2010 has been by far the fastest year to fly by! Even though some life changing events, both good and bad have happened, it has been the best year ever. I think 2011 will even be better. I'm getting married! crazy! And hopefully I will be pregnant by the end of the year. oh man, thats just so weird to think about! I don't feel like I am 25, or that I'm at the age to be married, or have a baby. I don't know why I feel so young because I have lived on my own twice, experienced things most adults don't ever experience, been through alot and I still fell like I'm 19 or 20! it just all seams so weird to me. I need to get over it though. because I am so ready for those things and to move into the next chapter of my life.

The wedding plans are going great to far. I got the big major important stuff figured out, like location, dress, photographer, the date. Penelope starts fitting my dress any day now! I am so excited for that! And Gallery Photography is the photographer. Kelly is AMAZING. Check out his website! I love his style. His pictures are so gorgeous. In January/February Ill start doing all the other Little things.


This is my aunt Paula's house in Farmington where the wedding will be. this is the view from where Landon and I will be standing. I love how different it is, we will be up high, instead of my walking straight down an isle, i will be walking up stairs on the side up a hill to a gazebo. where my uncle is standing, that's where the family and friends will be sitting. its different and I love it!

her gorgeous yard, there is an amazing pool down there.

water fall and stream with a bridge over it

the gazebo! they will trim the bushes so people can actually see us. thees pictures are just half her yard, i didn't upload the other pictures. but you will see it eventually!

My booth at Whisperwood & Co is doing so awesome! I love the idea that girls are walking around wearing the cute things I have made! I need to do Etsy, it seems like alot of work getting it up and running, but I need to do it.

I have 507 pictures on my camera's memory card! No wonder its been slow at taking pictures! I need to get all thees on a disk asap! Anyway, Christmas was wonderful! My dad was out of town for work (he is a conductor for Amtrak) on Christmas day, but came home on the 26Th. So my family didn't celebrate until then. But it works out great because I got TWO Christmas mornings! Christmas Eve was spent with Landon's family at his cousins house. we ate a yummy dinner, Santa comes for all the little kids, then the adults play a white elephant game. Then we head over to Landon's brothers house to get our cozy Christmas Pj's! (I didn't take any pictures of both Christmas mornings) Little kids make Christmas so much more fun and exciting. It was so fun for us to shop at ToysRus for OUR nieces and nephew, and I say OUR because now they are my nieces and nephew too! I am so excited that I can say I am an aunt! well, not officially yet, but his family always refers to me as Aunt Becci.
Christmas Morning we got super spoiled by His family. One of my favorite presents from his parents was a rod iron quilt rack and a huge gift certificate to Quilters Haven. I got Landon a golf putter that he has been wanting for a very long time. He says it will make his game so much better. (it better because it was 200 bucks. a putter is a putter to me) some much needed jeans, hats, true religion Cologne (it smells soooo good) and some other stuff. Landon got me a Hammock! I have always wanted one. I love laying in it under the sun with a good book. So when spring rolls around, I'm setting that baby up! and a huge Nordstrom gift card, THE best fabric scissors (thees things are so sharp and they cut so nice) and some other stuff....

Then Christmas morning with my family we always get spoiled rotten. My parents gave us a huge flat screen TV. (its currently in my room until we live together, having netflix instantly is pretty rad too! I love it!) and my main present from Santa is a quilting frame! So maybe i can finally get that quilt done that I started back in July. But i don't have room for it until our basement is done being remodeled. and I got a bunch of other stuff too. They gave Landon a bunch of bullet reloading stuff he needs for his bullet re loader that I got him last Christmas, a Hunting coat, and more stuff too. Mom and dad always out do themselves. They say that the spoiling will go right to the gran kids when they have them, but thats ok.

Landon and I on Christmas Eve at his cousin's house
I made this skirt the day before. I am so happy the way it turned out. It is sooo cute and fits me perfectly. It looks better in person then in this picture. No one believed me that I made it. and it's from my own made up pattern! I think i need to go into the pattern making business, I'm getting pretty good at it! I want to make another one in darker colors.

Oh Emerie, I just love you to pieces. she is so cute and is always so happy! I made her that Christmas headband to go with her outfit.

This was before Landon's work party. I wish my shirt didn't look so sloppy in this pic!

so 2 months since I last posted. Are you surprised? I'm sure your not! We do fun stuff, Im just not sure if it is "post worthy" or not. Anywhoo, I need to get my butt to the mall right now so I can finish Christmas shopping! Evry year I say I will not leave it to the last min, but I always procrastinate! I hate crowds, so a trip to the mall in the month of December usually makes me have an anxiety attack. I promise Ill update next week about Christmas, wedding plans, and a bunch of other non-important stuff. I hope everyone has a very very

Merry Christmas!!!!!

