Our Life . . .

Monthly Update

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:18:00 +0000

Went to see the midwives today and happy to report that all is well with our little jumping bean (who isn't a bean really anymore more like a softball but we like to call it the little bean). The bean is right on track and so am I. I weighed in last month at 126.8 lbs and this month I'm 127 lbs. So haven't gained much at all but I'm good with that. I'd rather gain the weight more toward the end if I've gotta gain. I just feel gaining it now means I'm pigging out way more then I should. I do eat more then I used to but it's more just smaller meals more often. So far I've been craving milk...first 12 weeks couldn't get enough of it drank it almost as much as water...Also mint chocolate chip ice cream...which reminds me I'm out of that better go stock up tomorrow....I like pickles but don't crave them just like them...

The other day I had a ridiculous craving for Taco Bell. I haven't liked Taco Bell much over the last 10 years but it was overwhelming the need for a Taco Supreme. So I went and waited in the ridiculous line at the Taco Bell drive through and the guy who was at the window made me laugh because he saw my last name and told me he was from Hermosillo Mexico and all about how awesome the place was and how cool it was that that was my last name. I've never had a craving that bad but it was completely satisfied which felt wonderful!

My next appointment is on February 1st. We'll find out what this little one is then. We are so excited to find out. I hope this month goes by quickly.

I also decided that I'm going to have a baby shower in California on March 27th. So if you are going to be in Cali and would like to attend make sure to email me your address so I can get you an invitation. I'd love to see you since I don't get home much anymore, and when I do I never get time to see everyone.

I think this wraps up what's going on lately with the little one. I have had lots of gurgling lately, but no concrete baby movements...way excited for that day to come too. :)

Love,

Lish & Ricky

Baby # 1 To be delivered Next June

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:06:00 +0000

Yes now don't you all go and faint....it is true. Ricky and I are expecting our first little one approximately June 28th, 2010. My Nana's Birthday, so if he/she came that day how happy would she be. haha But I'm feeling great. 13 weeks down. I haven't had any real sickness (other then the good old cold's that keep going around which I seem much more susceptible to now then ever before) The only side effects seem to be tiredness and especially at night....I love my husband dearly, but when he comes into bed at 11:30 at night (after I've been asleep since 9:30) I CANNOT be held responsible for my actions....NEVER WAKE A SLEEPING PREGNANT WOMAN!! That's all I can say about that. ha

The clothes are starting to fit tighter. (Thank you Heather for your generous donation to my maternity wardrobe. They will and do come in handy)But over all we feel this baby is a HUGE blessing in our lives and feel that the mild discomforts I've had thus far is in a small way Heavenly Father blessing me for being so patient all these years for children to be entrusted into my care.

We really couldn't be happier about this baby. I guess this means I'll have to be better about updating the blog....now to just get my camera fixed so we can take pictures!

Love,

Lish & Ricky

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:55:00 +0000

so today is my dad's birthday....just wanted to post a little note to tell him how much we love him! Hope you had a great day....sorry the Energy Bill passed....I'm sure that's not the best birthday present you ever had! But it was fun talking to you about it. Miss you!!!

Love,

Lish & Ricky

Sunday Rambling

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:07:00 +0000

Not a ton going on today, but I do have some good things to report. First two weeks ago we were asked to say the prayers in Sacrament Meeting. For those that know me know it's not a big deal for me to have to talk or pray in public, for those that know Ricky probably know that panic struck immediately. He cracks me up, first thing he said was "Why do you hate me? Are you trying to kill me?" Then last Saturday Jake called and said they were going to push back the prayer a week as there was a mission farewell. I told Ricky and he said "Good I get to live for another week."

So this morning came and I kid you not, for some odd reason when he got out of bed he totally started getting light headed, broke out in a sweat and couldn't stand for any length of time. I totally thought he was just trying to get out of saying the prayer. So he laid in bed for a bit. But I couldn't believe how nervous he felt. But he got ready and we went to church. Poor guy had to sit through the entire Sacrament meeting before he said the closing prayer. His hands were so clammy and he was SWEATING! But he did a great job! I love my husband.

