Wedding Shower @ Aunt Debbie's

One of the highlights of the shower was definatly the when we played the "NewlyWed Game"!

James was so quick to answer all the questions that My Cousin Sara and him had pre-recorded a few days before (without me knowing....they were good at keeping it from me). Then during my shower I was asked the same questions and I turned into a "Deer in the Headlights"! I thought to myself....OMG, Jenn get it together....it's as if every answer I could of said just left my brain....as I start getting sweaty because I'm so nervous that all eyes are on me....I just sit there and stared...ummmm....ummmm.....who would of known I was going to be so nervous?

I did finally end up getting all of my answers out after a bit of time. It was defianatly funny! I think we matched on like 2 or 3 correctly and some James answered and I thought...."wow he knows me better then I know myself".

I am so glad that they did this for our shower....it's great to have and will be such a fun memory for the furture years to look back on. I definatly love it!!

~Thanks Sara~

My Aunt Debbie threw me my Wedding Shower at her house....and the whole day was fabulous! It was of course "Hawaiian" theme and I ended up wearing one of my Hawaii dresses....you can tell that my mind has already checked out and is in Hawaii waiting for me! :)

P.S. I have not the slightest clue what I am doing with my fingers? It looks like it hurts! Weird!! LOL

Here's some fun pics from the day......

~The Whole Gang~

~Sara, Kerri, Me & Kimmy~

~Me & Uncle Jim~

~Tracy & I~

~Stacey & Me **Soon To Be Sister**~

~Me, Mom & Kerri~

~Cousin Brenda & I~

~Me & Ann~

~Me & My Sis~

~Me & Kerri with Aunt Debbie~

~Janell (plus twins) & Me~

~Aunt Sharon, Aunt Shirley, Me & Grimsbie~

~Corrine, Chris & I~

Oh and we can't forget the presents....fun, fun!!

~Cousin Brenda made me this lovely 2009 "Jamesifer A Couple Of Jeepers" award~ **I Love It**

~From Mom.......oooohhh pretty~

~From Aunt Sharon....a serving tray that matches the pictures in my kitchen~

~Neck Pillows hand made from Aunt Bev....everyone on the plane to Hawaii will be jealous~

~Janell made this for me.....I love it....it's at the top of our entry way right now~

~Pink luggage from Aunt Debbie & Grandma Bonnie.....I'll be traveling in style~

~A picture of James in I when we first started dating....from Aunt Bev~

~Saving my ribbons for my ribbon boquet~

~Aunt Sue got us the dishes we wanted....love them....Kimmy had to help me lift them they were heavy!!~

Ok.....now the next gift needs to have the story that goes along with it. :) My mom is a bit twisted at times (Love You Mom) and you can never quite know what to expect. So opening her gift I was a little worried....LOL! I opened it and saw hand towels and I thought oh good.....safe! Ummmm....not the case...right under the hand towels were these......

Tropical flavored (for Hawaii) condoms with baby diaper pins threw every one of them and a pacifier....she said that "She poked holes in all of our condom's so she could have grandbabies sooner then later" SO FUNNY!!

So of couse we all laughed.....it was great!! We have yet to use them!! :)

We can't forget the cake....nummy!!

It was such a great day and I had a blast!! Thanks to everyone for coming and sharing in my day with me and a special thanks to Aunt Debbie for going all out for the party! It was the best!!

HUGS & KISSES TO YOU ALL!!

Our Wedding Count Down!!

OMG it's getting closer.....just 2 months to go as of today April 27, 2009....I will be Mrs. James Steffey soon!! Can't Wait!!

Wedding/Reception Invites Ordered

Finally! OMG....have you ever thought about all the things that come up when you decide to order invites? Well I just happened to of have soooo many questions that came up along the way.....first off....

~ It's a destination wedding, so it does not fall into the same traditional wedding invitation category. So non-traditional, but extremely beautiful is what I picked!

~ Do I do a response card? I mean we are basically announcing our wedding and inviting everyone to the reception that will not be a sit down meal, but more or less appetizer's and such. Instead of a response card we are asking everyone to RSVP via email....in today's world this makes the most sense (and saves postage....shhhh.....). So at the bottom of my invites it says....please RSVP to my Maid of Honor and her email address. Cute!

~ Do I put James & Jenn as our names on the return address? It's pre-printed so I had to decide quick.....so many places on-line I read that we should never put our names together until after we are married. So I opted on putting "Bride & Groom".....love it!

Anywho....I have ordered them and should get them soon. I would put a proof of what they are going to look like on here, but I dont want to ruin all the fun of checking the mail. So that will have to wait. I hope I'm not behind schedule on getting them out....I think I'm cutting it pretty close!

Ball & Chain

James' friends at work decorated his cubicle space while he was out to lunch one day shortly after our return from Florida (where the engagement took place). Here' some of the pictures.....







I don't quite know what they mean by all these "ball and chain" pictures.....I mean I don't think I'm a "ball and chain"......however they did give me the best idea for our cake topper....so maybe it does fit well. LOL








James may really like this run-away-bride one....totally would never happen since to get rid of me won't be that easy.....he's my Lobster (It's a known fact that lobsters fall in love and mate for life. You can actually see old lobster couples walking around their tank, you know, holding claws.....just ask Phoebe from Friends.....Love It!!) Still so funny!!

