The Knot!

Justin and I have officially made out wedding web site! It is slowly being completed but please feel free to view it! The Knot has recently become my best friend in wedding planning. It's free, and so easily accessible! Enjoy!


http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/JustinKnapp&EmilyGuy

The calm before the storm

Happy June everyone! I can't believe how fast May has gone by. Usually when June hits, the weather really starts warming up into summer-ish weather. NOT so much this year. I have no idea why, but it has not been past 70 degrees YET. Luckily for Justin and his roofing expertise, this is a good thing. Hot tar shingles and bending over all day in hot sun doesn't make for plesant roofing. Justin officially began re-roofing the house!! The shingles are 20+ years old, and look it too. The new "roof-lift" will be wonderful!

Nail gun in hand and carharts on. He means business!

I got on the roof a couple days to help Justin. My job was to hand him shingles as he needed them and to toss him a re-load coil of nails for the gun. I also got to admire the beauty of our neighborhood that I had never really appreciated until I saw it from this angle. It's so pretty! I also tried soaking up some rays while sitting on the shingle bundles :) BIG HELP I am!

I was amazed while watching Justin do this. How he knows when to make a "pattern" and when to just roof straigh accross is beyond me...but he was so good at it! All without measuring! I guess roofing multimillion dollar houses up in the Yellowstone Club in MT, AND having his own roofing company for 3 years TRULY helped with his skill. He's got it down to a science. I'm very thankful for his skill of "handiwork".

In other happenings.....we decided to break up our daily routine of work-home-work-home to enjoy a night out with our friends Kim and Adam! We enjoyed a delicious dinner at Scott's Harbor Grill (right on the water) and then moved over to North Peak for a drink and more socializing!

These photos are OUT OF ORDER but I couldn't figure out how to fix it. Justin and I were invited out to the Pirates Pub Crawl-8 bars, all night, walk to each bar as a massive group...you get the picture. We bought the "crawling" shirts to be festive! We ended up only going to 2 bars since the Red Wings Playoff's were on and we had big screen tv's to watch them! The crowds went wild each time we scored! It was a really fun way to watch Game 5! Of course it helped that we won 5-0!!

My friend Jessa came up for the weekend!! She lives in Ann Arbor- we chat daily so this was awesome to actually hang out! She also was sporting the t-shirt :) Arrrgh matey!

Justin and Adam enjoyed their "boy time" together. We love hanging out with Kim and Adam.

Here is a photo from North Peak that was out of order. Kim and I enjoyed a delicious peach cobbler with a drink :) We later went to Kim's and the boys played video games....not much fun for the girls BUT we did research bridesmaid dresses online.

Group shot! A fun evening had by all.

In other news: Rob (brother in law) just flew in on Wednesday from London! He is here for 2 months this summer working for Upward Bound while my sister is in London working there. She was unable to get time off work so she will be here in July. This weekend we are preparing for my grandparents arrival on Monday from Arizona. There's a lot of cleaning to do!! The house is filling up fast (as it does every summer) but it feels good having family here. The house is more alive than it previously was in the DEAD of winter. I am also preparing for my cousin Allison's baby shower that is next weekend! I am taking 3 whole days off at work this coming week!!! This has never happened. I don't take days off. But we hired a new person at work and she is great! So I can leave knowing things are being taken care of. Lots of food will be prepared this week, balloons, decorations, cake pick-up, gifts wrapped etc. Exciting!! Allison's baby is due at the end of September! I'm guessing it's a boy :)

News on the wedding front: Mom bought me a wedding book planner to organize all my ideas and get things started. We also got a few magazines for ideas as well. Our guest list has passed the 250 count! I am narrowing in on my bridal party ladies. My ring is still SO gorgeous and I can't stop staring.....still. We are still very happy with our venue decision, and drive past it everyday on the way to work :) Justin has been researching honeymoon destinations- Bahamas is our current choice. The girls (mom, me, Lindsey, Barb) are tentatively planning a shopping trip to SEATTLE at some point to look for wedding dresses, mother of the groom, and bridesmaid dresses! FUN!! I am very glad we have this whole year to enjoy the process and have fun planning this huge party!

News on the school front: Emily is finished with another class! Justin has applied to Davenport University! His transcripts are being evaluated along with his application- yay!! Emily has one more ACTUAL sit-down class in July and then is done!! SO EXCITING! She will then only have 15 weeks of real-life counseling in Grand Rapids and her 600 hour internship before she graduates!! This summer is going to be crazy....but also a lot of fun!