Hello All! So Travis and I mailed off most of our wedding invitations yesterday morning! This is all so exciting! :)
I have great news! I got a promotion today. I am now a trainer for my company. This is really exciting for me because I loved training in Colorado and I even applied for a training job here, but didn't get it. So, I'm back in the classroom! :) Yay!
Alright, time to go grocery shopping!
JK
Just another day! Today was my Tuesday and Friday of the working week. I was so tired today! You would think that after three days of doing nothing would relax you! But Noooo!
Anyway, today was just another normal day at work. But...tonight...
Tonight is...DATE NIGHT!!! Yay!! Travis is cooking me dinner and then we are going to a movie! I'm excited!
Last night was our third meeting with Roger, our premarital counselor. He is so wonderful! We have great conversations and it is very insightful. He even asked us at one point, when talking about our conflict management and communication, "Why are you here?" Apparently, we don't need too much help! :) The advice is great though and we are having to think about and plan for situations that we hadn't thought of before. It has been very good for us.
It is less than 2 months until we get married...prayers are appreciated! :) J/K I'm so ready!!
3rd Day Iced In! It is crazy here! Even though the temperatures are slightly above freezing the ground is still icy and slushy. The weather people are saying that everyone should stay inside and not go anwhere. The driveways are slick and scary! Oh well...
Iced In! So, I'm sitting here with nothing to do because the roads are icy and the weather is ridiculous! It is my day off and I have nowhere to go. They said that the weather is supposed to worse tomorrow, so I could be here for awhile.
I am just catching up on laundry and wedding planning today. I have actually been pretty productive. I worked on my gift registry. I am registered at Target, Home Depot and Dillard's. Judy (Travis' mom) has a friend in The Woodlands that is throwing us a shower in February. I got that guest list completed and sent to Judy. However, I am running out of things to do. Next, is stuffing invitations! Yay! It really feels like I'm getting married now.
Travis and I went to Arlington this weekend and met his parents up there. We got several things accomplished. We got their family dinner planned and organized. Then we got the hotel picked out for their family to stay at for the wedding. It is actually a really cool hotel (not as cool as our honeymoon suite)! Then we made some dress decisions, looked at the invitations (now I get to stuff them all) and then decided what to do about flowers. Unfortunately, the weather was starting to get bad and we had to head back to Austin last night. If we had stayed, the weather people said that we would be stuck in Arlington until Tuesday. I wouldn't have had a problem with that, but Travis has to work tomorrow and he has some pretty important meetings happening this week. I have off tomorrow so I will be finalizing the guest list and stuffing invitations. I am excited to start getting stuff done!
Okay, I have a funny story...My nephew Lafe absoultely loves Travis! Travis has become his personal jungle gym. All day yesterday Lafe was jumping on him, asking him to flip him, asking him to lift him up like he was lifting weights, etc. It was cute! This morning Travis called me and said, "My lower back hurts. My chest hurts and my abs are sore." I responded, "Why is that?" Without hesitation he said, "Lafe! Lafe is why they hurt!!" It was funny!
I'm getting organized! I am adding more and more addresses to the list and feeling a little less overwhelmed. Next weekend I'm going up to Arlington with Bill and Judy McHam. We are going to do some planning for the reception and the Harlan family (Judy's side of the family) get-together. Mom and I are going to work on getting the music picked out for the sisters to sing. I am trying to get all the recorded music together so that I can get that approved also. I'm having a hard time finding music that fits with my song for the rest of the wedding. I just want it to flow. I have to find songs for the grandparents, parents and I think I have the one for the bridal party. It will all come together. I still have to pick out the flowers and get them ordered...but we have time for that.
I scheduled my bridal portrait with Donald for February and I am so excited. I think we are going to go to the same place Lara Jane had pictures done (I hope that is okay with her)!
I have my second interview at the church for the Directory of Elementary on Tuesday and I would definitely appreciate your prayers. I'm excited about this opportunity.
Life is good. I have a wonderful Husband-to-be and the most amazing family ever! I have absolutely nothing to complain about!
Love...JK
Wow, so, I didn't realize exactly how much stuff needed to be done for the wedding since I was so focused on the holidays! I am starting to feel a little more stress with the planning. It isn't bad, just enough stress to get me motivated to move! :)
I have been working on updating the guest list, so Travis and I have been on the phone and checking our email constantly trying to verify addresses. I think we are almost done with that. The invitations have come in so we are getting prepared to get them all addressed and ready to go out.
Travis and I have had some problems getting in touch with the guy who going to do our premarital counseling, but we finally got it all set and we start next Thursday. We are going to meet every Thursday after work. I'm pretty excited to get started.
That is about it for tonight. I'm tired!
Love...JK
