Flowers, Flowers & more Flowers

today we met with our florist, Shawn, at Ambiance Designs. my parents, jason's mom, jason & i talked flowers for a little over an hour. what color, what type of flowers, ceremony decor, reception decor...etc, etc. shawn was so patient with us. i get a little off track but i think we got a lot done & have a great idea of what the floral decor will look like! i am getting so excited for the BIG day... but i still have to wait 192 days. NO...i didn't do the math The Knot did!

here is a quick picture from one of Shawn's fantastic photo shoots.

thank you so much mom & dad for coming out for the flower planning! AND patti...what an amazing treat it was to have you there with us! it was so sweet of you to drive all the way down from atascadero just for the flower meeting. it wouldn't have been the same without you!

A day at Dog's Beach...

two weekends ago jeremy planned a family day at dog's beach. my mom and dad weren't able to join us. my mom started school the next day and my dad was at his annual trip to burning man!

the car got loaded with snacks, towels, chairs, three pups & four adults! it has been forever since i spent a full day at the beach. i was so excited!

we played for hours in the water, while the non-water fan pups sat on the beach! ridiculous. keico, all 7 pounds of her, protected our stuff by barking at every person & dog that came within five feet of our area. it was an amazing day. we all left exhausted & sunburned. yes, mom & dad...we all put on sunscreen more then once.

side note: about three days after the beach i ended up with two massive cold sores. and about five days later i woke up with a swollen lip out to my nose. seriously, people were staring at me like i was a freak. i am tempted to post the pic of it but i don't know if i want that photo leaked!

jer hitting the waves!

abigail was a bit moody after she got hit by a wave. but after uncle jer-jer dug her a cool hole in the sand, she seemed a bit happier.

anna (jer's gf, love her!!) with our bodyguard keico...isn't she scary! NOT!

i have taken the pups to the beach so many times. i have maybe seen one to two other bassets on any day. well...on this day we saw about ten. at one point there were about seven all together. here they are introducing themselves (nose to butt...sniff, sniff).

buster, the basset between abs and sebastian looks so much like bas when he was a pup. sebastian looked at it for a second, his ears raised and then he started chasing buster down the beach for a play date. that was the only dog he played with all day...do you think he realized "hey, buster looks like me?"

yay...for an amazing day together!

thank you so much jer, anna & keico for such a special day!
we have to do it again.
we had a blast.

Bath Time!

so these photos are from a few weeks ago but i had to share because sebastian (my little drama king) cracks me up.

before with left jason's parents house we gave the pups baths. they were so stinky from a week of playing in a BIG backyard.

miss abigial seemed to enjoy herself. she just sat there, let us rub her belly & wash her face. maybe she realized, "if i am clean, they will hold me." which is so true. they get a lot more love when the basset hound smell is gone.




abs getting love from her papa! she LOVES jason! abs & i have something in common!!

AND then, there was sebastian. you would think it was the most horrible day of his life. he wouldn't move, attempted jumping out of the bath & had the funniest faces...at least i think so.





even the love from mama didn't take away his grumpy face. poor bas!

March 21, 2009

we have a date & a venue. having these two things make the BIG day so incredibly real. jason & i have been trying to knock out as much as we can because in a couple of weeks we will both be running around like chickens with our heads cut off. in other words...work is about to get crrraazzyyy!! and it doesn't really stop until January...yikes!

jason fell in love with march 21st because it is the first day of spring. one saturday morning, i woke up to (at 6:30am) "hey, i picked our date...march 21st...first day of spring...it's a saturday." anyone that knows me (including jason) knows...i LOVE my sleep. so, i said "great...i am a sleep and it is 6:30 in the morning on a saturday." but, once i finally woke up i realized how amazing it was that he thought of such a sweet date. thanks jason...it is just perfect!

our venue is incredible, at least we think so. seriously though, i can't imagine a place more perfect then this for jason & i to say "i do!" Vibiana is the old catholic cathedral in downtown LA. it was damaged in the northridge earthquake and has since been refurbished & is now an amazing event space.

here is a teaser picture from their site! i can't wait to put on my dress and walk down all 96 feet of that aisle! and i know my girlies are so looking forward to that walk too!