Because I had to make a new blog, I decided to do some spring cleaning and "redecorate" it too.
I think I'll stick with this one for a while. =]
Besides the blog, I feel like I've been spring cleaning every aspect of my life in preparation for marriage.
This week, for example, has been one of the most hectic, stressful, and crazy weeks of my life.
I've had finals, wedding plans, cleaning inspections, registrations, meetings, appointments, phone calls, photo shoots, and much, much more.
Lucky for me, there are a number of things that have kept me going!
Getting to see my bridals sometime between today and Friday.
School being FINISHED!
Getting to go home and live in my precious California with wonderful people once more.
My crazy bachelorette party my friends are throwing for me.
Eating Chipotle, BJ's & Granite Bay Chinese once again.
Bridal shower with some amazing women.
Having only 24 days until I get married.
And my family getting in town TODAY!!
I am SO excited to see them!
With all the craziness that has been going on in my life and the reality of being married and never living at home again really starting to hit me, it has made me quite homesick.
I can't wait to see my mom, dad, and my little buttmunch Stephen and live with them one last time for a few weeks!
They are here for Brad's graduation
(He's graduating at 24 with a masters in accounting! Congrats Brad!)
and I am in very much need of a family fix.
(Minus Jeff, Emily, & Eva who we get to see in a few weeks!)
Although it'll be SO hard to be apart from Brooks for a few weeks, I know it'll be good for me to spend this precious time with my family and friends, so I will try to make the best of it!
Okay okay, so I know I have basically been rewriting posts from my last blog but this is my LAST one.
The main purpose of this blog was to be an online journal for me (so that I would actually do it) so I could go back to it in the future and to share with loved ones!
So, just to catch up on the engagement process...
So far, being engaged has been SO fun!
I truly feel bad for all those girls out there who hated planning their weddings and let the stress take over!
(Those girls didn't have Brooks to calm them down however)
There's just something magical about dress shopping, picking out flowers, and buying a wedding band for the man you love, and I will always look back and reminisce about this special time we were engaged.
We have been SO lucky finding such great deals, including the suits, reception venue, shoes, etc.
If I had to pick my favorite "find" during this process I would say it would be our photographer.
If you haven't already, check out Alixann Loosle at her blog
http://alixannlooslephotography.blogspot.com/.
She really is SO talented, fun, and easygoing. I'm normally kinda camera shy, but never once have I felt uncomfortable posing for her and I love that she knows my taste exactly.
My mom is STILL getting calls from friends saying how much they love our engagement pictures/announcements!
Alix will also be flying down to San Diego to photograph our wedding!
(I seriously can't wait to have pictures on the beach in my wedding dress)
She is also doing a sign in book for us that includes our engagement & bridal pictures!
We took our bridals just last Thursday and I am DYING to see how they turned out!!
I probably won't put them all up on facebook for a while, but I might put a few on here =]
The wedding is so close now, and I know it should be weird for me to have a husband at such a young age, but I just know it's right and can hardly wait to spend eternity with him.
Can't wait for the day when I dance with him to this song =]
Let me just state that any dream I have ever had of my proposal could never have prepared me for the actual event.
Disneyland.
The most magical place on earth.
For months I was SO excited to go there over Christmas break with Brooks and my family! It truly is my favorite place on earth.
The proposal caught me so completely and utterly by surprise.
It.was.amazing.
So amazing, in fact, that I can't put it into words, so I will post the video that is currently on youtube so you can see for yourself =]
I love that Brooks did it on New Years Eve, at disneyland, in front of a crowd consuming of 50,000 people, in front of my family, with a professional photographer taking pictures of the whole thing, and showing me just how much he truly loves me.
I love him with all my heart and had no doubt in my mind when I accepted.
We will be getting married on May 14th, 2011! All are invited!!
Brooks was my brother's roommate in college at BYU. I wanted to visit my siblings for fun, and to get a feel for the BYU atmosphere before I attended. When I first saw Brooks there was an immediate attraction. I was SO nervous around him, even though I was sure he wouldn't be interested in his roommate's little sister. Lucky for me, he was just as interested as I was! We spent the entire week together playing darts, watching movies, staying up till 5 in the morning talking, and even going to lunch!
Utah Visits!
I was in la la land.
Immediately after leaving Utah, we stayed in contact through texting, phone calls, facebook, e-mails, and some occasional visits. It was SO hard being apart. I fell in love with him so quickly, it scared me.
I just knew I was supposed to marry him, and being only 17, the thought terrified me.
Luckily, Brooks felt the exact same way, so I knew I wasn't crazy. He calmed me down and was so understanding. He didn't pressure me in the slightest, which made me fall for him even harder.
A couple of weeks before school started, Brooks and his friend Josh came and visited Loomis for the first time. It was SO much fun! We went to San Fran, the CA state fair, and I showed them around good ol' loomis.
San Fran!
Even though it was SO hard being apart for so long, it was very worth it. Me and Brooks grew together so much during that time. We talked for hours each day, and became best friends over the phone.
The day finally came when we both came to BYU! I was SO incredibly happy that I could finally go on dates with Brooks and be with him whenever I wanted!
We are currently inseparable, and are loving every minute here at BYU!
So it seems that my gmail account was hacked, and then deleted.
This also means that my old blog was deleted.
I was REALLY upset because I think of my blog as my journal; I want to be able to look back and read my thoughts and feelings whenever I choose, and to share them with people as well.
So, I am making a new blog, but instead making it a "Couple's" blog by including Brooks involvement... even though it'll still just be me posting.
However, I will still probably rewrite some old posts that were on my other blog, so sorry to those who have been following, it might be a little boring.
Anyways, after I catch up on rewriting posts, I will start blogging as I did before.
