MIA

Hello blog readers, all 9 of you. I feel like I have been MIA over the past few weeks. I tried to hold myself more accountable to blogging and tried the whole "Wedding Wednesday" segment. But some times life has other plans. January is proving to be another busy month for me. Some nights I would get home and fall into my bed. I've been extremely tired these past few weeks.

Soccer season is officially over. We lost in the first round of state play offs. I hated to see this season end, we had such a great year. I also hated to see it end because that meant our seniors would be leaving us. We had such an awesome group of seniors this year and I know they will do great things in this big world. Three of the girls signed with 2 different junior colleges. I don't know who more excited me or them. Maybe it's because I've been where they are right now and looking back on everything, it was one the most exciting times of my life.

Now that soccer is over and my body is defrosting, I can finally have some free time. Oh, wait, now I am in super plan mode for our big day. We are almost to the 100 day mark!! EEEKKKK...yes, I squealed like a little girl. We had our first round of premarital counseling and it went great. I am so excited to start this journey with my guy and his love for the Lord and his love for me.

Here are a few pictures to catch everyone up.

Stopping and smelling the flowers.

Offense getting ready.

Defense

My Stud fiance! 

Wedding Wednesday: More like wedding woes

Hi all!! Well, twenty-thirteen is rolling on through and not slowing down a bit. I guess I need to clear up the title of this post huh? I wish I could I could go in to detail about my awesome wedding dress but ya'll will get to see it soon enough.

My dress have a love-hate relationship. I love my dress. My dress hates me. First it hated my top half because it didn't fill it out enough. We went through alterations and I thought everything would be ok. I was so excited when the dress came back..but it I lost a little weight and the dress practically fell off of me. Grrrr.

My dear friend, Emily, made the suggestion that I should wait to get it altered again. Just in case, my weight comes back, we wouldn't have to get it altered AGAIN. About a month ago, Emily and I were at Dirt Cheap and I saw a bra/corset thingy that was only five bucks! I had to be careful when buying an undergarment because of the way my dress cuts. (I seriously wish I could show ya'll pictures.) But it was only five dollars, nothing would be hurt if it didn't fit. Soon as we left, I wanted to try my dress on with it. We went to Emily's house and I put it out and it was like fire works! My dress fit like a glove. I kinda got teary eyed knowing this is really the dress! I was secretly screaming on the inside, "IT FITS, IT FITS!!

On Monday, January 7th, I went over to catch some of the National Championship at Emily's. My opinions on football will have to wait for another post. I decided to try my dress on again....bad idea. This is where the hate part comes in. IT DID NOT FIT. I mean really?? And this time it didn't fit it my thighs, I mean really? That's all I kept saying. I made the decision, with help of course that I was going to wait until mid February and if it didn't fit then, I was taking it to get in altered, yet again.

That is my wedding woe as of right now and I really hope it's the only one. On a much bright note we are 130 day mark until I am a MRS.!!!!

Merry Christmas Ya'll!!

Ok, so I mean to post this Christmas Day but I just never sat down to put it together. This Christmas was such a wonderful one. It is hard to think this time next year Adrian and I will be having our first MARRIED Christmas together.

On December 23rd, we loaded up and went to Adrian's parents house to have the Christmas there. We had a non traditional meal of chili for dinner and it was awesome. It was the perfect day for chili. After dinner we opened our presents and just enjoyed the company. I kept thinking next year, I'll be a Miles!

She's ready to ride!

Did someone say presents?

Family photo

On Christmas Eve, we had my family's Christmas. It is never a dull moment at my house. The best part was my momma got to come up for the night and spend it with us. Like I said, it is never a dull moment. 

I can't believe how much she has grown up. 

Merry Christmas from us!

Silly grand kid picture. Grandmomma will love this one.

Christmas Eve. There are not enough words to describe how much I love this man. I'll save the mushy stuff for another blog.

Her new favorite toy. It has peanut butter in the middle. She's in heaven!!

Happy Birthday Blog!

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to Scotti Says

Happy birthday to you!!!!!!

I can't believe I started "Scotti Says" one year ago!! So much has happened this year Let's recap shall we?

I bought a new car!!

