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2011-12-12T00:50:00.001-08:00

All the cool kids are doing it....

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So you like movies...

2011-03-26T13:56:00.000-07:00

I did it. I made a new blog solely dedicated to the purpose of all things pop culture. Introducing... Gaiety!Glamour!Glory!

I will still use this blog to update personal things but head on over to my new blog and check it out.

ps. I am still in the process of making it look pretty so excuse my mess :)

what to do...

2011-03-13T22:58:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone (all 5 readers),
Sorry I have been absent. I just haven't had anything to blog about. I have been thinking of taking my blog in a different direction. Something fun. I still want to update the blog with fun things going on in our lives, but when there is nothing exciting going on I want to fill the blog with other fun things. Maybe Ill start doing some movie reviews since I literally see every movie. Thats the only idea I have right now. If you think of anything let me know :)

lovelovelove

3 days in 1

2011-02-13T20:06:00.000-08:00

I was gone this weekend on a little gettaway for valentines/my birthday so here are the days i have missed

Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day

I love Kristin Wiig. She is hilarious and i love a girl willing to do anything to get a laugh

Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item

Obviously Adam :)

Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh

you had to be there...but it was funny. we were 17 at the time.

Day 5

2011-02-10T20:17:00.000-08:00

Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory

Seeing my husband for the first time on our wedding day is one of my favorite memories.

Day 4

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Day 04 - A picture of your night

My night was spent watching modern family and watching adam eat in-in-out.

Day 3

2011-02-08T16:23:00.000-08:00

Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show

MODERN FAMILY. ENOUGH SAID

Day 2

2011-02-08T16:16:00.000-08:00

Forgive me...i was sick yesterday and forgot to post...

Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest

This was a hard one..obviously Adam is the person I am most closest too.. but the longest....That would have to go to my friend Kati. She has about 4 years on Adam.

Kati and I have been friends since middle school, best friends in high school, then a brief separation moment that we don't like to talk about, and then back to being best friends. This girl knows my heart backwards and forwards. We have been there for it all. Love you KP.

Un Dia Uno

2011-02-06T18:50:00.001-08:00

*If you didn't read the post below you will not understand this post or the other 30 ones :)

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with ten facts

1) I enjoy movies more than the average person.
2) I frequently go to the movies by myself
3) Since graduating college I have begun reading "just for fun" and actually now i average a book per week
4) I rather be in the mountains than the beach
5) I enjoy making situations awkward and I am willing to make myself look like a fool for a good laugh
6) I get antsy when I am in the same routine for too long...so 8-5 jobs don't really suit me :)
7) I frequently dream of moving to different countries such as Italy or Spain
8) I so badly can't wait to be a mom.
9) I have an indescribable passion for music
10) I love a lot of things but I love God the most :)

Oy Vey!

2011-02-06T18:48:00.000-08:00

Maybe this will help me blog a little more...so for the next month my blog will be posted with pictures :)

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with ten facts
Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show
Day 04 - A picture of your night
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory
Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item
Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most
Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the craziest things with
Day 11 - A picture of something you hate
Day 12 - A picture of something you love
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist
Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die
Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you
Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently
Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity
Day 19 - A picture and a letter
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget
Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at
Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book
Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change
Day 25 - A picture of your day
Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you
Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member
Day 28 - A picture of something you're afraid of
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile
Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss
Day 31 - A picture of yourself

New Years Res.

2010-12-31T00:26:00.000-08:00

Every new year I make the same resolutions...to lose weight, find a new hobby, and some other random thing that I think is important at the time. Usually I stay on track for about a month and then it's back to the same bad habits. So here is my new year resolution (I hope I can stick with them till February):

1. To read the Bible in a year (I am going to join Adam on this adventure)
2. To wake every morning remembering the mercy God gives me everyday.
3. To get healthy
4. To play piano more

I don't want to commit to more than I can handle so these 4 will do for now :)

Living in a marshmellow world

2010-12-08T20:16:00.001-08:00

Christmas season is my absolute favorite season of the whole year. I dream of white Christmas's, hot cocoa by the fire, being with love ones, and most importantly celebrating the true reason for this holiday.

Christmas time this year is a quite busy. We have a lot of things to celebrate. Adam's graduation and birthday, CHRISTMAS, and our 1 year anniversary. I may have overdone it on the gifts this year for him but I just can't help myself.

I decorated my house for Christmas a couple weeks ago and I am so happy with the results. I went for a "cottage" feel. A lot of my tree ornaments are felt or wood. I made ornaments out of yarn and a wreath out of felt. It was so much fun creating things that will be in our house for many years to come (hopefully).

Here are some pictures of the Rodriguez cottage :)

5 years ago..

2010-10-07T22:45:00.000-07:00

On October 7, 2005 I threw a surprise party for my sister. I invited all of her classmates and it just so happened that this really cute boy showed up. I saw this boy many many MANY times before around school since I was in 7th grade. I had talked to him before and kinda hung out in the same circles. But on this particular night this boy seemed different. It could have been the fact that I wanted out of the HORRIBLE relationship I was in with another guy or the fact that he was just SUPER cute and really there was no other boy in our school who I would have even considered dating. Whatever the feelings I was feeling that night I knew I wanted to ~~hang out~~ date this boy.

Over the course of the evening (which I must admit I threw a pretty good party) I made sure I was near this boy so he would notice me. I talked with him about the girl he was kinda dating and the other girl he had kinda broke up with but was still talking to everyday (ya, i know). I danced with him acting like "fun" Becca with a little bit of "cute" Becca so that I would ensure a phone call later in the weekend. After the party ended we stood outside and talked some more and things just really seemed to click between us. Then we hugged, said goodnight, and he went home.

On October 7, 2010 I woke up to that amazing ~~boy~~ man next to me. Five years ago we began building a relationship and now we are building a marriage. Even though he will always be that same boy that I danced with in my living room five years ago, he has now turned into a Godly, loving, kind-hearted man. He puts my relationship with God before our own relationship, leads me, touches my heart daily, and loves me unconditionally. I am thankful that God could turn our infatuation into love.

Then...

Now...

Addict

2010-10-04T21:37:00.000-07:00

Hi my name is Becca and I am a Coca-Cola addict.

I LOVE Coke. I CRAVE Coke. I MUST GIVE UP Coke.

Starting now I am going to begin the 12 step process.

The cold hard truth is Coke is not my friend. It leaves me with bad skin, feeling sluggish, and a little but fatter everytime I drink it.

Goodbye Coke.

Happy First Day of Fall!

2010-09-22T15:45:00.000-07:00

Fall is here :) My shows have started up again, weather is beginning to cool down, and I have begun wearing some of my fall clothes. In honor of this joyous occasion I thought I would share some fall inspiring decor options.

One day I will have a long table like this filled with family and friends.

I think I see a little DIY project in my future for these little beauties :)

Fall!

2010-09-09T19:14:00.000-07:00

September brings so much joy to my life for many reasons.

1) all my lovely fall clothes and boots start making it back into my life :)
2) all my lovely fall TV shows start back up.

Here are some of my must watch. I will narrow this down to my top five or this post might last forever.

First:
Glee

Second:
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Third:
30 Rock and The Office (we will count this as one since they are only 30 min a piece)

Fourth:
Modern Family

and Fifth:
Chuck

Good thing each of these shows do not conflict with each other or we would have a problem :)

lovelovelove

ps. I have at least 7 people that I know who have birthday's in September which is why I will make sure my babies are NOT born in September.