I think the funniest part is that you can totally see James' super healthy lunch of an AMPM hotdog....nice babe!

The Yappy Couple

It's only appropriate to include our puppy Sadie J in our wedding planning. So last night we gave her, her very own Doggie Bride & Groom......

SO CUTE!! ~They even squeak~

Some how when I brought these home Sadie J knew instantly they were for her....she chased me around the house until I gave them to her.

Of course I gave her the groom first.....she looks so happy and does not seem to even care about the bride below her.......

Oh wait.....never mind....she's after the bride too.....

I'll have to keep you all updated on the out come of these Sadie Toys.....My sister think's I'm out of control with all these bride & groom goodies, but seriously you only get to do this once!!

UPDATE ON THE "YAPPY COUPLE"

April 13, 2009 ~ The "Yappy Couple" has gone missing.....both were last seen in the mouth of Sadie J, but now we are unable to find them anywhere! I've searched every room in the house.....hopefully they will pop up soon???????

SECOND UPDATE ON THE "YAPPY COUPLE"

April 15, 2009 ~ The "Yappy Couple" has been found.....behind the couch, under the window. Crazy Sadie thinks at times she is a cat and will sit in our window....I should of known. :)

Wedding Hair

To Hair Do....Or Not To Hair Do....that is the question?

So there happens to be about a million different hairstyles for weddings and I feel like I've searched them all.

Amy a good friend of mine suggested to me the other day that I should do something similiar to Lady Gaga's Hair Bow....



So I'm thinking that might be HOTT and I could probably totally pull it off with my hair, but since I dont roll around with celebrity status (although I am thinking of starting my own version of "The Hills"....I'm going to call mine "The Hill" for South Hill....of course) and it's just not Hawaiian style....I'll have to pick something different. DARN! :)

I'm thinking something like this....simply beautiful...oh and of course I need flowers....lots of pretty flowers....

Tell me what you think....or if you have any ideas! I'm just really trying to feel the whole beachy side of it....so I'm thinking down, flowing, and soft???

Wedding Ticket Frustration.....Yes More

After finally getting almost the entire wedding guests tickets figured out and scheduled correctly....it was now time to purchase Austin's ticket...the one most important thing we had been waiting on the airlines to figure everything out so we could book and finalize our trip. So last week (Friday) I called to get some prices....the price had dropped to $490....great price! So I called today (Thursday) to book and the price went up to over $700 dollars!! OMG!!

I know this is my fault I should of just booked it when it was the lower price, but me being the lovely procrastinator that I am.....I waited. So instead of admitting to myself that I should of booked it sooner....I will blame the travel lady....sounds perfect!

Uggghhh....the travel lady really should of called me and followed up, she should of told me the ticket might jump up in price, she should of done something instead of nothing! OK....I feel better now.....it's truly all her fault!

My thoughts now....what do I do? Do I wait and see if it happens to drop down again? Do I take that chance that it will raise even more? Frustration, Frustration, Frustration.....Oh did I mention I'm Frustrated?

Phew.....I feel better now!!

James "One Ring"

James had originally wanted his wedding ring to be the "Lord Of The Rings" ring....so I thought well sure you'll be the one wearing so you should have what you'd like. So this is what it would of looked like....

Of course minus the fire in the background and such. :) Then I found out after using the wonderful "wikianswers" that the ring says:

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Which is cool....I suppose for the movie, but for a wedding ring? This must be one of those "guy things" that women will just never understand......What kind of darkness? Where is it bringing us? I'm so confused by it's meaning......one ring to rule who?

So after we stopped in at just about every jewelry store you could think of....James decides on this ring. Which is the same minus the "Lord Of The Rings" saying....

PERFECT!

Jenn's "Lord Of The Rings" meaning translated:

One Ring to rule James, One Ring to help him find me,
One Ring to bring him to me and in the sunshine of our Maui Wedding bind him!

Do you think James will like it? LOL

Loose Diamond!!

Yesterday.....was a big, long day for me. I went to an appointment, had lunch with my sister and then spent a few hours shopping around the mall. I looked at the clock and thought crap it's almost 3:30...I better get home soon so James doesn't think I'd been shopping all day.

On my way home I looked down at my ring as I do often when it's sunny out because it sparkles so pretty! :) As I wiggled my hand around in the sun to make it sparkly more....I noticed....OMG one of my diamonds was moving around....maybe my eyes are playing a trick on me? So I pull over and poke at it with my nail....nope it's completely loose.

So I freak out and put it in a safe place....the bottom of my purse....real safe! LOL It seemed smart at the time. I finally get home and put it in my camera bag, much better place & softer. :)

James and I then go back up to mall that night and the ring place agrees to fix my ring at no charge. However I have to wait for a week to get it back, so now I feel naked! I still just can't believe I could of lost one of my diamonds....oh and get this the guy at the ring store being the smart ring man that he was told us that if I would of lost the diamond they would have replaced it at no cost to us.....really....well now I'm totally picking out all my diamonds when I get my ring back so I can make myself a bling, bling necklace. In the meantime to fill the void of my naked finger I'm just going to have to go Macy's and get one of those big fatty J LO rings!

Wedding Planning Comedy

This is compliments of Kyle.....one of the groomsmen. I thought it was pretty funny and sooooo James!