Easter Sunday we found out that my sweet, sweet Grandma Palmer left this earth to be with her eternal companion again. We were planning on going up north that weekend anyway for wedding stuff, so we went one day earlier to attend her funeral. It was a wonderful memorial and it was so fun to see so much of my family. I was SO moved by the amazing legacy this woman left. She has over 80 grandchildren, over 65 great grandchildren and even a few great-great grandchildren! And she has touched every single on of their lives with her sweet spirit. I was especially moved to be part of a choir that sang a song in her memory, as she was the one who instilled in so many of us a love of music.
The rest of the weekend was filled with lots of fun family and friends time. We love getting to spend time with our super fun friends, Jake and Kelli Brandon. Jake was Alex’s MTC companion and Alex has some crazy stories about their experiences together.
The main event of the weekend was attending the temple with Alex’s family as his sister attended the temple for the first time. We had never been to the Salt Lake temple before and it was awesome! Definitely different than the other temples we’ve been to, and that’s cool!
Then this last week was just a whirlwind! I feel like it went by so fast and I was exhausted the whole time! We made a goal to finish our freaking cabinets that have been 5+ months in the making by Wednesday, when I was hosting Bunco. So we were planning on doing a big chunk of it on Monday but then my family wanted to have a preparedness meeting so we couldn’t do it that night. So we literally screwed in the last door as the doorbell rang for the first of the bunco girls on Wednesday. But we finished!!! HUZZAH!! I love how they turned out, but I’m not so sure about how they look with the blue wall.
My original thought was a bright turquoise with a bright red, but the turquoise turned out more blue than I planned and the red turned out darker than I expected, so now it just looks Mexican-y. And that is NOT what I was going for. I’m seriously considering re-painting the wall, cuz there is NO way we are re-doing the cabinets!! Any comments/suggestions would be mucho appreciated!
In addition to all that, I had the opportunity to do Alex’s sister’s wedding book so every spare moment last week was spent doing that. I’m really pleased with how it turned out and I will try to get some pictures up here of some of my favorite pages. Poll # 2 of the post: do you think a wedding book is something that people would pay someone to do? I’m considering starting a little business with it because I sure love doing it. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s basically a collection of scrapbook pages that you use as your guest registry instead of the boring old “write your name”. It’s super fun and Alex and I still look through ours all the time.
Then this last weekend was filled to the brim with wedding! It was all absolutely gorgeous, due to my amazing mother-in-law. I sure love attending sealings and remembering how blessed we are to have the covenants we do and the wonderful blessings that come with them. The church is true, everyone! Just in case you were wondering :)
Don't forget to comment with your thoughts on the blue wall and the wedding book idea! THANKS!!
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4 comments:
Great post and fun blog - great to read a bit about what you are doing in your life! Take care! Paula
I have to say my first reaction was "ew" to the blue with the red. I can detect what you were going for, and I would vote for a repaint. You just need a duller blue to not make the red scream so much. If you can't find the "perfect" blue, just find a color that you like that goes with your cabinets--your cabinets are BEAUTIFUL! Very nice job you two. If nothing else, your blue wall will make a great conversation starter! :o)
I agree that the combination did look "mexican-y". The cabinets are GORGEOUS, so yes you shouldn't even think about changing those. I like your original idea for the blue, it would have looked much better as a turquoise. Right now it kind of looks cheep because the color is not rich enough (not exactly duller like Ruth said but darker and richer). JMO!!!
As for wedding books, I've never heard of them, can't even picture what they'd look like (Jon and I did a picture book and had everyone take a polaroid of themselves and glue it in) and therefore cannot make an education decision!
Have fun repainting the wall. Good luck finding the right color.
Yes, do wedding books. You love doing things like that so even if you just get paid a little bit here and there it would be worth it. I have no idea how much people (especially in Utah) would pay for something like that though.
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