Tuesdays Thinkings

2010-08-31T20:07:00.000-07:00

Last night as I laid down to sleep my mind began racing. This is a regular occurrence that I do not appreciate because then I do not get enough sleep...last nights topic was Christmas decorations. Yes, you read right CHRISTMAS. I have four months till my favorite holiday. I allow myself to start listening to Christmas music in November and I possibly own almost every Christmas movie possible.

Me and A did the smart thing after we got married. We invested some of our money into an 80% off Christmas tree at Target. Although we will not have anything to decorate it other than buying a big box of boring ball ornaments...so here is my dilemma how to you decorate for your favorite holiday when you will have absolutely no money to spend on it. I see it as a necessity but A thinks its a luxury. So I came out with the solution of homemade ornaments. Not the ones you make it pre-k but more sophisticated ones of course. I was browsing around for some inspiration today and stumbled upon this beauty of a tree.

I love the felt and the buttons. So we will see how my tree turns out this year.

Bad Blogger Becca

2010-08-26T18:31:00.000-07:00

I am sure that my lack of blogging has all of my 2 readers in a frenzy...sorry I have been MIA.

The summer use to be a relaxing time but honestly now that summer is coming to an end it seems things have slowed down a lot. This is weird for me because the end of August meant going back to school and back to the stress and panic attacks (I will not miss you)...

July was another hectic month. I was gone every weekend doing something wedding related. People think I am kidding...but no, I seriously had 3 weddings, bridal showers, and a bachelorette party. Literally every.single.weekend. But I loved it! I love watching two people I care about so deeply making that commitment to each other. I was very privileged this summer to be able to attend some of the weddings I did.

August has been a bit rough mostly because I'm slowly getting used to the whole full time job and same routine every single day thing. I'm use to spontaneous trips, late nights movies, on my own schedule kind of thing that same routines start to bug me but I guess its time I start being a grown up. Adam has started school so this past weekend we wanted to spend as much time together since we will not see each other till December :( But I am so proud of all the hard work he does. I do not know how he does it but he always gets good grades, works a lot of hours, does all his homework but still takes care of my needs and puts me first. I'm a very lucky girl!

September is in the midst which means we are closer to cooler weather, boots, jackets, scarves, and all the things in between.

Hopefully I will be better at blogging ;)

lovelovelove

1 of the many weddings we attended this month. Mr. and Mrs. Rosales :)

With a heavy heart...

2010-07-25T11:03:00.000-07:00

One of my dear friends father passed away last night of cancer. He was a light and joy to be around.

As I was playing on my computer my Itunes began to play a particular song that brought me to tears. I think this song describes perfectly what Heaven is going to be like. It reminds me that life on earth is so short. There are so many times that I am caught up in the little things that I forget what I am truly living for. The song reminded me that my friend's father is now rejoicing with the Lord in Heaven and he is no longer suffering.

One of my favorite lines in this song is:

"No weeping, no hurt or pain, no suffering YOU HOLD ME NOW"

Through all the suffering we encounter each and every day in this world there will be a day when all our fear is swept away and we are forever free.

Enjoy :)

When I grow up...

2010-07-22T22:16:00.000-07:00

Now that I have graduated college and got my first "real" job I have been thinking a lot about the road I took to here.

Rewind 15 years...awkward, crooked teeth, bad hair, and blue eyed Becca was asked a question...what do you want to be when you grow up? I answered, "an actress." Now this is typical when we are young we want to be a singer, dancer, or actress because even at a young age we envy these people.

Now, I tried my hand at acting. I had an agent, head shots, and all that jazz. We would get a call for an audition about three hours before the audition and my dad would pick me up from school and we would make our way down to Los Angeles. I would get a script and have to memorize it with in 5 minutes, go inside an office, say those lines, walk out of the office, and then drive home. We did this process for about for about three years.

I got one little part in a made for Tv movie that I don't even know if it aired but I loved it.

I have always had an extreme fascination with movies, tv, and all things entertainment. I love the artist side of acting and the feeling you get when you watch an extremely good movie. I didn't want to be famous or rich (while those would be helpful things) but I wanted to entertain people...

While my passion for movies haven't changed, I don't think I will ever be that little 7 year old girl again with the dreams of being an actress. My dreams have changed and even though I am still figuring out what I want to be when I grow up I will always think what would have happened if I made it as an actress...

June

2010-07-03T16:39:00.001-07:00

Sorry it has been so long since updating. June was a crazy month and July is just as crazy. This is a run down of June:

June 4: My baby sister graduated high school

June 5: Tim McGraw and Lady Antebellum concert

June 12: Working FishFest (craziest and busiest 17 hour day of my life!)

June 17: My cousin Rachel graduated high school

June 18-20: Road trip up to Oregon for Billy and Kristin's wedding

June 23: Started a new job at a Physical Therapy Office

June 28: Interviewed for a better job

July 6: Offered new job, quit other job.

God has been good and has really been in the whole job search thing. I first interviewed for the physical therapy and was offered the job on the spot. It was a good company and really nice people but the downfall was it was only part-time and low pay (like really low). But I was not going to be picky and I was going to take what God gave me.

The first day I started at the physical therapy place I received a phone call from another company that I had previously applied for. This company job was offering full time + benefits + more money. I scheduled an interview and loved the job and company!
Since the holiday I had to wait to hear back from them so I was very anxious! Then on July 6, I had a 2nd interview and they offered me the job. I of course took it. Then I had to quit at the other place. That was my least favorite part of this whole process but I am so excited to be a "real" working woman now.

Hopefully I'll be better at updating! But thanks for all your prayers about the job stuff!

lovelovelove!

College Graduate

2010-06-14T14:36:00.000-07:00

I am officially a college graduate.

thanks to...

my wonderful parents who help funded, encouraged, and supported me through Biola.

my hot hubby who has helped me make so many memories at biola... I actually chose Biola because he wanted to go there (but don't tell him that)

my crazy family :)

my lovely sisters who have always been supportive...

my non-blood sisters :) always cheering me on

my "comm" friends for helping me through all the madness of classes

the "sisterhood".. they have shaped my college experience

and too the other graduates in my family. WE DID IT!

Sisterhood of the traveling dress

2010-05-27T15:18:00.000-07:00

In March of 2008 me and Adam went bowling for a friends birthday but little did I know I would be meeting my "sisters". I first met Rachel and Nikki while bowling. Rachel and I were on the same bowling team called "dumbledore" with our team nicknames being fatty and mine T-Rex we were destined to be friends.

After bowling I realized Nikki was in my intro to teaching class. We began sitting next to each other in class and developing a friendship. I started to hang out with Rachel and Nikki all the time and they introduced me to their friend Meggie.

After a couple of weeks we all became really good friends. Our connection was so quick and we all developed strong friendship with each other. Before we left for summer vacation we had the idea to do our own version of "sisterhood of the traveling pants." It started off as a joke but we went through with it and bought a dress. Now the dress didn't all fit us magically and I don't think any of us would fit in it now but we wrote out our timeline for who gets the dress when,the rules, and we even had a send off "ceremony" with the dress like they do in the movie.

Every year since then we have gotten together at the end of the year to talk about what we were thankful for, pray with each other, and share our goals for the summer or upcoming school year. I have always cherished my time with these girls and so thankful that we developed a "silly" tradition that has brought me so many good memories.

A couple nights ago we had our final "sisterhood" meeting. We sat on my balcony and thought about the last couple years. There was laughter and tears (mostly meggie). I have experienced so much with these girls. We were always there for each other. I am so sad we are all going to be in different states but we will always have our traveling dress!

