Signed, Sealed, and Delivered...FINALLY!

What a pain computers can be!! I still have not gotten everything on my laptop backed up so that I can send it back to hp. I am pessimistically nervous that they will find several things wrong that are not covered under my warranty. In the meantime, I have diligently been working to get the address labels made for our Save The Dates. Sounds like an easy project, right? Well in the wonderful world of technology, it somehow manged to take me all week. I had originally deemed that job to be Ryan's, however he gave up days a go. He is now at Nationals for Youth Soccer and I was happy to drop those things at the post office at 10PM tonight! I know I have stated this in an earlier post, but why do all men think that women get a high from wedding planning? Maybe this is my cry for help...RYAN!! Oh, who am I kidding, he doesn't read this Blog! :)

OK, now that I've thrown him under the bus, I'll post a few pics that hopefully paint the picture of how much I really do love my fiance. He has only been out of town for a day and I miss him already!

Out of commision!

Well, first we left our camera in a cab in Mexico so I had no fun pictures of the trip to post. Now my laptop is not working. My desktop is my work computer so fun and recreational activities such as blogging are done on the laptop. Apparently I have to mail it into hp for service. In the meantime, I need to back up all of my pictures. Ryan and I got some great engagement pics taken on the 4th of July, but I don't want to release a spoiler before I mail my Save the Dates. Stay tuned for some thrilling pics of Ryan and I in coordinating outfits in the coming weeks. I know the suspense is just torture!!! Wow, as if I didn't have many readers before, I'm probably losing the crowd very quickly!! :)

Barcelo Site Visit

We returned from our trip to Mexico last week and unfortunately I do not have any pictures to post right now because Ryan and I made a major tourist mistake! On your way to the Barcelo for our site visit, we left Ryan's nice camera in the cab. We attempted to retrieve it, but I'm sure it's in a beach-side pawn shop somewhere.
I did find this picture of the Palace gazebo online (the spot where we think we will have our cereomny) and I love it! I will post more details and a few pics when I get them from my friend Johnna, who we traveled with. I will say that I was very impressed with the Barcelo and cannot wait until next May!!

Happy Birthday To Me...

and Katie and Lauren! It was a fun few days of birthday celebrations.

On Saturday night, we had fun celebrating both Katie and Lauren's Birthdays with dinner at Bucca di Beppo and then on to Martini Park for dancing and well...Martinis!

Amy joined us out later and then brought us Neiman Marcus chocolates to our Tuesday night Birthday Dinner. Thanks Amy!!!!!!
We had a great time on Saturday night (hence the famous red carpet pose). I have to say I was also truly impressed that 23 of our friends showed up for another dinner outing for our B-days on Tuesday. I have no pics to post of that event, but thanks to all who made it out. We have an awesome group of friends!

Happy Father's Day!

"Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad." (Author Unknown)
In honor of Father's Day and my dad, Jack's, ridulous sense of humor, I wrote this short poem:
I love you Dad because you are so funny.
I love you even though Mom says that you really wanted to name me Bunny.
I love you Dad because you never hesitated to help me move so far.
I love you even though you wouldn't buy me a car.
I love you Dad for supporting our family and being such a respectable man.
I love you for keeping me on your Family Share Plan.
I love you Dad for all of the selfless things that you did.
I love you because secretly I know I am your favorite kid.

Have a great day Dad. I wish I could be there with you!!!
I'll go ahead and give another shout out to my Mom who was here in the Bid D visiting me last week. It meant to much to have her here to wedding dress shop with me. I really enjoy our time together. I wish we could see each other more often, but thanks to Dad's Family Share Plan, we still get to chat almost daily.

Just Study Already!!

Another STOTT Pilates Weekend! This post is going to be my constant reminder that it's time to just finish my STOTT Pilates instructor exams already! I am teaching several classes a week and getting plenty of self-practice hours. I have just built up a mental block against studying my anatomy. I am going to take an anatomy refresher class this Saturday with the hopes that it will get my brain in gear.
Time to break out the flashcards.

My Mommy...

Yeah, my Mom is coming to visit in less than a week! Because my parents live in PA, I don't get to see them very often. My mom and I are really close and I am happy that we will get some quality time together. I have been putting wedding dress shopping on hold with the hopes that I could go with my mom so It will be so fun to share that experience with her. Also, I just had to include this pic with my dad. If you know my dad at all, this picture of him might make you chuckle!!