After Sacrament Meeting we were asked to meet with the Bishop. Ricky again started panicking thinking he was getting a calling. But the Bishop was just checking in with us about our Sealing and what still needed to be done. So we will be putting in the paperwork within the next month or so hopefully for the First Presidency to approve the Sealing Cancellation and that way everything will be in order for our Sealing in August. YAY for that!

So those that need to plan for time off to travel up for the Sealing, we are planning it for August 22nd which is a Saturday. Please keep us in your prayers that the cancellation gets approved in time.

Love,

Lish & Ricky

8 Things about yours truly

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:49:00 +0000

Rules:
1) Post rules on your blog
2) Answer the 6 categories
3) Tag others

8 Favorite T.V. Shows: (in no particular order)
1) 24
2) Heroes
3) Chuck
4) Lost
5) Pysch
6) Monk
7) The Office
8) Cities of the Underworld

8 Things I did Yesterday/what a wonderful life I lead
1) Woke Ricky up.
2) Took a shower
3) Woke Ricky up again.
4) Got ready for church
5) Ironed Ricky's Clothes for church
6) Went to Church
7) Played Zelda till 1 in the morning
8) Fixed dinner

8 Things I look Forward To
1) Seeing family in May for Meg's Wedding
2) Getting debt paid off
3) Having kids
4) Hanging out with Ricky tonight
5) Playing Zelda tonight
6) Having all work stuff organized
7) Being Sealed to Ricky in the fall
8) Eating lunch

8 Favorite Restaurants
1) Red Robin
2) Olive Garden
2) Cafe Rio
3) Bajio
4) Chili's
5) Apple Bees
6) Rumbi's
7) IHOP
8) Beto's

8 Things on My Wishlist
1) Summer to be here
2) Starting our family
3) Debt paid off
4) New clothes
5) RockBand 2
6) See my Sisters more
7) Never get wrinkles
8) More time with Ricky

8 People I Tag
1) Melanie Y
2) Jennifer J
3) Carolee B
4) Kristen C
5) Kristen B
6) Leslie T
7) Lindsey S
8) Karin C

Love,

Lish & Ricky

Happy Birthday Hubby!!!

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:20:00 +0000

So technically I'm 2 hours early, but tomorrow is Ricky's 25th Birthday!! I'm so excited for him to be 25 cuz honestly saying my husband is 25 and I'm 29 doesn't sound so bad. ha ha. I thought I'd give you just a few reasons why I love this man.

1) He is amazing when I'm having a bad day to cheer me up, even if his day was way worse.

2) He tries so hard to be a good husband, and it makes me want to try even harder to be a good wife.

3) He puts up with my hormonal birth control induced mood swings.

4) He is so adorable around all the nieces and nephews. He's going to make a wonderful father one day.

5) He is one of the smartest men I know. If he doesn't know what he is doing he'll keep at it until he does.

6) He is the world's BEST Snuggler. Don't tell him I told you guys this but his nickname is snuggle monster. My favorite is when he doesn't say anything, he just nudges me with his head to let me know he wants his head scratched. The best is when him and Kiki are fighting over my lap and they both do the nudge to be scratched.

7) He tells me he loves me often throughout the day, and I love saying it back.

8) He does the dishes and sweeps the floor, two of the things I hate to do most.

9) He laughs at almost everything. He loves to laugh.

10) and Finally. I love him because he agreed to marry me and love me forever. No matter what I do I know that he is always by my side and I'm by his. We are truly partners in everything we do. I love knowing I can go to him with a question and he will give my an honest answer..not just the answer I want to hear. He knows how to help me rationalize my usually irrational thoughts and emotions. I am the luckiest ever.

Happy Birthday Babe!!! Hope you enjoy your day!!

