Officially Honeymooning

We booked it! Hans and I will be honeymooning on the Norwegian Cruise Line's EPIC. It is the newest of the their fleet, and in my opinion, is badass.

So, while everyone is in the wintr'y mix that is the Pennsylvania winter, we'll be sailing our way through western Caribbean. We fly from PHL to MIA and take our cruise at the beginning on 2011.

Ports of call include Costa Maya (Mexico), Roatan (Honduras) and Cozumel (Mexico). The ship includes so many fun things! The Blue Man Group will be on board, as well as a Cirque Show! There is an ice bar that is kept at a chilly 17F and waterslides on the pool deck!

Hans and I already have our sites set on a Mayan ruin excursion, oh, and a booze cruise :)

84 more days!

I love you, Babe.

Why do I look like I'm crying in this picture? Because I am. I was good alllll day getting ready for the wedding. I kept my composure and just enjoyed the entire day with my girlfriends and my mom. Shy of one emotional conversation in the car on the way home from the salon with my mom, I was just a HUGE ball of energy all day! I remember feeling nervous as my dad and I were sitting and waiting in the limo for everyone to take their seats. But I think I was more anxious to get the party started, than nervous. As my dad and I were waiting in the vestibule for the big wooden doors to open, my dad turns to me and says, "I love you, Babe." And I just about lost it.

I love my daddy.

A New Me.

Hello Blogosphere, it has certainly been a while.

Since my last post,

I was just recently engaged.

I was just recently an aunt for the first time to cute little Ryan.

I was waiting patiently for little PBJ to come into this world.

I was frantically trying to organize my life and start to plan a wedding.

Now....

I am Mrs. Carlberg. :)

I am a homeowner.

I am an aunt to Ryan.

I am an aunt to Claire.

And, since I'm now married, I also have 7 neices and nephews on Hans' side.

I am quite possibly one of the coolest aunts ever, but I could be biased.

I am a little more sane because the wedding planning is over, and I am now focusing on the joys of life.

I am a photographer.

I am a memory maker.

I am a friend.

I am a sister.

I am a daughter.

Since my last post work has been entirely the same, and entirely different.

And, that's they way I feel about life and I embark on my newest chapter of "Husband and Wife."

Everything is entirely the same...and entirely different.

I am lamenting the wedding already. I miss the planning. I miss the stress. I miss the fun of it. So, sporadically through my blog posts now will be pictures that were taken along the way of the planning...of the stress...of the fun.

Starting now...
I will post more often about everything and nothing. A random story, a successful recipe or cocktail, cleaning and organizational tips, inspirational fashion ideas and/or techniques as we decorate our new house, pictures of the wedding, pictures of life, scrapbook layouts, and anything else that comes to mind.

...the rest is still unwritten.

---JLC---

He's perfect :)

Welcome to the world, Ryan Thomas!

Born Tuesday, January 19th at 4:15am to Jason and Katie Lauer
7lbs6oz 20" long

Welcome to the world, Ryan Thomas!

Ooka

Told you I was going to scrapbook more! For the MLPA board, I'm hosting a challenege 9 layouts this month. Some sketch inspirations that I've designed (see first image below) and some word images.

Here's my take on my own sketch....notice how it barely looks like it :) I'm happy with how it turned out. Decided not to do the journaling, placed three flowers instead. I <3 Prima Flowers. The paper is October Afternoon...with a little Glimmer Mist masking in the background.

Thanks for looking!

2010 Resolutions

Among all the things that I have decided to do this year to better myself, I've also decided that I need to scrap more. I need to get "caught up" and I need to scrap more "in the moment." Therefore, my "every-other" policy has come into play. I'm going to try to scrap one layout to get me caught up and one layout of something recent. Reasoning? I have stacks of photos that still need to be scrapbooked, and I don't want to lose my current thoughts on new moments... 2010 is going to be a big year!

So here's my get caught up layout....It's Han's 25th birthday. Yes, he's 26 now. Clearly, I'm behind. I'm inspired by the clean slate feeling of Kraft paper right now. The two columns on either side of Hans are Black Magic Paper embossed using the CuddleBug "Happy Birthday" Template. The reveal the turquoise innercore of the Black Magic Paper, simply use a piece of sandpaper and rub! Definitely fun! My favorite element of this layout, though, is the BoBunny rubon behind the beg chipboard H. I think it just added a little bit of sophistication to this otherwise basic layout:



And now for my current! My photoprinter wasn't working when I first took this picture...and, in fact, is still not working. So, eventually there will be a picture of Hans and I on the layout from New Years. The 2010 is Cricut "Stamped" in a 4" with a shadow. This year instead of writing everything I want to do to make myself better, I decided to right all the words that will encompass my goals this year on this super neat program online...check out www.wordle.net to play! Simply add in all the words you want and hit the generate button and VOILA! a jumble of your thoughts! Personally, my favorite words this year are:

Mrs. Madrinha Nephew Neice Laugh Breathe

Thanks for looking!