Said YES to the Dress

So this weekend, my really great friend Sydney and I went to this dress store here in Midvale. They are by appointment  only but luckily our schedules worked out so I could have a friend with me to find the perfect dress since my mom and sister are both faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar away! So,oddly enough, the store we went to is called The Perfect Dress. Well, I found my perfect dress and bought it! I got a great deal on it so my mom was happy, seeing as she bought it for me. I have my garter too. Now all I need is to find a bird cage veil, and buy my shoes and I'll be all taken care of. Just a few little alterations and the dress will fit perfect! I'm so excited!!!! It's a new dress that has come out for the 2011 line, and so no one has had the dress yet. It's unique and very me!!! Can't wait to reveal the dress on the big day. :)

PA School Update!

I got an email on Friday while I was up in Star Valley from Salus University in Pennsylvania. They requested an interview with me for their PA Program. YAYAYAYAY!!! So excited!!! So Monday after checking with my boss, I scheduled my PA interview for Feb 8, 2011. Thats a Tuesday. I work Monday and Wednesday and I don't want to use any  time cause I used a lot at Christmas and I went to save up more time for the wedding. So needless to say, this will be a quick trip. I get off work at 3:30pm that Monday the 7th. Then I catch my flight at SLC at 8pm. I arrive in PA at 6am and my interview is at 9am. then I spend the day on the campus, and then catch a cab back to the airport to catch my flight back to SLC at 5pm. I will get back to SLC at 10:30 on Tues. 8th. CRAZY!!! But it will be so worth it. I am a little scared to fly to a big city and have to take a taxi, all by myself. But, it will be an adventure! A GREAT ONE!!!!! So everyone...wish me luck. :) All that I've worked for years on comes down to this.

Wedding Planning...FUN...but Stressful

Planning a wedding is so much fun! I am so happy and in love and ecstatic!! Eric and I have booked the temple and we will be getting married on June 8, 2011 in the Bountiful, Ut. temple at 10:45 in the morning!  The rest of the wedding plans are under way as well. We will be having the reception in Wyoming on his Uncle's ranch. Kinda funny cause thats where his sister had her reception but we are planning to do things a little bit differently. We have some awesome ideas and if everything turns out the way we plan its gonna beautiful. No wedding dress yet, but we found some cute dresses for the flower girls, but because our colors are more summer colors we are gonna have to wait till march to buy a lot of the clothing for the wedding party. I got to go try on wedding dresses 2 wks ago but I haven't had enough luck yet. Although I am excited to say they sized me and I fit sizes 2 and 4!!! depending on the dress of course!! Made me super happy when I slid into a 2!!! Anyways...cake..check...tables...check..centerpieces...check..but lots more to do!!! So mark the day in your planner cause we can't wait!!! And it looks like between the two of us the reception is gonna pretty huge!!! Be ready to Party!!

23?? Thats Scary!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! I turned 23 on Jan. 15, 2011! Talk about wild. I don't know where the time went. Granted Age 22 was a BIG year for me. I started dating Eric officially less then a month after I turned 22, I graduated from college with my Bachelor's in Health Science, I moved to Utah, got a great dependable job, went on some way fun trips, met some great people, and got ENGAGED!!! 22 was a great year!!! But I feel that 23 is my year to shine. Get married, go to PA school, and move to Pennsylvania. Thats the forecast now lets see if I am very accurate! :)

Thursday before my birthday, Eric and I drove up to Idaho Falls and had dinner at Red Robin. He surprised me with a few of our mutual friends coming to dinner, and we had a blast laughing and talking all night. I'm pretty sure we ran people out of the restaurant. He sneaked to the waitress that it was my Birthday so they sang to me, and made me put these silly balloons under my chin hahahaha pretty embarrassing but it was FUN!

We stayed that night at with our friends Tyler and Janae, and left the next morning to get my ring sized. While we were doing that, we walked around the mall and shopped and I used my birthday money and bought some cute stuff from downeast. Then we headed over to Margene's. I tried on wedding dresses for 2 hrs, but didn't have any luck. What I do know is that I hate taffeta.

