Blessed

Wow, so I've been really bad about my blog. I love the idea of having a blog but it seems life always happens and this is the last thing I really think about doing.

Some updates since I last wrote...I turned 28 on July 27th. Not quite as big of a deal as turning 25 for me but I can't believe I'm that much closer to 30! I received an awesome Nikon D-3000(Digital SLR) camera from Mike and my parents for my birthday and have been obsessed with taking pictures ever since. I will have to post some of the pictures I've taken. I feel like I actually have a hobby now that I really, really enjoying doing. I start taking pictures and I forget about absolutely everything else and I could do it for hours and hours. I still don't know enough about how to use my camera to get the pictures I would like but I should be receiving a book by tomorrow that I can start reading!

On July 30th I officially became an aunt! My sister in law gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Raelyn Quinn weighing 7lbs and 20" long I believe. She is just a doll! I just love her and am so excited to be an aunt and watch her grow up. Of course, I took some cute pictures of her too!

Paul and Lyndsay's wedding. They got married on August 6th at Edgefield and it was such a good time. I'm so happy for them that they got married and am honored that I was able to stand up with them. They are 2 of the best friends anyone could really ask for.

I had my first bridal shower last weekend at my parents house. It was so much fun! I truely feel blessed to have the friends and family I do in my life. It's just an incredible feeling to have so many supportive people in your life. I will be having 2 different bridal showers here in Portland. One will be a family shower that my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and family friend are throwing for me and then Lyndsay is throwing one for the friends. There were just too many people to have one so I had to split it up. Sucks for me to have SO many people I have to invite :)

Only 50 days until the big day!!!! I can't wait!! I think our count is at about 46-47 people now attending our wedding. That just blows me away. We have so many people going to Hawaii to be a part of our day. I'm starting to get so excited but at the same time, I'm not sure it's completely hit me that I'm getting married. We started the planning about 12 months ago so it's been a long time coming. It's going to be a blast with all of our friends and family there though. Unbelievable.

I'm getting ready to start my weekend and I'm really going to try and be better about blogging...we'll see...