The 1st car I've bought on my own! 2012 Altima!

I finally graduated college.

Graduation Ceremony in the Grove and the girls I that helped me through it.

I made a trip to the beach.

A & myself at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville. 

I went to see one of my oldest friends, Whitney Beth, in Fayetteville,AR.

While in AR we saw Carrie Underwood, Chris Young,  Cheap Trick & Aerosmith!

 I got engaged!!!!!

The Rock!!!

Twenty twelve has been an awesome year!! I can't wait to see what twenty thirteen has in store for me. Only 5 more months and I will be a married woman!! 

Wedding Wednesday

Ok, so I have to admit that I stole the "wedding wednesday" from another blog I follow. I can't promise I will blog every Wednesday about the wedding but I can today because I have updates for you all. Try to conceal your excitement.

Today marks 5 months until we say our vows and say I do. I am getting more and more excited with each passing day.

Now for the updates!

1. My dress fits!!! Some of you may not know that after I got my dress altered, it didn't fit. It was too big. People told me that it wasn't a bad problem to have and I have plenty time to put some weight on. The other day I called my friend Emily and asked her to go shopping. Another problem I was having with my dress was finding a bra to fit where you didn't see it in the back. My other option was having a bra sewn in but I really didn't want that. Emily and I went to one of our favorite bargain stores, Dirt Cheap. If you have never been there, all I can say is come with an open mind and some time. Anyway we were doing what we do best, chat and shop. All of sudden I see this bra with a soft corset hanging there. I had to try it. What could it hurt and it was only 5 bucks! This made me want to go to Emily's house (that's where the dress is being stored) and try it on right then. That's what we did and BOOM. My dress fit perfect and so did the bra!! I did a little dance and then took pictures!

2. Our invitations came in! I am still in awe on how well they turned out. Megan Slaughter did an amazing job. If you or someone else is looking to get great graphic design work done you should look her up.

3. This is probably my favorite update for so far. I bought Adrian's wedding band!!! We went to Zales with another ring in mind and he saw this one and I have to admit, it looked great on him. After everything was said and done we both walked out glowing and talking about it. Then, we both remembered that we didn't take one single picture of it. So this picture is from the Zales website. It should be here in two to three weeks.

We are only 5 months away. That's 151 days! It's almost Christmas time and I can't help but this time next year we will be celebrating our first Christmas as a married couple! 

4. (Last one, I promise!) I am meeting with my flower lady after the first of the year! She isn't just any flower lady she is my cousin who rocks at floral design. I am excited to share my ideas with her and see what her magic mind can come up with. 

My blog will be one this year! Post to come! 

My prayers

I can't put this post off any longer. I've sat down and tried like hell  to wrap my head around what is going on in today's world. Unless you have been living under a rock, then I am sure you know what is going on. I can barely even type it.

*Insert lots of typing, and deleting here because I couldn't get the words to travel from my brain to my fingers. Like I said, still trying to wrap my head around it and it's not working.

On December 14, 2012, there was a school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. A school shooting at an elementary school. Just typing this, words begin fail me and I start to tear up. I refuse to watch the news. Not because I don't care but because this hurts too much. Instead of dwelling on news channels to keep me informed, I pray.

I pray for the families who lost loved ones. I pray for the ones who sat in nearby classrooms hearing the sounds of echoing gunshots. I pray for the law enforcement officers and paramedics who arrived on scene not knowing what they walked into. I pray for the shooter's family. I am praying to the Lord to wrap these people in his arms to comfort them and hold them. I pray for our nation, because we all need it.

I will not go into political issues, gun control debates, or whether not the shooter had a disability. While these are important issues, they are not important right now. What is important is remembering those sweet babies and heroes who put their life in front of danger. And most importantly remembering that God is in control.

make over time

I felt like blog needed a major over haul. It needed to be redone from top to bottom. I finally figured it out, I think.

I always tell myself I can figure these things out and if I can't there is something on the world wide web that can help me out. In weird way blogger kind of reminds me of MySpace. Maybe it's all the HTML codes and the layout of it. Who knows! I know I can't sleep and it is frustrating! Thank you blogger app for letting me do this while laying in bed!