Monday 27 August 2012

JB:
Hey, we're back! We're sorry we didn't get to write last week, but we haven't really had a lot of time to sit still and do this the last two sundays. But we are doing it now. So, to fill you all in on what has happened. Two weeks ago was actually a pretty slow week. We got to go down to Cardston to see Mark and Tina Woodruff's wedding and it was amazing! It was really cool to be there seeing it and knowing that that would be us in a couple of weeks. As for wedding prep things though it was kindof slow. Then this last week things really started to take off. On thursday I took possesion of the apartment, and in the meantime Aimee was at her bridal shower.

Aimee:
It was so cool to go to the sealing. I had taken my endownments out 4 days earlier! I felt all grown up when they scanned my temple recommend. And the Cardston temple is so beautiful! Our apartment is awesome. It fits two perfectly. My bridal shower was awesome. We had a pampered chef party so JB and I are basically getting a brand new kitchen from all the gifts. Once again, awesome! If anyone who came to the shower is reading this, THANK-YOU!! We really appreciate how amazing you are. I love you all. So today, I packed up my apartment. It is cleaned out completely. Everything is at  our  new apartment. Its amazing, how after packing for 7 hours of packing, when its all unloaded you somehow have energy and will power to start unpacking it all!

JB:
My theory is that it is the excitement of getting to set up our own apartment. We cleaned out my place today too, and so pretty much everything is over at the new place. I can't wait until we get to go through and organize and make it look pretty. It was so nice to get everyone's help with it too. We had my mom and brother's come up, then my roomates helped a little and our new manager even helped us move in. We are so thankful to everyone for all that they have been doing for us. We keep hearing about the different things that are going on in the wedding prep and all the awesome things that are happening. One of the biggest thank-you's that we wanted to send out is to Sharon Barnes, our photographer. This friday we went and took first look pictures. Sharon had so many good ideas and we managed to do so much. Then we wanted to have a few of the pictures ready for the wedding slide show, so she quickly did up a few and gave us a CD. The photos are incredible! So beautiful! We couldn't be more happy with them. For those of you coming to the wedding you will see what I mean, and for the rest of you we will post a few of our favorites after the wedding. Seriously though they are so nice and we are so grateful to Sharon for all she is doing. I would highly recommend her to anyone.

Aimee:
She is totally amazing! It was so fun. We went and took wedding pictures last friday in our wedding get-up and had a blast. It is amazing to see this wedding fall into place. So many people are helping out and it is really helping with the stress levels of myself, JB and my Mom. Although she is amazing, unfortunalty she can't do it all, so thank-you for everyone's help. Well, I think that is all we have to say. we are planning on posting one more time on friday. Only 4 more days!!!! Its crazy how time flies.

JB:
And just to make sure you don't take this all too seriously, here is your photo for the week.
 
 
 

Sunday 12 August 2012

JB:
Hey everyone, we are back in Canada and one week closer to the wedding! And what a week it was. We had a lot of fun this saturday getting stuff done. But first of all we forgot to say last week that we got an apartment right close to whyte ave and the university. Its actually really close to where I live now, for those of you know where that is. Some of the other stuff that we did this week was to go get the second of Aimee's wedding bands. But we had a really nice surprise when we got there because they had my ring in too! It looks so nice! Here, why don't you guys take a look.




JB:
When we went to look at rings for me the one on display was really old and tarnished apparently because the middle band part was a much darker grey and even had a little more yellow or brown or something in it. It was still pretty nice, but the darker grey just didn't go as well. I much prefer the silvery color of this one.

Aimee:
I am here, if you were wondering ;) I am so glad JB loves his ring. I was worreid for a while but it turned out to be a million times better than we thought. And my rings are awesome!!!! Yes, it is big with both wedding bands, but I like it that way.

JB:
That's Aimee, always going for the big and fancy ;)

Aimee:
Please. There are women out there who own bigger and more expensive rings than me. Mine is simply elegant. That's all and I love it!!!

JB:
I really do love it too. It looks so nice on her!

Aimee:
And they look fabulous together!!!! Which was kind of the point. So enough about rings. We also went and picked up JB's suit from the store this weekend. He put it on for me and JB is a very handsome man, but in his suit I think he looks so HOT!!!!!! I couldn't get over how amazing he looked. I was...

JB:
Talking about it for like the next 30 mins? (I kind of liked that part. Big ego boost)

Aimee:
Well its true, but I am slightly biased! Oh, we also figured out what we are doing for our party favours!! They will be different colors but this is the basic idea. I love them, I think the are so cute.


Aimee:
They are so cute!!! We're putting those mints that look like hershey's kisses but they are pink, yellow, white, green and other fun colors. And the paper will be yellow! So cute! Well I think that is all for this week. Stay tuned for more wedding fun and count down!! 20 DAYS!!!!!



