My First Shower...What a Joy!

My Bridesmaids and Mom threw me a beautiful shower today...decked out with all the wedding colors!

Here are some of the beautiful arrangements! My Mom decorated her hearth with pictures of Rich and I....so much fun!
Up close look...


Bridesmaid, Bride, Maid of Honor and Bridesmaid!
(Kelby, Me, Jenn and Heather)

Sisters, Sisters....

Putting on the veil...for the bachelorette party!!!

Thumbs Up! We are awesome!

Mom, Grandma, Me and Jenn!

The whole Jobs/Boness Clan of ladies!

Roxy, Mom, Grandma, Me and Jenn!

Mom and I!
Thanks so much Mom!
I love you!

Getting ready to fill my belly!

The beautiful desserts...

Getting ready to play some games...

Yes, game time....

Too many funny stories....

My "something blue" for the Wedding Day!!!

I DO!!!

Kelby and I with my Rehearsal Dinner Bouquet!

All the lovely ladies!

Thanks for making it so special ladies!

The Groom coming to help me....nice veil sweetie!

Too cute for words!

Gosh, I love this man!

What an absolutely AWESOME day! Thanks so much to all the ladies who made this day so special for me!

I love you!!!

Decked and trimmed....

Rich worked on "trimming" the deck today, while I lounged and got showered with gifts at my first bridal shower. So much fun.

Look at those corners! AWESOME!

The full trim!

Rich also sprayed the stairs and posts white yesterday.

A nice fancy corner!

The Final Project!

Way to go BABE!!!

Filled to the Brim!

On Friday night...we took a late night trip to Lowe's and the CR-V was filled to the brim with wood!

The Doors are In!

Here is what the old door looked like when Byron first got started today...Shortly after...the slider was out and progress was being made!
Wah-La...the doors are in. A little touch up painting to be done...and they are good to go!!!
How amazing are they?!?!
The up-close view!
Open for guests!
Margaritas and Sunshine all summer!
Plus, Rich also got the benches framed today!
Look at all the progress! The deck, the doors, the benches are all better than we could have ever imagined! LOVE THEM!!!!

We Passed!

Well, I don't think that it was a test...but we made it through all of our Pre-Marriage Counselings with flying colors (and still wanting to get married). Last night we went through the service and we both got a little choked up! We laughed that we had a hard time just talking about it...and soon enough it will be the real thing.

Looks like Mr. and Mrs. Waterworks will be in full effect on the 18th!

The Deck!!! Almost there...

1 weekend...
40 man hours...
3 great friends...
and 1 new deck!

Here are some pictures of the final steps to the deck (benches will come next)!!!
We needed every hand and every brain available...
The hard-workers at work....(while I'm slaving away making cookies to celebrate)!!!
Some of the final screws...after the bench posts were in.
THE FINAL SCREW...all hands on deck!
haha!
The FINAL project! Looks like it has always been there!
WAH-LA!!! So proud of Dan, Alex and Rich for all there hard work!

The Deck - HUGE Progress!

Here we go...It's Monday and all the boys were back for another day of fun! With all the progress they made yesterday, I think that spirits were a little higher today! I can't believe how well they all worked together...only once did someone get pushed into the holly bush for mis-behaving...oh wait, that wasn't today!

Here's the boys!
Dan's Best Side, Alex being a Cheese-Ball and Rich with a goofy smile!
Here's Alex attempting a lobotomy on Dan...
and Alex putting the final screws in the deck (over 750 screws went into this project!!)
The boys with there specific tools...it was so cute, each time I went out to get pictures, each person had a specific job and were very diligently working.

I'm so proud of them!
Rich showing off how many screws we used...
Mr. Max, my Mom and Dad stopped by to check out the progress...he was just too cute to not take a picture off.

Love the haircut Buddy!
The boys took off the final boards and started on the bench making...
My Proud Future Husband...gosh, I love him!
The bolts that are holding the posts for the benches...should be sturdy!
We can test them out in July when everyone is here for the wedding!!!
Dan and Alex showing off all their hard work! Thanks guys...we could have never got this done without you (and by "we", I mean Rich would have been working all week!!!)
Adjusting the final posts for the benches...
The grand picture...

The boys are still busy working away...but for me...the weekend has come to an end. I'm ready to relax, soak my feet and get ready for a great week. Tomorrow, our French Doors get put in...and Wednesday we meet with our Minister to go over the ceremony for the wedding.

It's a BIG week!

Can't wait for all the fun!

Happy Memorial Day! I feel so lucky to have both Grandpa Boness and Grandpa Jobs as proud Service Men who served our Country! Bless all the Service Men and Women around the World, today and every day!

By the way, I didn't just sit on my bum all weekend either...I took care of our entire front yard...from weeding to planting to mowing! It was exhausting!!!
(Just had to give a shot out to myself too - hahah!)