November, already???

Okay, so I admit I've been beyond terrible with blogging lately.
I just haven't felt inspired, ya know?  Maybe it's because I've gone through Sydnee's, Rosie's and Shell's weddings all in the span of a year (as well as attended some other ones), and I just got wedding-ed out a bit.  And of course, there's the clichéd excuse that I've been busy.  Which I have.  Super busy.  And my thoughts have just been... occupied with something other than weddings lately.  I've taken over leading my church's pre-teen youth group. I'm working full-time at my job and am taking on some new responsibilities there (I just became a trainer and am taking over as Community Lead).  My aunt had a brain tumour and just had surgery on Monday, which has obviously been a stressor on the family.  (It sounds like she's okay, though.)  Plus, Christmas and all its craziness is coming up.
But I'm sure you're not here to read about all that.
I do wish, though, I could just take a vacation for a little while.  It's not going to happen, at least until the summer, maybe...
But, anyways, this is a just a post to say that I haven't forgotten about this blog, and I am planning on doing some more posts soon, if time allows.  I still have a million photos and subjects to blog about...  One day, I'll get through them all!

A Disney Princess Wedding: Ariel

So, the other day, I had just so much fun putting together an inspiration board of what a classy Beauty and the Beast wedding might look like, that I decided to make another post about a Disney Princess wedding right away.  Here is my Ariel-inspired wedding.

Ariel is another much-loved Disney princess.  The rebel of the lot, in many ways, she is not afraid to take charge of her own life and do something drastic, especially to have a chance at true love.  While she is admittedly a bit irresponsible and immature, her curiosity is wonderful and her thirst for knowledge, remarkable.  Ariel is the epitome of youth and her demeanor is as fresh and is imbued with as much texture and flavour as the ocean itself: she is altogether independent, a bit unruly, enthusiastic, and full of brilliant vigor.

More Disney Princess inspired weddings to come shortly! :)

A Disney Princess Wedding: Belle

I have decided to start writing a new series of blog posts, based off of Disney princesses.  The first up?  Well, as you can tell from the title, it's Belle from Beauty and the Beast.  Below is a collage of different pieces of inspiration I have put together, for a Beauty and the Beast themed wedding (click to enlarge)...

Belle is probably one of the most loved Disney princesses.  And for good reason!  She's smart, independent, loves her father, and is able to see past the Beast's exterior... and even his interior, to help him become a better person.  Her ability to inspire love is beautiful and her way of (gracefully) speaking exactly what's on her mind is admirable.  Never does Belle shrink away with fear, but she often shows bravery and demonstrates a willingness to be selfless when faced with tough situations.  And I have always loved the fact that she reads so much!  A heroine with a brain is the best kind, don't you agree?

Stay tuned for more Disney Princess inspired wedding ideas! :)

Note: the blog post was inspired by this one: http://burnettsboards.com/disney-princess-you/ -- SO amazing!  Seriously.  Check it out.

Save the date, k?

Happy August!  Well, ok, yes, I know, August is more than half over.  Just humour me.  I've always quite liked the month of August, and sometimes, I think it's the month I'd like to get married in... one day... Whenever it happens...  It's just a nice month-- one that is good, usually, weather-wise.  Right now, for example, we are going through a bit of a heat wave.  But it's just so nice to see the sun where I live.  Love it!

But anyways, I was browsing through... Pinterest?  I think?  I actually don't remember which site I was on at the time.  Anyways, and I found these cute Save-the-Dates.  Enjoy.

Ok, this first one probably doesn't exactly fit the description of a Save-the-Date, but it's close... And I thought the fingerprints making a heart was such a unique idea!  Only thing that bugs me a bit is the fact that it says "Were engaged."  Sounds like it's past tense to me.  I know, I know, it's supposed to be read, "We're engaged."  Well put a freakin' apostrophe there, then, k?  Haha.  That is my grammar rant of the day.

