BFF

I can hardly sit and work today, because I am so excited! Beyond excited! I don't know what a word for that would be, but you can just imagine my excitement. My BFF Sara is coming to Minneapolis this weekend for our party. She lives in beautiful Janesville now with her hubby and baby girl Ellie! While although we don't get to see each other often, God has truly blessed us with an amazing friendship. Even though it's been months since I've seen her last, it's like no time has passed when I see her. We met freshman year of college, living across the hall from one another. She was the loud, energetic, outgoing one who came over to my room to see what we'd done with ours. We became instant friends, and through out the last couple of years have lived a lot of life with each other! There are so many memories, inside jokes, intimate conversations that I can recall in my head that make me love and appreciate her all the more. I couldn't ask for a better friend. She makes me laugh so hard, reminds me of my greatness, is so encouraging, and one of the most real and honest people I know. I appreciate her so much, and I am so glad she's in my life. I'm so proud to watch her grow into the wife, mother and person that she is today. Someday our kids will play together, and we will sit back and be proud Mom's and hope they are best friends too. (they don't have a choice) And I'm so thankful for a wonderful growing friendship, that I know no matter what happens or where life takes us, we'll always be friends. I am excited for what's to come, it's exciting to watch your friends and know all the dreams they have had and to see God bring that out, and into completion. I see that now in Sara, her and her hubby Ben are youth pastors, and amazing ones at that! They are doing so many amazing things, and it's awesome to see all the hopes, dreams and plans we had in college really come to life, and to see God's faithfulness in it all. I am off to get something done so I can actually meet them at my house later! Toodles!

Save the Date

Save the date for August 8th! The Sisterhood is back! I saw a movie trailer for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 a few days ago. This is not a movie for a date night with hubby, this is a bring your girl friends and make a girls night out of it kind of movie. Hopefully I can make the reunion happen and find myself on August 8th in a movie theatre with the same two amazing women I saw the first one with. This movie holds a special place in my heart and always will. Brings me back to a theatre in Block E three years ago, with 2 amazing girls I call my best friends, and eating Coldstone afterwards! I feel as if then we were girls, just starting out on our own, but now we are women, mothers and wives. Sometimes a movie can touch your heart, make you think, and you know know that you are totally blessed to have great friends. We watched the first movie together as our own "sisterhood" laughing and literally crying when it was over. We stayed in our seats while the credits were read, and well after people had left. Here's a pic below of us at the first movie 3 years ago. >

I know it sounds silly but each one of us identified with with the 4 characters of the movie. We were missing a 4th that day which made the impact of the movies message even stronger and more meaningful to us. Much like the girls in the movie we are all scattered all over now, but I know that no matter the distance or what's happening in life we will always be there for each other. Call me the dreamer, or the eternal optimist, but I believe in friendship and the power that it has to complete you as a person, change you, and bring joy to your life. God didn't design us to live alone, and to be alone. I am thankful for my friends so much. Each of them has taught me something about myself, life, and how to love life, and embrace. I can sit here now and run down the list of the amazing girls in my life, and how God has orchestrated all of them for a certain time in life. You know who you are, and the place you have, and I am so grateful and thankful for you. I believe we have more to come, and our story isn't finished yet!

This Weekend....

This weekend....

The Hubby and I are finally opening our home to friends and family, and having a house warming party! We've lived in our house about a month now, and it's taken me that long to get it all ready and feel like I can have people over, and it's not a mess. We're super excited to show the house off to all our family & friends. It'll be the first time most have seen it. We've been making the finishing touches all week.

My family is coming into town for the weekend, it'll be there first time staying with us. And I am so excited that this time we will actually have room for them. My BBFs will all be there too, I'm excited for it. It's nice to be able to have a place for people to stay and feel welcome! I hope we have visitors often! So on Saturday, I will be the hostest with the mostest entertaining friends and giving them tours of our home!

Footprints in the Sand

I had to share this with you all, Leona Lewis I'm loving her right now. She won the British version of American Idol. Her voice is amazing, she has a beautiful voice. I love this song called "Footprints in the Sand," it's like the poem came to live in a song. I always think of my sister when I read that poem, it's one of her favorites. This song made me think of her too, and the overwhelming love that Christ has for all of us. Even when I don't deserve it. He still loves me and has all these dreams and hopes for me, and I'm so glad he's in control of my life, I'm so thankful and blessed everyday that he carries me through.

Click here to see the video of Footprints in the Sand

We're Home!

We're finally home from Oklahoma! Orion and I made a long weekend out of our trip home for the wedding. We finally got home Monday. We stayed over night on Sunday at my parents in Iowa, we were tired of driving by this point and we were close to my parents.

Kyle and Melissa's wedding was so beautiful. Such vibrant colors of oranges and pinks. It was simple, elegant and classic! Melissa looked amazing in her dress, and Kyle couldn't be more cute as he watched her walk down the asile. They are a cute couple, and so perfect for each other. Here's a few pics from the day:

The Kiss

The new Mr. & Mrs. Cherry It was a beautiful day for a wedding, and of coarse I had to get a pic of me and my hubby all glamed up! I love weddings, I think a little to much. We have 3 more this summer! Head on over to my photography blog to see more pictures of Kyle & Melissa's big day!

