july

well july is starting off to be a rainy one. we celebrated none-the-less.

sister sister

mckenzie jean faith graduated earlier this month but it wasn't until last friday night that we were able to celebrate as a family. congratulations kenzie! love you!

baby petra

cutecutecute

mobile upload

i just figured out how to get pictures off my phone. i thought i would share a couple.

the most special weekend...ever

Last weekend our dear friends from NY came all the way down to help us celebrate our engagement. apparently the 'surprise' had been in the works for quite some time. i cannot express how special seth and i felt the entire weekend. i am not very good at people fussing over me but it doesn't get any better than spending time with close friends all weekend.

we danced our tooshes off, ate mexican food, drank margaritas. the weekend was magical (minus seth getting sick during the party).thank you to katie, elliott & julie for making the trip here. thanks to jarod, liz & jordan for coordinating the whole thing.

lunch hour is like a curse...

you sort of look forward to it all morning...then you leave for lunch, the minutes tic away and you just have to go back. i think the weather today (despite the wind) is only encouraging my resistance to go back to work...

perk of today's lunch hour: today i ate an american cheese oozing, pesto doused turkey panini on rye bread. hmmm mmm good!

going to the chapel...

Lately my life has been slightly consumed with wedding plans. i love planning and events (weddings would be my obvious favorite) and everything that comes along with it. i am extremely excited to be planning my own wedding but decisions are hard to make. planning a birthday party or shower or work function is all easy because you know at some point in your life you will plan another. weddings. yes. hopefully at some point i will help people plan these all the time. but. this is the only wedding i will plan that is a reflection of my life (my life with seth!) and decision making is hard. i think we are checking things off our list rather nicely but then i always start to second guess myself. mostly when it comes to things that cost a pretty penny :) sometimes i get embarrassed that i love [wedding] planning so much...it seems like that is what every [snotty] girl wants to do at some point in their life but snotty or not i have decided to embrace one of the things that makes me happy so sorry if i talk about weddings or get a little too excited if you have an occasion in your life that calls for a celebration!

exciting (!) wedding details that are set:
Location: The Marler residence (Seth's high school counselor---i for one love that detail) - a great piece of land in Norman with a pond and some other cool stuff.
Caterer: Big Truck Tacos
Photographer: 207 Photocoop
Flowers: Birdie

yay!

as a result for my love of planning and all things pretty i have neglected pistachio. today is the day pistachio and I rekindle our love.