I love this next one.  Wouldn't it be cute to do some shots like that in an engagement photo shoot, and then print them off and just mail them as is?  Probably wouldn't be super expensive, either, which, as you may know, is a must for me.

This next one is AH-MAZE-ING.  Seriously.  What a cute idea.  The ring is just the perfect touch.  Brilliance.

Again, another cute idea for an engagement photo shoot, I think!  Almost like a two-birds-(two love birds?)with-one-stone kind of thing, doing a Save-the-Date shot during the shoot.  I lurve it.

Have you ever seen a unique Save-the-Date?  And another question: do you think Save-the-Dates are 100% necessary, or just an extra little thing to add to the wedding planning?  I had the thought of skipping them altogether, when I get married, but after seeing these, I might just reconsider....! 

Late Night Wedding Dress Designs...

Fun with Abbey-Shae! :)  This is the dress she created... I made one, too, but...... Yeah.  I'm tired.  It's late. Enjoy Abbey-Shae's wedding dress.  Hehe.

Lights&Lanterns.

I was just looking through my "Wedding" folder on my computer and found these photos.  (Yes, I have a wedding folder.  ...How could I not?)  These are just some pictures I found online of beautiful sparkling lights at weddings... I'd love something like these at my own wedding, in the future!

        

There is just something I love about floating lanterns.  I think they remind me of Disney's animated movie, Tangled - one of my favourites.  I don't know.  They're so... romantic, in a way?  Imagine the amazing wedding photos you could get!  (However, my practical side says: I'd love to do a lantern-release at my wedding, though I'm not sure how that would work...  Like, do you have to get a permit to do so? Is it really safe to send up paper bags with fire into the air?  Even if you don't use a lit flame, and it's really a battery-operated light or something - would that work? - are you allowed to just send them into the air?  Do they make a lot of waste when they fall?  Umm... Hmm...  In any case...)  Aren't they beautiful?

Shell's Bachelorette

So, on with the saga of Shell's wedding!  As you can see about the title, this post is going to be about her bachelorette... It definitely wasn't the conventional one, that's for sure, but it was super fun!  Only bummer was that it absolutely poured rain that day.  But oh, well!

First, I went and picked up Sydnee and we arrived at Shell's house together.  Rebekkah (Shell's sister), Linnea, and Frank's sister Annabelle were there already.  We picked up another girl, Debra, and then headed off to our destination......  The oh-so-risqué...

Aquarium! (Betcha didn't see that coming!  ...Well, unless you saw the photo below :-| )

Photo cred to Sydnee Sagalla! <3

Right away, we divvied up into groups: Sydnee, me, and Linnea on one team, and Rebekkah, Annabelle and Debra on the other. (Shell split her time between the two groups.)  Linnea and Rebekkah had prepared a super cool photo scavenger hunt and we were sent on the mission of photographing a whole bunch of things from a list.  On the list were such things as:

- Get a picture of the group looking scared in front of the shark tank!

- Photobomb a tourist's picture

- Leap into a photo with some frogs

- Find Nemo!

- Get the group to agree on the cutest animal

- Find the biggest fish you can

- Take the most unique picture you can

... and two others stand-out photographs:  Get someone to wear the "Bride-to-Be" sash Shell was wearing (we got this old, grumpy-looking employee to wear it!  It was amazing!) and get someone to propose to Shell.

Here is our team's version of the proposal.  We got another employee, this young, geeky, cute kid to do it.  I edited up the picture, to remain Weddingaholic Anonymous, but I just had to include his face so that you can get an idea of what the picture looked like.  Because it really was amazing in real life!

I'm pretty sure it was one of the highlights of the bachelorette - just SO incredibly funny.

After about an hour and a half of getting pictures, we just kindda looked at different exhibits (is that the word when talking about an aquarium?  Or is that just a 'museum' word?), such as the dolphin tank, and the otters, and sea lions.  The two groups got together and we then got something to eat at the food bar.  We just kind of took it easy for a bit and sat down underground, by the beluga tank, out of the rain, munching on our food.  Then, it was time to leave.

