Countdown Excitement!

16 days- until we get the key to our apartment!

21 days- until we start moving our stuff into the apartment!

30 DAYS- UNTIL THE SPECIAL DAY!!!!!! :)

31 days- until we stay in our apartment for the first time!!

33 days- until we leave for our honeymoon!

34 days- until we land in ST. LUCIA!! Sunshine, sand and Mai Tais :)

42 days until we are home from our honeymoon!!!

So many exciting days we are counting down too!! Can't not wait for the fun experience and one of the best times of our lives!! And I cant wait to share more amazing times together!! It is getting super busy so I am not sure how much I will be writing!! We should have our engagaement video back soon and I can't wait to share it!!

<3 Shayna Lynn

What an Adventure

Holy Moly!!!! 46 DAYS!!!!!!

I can not believe that the time is almost here!! It felt just like yesterday that James got down on his knee and asked to marry me!! (ooOooOo that rhymed) :)  So yeah, its just crazy that I will be a married woman next month!!

So much is happening in the next month or so and I am feeling a wee bit overwhelmed!! Just a few weeks ago I had my lingerie party! It was super fun...I turned red a few times but hey! who wouldnt!! It was the craziest feeling to have a party all about me! I mean we all have birthday parties but there is something different about a bridal shower!! You just get this crazy feeling that you are special and that soo many people are excited for your special day!! I can't wait for my other bridal showers to come! I have one this weekend and next weekend....and then the Bachelorette party!!! Woot Woot!! :)
Here are some pictures from the party!!

Sharee and Anna cheating at a game!! Yupp their my Besties!!! :)

MAID OF HONOR!!

Honeymoon hat!! Can't wait to strut this on the beach!

The Preggos and I!!! Hopefully they won't rub off on me!! Maybe someday in about three-four years haha!!

Little Jack is now here!!! He will be one cute little man at the wedding!!

Miss Hannah is also here now!!! Can't to see this beautiful baby girl at the wedding!!

Today I went and bought my garters for the wedding!! They are super pretty!!! I haven't bought a garter since high school dances so it was kind of strange trying to pick one out!!! I realized after about 15 minutes of staning there staring at them.....that it really isn't that big of deal and shouldn't be that hard to pick haha! Its just a garter!!

In the next month or so we will be getting all the girls dresses fitted.....my dress fitted...the boys fitted for their tuxes.....finishing all the last minute 'CUTE' details and unque ideas that I decided to DIY for the wedding.....rehearsal dinner.....nails ('Spa Day') haha.....HONEYMOON Shopping!!! :)......oh lets seee, what else.......about a milion other things that I am not thinking of!! Oh yes and I'm making the guest book and everything!!

We will also be making another trip to Cave B for our tasting and to do a mock set up for the ceremony and reception area!! I am super excited!!! It is becoming crazy real!! I am doing my food tasting in like two weeks.....WOW!!

I will also be going to see my dress sometime this month!! I can't wait to see it!! It has been 10 months!!!! Oh man..it makes me nervous!! I know I will still love it but there is that little something inside of me that is making me nervous that I wont'!! But I'm sure I will!!

OH YEAH!!! I almost forgot!! James and I found a place to live!! YAY!!! That's a pretty important thing and we now have somewhere we can call home!! We move all of stuff in our cute apartment in May and then we will move in together the day after the wedding!!! SOOOO Stoked!! I can't wait to have my own place again.......well OUR OWN PLACE haha :)!! I feel sooo grown up!! I had my own place in college....but its really not the same!!!

So that is some of the excitement that is going on around here!! I am super stressed, overwhelmed, sometimes frustrated but I'm loving the adventure and experience and I can't wait to be Mrs. Longie!! Its a great thing to be a bride but I am ready to be a Mrs!! :)

<3 Shayna Lynn

Excitement Took Over

Ok so on my last post I think I got too excited!!! The wedding was 60 days away but not exactly eight weeks haha!! I never said I was good at math or whatever that would be! So my birthday was Saturday March 24....and that was the day that it was EXACTLY EIGHT WEEKS! hahaha!! So yeah we are now under eight weeks away....I am soooooooo ready for it to be here!!

So thats just my short little post clarifying the timeline til the wedding!!! :)

<3 Shayna Lynn

TWO MONTHS!!

We are finally down to the last TWO MONTHS!!! Ahhh this is sooo unreal! I can't believe we have 60 days left!! It is going to go by sooooo fast!!

I have had some fun lately too!! On March 10 my sister and mom threw me a lingerie shower!! It was really fun and I got some really cute stuff!!

And I havejust been doing last minute detail stuff!! We should have our invites out by Wednesday of this week!! I am so excited...I designed them all myself and love them! I will post a picture once I get them back fromt he printer and sent out! I have designed everything for the wedding myself.... so if anyone needs anything designed just let me know!! I love designing and creating invites, posters, banners, or just anything in the paper products!!

Also James and I made a trip to Cave B to go over some of the BIG DAY!! We are also headed up there in April to finalize everything and for our tasting!! :)  :)  Its all becoming soo real!!

Oh yes!! and I asked my flower girl and ring bearers!! It was soo cute!! Logan is 7, Lexi is 4 and Henry will be 3!!! They are soo cute and they all love each other soo much!! Can't wait to see them in there outfits! :)

Not sure if I mentioned it on my last post but we did get James' ring...which is super cool looking and I got a wedding band!!!! :)

Oh yes!! And my mom and I went and ordered all the flowers!!! They are going to be beautiful and I can't wait to see how they look with the girls' dresses!! I'm sure they will be beautiful!!

