10 Days

Guys... I get married in 10 days! It's kind of surreal, really. I've been waiting almost 15 months for my wedding day, and now it's just 10 short days away! Crazy.

Anyways, I'm sure you can only imagine how busy I've been these last few weeks... Sorry little blog! You've been neglected. But I wanted to update y'all on some things... A lot has happened since I got my wisdom teeth out. Mostly just pictures of my dogs, and preparations for the wedding.

• See, pictures of my dogs! Gotta love a Melvin montage. Mac kinda got snuffed on this post. But I did get him looking emo in the middle.

• I took my bridal portraits! 
• I celebrated Easter

• I watched Scott work on his smoker. Can't wait for the puppy to be done! 

• Went to Aly's wedding. Gah, she made a beautiful bride. We've been planning our weddings together ever since we got engaged last year. It's been so much fun! Her wedding turned out so beautiful too. 

Props, surprise, ugly face(I won that one), and normal...

I stole this picture from Aly's facebook. I can't believe I didn't manage to get a picture of her! But seriously, how gorgeous is she!?! Isn't her dress is amazing?!

• Made my rehearsal bouquet... Ok, I didn't make it, but my aunt did :)

• Made my escort cards.

• Ordered a canvas from Costco for half the price at Walgreens. Success in my book!

I can't wait to share more wedding updates with y'all. Be looking for my bachelorette party post in the near future.

I have to link this post up with Shanna today because it's REALLY random!!! Whoop Random Wednesday!

95% Certified.

If you follow me on twitter then you may have seen me post about my scuba classes last week... Although I was apprehensive to give scuba a try, I did and it was fun! Until Saturday....

All last week, Scott and I took scuba classes in preparation for our honeymoon to Honduras in April. I was nervous, excited, and ready to learn. Heck, I've never had any real issues with water so I was like why not.

Let me recap my training.

Monday: Class. Going over chapter reviews.
Tuesday: Pool. Practicing tasks like flooding mask and clearing it, taking regulators out and putting them back in, sharing air with buddy, etc.
Wednesday: Pool. More of what we did Tuesday plus practicing emergency ascent without mask, pretending like we were out of air(in the deep end), sharing air, etc.
Thursday: Class. Took our final exam.

I did all of these things with ease. I scored a 96 on the exam and felt really comfortable with the underwater tasks.

Saturday rolled around and that meant it was time to test our skills in the open water.

What could go wrong, I thought to myself... Welp, a lot.

We arrived at Reveille Peak Ranch in Burnet, Texas. We were using the quarry at the ranch for our test. It's relatively more clear than the lake and we wouldn't have to hike a mile to get in the water. Lake Travis.

Oh and I almost forgot. The water was 54 degrees... That's 14 degrees colder than Barton Springs, for those of your familiar. Basically effing cold!

We wedged ourselves into wetsuits, hood, gloves and boots and jumped in. I'd say there was at least 40 extra pounds strapped to me. I was already feeling a bit claustrophobic with all the extra gear, but nonetheless, survived the first descent, less a nose bleed.

Next up, our second descent. This time we were to descend to the platform, and do some of the tasks preformed in the pool earlier that week. We were told to flood our masks half way, and all the way. These weren't difficult for me. Next we had to take our regulators out and put them back in(all while being underwater 25 ft!!!!). This is where I had a problem. I take the regulator out, go to put it back in, and my mouth doesn't completely seal over it.

I breath in gulps of water and my mask starts to flood. Cue freak out mode.

You can only imagine how I must be feeling. Of course I panic and immediately start to swim to the top, instructor by my side. He's feeding me air bubbles at this point as I'm fleeing upward, trying to breath out the whole way up (at least I remembered that part. You can cause your body a lot of harm when you hold your breath and ascend to the surface.) But of course on the way up I'm trying to get little snip-its of air but I just keep sucking in water. It was the scariest thing I have ever experienced. I'm tearing up as I write this because I was so frightened!!! :(

Talk about living out a worst nightmare...

I got out shortly after that and just felt like a complete failure. Everyone else had completed all the tasks, and stayed in while I had to get out and sit by myself and warm up.

I guess scuba isn't for everyone especially me! I was really sad afterwards because I felt like I let a lot of people down that were counting on me.(Scott, instructor, other classmates). But in the end, I needed to do what I needed to do, and that was whatever made me feel comfortable. I wasn't comfortable scuba diving. My ears hurt, I had a major scare, three bloody noses, uncomfortable attire, etc. Sadly, it's just not for me.

I think I'll stick to snorkeling...

And to end on a good note...

A funny looking picture of Scott!

I'm very proud that he powered through all of the training and was able to get certified!

Maybe this isn't the end of my scuba experience, but for now, I'll say it is.

That's a fake smile.

Be Mine

I wanted to wish all of my Valentine's a very happy day, you included!! I love each and everyone of you that follow along with me, and I'm very grateful for that. I hope you're having a great day, just as I am!

I'm a part of our work employees committee and last night we prepared for our building wide flower sale, going on today...

We started at seven this morning and have already made a nice profit, not to mention it's been very fun!

