I have been asked this question many times in the past couple of weeks. I know that this is the normal question that people ask right before the wedding. I think it is sort of funny to ask this question because what is the person going to say? "No, not really that excited." I am sure all brides (and grooms) are excited about the wedding. If they are not then something is seriously wrong and they need to re-evaluate. So here is my answer to this question...
Yes, I am excited about the wedding BUT I am more excited about being married to Andrew. I have not been dreaming of my wedding since I was seven so I have no expectation for what it should look like or how it should go. If you know me, I am a pretty easy going girl. According to my sister (also my wedding coordinator and florist) I am the dream bride because I am letting her do her thing. The wedding will be really exciting and fun, I am not worried about that. Honestly, Andrew and I really just God to be glorified in our wedding and then in our marriage. We want people to see that He is the center of our relationship. He is the sole reason for us being united as husband and wife. It is only by the grace of God that we are getting married. So it is to Him that we will give the glory for us being together. I truly cannot wait to be married to Andrew and be his wife. I am excited to share life with him. To share joys and struggles together as a couple.
A couple of verses that have been in my heart lately regarding this event in my life are Genesis 2:24, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh." I got a card about this verse at my shower last week. God's math, 1 + 1 = 1. Funny how it works!! Also, Matthew 19:6, "So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore, what God has joined together, let man not separate."
To summarize, we are both excited about the wedding but to us, its not about the "wedding", its about life after the wedding. That is what we are excited about!!!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
I had a shower yesterday...
Ok, so not that type of shower, but a bridal shower!! My first one. It was put on by my mother-in-law to be, Linda, Kirsten and Lisa. This shower was for Andrew's side of the family and also ladies from the church. I was so excited for this special event.
We had a couple of games and then cake and ice cream while I opened gifts. The first game we played was to see how well Andrew and I know each others. Every time I got a question wrong I had to chew a piece of gum. I had to answer two types of questions, first questions about Andrew and then second, questions about me but how I thought Andrew answered. There were lots of questions and let me just say that they weren't your general questions but they were very specific questions. It was fun to do this game but by the end I had a huge wad of gum in my mouth. Here's the deal though, for many of the questions I was thinking of an answer in my head but thought that I had to be more specific with my answer so I didn't say it. For example, one question that I had to say what I thought Andrew would answer was "What is your favorite movie as a couple to watch?" I was thinking in my head, "We don't really watch movies." But of course I thought I had to come up with a specific movie. So I said something and got it wrong. This is what Andrew said, "We don't really watch movies, we watch basketball." If I had just said what I was thinking!! I couldn't believe how much gum had I had to chew. I think my soon-to-be mother-in-law did that game and asked those hard questions just to torture me!! It was fun and even though it seemed like I don't really know Andrew, I can say with confidence that I truly do know the man I am marrying, at least the important stuff!
After that wonderful game...it was cake and ice cream time. I was relieved to have something to eat to take away the gum flavor in my mouth. The cake was wonderful (thank you Lisa)!! As everyone ate their desserts, I opened gifts.
I got so many nice things. I couldn't remember what exactly I registered for so it was fun to see everything. We got the essential stuff like a waffle maker, blender (for Andrew's orange juice!), kitchen towels, and just things of that sort. We also go some decorating things that I registered for. I am so excited to have a little home to decorate. Oh wait, we don't technically have a place to live yet, but some day we will!! And to top it all off, the gifts ended with the ever so famous, "fun box"! Thank you Linda, Kirsten and Lisa, I am sure Andrew and I will both enjoy the "fun box"!!
I had such a great time and just to add to the fun, Andrew's grandma Wilson, Aunt Colleen, cousin Amy, and second cousin Hannah made the trip over from Santa Cruz just to share in the special event. I couldn't believe they would come all that way just for the shower, I really appreciated it! And it was great fun chatting with all of them.
So thank you Linda, Lisa and Kirsten for all your hard work and for such a fun day! I feel truly blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful women of God.