After the aquarium, the seven of us went out for sushi (which a coworker of mine pointed out was kind of ironic, non?  But sushi is one of Shell's favourites).  I just got some plain old California rolls - but they were so good!  I'll have to remember that sushi restaurant and return there sometime... It was really pretty inside, with cherry trees to decorate it.  We all just hung out and chatted.  It was a lot of fun!

And that was pretty much the whole bachelorette!  Definitely not the conventional kind, which I really loved actually - it really was just so much fun!  I couldn't believe, though, how quickly Shell's wedding was coming up....  It was great to celebrate her last days as an Upton because, very soon, she would be Mrs. Rios!  Wow!!

Bee-You-Tea-Full

My sister and I were browsing Pinterest the other day, and we found THIS.  I love absolutely everything about this photo.  Her hair, her make-up, her DRESS.  LOVE LOVE LOVE.

Hair or There.

Hey, all.

Updates on Shell's wedding (and Sydnee's, and Rosie's!) coming soon, I promise.  But for now, just some pretty updos I  found on "The Knot"...  :)

I. Love. This.

This is seriously almost exactly how I'd love my wedding to look.  I lovelovelove the twinkling lights, and of course the splashes of yellow, and the clean white... it looks so elegant, yet still has a certain almost rustic charm to it.  LOVE!

Shell's Bridesmaids

For her wedding, Shell chose four bridesmaids: her sister and maid of honour, Rebekkah; her close friend, Linnea; her fiancé's younger sister, Annabelle; and myself.  I was so thrilled to be part of her wedding party, and was just beyond excited to go bridesmaid dress shopping with the other girls.  We ended up going to this wedding salon that was run from someone's house... Shell had heard of the place years ago from her internet travels, and we decided to go check it out.  We weren't too sure what to expect, really...  I think we were all kind of thinking it might be a little sketchy, but we also, paradoxically, had high hopes.

Linnea and Frank Austin drove the five of us girls to the salon.  We got out of the car and I, for one, was pretty impressed.  The lady who ran the place had a completely separate, adjacent little building to her house, where all the dresses were kept.  The way it was set up inside looked like it was a completely professional wedding salon.  I almost forgot we were at someone's house.  She had wedding dresses on display, a little changing room, a sofa to sit on, racks of bridesmaid dresses, shoes, jewelry cases, and everything else that would be in a conventional wedding boutique.  It was really beautifully set-up.  Linnea was the first to try on dresses and tried on some really cute ones.  But each dress kept getting better and better.  Her last dress (and consequently the favourite of the group was this one):

We then had Annabelle try this dress on, as well as some others.  This one was still a favourite of the group.  There was also a halter-top Marilyn-Monroe-esque chiffon one that was cute, but this one was definitely high up in the running.  Next, I tried it on, and just loved it.  A key selling point was the fact that this dress had pockets!  And, it was very flattering on everyone.  (I know, I know, they always say that about bridesmaid dresses... but it really was true!)  It was quite funny, though, because we had started the appointment by saying that it might be neat to have some different dresses for everyone, just with the same colour and fabric.  But we ended up buying this dress for everyone!  Though the coral colour was super cute, Shell wanted brown dresses, to contrast the pink flowers we'd be carrying while walking down the aisle.  It was hard to imagine what they'd look like, but we were confident they'd turn out well! :)

Fast forward a few months to the day we got to pick up the dresses.  Linnea, Shell, and I travelled to get them.  And they turned out beautifully!  Rebekkah and I had gotten straps on the dresses, and here I am, modelling the dress in a lovely shade of brown!

