In February we went on an AMAZING cruise! What a vacation!! I'm a cruiser for life that's for sure! We enjoyed all the time with Nicole's family and all the fun we had together. SOOO many memories! The food (to be expected) was wonderful and there was plenty! We did an ATV excursion in Puerto Vallarta - A BLAST. Nicole will have to tell you about her rolling her QUAD IN THE WATER!!! LOL We visited the Golden Zone in Mazatlan - not the best experience. On my ACTUAL birthday, we did a City Tour and Beach excursion in CABO!! Some of us smoked cigars and drank Dos Equis on the beach and others snorkeled, it was the most beautiful day and none of us wanted to leave!! I'm sure we'll all be back to Cabo one day!
The day we got off the ship was my wonderful sister Lisa's wedding! It was so beautiful and we're so happy for her and Chad! The way she looked, glowed and the way she wore her dress was very inspiring to me. I wasn't going to wear a dress, but because of her I went and tried them on, and fell in love with one! Thanks to Kara for all of your help and thanks Lisa for truly inspiring me with how beautiful you looked! I can only hope I look & feel half as beautiful as you on my wedding day!~
After we got back, literally on the flight home Nicole said "Are you ready?", WEDDING planning has been non-stop! We're loving every minute of it, except the tense and stressful times of course, but we're making such good progress:
- We've met with our Coordinator @ the Hyatt. Finalized room layout and some other things like the Cigar LOUNGE!! Timing, Chairs, Ceremony set up etc..
- We also got the Save the Dates out, what a chore and thanks to everyone involved & we are SO happy with them!
- We just got our Dance Floor mat thingy - SO cute.
- Both wedding dresses are purchased on on their way! (TOO EXCITING)
- Our girls dresses are all picked out and most if not everyone has theirs! Great job girls!!
- We're meeting with Bartlett's Flowers on Saturday, it would have been last Saturday, but Ms. Nicole had QUITE the hangover to say the least. LOL This is exciting especially for me because this is where if anywhere, I'm willing to SPLURGE!! Budget what? JK! I like the amount we have budgeted for flowers, it will be neat to see what they can do for us!
Work has been extremely wonderful for me lately. After our cruise I had an annual review. It was a great review for sure. I received a generous raise and in this economy I'm seriously extremely grateful. It's really nice when hard work pays off, but I didn't really expect anything given the times we're in. Also, this morning I was just nominated for the Q4 IT Catch The Spirit award - SO awesome and again very humbling to hear what people think of my work ethic. My company is great and I'm very happy here; Looking forward to the future @ WSI! Work for Nicole from what I know is just insanely busy! She never has a spare moment right now and it's keeping her on her toes!
Another thing, we got GYM MEMBERSHIPS! This was a first for me and so far I'm really liking it. It's been great and once I get some of this weight off I'm sure I'll use more of the machines. Nicole really enjoys the classes! We're eating healthy and really close to having our cruise weight off. Believe it or not I only gained 4.5lbs and Nicole 4 on the cruise. She is only .5lbs away from hers and I'm 2.5 - we're doing good with it though!
Finally, about my Dad.. he is doing phenomenal!! He has checked into rehab for the first time in his life. It's a Faith based rehab and it has so far changed him for the better. It's only been 1 week, but I've never experienced him with the state of mind he's in right now. It's just amazing!! They have him on the right medicine, the right track and sober! He's been sober since February and he was just barely hanging on so he decided after almost 6 weeks of sobriety that he needed more and good for him because he is doing great! SO proud of him and so happy!! For those of you reading this, I ask that you say a prayer for him, it can only help! He needs strength and courage to continue on with this! We've talked a couple times now and it's so nice to hear him say things like.. "Your Dad is coming out of this thing a winner!" and "I never want to miss another thing in my life. I will be at your wedding and the birth of Bub's child SOBER" - he's never talked this way before - always flown by the seat of his pants, but this time something has definitely clicked!!
That's all for now - check out our Facebook page (JenandNic Sheldon) for Pics from the Cruise if you haven't already and also be sure to visit our knot.com page & sign the guestbook too!
Happy St. Paddy's Day!
