It's been a while!

Wow, it has been a while since either of us posted anything here. We will be getting better at it, I promise. I'm sure you all anxiously check this on a daily basis to find out what we are doing in our overly exciting life.....or not. Either way welcome back! :-) So much has happened over the course of the last couple of months to update all of you about our family!

First thing, we got our official wedding date at the beginning of November. APRIL 24th, 2010...YIPPEE!!!!! That is the date I was hoping for and Tom was very supportive of whatever day we got, but I really wanted this one. It is a Saturday, which will be very nice for getting ready for the wedding, people who work and those driving in from out of town. Other wedding stuff that we have under our belts, we found a photographer to capture our big day on film. I will make sure to post some of his work on our blog after the wedding for all to see and in case anyone loves what they see and want to know how they can find this person. :-)

We really lucked out and found a great and incredibly friendly woman to do our cake. She is the mother of a friend of ours and she does beautiful work! It is always wonderful to have someone you know help in your wedding, or at least someone of someone you know. hehe Invitations were ordered a couple of days ago and my mother has been very helpful with the save the dates. Her computer drafting skills far surpass my limited knowledge of computers so I appreciate her helping me out! One more really great piece is a really good friend of ours is officiating the ceremony and I couldn't be more pleased! To have someone marry us that we both love and respect makes it that much more wonderful. Okay, while there are many other wedding things to talk about, I will save those for a later post.

Next big thing is we went to Disneyland!!!! Earlier this year I won a trip based on my overall performance in my department for the year of 2008. I used that trip to take Tom and I back to Disneyland for the second year in a row. This time around we spent 7 days in a rainy and somewhat cold Anaheim, CA whereas last year we were there for only 3 days. The first day we went to Knott's Berry Farm. I have become quite the roller coaster lover and really wanted some thrills and I got them. Universal Studios was next on the agenda. Quite the array of characters to see and take pictures with. My favorite ride there was the Simpson's ride. While not a Simpson's viewer, I still enjoyed the ride. There was a haunted mansion that I was not a huge fan of because I hated that things were chasing us and I screamed so loud a couple of times my head hurt when we left. Later on in the week we saw a live taping of Conan O'Brien and that was really fun. There was an up and coming comedian, Josh Brolin and Tilly the Dog Artist...google it, it is silly!

Then the big day came to go to Disneyland. I love the place, but Tom loves it to a point that I feel I am under representing his feelings immensely by using the word "love". We went on every ride we wanted to and most of them multiple times. We have tried to start a tradition to make sure to purchase a space mountain picture each time we go and frame it at home. I must say Tom has turned me towards In-N-Out Burger. Of the 7 dinners we ate, I believe 4 of those were the unhealthy, but incredibly delicious burgers and fries from this wonderful establishment!!!! I really wish we could have some here, but perhaps for our waistlines it's best that we don't. From there is was a constant back to Disneyland and California Adventures and we did that for 4 days! I can't wait to go back, with the wedding it will set us back time frame, wise, but we will go back hopefully 2011...cross your fingers.

Unfortunately I did get sick towards the end of the trip and ended up having to miss my sister's baby shower. It was for the best to not pass my fever around, but I was incredibly disappointed I couldn't be there to share in the celebration. This catches us up until Christmas and New Years. All I need to say is I was able to spend Christmas with my wonderful family and Tom. New Year's was a quiet night alone with my future husband! That is all for now, tune in next time for more wedding discussion and other aspects of our life. Ta ta for now!!!