ready

there is one month and one week left until i marry my love.  for some reason it still seems so far away, yet it will be here and gone before i know it.  i have been looking forward to my wedding day since i first understood what a wedding even was.  i was not one of those little girls who had everything planned out and knew exactly what i wanted from a young age.  i just knew it would be perfect because i would finally be able to call my love, my husband. my style and taste has dramatically changed over the years and i love that i am able to personalize who justin and i are as a couple. it seems like i still need months to finish all the details and projects i've been working on to make our wedding show who we really are.  im not going to lie, this has been one of the most stressful, time consuming, and emotionally draining things i have ever done in my life, but at the same time planning our wedding has been so wonderful to the point words cannot describe.  i know that on october twenty-first it will all be worth it, but it has definitely been one hell of a ride there.  there has been a lot of laughter, smiles, joy, tears and let downs but i have the best husband to be, family and friend who have stood by my side and helped me through this awesome yet crazy ride.  i am sooo incredibly excited and anxious, most importantly, ready to marry justin.  with all of that said, i can't want to be normal again. i want to be able to afford to do what ever we want instead of the wedding sucking away our money. i want to rent a movie and not fall asleep watching it. i want to go out without feeling guilty i should be making something for the wedding. i want to be stress and care free again. i want it to be october twenty-first. i want to be mrs toranzo.

Nelson, Nv- Engagement photo by Ali McGhie

wine and dine with future mrs. gums

back in june, we celebrated ms katie jozsa's love for her husband to be, luke. her bridesmaids threw her an incredible wine themed shower. here are some lovely photos to recap

(Katie and sisters, Kelly and Melody)

i made them a love box. it holds things that they have from their past and a place to put things they want as a family for the future. i hope they open it again when they are old and see what an amazing life they lived.

the next night, we celebrated katie's "last" night out as flappers from the 1920's before she became a bride. we had a gorgeous suite at green valley ranch. her maid of honors arranged for a photographer to come and shoot before we went out for the night. it was like her own personal photo shoot. it was perfect.

thanks friend for allowing me to be apart of some of the best days of your life. i can't wait for ALL of the rest to come! love you dearly kates.