So much to do and so little time!

So much has happened and so much still needs to get done! 10 days until the wedding and I'm so stinking excited! Last week was an incredibly busy week! My mom called the photographer to see if we could set up a time to take pictures at the temple before the wedding so that we don't have so many to take the day of. Well she set up a time...7 in the morning on Saturday! And I didn't have my veil, or my flowers, or Jon's ring! And Jon didn't have a tux, or his tie! Needless to say we spent a lot of time getting everything together so that it would all run smoothly. And it did! We got everything done and I can't wait to see how they turned out!

You'll probably laugh, but Jon and I are only halfway registered at Bed Bath and Beyond. You see when we went the first time we had to stop because I got sick to my stomach. Since then we haven't had an time whatsoever to go and finish registering. And now Jon will be working 12 hour days up until the wedding...so we may not have time (or the energy) to finish registering! Ahhhh!!!!
Did you know that there is a very small and limited selection of orange dresses? I want my bridesmaids to wear orange and boy was it an adventure to try and find orange dresses! My mom and I spent lots of time shopping just trying to find dresses that are orange! Well we had no luck...but we did find some amazing white dresses. And guess what we did! We bought them and decided to try to dye them orange. It worked! :) Now many hours, orange hands, and lots of water later I now have 4 orange bridesmaids dresses! Here are some pictures of the process:

Here is the dress in the dye bath. That's some orange water!

Here it is on it's first rinse. You're supposed to rinse it until the water is no longer orange...I can't say I've ever had that much patience. The water will be orange forever!

The dress. It's still wet and not done rinsing. It drys a lot lighter.

Yes, my hands did indeed turn orange as I stirred the dress in the dye bath to make sure it dyed evenly. You should see my nails...they're basically all orange!

Here's one of the finished dresses. They turned out pretty good :)

Last week was my bridal shower and I had a lot of fun! There were lots of people there that I really wanted to see! But not everybody could make it...I am still sad that Jess is in Utah and can't be here. At least she'll be here for the wedding. That's the most important part right?

Engagement Pictures

Cherie Mask took our engagement pictures for us on April 24th. We absolutely love all of them! So I decided to share some with you.

29 days and an update finally!

So I'm a little behind on updates. Haha OK...a lot behind. But can you blame me? I've been slightly preoccupied with my fiancé and planning a wedding. That's right! I'm getting married in 29 days (June 5, 2010) to the most amazing man ever, Jonathan Jacob Zuniga! So I think I owe you the whole story.

Hmmmm where to begin?! Well I guess we can start from my last post. We never officially started talking about marriage. It was more along the lines of I told him how I was feeling and that I got my answer that I am supposed to marry him without going into too much detail because I was afraid that I was completely off base. Well on March 20, 2010 Jon was dropping me off and we were saying goodnight at my doorstep when I told him that I love him a lot. He asked me just how much I love him and the first thing that came to mind was "I love you so much that I want to spend the rest of eternity with you!" But I couldn't say that! He had yet to really tell me anything relating to his feelings on the subject, so I skirted around my real answer and made something up. After a long hug (probably so that he could build up the courage) he got down on one knee and took both of my hands in his and asked me to marry him. Needless to say I was in complete shock! Here are some of the thoughts that shot through my mind in a couple of seconds: "Is this really happening?!" "Did he really just say what I think he said?" After I took a second to compose myself I realized that he needed an answer. And of course I said YES! After which he stood up to hug me and kiss me. Then he had to tell me that he was serious...to which I told him that I was as well. He told me that he loved me so much that he wanted to spend the rest of eternity with me, to which I agreed. It was only after all of this that he went and asked my dad for his blessing.

Since then life has been wonderful! We spend every moment that we can together and are getting excited to start our life together! June 5, 2010 is the day that I will become a Zuniga and be sealed to the man that I love for time and all eternity! I'm so excited to go through the temple as well! The Mesa Arizona temple has been my favorite temple for a long time and I can't wait to go through!

Missing her boy

Alright so I need to start updating my blog other times besides when Jon is gone... But I guess since I spend every spare moment with Jon the only time I really have to update my blog is when he's gone. I don't really know what to say...I have a hard time putting my personal feelings out there online for everyone to see...even though so far Lauren is the only one who even knows about my blog. I think it's only a matter of time before Jon and I start talking about marriage...he's brought it up in a round about way yesterday and today. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens. :) Haha I love that! I love that by "waiting and seeing" i get to enjoy every moment with Jon! He is so wonderful! I love him so much! I would go into all the reasons why I love Jon so much, but I think I'd embarrass Lauren... :P

going crazy...

So basically I'm crazy...crazy in love with this boy named Jonathan Jacob Zuniga! I can't stop thinking about him and even though I saw him earlier today I'm going insane because I can't even talk to him because he's camping with the boys. I'm feeling pretty pathetic right about now seeing as how I went 25 months without seeing him and now I can't even go a couple of hours without even talking to him! What's up with that? I'm in love! That is basically the only explanation I have for this. Although I already knew just how much I loved him...I din't know how it would express itself in my daily life though.

He's Home!

So I haven't updated my blog in a while. Turns out that I got a job soon after my last post and have been incredibly busy with school and work since then. I'm now working for Stewart Maclay at East Valley Disaster Services. It's quite the interesting job. I mean who wouldn't love working with Mexican ladies all day every day? I really need to work on my Spanish so that I can communicate.
Other fun news...Jon is home! :) He got home almost two weeks ago and until Monday I had seen him every day since he got home! His family invited me to go to pick him up from the airport with him. That was a blast! :) I loved seeing him again! The only problem was that I wasn't sure how to act...if I should give him a hug or not (after he was released of course) because I didn't want to scare him. I guess I didn't have much to worry about. I had the week off of work last week (because they didn't have anything for me to do) and got to spend the majority of my week with Jon. :) It was wonderful! He held my hand and kissed me all in the same day! :) Haha I'm dating my best friend once again! How did I ever get so lucky?
Here are some fun pictures from the airport:

What have I done?

So I decided to start a blog seeing as how I love to read everyone else's. And what better time than now to start blogging since I'm not working or going to school. Yeah, I guess my life sounds pretty easy right about now. How I wish that was true! Since I got home just before Christmas my life has been pretty busy. After the holidays I started job hunting. It's been long and hard and I wish I was able to see the end of that road, but sadly I can't yet. I'm exhausted! I've spent a lot of my free time these last couple of weeks calling around and trying to connect with people that could possibly help me find a job and then going around and picking up applications, filling them out, and taking them back. Oh it's been a blast! On top of that I've been trying to figure out things with school. I want to be a nurse and so I'm trying to feel out all of my options and then decide which way to go. Starting on Monday I'll be taking a Nursing Assistant class that will be every Monday and Wednesday night with Saturday being our clinical day. This class is the key to me becoming a CNA and being able to start working in the hospitals, working closely with those who have achieved the goal I'm working towards. I'm hoping to be a little closer to having a job by the time my class starts. And on top of all of this I've been trying to help my mom as much as possible with Luke, especially since Grandma is staying with us for now and she's in the hospital.

Like I said, life has been crazy, but hey I love it. I can't even begin to express how grateful I am for all that I have in life. I have a family that loves me and supports me! And I'm able to be here so that my mom doesn't have to worry about things running smoothly at home while she is attending to her mother. I can't help but see the Lord's hand in my life, in every aspect of my life, and I can't help but be so incredibly grateful! I don't know what I would do without the gospel in my life!