A post for wedding shoes

Look at thees! aren't they so fun???? I love them! All thees pictures are from Nordstrom. They have a wedding section with awesome stuff
So soft and dainty


The wedding is outdoors. heals and grass don't mix. hope Paula wants her lawn arriated (doubt I spelled that right. you know what I'm talking about. when it looks like there is dog poop all over someones lawn? but it's really dirt?)

love love love thees. and the heels aren't too high either. ill probably have to get some flats in case my feet are killing me

I think my colors will be toup? Taupe? Tope? can't spell that one either. that color that is grey-ish and brown-ish? So that color and cream. I am all about neutral colors. Maybe my sash on my dress will be that color I can't spell.

Oh! and I have another great idea! I want a photo booth at the reception! so all the guests will have a take home souvenir! great idea, huh? but someone will be working it because you don't put in money. hmmm... maybe I can charge people so I can make money! OK maybe not.... But I love that idea. I would love to go to a wedding that I could leave with a strip of photos. Then I get the pictures of all the guests doing funny things to put in an album for my guest book. I heard it was only $350 so I told my parents that and they said "that's not bad at all!". then when I called the lady to ask her the info, and it was double that. oops.... still haven't told mom and dad that!

Then I want Gallery Photography to do the photos. I love their work!

So everything is coming together. I still have a lot of time, but time goes by so fast and it will be here before I know it.

So maybe I won't have another blog. I'll just change the name. I can't keep track of two. I'm bad enough as it it with one! and I don't think my friends even know that I have a new one. so maybe that was a bad idea.

I all I have been thinking about it wedding plans! I was never that girl who pictured my wedding growing up. (to be honest, i didn't even know if I wanted one or not!) But now that I have a ring on my finger, I'm pretty excited and I know what I want. It will be at my aunt Paula's AMAZING house in Farmington. I'm thinking June 3 or 4. I did want it to be may 27 or 28 but that's Memorial Day weekend so no one would be in town.

I was looking at wedding dresses online and I came across this one. OK, so the dang picture is at the top! I hate this blogging crap! My pictures never end up where I want them! Is it better to upload pictures first, then write? I'm so bugged right now. Ill get over it. anyway I fell in love with this dress. I wanted something that is so different. It's by Monique Lhuillier so I'm sure it is $5,000 to 8,000 bucks and a few collections back So there is no way it would be mine. But guess what???? My dream dress will be mine! I heard of a lady named Penelope who makes custom wedding dresses. I was afraid if someone makes my dress the lace and silk would be cheap looking. But this lady is amazing. She orders all her material from New York. My mom and I met with her on Thursday and she had samples of the exact same lace Monique used in hers! so Penelope will make my dress exactly like how the picture is. But I don't want that weird fold in the front, and she will put a bustle (don't know how it's spelled) so It won't drag. Oh and it's a fraction of the cost too! Penelope, I'm gonna just call her penny from now on, she had the idea of making to top separate so I could wear it someplace nice down the road. She will start the dress in January. I am so excited and I am so glad to have that important part out of the way. now that I want to put some pictures of shoes, ill start a new post

I made me and Landon a new blog. I feel like we need a fresh start. so this is the new address.

landonandbecci.blogspot.com

If i decide to deleate this, i won't for a while. or maybe ill make it a business blog, or craft one, I don't know! (ill explain the business part in the new blog.)

But guess what? if you want to know! please vistit the new blog!

Oh my! I give myself the award of worlds suckiest blogger EVER! I'm just never on the computer anymore! Life has been so crazy busy!!!! All I do it work, gym, and sew, sew and sew some more. the sewing thing has turned into a little business, which I'm very excited about! I had a birthday Aug 10! and drum roll please!!!!......... me and Land went ring shopping!!!! Can't wait till I get that huge rock on my finger!

Dang! look at this ring! sorry folks, this is just some random pic I googled, So that's not the one I'm getting. I can dream for a min, right?

I promise ill post about all the crap that's been going on in my life. But i don't know when I will get a min!

I love love love interior decorating and I came across this beautiful Blog. Check it out! click on THIS. Plus she is having a giveaway! Woot Woot!!!

Check out my hat I just made! I am pretty dang proud of myself! If you look close, it's not perfect, but thank goodness you can't tell from far away! I love the bright green stitching on the black fabric. and the lining is a way cute green, grey and black stripped fabric. I am a total hat girl. I have way too many. Landon's brother said this to me last weekend: "I don't think I have ever seen you wear the same hat twice." ha ha I'm sure that's probably true. See? I told you I was going to start sewing! I forgot how much I love it. I am still working on the quilt I'm doing that i posted on the last post. There is the cutest fabric store in Bountiful. i go there maybe 3-4 times a week. I'm sure the workers are sick of me, but I just can't help myself.

