I'm finally Mrs. McNulty

Ok, so I'm a total slacker on this blogging stuff since I got married!!

Oh dear...I promise not to be this way from now on.

Marriage has been wonderful! Chris and I are loving

being together all the time, never saying good bye at the end of the night,

and especially being able to be sealed as husband and wife!

So, as many have done before, I have started a new blog.

Come and read

 Life with the McNut's

It should be interesting :)

p.s. wedding and honeymoon pictures to come soon!!

getting married in the morning

So...I'm getting married in the morning.

CRAZY!!

I can't believe this time is here finally. It seems like it's been forever

that I've waited to call Christopher James my husband.

Tomorrow at noon, I finally can.

Wish me luck tomorrow!

2 more days

So much has gone on this last week, I haven't

been able to post anything!! Monday last week, my wonderful

family came to town and have been helping me with

wedding stuff left and right. It's been amazing

to have them around. 

Thursday.

Thursday was so fun!

 I had my bridals and boy was that awesome!!

Chris was wonderful. He was such a good sport

and we had a great time. The weather was amazing (if only I could have 

that kind of weather for the wedding day!), and Kelly from 

Gallery Photography was so much fun too. He always makes 

these moments the best. We are excited to have him for 

our wedding day ( pictures to follow)!

Friday.

Friday was amazing. 

My love for this Church has grown even more

since Friday. I was able to go through the temple and I 

had so many family members there, it was such a blessing to 

see them. Most of all though, I was grateful to have my

parents and Chris there with me to be part of this. 

The temple is such an amazing place, and I want to go back as

much as I can. I can't wait for Thursday!!

I can't believe I'm getting married in 2 days...

Time has flown by SO fast it's crazy!

Chris and I have been so busy these last few days trying

to get everything done. Me getting wedding things done, and

Chris getting homework done since he'll be missing some school

while we are on our honeymoon.

2 days.

2 days.

2 days!!!

Can't wait to marry my best friend on Thursday!

Pray for good weather...it's supposed to be stormy and 

cold all day. Whatever comes though, I'll love it because I'll

be married to Christopher James McNulty for all time and eternity!!

p.s. here are some pictures from bridals :

Talk to you all after the wedding!! Next time I blog I'll be

Mrs. Paige A. McNulty...crazy!!

one week and a day

I only have a week and day left in my so called

"single" life and it's so weird!! It's crazy to think that I'm going

to be married in a little over a week from now. So crazy.

Christopher and I are so excited though. We are

tired of counting down the days!!

My family arrived on Monday, and we've been busy

getting the last minute errands done and things

finished. There's a bit of work to be done...still. Ha. I feel

like I say that every time I make a post about 

anything to do with the wedding.

It's kind of deja vu-ish to have them here. What I mean by

that is, this whole time I've been counting down with Chris until the

day that we get to be married, and it's always felt like it's forever away.

But now that it's practically here, it's a whole different feeling!

Everything will come together how it needs to though! I've got

a crafty Mom that has an eye for making things look good.

So I know that she will make the wedding look fabulous,

but most importantly, Chris and I are getting married in temple

in just over a week, and that I can't wait for!

On another note, I get to go through the temple on Friday :) 

I'm so excited I can't wait. I sure do love the temple. 

Well, there's only 8 days left until I marry the love of my life!

love language

Last night Chris and I went to our Eternal Marriage

institute class. Oh how I love Tuesday nights with the fiance!

Each time I go to this class I learn something new

that will help me not only be a better person, but a better wife.

The lesson was on the 5 Love Languages last night.

awesome!

I loved this lesson. Our teacher said that this is the favorite

class that all past students attended. We took a test and to see which

of the 5 languages we spoke. What were the results?

Chris = physical touch

Paige = physical touch / quality time

It'll be interesting to see how we work together and how

we learn to accommodate each of our love languages. Needless

to say, I love it all! I love the adventure that we're

about to embark on, and the different places we'll go and see in the

over the rest of this year. 

Usually I would be so nervous to start

all this new change (don't get me wrong, I am), but to

have Christopher James by my side, I'm not so nervous anymore.

I sure do love that boy.

some updates

Well folks, we are down to just about 2 weeks

before the big event takes place. I have been running all

over the place trying to get the numerous tasks done

that need to be done. There have been some

changes to the wedding. Some are quite sad!!

change #1

the bridesmaids skirts failed.

I am so sad!! I LOVED these skirts and we had the

unfortunate situation happen of them being too small.

I was stupid for not having my sisters try them on

before last week because now I can't get any new sizes.

Thank goodness I have a wonderful mother because as soon as

we discovered the skirts wouldn't fit, she got online and

found a cute dress that will work just fine for the bridesmaids.
We are going to accent the dresses with some yellow flats (see below),
and some yellow jewelry, which I'm still looking for.

