My Better Half

So Josh and I just got back from a trip with Divisi to Los Angeles. Divisi competed in the Intenational Championship of Collegiate A Cappella while we were down there and placed 2nd, which wasn't what we were hoping for but we're excited about it regardless. Divisi had a blast all being down there together and even got to go to Disneyland for a day. But what made this trip in particular so amazing, was watching my fiance be so unbelievably amazing!

What did he do that was so amazing, you ask?... Well, he volunteered himself to drive a 15 passenger van full of 11 college aged girls, me and one other girl followed in our car, all the way down to and around LA! That in itself was enough for me to love him and appreciate him even more than I already did, but he did it with more patience than I could ever dream of having. He stayed calm in situations, he problem solved and figured things out, and took control of situations that needed a leader, and all 13 of them still loved him! All the girls just fell in love with him, and he had way more fun than he thought he would.

I just couldn't get over how much better of a person he is than I will ever be when it comes to having patience and solving problems in a calm manner. The fact that he could step in and take on somewhat of a leadership role in a group of girls that barely knew him and 3 days later they are completely in love with him, is beyond me. He gained their love and respect, and he didn't demand it, he earned it and deserved it.

He is an amazing, kind, giving, and patient person, and someone that I truly look up to. When I was so fed up with the girls at times that I just got annoyed and walked away, or was so frustrated that I took it out on Josh, I would look back at him, and there he was working it all out, with all the patience that I couldn't find.

I told him on the drive home, how much I appreciated him being there, and that I really fell in love with him more each day that I saw him with all of my friends, and how he handled all of those situations. He continued to receive texts from Divisi on the trip back about how much they missed him and appreciated him, as well. It's really something when a group of 13 other women who also happen to be your friends all like, no... love your fiance. I think it says something about who you're marrying, and I realized, again, for the 80 millionth time, how amazing the man I get to marry is.

He's more patient than I will ever be, has more love in his heart than I thought he did, and is really, truly, my better half.

My dress!

My dress is here, my dress is HERE! I just got a call yesterday that my wedding gown came in to the shop and I get to go try it on and have my first fitting! Eeeeee! I'm so excited! My mom and I made an appointment for next Wednesday morning to go see and try it on, and I can't wait! MY dress for MY wedding, ahhh!

We also got our save the dates all sent out in the mail the other day. Josh and I went to the post office together to put all the stamps on them and we had them all in a stack ready to go, and we opened the door to the mail box together, and set them in, and I looked at him and asked, "Ready?", and then we closed the door. We both got really excited about it, even though we were both at the same time a little nervous. Not nervous to get married, like I told him the other day, I'd marry him tomorrow if I could, but nervous because now the wedding's really going to happen. I have to have a whole wedding planned in almost 5 months... there's no turning back now. The deadline has been set!

Besides being busy planning the wedding, Josh and I are also still both busy working our jobs, and picking up as many extra shifts to save as much as we can before the wedding. We've also recently been talking about looking into and getting more information to buy a house. With this $8000 tax credit we kind of feel like it'd be pretty stupid of us to not at least look into seeing if it's even a possibility. So wish us luck! We're going to be contacting a lender soon to see if this can really happen and how much we're approved for! I hope we can, because it'd be so nice to be able to have a house that's all our own and start our married life settled in our own home : )

The Countdown has begun!

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Weddings, weddings, here we come!

Well, it's been a little over a month since my last post and plans are coming along for the wedding coming up. It's less then 6 months away, and the time seems to keep flying by. There's a lot that's been done but there's still a lot to do!

I've been meeting with my mom every week to work on stuff for the wedding and she's been helping me stay on track and take care of things, which is wonderful. We've been addressing save-the-dates and have those almost ready to go out!

Yesterday we met my youngest sister Hannah, and maid of honor, and bridesmaid Jaime at David's Bridal to pic out the bridesmaid dresses. I already had a good idea of the one I wanted them to try on when I went in there but I had them try on a few different ones just in case, but they and I both loved the one that I had previously picked out. So now all that's left is for my bridesmaid to order them!

Later that day, I called Josh's older sister, Elizabeth back because she'd called me that morning and she asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding this June! Now, for those who don't know, she is also one of the bridesmaids at my wedding and Josh is a groomsmen in hers and her fiance, Mark is a groomsmen in our wedding as well! I just feel so honored that she asked me to be a part of her special day : )

I'm so excited for both weddings coming up! It's going to be such a big, important summer for all of us and I'm just so happy!

Still have a lot to do for mine though....

I have to send the save-the-dates, book a florist, finalize the menu with the caterer, pick out the groomsmen's outfits, find Josh a suit, and much, much more... so many details! Ahh!