By Popular Demand....

I am constantly being asked what my colors are and when the wedding is. I suppose I really should have posted this information earlier, but better late than never.
The wedding is on April 22, 2010. ITS ALMOST HERE!!!!! The planning has been going really well. As a matter of fact, it has been very smooth from the beginning. I guess it helps that I am one of those girls that has thought about her wedding a million different times before actually being engaged. It is also very helpful that my friends are so talented. My best friend is an event planner and willing to help with set up and figuring out fine details and my other dear friend is a hair mastermind and a floral connoisseur. I am one lucky girl to have friends like this! I give them my vision and they make it happen! Oh not to mention the fact that my Fiance is super supportive and willing to help out. Any way, I decided I wanted a very romantic spring feel to my wedding and chose RED AND PURPLE.I first got the idea for putting red and purple together during a Syttende Mai, or 17th of May, celebration. (It is a celebration of Noways constitution day). During this time all the tulips and Lilacs are in bloom and it is very common for my mom to cut these flower and arrange them together. It is just beautiful. Any way, a few years ago I thought that those colors would look really good together for a spring wedding...I ended up going with a deeper more passionate color but the effect is still the same...stunning.

Driving with Tu-tu's

So on our recent road trip I took a little craft with me. I had seen a girl at work making and selling some fetching cute tutus and I thought it would be fun to make some myself. My ADORABLE niece, Rylee, who is three now and super into dress up, was pretty much the reason I even thought to make these tutus in the first place. Well, I thought that if I was making one for Rylee I should make some for Jeff's twin nieces that are the same age...but then I thought that if I was going to make them for two of his nieces I really should make them for all of his nieces. Any way, to make a long story short...or a short story long...I ended up making 6 tutus while driving to and from San Diego. Our entire car was full of tulle. It was awesome.

Road Tripping to San Diego!!!

Jeff and I recently took a small trip to get away from wedding planning stress. We went on a road trip to San Diego and had a blast! The first night we were staying in Vegas. We had prepayed for a room at Bally's and when we got there we had to wait in a huge line to check in. When we made it up to the check-in desk they informed us that they had up-graded us to a suit on the 71'st floor! The room was bigger than the main floor of my house and had a hot tub. It was excellent! The next day we finished making our way to San Diego and my cousins house where we were welcomed with excellent 'authentic Mexican' rolled tacos. YUMMY!!! The first day in San Diego was very rainy....almost monsoon like, so we spent the day at the Viejas Outlet malls. It was great and Jeff was actually a really good sport spending the day shopping. The next day, however, was beautiful and warm. We went to La Jolla shores and spent the afternoon on the beach eating Mexican food then went downtown and spent the evening at the maritime museum. It was such a nice and refreshing weekend away. I am so glad my great cousin Anne Lise and her awesome family let us stay with them. THANKS GUYS!!!

GeTtInG eNgAgEd

I am sure that most of you already know, but back in October I got engaged. It was awesome and Jeff is the best EVER! He proposed on October 30, 2009 at a Harry Potter themed party that our cute little Amber hosted. It was so creative and I loved it! Recently we went up to park city to get our engagement pictures done. It turned out to be a beautiful day and pretty fun. Our photographer, Darla from Darla Roze Photography, did an awesome job.

The Bridals

This past weekend I had the opportunity to shoot Amber's Bridals. It was so much FUN! We went to Liberty Park and had a hay-day! One of my besties, Amelia, came with to be my assistant. Let me tell you what, she was the best assistant anyone could ever ask for! She had Amber posed and looking perfect before I ever had to ask her. ThAnK YoU AmElIa!!!

Derek and Amber are Getting Married

So, Derek finally popped the question to Amber! Wahoo! Sweet Amber was nice enough to ask me to shoot their engagement pictures. Um, for the record, Derek is not the most cooperative when it comes to cheesy stuff.

Preikestolen

Ok, so this is technically part of my Norway post, but it is too spectacular to not have its own entry. My dad, cousin Tommy, and Uncle Inge and I all decided to make the trek up to the top of Preikestolen (aka Preachers Pulpit). This is an intense hike that the Norwegians describe as, "a nice nature walk". Bah! Nature walk my foot. This is a 1,982 foot cliff that takes 2.5 hours each way to reach. It is really only 2.5 miles each way but you are on rough terrain that, at times, has a very intense incline. The four of us had all climbed it 6 years earlier, but we had forgotten how hard it really was. I'm pretty sure, at one point, my dad started to cry because he saw the massive trail up the side of the mountain that was covered in boulders. Ah, the memories. In the end, after hours of clambering over rocks, that seemed to get bigger and bigger until you were just climbing on solid granite, we reached the top. So worth it! Its kind of like childbirth, after your near death experience, you get this massive rush of endorphins that make it all worthwhile and exhilarating. I am already forgetting how hard it was and I am ready to go back. I guess, as with all things, there must be sorrow to feel the full extent of joy.