the wedding {marriage is like golf}.

one of mckay's best friends, andy, got married on friday june 25th, 2010.  the wedding was what brought us to utah for the weekend. we left new york on wednesday night, the flight was scheduled to leave at 7:15pm.  luckily we weren't airborne until 9:15pm... the more time i get in those super roomy, comfy delta chairs, the happier i am. 

thursday we relaxed, did a little shopping at gateway, mckay got a haircut, we bought 4 bags of groceries for $24.00 {might have been the most exciting part of the trip, love utah!}, met up with the other two of the four best friends, and went to a pre-wedding bbq.

friday was the big day. the boys went golfing. andy opted out of the rehearsal because it interfered with his man outing. i was more than amused and had to wonder how my mother would handle such a groom. while the boys golfed i met up with one of my best friends from high school and spent the afternoon with her. then it was off to the wedding that evening.

here is one of the few pictures taken on my camera this weekend. think, "here comes the bride..."

kevin is wearing the sunglasses and joe is on his right. they were both super fun and nice and hilarious. i really enjoyed meeting them and spending a few days with mckay's friends. the wedding was at 5pm and it was a million degrees outside. everyone was dripping. sick.

a nice dinner reception followed-i was {practically} forced to go stand with the "single ladies" to try and catch the coveted bouquet and secure a future of wedded bliss {i really hate this tradition}. sadly, the bride threw it just out of my reach and some sweet 18 year old caught it. she's thrilled and mulling over color schemes, flowers & venues...

saturday i watched lots of soccer. ate pizza. and bread sticks. played othello with mckay {and i won... he let/helped me}... it was a lazy saturday.

the highlight of the weekend comes next, once i get some pics from my mama.

i saw them this weekend.

take 1

take 2

take 3

we laugh a lot. sometimes it makes it hard to get a cute picture, but we manage.

i had the best week/weekend. i'll share later, when i have more than two hours of sleep on my side.

saturday was regan's 19th birthday & today is my mom's 29th birthday.

happy birthday to two of the sassiest/prettiest/wittiest ladies i know.

i love my sisters & mama.

friday i'm in love.

DO YOU SUPPOSE IT'S SINFUL FOR US TO THINK SO MUCH ABOUT OUR CLOTHES? MARILLA SAYS

IT IS VERY SINFUL. BUT IT IS SUCH AN INTERESTING SUBJECT, ISN'T IT?

anne shirley

frills, florals and ruffles.
it's what my dreams are made of.
{anthropologie}.

yay for friday!
it was a ssslllooowww week.

We're so that 70's show!

One day I threw a birthday party for Mckay {28!}.  It was a 70's Soul Train theme & I'd say it was a success.

Here's a quick recap:

What I did: 1. Ran around like a mad woman trying to get everything taken care of. The party was kind of last minute [invites on Thursday, party on Saturday night], and unfortunately I did not have a disco ball, helium tank, funny pants, disco music, or ugly colored balloons on hand. 2. Baked a cake & bought a purse, the purse was to offset the stress of baking/planning/executing/cleaning and all that. 3. Partied until 1am with awesome friends. 4. Left a really big mess at Mckay's house.

What I learned: 1. Don't inhale helium on an empty stomach. Or ever probably. It might cause you to get tinglies all over your body and fall to the floor/faint when you were trying to be funny and talk to boyfriend [over the phone] in helium induced squeaky voice. 2. The Hustle!!! Alli taught us, it's super easy and cool. Except when she tries to make Mckay and I do it together and I have to go opposite him and get so confused. 3. Party planning is kind of crazy but mostly the best.

Who I loved: 1. The birthday boy. 2. Alli and April who helped me so much in preparation. They were lifesavers and made party prep so fun and entertaining. 3. All the awesome guests who came dressed up in their 70's best. 4. All the guests who came dressed in their regular clothes. 5. My parents when they didn't get mad at an accidental phone call at 3am.

What we ate: 1. Carrot cake with dulce de leche frosting, thank you Joy the Baker. {He barely got all 28 candles blown out, it was a big job}. 2. April's yummy coconut bunt cake. 3. Trader Joe's ginger snaps & chocolate chip cookies, they were a disappointment.

