Happy Birthday to Me!

My birthday this year I wanted to be low key.  I guess as you get older, you don't get as excited for your birthday as you did when you were little.  Or maybe it is the fact that we are planning a wedding and didn't really feel the need to spend money.  My desk at work was decorated and I did get an iPod (thank you Brian) and two of my favorite meals for my birthday.  Mexican and Thanksgiving dinner.

Happy 4th!!

Happy Independence Day!!


Today we celebrated our independence with friends, a boat, an island and a couple thousand drunk college kids.


Mason, Stephanie, Travis and Janet picked me, Christine, Jason and Brian up at the coast guard station and we went to Masonboro Island.  Masonboro Island is know for people gathering on the 4th to drink, boat, be in the water and have a good time.  This was my second time to Masonboro Island for the 4th.  This trip reminded me why.  There are sooo many people and boats.  All of us made comments about how old we were and that we were more concerned with not getting burnt, and having plenty to eat then trying to party and have too much fun.

                    

Bachelorette Party

Last night was my Bachelorette Party.

Christine organized a great party.  We ended up going on the Haunted Pub Crawl.  We had food, beer and ghost stories.  The first stop on our pub crawl, we had some ladies that were very excited about me getting married.  As you can tell by one of them in the picture below.

  I had the traditional list of items that needed to be found throughout the night.  I pretty much checked everything off the list.  The toughest one was to find a guy with the same name as the groom and kiss him.  Who would have thought it would take all night to find a guy named Brian!

Future in-laws

Brave enough to ride the bull!

Christine, Stephanie and Me with our tour guide

Me and the girls enjoying the evening.

                                         

New Pool

This year we wanted to get us a bigger pool.  It started out we wanted just a 2' deep blow up pool and the more looked the bigger we wanted.  This is what we ended up with.  We now have a pool and Maggie has her own pool.  I must admit, it is nice to lay on a float and just float around on a hot day.

Why get a pool you ask since we live so close to the beach.  I do not like high tide.  Bad things tend to happen when I go to the beach at high tide.  And we like to go early in the morning to avoid the crowds and get a parking spot, but when we live it is still just as hot and we still want to cool off.  So that is why we have a pool.  We can avoid the crowds and have plenty of parking!

Memorial Day and Dress Fitting

I went home this past weekend for my first dress fitting.  I was able to do my dress fitting and I also got to spend some time with my family.

My dress is gorgeous, but I'm not sure how they are going to make it fit.  It is too long.  I guess I'll just keep my fingers crossed and hope that it all works out.  It has to work out because I do not have another dress that I can buy.

Since I was in town for Memorial Day we decided to have a cook out on Sunday.  It was beautiful and Christie and Luke brought over Lucas' swim pool to have him play a bit.  The well water at my parents is too cold so we ended up dumping hot water from the tap in the pool in order for Lucas to even play in the water.  I miss them already and can't wait to go back for my second fitting and my bridal shower.

Funny Maggie

This morning as Brian was getting up for work he found Maggie at the foot of our bed instead of her bed which is on my side.  Our comforter had fallen to the floor and I guess in the middle of the night Maggie decided either she was cold or just wanted to be covered up.  And people say dogs do not have personalities.

Engagement Pictures

We got our engagment pictures today.  I am so happy with them.  I can't wait until the wedding to see how those will turn out.  I have no doubt that they will be wonderful.  Erin, our photographer, is wonderful.  I hope to use her again when we finally decide to start a family.