Wow, two posts in two days!

Ok, so I only have one photo so far from my bridal shower last month, but there will be many more to come. It was on March 21st and I think everyone had a blast. The only down side of the whole thing is that I was sick so I couldnt hold all the cute kids that family and friends brought along. Otherwise, it was a great day!

We had 26 people come to celebrate, and a lot of people that I hadn't seen in a long time were there. It was great to catch up with my Aunt Linda, my cousin Ashley and my cousin Amber. I dont get to see them that often, and Amber was able to bring her beautiful new baby girl Maddy! She is such a beautiful little girl and a wonderful addition to the family!

I'll post more pictures in a few days so everyone can see how much fun the day was!

Just a quick update

Sorry its been so long since I posted anything! Im such a slacker, but things have been crazy busy! We only have 19 days left until the wedding, and we still have so much to do. I didnt realize how much planning would be happening or how much of my time it would take up! It seems like this has been my whole life for as long as I can remember!

Anyways, Im heading down to So Cal on the 18th and John will be joining me down there on the 23. We still dont have a minister to perform the wedding ceremony, but were getting close to picking one out that we like. Other then that everything is almost done. We have a whopping 97 people comming so far! I didnt think that many people would respond. It was quite a plesant surprise. I think the thing Im looking most forward to is seeing all the family together again like they used to be. Im also going to be meeting some of John's family for the first time which is so exciting! Things have fallen into place nicely, and I just feel so blessed to be marrying my best friend! John is such a wonderful man and I cant wait for all of you to meet him!

M.D.

Its been a while

I just came to realize that its been a long time since I've posted. ( November, Yikes!) I figured that you all needed an update as to our goings on around here.

So far things are great. I got another raise at work, which Im very excited about. I wish it would have been more, but in this economy it is better them most could have hoped for, so I am grateful!

John and his uncle are working on a BIG bid at work. I wont go into details with the numbers, but they have been shortlisted by the company and things are looking promising! Even if they dont get it, I am extremely proud of both of them for the amount of work they have put it.

Wedding planning is going great. We have our flowers and cake finally, and everything is falling into place. John will be going to to pick out his tux tomorrow, and thats one of the last major things we need to get done.

Life has been an exciting roller coaster for us since November. After Johns grandpa passes, we came back home and it seemed like no time at all until we were back on the road to So Cal. Here are some of the pictures from our drive down there.



WE also had a wonderful Christmas with both family's. It was the first Christmas with out John's grandpa, so things were hard on everyone. None the less, we all had great fun and even had a visit from our own personal Santa!

Artistic

Ok, so I got this link to a page where you can draw and paint with your mouse using different tools. I saw a lot of different pictures that other people had drawn so I decided to give it a shot. Mine looks more like something a 5 year old would finger paint in art class, but I had fun anyways! Let me know if you can figure out what it is.

http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?kc27st1i3ch4

Since it's the Christmas season I thought I would share with you some of my fav things to look at. Christmas lights are always nice, but I think it's just a little more special when people take the time to put on a big show just because they are in the spirit! here are some of my favorite videos that I have come across this year. John and I always look for new ones on the web, so if you happen across one feel free to send me the link!

I cant help but be reminded of August 2005.

In August of 2005 my grandfather passed away. It wasa devastating to me because I had lived with him for my entire life. HE was not only my grandpa, but one of my best friends. It may be weird for a girl of my age, 19 at the time, to call her grandpa her best friend, but I told him things that I couldnt tell my friends or my parents. I used to drive around with him and we would experence road rage together while he uttered the familiar fraise "ram in to the jerk" when some one cut me off. He always had Pepsi and butterscotch candies with him. And I still have a hole in my heart from the day I got the news that he had passes away.

Now today I find my self in that same situation with another man I have come to call
Grandpa. While he will never replace my grandpa, he was a different kind of grandpa. Everytime I talked to him I felt on the verg of finding out something completely life changing, like the meaning of life. But I was never fully able to grasp the message that he was trying to get to me. He was Sam Howard, Johns grandfather. He passed away just over four hours ago and it hurts no less now then the moment I found out that it happend. We wil be going down south on thursday to go to his memorial service. There is so much that I wish I had had time to tell him but didnt get a chance to. I wish I could have sat in the office with him one last time and just talked about buisness and chocolate. We both had a verry bad sweet tooth. He always made sure there were chocolate cookies and Hershey Kisses waiting for when we came to visit. He paid for John and I to move to Fresno so we could get back on our feet. He gave john the opertunity to learn the family buisness, but most importantly, he gave us unconditional love. Im just glad that he lived long enough to see his first great grand son be born. His oldest granddaughter gave birth to a beautiful baby boy named Dylan Patrick Steece on October 8th of this year. He was a wonderful man, and I know he was beyond proud of his children and grandchildren. His jokes were great and sometimes dirty. He didnt have to rais his voice to be heard because he new that people will shut up and listen when someone has something of importance to say. He served our contry in WWII and Korea and he served his family as the greatest husbend, father, and grandfather there ever was. I will truely will miss him, and allthough I just talked to him last tuesday, just to make sure that he had voted, I wished I would have called him yesterday just so I could say good bye.

Rest In Peace Grandpa. I love you.

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Here are 6 quirky things about me:

1)When I find something I really like to eat, Thats the only thing I will eat! Right now Im on a corn bread kick. It drives John nuts. No matter what we get at the store I'll only eat the one thing. He is adapting though. Every time he goes shopping now he orders two corn breads for my at the bakery!

2) I am slightly obsessive compulsive.I have to have all the soda cans and drink bottles facing forward, and all the food containers have to be lined up from biggest to smallest. It really, REALLY bugs me if they aren't!

3) I refuse to do my hair or makeup to go to work. I know that I need to make a good impression since I work with the public, but I can not justify spending an hour and a half getting ready just to go to work and be covered in concrete and sometimes manure... ick..

4) I hate email. I actually like sitting down and writing a regular letter. I just don't do It because I never get a letter back. Lol, everyone sends me emails saying how silly I am for sending them a letter. I'm a little old fashioned

5) I love to read! I will spend days reading my favorite book to the exclusion of everything else!

6) I always have to have a pillow with me in the car. I can not travel more then thirty minutes before my back starts hurts, so to stop that i just always travel with one. Ive even made john stop at walmart so I can buy a new one because I forgot mine at home!