Sunday 5 August 2012

Aimee:
Hello everyone!!! We are in the wonderful land of Idaho at a fabulous family reunion. We have been having a blast this weekend. Well, we had to get up at 4:30 on thursday to get here, but everything after that has been great, except for the 14 hour drive tomorrow, but we'll deal with that when we get there ;)

JB:
Yup, the second family reunion in 2 weekends for me. Though I think I'm actually doing okay with the names this time. Truly it has been a blast. We are out at a big barn that is just made for great vacations. Included is a hot tub, a movie room, ping pong, pool tables, outdoor volleyball, etc.

Aimee:
It's a barn that has been converted into a giant hostel. It holds 30 people, but only has 4 showers. Genious idea. There is a giant kitchen and a giant great room where we had an awesome dance last night. I have some of the best aunts and uncles in the worlde. The Sheen's are known for making fun and fools of themselves, and we do a pretty good job at it.

JB:
They're not really that bad. Its a lot of fun and I am going to love being a part of this family. One of the fun things about being at a family reunion is there really isn't a lot of down time, lots of fun stuff planned instead. But that also means that there isn't a lot of time left for us to write, so we will have to finish up quick.

Aimee:
Well, we're off to play more fun and games. We'll see you in Canada soon!

Sunday 29 July 2012

JB:
Hey everyone! So this week was a week of getting stuff done. On Friday we went to get our marriage license (again). This time it went off without a hitch (that part is coming on september 1). So Aimee and I are now officially allowed to get married!!! It was really cool because it was like the first official part we've done. Made it seem that much more real to me. Then we spent most of this week trying to find a place to live. We've got it narrowed down to one of two places, and we will make that decision when we go to look at the second one on tuesday.

Aimee:
It has been such a nightmare trying to find a place to live. Every time we would find a place online we liked it would be taken 2 day later, and with our busy schedules its hard to find time to look at places during the week.

JB:
Thank goodness for great friends though, as they were the ones that let us know about these two. We have been spending most of the rest of this weekend at a family reunion for the Orr's (Aimee's Dad's side). We are having a blast! It is nice to be doing something other than wedding stuff on the weekend.

Aimee:
Although I am surprised your head hasn't exploded yet. He met 30 people in the last 2 days. And I'm surprised he hasn't started running. My family can be pretty crazy most times. I can't remember a reunion where we didn't have a full on water fight involving being thrown in a pool followed by rousing games that involve a lot of cheating and scheming. But what can I say, I love my family!

JB:
Well, I think that I have managed so far by not trying to remember everyone's names the first time I meet them. It means a lot less stress, but unfortunately that means I don't know a lot of the names (sorry to all those I will have to ask a second, or maybe fifth time). As for the crazy family, well lets just say Aimee hasn't been to any of our family reunions yet.

Aimee:
And speaking of family reunions, we are going to another one next weekend. The Sheen's! (My mothers side) This one will be a huge party, but it also means that we might not get around to posting next Sunday. We'll try to fill you all in during the week following. Hopefully it all works out.

JB:
That also means even more names for me to remember though. This might not work out so well. But I'm sure it will be a blast. Now, on to the most exciting part of our post. We got the engagement photos!!!! You may have seen some of them already on our facebook accounts, but we have some different ones especially for you guys.




JB:
We have more, but those need to be saved for the wedding slideshow, so you won't get to see them yet. Hope you all have a great week! We'll see if we get to post something next week or not.

Sunday 22 July 2012

Aimee:
So, we feel like we need to apologize because we still don't have any engagement pictures to show you all. We picked the ones we liked, and then we lost our list, then we picked them again and I've just been lazy and haven't emailed her yet. Hopefully next week we will have them. So we don't really have any pictures for this week. We didn't really do anything that involved taking pictures. But we did do a lot of stuff.

JB:
First of all, we went to do some more ring shopping. We sent Aimee's ring in so they can make the second part of the wedding band.

Aimee:
I miss my ring so bad!!!! My finger feels really weird without it. I'm wearing another ring but the weight is different so it's freaking me out! But hopefully i get it back soon.

JB:
I kind of miss it too. It looks really nice on Aimee's finger. But the other ring shopping that we did was for my ring. I don't have a picture of it yet, but it has a ring of hammered gold in the center with two thin rings of normal polished gold around it. Its pretty sweet. I did learn something about myself though. I am not a fan of wearing jewelry. I spent half the time there trying to get over the fact that I was going to be wearing a ring so that I could focus on whether I liked the ring or not. I think I was driving Aimee crazy.

Aimee:
You weren't driving me insane. I felt sorry for him cause you could see on his face how much he was trying to set all the psycological stuff aside and just look at the ring. I had to ask him very straight forward if he liked the ring, and of course he gets this look on his face that he doesn't like jewelry, so i emphasized liking the ring. Poor guy :(

JB:
And I do like the ring. I'm just going to have to get used to it. It feels really weird. It also didn't help that most of the rings were way too big.
Anyways, Saturday we went to look at two places to live, and we liked both, but the one want August rent and so we can't get that one. They are also both a little out of the way, so we are going to keep looking. In between the viewings though we tried to get a marriage license.