Let me know what you think:

(we have a yellow cardigan to go with them if it looks good)

change # 2 

So the original plan was to let the bridesmaids and groomsmen
find some yellow shoes and do a type of contest out of it.
Well for some reason all the girls were struggling to find yellow shoes
that were actually cute. I was so there about a month ago while
looking for cute shoes for the wedding day...
thank you ebay for providing me with the adorable heels
that I will be strutting in on April 7th.

Well, here's another shout-out to ebay because I was able to
find adorable yellow flats in all the sizes we needed
for my bridesmaids. I may or may not have purchased some
for myself in orange and blue!

Here are the shoes:

other updates

 Things have been going well otherwise. Just busy sending out

last minute invites, trying to figure out what candy we

want for the candy bar, and putting finishing details together for the

reception center. I have some ideas that I've that I need 

to figure out if they'll work or not, but hopefully I can figure 

something out soon! I've been wedding blog stalking at work just trying

to find some other ideas to try out and there is a lot out there!

It's just how much time I have to do it all...

Basically I'm just ready...I'm ready to put my wedding dress on

and be all gussied up with my hair did and sparkly jewelry on, while

wearing my high heels. I want to feel like a real bride, not that I

don't already do, but I feel like it wont be real until I actually

have the dress on.  

I can't wait to see my flowers, and to see my cake. For the reception

center to fill up with our family and close friends. To shove cake in Christopher's

face and to dance to our song in the ballroom. To leave under a shower of

sparklers and hop into our getaway car and drive off into the night to

start our new lives together as Mr. & Mrs. McNulty.

Only 15 days until all of that happens.


cant wait.

 

fort night

Christopher and I are trying to think of fun, creative dates

to have these days since the weather isn't quite where

we'd like it to be, so that we can go do something outside...

This past Saturday, after the awesome BYU game (way to go boys),

Chris and I made our way to the car through the cold

rain. We bounced around a number of ideas for

what fun we could do on this rainy night.

I had the idea to have a movie night...in a fort.

I love building forts! So we drove back to my

grandparents house and starting gathering blankets and chairs

and other items needed to build this fort of awesomeness.

It took us about a good half hour, but we finally finished our fort

and it looks awesome!! Here's a picture to prove it.

Inside I laid some blankets down for padding and some comfy pillows from

the couch for us to rest our heads on. This fort was huge! 

I popped some yummy popcorn and we snuggled up and watched

Pirates of the Caribbean...a classic! It was a great rainy

date night. Needless to say, the fort is still up and we enjoyed some

March Madness yesterday afternoon after church.

I love that my future hubby acts like a kid with me and really

enjoys things like this. I think we'll have a pretty fun life together!

p. s. only 17 days left! We've officially entered the teens...crazy!!

countdown continues

All I want to say today is...

only 14 days until I go through the temple

AND

only 20 days until I marry Christopher James!

still so much to do...

24 days and a slump

Today Chris and I hit 24 days in our countdown

to marriage. Can you believe it's coming

that fast? We sure can't...but we are so stoaked to finally

be Mr. and Mrs. McNulty. I am still running

through my mind every detail and what needs to be finished,

and what still needs to be paid for and figured out.

There's a lot to be done still...

BUT

the big stuff is done and over with.

It's all planned and ready to go. My dress is

ready for bridals, and my flowers are all

figured out. The reception food is all squared away,

and the groomsmen and tuxes have all been ordered.

Now all that's left is decorations for the reception, figuring

out what candy we want for the candy bar, try to

make some tissue paper flower balls to hang around our

reception center, the bridesmaids outfits need to be

completed - this is turning into it's own dilemma!

We also need to find a place to live for when we come back

in the fall. We don't want to scramble to find something

at the last minute, so we want to narrow to a few

places so that we can decided later this summer.

I have also hit a slump...

I'm tired of work. I'm tired of getting up early for a job

that I don't really like, to be honest. I love the people

I work with, and some of the students are really great and fun

to be around, but it's just a dead end job for me. This isn't

what I want to do, and so for me it's just to pay the bills

and save for the first few months of marriage.

I know I only have about 2 1/2 weeks left,

but I am dying of boredom!!

Could I make crafts at work?? Haha. 

That probably wouldn't be the best idea huh?

2 weeks from today though I get to see my family!!

The best part though is that in just over 3 weeks I get to marry

my best friend :) That's the thing that is getting

me through each and every day.

3 weeks.

3 weeks from today I will be entering the

Draper temple for the very first time to take out my

endowments. It's crazy to think that it's almost here.

I've been preparing for this time my whole life.

