Two weeks!

As of today John and I have been married for two weeks! We're both still so excited and happy! It makes me laugh because when you have a birthday everyone asks if you feel older, and the answer is always no. But when people have asked me if I feel different now that Im married, I have to say yes! Its a wonderful feeling going from "girlfriend" and "fiance' " to Wife. I never could have imagined that I would be this happy, and I feel like I have coat hanger stuck in my mouth from smiling so much lol.

We're doing great. We've started looking for a bigger apartment since we got home. I came to the realization while unloading our gifts (which I still havent finished doing because I'm a slacker) that we have no room to put anything! We will probably stay in the apartment that we are in for at least 6 more months, but its fun to look anyways!

At the moment Im lying in bed while John and our two cats slowly take it back over. This is a common occurance around here lol.

The calm after the storm

Just a quick update for everyone. Were back in Fresno, the wedding rocked, the honeymoon= not so much, but I'll go in to more details later. As soon as I have some good pictures to put up I'll bore you all to death lol. Thanks to all the family and friends who were able to show up! We loved having you there and we both wish we would have gotten just a little more time with each of you. Hopefully pictures will be up in the next week or so. If you would like to see a sneak peek, head on over to to our photographer's website by clicking here. Come on! I know you want to. Just click on the link for her blog and start scrolling down. You cant miss us. Hope you all enjoy and I'll yack at you again soon!

Mrs. Thornton

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!