After we ate, bought a new TV for our future house when we're married, and picked up my ring we headed to Star Valley for the rest of the weekend. Friday night we watched a movie with the fam. Saturday we went to Hastings, a little store in Star Valley and registered. Its the place to register in the valley for weddings, so we figured we should too :) Eric then took me to lunch at Agave, a yummy Mexican place cause I was craving ships and salsa, and then we made it back to his parents place. When we got there the entry way to the house was decorated with balloons and a happy birthday sign.

When we opened the door his cousin Cassy, his mom, and niece Maddie sang me Happy Birthday, and  they had the table all set in my favorite color (yellow) and had a beautiful vase of flowers for me. They also had made me a two teared chocolate cake....and then gave me all my cards and gifts for my Birthday. My favorite card was from Eric because he took a Valentine's day card and scratched out the Valentine's and wrote in Birth. bahahahahha it was pretty funny but he said the card was better then a regular birthday card :) They then made me fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and salad for dinner. :) YUMM! We watched  some movies that night, and it was the perfect ending to a Great Birthday.

!!Disney World!! Where Dreams Come True!!

Disney World was absolutely fantabulous!!!!! Eric's brother Kory drove over from Louisiana and picked Eric and I up on the way. We all jumped in the car and headed down to Orlando. When we got there and checked into the hotel, we met up with the rest of the HALE clan, and headed to Landry's, an awesome seafood restaurant for Eli's 30th Birthday (eli is eric's older brother).

The next day we all woke up and headed to Epcot! When we got there the first ride we went on was a river boat ride.

Then we spent the rest of the day riding all sorts of different rides and walking around through all the different countries. We tried to get our picture taken in front of as many different countries as possible. We fast passed a couple rides which was awesome since that meant no lines for us :) We ate lunch in Italy at a pizzaria. Eric's dad served his mission there so we pretty much knew he would be hanging out in that country, but we still made sure that I got my turkey leg to eat.

After lunch and some more rides it was about 8pm and all the girls which included me and Eric's neices, his, sister, and sister-in-law all went did the Epcot Duffy Bear scavenger hunt. We went country to country where we got stamps and our name written in different languages. 9pm was the Epcot firework show.
At first, Eric's mom told me to slow down that she wanted to see the show as we walked to meet up with all the boys, then she got a phone call and told us we had to hurry, and we ended up running. When  we hit the country of Mexico Eric's brother Kory and Dan were waving us to the direction where they were all standing. Eric was in the front next to a rope where a section of street was blocked off. I pushed through the crowd and stood next to him and his dad. After a minute or two. Eric stepped over the rope and told me that it was too crowded and we should make some more room for people. So I followed him over the rope. Then he looked at me and started walking slowly to the center of the open area. He pulled me close, and with everyone watching he said, "We've been all around the world today together. Did you find find anybody better than me?" I laughed and said "no". Then he said "I've never found anybody better than you." Then he slowly dropped to one knee and said, "Lesley Nicole Winberg will you do me the honor of being my wife?" Of course I started crying and then I was so mezmorized by ring that I almost forgot to say yes... then I started shaking my head yes, and he slid the ring on to my finger!!!!!!! We hugged and kissed and his parents and family watched the whole thing and filmed it all on video. We then heard the massive crowd cheering and whoohooing and it was perfect. Then everyone ran to us and his mom Susan was crying, and I just couldn't stop smiling. It was perfect!!! We then took some pictures and when we got back to the hotel we made lots and lots of phone calls.

Sunday after the engagement we went to church there next to the Orlando temple and then walked around on the grounds, played mini golf and went swimming that night.
Monday we all kinda split up due to some sick boys, so me eric and dan and kyli and Brooklyn went to Universal Studios Island of Adventures, and it was by far the best park we went to. We rode tons of rides all day long. The hulk, Spiderman, Some ride that shot us straight up into the air, and more and more and more rides, and then we saved the best for last. We went to Harry Potter. The whole section of the park was made to look like Hogsmeade, and Hogwarts. We went and got butter beer (pretty much cream soda with some sorta amazing creamy broth on top that tasted sorta like vanilla ice cream). We ate the 3 broomsticks, I had another turkey leg and got a half of a chicken hahahaha. We also drank pumpkin juice, and went to all the shops. They looked exactly like the ones in all the movies. Then we met up with Kyli and Dan and went of the Harry Potter Journey Roller Coaster which was amazing. The line was 2 hrs long but so worth it. As you walk through the doors into hogswarts the had the moving paintings just like the movie which was insane. They talked back and forth to eachother, and to us. We went through dumbledor's office and saw him and pass all the class rooms and passage ways, and saw harry and hermione, and Ron. It snowed real snow on us inside Hogwarts too. CRAZY!!! Then the ride was awesome. You were in the great hall and there were all the hanging candles from the ceiling and you get in and the ride starts. and you feel like you are for real flying on a broom stick the special affects were crazy good and it really felt like you were right there in the movie with them.