After picking up the dresses, the three of us went to a local shopping mall to see if we could find some jewelry to match.  I brought what was basically a fabric swatch (really, it was the excess from the corset ties in the back that we cut off from the appointment, if that makes sense) with us into my favourite store, Le Chateau, in order to make sure our jewelry "went" with the colour of the dresses.  Right away, Linnea saw these brown-ish pearls that were absolutely beautiful.  The necklaces also had three beads that were bedazzled with sparkles.  (I can never resist a little-- or a lot of --sparkle!)  She also found matching bracelets for herself and Annabelle.  I, on the other hand, chose a sparkly (see, I told you, I LOVE sparkle!) bracelet.  We decided we'd get a bracelet for Rebekkah another day, thinking she could chose exactly what she'd want. 

The three of us, Shell, Linnea, and myself, also looked at the dresses at Le Chateau, and the other two girls found some that they loved.  Shell found this really cute white dress - something that would be perfect for her shower, which was that weekend.  She had already previously bought two dresses that she was contemplating wearing... Only, the first one was blue, and the second one she'd found was black.  And she had this lovely notion to wear white to her shower.  And of course, the Le Chateau dress was white.  It had a somewhat sweetheart neckline, was strapless, fell approximately to the knee, had a slightly pouffy tulle skirt with sparkly polkadots and a white flower on the waistline.  It was lovely.  Only, she was torn as to whether she should buy it or not, considering the fact that she'd already bought two other dresses.  Linnea found two dresses that looked beautiful on her.  Both were very different.  The first was very show-stopping: bright yellow chiffon, with a V-neck and one flowy long sleeve.  It was sleeveless on the other side.  The other dress was a lot more conservative but it fit her to a tee.  And I mean, TO A TEE.  It was very flattering: form-fitting, to the knee, blue stripes, with cap sleeves and if I remember correctly a bateau neckline.  The three of us had lunch at the food court nearby to talk about the dresses and to decide which one, if any, to purchase.  Shell ended up buying the white dress and Linnea bought the blue one.  Shell also generously bought all our bridesmaid jewelry.

It was so much fun to get our dresses and jewelry together!  And can I say a piece of cake?  We never really had any problems finding the dresses or the necklaces or anything like that.  Almost like it was all meant to be, or something!  I know we were very lucky, because sometimes the bridesmaid look can be tricky to pin down - but definitely not the case with Shell's wedding!  I couldn't believe, however, how soon Shell's wedding was approaching........

You Are Invited... Shell & Frank's Wedding Invites!

So, I never showed an edited version of Shell and Frank Austin's wedding invites.  Aren't they lovely?  She made them herself, scrapbooker that she is!  I was SO incredibly excited to get mine in the mail.

Stay Tuned!

Oh my goodness.  What a whirlwind.  Shell's wedding, an event she and I have been dreaming of and talking of for years, is over.  And I have so much to blog about.  Here is a list... since I am so fond of them! :)

1)  Dress shopping and fittings.
2)  The bachelorette.
3)  Pre-wedding pampering and the rehearsal.
4)  The wedding day!

Be prepared for some amazing blogs.  K?  :)

Dress-Obsessed!

I was just perusing David's Bridal the other day (not a habit of mine AT all... ahem, ahem), and this is what I found... Just some GORGEOUS dress, nbd... But isn't this first one stunning?  I know someone who just got married and her dress was similar to this.  It seems to be a big trend, the lace overlay.  And I can see why... I mean, hello!  B-E-A-UTIFUL.

This next one is quite pretty.  Not my favourite of the bunch, but I like the simplicity of it.  Very clean-cut, fresh and lovely.  I really love long, flowy dresses.

These next two are Vera Wang.  Doesn't the top one remind you of Kate Hudson's dress in "Bride Wars?"  Minus the sash.  But very similar, for sure.  I love it.  The tulle is so romantic, I think.

The Vera Wang dress that was featured in "Bride Wars."

This last dress is sooo pretty, I think.  Again, the tulle is always a favourite of mine, and the splash of light coral coloured flowers around the waist is lovely!  (Not a fan of this model's hair, though!  Ohhh man.)

