Park City

The weekend before the wedding, my friends decided that we were going to Park City for my "bachelorette party." It was a fun night, except I was pretty red in the face when I opened up their gifts...I don't know if that needs to be shared here.

Mandy took this picture.. Too bad I don't have any of all of us. Abbi wasn't able to come, which was saddening, she's a laugh and a half. We missed her.

I'm difficult to deal with. All there is to it.

Roos shower...

The Roos family always has a grocery shower for the engaged couple, which was a nice change having John there. Instead of just giving us the groceries, they blindfolded us (John read this and said, "I know kinky." Welcome to my husband.) and made us guess what we were holding as they handed it to us. We rocked it, to say the least. It was super fun.

4th o' July

John and I got to spend the whole day together, which is a rare occurrance. We woke up, and headed to Kaysville for the annual parade, which I had never been to. All out party, if I do say so myself. We then headed to Grandma's, where the tradition is to roll out the old billboards and turn them into slip and slides. We didn't participate, but it was fun to watch. After Grandma Johnson's, we headed to the Grow's and had the annual BBQ there, which was followed by fireworks at Sugarhouse. I was little upset that the fireworks weren't as good as they usually are, especially because it was supposedly the last year. But. what can you do!?

This was definitely the end of the night. We were tired, and we look the part.

le ward...

The ward shower was put on by Barb and Venice. Pretty much my second mothers. The food was fabulous, which was not good, because I ate non-stop, and we got a crap load of gifts. But that's okay, because we needed them.

I was so so so excited to see Shauna. I haven't seen her, or Andrea for ages and it was nice to be able to catch up with an old friend. Even if Ang couldn't make it, it was good to see her mom.

Number 2 of 8

Shower number two was hosted by four of my very best friends. Abbi, Mandy, Marianne, and Melissa went all out at this shower, there was food everywhere, and pictures of John and I. It was fun to see everyone that I haven't seen in a while. There was even a quiz about John..I didn't do horribly, John answered with things I never would have expected (Calvin and Hobbes is his favorite book, is that even considered a book?) Oh well...it was fun.

THANK YOU girls. Love you all.

the beginning of the end...

Last night was the first of many showers before the wedding, and I must say that it was pretty entertaining. I'm not a shower person but it was good, so a big THANK YOU to Stacey, Jan, Bri, and Steph. We started out by eating, (chicken salad sandwiches, my favorite!) and then we played this lovely game. There were three teams, and they had to make bridal gowns out of toilet paper and tape.

These were the three different brides...
Jenny, Steph, and Kate

Because I was the final vote on the gown, I was the officially baby holder. Something I didn't object to.

Cute Cali. Just had to throw a picture of her in here.

This was the winning bride with her bridesmaids.
Kate, Rebekah, Morgan, and Amy

Stacey decided that I look like a Who from Whoville when I put my face like this, so she had to take a picture. Thank you Jenny for the lovely headpiece/vail.

Movie essentials from Bri. Perfect gift for us, because I swear that's all we do.

And this is the must-have for a 2009 grocery shower, a re-usable grocery bag. Both of my sissies had this lovely idea. :)

We made a haul. Seriously, we got so much food, and we have nowhere to put it at this point. It is now sitting in a corner in my bedroom until John finishes the kitchen in the apartment...which hopefully is early next week. Eeek. I don't know if I'm ready for packing. It is my biggest enemy.

I have an itch..

No, not a baby itch.

An itch to get away. To have it FINALLY be time for the wedding, and to have all the stress of planning just melt away.

Also, to see all my family. I really miss you Albertsen clan. I stalk you regularly and it doesn't make it any easier. I'm going to soak up the two days I have with you.

I'm definitely ready for vacation; ready to quit being a bridezilla (which I should probably apologize publicly for...sorry family. And John)

Everything has definitely caught up to me.

I've been sick for about 2 weeks now, and I've never been so nauseated in my life. Finally went to the doctor and they perscribed pills and the whole deal and then I get a voicemail yesterday...I call back the clinic and what do they tell me? My test results came back and they found E-Coli in my system. No wonder I've wanted to vomit for so long now. They say it's nothing to worry about but I'm on day 3 of 5 of my pills and still feel like poop.

Like I said...I have an itch to get away.