The Newlywed Series: Part One - Pre-Wedding Bizz

Hokay.

I finally have a few moments to breathe.

As you should know, things have been a bit crazy the past few days.

But, of course, the good kind of crazy.

The amazing kind of crazy.

So let's start at the beginning.

But here's the deal:
Sharing this story with you, the story of our wedding, will take a long time.
And quite frankly, I don't have a long time.
I have sporadic moments where I can write.

And I'm sure you don't have a long time to read.

You just have sporadic moments to read...right?
Well, possibly right, I'm guessing.

So anywho, I'm going to break the whole story down to pieces.

I'm going to call it: "The Newlywed Series."

Catchy, huh? 

I thought so.

But I'm probably biased. 

Anywho, today begins part one: Pre-Wedding Bizz.

A couple days leading up to the big day.
I finished my last class on Thursday at 10:30am and immediately left for home!
On my way home, I picked up my beautiful dress.
Oh how I loved her. And still do.
Quick dropped her off at home, then went to my fiance's house!


Friends were in from out of town:
Ceth from South Carolina and Jeni from Idaho.
So we took them to Mall of America and then to Benihana.
It was a very fun-filled day!


Friday was much more chaotic.
I spent the entire day running around like a chicken with my head cut off.
It was a bunch of tedious little things, of course.
I made sure everything was together, and wrapped up a few loose ends.
Thomas and his groomsmen had a little bachelor party during the day.
I think they just played video games and pool and what not.


Then we had our rehearsal at five.
It was pretty basic, went really fast.
After the rehearsal, we all went to Broadway Pizza in Maple Grove for the dinner.
That was a lot of fun!
We had good food and good company!


Once dinner was over, it was back to the church to set up.
All this time, it still hadn't hit me Thomas and I were getting married tomorrow.
It still didn't feel real.
We spent about two hours setting everything up at the church.
The only thing we couldn't do were the flowers in the centerpieces.
But everything else was accomplished!


Then it was off to my cousin Cassandra's house for a sleepover with my bridal party!
We just had some good snacks, watched a movie, and had a nice girls' night in!
When we finally started to go to bed at about 1:30am, I was wide awake.
So of course, I got pretty much no sleep that night!
I woke up just about every half hour, and after 4:30am, was never able to fall asleep again.
Even though it all felt so surreal, I was very much excited!
And very unable to sleep because of it!


And that brings us up to Saturday!
Which will be part two! 
To come soon...