Lucky Green.

Wow it has been awhile since I have written in our blog! I have lots to catch everyone up on. Let's start with a few pictures from the lovely holiday of St. Patrick's Day. Being a graduate from Rolla, dating a man who has Irish roots in him, and seeing that the majority of my friends are Catholic, really give me no other reason to not celebrate this oh so wonderful holiday! Bryan and I hope to accompany our good friends, Stacey and Zac for a St. Pat's trip to Ireland one of these years! Here are a few of my favorites from the weekend and the day of! Love.

Must Haves.

I recently received a "Friends and Family 30% Off Entire Purchase" coupon through email from one of the girls for Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Gap. Now, for all my readers out there, take a moment to take a deep breath, I have not shopped since Black Friday. This is big seeing shopping is one of my loves in life...Bryan is the first, no worries. Anyways, this Friday, I am rewarding myself for a hard week at work and studying for my biology test (which I should be doing now...oops) and go for a small shopping trip to Old Navy! Here are some of my favorite finds I came across that I have my eye on! The yellow dress I found on Victoria Secret's website, but for cheaper at Old Navy, I would like to wear for one of our engagement pictures outfits. The other dress and flats I am just in love with the colors, but we'll see when I get there. For now, I can daydream about shopping on Friday! Wish me luck as I get back to studying tonight and taking this lovely test tomorrow after work! Much love.

To Have & To Hold.

So, I must say I came across the cutest dish for the ring bearer to hold our rings. I found it on here, and I am thinking about purchasing it! Not only is it simple, but useful for after the wedding; we can use it as a jewelry dish for the dresser or by the bed. Or, save it and pass it down when our kids get married one day! Basically, this ring bearer dish = I love it. Love.

DIY Table Numbers.

So, for this entire post, I am giving credit to my good friend, Emily! I think this idea for table numbers is brilliant, fun, and meaningful to use for our wedding. Also, I should give credit to Mrs. Lovebird from www.weddingbee.com (awesome, awesome wedding website thanks to Emily again) who has given us the idea of "DIY Table Numbers!" So, as you all know, Bryan and I live in KC, but home is StL to us and always will be. Now, how awesome would it be to take pictures at all our favorite places in KC and in StL during the spring and summer, place numbers over the pictures, and then use them as our table numbers rather than having someone else do them. It's fun, easy, crafty, and a fun thing for Bryan and I to do together! We can take the pictures to a nearby Walgreens or Target to get developed for cheap, and go to Micheal's to get the supplies. I am LOVING this idea! Plus, it gets to show the fun and goofy side of Bryan and I. I haven't asked my dad yet, but hopefully, he can take the pictures in StL since he is AWESOME at it! And, we can have a friend (Martha...she LOVES taking pictures) or have my mom and dad come for a visit up here and take them in KC (we can show them lovely KC while we are at it). I have posted some pictures below to give an idea! Thanks again, Em!!! Love.

They Said Yes Part II

I wish Mother Nature would grace us with the lovely weather we were blessed to have last week! All day, in KC, it has been rainy and gloomy, and to our luck will be getting colder. But, I know Spring is bursting with excitement to show up and stay for awhile, so I will remain patient waiting for the lovely weather again! Hopefully, it is warm enough on Saturday for the St. Pat's parade in StL! I can't wait!!!

Cute fiance's groomsmen have all said YES! So, we officially have our wedding party. We do need to ask the ushers (who will each be one of our cousins), the flower girls (yes plural, we have too many cute munchkins to only choose one...plus they are the same age and will be four for our wedding!), and the ring bearer (who we still need to determine). Ok, so we almost have our wedding party! Haha.

Here are the groomsmen:

Best Man: Zac Mansker (Bryan's best friend from Troy)
Groomsman: Brad Lindsey (Bryan's brother)
Groomsman: Shalin Shah (My brother)
Groomsman: Jared Himmel (Bryan's cousin)
Groomsman: Sean Mahonney (Fraternity brother)
Groomsman: Dan Shelton (Fraternity brother/My big brother in Omega Sigma)
Groomsman: Ehren Leonberger (Fraternity brother)

We are going to have such an awesome wedding party!!! I can't wait! These guys mean the world to me and are like my big brothers (except for Shalin and Jared who are younger but they play the role), so to have them in our wedding party is just wonderful! Everyone of us is silly, crazy, goofy, and unpredictable, so I can only imagine the party bus ride, the pictures, and the HUGE dance party we are going to put on after dinner is over that evening! Bryan and I are very lucky to have such awesome friends and family!!! Love.

Wishing and Waiting.

It's gloomy and cold outside, so I am "waiting and wishing" for the warm weather to grace us with its presence again! I can't wait for summertime where I can read and do my homework outside on the patio or in the park! I haven't had a chance to write in quite some time...not doing good on holding to "writing three times a week." Oops. The weekend was wonderful. We hung out with some friends at a neat bar in downtown Saturday night and Sunday, we had our date day; we saw Slumdog Millionaire-great movie and afterwards went to the Melting Pot for happy hour! I did a lot of studying this weekend seeing as I have a test this Thursday in biology...ew! Please do a prayer for me that day...we are expected to know NINE weeks worth of material. Lovely. Thankfully, I have an awesome fiance who is willing to come over every night to help me study! I'm sure he could take the test after the studying we are about to embark on...too bad he couldn't. Tests = high anxiety for Shefy. Haha. Only two and half more years to go! YES! I keep telling myself it will be worth it when it's over b/c I will be married and where I want to be in my career! It helps when I go on Mondays to the elementary school where I mentor...makes me realize why I am doing this even if it is going to be tough. :)

Not much has been going on in the wedding area. We are going home this weekend and possibly the next (to attend a bridal show...my first!). I'm really excited about this weekend! We are going to be celebrating St. Pat's in StL (so different from Rolla's celebration...haha) with some of our best friends, so I can't wait! Plus, I get to see the women of Bryan's mom's side on Sunday for Kelsey's bridal shower, so I am super excited about this as well! I love wedding stuff...always a happy occasion!

I wanted to post some of these pictures I found from the Bride's Cafe and Snippet and Ink's blogs of nifty/creative/cute wedding pictures! Happy Monday! Love.

Coming Together.

What a wonderful weekend. Apart from seeing some of my best gals-Sus, Jess, and Bansi-Bryan and I got to spend some quality time with my parents planning for the wedding and celebrating my dad's birthday (I love the picture!). We spent most of Saturday looking at two hotels-Hilton and Renaissance at the airport. We all loved the Renaissance. The wedding coordinator, Gene, was a hoot and a great person overall. They had a three-course tasting for us as well, which was FABULOUS considering I am a foodaholic. And, we met with an Indian woman who does the decorations for the Indian ceremony. Plus, we found out she puts flowers together for the whole wedding-ceremony and reception-at wholesale. How awesome, right? Bryan and I were going to try for the fake flowers for the wedding party and reception, but with the vibrant colors we have chosen, we might have to use real flowers. But, this woman really had everything at VERY decent prices. We are hoping to finalize on the location sometime in the next month! Once it is decided, I will write some more. So excited. It really feels like we are planning for a wedding now. We look forward to our next visit home for more wedding stuff and to see some of our good friends for St. Pat's!

P.S. Susie, one of my bridesmaids, came over Saturday morning to get measured for the Indian dress. She got to try on one of my mom's Indian dresses...all I am going to say is Bryan and I are going to have a stellar wedding party! I can't wait!

Love.