Love,

Lish

Catch up

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:39:00 +0000

Ok sorry for taking so long, but life has been exhausting. Thanksgiving was nice and quiet and then the first of the December came and it feels like I haven't stopped running. As of Dec 1st I moved out to our American Fork Clinic full time and started working with them to become an independent PT clinic from the rest of Intermountain. It has been an amazing and challenging experience. I've been working pretty much 8-6 at the office most days and then coming home and working more. We've been re-doing most of the paperwork and processes to get ready for Jan 1. I'm glad to say we've got the clinic set up and going strong. There are still some bugs to work out but we are having such a great time figuring it all out. It feels so good to be apart of this clinic. I've always wanted to feel more ownership in a clinic and not just being a gopher or gal friday type. I definitely feel a great fit with this office.

So in between all of this we managed to squeeze in a trip to California to see Heather's new baby Ella Rebekah and spend Christmas with the family. I'm sorry I don't have pictures I finally found my connector cord, but now I lost my camera. I know I'm so scatterbrained and Ricky laughs at me all the time because I can be so forgetful. But anyways....Cali was nice and relaxing. Ella is perfect, Armanie is a riot and Blake and Ethan love to play with their new Uncle Ricky so much!!! We had a great time at Sean's playing Boys against Girls RockBand 2. And I'll just through it out there. GIRLS KICKED THE GUYS BUTTS!!! Sean and Michael thought they would show off and play expert. We girls new what to do and played it safe on Medium and Hard, it paid off and we won. haha. But it was so nice to hang out with the Sibs, it had been too long and I love that my Husband gets along so well with everyone in the Family. But who wouldn't get along with Ricky ;)

Well that's all I have to report for now. When I find my camera again I'll post some pictures.

Love,

Lish & Ricky

I got a new calling!

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:19:00 +0000

So after we missed a few weeks of church due to house sitting down in Provo, we made it back to church today. And wouldn't you know it right after Sacrament Meeting Jake Camp (ward executive secretary) made a b-line for Ricky and I. I've come to learn that it is never a good thing for Jake to make a b-line for you. The smart thing to do is run and run fast. haha. No I'm kidding, we all love Jake, he keeps the ward organized ;) Well anyways he asked if we could meet with a member of the Bishopric right then. We said sure and went and met with Brother Clegg. Ricky came in with me like a good husband supporting his wife. I figured a calling was coming, and yep Bob extended me the calling of being on the Enrichment Committee. Of course I immediately said yes. I love being in Enrichment, and one of my really good friends and Visiting teacher Lindsey is the Enrichment leader, so heck ya I'll be on the committee. So we were finishing up and Bob asked Ricky if he had a calling yet. Extremely hesitant to answer Ricky quietly said no. and so of course Bob said they'd have to work on that one right away. Haha, as we were leaving Ricky said "That's what I get for being a supportive spouse? See if that happens again."

All in fun as always. Can I just tell you guys I truly did marry an amazing man. Regardless of what calling he gets he will do it and do it to the best of his abilities. He isn't always comfortable getting involved, but once he gets to know people he truly does amazing things.

I went and saw Twilight last night with some girlfriends. (Jodie if your reading this don't be mad!! I'll still go see it with you when you get back home) I know it seems to be getting mixed responses, but for what it's worth it was a good movie, and I'll probably end up going to see it again tomorrow night with Maria and in a few weeks with Jodie. But anyways I heard people last night coming out of the theater complaining that they don't have an "Edward". Well I can happily report that I've got someone BETTER than an "Edward". He makes me laugh harder than any man ever has (I have to specify man, because Katie and Heather make me laugh just as hard as he does) He is so supportive with what ever I want or need to do. He never raises his voice in anger. He always helps me calm down and rationally think things through. He deals with my mood swings like a pro (I'm not saying I have horrible mood swings, just the normal ones). He loves me unconditionally and takes time to just sit on the couch and cuddle with me after work. He's my best friend and I'm eternally grateful to have him in my life.

