Feeling Nostalgic

Mom and Dad, from day one you guys have always been there for me.  Whether it was a scraped knee or scraped car paint, I knew you would always know what to do.  Thank you for teaching me important values in life, for making every birthday a blast, and for forcing me go to school when I was faking sick.  Most importantly, thank you for raising me in an environment where I never doubted whether I was loved, and where I was able to come to know my Savior.  I love you!

 

I think that's Alexa, but I had to put up this pic of you Dad.

 

I'm laughing at how short my Dad's shorts are!

 

 

 

I'm pretty sure I had one of the best childhoods ever had. Thanks Mom & Dad!

A Bride's Mind

Hello,
I'm officially ready to just seal the deal already!!!!
Compared to most American weddings, Roy and I have had a relatively short engagement: Seven months.  But how do other brides do it?  One year???  Two years?????  After only seven months I feel completely done and ready to just party.  I've combed through enough bridal magazines, I've tried on enough clothes/dresses, I've ordered enough things! 
But you know, I've had it easy with Dennis and Laura covering practically everything in Oregon and my mom being a party planning guru in Arizona.  I'm lucky, really.  It's been fun to hang out with my mom and sister to make sure we have everything ready for the wedding.  This last week we went to Phoenix.

 And it's a good excuse to hang out with my girls, who are AWESOME and so incredibly helpful.

See?  Lucky.  In fact, once everything is over maybe I'll look back and really miss planning and anticipating my own wedding- the biggest day of my life.  But for now, I'm done.  I'm ready.  I really am.  I'm ready to see Roy FINALLY!  And I'm ready to eat cake, dance, and smile for billions and billions of pictures! 

P.S. My last weekend as a single woman!

Engagements

I finally got these pictures internet-friendly this week.  I thought I'd put up a few of my favorites.  Enjoy!

Our photographer had his work cut out for him.  We told him that we wanted cool outdoor shots, even though we were in Utah in the dead of winter.  Not much "cool" about dead vegetation and muddy snow piles.  He scoped out the area and finally found this little park just outside of Bountiful.  The pond and reeds were beautiful!  Also, my favorite thing about these shots is the way the light plays.

Of course we couldn't stay serious for more than three minutes.

Two weeks to go!

The Exclusive Details

My mom, sister, and I put together a detailed itinerary for all who are traveling to attend the wedding and/or receptions in Newport and Tucson.  However, I didn't just want to splash the specifics all over the public internet.  Therefore, I have made the "Guest Info" page private.  If you would like to have access, please email me at: elliotelise@hotmail.com and give me your name and email address so that I can add you. 

Thank you, we appreciate your support!

P.S. Happy 234th bday USA!  I love what Google did to represent!

Reality Check

It's been a loooong summer for me.  It seems that when anticipating an event so huge and exciting, time deliberately decides to tick by a little slower.  Or, as in my case, stand completely still.
Yet small signs have been cropping up and giving me butterflies lately.
Like these expiration dates on our milk, for example:

Yes, I did just post giant pictures of milk carton expiration dates on my blog.  But do these dates ring any bells for anyone?  Am I really weird to get excited by milk cartons? 
The point is, it turns out that in all reality time is actually still trudging forward.
It's the first day of July- at last, we are finally in the month.  I haven't been so excited since Roy and I hit our 101 days mark.  On that day Roy got me the Disney Classic 101 Dalmations on DVD, and a cute card that read "Good Luck".  Hilarious.  
And now we're 22 days and counting!