So many...

...cupcakes. Its not even cool.

Sure, I was the one who found the cupcake wedding cake thing on line and said I WANT IT!!
And then Carolyne said, I'LL MAKE IT!!
This was all...oh, 4 months ago?

So last night I wake up and text Mike, FREAKING out because the tower for the cupcakes and cake hasn't been made yet. He said he'd talk to his dad about it in the morning. But I asked Jan first when I woke up. She said "No, I thought we'd build it Saturday morning on our way to the temple..."
Geez.

See, I like to think that I'm not freaking out. No, not publicly, anyways (insomnia, remember?). So, in the day time, I let other people freak out for me. Smooth, huh? People keep asking, "are you nervous?"
Nooo...I don't think so?
Nervous to get married. No.
Nervous that everything will go okay? Ooooh yeah.

It all really seems so surreal.

Anyways, where was I?
Oh yes.
CUPCAKES.

Today, we made 440 cupcakes. The time span went from about 10am to 4pm. Jan started it off, Jess picked up after lunch but when Jess had to start making the boxes to store said cupcakes in the freezer, I took over from about 12-4.
I never want to see another cupcake...until Saturday evening.

Only 4 more days!!
Mike and I are looking into getting this teeny tiny house down the road from my parents, with help from my parents. We're the only ones who have even been remotely interested (in the 3 months its been for rent) and I'm hoping we hear back from the realtor soon so we can start moving in BEFORE Saturday.
Our own place!! I'm so excited!! :)
Four days...I'm even more excited!!

It's all down hill...

It's the morning of August 27...you know what that means?
1 week! 1 WEEEEEEEK!!!!!
I'm ready. Everything is ready. We got Mike a suit today, plus the final four dresses and a shrug.

Why am I up at 4am you ask? I've developed slight insomnia in the past month and a half. I think it started the night of Haly's birthday when I woke up around 1am and cried until about 4. (Tonight probably has to do with the Cherry Coke I had on the way home for Reno...bad, I know) But everyone else says it's nerves. Soooo...add no sleep on top of week 2 of my first round of birth control and you get: Bridezilla? No. Over the top emotions? Kinda. A zombie? YES!! Oh joy. An emotional zombie bride. That's a new one, I'm sure.

But I come bearing good news. I think I have a job. No, I'm about 98% sure I have a job. The in-laws went to the Navy Exchange out at NAS Fallon today to look for shoes for Mike and my old boss, Anita, threw an application at them and said if I filled it out, she'd hire me. I think I broke the record for job application filling out and we were back at the NEX in a heart beat. I still have to have a background check (ha) and go through the "interview" process. But I'm feeling pretty confident.

This, however, is a blow to Mike's ego. His construction job did not work out. How? Well, things tend to fall to pieces with the bosses accountant/wife takes the 55 grand the company was paid and spends it on heaven knows what, leaving her husband to work for free and by himself. Yeah. Can we say anger? Hate and discontent? Yeah...like you have NO idea.
Plan B? Reapply out at the Gabs Mine in October (he applied once but failed the test they have to take by ONE point. Yeah. ONE. So he's waiting the allotted 6 months). With this job, he'll work a set amount of days and then get 7 days off. He'll also have to drive the 45 minutes to Gabs everyday but thank goodness for the awesome gas mileage on his Honda!! Plan C? He will go to Salt Lake for 10 days to attened England Trucking INCs trucking school, finish getting his CDL and then, drive baby, drive. And, really, this is good. Mike LOVES truck driving and he's "one hell of a truck driver" (direct quote from Jan). His one worry is that he will miss out on raising our kids. I have to remind him that his dad was gone with the Navy (a lot more than Mike ever will be) and he's never once considered his dad to be an "absentee father". I'm not yet sure what path we'll go down, but I have every confidence in him to do what's best for us and our future family. Cuz, ya know, that's just the kind of guy he is.
And I love him for it

So...I think...

I think I blog a lot. But that's okay.
I like to think someone out there reads it and gets to smile every now and then.

So, Tuesday was my big 2-0. I'm now 20.
I will now NOT be a teenage bride...ha! I win.

Anyways, I awoke that morning to find 20 red roses on the table next to my bed from Mike. Yes...I think I'm marrying a winner too :)
But the best gift came that afternoon at lunch with my Aunt Kir: it is a blue star sapphire, which is more purple than anything. The best part is that was my Grandma Arlene Wood's. Grandma passed away when I was 12. I love it...I wear it every day and I have a piece of her with me at all times. Kir said she was going to give it to me when I turned 21 or when I got married. And since my 20th birthday was only 10 days away from my wedding, I got it then :)


To add to that, in preparation for the wedding (8 days, people!!!), I went and got my nails done for the first time today. I love them....but it's hard to type this, haha. Alisha Andrews has been doing the Purkhiser/Kiker/Bice nails for about 5 years now so I knew my fingers were in good hands. They are currently white for the wedding but I can wait to experiment with colors in the future :)


That's all the news. Like I said before...8 days!! 8 days 21 hours and some odd change to go!! If you couldn't tell...
I CAN'T WAIT :)