To Love and To Cherish

Someone posted this on Facebook... Wedding Vow Art!  Isn't that a neat idea???  I absolutely love it.  And what a cool momento to hang on your walls after the wedding!

More Yellow... :)

I absolutely LOVE the top of this first one... Sigh...

Isn't her hair just so pretty?  Perfect for a spring wedding, I think!  Beautiful!

I Heart Coral+Seafoam

Aren't these two colours just sublime, together? Yellow may have some competition as my favourite wedding colour... Uh-oh. But isn't it just stunning???

 Though, yellow and seafoam green don't look too bad, together, too... (I still prefer coral with it, though, I think!)  Ahhh... LOOOOOVE it!

June Just Jumped (Out of Nowhere)

Whoa!  How did it get to June already???  June means a lot of things.  The start of summer is approaching.  The end of school for some.  Father's Day.  Icelandic Independence Day.  Bike Month in British Columbia, Canada.
Oh, and did I mention Shell's wedding???

...I really can't believe it's almost upon us!  And I'm not talking about Bike Month.  Because that's already started, people!  Haha.  But, no, really, I am sooo incredibly thrilled that Shell and Frank Austin are tying the knot so soon!  I've only been waiting for... forever to celebrate with them!  Well, maybe not forever.  But it sure seems like it sometimes.  Haha.  (I kid, I kid!  Sortta.  Hehe.)

The other day, Linnea, Shell and I went and picked up our bridesmaid dresses!  I'm not posting pictures of anything yet, but they are GORGEOUS!  I'm so happy with how they turned out.  And we only paid $165 for them - not too bad, considering... All in all, the three of us had a lovely day.  We also had the chance to pick out our jewelry from my favourite store, Le Chateau, which Shell generously paid for!  I think everything is going to be just perfect, the day of.

We also recently had Shell's wedding shower, which went so wonderfully.  It was a nice, quiet affair at Shell's parents' house.  I ended up wearing this cute red dress I have with nude peep-toe heels.  Shell wore a super cute white dress that she had bought at Le Chateau when we got our wedding jewelry.  (Linnea also bought a really pretty blue dress at the same time, which she wore.)  At the shower, we started off by just socializing for a bit before Shell arrived.  Linnea is a hairdresser and had done Shell's hair BEAUTIFULLY for the shower, so she looked stunning from head to toe.  When she got there, we all had some appetizers and sat down for a game Shell's sister Rebekkah had planned - a quiz on how well we knew Shell!  And can I just say, it was actually quite difficult!  I got the top score with 12.5 out of 20.  Haha.  I think I had the only "passing" score, as well.  (As I said, it was hard!)  I got a Starbucks gift card for winning.  Yay!  Then, Shell went ahead and opened her gifts.  There were quite a few items from her registry, which was awesome.  I got her all these kitchen supplies: a cookbook that was called "Cooking for Two," an apron that said "Kitchen Diva," and some other items such as a heart-shaped dish, measuring spoons and a little whisk.  It was such a nice shower, and we all had a chance to write a little note on some scrapbooking pages for Shell to keep.

I cannot believe that Shell's wedding is almost here, though.  Soon she'll be Mrs. Rios - no longer an Upton, like I've always known her to be.  It's just a crazy thought.  Well, maybe crazy isn't quite the right word, but, well... I've known Shell since we both started highschool together.  We were in the same band class and a friendship soon sparked between her, Sydnee, and me.  What fun times we've had!  I remember going on a band trip in grade nine, and my, oh, my.  What crazy (and this time, I do mean crazy... well, as crazy as innocent grade niners can get!) things we were up to.  Haha.  And I remember other times, like going to scrapbooking bees together, and youth group all-nighters, and birthday parties, and having Spanish class with crazy substitutes, and shopping trips, and seeing Phantom of the Opera together (first when the movie came out and then when the play finally came to our city... and having a countdown of over a hundred days)...  All these little, important moments in my life that I cling to, remembering fondly.  And now Shell is going to be a married lady, ready to start another chapter in her life, write another story to remember for years to come.  And I'm going to be there when she says her vows; it'll be yet another special moment - one for the books!  I am so thrilled to be standing up there as her bridesmaid.  She has been such a great friend over the past years...  Love you, Shell!