What we watched: 1. 45 seconds of Saturday Night Fever. I thought it would be a great idea to rent it and watch the disco scenes and copy their sweet dance moves. So Mckay puts the DVD in, John Travolta is cruisin' down the street enters the dance club, all is well, we're eager to learn, and then... a lovely lady is dancing TOPLESS & a room full of party go-ers see it all. It was embarrassing/hilarious. We laughed. And then decided to forgo my great plan. 2. Random Soul Train clips on YouTube.

What I wore: 1. Ridiculous/wonderful/apple-heart "lounge pants" I found at my favorite antique store. Did people really dress like that? I will say, they were super comfy. 2. hoochie hoops so big I could wear them as bangles {not pictures because I felt like they were ripping my ears off}. 3. Themed parties are no small deal, we had awesome outfits all around. Josh's outfit {he's wearing the snug women's polka dot shirt} might have have been my favorite, and he had serious dance moves to boot.

the weekend.

went to the park with the munchkin. it was sunny and bright, we packed a picnic lunch, took a walk, played on the swings, read my book, and met new friends & a dog. i invented a game called "run to that tree over there as fast as you can and i'll time you!", she thought it was wonderful and wanted to play over and over and over again-until sweat was beading on her little forehead & i was extremely amused {simple pleasures for us both}. the baby drank her entire sippy cup AND was completely tuckered out for nap time. that is success. i didn't mean to cut our heads off... but look at her cute lips and dress!

had dinner with these girls. i love them a lot. whitney is leaving us in just a few weeks and we are so sad. then alli is taking off the end of june. lex and i will be out here for a while yet. over the past 10 months we've had our girls night dinners fairly regularly and it's been so fun. schedules are crazy and because we were nervous this would be our last one, it lasted for a long time. 5 am. yep. had dinner, went to alli's house & reverted back to middle school. {nail polish, gossip, magazines, junk food}. luckily- we're all {kind of/temporarily} utah girls and once we leave the east coast it won't be the end. btw- we're spelling "love" with our hands. cheesy? maybe since some high school kids were making fun of us in the park for it, the answer is "yes".

finished the book "wuthering heights" by emily bronte. regan recommended it to me, and it did not disappoint.  it's a love story, although you can hardly call it that, more like an anti-love story of twisted obsessions, thwarted longing, and endless misery that result from the meeting of the gypsy orphan boy heathcliff and the young aristocrat catherine. it was captivating and so full of beautiful imagery.

this was my favorite passage:

"He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it."

& this one too:

"He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine..."

so exquisite, isn't it?

happy memorial day!

a really good day, a really bad outfit.

Ever heard of the Hell's Kitchen International Food Fair?

I hadn't. Luckily, Alli has a special book that tells us about fun things to do in the city.

And Saturday we checked it out.

So overwhelming and incredible. A bazillion booths of crafts, treats, snacks, clothes, jewelery, and amazing food. My favorite was the "teas and spices" table. It was lovely- my heart wished my Mom was with me, she would have appreciated it.

It was a hot day, 75 degrees and humid. I had on jeans and a black shirt. I had to buy a cheap $15.00 tie-dyed sun dress from a vendor and change my clothes in the middle of the fair, literally, in the middle of the fair.

As discreetly as I could; which was not very.

Got a few looks, but it was so worth it for those few miserably hot hours.

My outfit was priceless. Every time I looked down I had to laugh when I saw my floral tennis shoes, tie-dyed dress, and funny sun hat.

I secretly loved it.

We met up with my friend Gunnar that afternoon, he was in town for an interview.

Thought it would be fun to take a little trip down to Coney Island.

Ate a hot dog-first one in years-but I figured I had to, it being Coney Island and all.

We lazed in the sand, Gunnar built a funny something with his lemonade cup, we laughed, chatted, reminisced and watched all the silly people.

Coney Island is ghetto, like, Oakland ghetto {fyi}. You should see it sometime, it's comical & wonderful.

