Happy Birthday Jason Ryan Davis!

jason ryan davis...happy 31st birthday! i am so excited to be able to spend & celebrate this day with you. you mean the world to me & i love you with all my heart. we are 31 days out from our wedding on your 31st birthday and i am so excited to soon be your wife!

i am wishing you a day of celebration (your last single birthday!). a day of fun, good memories & lots of love! the day is yours!

now we both know that i wasn't as organzied as i should have been for your birthday gift! so, hopefully it will arrive tomorrow but for now here is a photo and a little bit of detail about it!

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS Digital SLR Camera - 10.1MP, 2.5" Live View Display, 3 Frames Per Second, EF-S 18-55mm IS Lens...

Happy Birthday my love!!
I love you!

Be Mine!

wishing you all a happy & festive day of LOVE! a day where the restaurants are jam packed, the flowers suddenly tripled in cost & chocolate is flying off the shelves. hallmark holiday or not, take time to stop and smell those expensive roses!

jason & i are headed to see the phantom of the opera at the pantages! so excited! my last valentine's day as a single woman!

xoxo

the cake...the candle...make a wish!

today is a special day in the Finn family. my gorgeous, sweet, kind, amazing, smart, supportive, creative, loving, caring, splendid (i could keep this list going) mom is celebrating her birthday!

Mom,

You are such an incredible woman. You constantly support, love & care for me. You work & strive daily to be a better you. Everything you touch is better because of it. Instantly, people trust, love & want to know more of you. How lucky am I to have pieces of you within me? How lucky am I to call you mom?

Today, on your birthday, my wish is for you to be spoiled & surrounded by love. The kind of love that you constantly give to others. I wish for MANY, MANY, MANY more years of long, healthy life...cause we both know I can't stand the thought of my life any other way than having you in it!

No words can even begin to explain my love for you. You are a daily blessing in my life!

I love you with all my heart!!

Happy, Happy Birthday Mom!

Wedding Planning Blues - Part II

many of you have been asking "what happened to the tree?"

the courtyard now!

jason arrived at 11am on wednesday to find the tree already down to a stump. this mature, gorgeous, glorious tree didn't even get a second chance at life. they didn't even bother trying to find a new home for him. they just cut him down to a stump! i know you have all started to realize i am a tree hugger! what can i say...i get it from my parents!

later that day, let's just say that i had a very direct conversation with the venue about my disappointment in their service, communication & that with the cost we should be getting much more from them. did i mention, this is not the first issue we have had? this one is just the one that sent me over the edge! their response "we will have other trees in pots (side note: trees in pots won't support multiple crystal chandeliers! she didn't seem to get that)...it's JUST your cocktail hour...i will give you a few days to calm down...we aren't sure the exact final plans for the courtyard yet!" uh, i am suppose to feel comfortable & confident with these types of responses?

so, yesterday, we had a vendor walk through at the site. you would think after the heated conversation i had with them...that they would have mentioned that the entire inside of the venue was also totally under construction!! Especially because they knew we were coming. plastic, metal, ladders, dust & protective paper covered almost the entire inside of the beautiful historic building.

the inside of vibiana! seriously!

the best part...my mom asked "all of this will be done by the wedding, right?" their response, "if not, it will all be concealed!" EXCUSE me!! What does that mean??

but, we are moving on! i am not going to waste anymore blog space on them!

our other vendors are totally and completely fantastic & i know they will make sure everything is exactly how we want it. we got to see a floral demo yesterday, with the linen & tabletop goodies! stunning, it is floral perfection. it has the perfect balance of vintage, clean, simplicity...touches of lace, tone on tone florals & crisp accents of blue.

my mind was spinning from all the questions from all the vendors. luckily, jason was on hand too! plus, my mom & dad were there for moral support! our little ducks are getting all lined up!

Can you say 44 days?!?