The Colors

I can't find the exact colors on the web, but our colors are Cocoa Brown, Spring Green, and Robbin's Egg Blue with splashes of lilac

Wow, this is really happening

This weekend it really hit me that I'm getting married. Even though I've been spending all my weekends (and most of my weeknights) planning, the wedding didn't seem real until my bridal fitting. It was the first time I had on my dress, slip, and shoes all at the same time.

I also got my first invitation to a bridal shower.

Let the countdown begin.

We're so Fortunate

I'm sorry that we have been MIA for the last few weeks. We have been so busy spending time with our friends. It has really confirmed how lucky we are to have so many people that we consider close friends.

Of course there was the two weeks I spent with Regina in Honduras. I met Regina in the middle of the Bolivian jungle during my trip to South America. We ended up spending about a month traveling together through Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia. It is still amazing to me how close we got in such a short amount of time. It was no different this time. We travel together so well and always have so much to talk about.

After I got back, there was a Roaring 20's party for Jess and Sarah, who just got married this last weekend. It was so fun to see so many of our law school friends. Since we graduated from law school, we just don't get together as often as we did.




The next week, Alex, my friend from business school, had a birthday. His parents hired a professional to cook for us. OMG! It was SO good.



The next Saturday, I spent the day with my bridesmaid and one of my best friends from high school, Carley Anne, for some wedding errands. She helped me make the very difficult choice of to veil or not to veil. That night we went to see Patty, our very talented friend, in Cabaret. She was one of the kit-kat dancers. It was not a very uplifting, but still very entertaining. Although I didn't know I had it in me, we headed to a birthday party for Tracy and Cass in Bountiful. It was one of the wildest parties I've been to since law school. When we got there, everyone was dancing. Our entrance was announced on a megaphone so that everyone could hear. I didn't know I still had it in me.

This last weekend was a lot more drunken debauchery at Sarah and Jess's wedding in Cabos San Lucas. We stayed at a very opulent all inclusive resort that, I kid you not, had liquor dispensers in the room. It was a beautiful wedding. I can think of no two people who are better suited for each other than Jess and Sarah. It was an incredible bonus too, to go on vacation with twenty or so of our close friends.

Accomodations

If you’ll be traveling from out of town, here are the hotels for the wedding.




We suggest the Residence Inn Cottonwood. This hotel is near our house and the wedding venue on I-215, and it offers a shuttle to the wedding. Please let us know if you’ll be staying here so we can coordinate shuttle logistics. If you’d like to make a reservation, call (888) 825-3164 and say you’re with the Smith-Tomchak Wedding. All rooms have a kitchenette, and they come in studio, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom options. The 2-bedroom option also has a pull out couch. The group rate we have negotiated for each option is $100, $120, and $160 per night, respectively (excluding tax).








For those who are looking for a more budget-friendly option, here are some more hotels that are close to our home and the wedding venue:




Extended Stay America on Fort Union
This hotel is not too far away on I-215. Rooms also include kitchenettes. The rate should be $59 per night (excluding tax).






Candlewood Suites
This hotel is also not too far away on I-215. Rooms also include kitchenettes. The rate should be $76 per night (excluding tax).



Econolodge
This hotel is downtown, which is not as convenient to the wedding, but it is still not too far away. The rate should be $69 per night (excluding tax).





P.S. This is Rod's first submission to blog!

Gone traveling

Until March 24, you can find me on my travel blog.

Something Blue

I know what you're thinking, I've already read this one. Well . . . keep reading. This time I had to pick out another kind of blue. After several late-night rendezvous at Home Depot and Lowes and not finding anything we could agree on, Rod and I found the perfect tile at Tile for Less. It was another thing to add to list of things I never thought I'd do: get excited about tile. It was not quite like finding the perfect pair of shoes, but I knew it as soon as I saw it. It's called ocean blue, and it is perfect.

Stay tuned

Well it only took me a year, but I've finally finished blogging about my trip to China. Check it out here. What was my source of motivation to (finally) finish . . . I am going to Honduras in 4 (FOUR!!!) days!

Sweet Flower Girls

Rod's cousins Lainey and Catherine have just agreed to be our flower girls (we'll post pictures soon), and we are so excited! They are such cute, sweet little girls. Unfortunately they live very far from us so we don't get to see them often. Because they are so far away, their mothers will be picking out the flower girls dresses. Here are some simple styles that I like.



1. Children's Boutique
2. Cotton Candy Dress - Ivory Shantung 204 (Don't worry the sash and flower are removable)
3. Snippet and Ink
4. Cutie Clothes - Sage Girls Dress
5. Cutie Clothes - Blue Girls Jacqueline
6. Cotton Candy Dress - Ivory and Lilac Victorian (Don't worry, the sash and flower are removable)

Something Blue

I LOVE shoes! They are my favorite accessory and I'm more likely to base my outfit on my favorite pair of new shoes than on any shirt I own. Ever since I saw this pair of shoes, I have been obsessed with having Nina pumps for my wedding. The problem . . . I want them in blue.

Blue is supposed to be a symbol of fidelity, good fortune, and love. My wedding dress also already has a touch of my favorite shade of blue in it. So blue shoes was a natural choice.

This last weekend (I swear it was fate), Nordstroms had exactly one pair in my size of Nina pumps in the perfect shade of chlorine. I love that they have leather soles and make a perfect slap on our hardwood floors. I just hope that the spiky heels don't aerate Log Haven's lawn too much.

Karthik and Eve

This last weekend we got to spend a lot of time catching up with old friends. On Friday night, we went to Karthik's birthday party at his and Eve's newly remodeled condo. It was amazing to see the transformation. Karthik was one of the first friends I made when I moved to SLC. Karthik, Rod, Dave Jones, Mark Barela, and I spent most of our first year of law school hanging out together. We were at Karthik's the first time Rod and I cooked together (spaghetti) and the first time Rod took the knife away from me, scared that I would cut myself. Karthik was also with us the first time Rod and I went boarding together (before Rod converted to tele-skis). It was after a night of hanging out at Karthik's that I first realized I had a mega-crush on Rod. It was so fun to see Karthik's place and reminisce.

Karthik is getting married this summer too, in Sri Lanka to the beautiful Eve. You can really tell how smitten Karthik is when you see how he looks at Eve. I'm so disappointed that I will miss their wedding (it's only two weeks before ours and I don't think that I will be in any position to leave the country) and that they won't be home from their four-month trek around the world in time to make it to ours.

Happy Birthday Karthik!

No going back now

I came home to find a big gaping hole in my bedroom wall.

Was this the work of some strange sheetrock hungry thief? No, my loving fiance Rod had spent the weekend demoing our bathroom so that the contractor can begin updating it (and fixing the troublesome leak into our garage). It is completely gutted right now, but I'm really excited to see how everything turns out. It will be so nice to have two fully functioning bathrooms upstairs. Now to start plans for the basement . . .

Bridal Hair

Photos from theknot.com, brides.com, theweddingchannel.com, and 2 Prom Hairstyles