That night we stayed in Brooklyn for dinner.

Mckay drove down and met up with us after his 8 hours of studying {ouch!}.

We ate at a cute Italian place.

It's sad when a good day comes to an end...

& it was a really good day.

{a blurry cell phone picture of my outfit. i sent mckay a text asking

 him to "please match me for dinner".  in reply, "i can't match you

 for dinner". i guess if he could, it would be a nervous situation.

1 crazy person per relationship please.}

Boston in 26 pictures

Mckay's brother Jared was in Boston this weekend for some conferences so we took a fun little road trip to spend a few days with him.

This is what we did:

Saturday afternoon we drove the three hours to Boston. I got so sad when we missed the "Welcome to Massachusetts" sign, darn.  We arrived at our hotel at 5:30pm and met up with Jared {i was nervous, but he wasn't so scary}.  After everything was settled we walked The Boston Freedom Trail for a few hours and saw a plethora of awesome historical sites-

Old graveyards, statue of George Washington in a pretty park, Samuel Adams' grave, The Old South Meeting House {where Samuel Adams gave the signal that started the Boston Tea Party}, Feneuil Hall and the North & South Markets and the site of the Boston Massacre.

Then we had dinner at a yummy Italian restaurant on the North side of Boston.

After all of the walking we were beat-we made it back to the hotel, ate some pastries, and went to bed.

The next morning Jared was off early for more lectures & we got to sleep in. I called my Mom and Grandmas to wish them a happy mother's day, lots of love in my heart for each one of them.  We finally got out the door and bought trolley passes to finish our tour of Boston.  Mckay went shopping with me on Newbury St. {it's love} and we bought fresh fruit for breakfast at a fruit stand.  My favorite part of our trip was the Battle of Bunker Hill Monument.   It was built between 1827-1843 and we climbed all 294 steps to the top! My legs were jello after that, but the view was lovely and so worth it.   

We consumed a frillion calories between the three of us from Mike's Pastry; cannolis, Boston cream pies, cream puffs, chocolate and pb cups, and other disgustingly deliciously rich treats.

We saw Samuel Adams' house, the oldest preserved house in Boston.  We drove through Cambridge and over the Longfellow Bridge.  And last on the agenda was the Red Sox/Yankees game at Fenway Park.  In the freezing cold.  Which meant lots of snuggling, even more unnecessary food consumption {steaming clam chowder, hot dogs, hamburgers, pretzels & diet coke}, an overpriced $50.00 sweatshirt to keep warm, and leaving during the 6th inning because we couldn't take the cold.

After the game we said goodbye to Jared and had a very late drive home Sunday evening.

It was a super fun, albeit short, road trip! Boston is such a cool place with tons of history, I would love go back for a longer stay. 

I am having issues...

Serious issues. This morning I woke up and it was raining. I feel like that automatically makes for a lazy day.  So instead of getting out of bed, I just pulled my computer up onto my lap. Checked e-mail, went to blog, went to friend Rach's blog. Noticed that her blog roll updates according to latest post. Which is convenient because she just clicks on the top ones to see new posts, instead of clicking on all of them [like me] to see who has posted something new.  I decided I really liked that, no brainer, right? Next, I spent way too much time turning my "link list" into a "blog roll".

At this point I have my "link list" and "blog roll" both on the side of my blog. Obviously repetitive and taking up excess space, but I almost let them both stay-to serve two purposes. 1 To be easily updated via the blog roll and 2 the link list looks so much better! The blog roll is not centered with my other thingys [notice that please], the font is different, the font is bold, and the fact that it's not alphabetized [& I know that's kinda the point] is KILLING me. I miss my perfectly organized link list. Sigh... Some lazy Saturday morning in the future I might just change it all back. For now I just needed to vent. This really is giving me abnormal levels of anxiety.

Luckily, this regret and confusion and my momentary lapse in organization and conformity is short-lived because today I'm leaving for Boston! Stay tuned for those adventures.

Regretfully yours,

Sloppy blogger.

{This picture just makes me feel better about life}