Ok that's enough of that mushiness. Anyways life is good here in Utah. I miss all you guys that are living away, but I'll see all the family in December, and can't wait to see little Ella and get to see E and B and A. Should we just start calling them A BEE for the grandkids? Dang I'm so smart!!! I amaze myself.

Love,

Lish & Ricky

My Quirks

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:24:00 +0000

Thanks HeadCase for tagging me.

1. I have to sleep with a fan or noise machine

2. I can't watch t.v. or a movie without playing a game on my laptop or my Electronic Sudoku.

3. I don't like watching t.v. live I prefer the ability to skip stupid commercials.

4. I love Ricky's leather couch that came with him when we got married. I sit down from getting home and I don't want to get back up. I'll even fall asleep on it and sleep great.

5. I love snowmen and collect them. I even have a snowman nativity scene. My sister says it's sacrilegious but I still like it.

6. I love the series Charmed.

7. I prefer Marshmallow Mateys over Lucky Charms. Sorry Heather.

8. I enjoy staying in touch with old friends.

9. I cross stitch, but I only like to do Paula Vaughn prints.

10. I know I should exercise, but I don't and it's starting to catch up to me. :(

I don't really want to tag anyone, so I not going to. If you want to cut and paste this for your own blog be my guest. :)

Love,

Lish & Ricky

My Man!!

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:23:00 +0000

What is his name? Ricardo "Ricky" Ackley Hermosillo
How long did you date? Started dating Feb 2008 got engaged July 2008 and married August 2008, fast enough for ya?
How old is he? 24
Who eats more? Definitely Ricky. He can eat a whole pound of pasta by himself.
Who said "I Love You" first? Ricky, totally freaked me out we'd only been dating a week.
Who is taller? Ricky, 6'0 Lish 5'3
Who sings better? Ricky, but you won't hear it often
Who is smarter? We are both smart, but Ricky figures things out quicker than I do.
Who does the laundry? He dirties it I wash it. Went from 3 loads a week being single to 10 with him.
Who pays the bills? We both pay our own for now, but we share the wealth. (haha there is no wealth)
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Which way is it? when you are at the foot of the bed looking at it or laying in bed? it really changes every night I have a very active sleeper in my bed. Where ever I move he tends to find me and snuggles up.
Who mows the lawn? I used to, but now he does.
Who cooks dinner? I do. Ricky knows how to make cereal, oatmeal and boil pasta. that's about it. ;)
Who drives? We share
Who is more stubborn? We both are, but Ricky is much more easy going than I am.
Who kissed who first? It was a mutual attraction, don't know exactly who kissed who it was a joint effort.
Who asked who out first? Um actually Maria asked me out for Ricky, haha Blind date, but them I totally pursued and kept inviting him to do things with our group.
Who proposed? He did an amazing job with the proposal (Thanks Ria, Andrea, Jen, Angelica, Melissa for actually prepping everything and giving Ricky the ideas haha) If you want to see it go to previous posts for July 2008 :)
Who is more sensitive? Me all the way.
Who has more siblings? Technically me with 3 siblings (2 of 4) Ricky is 1 of 3,
Who wears the pants? Depends on the situation, but mainly Ricky.

Love,

Lish & Ricky

7 Random facts about me.

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:21:00 +0000

I was tagged for my FIRST!!! blog tag. Thanks Mrs. R. I'm not that creative ever so I'll just work on this as they come to me ;)

The rules: link your tagger and list these rules on your blog. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. Here goes:

1. I cry at t.v. and movies way too easily. I cry at pretty much every series finale. Growing Pains balled, Cosby show balled, 90210 balled, Friends balled for at least 2 days every time I thought about it. PS I Love You I seriously soaked Ricky's shirt, he thought I was crazy, it was uncontrollable sobs red swollen eyes and runny nose that wouldn't stop. It was an AWESOME movie.

2. I'm OCD about stupid stuff like having my DVD's arranged alphabetically, and I separate out the Disney/Kid movies from the other movies. I love to alphabetize or put things in chronological order and file. It drives me nuts to have charts at work not in proper order. But I'm the messiest person in pretty much every other aspect of my life.

