I Can Hear the Wedding Bells

The To-Do List is complete and all the friends are arriving to Lexington!! I am so excited to finally be wedding Steve. We have looked forward to this day for soo long. Our wedding day will one year exactly from when Steve proposed. We decided to pick April 30th as our wedding date due to a lot of factors, (cousins graduations, finals, keeneland, etc), however I think Steve had it planned the whole time. We started dating October 30th, 2008; got engaged April 30th, 2010, and will be married April 30th, 2011. He always says he only had to remember one date this way. "The 30th" will always be our "important" date.

Steve and I feel so blessed to have all the friends and family in our lives that we do. This wedding definitely wouldn't have been possible without everyone's help. Our friends have thrown showers, helped with details, made phone calls, and have always been there for my many indecisive moments. I have learned that sometimes you just need someone else to make the dicision. I have used that line a lot lately. I can remember at the beginning of all the wedding planning, I wanted to my opinion in every detail of the wedding. I did a lot of the researching myself. I had some ideas that not everyone in my family agreed on. But by the end of the day, we found a compromise we all loved!!

FYI....I am so in love with my dress. I can't wait to share the many pictures from the wedding day!

The reherseal is tomorrow night (techniquely tonight since its past midnight). We finally get to gather with all our friends to celebrate what Steve and I have felt along. Steve's mom has put in soo many hours to help make this wedding so special for Steve and I. I feel so blessed to have her as my mother-in-law. From the beginning she has been actively helping me with any and many details of the wedding. Thanks to her we have beautiful invitations!! Add Welcome Bags. I will post those later.

I also have to thank my mom. She put up with me through all my melt downs and panic moments and still just keep going with the wedding details. She is so good at keeping me organized and focused. I have learned she doesn't lie well though. (I guess that is a good thing), but I could always tell when she didn't like my ideas. She was always supportive though and helped me find something that we both liked. A lot of people kept telling me "Its your wedding, not your moms," however she didn't pay for most of it so she does get a saty. Plus I want her to like it and be happy with all the plans. 

Tonight was the first night I that I actually got to think about the fact that I am really getting married Saturday! I have been soo busy with errands and crafts that I hadn't really had time to just stop and enjoy! And let me tell you, I am SOOOOO excited to finally be Mrs. Heet. (Even though that does make me feel like his mother). The best advice I have got so far came from my dear friend, Ellen. Tonight she told me to stop once an hour on Saturday and just look around, then keep going. I know that everyone says the wedding day goes by too fast. I really hope I will be able to stop and enjoy it all. I have worked to hard on it not to. Steve and I will be seeing each other for the wedding to take pictures and such. I am so looking forward to spending the day with him and celebrating our wedding day!!

To all my friends and family coming...see you in 40 hours...in a pretty white dress! ;)

Checking off the List

It's only 9 days until the my wedding and I still feel like I have so much to do. For the last year, I have been  able to take my time in planning every last detail of my wedding from my colors, to my vendors, to the flowers that will be in the bathrooms, but now there is no time left...its all rush, rush, rush. Don't get me wrong, I have 95% for the wedding done, but when still have tying ribbons, wrapping gifts, and stuffing welcome bags left to do and don't forget about squeezing in those last couple working days, I feel very busy!

My To-DO List Remains:

• Meet with Brewster to discuss ceremony details
• Take programs to be printed

• Tie ribbons on programs
• Stuff Welcome Bags
• Find places for outside pictures
• Wrap Bridal Party gifts
• Steam both dresses
• Get Mani/Pedi
• Pack for the Honeymoon



I am been trying to relax this week and think about the wonderful things I have to be thankful for. Steve has been so great throughout all of the crazy wedding drama. He has supported my decision making (which is very hard for me to do) and continuously reminds me how excited he is to be my husband. God has truely answered my prayers when it comes to the Steve and the man I want to spend my life with. My mom has also been a huge help in planning my wedding day. She is so good details and make sure we take care of everything. She has tried so hard to make this the wedding day of my dreams. I couldn't have done it all without her. I want to thank all my friends who have listen to me plan for a whole year now. I am sure about 2 months into it, they were ready for it to be here too so I would quit talking about it. lol  esp. my work girls. I am so excited that they will be there to share in the fun!

Next weekend, all my favoite people will be in the same room to celebrate Steve and I's marriage. It will be the best day of our lives and we will have a big party to show for it!!



Trying to be artistic



Thank you again to all the friends and family in the wedding that will make that day so special. Thank you to Brewster, who will be marrying us and making our ceremony something we will always remember.

Thank you Lord, for blessing me with Steve and for making him the strong, Godly man, I need him to be! You are so good to us, I pray our marriage will be a reflection of your love and your desires for us!





One Step Closer...

Steve and I had our final pre-martial counseling class tonight. Our classes were required by our pastor before we get married, which is pretty common. To be honest, we really weren't looking forward to it in the beginning, because we were so busy and felt like it really wasn't going to be worth our time. However, each time we meet, our counselor, got a little less "strict" and really started to engage with Steve and me.

To us, our relationship was pretty strong going into these classes, but now that we are done I can definitely tell that we have become closer and  more in tune to each other. Kirk walked us through everything from making a wish list to finical concerns to scripture regarding what a Godly marriage is really all about. There is a lot we learned and a lot that we just needed to be reminded of. Steve and I feel strong about the next chapter in our lives and can't wait to see what God has planned. We know at times it will be really hard, but on the other hand times will be really good!! Tonight we focused on each other and making sure we are lifting each other up everyday and staying committed to a Godly marriage. 

"Submit to one other out of reverence for Christ." Ephesians 5:21

"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” Ephesians 5:31

 

I can't believe there is only 19 days left until the big day!! I am so looking forward to sharing our lives together as husband and wife!!