Scott is meeting me for lunch this afternoon, which I'm so looking forward to. Little things like that make me so happy!

As for tonight, we will be celebrating with my whole family. My maw maw decided to have everyone over tonight and she's going to cook for us. I'm looking forward to spending Valentine's with all of the people I love most in life. It makes it much more special!

Wishing my Valentine a happy day! I love you Scott. :)

Vacation has Ended

Welp friends, I'm back to the real world today. My vacation with Scott was wonderful, but I'm happy to be getting back into the swing of things. Starting now!

We ended up getting back a day earlier than planned, but I didn't mind too much. I love vacations, but I'm a huge homebody! I was happy to get back, get the house in order and take down our Christmas decorations. Our house is so bare now!! But nice and clean, which I am a fan of...

Now, let the vacation recapping begin!

Saturday: We drove from Austin to Angel Fire and ended up arriving around 8pm. We warmed up the condo, ordered pizza and watched Pitch Perfect. That movie is hilarious!

Sunday: Our first ski day! We drove into Taos(about an hour from AF) to take some lessons. Scott takes a specialty lesson only offered on Sundays, so I took a private two hour lesson while he was out. I love getting instructors there because they really know what they are talking about! Plus it's always good to get a refresher on your first day skiing. Although it was freezing, like in the teens freezing, I still managed to have a good time! It was quite beautiful!

Monday(New Years Eve): We drove into Taos, except it was a bit different than Sunday! It was a freakin blizzard outside! We saw that it was going to snow, but we I didn't expect it to be as bad as it was. We could barely see the road when we were driving in. It was definitely the most snow I've ever seen or skied in.

When we got back to our truck to head home, this is what we found! Snow up to my knees!! Craziness!

We eventually got out of there and had a very slow drive home. If you curious as to what we did for New Years, well we laid on the couch in our robes and watched TV until 11... We figured we'd celebrate central times zone New Years Eve. That counts right? We were so wiped from skiing in a blizzard!
Tuesday(New Years Day): We celebrated a year of Engagement! I blogged about that here. I talked about the start of our chili and champagne tradition.

I decided I needed to take a break from skiing, so I stayed in and Scott went skiing in AF for a few hours. When he got back, I suited up and got ready for some sledding action! I have never been before and have always wanted to try it. We walked around for a bit, trying to find the best hill. We saw some paths that some other people had made and tried them out. Watch for yourself to see how our sledding adventure worked out!

Pretty freakin funny, right?!?! annnnnnd here are some stills for your enjoyment!

So many great times and memories...
Wednesday: We stayed in AF to ski, and ah I was in heaven! I love skiing there! Ok, so the snow might not be as awesome as Taos, but I just feel much more confident there. It's less competitive, not as steep and just a wee bit warmer, like 20 degrees :). I got this really beautiful picture of some snow fluffed trees. Aren't they awesome!

The rest of the trip was pretty uneventful! Lots of relaxing, talking, eating, and watching TV. I wouldn't have had it any other way. :)

One year of Engagement

Happy New Year everyone! While most of you will be celebrating the new year, I will be celebrating one year of engagement!

Last year we went skiing and were here for New Years. We were cooking dinner(chili) and getting ready for our drive home the next morning. Before we sat down to eat, Scott popped the question! We drank at least two bottles of champagne and ate our chili dinner. We told ourselves that we should make it a tradition to eat chili and drink champagne on New Years day from now on. SO we are sticking to our word, and cooking chili tonight and drinking champagne. I love this tradition, as weird as it sounds!

We are still in Angel Fire, skiing our little butts off. Yesterday it was 19 degrees and it snowed all day long. This Texas girl can't really hang in those conditions. I made 3 runs and called it a day.

Today I'm taking it easy, while Scott hits the slopes. We got to sleep in a little bit, ate cinnamon rolls, and now I'm just catching up with the online world. Later, we might go tubing, and sneak into the resort for some hot tub action!

2012 has been such a wonderful year, I wanted to recap some fun things that have happened.

• Most importantly, Jan 1st we got engaged!
• I started blogging!
• I got a new job in July.
• We went on three great getaways: New Mexico in June. East coast in August. Angel fire in December/January.
• We planned the majority of our wedding.
• Saw Aaron Freeman of ween in concert.
• Went to a TCU game.
• Grew our family with our new addition Melvin!!!
• Jammed out that the ACL music festival
• Our first wedding shower was thrown for us. It was a tea party theme which was adorable!
• We saw the F1 races!
• Made new friends.
• Grew in my faith.

2013 came faster than we could have imagined but I couldn't be more excited to become a wife this year. Also, I'm not one to make new years resolutions, but I do plan on continuing to live simply and try to live in the moment more. This is going to be a great year!

Happy New Year!

Skiing

We've decided to take off for the New Year...It seems as if that's becoming the norm around this time of year.

Ever since dating Scott, I have become a huge fan of skiing. We went on our first ski trip together March of 2011. Since then we've gone two more times.