Finals Week

2010-05-24T17:14:00.000-07:00

Every time I hear the phrase "Finals Week" I think of Alfred Hitchcock famous music in Psycho. You know the one I am taking about...the shrieking high noise when the girl is being stabbed in the shower. Well that week has come upon me for one last time...wait what? I am never going to have a "finals week" ever again...(keep breathing becca).

While yes, I am excited to never have finals week again...but at the same time I am going to miss that feeling of being awake at 2am with a soda in one hand, some gross but yummy unhealthy snack in my other, listening to music, and trying to stay awake till the morning just to get enough studying in. But more than just an excuse to eat horribly and drink deathly amounts of coke to stay awake, I think what scares me most is not knowing whats next.

I have been in school since pre-school and every year when school ended I had the luxury of knowing exactly what I will be doing the following fall. It dawned on me about two weeks ago when I was filling out about twenty applications that, 1) I have no idea what career I want to go into, 2) I need a job that will give me A LOT of money, benefits, and something that I will actually enjoy doing, and 3) I am one of a million other college graduates that are making their way into the "real world". So what makes me special?

This whole process has had me praying endlessly asking God to take care of me and Adam. The future is scary and so unclear but the thing that gets me excited is that God has a plan and I know He is going to use me to further His Kingdom in whatever job I do.

So as I start my last "final's week" ever I am thankful for the time I had at Biola, the friendships I made, the classes I took, and all those final's weeks when I thought I wasn't going to make it.

The Married Life

2010-05-10T21:54:00.000-07:00

Adam and I received a wedding gift to attend a marriage conference put on by a company called Family Life. It is a weekend long conference all about making your marriage better and all the teaching is centered around God's purpose for marriage.

We made our way down to Irvine on Friday night checked into our hotel excited to be away for a weekend. Adam skeptical about the "conference" which is too be excepted since anything that deals with theology Adam always questions and rightly so. I felt excited but exhausted and wanted to fall into the KING size bed that awaited us in the room (sleeping in a queen size bed with Adam is not something to be desired. Adam is a bed hogger, blanker hogger, and I often wake up with bruises from his kicking or elbowing).

Over the weekend we were taught about Marriage. We learned new things, were reminded of things, but most of all we were taught that God needed to be the center of our marriage and the center of our lives. I think the book Sacred Marriage describes it best: "But what most of us crave more than anything else is to be intimately close to the God who made us. If that relationship is right, we won't make such severe demands on our marriage, asking each other, expecting each other, to compensate for spiritual emptiness."

After the first session Adam was no longer skeptical but rather he was amazed and convinced that every married or engaged couple ~~should~~ needs to attend the conference. We were truly blessed and learned so many good things.

Enjoy your week :)
LoveLoveLove

one last quote :) "If the purpose of marriage was simply to enjoy infatuation and make me 'happy', then I'd have to get a 'new' marriage every two or three year. But if I really wanted to see God transform me from the inside out, I'd need to concentrate on changing myself rather than on changing my spouse."- Sacred Marriage

Desert Song

2010-04-28T14:33:00.000-07:00

Its that time in the semester when schedules get crazy, homework starts piling up, and every student feels like they are loosing it.

If you know me then you know I LOVE Hillsong. If I could I would move to Australia and join their worship team in a heartbeat.

One of their songs is called Desert Song. The song talks about no matter what season of life you are going through God is still God and that alone gives us reason to worship. I LOVE IT! Even though I am tired and feeling overwhelmed God is still God. It reminds me of God's stability through all the chaos of life.

24

2010-04-21T19:22:00.000-07:00

I am addicted!!!! I just started watching 24 this season and I'm hooked.

Then to make matters worse all the past seasons of 24 are on my netflix instant watch. Much sleep has been lost over the last couple weeks but it is SO worth it :)

Spring Cleaning....kinda.

2010-04-18T20:59:00.000-07:00

I guess you shouldn't call it "spring cleaning" when I still needed to unpack boxes from when we first moved into our apartment. We basically threw a whole bunch of random junk that had no place in our apartment in 4 boxes. I have been staring at those boxes for the last 4 months and decided I needed to go through them and get them out of here :)

So yesterday and today I complied about 6 full trash bags. It always feels so good to clear out the old junk. And on top of all the cleaning I did I finally started on my "frame" wall. I might change some things but for now I am so happy to not have a blank wall :)

here are some pictures of our little apartment (sorry they aren't the best)

Flowers Flowers Flowers

2010-04-12T23:09:00.000-07:00

My friend and florist has finally officially started her own business :) I have known Kati since we were in 7th grade so of course I have a "friend" duty to share her amazing work with you...but seriously her work is wonderful and if you are ever in need of a florist/designer Kati is your women. She did a phenomenal job at all the floral design for my wedding.

If you don't believe me check out her website (it so adorable!)

Felicity Floral Design

here is some of the work she did for my wedding...gorgeous right? :)

New York: Concrete Jungle...

2010-04-08T22:55:00.000-07:00

"When your in New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of..." is how Jay-Z and Alicia Keys describe New York in their popular song and yes, I was singing the song to Adam the whole time while we were in New York...

This past week me and Adam visited his family in New Jersey. We had a great time spending time with everyone. One of the perks of Adam's family living in New Jersey is that they are only a hop and a skip away from New York...

During one of the days we ventured into the concrete jungle and had a wonderful time frolicking around the city.

Let me just say..I LOVE NEW YORK. I love the atmosphere, the busyness, the food, shows, desserts, and so much more. I love that you can walk everywhere! It is one of the those cities that I swoon over but I know that feeling would be gone if I lived close or in the city so I am happy visiting every 2 or so years..But I am also happy to announce that twice I was mistaken for a native :)

While in New York Adam and I must have walked over 70 blocks in one day! We enjoyed pizza that was a big as are heads, walked around times square, visited the Museum of Natural History and even saw the broadway show "Promises, Promises" with Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth. It was such a cute and fun show.

All in all we enjoyed family, friends, and the city :)

Here are some pictures from our trip

trying to look stupid

trying to look like a local
where to even begin!!

East Bound

2010-03-29T21:46:00.000-07:00

Me and Adam are leaving so early tomorrow for the East coast to visit his family. A lot of Adam's family could not attend our wedding because of finances, health, and other things. We are excited to see Adam's family and share our wedding pictures and stories of the wedding day (if we can remember any) with all of them.

Hopefully I will get some good pictures of the trip.

But until then enjoy your easter :)

short week

2010-03-15T17:35:00.000-07:00

I am very excited that my "school" week is very short this week due to Missions Conference school ends on Tuesday. So since I am senior and I technically do not have to attend any conferences so I will be hopefully filling the rest of the week with fun things.

Also I am finally going to get my hair cut! It has been a while and its looking pretty nasty. I am trying to grow my hair out so I wont be doing anything crazy but I might try to spice it up a little.

Hope everyone has a good week!

Hope it brightens your day

2010-03-09T10:30:00.000-08:00

I watched this video last night and was laughing so hard. I hope you enjoy it.

More birthday fun

2010-03-08T15:00:00.000-08:00

This weekend was the tail end of my birthday celebrations. On Friday I met with a couple of my good friends at Dave and Busters. It was fun playing the games and I even won 1,000 tickets on one game. Needless to say I walked away with a very cool and stylish High School Musical 3 pencil box. When I won the game people could have sworn I had just won a million dollars. The girls and I were jumping around and yelling much like we do when we win $5 dollars on the penny machines in Vegas.

