It's Been Awhile!

So, it's been awhile since I've posted on here but so much has happened!!

1. I got married to the love of my life :) This of course, is only a sampling of the awesome pictures that were taken by my friend and photographer, Katie Preuss at www.seekjoyphotography.com. She was amazing to work with and she's my friend too which totally helps!

2. We went on an AWESOME trip for our honeymoon! These are just a few of the highlights. I will post a more extensive list of all that we did later.

3. We have been living life as a MARRIED couple for almost 3 months now :)

4. I was hired on PERMANENTLY at my new job! I was temporary there for about 3 months and then started permanently with them on April 1, it was not an April Fool's joke! 

5. Jonathan has traveled quite a bit for work but they did let him stay home for a whole month before going out of town. I am just so bored and lonely without him here and I just really don't sleep as well when he's gone. I know that sounds crazy since we haven't even been married that long yet. It's not that I'm scared, I just miss him being here. 

6. I am happy, truly the happiest I have ever been and I can't wait to see what the next life adventure will be!

In One Week...

In one week, I imagine I'll be doing something similar to this...it's 1:15 and I'm unable to get to sleep. The truth is that my head is going crazy with all that I've got to do in the next week. I think next week, though, I won't be able to sleep for a different reason. I think I'll be too excited to sleep. Only too excited because I'm marrying my best friend and such a wonderful man in just one week! I'm not nervous and never have I ever even had one glimpse of nervousness or not knowing that he is the one that I should marry.

I have  been doing some organizing and cleaning tonight. Jonathan stayed in Knoxville to be with his family and is coming back in the morning. Tonight, I have brought most of my things over from Molly's to Jonathan's (our) home. I am working on getting it all unpacked and organized. That has turned out to be a bit of a bigger task than I thought but I will be so glad to be settled. I know that once I am settled, we're going to be here for awhile, so that makes it a little easier. I've basically be unsettled since August, when I moved in with the Reilly's for about a month and then I've been living between Molly's, Jonathan's, and my car since about the middle of September! I am so looking forward to settling down and being here, in Nashville, in our lives together!

To put off organization of our house tonight, I organized my pinterest. I've been wanting to do that by creating some more specific boards, but man, what a task! I went from like 8 boards to about 30 boards. And I got rid of a bunch of multiple posts. For instance, I organized my "Sweets & Things" into, cookies, cakes, cupcakes, brownies, bars, pies, etc. I organized my "favorite recipes" into one dish meals, sides, veggies, meats & fishes, salads, snacks, etc... I know y'all are just SO excited to learn about my Pinterest-ing!

The clock is ticking down and I must get to sleep but again, just wanted to reiterate how excited I am and how much I can't wait to be married to Jonathan!

6 more weeks!

I can't sleep tonight so I thought I would catch up on my blog.

 Here's a little summary of all that is going on over the next 6 weeks:

1. This weekend my parents friends are having a shower for Jonathan and me in South Carolina. I love this and I know it is going to be so much fun but it involves a weekend of travel.

2. Next weekend is Christmas weekend. I will have started MY NEW JOB and am only hoping that I have Christmas Eve off.

3. The next weekend Jonathan's mom is having a shower for me in Knoxvile. Then it's New Year's Eve.

4. The next weekend my sister in law is having a family shower for us in Greenville.

5. Then it's only TWO WEEKS TIL THE WEDDING!!!

The wedding is only 6 weeks away and I really can't believe it!

So, there's a lot of fun stuff coming up! I am trying to enjoy this time and this pre wedding season!

But I can't wait to be married to Jonathan!

A few things lately...

There has been so much going on lately. Here's what I have been up to:

1. Work, work, work:

2. My car turned 100,000 Miles! In just 6 1/2 years, I have done so much driving. It's been a good car and I hope it lasts me at least 6 1/2 more years!

3. I MAILED my WEDDING invitations!!

4. I did some wedding crafti-ness with the help of my crafty roommate!

5. Jonathan and I put up our "first" Christmas tree! Since this will be our first Christmas in Nashville, (even though we're not married yet) we have been having a lot of firsts!

6. And just for fun - I can't wait to try these! MMmmmm!

7. Oh, One more thing:

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Stolen Words of Thanksgiving

I stole these words from my friend Robin. They're not my words but they express exactly how I feel right now, even in the midst of not feeling like this every minute of the day.

I am so thankful for so many things this Thanksgiving, but especially now in this time of transition…and seeing how God has gone before us and prepared a place for us – in Nashville, and, ultimately, with Him eternally.

Engagement Photos

Jonathan and I had a great time taking our engagement photos with Julie Connell of Connell Photography! Julie is one of my friends from college and was so much fun! She did a great job. These are a few of our favorites:

LOVE this Knoxville Skyline shot!

One Hundred Ten

That's how many days it is until...

I marry my best friend.
I marry the love of my life.
I marry the man of my dreams.
I marry the guy that I've been waiting so long for.
I start the rest of my life with him.
I CAN'T WAIT!!

Photo by Julie Connell. www.connellphotos.com