R + J

Ryan and Jannali

sittin in a tree

k-i-s-s-i-n-g

first come Love

Than come

Marriage!

Who would have thought that is little boy and this little girl would grow up and get married in a little over a month now!

love Ryans mullet he's rocking btw haha

Happy Fathers day!

I wasn't able to spend the special day with my dad but at least was able to call him and tell him thanks for being such a great Dad. Anyone who knows him has only good things to say. When growing up I could tell him anything and know he would be there to listen. If I needed advice he has been wise with his words. He taught me patience, how to save money, you get what you work for, some times silence is best in situations, that back talking and giving my mom attitude is a big no-no!

He is the kind of man who makes friends quickly, even the men at the gas station knew him by name! (granted he was there each morning purchasing his 64 oz of Dr. Pepper and fritter on his way to work) I always hoped to marry a man just like him, one who was intelligent, loved learning, has wisdom to share, patient (how could a man not learn patience having 4 daughters) respectful, kind, funny, and loved being around his family. I'm so blessed to have been raised by such a man, he has inspired me to be better. I look forward to the day I have children and watch them with their 'Papa D' and be able to learn from him as I have.

Dad~ Thanks for always being there, for never missing my piano concerts, taping every choir and dance performance. For telling me how great I am, teaching me to be the person I am today and who I want to be in the future. You taught me what kind of man I deserve and want in my life. Thank you for never giving up on me, telling me I could do anything I want and be anything I want.

Thanks to him and my mom I have learned what it means to be a good spouse (to be) and a good parent one day.

Love you Dad!

love always,

your sunshine

check

I love when things just fall into place. With Ryan working 6 days a week he doesn't have a whole lot of time to do wedding things aka finding a suit. He wasn't able to find anything he really liked in Denver so he called me asking for some numbers so I could just purchase the suit here if we could find it. I gave him Dilliard's number as one of the contacts.
Well what do you know....
They had ONE LAST chocolate brown suit with pinstripes and guess what, it was HIS size! I was overjoyed woo hoo!! I went and picked it up, sent him a picture. We've got a winner! One more thing checked off the list!


This time has been humbling and have definitely learned some patience, which I can always use more of! Since we have been engaged things are just ''falling in to place'' perfectly.
Just FIFTY DAYS to go!

What we've been up to

Besides being busy with our work and wedding details we have been having a great summer so far.

We were able to travel to California for one of our close friends wedding. We are so happy for Brandon & Desi! you guys looked great that day! We had so much fun hanging out with them the few days we were able to spend and were honored to be part of their big day.

We will miss this couple! They are in NYC for a great opportunity Steve has for an internship.

Oh cute Drew & Emily

One of the guys' fiance lives in St. George so he and Corbin paired up.

Megan & Bryce, thanks for letting us use your apartment!

Since Ryan is in Colorado Emily said she'd be my date till Drew arrived haha

Can you see how much fun playing Pit is? Corbin's face just says it all

Over the weekend we had some of the grandkids over, I thought it would be fun to bake cookies with the girls.

mmm they look

good, right?

mental note: Don't forget to add that cup of flour! that's right, it melted all over the pan and we had to scrape it off into the bowl.

TWO weddings in one night. Jamie looked stunning walking down the isle, the ceremony was beautiful and Evan made it emotional with giving her daughter a bracelet saying how much he loves her, that love is thicker than blood and he loves her unconditionally.

It was great to run into old friends and some of the old Dance Company crew!

Maddison and Joni's wedding was beautiful, their reception was at Le Jardin, basically a green house full of gorgeous flowers.

Thanks Em & Drew for letting me sit with you so I didn't have to be a loner ;) jk

so exciting!

Ok false advertising there, more like sarcasm for a title. Happy Memorial Day everyone! Today I was supposed to work...well I was running a tad late so I called my boss at work letting her know I was going to be about 10 minutes late. Instead of saying ''ok see ya then!" She says ''Well you were supposed to be here at 9 am" ummm excuse me? I swear on Saturday when talking she wanted me to close. great. But luckily for me she wasn't upset at all. What didn't make sense though was when I asked why they didn't call me when I didn't show up with in the first 30 minutes. I'm never late to work. Her reply was ''I told so and so to not call you cause we didn't know why you weren't here, maybe you had been in an accident.'' hmmm ok is it just me but don't you think if thought one of your employee's was late due to being injured or in an accident you would definitely call to see if they were ok?

