Updates!!

OK!! I think I am FINALLY making some progress on this whole wedding thing. These past two weeks have been great for wedding details! Everything is coming together nicely and I cannot wait to see the final product in June. I still cannot belive it is already 2009 and I am getting married this year, it seems unreal. I am so excited that I get to be married to Austin. He is the greatest person I have ever met and I have never been as happy as I have been the last 3 years that I have known him.



Anyways. We have officially picked out the bridesmaids' dresses and they are the most perfect color ever. If you want to take a lookie at them here is the website (http://www.watters.com/product.php?style=4912), and they will be in Tropical Jade. I think they are going to turn out so cute in person and I cannot wait to see them on everyone! I hope you like them as much as I do! I cannot wait to find the perfect flowers to go with them! Along with getting dresses last week, I also picked out Jayci, the flower girl's, dress. I am excited to see it on her! I also picked out what shoes I want. They have a bow on the back, rinestones on the front and they are super cute!!!!! I am going to feel like a princess walking down the aisle.



This morning, my mom and I went to Callies house to pick out what type of plates I wanted and some other kitchen goodies. We found some really cute stuff and we picked out some things that we wanted to see samples of and I will have to go back when they come in to check them out and I hope I love them, which I'm sure I will! We decided to go with white plates and primary colors for the accessories. I think it is going to be super cute and I will have many fun parties at my house! You are all invited!



After Callis House, my mom and I went to Dillards to look at bedding. I think I have found what I want and I think I'm going to do Blue and White in the bedroom and Red in the Bathroom. We will see how that progresses and lets hope it doesn't change!!! I'll keep yall updated as this goes on!!!



Oh and I don't remember if I said anything, but we picked a honeymoon spot. WE ARE GOING TO THE BAHAMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you just imagine me laying out under those palm trees??

Bridesmaid dress....

Hey Everyone! I know it has been a while again since I have written anything. I just get so busy I don't think about it all the time. Well since last time I wrote, we ordered a potential bridesmaid dress and it turned out all wrong, color wise. Its more of a sea foam green when I wanted more of a teal color. The dress is super cute and I like it, we just don't know what to do about the color. We are thinking maybe go pick out the fabric ourselves and then get someone to make a dress like the one we got from jcrew. We will see how it goes and I will keep everyone posted. I'm so glad I am close to home... actually living at home.... and I can start making other decisions and go see poeple and I can start putting this wedding together! I can't wait to start looking at flowers and food, this is going to be so much fun. I cannot believe it is coming up so soon. Less than 5 months away I will become Mrs. Brent!!!!

I cannot wait for us to start pre marital counseling because we will also be looking for a house/condo/townhouse/apartment for us to start our lives in. Austin will be done with school in May so he will have to live wherever we pick starting in May and then I will move in after hopefully the honeymoon. It is going to be such a crazy year and I just can't wait!!! We still haven't decided on a honeymoon spot because at first with the MCC teacher certificate program I was going to have class on the weekend of the wedding and the weekend of the honeymoon, so Austin did not want me missing class so we were thinking (he was thinking, not me) about waiting a little bit for the honeymoon, I wanted to go right after since MCC said I would be ok missing those days. Anyway, I changed programs and I am now doing my teacher certificate through Region 12 and so I will be done by the wedding and hopefully we can now go on a honeymoon... I cannont wait to be on the honeymoon, laying on the beach all day! Maybe I just can't wait because its cold today! I am sitting under my covers with a blanket over my shoulders. I'm ready for summer weather!

I finally graduated and it feels so good. We had a graduation party on Sunday and it was so much fun. My family was there, Austin's family came, and also Lynnsay's family came and it was a blast! I went to target yesterday to get thank you cards then I came home and wrote them all. It feel so good to get things like that done and not have them hanging over your head and thinking about them all the time. I enjoy marking things off my to do lists.

Well I cannot think of anything else at this point. I will just keep everyone posted on wedding details as they arise and I will keep you posted on honeymoon spots too.

The New and Old Year

Well, I haven't been good in keeping up with this thing. I didn't even know anyone else was keeping up with it until my dad said something about it. The year 2008 is now behind us and it has been such a crazy year. So much has happened in my life and I can't believe this year is going to be even more crazy.

