Kitchen & Recipe Shower
July 26, 2009

We had our first shower this weekend. It was strange at first because I felt like I was at someone else's wedding shower... I can't be old enough to be getting married...it seems like yesterday I was at Natalie & Nicole's showers. Fortunately, I finally snapped out of it but I think it was the first thing that made this all seem real! Now I am just ready for October so I can marry that boy!! Ok, back to where I was going with all of this...

Debbie, Connie, Me & Karmen

It was a Kitchen & Recipe Shower so of course, I loved it! It was hosted by some lovely ladies from my home church and it was too cute! They had all kinds of delicious food…my favorite of which, was the dirt cake in yellow flower pots(which we got to keep)!

Missy Robinson & her creative self did the cutest flower arrangements for all of the tables. The pots were painted with chalkboard paint & had Shasta daisies & mixed ferns in them. She had all kinds of cute things written on them as well!


This one said "Nathan loves Paige!" Too cute!

I was so blessed by all the wonderful ladies that came. They each brought me their favorite recipe with an encouraging verse. I got some great advice and tons of kitchen essentials! (Yes, I said essentials even though Nathan would probably argue with that statement!) I think I pretty much have every Martha Stewart kitchen item known to man now!!

My family!

The thing I enjoyed most about the weekend was getting to visit with Nathan's family that came down to visit & for the shower. It was their first trip to Brenham & we had a great time. Can I just saying that I have the cutest niece in the world!?! See for yourself...

Miss Mallory Ann! She has Nathan & I wrapped around her finger!

The reality that the wedding is in less than 3 months just hit!! We are now crazily scrambling to get things done before we move back to Belton on August 15th. Nathan & Dad are working on renovating the barn & re-grading the yard right now. (I say both of them, but so far it has been Nathan. Dad has ADHD and we tend to find him mowing the fairway for his golf course... Haha) Mom, Haley & I have been working on all the creative details while Nathan & Dad sweetly tolerate us! I’m so excited about everything. It is going to be so different but then again that is our goal!!

I can’t wait to be married to this hard-working man!!

Looking at the calendar is a bit frightening these days considering we have just about every weekend filled up until the wedding! My first shower is this weekend & I couldn’t be more excited! It is going to be a kitchen shower hosted by some great friends at church…could they know me any better?! I love to cook…and of course eat but that’s beside the point! Nathan keeps telling me he doesn’t understand why we need more dishes, serving pieces, etc. I told him he shouldn’t worry about it so much…there will be dinner on the table so that’s where he benefits from it all!

Last weekend we went to the circus. It really was “the greatest show on earth”!! We all had so much fun and were like little kids! We brought J.B. along so people wouldn’t look at us too weird for coming with 7 adults. I think we were all more excited about it than J.B. was though! It was everyone’s first time to go to a legit circus and it was well worth it! (Except the $12 bag of cotton candy & the $9 lemonade that we split between 7 of us because it was so overpriced…) From the motorcycles to the elephants to the amazing acrobats, the circus is something Nathan & I will definitely take our kids to one day!

The Elephants were pretty comical!

Unbelievable...she is so strong!

There were 7 motorcycles in that small cage...insane!

Oh & I am still surviving bootcamp. Only 4 more days of torture & ridiculously early mornings!! Don't you worry though, it will all be worth it when I see Nathan at the wedding! I am hoping to blow him away ;)

Who say's being married isn't fun?!

OK so maybe I am not married...yet! In 3 months & 2 days I will be...but who's counting! The reality is starting to hit of how soon that actually is. There is still so many decisions to be made and so much to do! My first shower is next weekend... this is all going by so fast! So many people have warned me about things going by so quickly and that we need to take the time to enjoy this point we are at in life. That is exactly what we have been trying to do!

My sister Haley, had a timely post about the 4th of July so you can check out her blog for more pictures. We went out to Round Top for the parade and decided it should be a tradition every year! It was so much fun to watch! Here are a few of the interesting sites...

Oh sexy! haha

Nathan wants to leave our wedding in this car...it can drive both ways!

We also went to Washington on the Brazos for the fireworks. We had a great time with Kramer Family who we happened to stumble upon! They have the most precious 3 girls! The oldest, K.K. thought Nathan was my brother. Boy will she be confused at our wedding!! I will say, the fireworks were a bit of a let down but Laney Rae seemed to love them considering she screamed everytime one off! Too cute!