Aimee:
So we get there and the girl starts asking us questions. "What's your name, age, parent's name..." and we get to parents place of birth. JB's stuff was all done. So i told her my Mom was born in Taber and Dad was born in Fort MacLeod. And apparently, Fort MacLeod doesn't exist!!! The system didn't like how we spelled the town name. We even googled it and we spelled it right and the system still didn't accept it. So we have to go in next week between 9:30-4:30 to get them to override the spelling of the name. But both of us work during that time. so we are sacrificing my lunch on friday to try and squeeze it in. Hopefully it all works out.

JB:
So all you Fort MacLeodians beware. Apparently the government doesn't like you.

Aimee:
Then we went on a wild goose chase! For our center pieces we found these adorable little lanterns at the dollar store. But we needed 52. So we cleaned out the Dollarama's in Sherwood Park, St. Albert, and most of Edmonton. But we found all of them. There's probably 20 left in the city! There were 4 different designs but we only wanted 2 of them so all you out there, we left the ugly ones for you! HA!

JB:
We try to be generous. Though maybe not with pictures this week. We got some really funny pictures taken of us at a dance on Friday, but we haven't gotten those back yet. So unfortunately we will have to let you go without putting in a picture. Oh, and the RSVP is now up on the right hand side of this blog. See you all next week!

Sunday 15 July 2012

Aimee:
What happened this week? Well I'll tell you.... the post office made a killing off of us this week. AKA we sent out 300 invites this week!! Crazy, I know, that apparently that's how many people love us.

JB:
Plus we did a bunch more shopping. I got to go get my suit sized, and then the girls went jewelry shopping. Not that I was bored or anything, but when they walk around a mall for an hour or two sifting through racks of stuff that I will never use, well you get kind of tired.

Aimee:
Well, if that's how you really feel! You could have stayed home you know!

JB:
Well, it was more time with you. Either way, it was a weekend of shopping for me. Ya, so that means that there isn't a lot to tell you guys about. Sorry. That said, I'll throw in another link to the wedding RSVP form, just to make sure everyone can find it. Just click here. You can look at last weeks post for everything about this blog and the form. Then for the pictures for this week, I thought that since a few of you have asked me what Aimee looks like, and since the engagement photos are taking longer than expected, we'll put up some pictures of ourselves.


JB:

There, so the one on the left is Aimee and I'm on the right. Or, if you're left-right challenged, the pretty one is Aimee and the other is me.

Aimee:
Or, if you still can't figure it out, I"m wearing the yellow dress. JB wouldn't let me put a dress on him :(

JB:
Very true. Especially since I don't think any of her dresses would fit me and it would be a shame to ruin them trying to cram them over my head. This picture is the first one we got together, sometime around christmas. Its still one of my favorites.

Aimee:
On next week's episode, Aimee and JB go ring shopping, again!! And hopefully find a place to live come september. See you all next time.  

Sunday 8 July 2012

JB:
Hey everyone! So invitations should be going out this week, which means there will be a lot of you who are here for the first time. This is our blog that we update each week on Sunday, so feel free to come back and follow us as we get ready for our marriage. We will try to post pictures, fun times from the week and our thoughts on different things. But to start out many of you are here to RSVP to the invitations. Simply click here, and it will take you to the form to fill out. It says on the form, but I will say again here, if any of this responding online stuff is confusing to you, do not panic! You can also RSVP the good old fashioned way by calling the Orr house at 780-464-0553. We are trying it online because it makes counting a little easier.

Aimee:
I love this smart stuff. JB is amazing to figure it all out. I hope the technology doesn't confuse you too much, but i love it!

JB:
Okay, so another reason we're doing this is cause its just so much fun for me to put this together. Makes me feel smart. So please forgive me a little nerdy fun.

Aimee:
JB, you can be as nerdy as you like. (I think he looks cute when he's nerdy!) But back on topic. What happened this week....... we finally figured out our invitations. They are amazing and our photographer, Sharon Barnes, did and amazing job! We will post engagement pictures on here as soon as we get them. Hopefully it will be in 2 weeks, tops.

JB:
There has also been a lot going on that Aimee and I haven't been a part of. Mama Orr is busy sewing away making some incredibly pretty dresses, we are going tonight to pick out what food we want, and the decorations are slowly getting assembled. We are so thankful to all of you who are making this work so smoothly. It makes it so this is a lot of fun for us and takes a lot of the stress out of it, which is just amazing. So again, a big thank you to all of you!

Aimee:
We love to delegate, if you haven't noticed. Plus, we have bigger things to plan for, like the beginning of our life together, which is also very exciting! We are currently apartment hunting, so if you happen to know of any open places, let us know!! JB is sticking his tongue out at me!

JB:
Well you started it! Honestly, she did. So now its time for your goodie of the week to keep you all coming back. Aimee got the jewelry she will be wearing, and here they are along with the bridesmaids shoes!



Aimee:
My jewelry is so pretty and sparkly!!! I love it! and the shoes are perfect. They match the fun sundresses and the entire fun theme!! and i love using exclamation points!!!!!!!!!! ;)