This past year I got engaged and finished up my last and most stressed out semester ever at Texas A&M and it feels so good! Whoop... for graduation!!!

Even though my hat fell off on stage right after I shook the President of A&M's hand; I did not trip or fall and that's what I was more worred about. We went on a couple vacations; Austin and I flew to Colorado to spend some time with our friend Blake right before school started in August and then we also went on a family trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In Colorado we went white water rafting and hiking in the mountains. In Florida we went deep sea fishing and I caught a shark. We decided to get it mounted so hopefully one day we can hang it over a pool table. Also Austin and I took a trip to Spring, TX by Houston to play with Hurricane Ike and it was definitely an experience to say the least.

Most recently we got a puppy; Mia. Well her full name which is on her collar is Mia Jo Brent. She is the cutest thing ever but she is a nightmare all at the same time. She is not house trained and it is very hard to teach her the things that I want her to learn. Waking up in the morning EARLY is the hardest thing for me and she loves to be up early. Starting out she was up at 5 in the morning, now she is sleeping in until about 9:30am. It is getting better. She is so much fun to have around because she is very playful. That pretty much sums up this past year....

Here's to the next year! The biggest thing to happen this year is I AM GETTING MARRIED! I cannot wait and I think it is going to be the best thing ever! Also this year Austin and I will be getting our first real jobs and buying our first place to live! It is going to fly by and it is going to be one adventure after another but with Austin by my side I know it will all turn out great. So many people are getting married this year; we have one wedding after another to attend.

Not much has been going on with the wedding. Since I am now done with school much more planning will be happening. I will actually be going to places and making final decisions now that I will be living back in Temple. Flowers will be done along with food for the reception and so on. I cannot wait for this wedding to be here and it is going to be so much fun picking everything out and watching the wedding come together. I will keep everyone posted as the planning continues!!

WHOOP! GO Ags!

So I just got back from the A&M Colorado game. It was a pretty good game. We were losing at the half but came back in the third quarter. We were winning the entire last half. The ending score was 24-17, WAY TO GO AGS!!!

As far as wedding goes, we have booked the cake makers; one more thing out of the way. We have spent the last few nights trying to get settled on a honeymoon spot. We are thinking more along the lines of Tahiti or Bora Bora now instead of the original Maldives. I still really want Maldives but we just think it's too far away and too expensive, but if you have ever seen pictures; it takes my breath away, it is the most gorgeous place on this earth. Also, me and Mom have been starting to work on shower dates. I can't wait to have all my showers for the wedding, they are all going to be great and so much fun!

Me and Austin are getting anxious for Election Day. We have decided that if Obama gets President, we are moving to Australia. We are thinking something bad is on the way if Obama gets President and we just don't want to be here for that. Oh well, we will just have to see how it will all play out. Go McCain!!

Wierd Weekend!

So, this was a super weird weekend for me. Last week my mom and I decided that we were going to leave pregnant Belle with my dad and we were going shopping at The Peddlers Show in Rosenberg, TX. My plans were for my mom to just come pick me up on the way since I was in College Station and it's between Temple and Rosenberg, then I would stay in Temple for the rest of the weekend and ride home with my brother since Belle was supposed to have her puppies on Sunday and I wanted to see them.

Friday morning, my dad was text messaging me asking me all these crazy questions about what my day schoolwise was like and what time I got done with classes that day. This was really wierd and I was wondering what was going on. Not long after I got a picture message from my mom with a picture of three little puppies. Belle had her puppies Thursday night and they weren't going to tell me; that way I wouldn't be distracted from school. Me and Austin quickly changed our plans and headed to Temple Friday afternoon.

We met Mom, Dad, HB, Jordan, Justin, Jayci and Jackson at BJs for dinner. Then we headed to the house to play with the puppies. The puppies are the cutest things I've ever seen!!! They are so precious and tiny. I held them as much as I could in my short visit. Saturday me and Mom went to The Peddler Show and got some good Christmas shopping done. Saturday night for my dad's birthday, he opened presents and then we went out to eat at Mr. Gatti's. That night late we got a phone call that Karla, my cousin, had her baby, TWO WEEKS EARLY! After church today we went and ate lunch at Olive Garden, went downtown to vote, and headed to the hospital to see the baby. It is a Boy, Jack Whitmire Neidhart. He weighed 7lbs and 7ozs. He is a beautiful baby!! Im so glad I got to be there to see him while I was in town.

