Monday, September 28, 2009

more stuff...

it's crazy to think that we've been engaged for only 3 weeks. we have gotten SOOO much done. :)

little update from last blog...

-i BOUGHT the dress today!!! :) yahoooo sooo fun.

-two out of my 6 bridesmaid have bought their dresses

-I'm now on a hunt for navy flats for all of us to wear. if you ever get bored or if you are looking for shoes yourself and see navy flats holla at me. i'm already having a hard time finding some. thanks!

-our official theme is "rooted in love...": we will be potting a plant at our wedding. I think the way it will work is for one mom add soil, one mom add the seeds, and Teddy & I add the water. does that make sense? And then at the reception we will have potted plants...soil...that kinda stuff. We might still incorporate fish, because I still like that. We will see.

-OH and I thought about for wedding favors doing the CD thing, OR give out packets of seeds. But then katie webb told me about seed paper. Basically we would pass out a piece of paper cut in the shape of a heart...and that paper is what you put in the ground to grow wild flowers. here is an example: the red part is the "seed paper" that you would just remove from the paper & grow flowers from. HOW COOL IS THAT? i love it. And plus, if we have extra I will be pumped to use them myself. :)

-Honeymoon is BOOKED. we are going to The Royal Playa Del Carmen! check out the link to see it! http://www.realresorts.com/The_Royal_Playa_Carmen/ it's so stinkin nice. We will fly out Monday morning and staying 5 nights & 6 days. sooooo excited!!!


ok enough about wedding stuff. I haven't been able to tell you how proud I am of my fiance in a while. so I will take a moment to let you know what a freakin stud he is. He has been nailing all his test with A's. Just doing sooo well in his class. He tells me how he tries to encourage other people in his class. He always is way early, showing his dedication to his job. He had a guy ask if he could go to church with teddy & i. It just shows his character & how the other guys respect him. i love him so much & so proud of his hard work. can't wait for him to be my husband!!

I'm officially going to LA in november. I'm stoked. I just need to book my tickets! The experience of working with across cultures should be challenging & fun. Plus, getting to hang out with Dena on top of that. :) :) sooo exciting! pLUS, going to LA. never been before....hope to see someone famous!! yahoooo

I feel like my life is ALLLL over the place right now. I had 6 loads of laundry to do today. I started the first load at around 12:30...its now 6:30. How many do I have done completely? none. I have one in the dryer & one in the washer. I wanted to clean my room today, but I haven't. I went to get my ring re-sized today, but couldn't. I need to get my car inspected, but I didn't. I need to call the Credit card company. Pay a bill to my old apartments. pay teddy & I's sprint bill. on top of all this, my computer is still not working correctly. Therefore, it just makes life a little bit more hectic. Oh and my room is a mess. wedding stuff EVERYWHERE, clothes everywhere, papers everywhere. I just feel like I don't know how to manage time anymore. I had today off of work, and yes I have done things. But where does time go? I haven't watched one bit of TV today, and honestly haven't been on here much either. it just drives me nuts. I want my life to get organized again...but unsure how to do that when I'm trying to work, play, plan, relax, and maintain relationships. it is HARD work and my current status in this is failed. :) i'm trying though....sorta.

one thing I do know is that my identity continually can be found in Christ. I was gently reminded of this, this past weekend at Fall Retreat. thank you Lord for that! puts my mind at ease for a little bit of time at least.

i'm out. gotta fold stupid laundry!
-Kels

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

planning planning planning

that is the story of my life currently. i feel like i'm going to sleep thinking about marriage/wedding, dreaming about, and waking up thinking about it. not just about our wedding day, but just life after.

-update, i found THE dress. I will be buying it ASAP.
-I have asked all but one of my bridesmaid to be apart of my big day
-I know what bridesmaid dresses i'm using (in picture...sry its not bigger)
-We have exact colors now :) clover green, navy and orange (not neon, but soft)
-We aren't doing a unity candle. We are either doing sand or possibly potting a plant (sounds strange i know, but it might work)
-I found a song that i love to walk down the isle to. I'm still looking though!
-engagment pictures are THIS sunday. :) even though its been 70ish degrees everyday this week its suppose to be 90 that day...great. urgh
-Trying to figure out party favors right now: possibly a CD/candy bar...unsure!
-Think i want to do cupcakes for my cake. maybe a 2 teir small cake with cupcakes around it...
-might do fish in our centerpieces...orange ones :) that equals less flowers, more greenery & a fish. sounds fun to me!
-We still aren't sure who is doing our wedding, but thats ok. It will come together.
-honeymoon is still being looked into. Teddy is taking care of all that business!


Teddy & I just started reading Love & Respect...what an incredible book. it's perfect for our relationship, and probably would be perfect for yours too. if you are in a relationship (engaged/married) I HIGHLY suggest it & I'm only one chapter in. it's great. :)

In other news: Dena is coming to visit me in TWO weeks. how freakin exciting!!!! She will fly in on a Thursday & fly out Tuesday night. It's the fall break for tech, so I have monday & tuesday off work. it's wonderful!!! Oh & there is a possibility that I might go to a conference for CRU in LA...therefore, get to see dena AGAIN! And then she will be back for my wedding considering that she is a bridesmaid. So that means seeing each other 2 times in the span of 6 months...maybe 3. yahooooooooooooooo

Friday, September 11, 2009

i'm ENGAGED!


OK, wow it's been a while. First off all if you want to read about how we got engaged you can go to our wedding website: http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/TeddyLytle&KelliSmith


What a special evening that was. It's been one week since we got engaged & I'm STILL so excited about all this. There are so many things to do..goodness! We have our photographer so far...Brittany Strebeck (http://www.brittanystrebeck.com/). This afternoon I went to go look at places with my girls. We only went to one place called The Legacy. It's an old presbyterian church that the YMCA bought & remodeled. I really like it. But, it was the first place.


As far as colors go...I'm still not 100% about anything. I think i'm leaning more toward Kelly's green, burnt orange, and navy. It's my room colors, but my eye is drawn to those colors whenever I'm looking at wedding stuff. We will see! :) Nothing else has been set...well except that we will have our wedding in the afternoon (2:00pm). This allows people to drive back to wherever to get back to work on Monday.


I will try to keep this up to date on details and what not. But we will see how well I do...


Ok--back to my last post. Katie & Taylor came to visit me. What a wonderful time we had together. They missed being here for the engagement by one weekend, but thats ok. Something that I thought about that was interesting is that fact that I was with Taylor the weekend before she got engaged & she was with me the weekend before I got engaged. Katie is next for that to happen to. :) ha! Anyways, we had so much fun together. I CAN'T WAIT to see them in 6 months for the wedding!


Alrighty--i'm exhausted & I think going to take a nap. We are going on a double date tonight with our favorite young married couple Calder & Ceri! I'm excited!! :) :)
-Kells

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

love is in the air :)


yep, i can officially...out in the open say i love teddy. it's such a freeing thing knowing that I can declare it to the world. yes, he wanted to wait to until he proposed & I wanted to wait too....but the first time he told me was PERFECT. i cried. ha! it's been 2 weeks now that our "love" has been out in the open. it feels so good to tell him daily that i love him...and know that I mean it with every part of me. i love that we waited an entire year of dating before those words were muttered. i just think its special for our relationship. anyways, love you baby :)

i will write more about what is going on & has been going on in the next couple of days. :)

-Kells