We really had a wonderful weekend. It was good to see friends and family.

Road Trip

This weekend Orion and I made a "little" road trip to Oklahoma! We drove from Minnesota to Oklahoma. We're in town for Orion's friend Kyle's wedding, Orion is a groomsmen and I am looking forward to seeing him in a tux! We left Thursday night and rolled into Kansas City around 12:30 am and got some sleep. We arrived in Owasso this morning around 11 am. It was such a fun trip, we had some great times keeping each other awake by playing the state capital game, and state mottos!

We're happy to be here, even if it's just a couple days. Orion's friends from home are so wonderful, and I have enjoyed spending time with them in the three years that we've been together! I leave wishing I had a southern accent too!

Orion & I finally arrived in Ok!

Tonight was the rehersal and dinner. So fun to be with great people, and have a down home southern BBQ! Kyle's fiance' is truly wonderful. Melissa is even more beautiful and charming in person. Kyle really has picked a good one! She's adorable. Tomorrow is their wedding and I am so excited! I love weddings, and I especially love them when they are between two of your close friends. Orion is out having a "guys" night with Kyle and the rest of the men, while I am sitting here blogging and catching up on t.v. Ahh.....I love vacation! More to come on our Oklahoma adventures!

Toodles!

Seriously?

Yesterday I was raving about how excited I was to watch Idol, and rooting for David Cook all the way! Last night I recorded Idol on my Tivo, since we had youth group I was going to watch it when we got home. We got home last night and sat down to watch the 2 hour show, and hopefully get some sleep at some point. We watched the whole entire thing, fast forwarding the commericals, and when we got to the end just before they were going to make the announcement of who was the new American Idol.... you'll never guess what happend!?!!! My Tivo craped out on us, and didn't record the last 8 minutes of the show!!!! It was like one of those AHHHH....are you serious moments?!!!! I couldn't believe it. So close, and it was 11:30 pm, the live show had been over for hours and I still didn't know who won!
We don't have internet at the house yet, so I couldn't google it! What was I to do? I searched other news programs to see if they could tell me who was the winner and I came up with nothing. Needless to say I was bummed!
This morning I found a clip on You Tube of the winning moment, and I was so happy to find out that David Cook was the winner!!!! He's great, I'd buy the album! If you missed out too, or just wanna watch it again, take a look at the clip below.

Idol Anyone?

So tonight is the finale of Idol, I've been pretty disappointed ever since Carly left and have had a hard time watching it since. I think it should have come down to Carly and David Cook! I'm rooting for David Cook, I think it's time for a rocker to win. And not only that but I really think he's the best of the two, and way more fun to watch on stage as a performer. David Archuwhatever has a good voice, but is far to boring for me! I'm sure you're thinking, that I watch to much t.v. or something. Like; does this girl do anything else with her time like read?!? I admit it, I'm a junkie. I love idol, and watching Paula stumble to try and find words that might make some sense. Tonight I'll be watching it with a big bowl of popcorn, and hoping to see David Cook take home this years title!

I wish...........

I was on Dancing with the Stars! Seriously...if I could have a job where I could dance all day long and get paid for it I would. Plus, you get to wear really cute and fun outfits, and heels! I think that beats any office job I've ever had or will! I've been pretty hooked since season 1! You've heard me rant and rave before, and I just love, love this show! They all seem to have so much fun, and truly have fun with each other. Last night was the finale, if you didn't watch it you missed out and will have to wait till next season. Or, catch it on You Tube. Either way I'll be patiently waiting till the end of summer when they announce next seasons cast!

PS- If I couldn't be a dancer on the show, I would for sure want Samantha's job! She too gets to dress up fancy! Isn't this so fun!?!

Going for Gold!

Last night was the season 6 finale of DWTS! If you didn't watch you missed out! Kristi & Mark took the cake. I was hoping it would come down to Kristi & Mark and Cheryl & Christian. But it came down to Jason & Edyta and Mark & Kristi! I wished I was there live to see it, but for now you'll just have to enjoy this video I found of Kristi's win of that ugly mirror ball trophy! I hope she places it right next to her Olympic gold!

Who's Your Mama?

Baby Mama! Saw it! Loved it! Laughed so hard!

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are so funny in this movie. Orion and I saw it Friday night, I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. It's a perfect date movie, or for a night out with the girls. Either way I think you will enjoy it!

Green Thumb

This past Saturday I got up early and went flower shopping. I've been so excited and wanted to plant some flowers around my home. I don't have much of a green thumb and most of the flowers I buy or that have been given to me usually don't last long. But I decided I was turning over a new leaf, and I was going to try and water them and keep them alive as much as possible. I found these cute little planters that would hang over my fence to plant flowers in. I wanted to get them done all before the house warming party at the end of the month. It was a beautiful day on Saturday, it was so much fun picking them out and then putting it all together. Finally I am done, and they are beautiful hanging on my fence. Even Orion was impressed! I added a few finishing touches to our patio that day. I added our welcome sign to our front door. I feel like the house comes more and more together each day. We're getting a new fridge this week, I'm excited to see the kitchen finally come together.

