Happy Birthday Mom! You are beautiful!

  I am so blessed to have a completely incredible mother! My mom is so much fun! I hope that she is able to go skiing today! My mom is an amazing and she is really good at skiing. As a little way of saying Happy Birthday Mom, I just wanted to share a memory about the amazing lady who raised me.
 When I was little and my mom would bake she would let me stand on a chair next to her so that I could reach the counter and "help" her bake. I am sure I was probably more trouble than good but I loved feeling useful as I tried to taste the dough and help bake the cookies. One day when my mom and I were baking I smelt the vanilla and LOVED the way that it smelt. It smelt so delicious and wonderful I begged my mom to let me taste it. She told me that she had done the same thing with her mom and that vanilla does not taste as good as it smells. I continued to beg her saying that I would like the flavor even if she didn't. It smelt so amazing that I was convinced it could not possibly taste bad. Finally my mom let me taste just a little bit of vanilla. It was awful of course but I was and am still so grateful that my mom let me try the vanilla. Like most things in life my mom gives me wise advice and steps back and allows me to make decisions.  Here is a picture of my Mom and I at Hans and my wedding.

Photography by Ondriana Deluca

Isn't she beautiful? 

Her dress is from Shabby Apple and I hope that she has an AWESOME birthday and  that she likes her birthday present from Hans and I :]

Green Thumb....

Here is the quest book from Hans and my wedding. 

We did a thumbprint tree and I painted the tree and border. IT was all very fun. 

I think it's a fun treasure from our wedding and for me anyways it is more fun than a traditional guest book.

Preview from my wedding

Photography by Irina

Invitations

Invitations are being put in the mail! I am happy to say that they are all back from the printer and gotprint.com did an awesome job! I drew all the invitations and then formatted them accordingly on the computer before sending them off to be mass produced so to speak. 

I edited out personal details for obvious reasons BUT making these has been a wonderful experience. 

I'm so glad I was able to pour out my creativity on these invitations! 

I hope that all you lovelies enjoy this little sample of my wedding madness

One Month!

It is now ONE MONTH away from the rehearsal dinner for my wedding! I am so excited for that day and to marry my amazing fiance!!! So the Save the Date video has been out for a while but I thought I would share it with all of you! So here is the link! Enjoy! 

Insanity and College Go Hand in Hand like a Happily Dating High School Couple

So This week I have the wonderful privilege of writing an essay, doing a group presentation, taking two midterms. Taking one final and doing a lab! I also get to start premarital training, go to work and try to maintain some minute sense of sanity. Should be fun!
I would take all the prayers I can get! I keep remembering that God says not to worry. In Matthew 6:34 it says, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." I have not been spending the time in the bible that I need to lately but I am so grateful for the reminder that God is faithful even when I am not. The knowledge that the list of things that I need to make happen this week are all accounted for in God's plans. My job is to trust in the Lord, spend time with Him and to WORK for Him and to the best of my ability! Sometimes that is really scary to just sit back and trust but I know that God is so worth it and He can handle all my concerns!

On a side note, Hans and I got on the Save the Date Video's for our wedding! AWESOME! It feels so nice to have that taken care of :)