On saturday my friend Meggie took me to dinner to eat yummy breakfast burritos at one of our favorite places to eat together. We then made it just in time to catch the 10:30 showing of Alice in Wonderland. We didn't see it in 3-D so i am curious what it was like in 3-D but I did love the movie. It wasn't as quite "twisted and dark" as I thought but I thought it was enjoyable and a fun take on the classic story.

here are some pictures from Friday night but sadly I don't have any from Saturday :(

yes, i am trying to look stupid in this picture.

"You find out who your friends are"

2010-03-03T22:37:00.000-08:00

I was looking through some of the pictures on my computer and it made me think of all the fun memories I have shared with my group of friends. I am very lucky to have the friends that I have in my life but I am even more thankful for the fact that I know I have found friends that I will have relationships with forever.

Even though we are in different parts of the state or even in a different state we always find ways to stay connected with each other.

Tuesday's Thinking's ;)

2010-03-02T19:06:00.000-08:00

I have puppy fever! I really really really want a dog! Adam says we can't get one for a while but I have a feeling that maybe early next year we might be able to take that big step. But while we are on the topic of dogs I am torn between a small Pomeranian or a Golden Retriever.

Pomeranian's are known for being really yappy and annoying but they are so cute and look like a little fuzzy bear. Also having a small dog means they are less "independent" (as I call it).

But come on you can not resist a cute face like this

But on the other hand...
I love Golden Retriever's they are such good dogs and I have had such good experiences with them.

Adam doesn't want a big dog and I don't really want a small dog. So we will see what we end up with when the time comes.
thats my thoughts for now :)

Birthday Celebrations

2010-02-27T22:30:00.001-08:00

Today me and Adam ventured down to Torrance where my Grandparents live to celebrate the three birthdays that are occurring in our family at this moment. I am turning 22 on Monday, my cousin Rachel is turning 18, and my other cousin Kyle is turning 16.

I always enjoy the annual "March" birthday lunch with my whole mom's side of the family. Everyone gets a long very well which is very unlikely for most families. I am very thankful that we always enjoy our get together and it is always filled with laughter.

I got some money to buy makeup, clothes, and decor for my house. I am searching as we speak for decor.

Speaking of our little apartment I am finally going to be able to start on the "frame" wall. It is going to be my own version of this:

But my frames will consist of different art and personal pictures.
This is some of my favorite art I have found. :)

Once I get my frame wall up and finished I will post a picture :)

Love!

Final Semester

2010-02-23T19:18:00.000-08:00

Or at least I hope...

I have embarked on my last semester at Biola University unless the paperwork, classes, and everything else I have been dealing with in order to walk with my class in May does not go through. The worst case scenario is that all my classes are finished in the end of June and I have to wait to walk in a graduation ceremony till December.

Most of my classes are mediocre because I waited till my last semester to take the "boring" classes. The two classes that I really enjoy are "Theology of Gender" and "Family Communication." My family communication class is my favorite because the teacher is AMAZING! Seriously he makes communication theories which are generally boring to most people (I find them very interesting) and applies them to things like family, marriage, and deep personal relationships. I like him as a teacher so much that I even enjoyed my Rhetoric (not a very exciting subject) class I took a couple semesters back.

Me and Adam are settling into our apartment well and for the most part our place is organized (just do not look in our closet).
I am trying my hand at cooking. My skills are very limited and I have not made anything fancy yet because usually I only have about 30 minutes to make dinner before we are running out the door or I am WAY to tired to make a fancy meal after school and work.

Other news, my birthday is coming up soon! I will be 22 which is not very significant at all but none the less I am still excited to spend some time with family and friends.

Love!

Wedding Pics coming soon!

2010-02-21T19:36:00.001-08:00

So I have a little teaser for you...my photographer emailed a couple pictures to me and I can not wait to see the rest! I should have them in about 2-3 weeks. But here is a couple of the ones she sent :)

Valentines Day

2010-02-16T14:25:00.000-08:00

I've never been a huge fan of Valentines Day. I use it as an excuse to get some flowers and get to spend some time with my love, but other than that I have never been one that has to do something elaborate.

Since this was the first year as husband and wife, I thought back to our first valentines day together. We were both 17 years old and had been dating for about four months. Adam recently had been in trouble with his parents but as luck would have it he was able to take me out to dinner. Seeing how it was valentines day all the restaurants were packed and back in those days we had curfews ;) so we went to the first restaurant and the wait was too long, so we tried another but the wait was again too long, so we ended up at a little mexican place. There was no wait and we basically had the whole place to ourselves. I would have never thought that he would end up being my valentine forever.

Every year since our first valentines day we have stuck to low key celebrations because we don't need glitz and glam to celebrate our love all we need is some quality time together.

:)

Bachelorette Party

2010-02-10T11:57:00.000-08:00

For my bachelorette party I was able to spend some time with all my girlfriends!
I had so much fun being with all of my girlfriends for my "last" night as a single girl.
We went line dancing and I even rode the bull and I STAYED ON! Everyone said that the bull was not even going that fast but I could have sworn I was flying around on that thing.

here are some pictures from the evening :)

Asian cowboy" all the girls were laughing so hard
all the "under age" girls
I was wearing shorts underneath my dress (so don't worry)

all the girls that made my bachelorette party so amazing!

We have a niece.

2010-02-09T15:37:00.001-08:00

Sweet little Julianna Rose was born on January 28.
she is the cutest little thing but I may be biased considering she is my niece.

here is a picture of her on her birthday

then we had a photoshoot with her for her birth announcements.

isn't she cute ;)

Sitting at the hospital

2010-01-27T23:34:00.000-08:00

I am currently waiting for the debut of my little niece. My new sister-in-law was induced late last night and the process is taking quite a while. Me and Adam are stocked up with lots of movies, books, and music. We are hoping by tomorrow afternoon/night we will be holding a beautiful baby girl :)

here are some pictures of the beautiful mom to be... (all taken by me) :)

can't wait to meet the baby oehme :)

Honeymoon!

2010-01-19T15:41:00.000-08:00

So i realized I have skipped the bachelorette party, rehearsal dinner, and wedding but I want to wait till I get the pictures so that I can post them with it.

But the honeymoon was amazing! We relaxed by the beach and the pool. We went whale watching, snorkeling, an ATV riding. We just relaxed the whole time and slept a lot!

The resort was amazing! It was beautiful and we are so fortunate that my Grandma would give us the stay at the resort for free. Adam's parents were so generous and gave us plane tickets and spending money for the honeymoon. We were lucky to have such an amazing honeymoon :)

Bridesmaid luncheon

2010-01-18T21:44:00.001-08:00

I just wanna share a couple pictures from the bridesmaid luncheon that we threw for my bridesmaids.

My mom and aunt made a delicious meal and afterward I went with a couple of my ladies and we got our nails and toes done. The day before the wedding was pretty restful (other than taking Adam to the ER so he could get some medicine).

Lingerie Shower

2010-01-17T20:30:00.000-08:00

My last shower was given my good friends Kati and Traci! They went above and beyond with the shower! I was blown away how beautiful it was and how much effort they put into the shower! I really felt loved by all my friends and family and I was so lucky to have them all attend. I got some really fun and funny gifts. There were a lot of laughs and embarrassed looks. I am very blessed to have great people around me :)

Thank you girls for the lovely shower! I will never forget it!