We had a couple of games and then cake and ice cream while I opened gifts. The first game we played was to see how well Andrew and I know each others. Every time I got a question wrong I had to chew a piece of gum. I had to answer two types of questions, first questions about Andrew and then second, questions about me but how I thought Andrew answered. There were lots of questions and let me just say that they weren't your general questions but they were very specific questions. It was fun to do this game but by the end I had a huge wad of gum in my mouth. Here's the deal though, for many of the questions I was thinking of an answer in my head but thought that I had to be more specific with my answer so I didn't say it. For example, one question that I had to say what I thought Andrew would answer was "What is your favorite movie as a couple to watch?" I was thinking in my head, "We don't really watch movies." But of course I thought I had to come up with a specific movie. So I said something and got it wrong. This is what Andrew said, "We don't really watch movies, we watch basketball." If I had just said what I was thinking!! I couldn't believe how much gum had I had to chew. I think my soon-to-be mother-in-law did that game and asked those hard questions just to torture me!! It was fun and even though it seemed like I don't really know Andrew, I can say with confidence that I truly do know the man I am marrying, at least the important stuff!
After that wonderful game...it was cake and ice cream time. I was relieved to have something to eat to take away the gum flavor in my mouth. The cake was wonderful (thank you Lisa)!! As everyone ate their desserts, I opened gifts.
I got so many nice things. I couldn't remember what exactly I registered for so it was fun to see everything. We got the essential stuff like a waffle maker, blender (for Andrew's orange juice!), kitchen towels, and just things of that sort. We also go some decorating things that I registered for. I am so excited to have a little home to decorate. Oh wait, we don't technically have a place to live yet, but some day we will!! And to top it all off, the gifts ended with the ever so famous, "fun box"! Thank you Linda, Kirsten and Lisa, I am sure Andrew and I will both enjoy the "fun box"!!
I had such a great time and just to add to the fun, Andrew's grandma Wilson, Aunt Colleen, cousin Amy, and second cousin Hannah made the trip over from Santa Cruz just to share in the special event. I couldn't believe they would come all that way just for the shower, I really appreciated it! And it was great fun chatting with all of them.
So thank you Linda, Lisa and Kirsten for all your hard work and for such a fun day! I feel truly blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful women of God.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Registering!!
Since Andrew is in Oregon, I have been left to do all the registering myself. My mom helped me register at Target and let me just say that after about an hour and a half, I was done!! It is very overwhelming...to say the least!! It was fun to think that in about two months I would be sharing all this new stuff with my husband. I had no idea there was so much stuff you needed to start a home. We decided to get all the kitchen utensils and plates and things like that at Target and register for all the linen stuff at Bed, Bath and Beyond. So yesterday I headed to BBB to register. First of all, when you walk into that place and look to your left you see three whole section, floor to ceiling of bath towels of every color you could imagine. (Talk about intimidating!) When I went up to put our names in the computer the guy working there gave me some advice about how much stuff to register for. He told me that generally you register for two times the number of guest you are having. We are aiming for 200-250 as the number of guest. Not that I am good at numbers or anything but if I followed his rule then I would have to register for over 400 items!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! (again the feeling of overwhelming-ness). So I set off and just started scanning the important things. I think I registered for 75-80 items at Target and when I was finished at BBB I think I had about 70 items...so let me crunch some numbers...yup...I still need to register for 250 items!! Who even needs that much stuff? After talking with Andrew, I have looked over the "suggestion list" from BBB and have found a few more items to register for. So if you got to BBB and see some funky items, now you'll know why. The hard part for me is that if I don't think I am going to use it, why buy it? The other thing too, I have no idea where we are going to live up there. Aghh...so now I guess I am just going to go back in there and go for it! So as you can see, registering has been quite the adventure for me!
You can go online and check out both of the registeries.
www.target.com
www.bedbathandbeyond.com
You can go online and check out both of the registeries.
www.target.com
www.bedbathandbeyond.com
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