In addition to my whole life of preparation, I've been reading some

different talks and a book about the temples all around

the world and the importance of them.

In this book called "Look to the Temple," by Ed J. Pinegar,

he quotes President Gordon B. Hinckely in a conference talk he 

gave back in 1995 on the temple. President Hinckley said this:

"These unique and wonderful buildings, and the ordinances administered therein, represent the ultimate in our worship. These ordinances become the most profound expressions of our theology. I urge our people everywhere, with all of the persuasiveness of which I am capable, to live worthy to hold a temple recommend, to secure one and regard it as a precious asset, and to make a greater effort to go to the house of the Lord and partake of the spirit and the blessings to be had therein. I am satisfied that every man or woman who goes to the temple in a spirit of sincerity and faith leaves the house of the Lord a better man or woman. There is need for constant improvement in all of our lives. There is need occasionally to leave the noise and the tumult of the world and step within the walls of a sacred house of God, there to feel His spirit in an environment of holiness and peace."

What a wonderful thought from a beloved prophet of ours!

I have decided that I'm going to find and read at least one talk every

day from someone on the temples. The importance of them, 

ways to prepare to go in them, and of course temple marriage. I know there's

a lot to learn, and that I can't quite fully prepare for it, but I when I enter

3 weeks from today, I want to know I did my best

to learn as much as I could before.

I love the temple and to not give it enough attention in my life

is a very selfish thing for me to do. I can't wait to be 

able to enter it and do more work for those who were

unable to do so while here on earth. 

What a wonderful blessing we as members of

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

have to be able to take part of the work that goes on in these

remarkable and sacred buildings.

new place, long drive

So its finally begun...my trek from Draper

to Provo every morning. If you're wondering why on earth

I'm making this drive every morning, allow me to

explain myself... 

I sold my contract to my townhouse and moved 

to my grandparents house in Draper.

I still am working at Independence High School

until the end of this month, so I get to wake

up at 7am, primp and beautify myself, then get on the I-15 

and head south to the wonderful University Ave. exit.

I find myself even more tired than normal this morning. I even went

to bed early last night! I didn't have the best nights sleep though.

New place...you know how that goes. Anyways, I have

a lot of crap that I need to organize and to decided whether 

I want to keep it, or "DI" it.

The other thing that I have to face is being away from
the fiance...instead of 10 minutes, I'm now over
20 minutes, and seeing that gas is so expensive, neither of us
can really afford to drive back and forth as much as we already are.
It stinks being so far from him. It stinks a lot.

This was the plan though to help me save some money, so it's a good thing.

A very good thing. Good thing I have KBull 93 for the morning drive!

p.s. only 28 days now!

one month.

one month.

one month.

one month!!!!!

I'm not keeping track or anything...ha!

jazz vs. celtics

So the fiance and I went to the Jazz vs. Celtics game 

Monday night. Boy was it a crazy game! The Jazz

lost unfortunately, but man it was intense for the whole second

half of the game. Celtics would be up a few points

and then the Jazz would be one or two behind

and then they would tie it up and even pass them, 

but then the Celtics would just come back.

I have to admit, I've been a Celtics fan for the last 3 years,

so going into this game was tough trying to figure out

who I was was going to root for. As Chris and I sat

down in our seats, I was excited to see my beloved KG on the

court. But I also found myself cheering for the Jazz as the game began.

I cheered when the Jazz made a shot and booed when the refs

made an unfair call on them. Chris and I were very

surprised with how many Celtics fans there were though. We

think it's a ton of bandwagoners who used to be D-Will fans, but

have not abandoned ship because he's gone. 

Lame. That's what I think!

I don't know how he did it, but Christopher James has converted

me from being a true through and through Celtics fan

to a true blue Jazz fan! Don't get me wrong, I still think the Celtics

are a very good team and I still love watching them play,

but they have a stacked team, which in the NBA equals total unfairness!

Even though the Jazz lost, we had great seats and a great time.

p.s. time is flying by!! only 34 days now.

Remember when it was like 90? Yeah...that was stupid!

elder cook

Went to a devotional given by this man today with Chris.

What an amazing opportunity it is for us as young adults, or as

members of the church, to be able to listen to these

called men of God.

Growing up in Minnesota I didn't have very many opporunities

to hear General Authority members speak. But since

I've moved away from home, and have been away at college and

other various places, I've had many amazing chances to see and shake hands

with these men. How grateful I am for those great opportunities.

I'm excited that Chris and I get to get to go to Conference the weekend before

our wedding. It's my favorite part of the year. Good thing it happens

in April and in October!!

summer, will you come...please?

I am tired of the cold.

I'm tired of dressing warm every day.

