catch up

the kids helped me get ready

the girls and me

caroline and me...i think she was as happy as we were!

a sweet moment

my big brother jarrod

my big brother josh and caroline

jay and his baby girl

jay and i are officially hitched! the wedding week and day were absolutely perfect. most of our crew got into town early and we all were able to hike, white water raft, and enjoy each other in the bridal party house.

the wedding day held for us perfect weather, lots and lots of wonderful friends, and went off without a hitch. i couldn't have imagined it would be as wonderful as it was and jay and i had the best time. neither of us ever really got nervous, we both just enjoyed every moment. a few of the pics are up on our photographer's website. you can go to our set and put in the password, which is link. they are great!

the honeymoon has been a blast thus far. we spent the first night just outside of breck in a friends vacation home, then went to evergreen and stayed in a little bed and breakfast called highland haven. we were just a few miles from red rocks, where we attended the snow patrol concert last night. it was beautiful and so romantic!

bed and breakfast

red rocks

today we headed south to colorado springs and are staying at the broadmoor, which is freaking AMAZING! i mean this place knows how to treat a new couple. we hiked around colorado springs this morning and spent the afternoon by the infinity pool here on the property. after getting back to our room we were greeted with a complimentary bottle of champagne that we are currently enjoying on our balcony. yum!

pool party!

our balcony at the broadmoor...a toast to mr. and mrs. pritchard!!!!

everything has been perfect thus far. tomorrow we head to santa fe. more pics to come!!

denver

jay and i are in denver and officially in countdown mode for the big day...sunday! we are so excited to have the whole crew up here to celebrate with us and we are heading to breck tomorrow to meet the rest of them.

right now we are at the brown palace hotel, relaxing and tying up loose ends for the wedding. i am so excited! if i get a chance, i'll post some of our pics up here soon, otherwise, i'll update the blog as soon as i can!

interesting reads

this is so true for girlfriends! five friends every girl should have...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/07/23/5.friends/index.html

and this couple has quite a story!!!

very few

in my estimation, very few people think i am as crazy as i actually am. as i sit here, sitting in my first home (purchase), staring at blank walls, i reflect on the last year. i believe it was about this time of year that i was complaining to everyone i know that things were "boring" and i was craving "change." well, WHAM! like a mack truck, i have had constant change for the last year. and let me tell you, i am realizing how truly nuts i was to ask for all of this...

august, 2006 - jay asks me to marry him
fall, 2006 - jay is offered his dream job in fort worth, i am offered a "great job" to go to fort worth, we purchase a beautiful home in a wonderful neighborhood and immediately start dreaming of moving back to dallas
winter2006/spring 2007 - wedding planning, showers, all fun, but completely busy every single weekend. literally.
summer 2007 - wedding plans in full swing, jay gets raise, i get a new job and the "summer of katy" begins...if you read the blog, you know the deets

last night was the last day of the option period on the house, so today i signed off on it and signed a lease on a great place in dallas. we are excited to go back to the life of renters for a bit. ah, the bliss of non-home-ownership. we did try to find a house, but were not able to find the dream spot yet, so we chose a favorite spot in the uptown area and will have a blast as newlyweds there. i will miss my little place here in the fort, but going back to big D is like going home. it will be as if i have been on a long vacation and i am back to the place i want to be. it's still strange looking at the blank walls i have begun packing, but in a week we leave for our wedding...two weeks of fun and happiness, then back to start our new life together in our new place back in dallas. we are both thrilled and can't wait to get moved and leave for our beautiful wedding!!!!

entourage

if you don't watch entourage, you should. it's worth the few bucks to add hbo by itself. vince and the boys are living the dream and with every episode you feel like you are a part of their crew. it is one of my favorite shows ever and i am curious to see if anyone knows the story about the ending tonight. is there really going to be an actual movie?? (right now in the show they have been making a movie about pablo escobar called "medellin" and showed a trailer for it tonight as if it may be an actual movie to be released).

http://www.medellinthefilm.com

would you rather...

be the tallest or the shortest person on earth?!?!


click here to read the story behind the meeting of the world's tallest and world's smallest!

new chair, new pics...

jay and i went to visit my brother and his family in tulsa this weekend for the 4th. we had such a good time in their pool and eating at coney-islander with the kiddos. josh and joy have bought some new furniture and passed on a chair from my great-grandmother (that i have always loved b/c it is so unique) to us. let's just say that it has had some big attention from the kids. (cute pics below)

it's been a while

an update:

we sold the house in fort worth in THREE days. our realtor did a great job and it looks like we will close on the 10th of august. we are desperately searching for houses in dallas, most likely the m-streets. if it doesn't work out that we find exactly what we want, we will be renting for six months and looking during that time.

we are so excited and can't wait to get back to our old stomping grounds and all of our old buddies. we have missed you all!!!

in other big news...jay made senior associate last week with his job and got a big, fat raise! we are so excited and feel very blessed that all of his hard work has paid off in such a big way! he has a meeting this week in d.c. with j.c. watts (http://www.jcwatts.com/jcwatts.htm), which he is ecstatic about, and we are all awaiting the autographs, of course (especially our OU-obsessed dads!).

i start my new job on august 7th. i'll still be doing lending, but with inwood national bank in dallas. i am very excited and i have put a lot of thought into this decision. i had several different offers, but this is where my heart was leading me. this is what i feel will work best with my personality and the clients i work with, so i am going with my gut and am very excited about this bank and this job. i'll be at the office on inwood and lovers, so come by and visit me or we can meet for lunch!

as far as wedding plans go, we are almost wrapped up. three weeks from today jay and i will be dancing at our reception, celebrating ourselves as the new married couple!!! i can't believe it and i am SO freaking excited!!!!!!

breck or BUST!