My Best Friend's Engaged!

Okay, so I have lots of wedding filled posts to write about, but this one is most important right now. Miss Cassie Lynn..........

Yes that beautiful girl next to me in the white shirt... is **drum roll** ENGAGED!

I am so happy for you miss. I just thought I would post it for the world to see since you were so busy when you called and could only stay on the phone for a nano-second. 

I am excited to be able to plan our weddings together. Maybe in five years we will both be pregnant at the same time. Anyways, With only two months in between our big days these next four months are going to be HECTIC! But i know us and I am sure we will be able to conquer it all. 

Thats what girls are best at. Conquering the world together.

I am so happy for you and your mister. 

Love you!

Bridesmaids Dresses! :)

Caution:: This blog will be picture crazy.

We have had these dresses for a while, but I am excited to finally show some pictures. I cannot wait to have better pictures of them. (I am in no where near a professional photographer) and the lighting was bad...

 Dress just hanging on the hanger.. with the rhinestones off!!

The top of it :)

Cute cute cute. And for 40 dollars? A complete steal!

 Ali smilin' with her dress!

 Aubree smirkin;.... Such a silly girl.. A sideways glance.


These dresses look darling on every single one of my girls and we got them for  40 dollars each at J.C. Pennys.... A complete steal.
Anyone else love their bridesmaids dresses??


It fit everyones budget which was perfect!!


Less than 85 days to go!

Little Things... Little Moments

So I am suppose to be writing a paper about a moment of meaning in my life. 
Too bad there are many moments I could write about.
The day my mother passed away when I was eight years old.
My elementary school years.
Working at Summer Camp.
High School.
The day my grandma died when I was 16.
My car accident.
Falling in love.
Getting engaged.
The whole wedding process in general (I could write pages and pages about that!)
My future.
Vacations. 
Friendships.
Learning about myself. Growing up. Maturing.
See. My life isn't defined by one exact moment in time. Its the little times that really make up my life. Yes there are life-changing moments that fill my life, but to be frank I don't dwell on them. Yes they help define me. Yes I will never forget that my mom always seemed to burn her cookies and that my grandma was one of my very best friends. 
Its... it's not easy to describe my life in one moment. 
....
anyways as I sit here and stall it as much as I can (which by the way isn't much longer.. I have to be up in 7 hours for school). I will talk about other things...


Like how I may have a church. My dad is calling tomorrow.
So we will see.
The ties and the outfits come in the mail this week! I am so excited :)
I am starting my new workout. With my new diet. and my new me.
I will elaborate it more when I am not so.. hectic. 
So far I am 2/2 with my new years resolution to blog daily. We will see how it goes.
I have faith in myself!! :D
Hopefully I won't fall asleep in class tomorrow!
ha ha ha.


Goodnight Blogging world!

Wedding Extravaganza

Okay so I don't have a lot of time. And I have a lot of different things I need to blog about, but well. I just don't have the time right now. My news years resolution?? Actually blog more often. Maybe do a 365 days of blogging. :D 
So.. Heres day one.


I found our ring bearers and flower girls dresses. 
They are adorable. and the price??
That makes them all the better.
I found them on Ebay for 15 dollars each..
The shipping was almost more than the dresses/suits themselves. I am so excited for them to get here. They will be coming in next week. I also found ties this weekend too. They were only 10 a piece. Which is a little pricey for a tie they may wear once, but to rent a tie it would cost that much either way. So its better for them to own it and they can sell it or give it away than have a tie we rent once and spend the same amount of money on.


Here is a picture of the suit and the dresses!

I think they are adorable. Sweet, simple, and cheap. I  really like the fact that everyone can afford them. :D


Everyones reviews about the products were great so I am not too concerned with them being bad. And if they are then I can always send them back.


 Lets see other wedding stuff I can quickly blog about before I have to finish packing and leave.


NOTE:: [We are in Florida and we are going to watch Michigan in the Gator Bowl and then we are going home]


Oh... hmm. The boys have their suits (That has to have its own little spot on my blog because I have to upload pictures.... and that takes too long)
The girls have their dresses (Same as the boys)
We had our first one hour planning session at our reception venue. It went really well.


Still have no idea about the church or where we are holding our ceremony... (REALLY need to figure that out)
We have been looking but so far, nothing has been working. We may either have to splurge and get married on the staircase at our reception venue or just get married inside our reception hall with everyone sitting at their tables....


Started looking at favors. But I want to blog about those all by themselves. :D because well. I love candy. and I mean really love candy.
Gummy bears are one of my favorite!