Musings about marriage...

Bonjour!

I know I've been sucking at posting in recent times.  Life just creeps up on you - it feels like time has kidnapped me and won't let me go.  Ok, strange analogy, I know.  I'm just tired today.

But.  Hmm.  I had a good girly rant about weddings with a friend at my church today. (Hi, "Amara," if you're reading!)  It's just fun to be a girl sometimes!  Though I think some of the guys overheard us and thought we were absolutely nuts to be talking about and planning our weddings!  Haha.

It's crazy though, sometimes I look around and am surprised at how many people my age are still single.  It's especially strange when you consider things such as this: by the time my mum was my age, she already was married and had a son.  And now here I am, never even had a boyfriend at all.  Why is that? Is it something to do with the age we live in? Is it because women are trying to be more independent and men are scared to commit?  I mean, I WANT to be married.  And it feels like society is making marriage a harder thing to achieve these days, if that makes any sense.  It's like the world gave up on marriage because they thought it was too hard or something.  I don't know.

Yet I know God envisioned marriage to be a great thing. "It is not good for man to be alone," the Bible tells us.  He designed humans, I believe, to be able to come together under the coverage and covenant of marriage. Not for our sake necessarily but in order for us to further bring glory to His name.  I am reminded of the verse that speaks of how a cord of three strands is not easily broken.  Well, in light of marriage, perhaps that verse could be applied in such a way as this: that each strand is like a member of the family - husband, wife, child.  And together, they are stronger.

I don't know.  These are just some thoughts swirling around in my head, at this late hour.  Anyways, I'm going to sleep.  Good night world.

Sydnee's Wedding... Cont'd (Finally!)

Ok, I realize my last post was in January. Oops? It's just been hard to post since my laptop died... :( But anyhoo. I'm staying over at Abbey-Shae's house for a little while and she has a computer, so hopefully I can blog a bit!

Let's see, where did I leave off? Well, I still have to recap Rosie's wedding, don't I? And, gosh, even Sydnee's, I think. Plus, there's Shell's wedding on the horizon, though everything is top secret for that right now, so no updates on that coming!

Well, on with the recap of Syd and Keegan's wedding, first, I think! Sorry I don't have any pictures to share at the moment, but I'll try to post some, sometime.

Well, where did I leave off? Oh, yes, right after I tied the rings to the pillow. Well, it was time to get Sydnee dressed and ready! The bridesmaids had already gotten into their dresses, and had had their hair and make-up done. Sydnee was the last one to get her hair and make-up done, so that it would all still be "fresh" when she walked down the aisle. I went and helped her tie up her corset-backed dress, with her mom. There may or may not have been a few eyes tearing up while we were in that small little bathroom. There's just something about getting a bride into her dress and pulling together the final touches that is so... full of emotion. I've known Sydnee for... well, a decade pretty much, since we were both little girls, and it was just so amazing to be standing there, helping her get into her wedding dress, shortly before she entered a new stage in life as Mrs. Sagalla. There really are no words to describe what it's like. Not quite bittersweet, but still... I don't know. It's hard to describe what you're feeling, reflecting on ten years worth of memories, knowing that another one is being made at that moment that you will reflect on ten years down the road, maybe. And, on top of it, Sydnee made a BEAUTIFUL bride, and it was all just a perfect moment, despite all of us standing in that washroom, with stalls behind us haha.