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend, wierd, but wonderful. Belle having puppies 2 days early, and Karla having her baby 2 weeks early. Now here come my 4 tests this week, and I have TONS of studying to do!

Save The Date

Well we officially have all the save the date magnents in and the cards to send with them and the will be going out soon. I hope everyone loves them; I think they are super cute! We have frantically been trying to get all the people's addresses that we want to be at the wedding, and it is hard to get eveyone to their computers to respond. I think we pretty much have all the addresses we need and we can finally send them out!

School today was a long day. Having two field trips and more cancelled classes last week made me real lazy and this week is going to feel super long. I have been doing pretty well in my classes. I should be where I need to be with grades and I should meet my goal of graduating in December. I would be so upset if this didnt work out. It would ruin all my plans.
I cant believe October is almost over. Next Thanksgiving, and then CHRISTMAS! I cannot belive how time is flying. It is just unbelievable. Me and my mom are headed to Houston next weekend to attend the Peddlers Show to do a little early Christmas shopping. It is going to be so much fun. Also next weekend, Belle should be having her puppies and hopefully they will have enough personality for me to pick my puppy out.

I have been talking to my dad a lot lately about my shark. (For those of you who dont know, I caught a shark when we went to Florida, and I sent it off to get mounted.) We decided to get it as a ceiling mount where it can hang from the ceiling and have the whole shark. I figured one day when me and Austin get a house, we want to have a pool table and hang the shark over it.

Crazy School

Today is the end of a crazy few weeks. I have a few crazy weeks ahead of me as well. I've been trying to stay organized, I only have about 7 weeks left of school until I graduate. I am trying to stay focused on what I need to be doing for the next weeks to come. After Thanksgiving, I will no longer have Thursday classes and I think this is just what I need. My teachers on my Tuesday Thursday classes are taking a three week trip to Iraq to spread tourism there. We will not be meeting for my one class from the week before Thanksgiving until December 12th which is the date of the Final for the class. My other class will still meet the week before Thanksgiving and then after the holiday, we wont meet until December 10th for that final. My online class also gets done at the end of November so thats another class taken care of.

Austin and I have been trying to make decisions about the wedding, we finally decided on a first dance song, and reception gifts; I have decided on what I want my hair to look like and a starting look for my flowers. We still haven't decided on a color yet, so that makes it hard to find dresses for my bridesmaids. We are still trying to find a place for the Honeymoon!! We are pretty set on Maldives but we have not been able to find which place in Maldives we want. I will keep you updated when the details come about.

I had the pictures on here, but Austin did not think it was a good idea, so you will just have to wait for the wedding!!!!

Wedding Planning

I enjoy reading Mary Beth's blog so much that I decided that I would also do one to keep everyone posted on how the wedding planning is going so far. So, I'm in the middle of wedding planning at the moment. It has been pretty stressless at this point, but I know things will get crazy as the time passes and the wedding gets closer. During the summer while I was home with my mom, we got the church, reception place, rehersal dinner location, bridesmaids all set, groomsmen all picked, ushers, flowergirl, and ringbearer all decided. At a family party I revealed that my sister Jordan will be my Matron of Honor, Cousin Brittany and Cousin Mary Beth will both be bridesmaids, Jayci my Flowergirl, and Jackson as Ring Bearer.

Arielle later learned over the phone that she is a bridesmaid and will be singing in the wedding. I went and visited Paige and Catherine, some of my college friends and Kappa sisters, and they found out they will be joining the bridesmaid crew. Also while in Austin this weekend we went wedding dress shopping and found my dress and purchased it! Such an exciting event and I'm glad Paige and Catherine and my mom of course were there to share the experience with me. It was such a relief to finally decided and buy the dress of my dreams. Next on the list of things to do is to pick out our first dance song and honeymoon location.