Chad came over this past Sunday to help Orion put up the hood over the stove. We bought a new one cause the old one really didn't match the new black stove. Next on our list of home things to do; get a guest room together. Coming from a one bedroom apartment to a 3 bedroom house we don't even have enough furniture to fill it all. We're really excited to have a guest room finally and be able to have people stay with us when they visit. There's just one problem right now: there's no bed for them to sleep on. That is our next thing to work on this week. It's a work in progress. We love, love, love our home!

Pictures of Wyatt

I finally figured out how to get pictures off my phone. The proud Mama (Julie) sent me these this morning. He's adorable!! I truly can't wait to meet him. I wish I was already on a plane to Arizona to snuggle and kiss him! Enjoy the pictures!

Wyatt Tyler Islas

Born May 15, 2008

Wyatt Tyler Islas

My good friends Julie and Brandon welcomed their 2nd baby into the world today! Wyatt Tyler was delivered by C-section at 12pm on May 15th, 2008! I'm so happy and excited for them. Wyatt joins older brother Kaden (2), they now are a family of four! For a long time Julie thought she was having a girl, and Kaden got used to calling her belly "sissy." They are such a cute family, I wish I still lived near them. So while, I don't have any pictures (except for the one on my cell that I am trying to figure out how to upload) to show off to you, I can tell you that he's beautiful! I am excited for the day that I get to meet little Wyatt. Congrats to Brandon & Julie and the birth of their 2nd son! Orion and I love you guys very much!

Getting Organized

I'm a pretty organized person by nature, I color code my closets, have shoe racks, and everything has it's place in my house, and world. One of my favorite stores is Storables. I love that place, I get excited whenever I can take a trip there and get new stuff to organize my kitchen closets, etc. I'm pretty sure my hubby thinks I'm a little weird. When we lived in the apartment for lack of space everything wasn't so organized as I would have liked it to be. I promised my Hubby that when we moved into the new house I would organize and clear the "clutter" in our new place. We've been getting organized in the Worley house, and I love it. My kitchen is coming together, the garage is getting emptier by the minute and I have almost made sense of my closets. All of my stuff doesn't fit into one, so I now how 2. Which is kinda annoying to have to go back and forth between the two. It's the little things is life that get me excited and motivated. And Orion is starting to appreciate my over anal, type A personality.

So I know I'm a nerd but, I've wanted one of these for a while.

I love these, they are a cheap and easy way to get organized in your kitchen.

We now have garage shelves, we are well on our way to getting the 2nd car in there!

If I could work any other job than the one I already have, I think I would like to go into people's houses and help them organize their lives, and homes. I'm sure there's a job like that out there somewhere..I just wish I thought of it first. ;)

To Mom with Love!

This past weekend Orion and I headed to Iowa to celebrate my Mom's 50th birthday (May 9th) and Mother's Day. (May 11th) Two big events in 2 days! We got there late Friday night as we usually do, and it was non stop until Sunday. Saturday morning I got to spend some much needed time with my Mom & Sister. We went shopping together and had lunch. It was so much fun, and I don't get to spend Saturdays with them much since I live out of state, so any time I get to spend with them that way is always a treat for me, and I truly treasure it. Saturday night we surprised my Mom and the whole gang took her out to dinner at Ohana's Steakhouse in Des Moines. She had no idea where we were going, and the best part was to see her so excited and feel so loved that we would plan all of this just for her. It was really fun. All 10 of us, 12 including the babies sat around the table laughed, and had so much fun. It was a great way to spend her birthday.

The gang for Mom's 50th Birthday Bash!

Sunday was Mother's Day! It was so nice to be home with Mom and celebrate these two events all in the same weekend. Her birthday and Mother's Day always fall on the same weekend every year. I love my Mom so much, and I could never fully put into words how much I appreciate her and love her. She's the best, and she's even better this year than last year!

Me & Mom on Mother's Day!

Collin Curtis Mills

He turned 3 weeks old on Saturday and I got to meet him for the very first time this past weekend. He's a serious sleeper this kid, he loves his naps, and one thing is for sure his big sisters love him more! I had to fight with my five year old niece Jocelynn for cuddling time! She didn't give up easily. He's so cute and adorable! My sister and brother in law have waited a long time for a boy, and you can tell they are totally in love with him. Here's a few pictures from the weekend and Collin's first meeting with Auntie Annie!

Sleep time

Auntie Annie

Cutie Pie

We're pretty much all in love with him!! I am 3 times an Aunt now. The list is complete with Collin now. Jocelynn is five, Alexia is almost 3 in September, and Collin 3 weeks old. I can't wait to spoil him along with the others.