Guess we're going through with this thing!

Yesterday my fantastic aunts and amazing Made of Honor threw me a beautiful Pampered Chef bridal shower. My favorite part was when we went around introducing ourselves and offering up some marital advice for me. Of course, me being the emotional wreck that I can be, cried through Oma Kathe's, Judy's, and Jacque's. You all know how I get!

Here are a few shots from the shower:

These are my little side kicks for the day! They stuck right by my side!

 We are the women of honor! Grandma Jayne, Cher, Mom and me!

 I had to help with the food preparation!

 Smidt girl cousins at the shower.

 My mother and I!

 Grandma Jayne: The one we took of the group didn't turn out well on my camera, so hopefully it was better on Cher's!

 Laure drove down from the cities for the shower!! My mom's best friend from college!

It was such a fun day! I can't wait to see all the fun pampered chef items people gifted us! Thank you for everyone who made this day so special!

The girls are here!

Last night, Becky and Liv arrived a night early for my first bridal shower and bachelorette party! I decided to make them a Mexican feast, margaritas included! Thanks to the best maid of honor in the world for the fantastic Mexican lasagna recipe! It was delicious, if I do say so myself...

The rest of the evening we spent talking weddings. Becky is getting married October 8, and she just got back from spending a month in Europe, so there's a lot of planning to be done. We had to take a break since Tony forgot his socks and shoes for Fiddler. Oh goodness, if you know Tony, this isn't too surprising! :)

We stopped by the house that Tony and I are buying as well. We pulled into the driveway and looked through all the windows and walked around. No one's living there, and the neighbors know who I am, so no one got suspicious. It was fun showing them what our life will be like in under a month when the house is ours!

Our last stop before getting back to wedding talk was at Grandpa Arnie's. We chit chatted with him for a while. He loves getting to know his grandkid's friends!

We decided to make it an early night since tonight will be a late one! Happy shower and bachelorette day!

Engagement Photos!

Today I finally got to pick up our engagement photos. Here they all are:

Luna's big adventure!

Today, Kaylee and I went to PetSmart to buy Luna a harness and leash. We decided it was time she experienced the great outdoors!

We got home and got her all hooked in. This took about 10 minutes to do since she was fighting me tooth and nail. Literally...

She hesitated as I took her out onto the deck. I assume this is because she usually gets in trouble for trying to go outside. She explored for a bit out there.

Then I carried her down the stairs to the parking lot. She bolted for the building to try and find a hiding place.

I picked her up and moved her to the grassy area outside of our building. She was trying to run to hide under my car. There was just too much going on. Every time a car drove by she jumped!

She felt much better when we brought her back inside. She has become obsessed with my clothes hamper. She attacks it like she's a crazy person! Here she is hiding inside of it. She felt so nice and safe after her evil owner dragged her outside!

Practice makes perfect!

Tonight I decided to break out the apron Tony made for me and make some dinner for Tony and Matthew. It's a very rare occasion that Tony and I are eating dinner at the apartment at the same time. Cheers to no more rehearsals! Here's a picture of me in action practicing my domestic skills:

It's FRIDAY!

Today (actually yesterday, but I had to post before I went to bed), was my first day of vacation from summer school. Whew...glad that's over for now! Tony was lucky enough to get an EA (excused absence) from work, so we had a fun day together.

Here's a little breakdown of our day:

We started with a fantastic massage at Massage Envy. It was perfect! Although now my shoulders and neck are pretty sore. I think they just got a little stiff from sitting in the theater too long tonight.

Then, we headed to Dos Amigos to enjoy a great Mexican lunch. I ate a little too much of the chips and ranchero sauce, so my meal didn't quite get finished.

Next on our list was to start and finish our registry at Target. Mission accomplished! I held the scanner for the majority of this registry trip!

Now we had some time to kill; so, we headed to Flapdoodles. We've heard such wonderful things from Natalie that we had to be sure they were all true. It was superb! I had "birthday cake" and Tony had "birthday cake" and "cookie monster". YUM! After we licked out lips, we headed to the mall to get Tony's wedding band exchanged for a larger one. He's been trying it on a lot and realized it's much too small.

Now the fun part, we went to Men's Wearhouse and picked out tuxes for the groom, groomsman, and fathers. Tony got measured, so now the other guys need to! He's in charge of informing them of that, but if you're a part of our wedding and need a tux, I'm afraid this might be your only notice! We all know how great communication can be with Mr. Tony! I kid, I kid...

Tonight, Fiddler on the Roof opened, so I went! It was such a great show! I'm very proud of my little musical director fiance! (The guy that's snoring away in the recliner as I type) Such a long 2 months of rehearsing.

Off to bed I shall go as well! Such a fun productive day!

Randomness of life!

Here are a few shots of our life in the past 24 hours..just a hodge podge of events!



Harvey giving me the stink eye!

Harvey loved to clap for his Dad!



Will and Luna being silly!

Connor and Megan came over for lunch today. Luna is still recovering from her play date!

Will's little buddy!

Dad sold the last Model A today. This was the one that Grandpa taught me how to drive a few weeks before he passed away, so it has a lot of special meaning to me. It's really hard to see it go, but it's going to a family that will put it to good use!