A look at a Bridesmaid(s)...

2010-01-17T19:58:00.000-08:00

My bridesmaids were wonderful the wedding day! I love each and every one of them so dearly and I was so lucky to have such as great group of girls to stand up there with me. And not to mention they all looked hot. Seriously, I probably had one of the best looking bridesmaids ever!

So since the wedding planning got a little crazy with it being around Christmas I did not have time to talk about my last 3 ladies! (I apologize) So I would like you to meet the ladies,

first up:
Ashley
Name: Ashley (Rodriguez) Oehme
Relationship: Sister-in-law
Date we met: We met probably when I was in middle school but we finally became friends in 2006.
Favorite memory: Helping her plan her wedding. It was so much fun to be a part of her experience and help her. I think we got a lot closer through the experience since we basically were talking every single day for about a year!
Why i choose her to be a bridesmaid: She not only is Adam's sister but I have felt like she has been my sister since I started dating Adam. We have gotten a long since the beginning (or at least if she didn't like me she didn't show it). She is a great listener and I always can count on her to be there. Even more now since we are family!

Side Note: Ashley is pregnant with her first baby girl! I am so excited to be an aunt! It has been so much fun to watch her go through the pregnancy and watch the little baby grow! I can't to meet her!

I had to first post a picture of her preggo belly. It's so beautiful!
at my lingerie shower

my second bio is on my friend Nikki :)
Name: Nikki Kasser
Relationship: Friend/roommate
Date we met: Sophomore year of college
Favorite memory: Our trip to San Fran! It was the first time we really got to know each other and became good friends! We had so much fun that trip and that will be a memory that I will keep forever!
Why i choose her to be a bridesmaid: She was one of my first "real" friends at college and I was so thankful to meet her. I had a hard time making friends and so when we connected I was so excited to have a "girl" friend again. Nikki is a great girl and has such an amazing heart!

me and nikki reunited after a summer apart

My last bio is on my friend Rachel
Name: Rachel Wilson
Relationship: Friend
Date we met: Sophomore year of college
Favorite memory: Being her roommate junior of college was so much fun! It was an awesome experience and we grew a lot closer because of it.
Why i choose her to be a bridesmaid: She is super easy going and she is always there when you need to talk. She has such a great heart and a passion for the Lord that encourages me!

me and rachel at midnight madness

I love each and every one of my bridesmaids and the whole wedding experience was a million times better because of them! I am such a lucky girl!

love!

It's all over!

2010-01-13T22:55:00.000-08:00

Everything wedding is over. I am Mrs. Rodriguez (which is insanely weird to say). I have so much to blog about. So many events and fun things that I wanna share. I also have to finish the last three bridesmaids survey which I feel horrible about not getting done before the wedding ( I didn't forget about you Ash, Nikki, and Rach!)

Well thats it for now! Look for some fun posts coming up!

love!

Merry Christmas from the soon to be Rodriguez's

2009-12-07T18:26:00.000-08:00

I love Christmas! It is my favorite time of year. I love Christmas music, trees, decorations, food, presents, cold weather, snow and the list can go on and on. This past weekend me and Adam had the opportunity to go Christmas light "looking". We went to this street in Rancho Cucamonga and it was beautiful! We went with some of our good friends and had a blast.

I have one more week left of school then it's Christmas Break and me and Adam will get married! Woo hoo!

I hope all of you enjoy this Christmas season and even as cheesy as it is remember "Jesus is the reason for the season."

A look at a Bridesmaid...

2009-12-02T14:14:00.001-08:00

I am currently wrapping up my semester at school and it really doesn't feel too crazy yet. I have decided to put the wedding plans on the back burner at least till I am done with finals. So until then I have a couple small projects that I am working on for the wedding but when I get back home it will be insane!

I cannot believe the wedding is less than one month away! This year has gone by so fast. I am very excited for the wedding but I feel like I still have a millions things to do, but I am sure I am going to feel like this until I am walking down the isle :)

This week I am featuring two bridesmaids :) first up is my cousin Rachel
Name: Rachel Pounder
Relationship: Cousin
Date we met: March 4, 1992 (unless my mom didn't take me to see her until a couple days after)
Favorite memory: All the holidays spent together. We have spent almost every Christmas together and It has always been so fun. She is the closest in age girl cousin and I have always enjoyed our shopping trips, spaghetti factory meals, and birthday parties we have shared for the last 17 years :)
Why i choose her to be a bridesmaid: First and foremost she is my family and the saying is "blood is thicker than water" so of course I wanted my cousin up there. She has been there with me my whole life and has seen me through graduations, boyfriends, and all the in between.

me and Rachel at my shower :)

Next up is my friend Traci
Name: Traci "Turd" Ferguson
Relationship: Friend
Date we met: I believe we met when I was in kindergarten and we attended the same school all the way through high school. But we became good friends over a year ago.
Favorite Memory: Our "girls" trips to vegas, the spa, dinner, movies, hanging out. Basically we call everything a "girls" day :) We always have so much fun together!
Why I choose her to be a bridesmaid: I choose Traci because she is the sweetest most genuine person you will ever meet in your entire life. She is a great spiritual role model for me and she is someone I look up to. She is such a good friend and I am so lucky to have her in my wedding :)

me and traci on one of our girl trips :)

Shower #2

2009-11-20T03:11:00.000-08:00

You might be asking yourself, what is Becca doing up at 3:30am on a thursday night and why is she blogging. Well the answer to your question is, I have this horrible habit of procrastinating. It started when I was about 5 years old and would "stay up late", you know till like 8:30pm. Well I have a spanish test tomorrow on which I must do REALLY well on and so since I like to procrastinate I waited till the night before to study and get my homework packet done.

While I was diligently studying for this test, I became very tired and figured I need a mental break. So what is better than a post from me at 3:30 in the morning :)

I had my second shower on November 7th. My Aunt Jean (who is technically my great aunt) offered to throw me a shower when me and Adam first became engaged. It was beautiful! She had decorated with my colors, black and white, with some touches of red :) The games were planned by my cousin Kristen and she did a fabulous job! Everyone enjoyed them.

It was such a great time to spend with family. Two of my out of town aunts came down and surprised me. My aunt Kim (mom's side) and Aunt Donna (dad's side), came down from San Jose. It was wonderful to have them be a part of the experience.

I received lots of presents and so more fun stuff for our apartment. I am so excited to set everything up and use all the kitchen goodies.

My grandma and all her daughters :)
my mom and her sisters
sister's and cousin :)
Grandmas :)
"moms"

I guess I should get back to studying. Only a couple more hours till sunrise :) lol

lovelovelove
b

A look at a Bridesmaid...

2009-11-17T13:12:00.000-08:00

Well its time of week.
Name: Meggie Burr
Relationship: Friend
Date we met: Sophomore year of college
Favorite memory: Just all the talks we have had over the last 3 years. She truly is an amazing girl and she is my go-to gal :) we also laugh so insanely hard when we are together!
Why i choose her to be a bridesmaid: She is like my sister from another mother. She is kind, compassionate, and truly cares about me and adam. She will and always be there for me and I know I will always be able to count on her :)

this is us at the fair during our junior year. We both have a love for the fair :)

on a completely side note! NEW MOON COMES OUT ON FRIDAY!!!!
Me, Meggie, and Nikki got our tickets and we are ready to see the best movie of our life. haha. Can you tell we are a little obsessed. But for those of you who don't know what i am talking about, I will leave you with one picture.
this says it all :)

Sick...enough said

2009-11-12T19:24:00.000-08:00

My body has slowly been shutting down over the last couple months it seems like. I have been sick more than this semester than ever before in my entire life. I don't know if it is a combination of stress and that they flu bug seems to be more "dangerous" than ever. But after months of able to stay semi-healthy, I have officially broken out in a fever.