Well, wedding guests were slotted to arrive soon, so the five of us -- Anna, Madeleine, Kiera, me, and Sydnee -- all hid away in this kind of creepy cement staircase to await our grand entrance. It was kindda awesome though, even though there were spiders and webs around. We sent one of Sydnee's relatives-to-be to grab some of the snacks I had brought because we were all getting a bit hungry. So, we snacked on some of the Ritz crackers and waited for the boys to show up.

And we waited.

And waited.

Fifteen minutes passed, twenty, thirty... Sydnee quipped, "If I didn't know Keegan, I'd think I was being stood up." Because, soon, the room where the vows were to be said was full, and Keegan and his groomsmen were still nowhere in sight. There is a great shot that our photographer Acacia got of Mary (the same relative that brought us the crackers) telling Keegan off on the phone for not being at the ceremony site yet. She looks ticked off, and you can tell she has her "mom-voice" on to tell him to hurry the heck up. Finally, about forty-five minutes after the wedding was scheduled to start, Keegan showed up with his groomsmen and we could begin. By now, our feet had begun to ache from standing in heels on cement, but it was time! The music swelled, and we began to ascend the staircase, one by one, waiting for our turn to walk through the door into the big room, and walk as gracefully as we could down the aisle.

First up (after Keegan had come in with his mom) were the flower girl and the ring bearer. Then the first of the bridesmaids, Anna, Sydnee's step-sister. Then, Madeleine. Then Kiera. And finally me. I willed myself not to trip on the slightly slippery aisle runner and just look forward and smile. Finally, all the bridesmaids were down the aisle, and Sydnee entered, with her mom on her arm. She looked absolutely radiant. Everyone stood up as she shyly came down towards us. And the ceremony began.

It was quite a conventional ceremony, and ran quite smoothly. Except for one thing. One of the groomsmen, Chester, all of a sudden started to swoon! Literally! I don't know if it was because the guys had had a late night and early start, or if he was too hot from wearing the suit, or was... I don't know, diabetic or something, but all of a sudden, he was almost on the floor and had to be given a chair to sit down in. And worst yet, this happened RIGHT when Keegan and Sydnee were saying their vows! I felt so bad for him! And Syd and Keegan haha! But, it sure makes for a good story. Because he was totally okay after sitting down a bit.

So, the rings were exchanged along with the vows. Keegan and Sydnee had also planned on a sand ceremony, where two different colours of sand were poured into one jar to symbolize their unity. Then, Musad (the best man) and I went with Keegan and Sydnee to sign the documents. I feel so priviledged to have been the one who got to sign my name on their wedding papers as their witness. I know it's probably not a big deal to some, but I just loved being able to do that. Another memory for the bank of our friendship, I guess.

After the signing of the documents, there was the kiss. Keegan picked Sydnee up as they kissed, and again, it was just so perfect. And now, here they were, introduced for the first time as Mr. and Mrs. Sagalla! Keegan and Sydnee were married!!!!!

More to come later....!

Why, Hello There!

Heh... heh...

Um, hi.

And sorry?

I know it's been a while. I tried posting a while back, but then my computer died and I haven't been able to get it fixed or buy a new one. It sucks being computer-less! I have soooo many things go update this blog on... But first let me extend to you all (if I have any readers left!) a warm and joyous NEW YEAR! I hope your Christmas and holidays were enjoyable and relaxing!

So. First things first. A preview of what's to come. Because I obviously can't fit it all into one post.

So, without further ado, I give you the List. Because we all know how fond of list-making I am.

1. Recap of Rosie's wedding!

2. Update on Shell's wedding! (Sneak peak: she bought her wedding dress!!!)

3. A plethora of wedding related pictures. Dresses, details, decorations and the like!

4. A post on Alfred Angelo's Disney Princess wedding dresses. Because they're definitely worth mentioning.

5. Some "Say Yes to the Dress" talk. A must for my blog, of course.

6. Random musings of a twenty-something-year-old weddingaholic!

7. Engagements, Etc. :)

So, stay tuned! There is more to come shortly!