Monday, January 25, 2010

Wedding update!

So.... wedding planning has been a blast so far! (I don't know if it has been for Terri or the rest of my family but I like it!)  The big day is March 12... Soon i know!  45 days to be exact!:) I think we are ready! MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Here is a sneak peak of our engagements that Terri took for us...  I LOVE THEM!! :)




Sunday, January 24, 2010

The Bridal Faire...is a ton of work!

So this weekend was the Bridal Faire in Logan...the owner of the Riter Mansion asked me and Susie if we wanted to go in on the decor for the faire and also do some tabletops for the bridal magazine named Bliss.  so... here's a sneak peek of what 4 of us did for 12 hours!  We had to come up with the ideas, I did the flowers and had some of the decor and along with the others, we went to work.  It was like 5 weddings in one day...















I'm going to post them on Dahlia Event Planning blog, but I'm going to adjust the lighting and pick some other pics to post, it may take a few days, but I'm excited!  Kind of fun to be in a bridal magazine...

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Happy Birthday ELISE!


Yeah, so I'm a day late, but...oh well.  Elise doesn't mind, since she runs on "Elise Standard Time"!  Hopefully she doesn't kill me for the last comment but, she knows!


Elise celebrated her "20something-ish" birthday yesterday and hopefully she had a good one!

There are not any really "good" (aka blackmail) pictures of Elise... except one that was recently scanned...(some of us had the teenage years before the invention of digital cameras {a blessing in disguise})

The Lagoon Photo, who doesn't own one of these... and who doesn't think Elise picked the most "skanky" dress in the west?!

Elise is always the party animal, this photo was from one of the Halloween parties that she threw for her girls...someone had to show those kids how it's done!  And if anyone can do something, it's ELISE!  She owns more power tools than any girl I know (and isn't afraid to use them!).


She can even happily spin on a ride until the little girls want to puke (Lauren wanted to ride the teacups about a thousand times and really, who could say no?!)  Elise is ever the adventurer and would do anything for her family!


Elise teaches P.E. at the local Elementary school and loves it.  We know that the kids love her, she's actually teaching kids how to "not suck at sports"...she's teaching the basics so they will hopefully have skills for when they play on a team.  Elise is the crazy sister we all want to have, who is willing to do anything for anyone and usually takes on too much but always manages to get it done!


Hope you had a great birthday!  We all love ya!

Oh Chuck me!



Just so you know... we, the James family, are pretty much the hugest fans of Chuck.  Ryan was one before the mission and was so excited to know it wasn't cancelled.  Anyway, if you are wanting to fill your Monday nights with some funny television (after family home evening of course...) make sure you watch!  We love the funny quotes and also it has some really great music!  Needless to say, "THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT!" My dad is using it in full force...By the way, we really watch Chuck for CHUCK...he's real cute (who doesn't love a hot nerd?!)!



Oh, by the way, Ryan lost his camera charger, so these are the only pictures we can post of him...my dad has sent me 5 of them but I won't post them (it would make us look a little obsessed!)

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

There are hearts BREAKING wide open all over the world TONIGHT!!



KARLY AND DEE ARE ENGAGED (FINALLY!)


DEE MADE THE CUTEST VIDEO FOR KARLY AND ASKED HER TO MARRY HIM!  DAD KEPT BEGGING ME TO POST THAT HER HAND WAS TIRED....FROM HOLDING UP THAT ROCK SO... HERE IT IS:









Karly would be pissed but I really wanted to post the stupid Beyonce song "Single Ladies" but I couldn't bring myself to pay money for that.  You'll just have to listen to it yourself...here's something to get you started...if you like it then you should have put a ring on it...(Nicole's dancing behind me as I type FYI).

PS leave a comment or else.... we're going private!!!  This means you, all you blog stalkers...

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Ryan's last area







Just like Joseph Smith... :)









It's The Salt Lake Temple Pumpkin!



A couple of reasons why we KNOW Ryan hasn't changed...


Still puttin out the vibes for all the single ladies


Still rocks out... or atleast he tries to :)



.... and last but not least.....


hog tying his companion...  Isn't He such a nice boy? haha

Merry Christmas to Us!!







First of all, Nicole has wanted a snuggie these past couple of cold months... But she got something way better than a snuggie..... she got a softie, Rhett and Quinn think that it looks like something Yoda would wear but it keeps her warm when she's reading a book.... so she doesn't care :) Terri felt left out because she didn't get a snuggie :(

We got a Phone call from Ryan!  What more can you ask for!
Terri had to work... as usual... but she was able to talk to ryan:)

Nicole gettin her head massaged by Abbie....








Busy December!


Flaherty Family Christmas party!



James Family Christmas Party!


Hardware Ranch







and A visit from the Halls!

The weather is a little different here than in Arizona :)