This is not good timing seeing how I have a "spicy" shower this weekend given by my bridesmaids and friends Kati and Traci. I am very excited for this shower and to spend time with a lot of my friends. I have to get some pictures from my last shower that I had this week and I will definitely be blogging about this upcoming shower soon as well.

I'm off to bed to get rested up so I can function this weekend

lovelovelove
b

A look at a Bridesmaid...

2009-11-09T14:42:00.000-08:00

'Another week has come and gone. This weekend I had another bridal shower, but more on that later this week.
This week a look at a bridesmaid is on another one of my sisters

Name: Kelsey Verburg
Relationship: Sister
Date we met: September 11, 1991. We met in a hospital bed :)
Favorite memory: Singing together at church, the car, and when mom would play the piano for us :) i love singing with her. She has such a great voice (and all of you will hear it at the wedding) :)
Why i choose her to be a bridesmaid: She is my family and has been with my through out a huge chunk of my life. Through all our fighting and bickering she was always the one to show me unconditional love. Being 4 years older than her I have protection over her and love her like a sister :) I'm glad she will be standing up next to me on the wedding day.

this is us last year at my grandma's birthday lunch

Shower #1

2009-11-06T14:59:00.000-08:00

I forgot to blog about my first shower so excuse my delay but better late than never is my motto :)

On October 10th I had my very first bridal shower. I must say the night before felt like Christmas to me :) The shower was kitchen theme. All attendee's brought their best wishes as well as a recipe card which was given before the shower so that they could share their favorite recipe with me. I am not much of a cook. But I know how to follow recipe's and make a lot of pre made stuff :)

I knew I would receive presents and feel love by many family members and friends but I could have never predicted the outcome of my amazing shower. If you know me then you know that I am a bit of a control freak. I like to know what is going on, food, drinks, decor, games and all the things that go into planning a shower. I think I called my sister a million times to make sure everything was good. I think she might have enjoyed my controlling side because this is her first bridal shower she has ever been in charge of.

The shower was nice and relaxing filled with many many many presents so it actually was more exciting than christmas. I think I have everything to set up my kitchen minus a few little items. But for the most part I have all the essentials plus a little more. I was very thankful for all the people who attended the shower and for all the amazing gifts that were given. I am blessed beyond belief to have such a loving family and friends.

thank you to all of you who came and those who sent their best wishes I am very thankful for all of you!

what's a post with out a little pictures :)

A look at a Bridesmaid...

2009-11-02T16:38:00.000-08:00

Well, another week is here...as I sit at my desk at work, taking a break from my mile high papers, test, and other various things, I was reminded yesterday that me and adam's wedding is next month! I can't believe that these last 10 months have flown by and I will be marrying Adam next month! I had a minor freak out moment yesterday (only because I have some last minute details to hash out) but then reminded myself, no one is going to care if the programs are perfectly cut straight or how many candles are on each table. The wedding day is about me and Adam beginning our lives together as husband and wife and even though I will enjoy being the bride I know I will enjoy being Adam's wife a million times more :)

Wedding Update: I met with my florist, who is a dear friend who is helping me beyond words. She has a talent for flowers and I trust her completely with all the flowers. We got all the details worked out and I know its going to be beautiful!

But onto what this post is really about:
A look at a Bridesmaid

I was trying to think who the next victim...i mean contender will be and I though who other than my friend Kati :)

Name: Kati Patag, KP, Kati Kate
Relationship: friend
Date we met: we met when I was in 7th grade and she was in 8th and were friends for the next couple years. We became very good friends in my junior year and rekindled our love :) last year
Favorite memory: SO many, but, listening to our rap music in high school and all the dance parties. We were the party :)
Why i choose her to be a bridesmaid: I chose her to be in my wedding because she is very dear and near to my heart. We have been friends for a long time and have seen it all together. She has been there through my ups and downs. Plus she was the one who scared Adam straight so he would date me in high school. Are friendship has gone through a lot and because of it we know that we are truly "real" friends till the end :) Love you Kati Kate

this is a picture of us from one of my bridal showers :)

Engagement pictures :)

2009-11-01T18:09:00.001-08:00

So here is the story since everything me and Adam do always has a story attached:
So we headed on down to oak glen for engagement pictures with our photographer Kelsey Ruddell who is an amazing photography :) well because Kelsey is one of our good friends we made it a "family" event and some of me and Adam's friends tagged along and we had a blast. Unfortunately, we got a late start in the day so we only had an hour of light, but we made do and got some great pictures. We went to oak glen and then headed over to victoria gardens because there was more light there when its dark.

so with out further ado :)

ps. if your my facebook friend, there are some more :)

A look at a Bridesmaid...

2009-10-27T13:14:00.000-07:00

So I have deceided that since I have a wonderful bridal party that i would do a "feature" piece on each on of them. Through out the next 2 months I will post about each one of them indivdually so at the wedding you might know a little more about who they are and why they are standing next to me :)
So up first is my MOH (maid of honor):

name: Megan Verburg
relationship: seester :)
date we met: October 3, 1989 (when you were coming into the world)
favorite memory: teaching her how to dance or singing songs in the car as if we were the actual singers on the record. also knowing i have a movie buddy and someone who is up to see anything.
why i choose her to be a bridesmaid: because not only is she my sister but she is also my friend and she knows me, loves me, and has been there for me since the day she was born. She is extremely funny and witty and is also willing to listen to me.

This is us at her senior homecoming :)

My wisdom is gone

2009-10-24T00:31:00.000-07:00

Well since I will be kicked off my parents "good" insurance due to my upcoming nuptials I decieded it was a better time than any to get all four of my wisdom teeth removed. Yesterday my friend Kati took me to the dentist and she had some fun with me after I had come out of the sediation haze..we got some of it on video and I must say, I was pretty funny. I have been super hungry and unable to eat a lot of "real" food. I think I am doing pretty good, my pain is under control and I am not miserable. I even ate some Panda Express Noodles and Mushroom Chicken. But while I have chipmunk cheeks I am enjoying some homework and tv.

Wedding news!!! I sent out my invitations and it was exhilating. I think that handing them to the post office worker made it sink in that much more. I still have a couple more to send out. I even had one returned to me because I completely forgot to put a stamp on it. haha. So I am in the process of finalizing the guest list and getting all the last invitations out. I feel like there is so much left to do, but really there is not that much left. I have two more showers left and I am beyond excited for them! I am trying to remain calm as October is quickly fading which means only 2 months left. So its crunch time and going over all those last minute details!

love!

If i have an endless amount of money...

2009-10-21T15:23:00.001-07:00

WOW! I am blown out of the water with this wedding! I mean it is crazy detail orientated. Check out Jessica Claire's wedding featured on www.stylemepretty.com and prepare to be amazed. She is a wedding photographer in southern california and i must admit I stalk her blog frequently. Have fun enjoying the beauty of creativity :)

4 year anniversary

2009-10-19T15:07:00.000-07:00

Me and Adam have officially been together for 4 years. We celebrated with a night of dinner and shopping :) We went to lucille's and Adam ate his weight in ribs :) it was a bit disturbing and still funny. After dinner we went to the mall so i could pick out my present :) I picked out some really cute leather boots. I love them. I got adam a pair of vans and a movie. The night was fun and we ended up passed out on the couch watching tv. I can't believe this is the last anniversary that we will spend together not married. I can not wait for all the anniversaries we will spend together :)

Here is the first picture we ever took together in October 2005

Here is us on our 4 year anniversary

Can we say tacky?

