Last day at work. Going to miss everyone, but looking forward to enjoying the time off with my girl. A lot to do when I get back and very excited to get going in my new position. Hoping I don't think about it to much while I'm off:)

Was unable to post yesterday, the actual lucky 7. Very exciting day yesterday knowing we were a week away. Had a great day driving with my good buddy, Doug Groff to New Jersey. The Lord blessed us with a beautiful day and not really any traffic. It was nice to just cruise along and talk about life. We're both very blessed right now with wonderful women and I'm really thankful God has put Doug and Melissa in our lives right now. Got home and had a great night with my girl. We worked on finishing up the last part of the house and should be done before everyone arrives. We work well together and enjoy doing it together. Pretty soon she won't have to leave and "go home" she'll already be home!

In case you didn't know, we're getting married next week. Pretty cool to be able to say "next week" hee, hee:) Thought this week would be nice and breezy, but no, little things keep coming up. I don't know if it's the thought of actually thinking "next week" and having it come to reality or the little things are actually popping up! Oh well, God will get us through everything and no worries, just peace about the day. Getting over a cold, which is good that I got now instead of next week. Praying Yvette doesn't catch it.

In the single digits! Rock on! Last week of work for the both of us. Everything is going great! Just finishing up a few details on our house and a few details for the big day, but other than that, it's all smooth sailing here on day nine.

It's Friday! Yippee! Waiting on my girl this morning. We have to go to Lauxmont Farms for our final appointment. Looking forward to seeing her this morning. It's not often that we get to see each other during the day. It will be cool to be at Lauxmont when the clock strikes 10am this morning.

Lucky 13!

Getting closer and closer as the days go by. Finished a couple of final details with our angel, Elene. She has helped us soooo much with everything. What a blessing she is! I'm really happy to get to know her since she is Yvette's good friend. She has 2 wonderful boys, Kimon and Nikko that are now my friends that I get to play with while Elene and Yvette are finishing everything up. We're almost to the point of being done with everything, enough to say we can't do anything, other than show up! Brown chicka, brown cow!

2 weeks!

2 weeks from today we will be Marching Forth as one with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Actually 2 weeks exactly in 19 minutes! Got a lot going on right now with work, wedding and coordinating everything. All that matters is marrying my girl. All of this stuff is so "in the moment" and marrying my girl is forever and that is all that I am really thinking about. We all go through our daily lives and I have to keep thinking about all that I went through in my past that I was stressed out with and now to look back, it was nothing. God got me through some crazy things and I know he'll get me through this. What a great feeling!

Fine Fifteen!

Top of the morning to all! Plugging along here. In a way it's a lull and maybe a calm before the storm. Not going to be a storm, but we foresee a whirlwind when the "big week" comes. Finalizing the music, meeting with the photog to go over final details and meeting with Lauxmont to go over their final details and our expectations. I'm sure all of these people think Yvette and I are a bit odd with how detailed both of us are. Hey-we know what we want and are paying for it and by golly, they will do it that way or not at all:) God has really put some amazing people in our lives and they have been nothing but accommodating with all of our needs. We both commented last night that we wish in a way that we were going to our wedding, so we could enjoy what the guests are going to be enjoying. We will though, but it's going to be a whirlwind of a day. Very excited, very, very excited:)

We've converted

Sweet 16!

How sweet it is! Had a great valentines weekend. Spent the morning with my girl, going to our favorite restaurant and then having her bridal shower. Her Mom did a fabulous job with putting everything together. God has put amazing friends into our lives and it showed on Saturday. It was great having everyone come out and enjoy the day with us. We got some serious loot and we're very excited to unpack it and use it. Very thoughtful presents that everyone gave us. I didn't realize that you get all of this when you get married! Awesome! Preperations are in full swing, final details to take care of and we will be there before we know it. This is both of our full week at work, both looking forward to the time off after the wedding and our little honeymoon in New Holland. What a great time this is in both of our lives and we feel really blessed to be able to share it with all of our friends and family. Jesus rocks and is sure showing it in our lives!

In the teens!

Interesting to think we're now in the "teens" it's been a long process to get to this point. I think of many things that had a countdown in my life, getting out of school for the summer, starting a new job, moving somewhere (that happened a lot) and now counting down to my wedding. This is by far the best countdown I have had in my life. I think about that day and I don't think I can actually process what it's going to be like. We have everything planned out, but when I think of it, it's probably going to be a whirlwind, one of just complete joy and happiness. I was talking to my friend Christa the other day and she asked me if I've thought of the moment that I will see Yvette walk through that door, she said that it will completely take my breath away and I think that is probably the best way to describe how I am feeling and how I am going to feel. As you can tell, I am very excited and very much counting down the time to marry the girl of my dreams. ROCK ON!

Bathroom is finally done!

Here are some before and after pictures. Thank God this project is finished!

24 Days!

Well, here we go-getting ready for the last 3 weeks before we March Forth together. Everything is humming along very well, thank God. It's been a little crazy for the past 2 weeks. I came down with a migraine (my yearly 2 week migraine) It was a tough couple of weeks dealing with it, but God got me through it. I know what to expect now when they come and I just have to ride it out. I really have to thank everyone for praying for me, without that, I know I wouldn't have had the patience to get through it and the healing that has finally come. We still don't know what causes them, but if all I have to do is deal with 1 a year, I think I can handle it. It was trully a blessing that I didn't have one during our wedding week, that would have been rough. Enough about that and me! Yvette had a surprise bridal shower from her co-workers last night. It was a great time and it was really nice of them to surprise her with everything. I can tell they trully value their friendship with her. She got some great things that we will both enjoy:) We're looking forward to these last days of enjoying what will come before everyone arrives and we enjoy our day God has provided for us.