Somehow I thought I would be immune to wedding planning related stress and pre-nuptial butterflies. Boy was I mistaken! At some point in June, after moving home for the summer, I found myself thinking, "gosh, I'm going to be sad when I don't have any more wedding things to plan.". About a month later, I'm feeling that I will be very glad when the planning is over, and I can just have my wedding. Once you get down to counting weeks, the pressure is on to finish up all those little hanging details. My mom and I (and Tad have been checking them off steadily, but it still feels like there's so much left to do!
And then, on top of that, the butterflies have hit. Tad had his butterflies early, thinking about how things would change, etc, etc. I knew if I were to have them, they would be close to the actual day. It's not a "oh my goodness am I making the right decision?" kind of nervousness, I know Tad is the one for me, and I want to marry him. It's the "oh no, I'm at one of those big life events" nervousness. The same kind of nervousness I got around high school and Biola graduation. This is a great change for my life, I'm just going to feel nervous now until it actually happens.
Fortunately, my nervous freak out moments are balanced out with moments of great excitement. I've been telling people it changes by the hour. Thank goodness July 23rd is almost here!!!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
4th of July 2011
Last Independence Day as a free woman....just kidding! :D
This year, 4th of July actualy FELT like 4th of July. In contrast to last year's 60-something degree, overcast day, this year we were given a bright, sunny day with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Now that's summer!
Our family invited the Jennings family over to swim and enjoy dessert and the Westview fireworks. It was a pretty good show. We joined our neighbors at the end of the street to watch from the comfort of our own neighborhood.
On the actual Fourth of July, Tad drove up in the late morning to hang out. We worked on some wedding plans (specifically the seating chart) and went swimming in the afternoon. My grandparents and uncle Jeff joined us for a bbq dinner. Tad and I were the only ones up for fireworks (since my family had already seen some on Saturday) and set out a bit early to pick up some snacks.
Tad had brought chocolate covered cherries with him, and we picked up a couple apple pies and a smoothie from McDonald's on our way to the Mira Mesa fireworks. We had to park a few blocks away, but arrived in the grassy park *just* as the show started. It was a beautiful show, especially since it was our first to watch together :)
We rounded out our night by dropping in to see Raelene at work and chatted with her for a bit while she started closing up.
This year, 4th of July actualy FELT like 4th of July. In contrast to last year's 60-something degree, overcast day, this year we were given a bright, sunny day with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Now that's summer!
Our family invited the Jennings family over to swim and enjoy dessert and the Westview fireworks. It was a pretty good show. We joined our neighbors at the end of the street to watch from the comfort of our own neighborhood.
On the actual Fourth of July, Tad drove up in the late morning to hang out. We worked on some wedding plans (specifically the seating chart) and went swimming in the afternoon. My grandparents and uncle Jeff joined us for a bbq dinner. Tad and I were the only ones up for fireworks (since my family had already seen some on Saturday) and set out a bit early to pick up some snacks.
Tad had brought chocolate covered cherries with him, and we picked up a couple apple pies and a smoothie from McDonald's on our way to the Mira Mesa fireworks. We had to park a few blocks away, but arrived in the grassy park *just* as the show started. It was a beautiful show, especially since it was our first to watch together :)
We rounded out our night by dropping in to see Raelene at work and chatted with her for a bit while she started closing up.
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