Engagements

I have a thing for Andrew.  

I think that is pretty dang obvious.  

Somehow he kind of has a thing for me.  

And we have a thing for red rocks.  

Canyoneering, jeeping, camping, hiking, climbing.  Anything to do with those red rocks has our name all over it.  And of course most of the major moments in our relationship have happened in red rock land.  

FIRST KISS:  on top of one of Moab's greatest jeeping trails, Hell's Revenge.

FIRST TIME WE SAID "I LOVE YOU": after sky diving over the canyon lands of Moab.

So seeing as some of my favorite moments have happened in some of Utah's most gorgeous canyon lands, I thought it was only appropriate to take our engagements pictures in yet another one of my favorite red rock canyons, Capital Reef.  

I will admit I was a tad bit stressed about engagements.  Andrew and I are not the most photogenic couple and most of our pictures consist of both of us sticking our tongues out. But luckily my soon-to-be brother and sister-in-law are magical with the camera.       

And to top it all off… our classic pose.  We couldn't help it.

Rock Around the Clock

This weekend we got to shower one of my very best friends, Anna Winterton… soon to be Hansen.   

She is a stunner and I cannot wait to see how amazingly fabulous she will look on her wedding day.  Love love this lovely lady.  

We decided to throw Anna an "Around the Clock" shower and it turned out darling.  We began by assigning each girl that was invited a time.  Each girl was then supposed to buy a gift that coordinated with the time they were assigned.  Now let's by honest... not very many of us stuck to our times but assigning times definitely inspired some gift creativity and I loved hearing how each girl justified that their gift fit with their time.  

I was in charge of invitations, decorations, and the video.  One of my other very best friends, the lovely Taylor Watts, was in charge of party gifts and food.  The gifts were witty and the food was to DIE FOR.  Thank you Mama Watts.  Taylor also added a final touch that made the entire shower twenty times better… a board of awkward photos from Anna's awkward days.  Nothing but laughs and some much needed reminiscing on our Jr. High days.

The invitations… that I was far too proud of…     

Clocks on clocks on clocks

The most darling party gifts.

 My banner… another proud moment… 

A menu consisting of fresh fruit, HOMEMADE rolls, a fabulous gluten free salad, and brownies galore.  YUM YUM YUM

Our lovely party guests. 

21 fabulous girls who came to celebrate Anna Banana's decision to get married.  

And last but not least… my favorite shot of the night.  The hosts with the lovely soon-to-be bride.  We love you Anna Bear.

  

Next up… BACHELORETTE  PARTY...