birds!

I took the video below a few weeks ago after Callie and I ran home through the craziness! Nobody is sure why the birds are coming, but it is estimated that there are over 100,000! Check out this article: Birds by the thousands fill trees.

Cute Cal after a 4 mile run...

Photos: ) and more...

This is a BUSY weekend, and I can't believe it is already Saturday afternoon! Last night Nick and I went to a 30th birthday party - so fun! Here we are before we left...
We had to leave the party early because I needed some sleep before the Shamrock Shuffle! I will post pictures of it as soon as I have them!

After the race, I went home and picked up Callie, and we went to the lake. We went to the dog park first. She was really shy - maybe because the weather hasn't been nice enough to go there for months! After the dog park, we walked up the hill to the bench. The grasses were burnt, so it looked completely different - SO cool!!

burning tree

Callie after she rolled in the soot!

lonely tree and burnt grass

Callie enjoying the lake!Callie and Mommy: )

Last weekend I went to Oklahoma to visit Malinda (and John!). We had a great time! Here we are at dinner (Cheddar's = YUM!)...

Updates...

I realized today that my blogging has really s l o w e d down: ( I have been busy...I just don't have too much to say right now - or much time to say it!

I keep telling Nick that I think we're making progress, but it feels like we're not making any because we can't ever get anything completely crossed off our to-do list! Hopefully we'll cross some things off in the next few weeks. We did meet with Peter at the church last night! We talked about the ceremony, and I think we are going to include a wine ceremony of some kind: ) I think it will make it more personal, it will tie into our theme, and it will allow us to share some of our relationship with others.

Mom and I went to Kohl's (30% off!) and Old Navy today. I was able to find an arb (ha!) to wear under my shower dresses and (hopefully) my wedding dress. I also found shoes and cardigans for my shower dresses. I am in love with my green shoes (on the left)...

I bought the ones on the right in hot pink - I can't wait to wear both pairs!!!

I have a few phone calls to make the next few days in order to make some more appointments for spring break. I am meeting with the caterer, the alterations lady, and the rehearsal dinner lady for sure, and I am hoping to make invites, meet with the flower lady, and meet with the reception lady. Mom and I also need to go to KC at some point to buy my veil. I still need to figure out hair and make up...AHHHHHHHH!!! Three months and two days...

Hmmm...I'm too tired to post pictures (from Oklahoma and of the invitation paper!) and video (of the crazy robins!), but I hope I can this weekend!

Some pictures...finally!

Groundhog Run - January 2009

Steve, Sarah, and I ran a 5k together in January. It was Steve and Sarah's first race! They did AWESOME, and we had SO SO SO much fun! I'm so proud of them both: )

Inbetweenie Weekend - January/February 2009

birthday BFFs turn 26 - YIKES!

birthday JKL!

I am so grateful to have such AMAZING friends, and I was lucky to share my birthday with them. We had so much fun - but I always miss them SO much after we say goodbye: (

My 26th Birthday - February 2009

Mom decorated my room, and Nick and Claire sents flowers: ) It was a happy day!

Mom and Dad had us over for goulash and yellow cupcakes with chocolate frosting - YUMMY!

RSVP

I do not know that I will actually use this design, but I like the idea of these cards. 123Print is easy to use, and it provides more flexibility than some of the other programs I tried. The cost would be $7.85 for 200, and it costs $7.60 for shipping...totaling $15.45! Not bad: )

Here Wii are...

I made Nick promise not to buy me flowers for Valentine's Day...and we used the flower money (along with some birthday money and my Valentine's Day present to him) to buy a Wii! We had been talking about it for quite some time, but we weren't sure how we'd afford it since we're saving for the wedding. I bought one last weekend at Target. I was there with Mom, and I didn't see any on the shelf, but I asked...and they had them! We're having so much fun! Here Wii are...

Gotta go...we're tied one to one in bowling, and we're preparing to play our last game to determine who wins (best out of three!!)!

Four Months...

Well...the wedding is REALLY coming up now! Wedding day = four months from today! I have been SO SO SO busy that I haven't had time to blog...or really do anything wedding related for that matter: ( I did FiNaLlY send most of the save the dates - and I realized today that I bought way too many stamps! Can you return stamps? I may try - hahaha: )

Nick and I are registering at Bed, Bath, and Beyond on Sunday, and we are scheduled for Crate and Barrel's show in a couple of weeks. I'm a little overwhelmed by the registry process, but I think I will feel better once we're done on Sunday! I can't decide if we should register a third place or not. Hmmm...

I'll post some pictures from my birthday today or tomorrow. I HAVE to go to bed!