In recent news...

D & I ARE HOMEOWNERS!!!!! (huge smile)

We closed our our first house on Jan 12, 2010 in Vacaville. So far we have done so much work to make the house updated and beautiful. I cant wait to see it when its all done. The house is 3 bedroom 2 1/2 baths 2,100 sq feet & drum roll please....




With a POOL.. Ya its green when I took this pic but thats because no one took care of the pool for months since it was a foreclosure.. You just wait til you see the whole backyard in a few weeks... We can now actually see a few more steps hehe

Well that's all of the house tour pics.. More to come soon as we finish up painting. Hope you enjoyed!!!

Hello! I just wanted to share a couple pictures from wine tasting! We went with a huge group of friends the Sunday after Christmas. We had such a great time. I say we make it a tradition every Christmas.

A lot has been going on unrelated to wedding planning. When I originally started this blog I was going to blog about all things wedding. Since then life has happened and I wanted to share that along the way too. The wedding posts will become more often in the next few months as I get ready for the wedding and complete ALL the diy projects I have for myself. Only 5 more months til the wedding. I cant wait. I know I will be so busy in a couple months with showers, bachelorette party, & planning!!

In recent news....

Derek & I bought our 1st house!!! Papers were signed Friday & the keys will be in our hands first part of next week... Awesome huh?? Buying a house so soon was completely unexpected but when we saw this house we knew it was exactly what we want in a first home! The last several weeks I've been spending hours each day surfing the internet for furniture and cute decorating ideas.. I've been quite successful and I cant wait to try it all in the new house!

The buying a new house/getting a loan/decorating/picking out paint has taken over my life right now. I am so excited for the house to be ours and I know Derek and I will spend many years of wonderful memories inside those wall.. & in the backyard... hehe. I'm ready to spend a couple more weeks devoted to decorating and painting then I must get into wedding mood!!

I am so grateful for all the awesome things that are happening in my life right now. I thank God every day for allowing me to have such a great family, fiance and friends!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I cannot believe its 2010!

2009 was an amazing year for both Derek & I.. So many great memories were made and I am so grateful for all the wonderful times with our friends and families! I think back to last January & how much has changed since than... for the better!

Here are some pics to recap a great 2009!

As great as 2009 was I must say I'm so excited for all the fun, amazing times to come in 2010.

Celebrated 6 years of dating with Derek & received beautiful flowers!



I turned 21 in February!


Enjoyed being legal in bars!

Had a Happy Easter Sunday!
Went to Giants Games & was on the Jumbo Tron With Kate!!!
Celebrated at Jen Bachelorette Party in Tahoe in May!
Then went to their perfect wedding on May 15th!
Was VIP (hehe) in Tahoe with some of my best friends in June.

Celebrated my Dad & Brothers B-days in June also!



Again.. enjoyed being 21 at a bar! (this time celebrating bretts b-day)


On the way from Tahoe to Donner stopped at Emerald Bay & walked down to the waterfall.. I love waterfalls! I wanna go to Hawaii for our honeymoon and see as many waterfalls as possible!

Took a tip to Napa for the day & bought from Duckhorn wine

Enjoyed one of many Lake Days with the fam & friends!

Went on a 15 mile bike ride with the fam in Donner over 4th of July... 15 miles on a beach cruiser is a LONNNNGGG ride!
WON $1,000 ON WHEEL OF FORTUNE... where did all that money go??? humm... I dunno! Maybe Derek used some of it to buy my ring lol

Went to see Kenny Chesney
Went to Lake Almanor! One of the first pictures taken on our trip to Lake Almanor in July... 3 days before Derek asked me to marry him!

Then... on July 26, 2009 I....

Shot a glock....

Then an AR..


Then went swimming at high bridge...

Then was proposed to my the most amazing man in Lake Alamanor on a golf course bridge .. ALL in one day!

Then scrapbooked it once I got home.

Took a cute pic with Derek

Went to Tahoe again.. This time for Jen's B-day!

Went to Santa Cruz and drank lots of wine.. hehe...good thing we had Mercedes (our cab driver) to drive us back to the hotel!
I then decided that I needed a job to pay for the wedding, a house & life with Derek so I got a job at the Camiella Tea Room in Benicia... come visit me!!

Went to Fright Fest at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom with Derek Juice Jen Shannon & Matt.

Sprayed my hair black for Halloween & got some tats

Celebrated Graduating from Sonoma State University.

Had a great Christmas with my family and Derek... Sorry no picture Im to lazy to go get my camera cord and upload them right now.. maybe tomorrow!


Rang in 2010 with my best friends!

Woo.. that is alot of pictures huh? Hope you enjoyed looking at them as much as I enjoyed going back though all 5,000 pictures taken in 2009 trying to figure out which ones to post! I am so grateful for all this fun times and many more that I didn't include!

Happy 2010!!!!!!