el dorado royale

here are a few pictures of our honeymoon destination!

let's celebrate!

justin surprised me on valentines day at work with roses! he got to come into my classroom and meet my kids...too bad it was nap time ;) that night he cooked me a delicious dinner and we had chocolate fondue for dessert. our original plans were to go to the melting pot, but we didn't want to be out on the busiest night of the year there. so we are going to go one of the upcoming weekends. this past weekend my grandpa came over to help us build some shelves and work benches in our garage for storage. he also did a bunch of little things inside too-he's such a handy man! my dad also came over and helped us paint our extra bedroom, and we began the hallway too. i can't wait to finish painting....anyways, this valentines day marked a year since we have been engaged...it's gone by so fast. we always say it feels like we've been dating for a week. i guess time really does fly by when you're having fun! :)

justin and i had a wonderful weekend working on our house. we went to home depot to purchase some closet organizational materials to clean up our chaos. it was a really fun trip...it's funny when the thought of shopping at home depot (the man mall) excites you. justin did a great job putting everything up and now everything fits into place. we also found time to see a movie and relax together. it was great. now back to reality...work!

patriots lose!

justin and i had a bet over the superbowl and of course, i won! he bet that the patriots would beat the giants by a million and if he won-i had to buy him chipotle. of course i knew the giants would win because you always root for the underdogs!! looks like we're going to chipotle for dinner honey and it's all on YOU! oh yea! :)

just breathe.

it's really hit me in the last few weeks that we are actually getting married, after so many years of talking about it, it is actually coming to life. even though we had a long engagement with still a few months to go, i am really glad we decided to wait until this summer. it allowed us to take time with our plans and really enjoy the engagement phase, which i have heard is one of the best times of your life! i think once the wedding is over i will really miss the planning phase, and justin more than me! (haha)...i have enjoyed every second of the planning process, but am starting to get nervous as the time goes on. there is so much left to do still and the weeks are flying by!

honeymooners!

we just received more honeymoon information from our travel agent so now i am in the mood to be in mexico! we are honeymooning at el dorado royale, an adults-only resort that won the four diamond award. it was voted best all-inclusive resort worldwide! they have 8 five star resteraunts, 2 of my favorites...sushi and fondue, and 12 bars...plus 24 hour room service. Besides that they have burger joints, a pizza place, italian, mexican and a healthy bar (like we are going to visit that!) my favorite is the 'chocolate affair'. each night they dedicate an entire resteraunt to every kind of chocolate dessert you can imagine. yummy. im also excited for the honeymoon candle-lit dinner on the beach. the resort looks amazing. i'll post some pictures from their website.

more updates

so many great things are happening for the two of us. i can't even begin to describe everything that is being planned for us. jenni and meghan have taken on the role of my personal planners for everything! they have planned my bachelorette party...which happens to last a whole weekend, and we'll be flying to chicago (that's all i know, because they are very, very sneaky). i'm so thankful i have friends that care that much to plan something so special. they are also planning a honeymoon shower for me in april (again, all i know...for now ;)

beyond that i have three other showers coming up. one out of town shower hosted by justin's mom, a kitchen-themed family shower, and another shower thrown by my mom's awesome friends. i'm so excited!

justin and i had a fabulous time registering...last weekend i was in chicago and registered at the 4 story crate and barrel. i could have lasted all day. it was so fun to pick out whatever we liked and find items that would match our new home. we also registered at target and macy's...but after all our showers we'll probably have to register for more!