were going to try to say prayers together (like we usually do) but we could barely hear each other over the loud buzz of the wacker. Ah, it's so comical. I mean, I really feel so sorry for anyone that doesn't get to live with their parents while they're engaged and get great memories like this. Dads, weeds, love. It all goes together, right?

The best part was after Adam left and I came in to tell my mom and siblings what dad had done. They all burst out laughing and he came in soon after that. Kelly (my little sister) was like, "Dad how did you not get that? It's just so common sense and you're the King of common sense!" So true. We all had a good laugh.

But for those who might be trying to say goodnight to their signifigant other in the future just remember this:

I saw the sign

So wedding planning (and let's face it, life) can be stressful. Adam and I were getting so caught up in the thick of it that we felt like we never had any fun anymore. But as the days went on I realized we did have fun, we just didn't always stop and recognize it. I told him that I think we need to focus on the positive (versus the negative) and that will help us lower our stress and be happy. He thought this was a funny idea and suggested that we make a sign so we could hold it up when we're having a "fun moment." It became a joke between us.

The other night we were working on some decorations for his seminary classroom (and watching the worldwide premier of "High School Musical 2" with my younger siblings) and we started laughing at something. Adam took the moment (and art supplies within fingertip) to create a literal version of the ever-present "sign" we refer to.

So in this moment, we are in fact having fun. Let the record show.