My, how BIG they are!

Dora and Cora. Cora's giving me that 'you biznatch!' look that only cats can do.

Are you guys sick of looking at my cats yet? Sorry, but I have nothing else but my wedding dress to show, and I don't know if Shaun looks at this, so sorry!

Shtuff

So we're back. We got back at 8:10 yesterday. Got up at 4. That sucked. We had a great time at Shaun's parent's house. We went to Fond Du Lac to get Tyler's present and cruised around Kohl's for a while. That night we went to the Gallagher's to see them and the Mohrs. I always like visiting with them all. :) Saturday was the Bliss X-mas at the Sapalas' house. Everyone was there, and it was fun. It was kinda funny because a couple of Shaun's aunts were all flustered because they felt bad that they didn't get the RSVP in yet. Not a big deal yet at this point, but I will have to start calling next well. We asked his aunt Polly if she'd be willing to do a reading for our ceremony, and she agreed. :) That made me happy. Then after everyone left we had the Sapala family christmas. Shaun's parents were dears and got us our pots and pans! :) Also, I got diamond studs as a 'welcome to the family' present. :) That was so sweet of them! And completely unexpected. Then we went to bed and got up at 4. The flight back was uneventful, except that I had to go to the bathroom and by the time we got up to cruising altitude and could get up and the lady that sat by us was done drinking her coffee, we were on our way down. So I was literally dying 30,000 feet in the air. Something cool, though: I was in 22f (window seat!) and Shaun was in 41C (literally the last row). The seat between me and the lady that I was talking with ended up being empty, and a scary looking guy was looking for a place to sit. So the lady suggested I ask the steward if Shaun could sit by me, and he said yes. So that was really nice, we got to sit by each other on the flight back, instead of being a whole plane apart. AND we got to get off earlier, which was really good for me. Haha. Then we went to my parent's house and opened presents. They made present hunts for all three of us! We had to go outside and tramp around the yard to find our presents. At first I was upset because I was like, 'I don't get these things!!!' and then I was the first one done and I helped Ty and Shaun. :) Mom and dad stayed in the house and laughed at us. The kitkits were there waiting for us, that was nice! Then we went to Lehman's where we had a good time. I slept for an hour while watching the Brothers Grimm with Jen and Shaun. :) It was a good nap. Then we were home again by 8:30. It was good to relax again. :) Hope you all had a wonderful christmas and have a happy new year!

I'm leaving on a jet plane...

Which I did. I got a guy who was scared of flying sitting behind me. Thank God he finally fell asleep because until he did he was constantly pushing on my seat. But when he first got on he had to be one of those seatmates that everyone fears - the talker. "Hi, I'm Jim and your name is...? Amber? Nice to meet you. Hi, my name's Jim, and yours is? Jim? Nice to meet you too! Where you going, Amber? Milwaukee? How about you Jim? Milwaukee too, huh? Yeah, I know that that's where I'm going too.... And where's home for you Amber? Downtown? And you, Jim? Brookfield? Ah. Are you guys nervous about flying on planes? You are, Amber? Me too. How about you, Jim? No? You do this all the time? Wow. Are you married? No? Haha. Maybe you are right, maybe the reason you aren't is because you're flying all the time..." Well, you get the idea. That was basically how the conversation sounded. Just not so one-sided. I was so happy when he fell asleep. But then there was the guy next to me - alcohol fumes and snoring. Great. This was our announcement when we got to cruising elevation: Hello, passengers. This is the Captain. I just wanted to let you know that we just reached our cruising elevation and will be beginning our decent shortly. Then we overflew Milwaukee to get lined up for the runway. The lake was freaky. Then I thought I saw a lighthouse (it was an airplane). Then I thought I saw a plane coming at us! (It was the light on the end of our wing). Shaun and the drunk guy laughed at me. I felt a fool. Oh, well. Landing was rough, it was windy. When we touched down we slid sideways a little, but it was allright. Shaun's parents came and picked us up and now we are in Plymouth. :) We our flight out of Milwaukee is at 6 something Sunday morning. Hope everyone is having a great holiday season!

It's been a while...

...since I've put up pictures, so here are some. :)

According to Ty, he drank 12 hours straight with 3 hours of sleep... so at Johnson's X-mas, he slept for a couple of hours, offering us a wonderful chance for photos. He says he decided to bleach his hair out now so that by my wedding it should be long enough to be cut back to his natural hair color. It'd better... ;-)

They sure do love sleeping by your neck. It gets a little overwhelming sometimes.

Looking cute on our kitchen table.

Cora snuggling up to the neck again... she was yelling at Shaun for waking her up.

Playing hard.

Resting well.

For a little humor.

We went and saw the lady who is playing our ceremony music Friday. When she played the processional song I started crying. Haha. But it was all good. I also went and took pics of the way that our room is decorated. It 'goes' with everything that we had planned so far. Yay! Also stopped at Country Inn & Suites. I was very underwhelmed by Trista, the front desk lady that was working. She was extremely unhelpful. Hopefully my guests won't have to deal with her!

Friday night we went to Menomonie for Senior Shows. Next semester I am pretty sure that I am going alone. Or at least without Shaun. He does nothing but drive me nuts the entire time we're there. And when I see old friends and I stop and talk to them I get nothing but attitude. But it was also fun because we picked Andrea up at the MOA and picked up Cory in Meno and met Andrea's bf Brandon @ El Patio. So now my mexican craving is fixed for a while. :) Then we all went to the shows and then had a drinky at The Market.

Yesterday we had X-Mas at the Johnson's. It was a good time. Today we had it for the Sprouls' side. We had great food and got to watch all of the little kids opening their presents. My little cousins are the CUTEST! :)

Tomorrow mom and dad are coming down for my next dress fitting. My mom needs to be there so she knows how to lace me up into my corset back dress!

Also, (and I'm SO SUPER EXCITED FOR THIS, haha) we're flying to Milwaukee! I know, just a little puddle jump, but I haven't been in an airplane since Senior year of high school. It costs $150 with tax for two round trips. Not bad at all. It'd be a shame to have to pass that up. It turns a 6 hour drive there into a 1hour 20min flight and an hour's ride. Ditto on the way back, but that's regularly a 7 hour drive. Awesomeness. :)