Pictures of camping coming soon. I'll post when I feel like it. Am I the only one who thinks uploading lots of pics, then uploading them on a blog is a REAL BIG PAIN IN THE YOU-KNOW-WHAT????

Hope everyone had a great 4Th of July!!!

(the dark 2 squares look extra dark in this picture, you can't tell but they aren't that dark and they have tiny pink polka dots)
I started my first quilt! I am so dang excited I can't stand it. I got all the squares sewn together. its a queen size. now all i need to add is the border, and make the back then put the batting in the middle. I am going to take it to a quilter and have it quilted so it looks professional. I heard if it's your first quilt you should tie it (you know, the little nots of yarn where the corners of the squares meet) because that's easier and obviously cheaper. I just thought it was to dang cute to tie! I am going camping all weekend and I am so sad i can't work on it. I am so impatient with every thing i do. I always want things done NOW, so maybe this will teach me patience, because I sure do need it! I will post a picture of the finished product when its all done

(bad pics courtesy of my iPhone, but i don't care)

My new (and first) pair of waders! and I got the boots to go with

them but they are too hard to get on and a pain for just a quick picture. I got the smallest size, but they still drown me. The waders are to go with this......

So my dad came home last Saturday, and he said I bought you and Landon something. So I followed him outside and my sweet daddy bought Landon and I our very own fishing float tube thingy! (don't know the exact name..) I was so excited and had to blow mine up and test it out immediately. thank goodness we had something to test it out in! My dad and brother each have their own boat, and now me and land each have or own! We are so excited!

My sweet little grandmas funeral was this week. she died almost a month ago, but we had to wait for my uncle to get back from Africa to have the funeral. rude huh? What was he doing in Africa that was more important then his own mothers funeral? beets me. Don't even get me started on this subject. I would drop ANYTHING, and I do mean ANYTHING to be there asap for my mom. It was a sad day, but happy ( well, just a tiny bit) at the same time because she isn't suffering anymore.

My Daddy and I at the funeral

This was a scrapbook page I did a long time ago. My favorite picture is the one that's a circle in the middle. She is just the cutest! She looks so innocent.

A family pic is very rare for us. So I'm glad that I got this one.

This is my cousin Jeff. He is the only one my age that's on my moms side. we are like brother and sister, We were very close. He is pretty dang good looking and he is single laddies!!!!! a return missionary and he is going to be a doctor!( ha he would be so embarrassed. good thing he wont read this!!!)

Then here is my Land. he is so dang supportive. I know he had to be bored and not very excited to meet my crazy extended family. But He was there for the whole thing, went out to dinner with my family sun, mon and tues. What a trooper. He is the best.

Love you Grandma!

(I took a pic of this oil painting. I don't know if this picture shows all the fine detail. She wrote the whole Humpty Dumpty rhyme upside down in perfect handwriting.)

My dear sweet Grandma died last Friday in her sleep. (my mom's mom) She had been suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia for a long time. Its so sad, but it is so much better that she went back up to Heavenly Father, Grandpa, and my two aunts. oh, and don't forget her dog Nik. We were surprised that she lived this long. we jokingly called her the energizer bunny because she kept on going and going! I loved her so much. I was lucky enough to have her live just 3 blocks up my street before she went into a home. My favorite memories of her are that she taught me how to sew and she was an AMAZING artist. She did that oil painting above. can you believe that? it's a painting of her and her two oldest kids. I guess that's where I get my artistic ability from! she would do little painting projects in her nursing home and her paintings were still phenomenal. She never lost that talent. She taught me how to sew when i was 4. I loved making doll clothes with her for my barbies and American Girl dolls. I sewed up until my sophomore year, then got out of it. But this last month, I have wanted to start sewing. I want to pick it back up so badly again! then when my grandma died, I wanted to so even more! So I am so going to get started!

(This picture of a picture was taken 5 years ago. and I would not wear that hat, glasses or tie out of the house. I was just being silly.)
I love you so much. Your such a wonderful lady and you have taught me so much. I couldn't of asked for a better Grandma. Ill miss you!

ha ha I just thought of this. so she has Alzheimer's right? One Christmas morning we were opening present. This was when ZCMI turned into Meyer and Frank (now it's Macy's). Her gift box said " Meyer & Frank" on it and she said, "Frank? who's Frank? I don't know a Frank. I will have to make sure that I send him a thank you card." And she was DEAD serious! My Family got a good laugh out of that one all morning!

Traded in my TSX for this. OK I'm lying. But I wish! How awesome is this car??

Lake Mead

( Lets see if I can hurry and do this post on my lunch break!)

