The Moment You've All Been Waiting For

I'm writing a new post!! Or maybe you've been waiting for pictures from our vacation. I'm too lazy to go into details right now, but here are a few teaser pictures for you.

The Dome of the Rock

Bones in a tomb.

Kevin in an aquaduct.

Ancient ruins.

CAMEL!!

The pyramids of Giza.

Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Now that I've got you thirsting for more, you will check back with unrestrained anticipation. (I promise I will post more soon.)

T-Minus 8 Days and Counting

... And wedding ring-Check.

Kevin and I just picked it up from Zales. It is sparkley.

T-Minus 9 Days and Counting

Here's a wedding update in case anyone is interested (plus that's all I think about these days so what else would I post about).

Dress-Check

This was checked off a while ago.

Veil, Puffy Slip, Tights, Shoes, etc.-Check

I hope I haven't forgotten anything.

Place-Check

And it still has a floor as of today, I checked.

Marriage Licence-Check

Photographer-Check

Cake-Check

Best. Cake. Ever. Be excited, that's all I have to say.

Flowers-Check

Table Decorations-Almost Check

Thanks to PJ and Jen. And I have to say who cares if they're not done yet, the ones that are done are amazing enough to make up for the rest.

Tuxes-Check-ish?

Please, please come in on time and fit!

Screen-...
Moving on

Food-...

Uh oh, I have to go, um, do something.

Because I'm On Break

Hey all,
I am on Thanksgiving break, which means no work for a whole week! (And by "no work" I mean I don't have to go into work but I do have to spend the entire week running around like a madwoman catching up on work and doing as much wedding stuff as possible.) But I feel like I have time to post, though. I had set a goal to do one post a day... Ok, can I do one post a day except yesterday? So check back tomorrow. There will be pictures.

Statistician + Wedding = Bad News

Outtakes and Bloopers

Kevin and I went out and took engagement pictures today with the help of Jen and PJ. (Thanks again you two. You're fantastic.) I can't show you the good ones yet because I might use one of them for the actual invitations and it would ruin the surprise. But I can show you the ones that I'm not going to use. And it's not because they aren't fabulous ... because they are ... oh, they are.

This is how the day started.

Kevin giving me a smooch.


Kevin pretending to be a monkey.




Then Jen told us we had to be serious. So we obeyed.




That lasted until we found a golf ball and I decided that it should be in an engagement picture.




Here's Kevin looking devilishly handsome.

And me wiping dirt off my hand.

Kevin posing for anime.

And me wiping my nose. (Thanks Jen.)

Oh, and appearently Kevin found a mystery spot previously undiscovered in the Arboretum.

Wait ... are we posing for engagement pictures or secret service pictures?

By the end of the day we were pretty hot and worn out.

Me taking a little nap.

Kevin taking a little nap.

Awww! But the most important thing is that we love each other.

Um...Hi!

The guilt of not posting for over a month has gotten to me. So here it is. I don't really have a lot to report so I'm going to go back a while and tell you about my trip to Portland.

So in the end of July/begining of August Kevin and I went to Portland for his cousins wedding. It was also rather convenient that Donele lives there so we got to hang out with her. It was such a fun weekend. On Friday afternoon, when we got there, Donele took us through the gorge. Which is not an outdoor amphitheater that Dave Mathews likes to play at. That's in Seatle. This gorge was a geological gorge with lots of pretty waterfalls. Then on Friday night we went out with his cousins. For those of you who are in my family his cousins aren't like our cousins. He has 6, not 600. We had dinner then went back to the hotel and hung out in the bar. I was actually really worried about meeting his cousins but they were super nice so my worries were for nothing. On Saturday morning Donele and I went to the Saturday market. WOW! It was huge and fantastic. There were vendor stalls set up everywhere containing everything from food to homemade purses. I loved it there. Then I had to hurry back for the wedding. It was so nice. It was at a vineyard at the top of a valley. So pretty. And so hot. I forgot to mention that Portland was having record breaking temperatures while we were there (and before). So all of these activities are accompanied by buckets of sweat. Sunday morning was probably my favorite activity ... no they were all my favorite activities. On Sunday morning Kevin, Donele and I went to the largest bookstore I have ever been in. It was like from a dream, a really good dream. We actually spent about 3 hours wandering around the bookstore, and I don't know about Kevin and Donele but I didn't even see half of the store in that time. It was amazing. Plus they had used books mixed in with the new ones so if there was a book there that you wanted and they had a used copy you could get it for much cheaper. So great. I bought a few books as did Kevin. And he bought me the best reusable bag ever. It has a picture of a squirrel on it. That was our trip. Then we drove home tired and sad to be leaving.

I was so busy and so tired the whole weekend that I didn't take a lot of pictures but here is what I did get.

Here are some waterfall pictures from the gorge.

One with Kevin in front of the waterfall. Or I should say displaying the waterfall

And one with Donele in front of the waterfall.

A random but neat building at the top of a cliff.

And finally the vineyard. Technically it is the view from the vineyard, but it is pretty.

The end. More to come soon, I hope. (Like maybe some pictures of "THE WEDDING NOTEBOOK", eh, Tish.)