2009-10-08T13:32:00.000-07:00

Wow, I am baffled how people can honestly throw weddings like this...check out www.tackyweddings.com
I guarantee that you will laugh :) enjoy

Let the showers commence

2009-10-05T13:42:00.000-07:00

This coming saturday is my first shower. My sister along with my other 9 bridesmaids are putting together a little kitchen shower. I am super excited that my showers are coming up because that means the wedding is getting closer.

In wedding update business I have booked the rehearsal dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory. My family and I love the Spaghetti Factory. I have some last minute details to wrap up in the next couple months.

It is all coming together. It is hard focusing on school, the wedding, and working. But it will all be worth it in the end :)

lovelovelove
b

Invitations and much more...

2009-09-23T18:37:00.000-07:00

Over the last couple weeks I have been working on my invitations. First having to print them all and decide the wording, font, color, ect. Then 2 of my lovely bridesmaids Kati and Traci helped me assemble them at in what we like to call an invitation party. The girls love helping me because it means I have (i mean get) to help them with all their wedding needs when they are planning. After assembling them we had another "invitation party" in which we addressed and stuffed all the envelopes. Kati has beautiful hand writing and so I made her address most of them however I wrote some of them so sorry to those who don't get to see Kati's amazing calligraphy abilities. I was debating on attaching a picture but figured what the heck the only people who read my blog is my family and some close friends...
So here is a picture of just the invitation

its simple but also has an elegance and carry's the motif I am incorporating into my wedding.

Well that's it for now. :)
lovelovelove
b

It's already starting

2009-08-31T12:25:00.000-07:00

STRESS! I have started my final year of college and probably what will be the busiest semester I have ever experienced. I am taking 22 units so that I will be able to graduate on time as well as working and planning a wedding. I wanted to get more down over the summer with the wedding but things got away from me and now I am making various trips home to finish up some wedding projects and get the final details done.

In good news, yesterday me, my mom, and my sister Megan went and met with a potential baker. I know in previous post I said I was doing cupcakes but I have pulled away from that decision because of the lack of time we might have to prepare the cupcakes. She made the cake for Adam's sister's wedding so I knew her cakes tasted great and looked good. We met with her and talked details and tried some cake. We decided to use her and I am very happy with my choice. The cake will be beautiful and taste great! I am not kidding her cakes taste incredible. She uses her own frosting called Italian Whip. It taste so much better than fondant but it still looks like fondant. The filling I choose is a strawberry Bulgarian creme. She uses all fresh strawberries so it is definitely not the syrup gross imitations strawberries. Over all I am very excited to have a cake that will look good and taste good.

Here is the cake. Mine will look a little better because some of the imperfections that are easily seen on this cake will not be on mine. But I like the simplicity as well as the elegance of the cake.

that's all for now :)
lovelovelove
b

i got my shoes :)

2009-08-25T17:52:00.000-07:00

I have purchased my wedding shoes. Or should I say my mom purchased them.
They are red! Yes red! I love the way color shoes look in weddings and it makes it just a little more of my personality stand out :)

lovelovelove
b

Wedding Update

2009-08-12T20:53:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday I went down to LA fabric district with my mom, my sister and maid of honor Megan, my "other" mom Lori, my bridesmaid and cousin Rachel, and my Aunt Kelly to get some fabric for the runners that will be made to put on the tables. I knew what I wanted going into Saturday but still encountered some problems. We found the fabric I liked in the first store but after the realization that the table cloths are white the fabric for the runners would not work. After hours of looking for another fabric we decided to embellish the tables and make a black table topper and then go with the original fabric for the runners.

so without further ado the fabric :)
just kidding ....

This is the real one :)

We also found the fabric to make the flower girl dress that my kind Aunt Kelly has volunteered herself to do. It is going to be a cute polka dot dress. Flower girl dresses are so expensive and I didn't want my Aunt Steph to pay more than 50 bucks for the flower girl dress. So we were able to make the dress for under 30 dollars.

After what seemed like forever we started to look for some other items. Along the way i found my veil. I hate the price of veils and I wanted a very very simple veil because my dress has a lot of detail i did not want a veil to cover it.

I also found my hair piece for the ceremony. I love it and the best part was it was super cheap!

But my best find of the day would have to be the tree branches. I have been searching everywhere for these branches and the cheapest I could find them were for 20 to 25 dollars a branch which is not cheap when you 5 of them. I went into this little shop and they had millions of them! I was in Heaven. The best part was that they were only 9 dollars! WOO HOO! I was so excited. After we found the branches we found all the crystals to hang from them.
So after all what seemed like a forever day we found some great items!

Fair

2009-08-03T17:02:00.000-07:00

I went to the fair a couple weeks ago. I love the fair! I love the food, the animals, and the rides to just name a few. We enjoyed the night and rode some rides and ate more than enough goodies :)
here is a few pictures from the night

It pays to know people

2009-07-30T20:36:00.000-07:00

Today i got the chance to test out some wedding hair styles. It pays to have a friend who is a hair stylist. Usually people do not try out their hair till a week or so before the wedding but it is rare that I am home during a weekday. We decided on two hair styles. One for the ceremony and one for the reception. Yes i am going to change my hair. Just for fun. It will not be a huge change. With out further or due some pictures:
Ceremony hair (I will not be wearing the headband for the ceremony though)

Reception Hair with headband(off to one side)

also I got the chance to put together one of the three different types of centerpieces that i am using for the tables this centerpiece will be used on 5 of the tables.

what do you think? I might change some things about it but I am really liking what it looks like :)

finally some things are coming together and I feel like I am making progress in this wedding planning stuff :)

lovelovelove

Its all in the details

2009-07-14T22:53:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago i was talking with a couple girlfriends and realized I have not done any wedding planning since April, I started to get stressed out a little thinking about all the things I have to get done. I have done the big ticket items like the venue, menu, DJ, dress and so on but the details are what is getting me down. Over the last couple days I have been researching every little wedding detail so I can get a picture of what I want everything to look like. From how the invitations will be worded, place cards, programs, guest book, cake toppers, and so much more! So over the next couple months I'm diving into the details and collecting the items i want. Shouldn't be too hard right? :)

lovelovelove

We registered!

2009-06-14T23:24:00.000-07:00

Last weekend me and Adam registered. We registered at target and bed bath and beyond. It was a long but fun day. It is exciting to start getting ready for our lives together. Although Adam thought that one of the essentials we needed was a Xbox 360. I told Adam that our registry wasn't a Christmas list. This was one of the more fun things in the wedding planning process :)

I should be sleeping...

2009-05-12T01:09:00.000-07:00

I have a huge paper due at the end of this week, then i have finals, then I'm moving into my apartment with the girls, then I'm going on a "business" trip to Vegas with transparent and as I recall one of my co-workers saying "I'm not even going to go to sleep while we are in Vegas." (he is referring to all the business that we will be taking care of while we are over there ;) So needless to say I should be resting up...

but I have been doing some thinking about the "wedding cake." This is one of the things that we haven't picked out...I keep going back and forth on what i want to do. Cakes are so expensive and I really do not have a desire to spend $700 dollars on a cake...so i have found an alternative which I am so excited about.