3. I have to sleep with the fan on or during the winter when it is too cold I have a white noise machine. I can't sleep in silence. But I do love being bundled up in my blanket and have the cold fan blowing on my face. I have Carolee Biehn to blame for this habit. She had a fan at a sleep over once and I've had one ever since. Good thing Ricky has the same habit as I do :)

4. One of my best friends I've had since I was 1 1/2. Her mom and my mom were best friends and we've been friends ever since. So we've been friends for 29 years, and usually don't go more than a week or so without talking. We've been there for almost every major event in our lives, and I don't see this friendship ending anytime soon. :)

5. I can't start a game of spider solitaire, free cell or regular solitaire and leave it until I win a game. It's stupid I know but I have to beat at least one game before I can walk away from it. I would never be good in Vegas, cuz I would lose tons of money because of this habit. I can't leave a nickle or penny slot until I've won either.

6. I love to have dinner parties. I love to be mothering and taking care of people. I hate to the stress of putting it all together, but I love having everyone over. I'm getting pretty good and managing my time to have everything ready in time without having half the meal cold. I just with I had a bigger kitchen and two ovens :) I love to cook and love kitchen gadgets, they over run my kitchen. I guess that's why I sell Pampered Chef :)

7. I love Star Wars. I can watch any of the 6 movies at any given time. When I was little I wanted to be Leia and I always thought Luke was so good looking (what was I thinking!) I have bought the Lego Star Wars video games and I really really really want the Lego Millennium Falcon. 3,000 pieces!!! What is better than Star Wars and Legos? I'm lucky though because I married a Star Wars geek who actually listens to the audio books on tape, He's even got me listening to them too. (don't laugh they are good!!) We even record the new Star Wars Clone Wars cartoon and watch it every Friday night. It's our cheap date night!

Okay that is all for this quiz, you all knew I was a nerd, but you probably have a new found appreciation for my nerdiness. There are lots more things I could probably think of but that's all you get for now. I'm going to tag Katie A, Jenny J, Lindsay S, Ashley P, Melissa P, Heather C, Melanie Y.

Love,

Lish & Ricky

Just some thoughts

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:05:00 +0000

I started subscribing to LDS New, Daily Gems and Family Gems. You can sign up through http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/ Anyways I just liked today's Daily Gem thought I'd share it.

Core Values Learned from Our Mothers

"Being a mother has never been an easy role. Some of the oldest writings in the world admonish us not to forsake the law of our mother,instruct us that a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother, and warn us not to ignore our mother when she is old (see Proverbs 1:8; 10:1;
Thomas S. Monson, "If Ye Are Prepared Ye Shall Not Fear," Ensign, Nov. 2004, 116

Attending Meetings to Qualify for Guidance

"How can attending your meetings--particularly sacrament meeting--bless you and your family? Regularly partaking of the sacrament will help you keep your baptismal covenant. As you live worthily and renew this covenant weekly, you will qualify for the guidance of the Spirit. The Holy Ghost will guide you and will teach you what you should do to bless your family."
Mary N. Cook, "Strengthen Home and Family," Ensign, Nov. 2007, 12

Love,

Lish & Ricky

Update

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:51:00 +0000

Okay stop nagging me about not updating already. There just isn't a whole lot to update with. Life is good we are good. Just been busy with work and spending time with each other. I started back with Pampered Chef last week and had a great show with Ricky's Mom, Jennifer. It was great to be back into the swing of things. I love doing my Pampered Chef shows, making food and chatting things up with great people, so if anyone is interested in hosting a show let me know. No better way to earn fun free things for your kitchen.

Okay now I'm off that plug. Ricky and I are in the process of re-financing the house to finalize all of my past life once and for all. Things are going pretty smoothly. My credit survived the divorce nicely which I was pleasantly pleased about. We are just waiting on the appraisal to be done, so please keep us in your prayers that all goes well and we come through this whole economic mess on the plus side.