They seriously look just alike!

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Laney Rae was sticky from head to toe!

This past weekend Nathan had the random idea to go to the horse races at Sam Houston Race Park. I had never been before but figured why the heck not! Although I was ready to suck it up and endure the heat, to my relief it was all indoors! It's amazing how that can make you such a nicer person!! There were 12 races and we placed $2 bets on most of them. Nathan tried to take the smart approach and figure it all out, look at the statistics, etc... I looked at how feisty the horse seemed, how fast it had been in the past & whether it went to the bathroom before the race. You laugh...it worked and it makes so much sense!!! ha ha I won 5 times opposed to Nathan's 1 time!

All you can see of my horse in this picture is the tail because it was just that fast ;)

So to sum it all up, we are having a blast! This makes me so much more excited about being married. Don't worry, I have gotten my wake-up call in premarital counselling that there won't always be marital bliss but I still think there is so many exciting things to look forward to!!!

By the way, this weekend my whole family is going to the circus...so pumped about it!!

Anything but Typical

I officially have a ring and it's gorgeous!! I was dead set on the idea that I wanted something different and not a diamond. After a lot of looking and indecision on my part, this is what we got! I don't think the picture even does it justice because it is huge...3.5 carat!

I survived my first week of bootcamp! Sarah & I are now referred to as "Bride" & "Bridesmaid" during workouts so it is pretty funny. I'm not going to lie, it's hardcore and every bit of my body is sore right now!! Although, it's not too bad because it has caused Nathan to be really sweet and helpful!

On a different note, I just checked my registry because I am a huge dork like that... I don't know who, but someone bought me some stuff! This is so fun! I told my sister Haley that I don't know why anyone would ever want to elope because you miss out on all the good stuff!!

I have had quite few people asking what the bridesmaid dresses look like so I thought I would post a picture so you can see for yourself and offer your opinions (unless you have one that is not very nice). Now keep in mind, this dress is ALL ABOUT HALEY! She looks good and yellow and doesn't care what anyone else looks like! She is the only single Glasco girl left and she said she is going to look HOT! Yes, I know...she's a mess!

Junior Bridesmaid/Flower Girl Dresses

Nothing traditional or formal... What's the fun in that?!?

You mean I can pick out whatever I want?!?

It's official! I now have a registry at Macy's, Target & Hermann's Furniture. Haley took a these pics for me at Hermann's the other day. It is still so weird to me that I am getting married in 3 1/2 months! I get more and more excited every day!

Here is the display they set up with my stuff

Oh and I started Wedding Bootcamp with Innovative Fitness this morning at 5:30 am.... Yeah, we will see how that goes! As I was dying this morning I kept telling myself, "Wedding in 3 months, alterations for my dress in 4 weeks!" Nothing compares to the motivation to look good in that dress!! I sure hope Nathan appreciates it....he will be in trouble if not ;)

I have now officially decided that wedding planning is the most fun thing ever especially when it comes to registering! Monday, Mom and I went to Houston to register considering we are on a time crunch and my first shower is at the end of this month. It was like being a little kid again! You get to walk around with a gun and scan practically anything and everything that you want in hopes that someone will buy it for you!

More than anything, it was a great to get to spend time with my wonderful Mom! She was so sweet and helpful the whole time which definitely helped in the decision-making. She even found a dress for the wedding and the rehearsal dinner and let me tell you...she is going to be smoking hot!! After meeting my Mom, Nathan told me that I have really good genes and that he guessed he would keep me around... What a mess!!

Speaking of my Mom, she will be mortified by me telling this story but I am going to anyway. When we were at Target, the genius girl was bringing up my registry and turns to me to ask, "This is for a baby registry correct?" Ummm no.....not quite. Actually no, not even at all! I was so mad! I really need to start working out hardcore for the wedding if that is the reaction I am getting. So with that said, body bootcamp here I come! Oh and to make matters even worse, when I got home Pampers swaddlers were on my Target registry! I made sure to take that off quick...like people don't have enough to talk about already!

Although there were a few kinks along the way, all in all the day was successful! I am now registered for every Martha Stewart kitchen gadget known to man at Macy's and Target is free of ALL unwanted baby items!