I waited impatiently and nervous in the bridal suite for it to begin...


My nephews put on a great show for the audience...


The music began and my dad walked me down the aisle...
I finally looked at him, afraid I'd start crying...I did. How could you not when you see that smile, and know you'll be seeing that sweet smile for the rest of your life?
Which of course makes me smile...

The cake was beautiful...
The kiss was sweet!
And the dance I'll never forget. We danced to Stand By Me, the words fit us perfectly.
Everyone was all smiles! What an unforgettable night.

Well, the DIY wedding couple has been busy busy! Lonn put together a large wooden sign that I then painted our logo L on. We made it to put on the street at the venue, as it is a tiny street and hard to see...hopefully this will help. Look for the big black sign with the big pink L.

Here I am hard at work on our aisle runner. I decided the other one wasn't big enough...go figure.
My sister Deb donated her old plastic Radio flyer and we glammed it up with some tulle and rhinestone after Lonn painted it black!
I am so excited to have my food processor! Thanks to Jon and Lyndsey, I opened it immediately and threw an entire onion in...it was baby food in ten seconds. I'm in LOVE.

A few weeks ago my sister brought 4 of my nephews to our place and we spent the day together. First, we took the boys to get fitted for their tuxedos! Colt is 6 months old, and they had the cutest little baby tux, as you can tell, he didn't think it was quite as cute!
Next we stopped and ate at Jersey Mikes, Yummy! Lonn was so sweet to hold Colt while Deborah and I ate, and then passed him on to me when he was done! In the picture, Lonn is holding Colt, Cash (5) is far left, or the back of his head is anyway. Caige (7) in the grey underarmour, and Callen, 11 in the navy. The oldest, Colby was helping his dad that day and we missed him!

After lunch we went and saw Toy Story 3. Cash, the 5 year old, sat on Lonn's lap for most of the movie, and then on mine. I highly recommend the movie, its hilarious!

WOW, the last few weeks have flown by! Here are a few pictures from our trip to Vegas for my best friends Tiffany's Wedding!

As the BIG DAY approaches and I put on the final touches, the last details that make it all real, I am more aware of the journey we are about to embark on.

I am so excited to be marrying my best friend. It sounds cliche, but Lonn is the man that I can talk to about everything, cry on his shoulder, and laugh about the silliest little nothings. He knows my strenghts and weaknesses and knows when to push me and when to ease up. He makes me a better woman every day without even trying.

This blog isn't long enough for the praises I could sing for this man that I have come to know so completely and love so unconditionally. I have so much to learn about being a woman and a wife, but knowing that I have someone to stand by me through it all makes it not only bearable, but downright exciting and fun. I hope he knows that I will always stand beside him.

The picture above is the spot where we will stand beside each other, before God, family and friends and say our vows. I cannot wait for our BIG DAY! I am so grateful for the love and support of Lonn and to have a big, wonderful family around us as we begin our lives together. Three weeks and four days to go!!!!

My project last week was my new aisle runner. I know... I made one before, but it turned out too small so I decided I'd use that one for my cake table and make a larger aisle runner! The runner is 50 feet long and about 3 feet wide, so this L is much bigger, almost two feet high.

I first placed the L under the aisle runner and positioned everything where I wanted it.

Next, I traced over the design with my markers.
After it was traced, I filled in with black and glitter...and TAH DAH!!!!! Yes, I am obsessed with glitter. i am aware of this.


The weekend before last Lonn's mom came in to visit us and she brought the pillows she's been working on for the wedding. These pillows will sit atop black slipcovered cushions that Lea is also making. They are so CUTE! THANK YOU LEA!!!


Have you ever seen the "People of Walmart" emails?? Well, that's what came to mind when I mosied into Walmart and loaded up my basket full of these little beauties. There is a swimming pool at the venue, (although you can't swim in it!!) so I thought the perfect little addition would be some added color in the pool!

Well its pretty much been glitter mania around here! I bought a bottle of glitter and quite honestly haven't been able to control myself. STEP AWAY FROM THE GLITTER Dyna!


This is me finishing up our cake topper...

And this is Lonn kindly being Vanna....he's such a trooper! But the topper turned out great!