Ricky has been working really hard at work. And coming home exhausted. I'm trying to be the good wife with meals and keeping house. It's great to be a wife! I absolutely love my husband and can't believe how much he makes me laugh everyday. (side note just now he got excited about his video game, knocked over his cup of water all over some of my Pampered Chef paperwork and tried really hard to get it cleaned up before I got upstairs to see what the shrieking was all about...typical night in our house. haha) I'm going to have to child proof my house before we ever have kids, All the breakable things are getting put up higher. ;)

But I have to tell you I really am married to the best guy in the world. Sunday we got home from church and I made us some lunch, then I fell asleep on the couch to take a little nap, while I was napping he cleaned up the entire kitchen. The little things he does everyday makes me smile and I am so grateful to have him in my life.

Well that is about all. Okay Love you all and I'll work more on keeping you posted.

Love,

Lish & Ricky

A few pictures from wedding day

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:58:00 +0000

I'll have to write up the post for the wedding day at a later date, but I'll give you some pictures now to keep you all happy. Thanks to Crystal for capturing my #2 happiest moment of the day. My dad ended up surprising us and showed up for the wedding. We love surprising my dad and making him cry. He finally got me back. But I couldn't have been happier. I love you dad!!!
Love,

Lish & Ricky

Bridal's

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:57:00 +0000

I know there are a lot of photos here, but I figured I'd upload them and keep the captions, so family (mainly mom dad and grandma's) if there is a picture you like and want a copy of let me know and I'll get it made.

Love,

Lish & Ricky

Bridal Shower Part III

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:52:00 +0000

Love,

Lish & Ricky

Bridal Shower Part II

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:47:00 +0000

Love,

Lish & Ricky

Bridal Shower Part I

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:22:00 +0000

Last night we had my "Lingerie Bridal Shower" and I have to say it was fabulous!!! Maria, Jen, Rachelle and Laura did an amazing job putting everything together. The decorations were cute and Laura did an awesome job with all the food. Years of friendship with Laura has been well worth it. We had a great turn out and lots of fun. I could not believe how great all the gifts were. They were so creative and way sexy. I'm sure Ricky will be pleased with all the purchases ;) But I'll tell you my two favorite parts of the evening were one to see the video answers Ricky gave to all these questions. If it's not too large of a file I'll upload it because it is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. He LIED!! With a few of the questions, knowing that I'd have to jam gum in my mouth for every wrong question. For the record I gave correct answers to the best of my ability....Ricky just likes to come up with fun stories to tell whether they are true or not. But watching the video made me miss him and his laugh even more. He left yesterday for Mexico till Sunday with Jer and Bryce and some other guys to go deep sea fishing. :(

My second favorite part of the evening was when I opened Sara's (Ricky's aunt) present. She TOTALLY BOUGHT ME MY JESSICA SIMPSON RED PEEP TOE 4 1/2" HEELS!!!!! It was like the 3rd present I opened and I literally almost started crying (I'm not far from tears much these days. Stupid Birth Control Pills!!) I think I even said okay I'm done I don't need anymore presents I'm good! You'll see the pictures of them in the next slide show. They are stunning and they look SOOOOO good under my dress!!! The girls wanted me to try on my dress after the shower was done and I had to put the shoes with them. It is PERFECT!!! After the shower ended and we were cleaning up we decided to layout all my outfits to see how may I got and how we could mix and match them. I ended with up 14 outfits not including the mixing and matching. I'm so excited!! But just as we got all the outfits layed out in the front room we got a knock at the door and It was Bill and Denise's BISHOP!! I'm pretty sure I was bright red and felt bad for the guy walking into a room full of girls in their 20's and 30's playing with lingerie! He came in and went to the other room to talk to Bill and when he left he went out through the garage door. We were laughing so hard!

All in All it was a great evening full of good fun and friends. Thank you again to everyone who came and for all the great gifts. I'd say I'll tell you if Ricky ends up liking them...but that's pretty much a given, He's an Ackley after all ;)

Love,

Lish & Ricky

Our Engagement Photos

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:25:00 +0000

YAY!!!! For Andrea!!!!