I'm tired of wearing a jacket at work the whole day 

because it's freezing in my office and everywhere else in the

school building.

I'm tired of not wearing my sandals to show off my

painted toenails.

I'm tired of bundling up at night because

it's so cold.

I'm tired of waking up early.

I'm tired of not being married to Christopher James.

I'm tired of only seeing the sun 2 or 3 days a week.

I'm tired of snow...and no flowers.

Basically, I'm ready for the summer to be here. I am ready for it to be May

already and for the sun to be out all the time and for the temperature

to be above 50. I'm ready to get my tan on and not look so pasty white all the time.

Too bad I'll look at way when I get married...oh well.

So summer...this post is for you. 

Will you PLEASE come and warm the place up!!

one month.

Today marks the one month mark until I get to go through the temple.

I cannot wait. To think that one month from today I get to enter

into the House of the Lord and take that next step is

the best feeling ever. I am filled with excitement similar to

a little kid on Christmas morning.

There's still a lot of planning and preparing for me to do not just for

the temple, but for the wedding as well. Seeing that there's only

a month until the temple means there's only a month and a week before the wedding!

Only a month and a week to be "single" aka "not married". I've hated filling

forms out for a new passport and stuff that ask for me to check which box applies to me:

single, married, divorced, widowed. 

I have to mark single even though I'm not single!! I'm engaged and soon to be married. 

It's kind of annoying. But soon I wont have to have this problem because I will

be able to mark "married". How sweet is that!?

So here's what I still have left to do:

- Try on my dress after the alterations

- Make sure my shoes and jewelry go with the dress

- Find the rest of the bridesmaids outfits

- Get the groomsmen fitted to their vests, and find ties

- Continue making tissue paper flowers (they are trickier than I thought!)

- Pack up my room and move to my grandparents

- Send out invitations!!! (that will be this week (: )

- Prepare to enter the temple and do all that's needed for that

- Change my social security card, license, etc.

- Finish at my job at IHS

I know I have more, but that's all I can think of for now...

See there's a lot! But I am loving every minute of it.

It's fun being a bride and planning all this stuff for one of the best 

days Chris and I will have, but I also can't wait for the day

when I get to call him my husband. Fiance kind of gets

old and you just want the next chapter to come.

only one month and 6 days until all that happens

happy (way late) day of love.

 So I am WAY late for wishing all a happy Valentines day...

things have been a little crazy around here and I

have barely had time to even blog (as you can see...).

Anywho, I have finally had some time to sit down and whip 

out a few thoughts on this wonderful day of love that 

I got to share with my sweetheart.

The day started off with lots of testing at work. The students

are doing the yearly UALPA test, which is a test for

students that don't have English as their first language. 

Anyways, it took all day for me to test these teenagers, but

once 1:30 rolled around, I was on my way to meet Mr. Chris

at his work with the Kindergartener's. So exciting!

These kids were so cute and I envy Chris that he gets to work with them

all day when I get to work with fowl mouthed teenagers...

so not fair! But I helped these kids make V-Day boxes to put their

candy in, and I got to have little chats with them too. Kids say

the cutest things. I just love it!

After the little tykes went home, I left to go finish the fiances present and

to get ready for our hot, surprise date that he was taking me on :)

(Side note: this is what the fiance did to ask me out for this date.

This is my desk at work...yep isn't he adorable!!)

Back to the night...So Chris picked me up and took me to a DELICIOUS

dinner at Tucanos. Oh my word that place is so good.

Chris and I about died every time a waiter brought around a 

new selection of meat. So yummy.

After dinner we went over to the school that Chris works at and

watched the 5th and 6th graders put on the play Aladdin. 

So cute. Those kids, I couldn't get enough of them!

We then made a trip over to the movie theater and watched ourselves

Just Go With It. It's the new Adam Sandler flick. Chris

and I love movies, and so this idea was perfect!

To top the night off he drove me up to the spot where he proposed,

pulled out the iPad (yes we got an iPad...we are suckers for

all Mac technology), and played our song Marry Me, by Train,

as we danced and talked about our wedding and our future

that we are so excited to start. He is amazing.

Overall it was an amazing Valentines. I'm mad I don't have any

pictures to show from it...I need to be better!! But 

I fell in love with my Christopher James even more that night.

I can't wait for the many Valentines Day's to come.

{ p . s . 49 days }

the engagement pictures you've all been waiting for!

So this has been a CRAZY week, but I have finally

had some time at work to load some of mine and 

Chris's favorites from our engagement session with 

Kelly from Gallery Photography.

Here they are. There's a lot of them...so enjoy!!

 

There they are! I hope you enjoyed them because we sure did.

56 days by the way...it's not like 

I'm counting or anything :)