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.