Where to Start?

So I am very much aware how stinkin far behind I am with our blog. I don't even know where to start. Not only am I SO far behind, I also had to find some inner strength to blog about everything I need to... so here it goes:

On September 5th 2009, 2 weeks before our wedding, God took a very special man in my life and called him up to heaven. Lonnie Cook lost his battle with LMS at around 10PM that night. Lonnie and my dad have been the best of friends since they were in high school, I've always known him as "uncle lonnie" and would be the most excited little girl when he'd come visit us when we lived in Yakima. It absoloutely broke all of our hearts. He left behind his beautiful wife and 2 little girls. Kamryn is only 4, and she's a spinning image of her daddy! Lonnie was the most amazing man and everyone who has ever met him would say the same. He took a piece of all of us with him to heaven and we miss him dearly. It was an EXTREMELY hard week for the DeWitt family...but what we do know, Is Linny is up there whippin him into shape =) not only does he have a great Woman keeping him company, but he is no longer in pain and no longer suffering... and that in itself is a blessing.

We miss you Lonnie! And we will continue to each and every day! We will see you again someday!!

After 2 short weeks of healing, I was heading down the isle, and our wedding day was amazing. I couldnt have asked for anything more.

Married Life is amazing. I didnt expect for much to change, but I feel like we fell in love all over again. And since a week after we were married we got the keys to our new home and have been INSANELY busy getting the yard put in so we can live in it, we havent had ANY "us time" which i'm hoping to change this weekend. I dont know how yet..but i'll figure something out to surprise my wonderful, hard working husband with some sort of date night =) which we are both needing the attention from one-another.

Last night Chris, Thomas and John finished our fence! All that was left is the gate, and since Chris' work was canceled for today (lucky duck!) he has plenty of time to do it before school. That way I can open the door, let the dogs out with NO WORRIES for the first time since I got them!! Our sod is in, sprinklers are in. OUR YARD IS DONE (well..the must haves anyways!)
There are a few things we'd like to do EVENTUALLY but just stuff for our benefit =)

The inside of the house is coming together slowly. The majority of things are un-packed. I just cant figure out WHERE to start putting stuff. I'm super stressed and overwhelmed because I want it to be warm, inviting, nice, and 'grown up' so we will see!

I will get pictures posted soon (once Chris' fixes my camera!)

Officially Married!!

I know! I've completely SUCKED at blogging the last MONTHS! But I am excited to say Chris and I are now a married couple =) Our wedding day was AMAZING and we couldn't have asked for a better turn out! We had a great time, and by the time the Limo came at 10:30 we were EXHAUSTED! And now today we are SUPPOSE to sign on our house at 1:30. I'm crossing my fingers extra tight, with our luck somehow we always get screwed!! Here are some pictures from the wedding..I hope you enjoy. Can't wait to see our professional ones =) Sorry this blogs so short, I will get back into the habit when things settle down a bit =)

Last Minute Kind of Girl

Man its been quite the busy week! Getting things taken care of for the wedding. It's 2 weeks away. Where has time gone??? I made our unity sand jar, and bought a lot of things off my "misc. list" it feels good to get it all accomplished!!!

September 17th at 8AM we have our FINAL walk through for our new home! We are both very excited! We went there last night to take a look, and for the first time it was somewhat CLEAN. You can tell someone had vaccumed the carpets, it was a nice feeling. Usually there are all sorts of things laying around that the construction workers left behind. We have a GREEN front yard, our trim on our house is finally painted, same with our shutters and front door. It looks AWESOME! Besides the few touch ups inside that need to be done, dings in the wall, stuff like that, I can finally say our house IS COMPLETE! We have a storage shed full of stuff, furniture at the Ashley Store warehouse, Fridge at Sears Warehouse and washer waiting to be moved in! Hopefully we will get a computer before we make the move so I can post TONS of pictures! They are on my camera just waiting to be shown!

With the week 2 weeks away Chris agreed in letting me bring one of my best friends, Sarah onto the bridal party. Last minute I know, but I'm glad he agreed. Sarah was originally already planning on being there ALL day with us the day of (her husband is a groomsmen as well) to help me with my makeup and misc things like any best friend does. But it feels more RIGHT knowing she will be up there waiting for me to walk down the isle! We are both VERY excited, both her and her husband are VERY good friends of Chris and I's and in the last 6 months we've all gotten a ton closer!!!

I will try and update as much as I can. With the wedding being 2 weeks away i'm busy busy! Hope to see everyone there on our special day!

Almost There!

Tomorrow is September 1st which means we are 19 days away from our wedding. How INSANE is that?? The more I think about it, the more paniced I get because I still have a list of things to do! Anyways, so our house is pretty much done! As of Friday our Sod was laid, all that needed to be done by the looks of things were touch up's of things that needed to be fixed and CLEAN (and they beetter kill all million of the flies!!!) I just wanted to post some updated pictures! We are SO SO SO excited. This month will be A LOT of new changes. The 9th I start a new job, 19th we get married, and 21st close on our house! YIKES!

Our fireplace with the tile that matches our entry way!


Our living room with our carpet =)


Kitchen sink with our backsplash which I LOVE!


Outside with our trees and rock. Before the sod was laid.
Once again the color looks weird!


Microwave and Stove!


And we have AC =) No one other then TEM!

Looks like a new house everyday!

This is the Furniture we ordered.

Thank God for double sinks!

The picture turned out really dark for some reason!

Promised Pictures!

This is the frame I made to sit by our guest book at the wedding. I also made one for Chris' Grandpa!


Our double sinks in our master bath! Thank God for double sinks!



Our house when they put on our garage doors and paved our driveway. Our house is now painted!!! And the pathway and patio to our house is now paved!


Kitchen! I LOVE the birch cabinets. This picture doesnt capture their true color, they are dark birch. I LOVEEEE them they are gorgeous!

Far Far Behind

I know. I'm farrrrr behind! Things have been quite BUSY!

The last 2 weekends I've had Bridal Showers! Last weekend (The 15th) I had the Bridal shower for my moms side. And the weekend before (the 8th) My bridal shower with my step mom and Dad. Both Showers had an AWESOME outcome and we got A TON of stuff!!! Infact, we still have a trip or two to our storage unit to get all of our crap out of my grandparents dining area!

The wedding is 4 weeks away and counting! Man has time flown by! The guys went Saturday morning and got fitted for their tuxes. While they were doing that my step mom and I went and got pedicure and manicures. Boy was that needed! It was nice to relax and enjoy our time together! Everything for the most part is done for the wedding. Is it bad that I'm almost anxious for it to be over?

Our house is looking AWESOME! Last week they completed sheet rock, sanding and texturing of the walls! It looks like a REAL house! This week they should get a lot of the cosmetic things knocked out...like flooring, cabinets. etc. We are SO excited to see those things taking their places, we are sooo anxious for it to be done and start our lives together in our new home that we OWN. Our finish date was moved from September 30th to September 21st. (2 days after our wedding!) Since the USDA loans are SO FAR behind we are hoping that this week our house will be at least 90% done so they can order a half appraisal, which the government OK'd them to do to speed up the process, since they are so far behind. Once we are 90% complete they will order the appraisal, which will get us in line. Then when our house is 100% complete that will be sent to our file which has hopefully moved up in line. By the time they look over our file, everything will be there. HOPEFULLY its not TOO LONG after the 21st!

I will post pictures sometime this week! Hope everyone is doing well, and Hope to see you on the 19th of September. If you have not RSVP'd pleaseeeeee do so! www.mywedding.com/chrisandalexisforever.