Needless to say I got off the nearest exit and headed back home. lovely.

So I'm spending much needed time in the bedroom and bathroom cleaning. Finally decided on an invitation. Crazy how much some invites are! I mean after all majority of them will just be tossed in the garbage after the big day is over. So i've been on the hunt for some thing on the cheaper side but still looks nice. 66 Days to go! lots to do still, but enjoying it all.

28 days till I see this handsome guy! not that i'm counting or anything..

engagement pictures

Yay for having a beautiful day yesterday! With all of the rain we have been having I was worried about taking our engagement pictures. It was a one time shot since Ryan left this morning to go back to Colorado. He flew home for 5 days so we could drive to California for our friends' wedding and take pictures. Here are a few of my favorites. Ryan did an awesome job, he loathes taking multiple pictures so after a couple of hours he was restless and couldn't pull a straight face or past the fake smile. What a trooper.

I love this boy

Thank you Sara for taking our pic's! It's wonderful to have one of my best friends help me out :D

Happy Mother's Day!

The fam came over for a yummy bbq and home made ice cream. The mom's were able to sit down and relax while the guys cleaned up the mess. :D

Happy Mother's day mom and sisters! (wish you were here Brittani, hope you enjoyed your day!)

celebs

You know when you some times see people and they look similar to a celebrity.

I had a client that resembled a celeb like Denzel Washington

One of my new clients TOTALLY has the personality reminding me of ''Mama Odie'' from the movie ''The Princess and the Frog" She was a riot listening to her stories.

Today however...I had a client that, I'm not even kidding, reminded me of...

minus the shoulder length hair and grey pointy teeth.

Wedding Plans!

So far wedding planning have been.....so much fun! I'm not stressed at all just excited and looking forward to seeing how everything turns out on the big day and being married to the most wonderful person.

I've gotten a lot done, still have things to do of course. So Plans are:

We are getting married around 10 am at the Salt Lake Temple, reception is at The Gathering Place in Gardner Villiage.

Colors are: kelly green, brown, and navy blue shades.

photographer & videographer by Point Digital

dj thanks to my friend Brennen should be lots of fun!

I found and ordered my dress today! I can't wait to wear it on the big day!

We're renting a photo booth for the reception, pretty sure that is one of my favorite things about the reception. We are using it while people are signing in, it prints out 2 copies of 4 pictures I think. One as a favor to take and the other to put in my book and sign your name by. Great thing about it as well is you can take as many pictures as you want through out the night!

I'm definitely looking forward to playing around with this with friends, family, and Ryan.

*this isn't the actual photo booth*

Instead of doing a luncheon we are going to do a dinner the night before so we don't feel rushed on the wedding day. mmm yum can't wait for it! Ryan's family is going to make Armenian food and American food.

Still need to decide on food for reception,

make a list of people to invite and addresses,

take engagement pictures/find company to make invites

find jewelry and hopefully green shoes!

find company to rent linens from

make center pieces

take bridal pictures

and I'm sure the list goes on...

whew! Lot's done, much to do still!

that's it??

I have been telling my family and friends that when Ryan leaves (which was yesterday) it would be no big deal at all, I didn't even think twice about him leaving really. I was like ok great! I'll get lots of wedding planning done, focus on work, have some girl time with my girlfriends. I mean after all I will basically be seeing him almost every month for a few days at least. Which starts in 2 weeks for a friends wedding in California we are going to.

It's barely been 24 hours and I feel a bit pathetic. I'm soooo bored with him gone! My best friend is no longer just twenty-five minutes away. Thanks to technology he's a phone call or skype call away for now. I used to want to vomit when I would read blogs/posts about girls missing their fiance/husband when on trips and now

I have become one of them. great.