Shower and Bachelorette Event

I know you are all waiting for this post...so here it is! This post will be mostly pictures with minimal words, most of these don't need a discription. On Saturday, my hometown wedding shower and bachelorette party took place. It was so great to see family and friends come just to celebrate EW and my love for each other :)

Three Bridesmaid's and a friend! My Maid of Honor couldn't make it from TX.

The Theme was TIKI!

A Few of the Many gifts!

The Bachelorette Party. This was our E I U shot!

The Parents watching over the party. Mine parents are on the right, Kristin's (one of my bridesmaids) are on the left. Her parents were at my parents' wedding, and they will be at mine also!

The morning After...We look pretty good I think!

A special thanks to everyone who made the whole day possible, and one of the best days so far in my life!

Brina*

Move-In Weekend

I know I'm a little late getting this up from the weekend, but I'm missing my laptop. I'm such a nice person that I left it with EW in Aurora. He has nothing else to do but watch DVD's, so I left it with him. No, we don't have internet either, but some people don't safe-guard against 'piggybackers' and therefore, they can be taken advantage of. Without my computer, I'm forced to use the my dad's desktop, which is painfully slow, but it gets the job done.

So on to this weekend. Last Friday, my parents and I went to pick up the u-haul. We packed what we had at home here, which included the nice new couch I bought, The next morning, we took off for Kickadonkey to pick up the majority of my things. I drove my car, dad and mom in the u-haul, and lil Bro in dad's truck (which they all were going to go home in). Our apartment complex is right down the street from a u-haul center. How convenient! Our little convoy made it up north with no causalities!

Next it was time to unload, which didn't take as long as expected. EW's Uncle Doug came over and helped, so everything went pretty smoothly.

The pictures are of the dinning area, the spare bedroom, then a couple shots of the living room. All the other rooms were just too messy or just not ready! I'll have more up when I can clean it up and decorate!

This past weekend, EW's Aunt, Uncle, and a few cousin's were in town, so we went over to his parent's house for a cookout Sat. night. I got to see baby McKenna. She is getting bigger every day! It was nice hanging out with (soon-to-be) family.

Baby McKenna with Mommy Rachel

Sunday night, EW and I went to sand volleyball playoffs that his brother in sister-in-law are involved in. Their team didn't win, but they all played really well!

Team 6

Monday EW had to work, so I spent some time with his family that was still in town. Then I went home to do more organizing, and I made our first dinner at the apartment: spaghetti. It turned out pretty well for not having many items in our kitchen. I really hope we get some things for the wedding because it was hard improvising utensils and other standard items.

Well, that wraps up my extended weekend. More will come this weekend with my hometown shower and bachelorette party!

Brina*

Birthday Wishes & Wedding Bells

Hi All!
It's been far too long since I've written, and a lot has happened in the time we have spent apart!

First, I would like to give a late shout out to my lil Bro who turned 21 on July 4th! He can now legally drink, and I think he's making up for the last 21 years...lol

Here he is looking a little too happy on the eve of his birthday. He just got to the beer tent.

The week after the 4th, I was laid up with a nasty head cold, that I'm pretty sure I got from EW, but I can't ever prove it. Then this past weekend I went to my friend Kristen's sister's wedding as Kristen's date. She was one beautiful date!

We danced the night away!

The next post will hopefully be this weekend with pictures of EW and my new place. Yes! I am moving all my things North this weekend. Of course we won't get really get settled in until after the wedding, but you will get the idea. Then the weekend of the 24th is my family shower. I can't believe it's almost here! That night will also be my bachelorette party. I'm sure I'll get some great candid shots that night! It seems like everything is happening so fast, even though it feels like I have been waiting forever for all of these events.

So as you can see, there are many posts yet to come. Check back every week to see if I have gotten my lazy self to get something up here. I promise I will try!

I'll leave you with a pic of me and my love, sitting at the 4th of July Parade, which wasn't on the 4th, but the 3rd. lol

*Brina