Me and Adam are not necessarily doing all the traditional things in the wedding such as I wont be walking down the isle to "here comes the bride" and i am not going to be wearing a veil over my face as i walk down the isle. While these things are beautiful and lovely in any wedding I want our wedding to be an expression of who we are and show our personality in it.

So with out further or due the inspiration for our wedding cake:

So we will have the bride and groom cake which we will cut together and feed each other but then the rest will be glorious cupcakes which we will be homemade by whoever I recruit to help me...so basically my mom, aunts, and bridesmaids. I think that it is the perfect spin on the traditional cake that me and Adam are looking for.

lovelovelove

ps. check out adamandbecca.net (i have updated some new things!)

5 things you might not know about me and adam

2009-05-11T01:21:00.001-07:00

1: We first met in middle school but did not date till I was a senior in high school.
2: One of our favorite things to do together is go to concerts.
3: We both have a common love for The Office.
4: We both like to pretend we are sleeping in pictures that amusement parks take while you are riding a ride.
5: We are both currently working at Media Services at Biola.

2009-04-29T11:57:00.000-07:00

So this week was busy like any other week. Me and Adam enjoyed our spring break. I left for Sacramento for 2 of the 4 Hillsong Concerts I was working. I worked all day Thursday and sat in on the concert that night for a little bit and it was awesome. Then Thursday night around 2 am and drove all night to Bakersfield on a tour bus. The tour bus had coffin size bunks so needless to say I did not get very much sleep. We arrive in Bakersfield on Friday morning and worked another show. I got back to orange county technically Saturday morning at 3 am and drove up to the desert and got home around 5 am. So i was exhausted!

Hillsong United

Then it was back to school...Me and Adam are both feeling the pressure of school right now. Recently Adam received a position on our Student Government. He will be the director of Academic Relations. Basically it means he organizes events and brings in speakers from other faiths to talk about their beliefs so that Biola students can become more aware of the beliefs others have. I am so excited for him and i know he is going to do great! He will start that position the beginning of next school year.

Last week we managed to do some fun things. We went to an Angles Baseball game. We got tickets through school for a dollar. Then this weekend we went on Adam's dorm hall date night. It is called GYRAD which means "Get Your Roommate A Date." We went down to Long Beach and went Kyacking. It was fun but got very cold and wet. Then Saturday night we went to dinner and a movie. Sunday my whole Mom's side of the family went to Spaghetti Factory and had lunch for my Grandpa who turned 50 and my cousin Isabelle who turned 5. Isabelle is the flower girl in my wedding and she is adorable. Then after lunch we made our way down to riverside to watch my middle sister Megan, Choir's performance. They did such an amazing job.

us at the Angels game

my flower girl Isabelle

My cousin Caroline

Well we are half way through out week and already are swamped. I have papers, internship and work to do and Adam has papers, meetings, work and a million other things to do. So if you made it through the lengthy post more power to you!

Love you all,
Becca

what we have been up too...

2009-04-10T15:53:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago we went to the Pantages Theatre and saw Grease with another couple. We had already seen it but got a great deal on tickets from school.

Me and adam are on spring break right now and do not have much planned. We are both home. I leave on Wednesday to go up to Sacramento and Bakersfield for 2 Hillsong United concerts.

Wedding Update: the planning process has slowed down but we have chosen our DJ and are very excited about our choice. If any of you have particular song you would like played let me know :)

Hope all is well with everyone

Adam and Becca

Hello boys...

2009-03-16T21:42:00.000-07:00

The boys will be wearing this :)

The wedding will have a very classy elegant theme going on. The girls will be wearing long black dresses. Yes black dresses...when i told my dad this he said "is it a funeral." The answer to your question is no...In no way will my wedding feel like a funeral. lol. I would show you the bridesmaids dresses but I have to leave some suspense :)

ps. I am attempting to learn calligraphy, lets just say it is way harder than it looks.

Wedding planning update!

2009-03-04T10:50:00.000-08:00

Well a wedding planning update is much needed...

I got my dress! Woo hoo! I absolutely love it and wish I could just wear it right now.

Me and Adam already have our honeymoon booked...talk about planning early. We are going to be staying in a condo (compliments of my grandma and grandpa verburg) for a whole week in cabo san lucas. We are really excited!

We are still in the process of looking for a dj. We really dont want to spend a whole lot of money on that...and we booked our photographer. She is really good and I am excited for her to work with us.

This weekend I turned 21 which was very fun. I had a lot of fun with my family and friends.

well that's it for now...

Valentines Day

2009-02-16T12:02:00.000-08:00

So for Valentines day me and Adam went to San Diego with a couple of our friends. While we were there me and Adam wanted to take pictures for our save the date cards which will hopefully be sent out soon. We will take engagement pictures probably in the next couple of months. But here is a little preview of our save the date pictures.

We Set A Date!

2009-02-10T20:34:00.000-08:00

We are getting married December 28th, 2009 at the Mitten Building in Redlands!
We are so excited!

the venue is gorgeous. It will set the tone of very rustic and elegant!

We Are Engaged

2009-02-08T16:11:00.000-08:00

He proposed...She accepted,

here is the story:
Our good friend Kati Patag told me she was going out of town the week of her birthday so that she was going to have us all celebrate it a week early. So me and Adam drove home for the weekend to have a "car rally" for Kati. So on Saturday, February 7 we went to the Patag's home and had breakfast and begun this car rally. The whole time everyone knew that the car rally was a fake and that the real reason we were going to all these places was because Adam was going to propose. Adam knows i am very sneaky and I over analyze things so he knew it would be hard to surprise me...but he succeeded with the help of our friends :)
So all day i was running around with a video camera thinking I was in a competition against the boys and the first one to complete all 20 tasks were the winners. So we were sent all over apple valley, victorville, biola, disneyland, and finally the Orange Circle. We had one clue left and i opened it and the paper said "since there's no candles around...find a place to make a wish" so i automatically said "we can throw money in the fountain"...remind you i am still thinking its for Kati and we are about the win the competition. So i walk over to the fountain and i am completely oblivious to Adam sitting on the bench...i throw my penny in the fountain and open my eyes and Adam is right there holding on to me.
So i was completely surprised and couldn't breath or let alone talk. I threw my head into Adam's chest trying to catch my breath. He then began to give his "speech" and said wonderful things. He then got down on one knee and pulled out a baseball which said "will you be mine...forever" (side note: when Adam asked me to be his girlfriend in high school, he threw a baseball to me while he was out on the field about to start his game. The baseball said "will you be mine.") He then opened the baseball which had the most gorgeous ring inside. He asked me to marry him and i shook my whole body in a yes motion. He put the ring on my finger and we hugged and kissed. Then all of our friends came out and cheering us on we ran into the FREEZING cold fountain. It was perfect and amazing.
Adam then had more up his sleeve. He arranged for my friends and family to come celebrate our engagement. We went to dinner and were greeted by all our guest singing "going to the chapel and there going to get married." Then we ended the night of watching the ridiculous activities I did all day thinking it was Kati's birthday which turned out the activities that we did all had to do with me and Adam, such as going to red robin and singing with the statue of liberty- Me and Adam have been to New York together and our first date was at Red Robin. He is so creative :) It was perfect and me and Adam couldn't be happier about starting our lives together.

Here are some pictures:

I will try to upload video soon...