Tuesday, The boys went deep sea fishing and us girls all went to Magic Kingdom. We spent the day taking pictures with all the princesses, and mickie, and minnie, and goofie, and riding all the rides at magic kingdom. My favorites were Pirates of the Carribean and Space Mountain.

Wednesday I woke early and flew back to Utah, but it was the best trip EVER!!!! EVER!! EVER!!!

BAMA Christmas

After our flight touched down in Mobile, Eric had my best friend Brittany in the whole world waiting to pick us up. After we hugged for an hour we jumped in her car and she drove us over to my aunt's house where my dad and my brother's were waiting unexpectedly for my arrival. It also happened to be my dad's  family Christmas party so we got to surprise everybody all at the same time and let Eric meet everyone almost. My dad's side of the family is kinda like my big fat greek wedding so it might have been a lot to take in at first but he won them over fast with his charm, and the meer fact that he brought me home for Christmas. My dad cried and I hadn't seen my little brother Aaron since before he went to Afghanistan so it was great to see him too. After the party we finally made it home to my mom's house and Eric and I opened presents with her and then went to bed.
The next morning was church and once again Eric was overwhelmed with people wanting to meet him. My old Bishop from my home ward even called us into his office so he could have a one on one with us. hahahahahaha a little scary but good! Then after church we drove over to my cousin's house for the Christmas party. It was great.

Cousin Picture (missing a lot)

Dad, Aaron, Eric, and me!

Other activities during our week long visit in Alabama included:
Home town tour
Visit with family and friends
Movie
Mall
Dinner, eating, and more eating
Bass Pro

Blakely Civile War Battlefield

Battleship

Lesley Birthday Lunch with Family

Beach

It was the best trip home ever because Eric was with me!!!

Christmas with Eric

Christmas Eve was probably one of my favorite days of the whole year. Eric drove down from Star Valley Christmas Eve. I was at work and left a key for him to get into my apartment. He got there before me and hid my presents in the laundry room. He made dinner and had everything ready to eat when I walked through the door after work. We had Pizza and Dr. Pepper. :) Our favorite! 

Afterwards we went down to temple square and saw all the Christmas lights. I have never been to see the lights so it was really exciting for me. I was just like a kid on christmas morning. I think Eric got a kick out of it. 

After the lights we were freezing so we came back to my place and changed into our swim suits and went hot tubbing. Its so fun when its snowy and cold and your outside in a hot tub!!! After we were done we changed into our jammies, had some martenellie's that Eric surprised me with and then we watched a couple Christmas movies that he bought me. 

Then it was bed time. In the morning, Eric and I opened gifts at 5am with his parents on skype. They wanted to watch because Eric was excited to give me my gift he had been planning for me. So first I opened my gift form him. It was a coffee table for my living room that he found in a dumpster :) He put it back together and refinished it and it absolutely amazing! I love that I found myself a handy man. He can pretty much fix anything :)

 Then he opened up gifts from me. And then we gave each other stockings. Lastly, he told me he had one more present for me. He walked to me coat closet, rolled out one of the roll away pieces of luggage and pointed to the top zipped pocket and the bag. He said I think your last present is in here. I unzipped the bag and pulled out a sheet of paper. As I started reading the paper I saw that it was a flight itinerary from Salt Lake to Mobile. I started crying immediately. Then he told me that I needed to hurry and get dressed because our plane was leaving in 2 hours. He had my roommate Kim pack for me and I was ready to go. He had planned for months to take me home for Christmas and my mom, my sister and his parents were all in on it. CRAZY!!! We hurried to the airport and caught our flight and made it home for Christmas in Alabama!! Oh how I love that man! :)