MIA

So, we are missing two very important things...
...with a wedding now 12 days away.
Flowers? Check
Photographer? Check
Places? Check
Food? Check
Center pieces? Check
Tux and dress?
Negative, ghost-rider.
(Please note the "Top Gun" reference...I'm marrying a navy brat)

Because my dress did not come with sleeves on, I forked out the arm and leg to pay to get sleeves put on it. Friday the 19th was the day to go get it, but the alterations lady called and asked if we could come in Saturday. Sure, why not? We were going to be in Reno anyways.
Saturday, after the temple, my mom and I go to David's Bridal and are shown into a fitting room to wait...and wait...and wait. 10 minutes later, we find out that my dress ISN'T DONE.
Did I cry? No
Throw a fit? No
I think I was in shock
WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY DRESS ISN'T DONE????
I paid an extra 500 to get it temple ready and you tell me it's taking longer than you thought?

HEY, DAVID'S BRIDAL, I HAVE AN IDEA!! YOU KNOW THOSE MODEST DRESSES YOU HAVE IN SLC AND UTAH VALLEY? YEAH...YOU SHOULD PUT THEM IN ALL THE STORES IN CITY'S WITH LDS TEMPLES...JUST A THOUGHT!!

Mom and I go back tomorrow to get it...hopefully.
But I'm ready to start asking for money back.
Like, seriously.

Mike is getting his tux Friday with this giant trip to Reno to also get Jan and Jessica and the nieces dresses. 8 days before the wedding? That's cutting it a tad close for my heart. I start to hyperventilate just thinking about it...

I just keep reminding my self that in 12 days, 9 hours and some odd change, all this craziness with be done with the result being wonderful. Screw the skeptics, I hear that being married is amazing...I can't wait :)

14

14 days!! That's about all I can say because if I think too much on it, I get flustered and my head starts to hurt but it's all in a good way!!

To think, my last post was 24 days....where'd it all go?!?

Today, I got to go through the temple and then see my dear friend, Candice Miller
(oops, sorry...CANDICE LYNES!!) get married.
A wonderful girl found a great guy and I wish for them all the happiness in the world!!

I'M NEXT!!!

Well..

...that was highly frustrating.
I made one post, but hit the italisize button on accident and then it wouldn't UNitalizis. Rude.
Anyways...

You may have noticed that I added music to my blog
And that each song is a love song. Well, this is because they are all songs that remind me of Mike and I. Thus, the lovey dovey-ness of it all :)
How can I have a blog without music? ME? I love to sing. And I kinda play the piano. My Junior and Senior years in Choir are the only reasons I would EVER go back to high school. Seriously.

So, I now digress...we are only 24 days away from THE DAY. And here is a cute little story to tide us over: The other night I was sitting next to Mike on the couch; it was around midnight and he was almost asleep. Me, on the other hand, I was bouncing off the walls, my mind going a mile and minutes because I had my first Mnt Dew in a week that night (yes, I slipped, but haven't since). Anyways, I was counting the days the from my birthday (august 23) until the wedding (september 3rd). I think it's 11 days but anyways, I got so excited for some reason I clapped my hands and started bouncing on the couch and made this noise that apparently sounded like a dalphin. And, it woke Mike up. He thought something was seriously wrong/very confused and after everything calmed down, he informed me "no more caffeine for you...ever."

Oops, haha :)

This evening...

...was my bridal shower. And it went off pretty well.
Granted, there was a bit of yelling and stressing as we tried to get the food, cupcakes and tent ready. But once everything was ready and people started showing up, it went better than I thought! Even though people had RSVPed, I had decided no one was going to show up anyways. Ha...silly me! We played a few impromptu games, since non had been planned. And the gifts were wonderful, thank you so much to everyone!


You'd think that will less than a month to go, it would start to sink in that I'M GETTING MARRIED!! But you know what? I'm not stressing the marriage part. Nope, not one bit. Mike and I are a perfect match; I really couldn't have asked for a better guy to help balance out the rest of my life.

Perhaps I'm a tad numb. People keep asking me if I'm nervous or anxious. I must just look like I am, because I don't really feel that way.


Anyways, big thanks also to Mama Bice, Carolyne and Jessica. They're wonderful and they're doing so much to help that I feel so guilty. But despite how...interesting...the Bice's can be, I'm marring into a great family

♥

At my reception...

...ask me about my shoes.

Because they are wicked sick :)

Found them on-line, couldn't find them in Reno, so I had to order them.

And they came today!!

I bought purple laces to go with them but I'm not sure I like that color purple with the silver of the shoes, so I'll probably use the white laces that came with...and now I have a pair of random purple laces. Hmmmm...

Anyway, here's the picture of them from Converse.com
(yeah....you read that right...)




Heck yes!!

I don't know when else I'll wear them but I have them, they are mine and they make me oh so happy!!!

Kinda like how Mike makes me happy, except not as much because these are just shoes and Mike will be my husband...

IN ONE MONTH!!!!

I am bouncing out of my skin with excitement ♥