March 2011-Spring Break-Angel Fire

December 2011/January 2012-Angel Fire

March 2013-Spring Break-Angel Fire

After going back and forth on plans for skiing, we finally bit the bullet and decided to go! I can't wait to get back on the mountain. We're planning on skiing in Angel Fire, where the condo is, and Taos. We might even try skiing in wolf creek one of those days... We shall see! I plan on updating the blog while I'm away, so stay turned!

Christmas Baby

 How do you like my makeshift holiday card?!

Scott and I are in full swing with the holiday celebrations. Scott is my Christmas baby, with his Birthday being on Christmas Eve's Eve. We had a great time celebrating yesterday! I woke up and made Scott his Bday breakfast.

We took our furbabies to the dog park in Round Rock. We like that one because it's fenced in. Melvin did really well for it being his first time. He has no problem hanging out with other dogs. He's a sweet soul.

From there we went home and bathed the dogs, and got ready for the movies. Us grandparents went to a matinee at our new favorite movie spot, galaxy theaters. It's a theater full of about 30 recliners, and a full menu/bar which makes for the best movie experience! And it's a great price! We saw the Hobbit. I thought it was entertaining.

We came home to freshen up for dinner. We went out with his family to Trulucks... Holy YUM! We stuffed ourselves with crab, shrimp, trout, you name it! After dinner was all said and done, a complimentary dessert come out for the Birthday boy... some chocolate cherry cake... WOW! I was sad that I couldn't even try a bite, but I heard it was TDF!

Today, our family Christmas celebrations begin. We're heading to my Mee Maws house in South Austin first, where my dad will be making enchiladas. He seriously makes THE BEST! I love that tradition of ours, rather than the traditional turkey.
From there, we will head in the opposite direction to Georgetown to celebrate with my mom and Bob. I can't wait to see everyone!!!

Oh, and we decided two days ago that we're going to take a little vacation for 9 days next week! More on that later!!!

Happy Holidays Everyone!!!!!

Christmas Spirit

I am beyond excited that it's beginning to look and FEEL like Christmas in Austin! I've been having fun and spending time with friends and family doing Christmas type things.

We went to a gingerbread house making party. One word: FUN! Some people showed up with their A game and made some incredible houses! Scott and I had fun building our "starter home," compared to all the other mansions. I had fun with eating the accessories..."One for me, one for the house."

Some houses were complete with solar panels(top left), and a car port(bottom left). Thanks to Thane and Amy for hosting such a fun party!

Last weekend we Scott hung the Christmas lights, and we put up all of our Christmas decorations, which is not very many. I plan on buying up deals after Christmas to add to our collection. We did get some stockings as a gift from my aunt, which I'm very happy about! She said it was against the law to not have stockings.

I'm on the look out for some cutesy doggy stockings, so if you know of any, let your girl know!

Last week, Scott joined me and some of my work friends for our Holiday Happy Hour. I had a great time, minus overcoming my sickness. (I was so sick last week!! Sorry for the lack of posts).

I love my co-workers, and I'm glad we get along so well! We need to have another outing pronto!

Continuing our Christmas outings, last night I went with my future mother in law and my mom to the Austin Symphony Christmas Sing-along! I LOVE this Christmas tradition. This was my third time going to this concert. It puts me in the Christmas spirit, and gets me pumped up for the season. I love that the whole auditorium sings along and all the joyous kiddos excited to see Santa, Rodolph, and Frosty.

 Happy Wednesday friends!

Linking up with Shanna for some randomness Wednesday!!!

Quick Update

Since I haven't posted in a week, I wanted to show you a snip-it of what I've been up to in pictures. I suppose I have been pretty busy trying to catch up from the Holiday. That's pretty sad considering it's been a whole week! So here I am, finally posting!

My holiday break started at 11am on Wednesday.

We met up with Scott's parents and sister for a movie. We saw Life of Pi. Wow! That was a great movie! I def recommend it. Oh and if you can see in in recliners with food, do that too!

Thursday

Turkey day. I made cream cheese brownies and green bean casserole for the family feast.

Friday

We set up our Christmas tree. These are all of our random ornaments. We don't have a theme for our tree :)

Mac was being a bit dramatic, and wanted attention. He kept moving from place to place just sitting alone and crying. Doesn't that sound sad?! He really does get attention, don't worry... Just cracked me up!

Saturday

Melvin had his first adventure to Canyon Lake. We went out to spend the day with Scott's sister and her family. Their new house was just precious!

You must watch these videos!

Melvin wasn't the best swimmer. He just needs a little bit more practice.

Sunday

Thanks to Kyndal for the pic!

I spent Sunday with girl friends celebrating at a baby shower. One of my good friends from high school is expecting, and due in January! Such a fun time.

Got lots of cuddles from this little man

Thursday

Last nights dinner that I cooked all by myself. I'm getting better(kinda) at this whole domestic thing.
That's pork cutlet, stuffing, peas and carrots. Mmmm! I want some more right now.

Tomorrow is the first day of December, CRAZY! It's going to be one busy month, that's for sure. Maybe I'll start my Christmas shopping soon... Maybe not?... Happy Friday everyone!