It is killing me.....I haven't tried my dress on in 10 months!!! Ohh man I hope I still love it!! haha!! Its kind of nerve racking when you haven't seen it in a while...and even though I have pictures I almost forget sometimes what it looks like!! Soo it will be a nice surprise!! :)

Sorry, I know this is almost a list..but it has been soo crazy lately with work and trying to get everything done and figured out for the wedding!! I can't wait..it is going to be here soo fast!! James and I have also been looking at apartments and I think we found ONE!! So excited to move in with him once we are married and Just can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him!! We also can't wait for our HONEYMOON!! We have been planning all of our island adventures and I am soo Stoked!! Can't wait to be on the beach in 8 weeks!! :)

I'm sure I will have more for you in the next few weeks!! Its only going to get busier and crazier..but that just means it is that much closer!! :) :) :)  YIPPEE!! Can't wait!!

Shayna Lynn <3

A little wedding news

February 25th, 2011
One of the best days of my life!! James proposed to me and it was such a surprise! I had no idea I would be getting engaged to the man that I love! It was a great night and so romantic! I will always remember the day he proposed to me!!!!

And today I asked my little cousins to be my flower girl and escort (ring bearer)!!! They were too cute!! The ring bearer has been a ring bearer about 4 times or maybe more and soooo he wasn;t to excited haha!! But I gave him a new role as being the escort for the flower girl!!! He liked that much better!! :)

AREN'T THEY SOOOOO CUTE!!!!

I don't really have anymore news to share!! I am getting excited for my lingerie party though! Only two weeks away!! The wedding is getting so close!!!!

<3 Shayna Lynn

T- minus THREE MONTHS!!

Ok ok ok I know I forgot to post! I got super busy!! But I am posting now and there is sooo much to share!
First of all I FOUND A JOB!!!!! Yay!! Weight lifted off our shoulders. It was getting very stressful! But I got a job and I love it and now we don't have to live with my parents after the wedding ;) (no offense mom and dad)! And we also found an apartment that we both LOVE and of course I have already decorated it in my head!! So excited to move in in May and have our own home!!

Also my sister and mom made my lingerie party invitations and they are soooo adorbale!! And creative! I love them and am excited to see everyone in a couple weeks for my lingerie party! It will be fun!! :) I'll post a picture at the end of this post cause they are too cute to not post!!

We have also been working on a lot of projects for the wedding!! I can't go into too many details cause then it would ruin all the surprises on the day of the wedding!! All the girls are starting to get their dresses in and they are beautiful!! I love the color!! Soo stunning and I can't wait to see everything put together!

We also have all the tuxes picked out! We had them picked out at one shop but they ended up being way tooooo expensive so we found another shop that was a lot more reasonable! BUT James had to go back to the epensive shop and try to get his money back.......so in the process of doing this the lady thought that I had called off the wedding and apologized to James over and over and said how sorry she was!!!! But the wedding is still on and now everyone will be able to afford tuxes cause they were soooooooooo crazily expensive!!

James has also been helping me with some of the projects which has been fun and surprising haha!!

Next on the agenda....I need to make a trip to Spokane for one of my first dress fittings!!! I can not wait to see my dress......I have not seen or tried it on since JUNE!! Thats just way too long for a girl to be away from her dress :) So soon I shall reunite with it!! And I can't wait...Hopefully I still like it haha!!

And then my other bridal shower needs to be planned......bachelorette and bachelor parties need to be planned.....we need to finalize our music for the ceremony and first dances.......and a whole bunch of other stuff!!

As much as I am havig fun and loving planning....I am also ready for the day to just be here!!! I never believed girls when they were like...."I'm just ready to get to the day and have fun and then go on my honeymoon"! BUT it is sooooo true! It gets very overwhelming and stressful with all the decisions and opinions from others!! But I know it will be beautiful and I am just ready to get married, dance, have fun and then soak up some sunshine in St. Lucia!!! :)

So I think that is all the exciting news I have!!! I wish I could share more but I wan everyone to be surprised by the little deatails and unique ideas I have!!! SOOOOO after the wedding this blog will be blowing up with posts! :) Oh yeah I almost forgot!!!

THREE MONTHS TODAY!!!! I cannot believe it!! So crazy! We are almost there.....in no time it will be the week before and then the night before and I wont be able to sleep!!! :)

Oh yeah an for SuperBowl I made these awesome dessert skewers!! They are gluten and dairy free!!! I made the angel food cake the day before! The angel food cake is gluten and dairy free and was sooooo much better then normal angel food cake!! And then strawberries....and then I melted dairy free chocolate chips and drizzled it over the skewers!! SOOOOO good!! YUM!

<3 Shayna Lynn

I'm seeing double....DOUBLE DIGITS!!!

99 DAYS UNTIL OUR BIG DAY!!!

:)  :)  :)  I can't wait!!!  (:  (:  (:

I wish I could write everything that has been going on and all the wedding stuff that is happening!!! BUT I'm sooo tired and I dont have the energy!!

I just had to post that we are in the double digits!! Almost 3 months away and its soo exciting!!! Tomorrow I promise I will post everything!!!

You dont want to miss this post :)

<3 Shayna Lynn