And it continues....

June 2009

The future Mr and Mrs Crall needed a vacation away from wedding planning and hot AZ weather! Andy planned a weekend up at the beautiful Grand Canyon for us. After living in Arizona for over 11 years, it was finally time to take a trip to one of the wonders of the world! It was a great time for Andy and I to reconnect and just have the two of us for a weekend! The Grand Canyon was AMAZING! I knew it would be quite the sight but WOW, there's nothing to explain it! You just have to go! I was a bit (or ALOT) freaked out by the heights and LACK of safety railings but by the end of the trip I made it out on the ledge! We also had a run in with our friend Alvin! He was a HUGE squirrel that was very entertaining as it would steal peoples food! Overall the weekend was a great success! Andy & Kim time was much needed and the setting couldn't have been better!

My parents also threw us a couple's shower to help us getting in the wedding/honeymoon spirit! Island themed with most of our closest friends to help celebrate! To top it off my maid of honor and BFF, Alison, flew in from California for the weekend! :) My parents sure know how to throw a party and add a little something my Mom helped Andy & I get a head start on our Honeymoon by having our friends contribute to the "Money Tree" full of Passport envelopes! Man that made planning our Honeymoon so much easier! Thank you AGAIN and AGAIN to all that helped us! Cancun was a BLAST but that's in a later post...keep in touch!

Next Up....August 2009 - Full of Wedding Events including Bachelorette Parties, Dress Fittings, and MY BIRTHDAY! Stay tuned!

Back to Blogs...Monthly Recap

So the past 6 months have been quite the whirlwind at the Crall household so I'm going to make a solid attempt at giving a "quick" recap (if possible)! So here we go...

April 2009

One of my besties, Blair, got married and I had the honor of standing by her side as she said "I do!". Her and her hubby are the kindest people I know and I couldn't be happier to be a part of their wedding day! Congrats Willy!

My honey also turned another year older which means festivities were needed. We had a bunch of our friends over for a BBQ, pool, the NFL draft and just a great time with great friends!

May 2009

Our little Miss Kayleigh came into town with Anne and Roger! Her stay started off a bit rocky with a stomach flu but was able to get past it in order to fully enjoy her trip to none other than DISNEYLAND! We also took a trip to the Wildlife Zoo and lots of swimming!

During April and May the wedding still seemed so far away yet were full of planning and decision. During KK's visit she also helped us make some VERY important decisions. Such as, what food we would serve and most important, she picked out her flowergirl dress. Boy did she love twirling around in all the different dresses. Kayleigh is definitely our pretty lil' princess!

Next recap:
June - Grand Canyon trip & Couple's Shower

Pictures are UP!

Okay...so no long post just yet BUT wedding pictures are up and ready for viewing!

http://pictage.com/719351

Hope you enjoy....I know we did! :)

<3 Mrs. Crall

WE'RE MARRIED!

So that means I should DEFINITELY have time for a blog update...

...stay tuned!

<3 Mrs Crall

New Posts to come...

Okay...Its official...I suck at blogging! Or should I say - making the time to blog!?

I looked down at my cute "Wedding Day Countdown Clock" (courtesy of my bridesmaid Debbie) this evening and had a mini freak out, which then turned into excitement. Why you ask? Because Andy and I will be getting married in T-minus 100 days! That means tomorrow we dropped down to double instead of triple digits until the BIG DAY! Oh the very MANY things to do still!

With that being said here's a quick recap of the longer posts I promise to write about this weekend:
*latest and greatest wedding plans
*recap of our Couple's Shower hosted by the Brito Family
*my new J-O-B in the dental field (thank you Sam!!)
*Andy's latest golf outings
*and any other news that I can think of when i'm not quite so exhausted!

Hope you have received your Save The Dates and have made your way to our wedding website:
Andy & Kim's Wedding Website

Majority of wedding details and accommodations have been posted on the site so check it out and let me know if you have any questions!!

Hope all is well with everyone and sorry if we've been MIA - the Brito-Crall household has been pretty crazy these days!

Love,
Kim

PS. Don't forget to Floss! haha work has officially made me crazy! g'night!

My little sissy is not so little anymore...

Yesterday was my not so little, YOUNGER sister's Sweet 16 birthday! We have a 10 1/2 year gap between us so I've been trying to transition from the "motherly sister" to just the "older sister", if that makes any sense at all!? There was a weird couple years where I couldn't help but try to make her innocent and protect her as much as possible. Now that she's getting older and I'm no longer living with her all the time I can't help but let her be her own person. But with that said it makes it easier to be more sisterly vs. always trying to take care of her, and although I wouldn't trade the past 16 years for anything, I'm excited for the years to come! She's not into sports like I was but she has a HUGE passion for music (which I think is from me taking her to concerts all the time when she was younger) and would love to get into cosmetology (bring on the free haircuts!). She is growing up so fast and turning into such a beautiful young lady and I'm so proud of her! She looked so cute yesterday at dinner in her new dress and heels - which put her a good foot taller than me since I was in flip-flops! Yes, she's taller than me anyway, but let's not talk about it okay!? Anywho - my point being that she's getting older and so am I but I feel like it's much more drastic for her. I look forward to having her stand by me as I get married and the many more years to come together as best sisser friends! :)

Happy Birthday and I love you Sisser!
Xoxo,
Your (older) Sisser

Invitations!

So my cousin Stephanie has been designing our wedding invitations and she informed me that they are in the mail as of yesterday! I am more than excited for the following reasons:

1. The proofs look AWESOME!!!!!!!!
2. So glad to have her graphic design expertise - an added family touch! Love it!
3. They're not like anything online anywhere, custom baby! Ya!

Photos to come when we get the delivery!

Thanks again Cuz! :)

Coming up - Debbie's birthday, My lil sisser turns 16!, and the Lasley-Scalise shin-dig!