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:42:00 +0000

Can I just tell you how much I am appreciating having Andrea as a friend!! She has been the official/unofficial Wedding Planner and has been amazing!!! Between her and Maria I have had to worry about very little!! And Andrea again comes through for me! She found the table runners for $1.00 a piece!!! and Tableclothes for $2.50! That seems much more reasonable and do able for me! Maria and I went to place after place looking at different options ready to pull our hair out, and Andrea gets online this morning and within a few hours has everything figured out! Really can't say how much I love and appreciate all her help with everything!!! After we secure the tableclothes everything is READY!!!!!

Invites are being printed and assembled this week. Dress fitting is tomorrow (lets all say a silent prayer that I can fit into it after trying it on for the first time 3 months ago.) It feels so good to have the bulk of everything done and paid for.

Ricky is handling all of the plans very well for the most part, but I know he is relieved that things have turned out to be less expensive for the most part then we were planning. The only things we have left to pay for are the wedding day pictures and the airfare to go to Cabo (again silent prayer that the prices will drop so we don't have to change plans.)

Love,

Lish & Ricky

A little Help!!

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:33:00 +0000

Okay so Maria and I went around today looking at fabric and I'm getting rather sad about the cost of things. I know weddings aren't cheap, but Ricky and I really are on a tight budget for this shindig we are putting together. We were looking today for white tablecloths and black table runners. We could rent the table clothes but when the tables themselves are only costing us 6.25 a piece it seems like highway robbery to pay 8.50 a piece for the table cloth. So I'm going to go the cheap route and ask any and all of you if you have any white round table clothes approx 70 inches that you would be willing to let me borrow. Even my California friends. My mom will be coming up with my sister and she could bring them. I know I'm tacky and cheap for even asking, but if you find it in your heart to allow us to use them I would greatly appreciate it. We need 12 of them.

Other news we've got the tables and chairs reserved, the flowers figured out, the chocolate fountains located and my dress paid for and figured out which Tux Ricky wants to wear. Oh and engagement pictures are done, wedding invitations all ready to be printed and then assembled Monday night. They should go out to everyone in the next week and a half.

Love,

Lish & Ricky

The Ring

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:08:00 +0000

Haha for those that wanted a better picture of the ring here you go. It's a Princess cut center stone with trillions on either side (trillions are triangle diamonds.) and it is white gold. Didn't he do an amazing job!!!! He is the best!!

Love,

Lish & Ricky

The Engagement is Official!!!

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:10:00 +0000

This is the set up before we got back.

http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=1004658960979&f=1&e=0#/video/video.php?v=26285212811

The proposal video is 5 minutes long...too long to upload to this so check this link. It's dark and quiet but it is a proposal none the less. :)

This is after the proposal.

Love,

Lish & Ricky

The necklace for the Bridesmaids

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:47:00 +0000

This is the necklace for the bridesmaids to wear. Cute huh?

Love,

Lish & Ricky

Shoes

chefalicia@emcity.net (Lish) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:49:00 +0000

So we found this AMAZING pair of Red Jessica Simposn Neona Peep Toe Pumps from Macys (more like ankle breaking stilletos then pumps) that were going to be PERFECT!!!! But 1) they are $79.00 very sad day, and 2) for some reason I can't get the picture to upload for you to see. So Rachelle and I found these shoes at Payless for $19.99. They aren't my absolute favorite, but they are cute nonetheless

If anyone hears of a shoe sale going on at Macy's or knows anyone who works there that can pull in a favor I would love you forever. I want to get that pair from Macys and wear them underneath my wedding dress. Wouldn't that look as Katie loves to use the term "Stellar"?

Have I told you how much I'm loving going shopping lately with my various bridesmaids. They've all been so helpful in one way or another. I really do have the best friends!!!

Love,

Lish & Ricky