Recent things that have caught my eyes!

I think it is so cute!

To put around my flowers and to keep our programs together? I think yes!

And we decided to do Sand instead of candles. I love this set. Hopefully I haven't already blogged about this somewhere else. I tend to forget what I've already blogged about...


Oh well.


Only 98 days until I become Mrs. B. I am so excited :D
<3 <3 <3 
Hope everyone has a wonderful day and a Happy New Years..


I know my new years was just perfect <3
I'll blog more later,
Tricia

That Crazy Thing called Life....

Well. Hello again..
long time no talk. Life has been completely crazy for me...

NOTE:::

This post is not going to have anything related to the wedding in it. I feel like posting a whole  other post just about my wedding related life. 

So if that is what you are interested in reading about... well.. You should wait until I post it.


Anyways.. my crazy life... right now...


My schedule looks like this:
Monday: School, bowling until 6-6:30, then home for homework and work and other little things.
Tuesday: School, internship until 7, then home for homework and work and other things.
Wednesday: School, bowling until 6-6:30, Small group until 9, and then home for everything else.
Thursday: School, internship until 6-6:30, then everything else
Friday: School, bowling until 5, and then hopefully I get some free time
Saturdays: Either internship or bowling all day
Sundays: usually the only free time I have left, which usually gets eaten up with wedding plans, and cuddling with my babes. Also used to make up homework and studying and whatnot. 


This week I got lucky and got a snow day. One of the reasons I decided to go into teaching. Gotta love the snowdays, the breaks, and of course I still get my summers! Plus I get to spend my days with little kids :D.


I graduate in march, which I am super excited about. Only 2 more days until break, and I get to go to Florida with my new family over break. Which I am extremely pumped... and a tad nervous about. They go there every year, and I was told to plan it, which I love to do.. Its just hard finding new and exciting places that they haven't already been to. 


Oh well.. I am up for the challenge. :D


On my snowday I got to see Cassie Lynn. I picked up a christmas tree, I got all of my christmas shopping done and wrapped, and I decorated our small "house" (If you consider one small bedroom a house)


In the words of Zach " My room threw up christmas".
Oh well. I happen to enjoy christmas :D


My life has been crazy so that is why I haven't been posting nearly as often as I'd like..
but do not fear... I have the next two weeks to blog my heart out! <3

For the love of flowers

I love Gerber Daisies.
Like really love them.


It is my obsession in the flower world. So when I got engaged I knew that I wanted gerber daisies.
One flaw to my plan? they don't come naturally in turquoise, lime green, and purple. 

I love the way they look though.. So I had to make a decision... Would I be okay with fake flowers??

I wasn't so sure I was.... but to have my gerber daisies I figured I would have no choice. I had almost given up all hope to have fresh gerber daisies in my colors..
Every place that could get them in our colors costed us an arm, a leg, and our stomachs. 


Then we found J's Fresh Flower Market.. A place that let us do our own bouquets and flower arrangements, but we could get the fresh flowers I secretly desperately wanted... without breaking our budget! We met with them on thursday. We are waiting to hear back on how much it is all going to cost. I really hope it fits inside our budget!


I will keep you all updated! 
<3 <3
for the love of gerber daisies :D

Zach's Boys

I have to love his boys. They are great. Zach's friends are really quite amazing and we have created a little "group" of our mutual friends that all hang around each other. :)


First his two best men:

Jacob. He is the only other boy in the picture. He and Zach have been friends for years. He is a really funny boy, and he has a huge heart. Always ready with advice. Has a mouth like a sailor.... but we love him anyways.

This is Taylor. Taylor and Zach have been friends since Taylor was born. He is a cool kid to hang out with, not very punctional though. He seems to lose track of time. Hopefully someone will be able to inform him when to go to the wedding! lol. I know he will be there for that.


Now the rest of his boys (in no particular order)

Jaron is Zach's brother. He's a few years older than us and is a cool guy. I don't know him nearly as well as I like because he is currently away at college. Hopefully that will change soon because I'd really like to get to know him better!

Brandon is the one on the far right. He and Brandon have been friends for years and he is one quiet kid. I really like Brandon though. He is a nice guy and is a lot of fun to be around. A little plugged into his xbox, but what boy isn't? lol.

Chris "Adam" Armstrong. I have always called him Adam, so this is Adam. Adam is a really nice boy. He is funny and plays his music too loud.

And Last, but certainly not least Chris. Chris is a great mutual friend. He has one of those hearts that is giant. He is a fun :)


Those are the boys :D 
I love them all! <3