May 6 thru the 9 Land and I packed up and headed down to Lake mead. I have never been there before so I was so excited! Especially to go to 80 degree weather. (at home it was in the 50's!) It was Landon's cousins wife's birthday so I guess it is a tradition for them to go there every year. (I didn't get any pictures of anyone else. woops...)

Me, loving the warm weather (but not the dang wind!). anywhere there is palm trees, I am happy! (wait, there were no palm trees by the lake, just in the town on the way there.)

Land showing off my parents little camper. that thing is 17 years old and it is in mint condition. Better then sleeping in a tent! Land better be grateful he got his favorite gourmet breakfasts every morning! He looks sweaty and greasy but its just sun screen. He burns so easily, me on the other hand, not so much. He didn't burn at all. His mom was so proud of me that I kept sun screen on him the whole time! I was like a psycho over protective mom chasing a little kid with sun screen!

Love this little chunk. It's land's cousin Andy's little boy Drew. I just want to squish those cheeks and those rolls!

Thought this was a cool pic. Me and Land love to fish.

when it got dark we noticed all thees tiny bats flying over us and swooping down close to our heads. it was freaky. so we decided to stop! it one landed on me I would seriously die

Ya I am aware that I look asian with no make up on!! ha ha
It was a blast but so sad to come home!

Lookey what I found!!!! Pretzel M&M's!!!!! Peanut M&M's and peanut butter M&M's are my favorite candy and I love chocolate covered pretzels. So thees new pretzel M&M's are soooo good! they are both sweet and salty. So you should give them a try.

lake mead post coming soon, whenever I get time. (I never ever have time lately!) right now I should be driving to Landon's softball game in Kaysville, but instead I am posting something about M&M's... ha ha ha I better hurry before he hits a home run and I'm not there!

Going to this beautiful place tomorrow morning for some MUCH needed R&R. Lake Mead is supposed to be in the 80- 90's, a nice change for how cold SLC has been. All I want is a tan. That's all. oh, and to catch a bunch of fish, and to have fun! so.... cya!

(please don't see snakes... please don't see snakes... please don't see snakes...)

I am so obsessed with mirrored furniture! I think is is absolutely beautiful! when I get my own house, I will definitely have furniture like this in my bedroom! (and evry where else!) Check out this cool website here. It's not very "manly" but Landon better put up with it! Thank goodness he says all the decorating is up to ME!

Just Purchased thees

springtime = new shoes (but so does summer, fall & winter:))

First off, thees dang pictures are so out of order. Don't know how to fix it, drives me nuts! Any way, Landon and I went to St. George for the weekend. It was so much fun to get away. I thought it was going to be warmer, but it was windy and a little chilly. But it snowed in Bountiful that weekend, so I guess I can't complain. We did a TON of golfing. Landon got me clubs for my birthday last year. We have gone every weekend for the last two months. I'm not quite as good as Land, but I will kick his butt one day! ( ha, in my dreams! he has been golfing since he was 7, and me, um like 7 months! But I am getting pretty dang good though, so he better watch out)
Hitting a bucket before we played
(gotta love shirts that look like maternity clothes! NOT!)
Landon's best bud Brady and his girlfriend Ashley came down too. It was Ashley's first time golfing EVER and she kicked some major butt too.

Oh land is so nice to hold our purses for picture time! ha ha

This is Andy and Misty. Andy is Landon's cousin. we stay at there house when we come down. They are the nicest people ever. Thanks for always letting us come stay! We always go to the Olive Garden when we go down there. cuz it is Delish! soup, salad and a diet coke is my very favorite!

(don't mind my messed up face. apparently I can't get my eye brows waxed anymore because I now (never happened to me before! but thees last 2 months) get an allergic reaction. Plus, I'm breaking out all over like a 14 year old. how lovely)

This is Land's Easter basket. I got him a Cabelas and Jamba Juice certificate and some shorts and T-shirts and a ton of candy.

we did our baskets on Friday night because He got me some golf stuff and a private golf lesson (and NO candy. (which is good) he knows just what i like!) We did our baskets then because he wanted me to use my new stuff for when we went golfing. I guess when your older you don't really care to get your stuff early. (except for Christmas!) If I was little, I would be sad if I didn't get anything on Easter day.

We did a ton of shopping, lounging and golfing. and spent waaayyyy too much money! There is a smoothie place there called The orange Peel. I am obsessed. I went there every day! we need one here closer! I don't mind the drive to St. George or Las Vegas, but the worst part coming home is nephi to Lehi. Horrible Horrible Horrible. It seems like it goes on F_O_R_E_V_E_R!!!! I'm flying next time!
Oh then the night I get home it snows 5 inches!!!! good thing its starting to melt! I am sooo ready for warm weather!