Day-cations

I love Seattle for many reasons. Obviously I love it because it brought me to Devon. But I also love it because it is so close to so many different things. In one day you can go from the city to the beach to the mountains. The mountains are my happy place. I was blessed to spend my teenage years living at the base of the beautiful Ruby Mountains in North Eastern Nevada. It was the perfect location for meditation. Some of my sweetest memories occurred in those canyons.

As you can imagine, moving to Seattle and being surrounded by buildings and offices instead of blue skies and open roads was a bit of a challenge for me. Every now and then I get stir crazy. With all of my schooling, work and wedding planning, I was about ready to explode. So this last Sunday, my dear, sweet, fiance swept me away to explore Whidbey Island. It was sheer perfection.

            

 We played at Double Bluff Beach and watched all of the puppies. Devon had to hold me back from stealing all of them. I want one so bad! He's promised that in two years we'll start looking at getting one for ourselves.
We also made a sweet castle for a sand bunny.

 After leaving the beach, we stumbled upon a gem of a shop. This guy has been blowing glass for 40 years and says he's still just beginning! The fact that anyone can do this blows our minds.

 Grilled octopus at Prima Bistro - a restaurant that our friend Gabe used to work at and recommended to us. It was delicious!

Then Devon fell in love with an otter statue.

Previews

Let's get this show on the road!

Announcements are on their way!

Devon is on vacation right now to be with his family as they are sealed together in the Twin Falls Temple. It was a little weird and sad to send these off without him. But he was a trooper and helped me stamp, label, stuff, and seal all of them.

What would I do without that man?!

Announcements are done.

What a relief! Dev and I plowed through them all tonight. Sending them out tomorrow!

I have so much more respect for announcements! All of that assembling, printing, labeling, stamping, etc. It's a lot of work! And a good chunk of change! It will all be worth it though. It's exciting to be the one pinned to the fridge now!

Getting closer everyday!

It's only 54 days until the wedding! Not that I'm counting.

I'm sure there are loads more things that I need to do before the big day, but I'm feeling surprisingly calm about it all. We took our engagement pictures this past weekend and they turned out great.

 Now we just need to get them printed, stuffed into envelopes, and then our announcements can be sent out. I am super happy with how everything looks. We didn't do the traditional wording for our announcements and it adds a really fun element.

  Some of the paper is a different color than I intended (Note: always check the labels! Don't trust the outside of the box!), but I'm not going to trouble myself with fixing it now. They still look good!

Our apartment will be available for moving-in in less than two weeks. Of course, I won't be fully moved in until after the wedding, but I'm looking forward to moving some of my stuff over there and making the transition gradually. We're going to have a home of our own!

We are so excited for this new adventure together. It's been an amazing experience so far and I look forward to what's to come!