I decided I’d try to start blogging, since we have a lot of family and friends spread out all over the country. This way you can read about what we’re up to in the months before we get married and a little bit about our plans if you’re interested. We will probably keep up the blog as a modified version of the wedding website (minus all the wedding related pages) after we’re married and will try to continue to blog/post pictures to keep everyone up to date on how things are going for us in North Carolina and wherever else across the world we end up.
Last week I sent out “save the date” postcards to a lot of out of town family and friends. We’re working on getting out a few more as we collect addresses from everyone. We have already heard from some of the people we sent them to and we really appreciate your kind words and congratulatory comments.
Andy came up to visit me a few weekends ago and we interviewed a few photographers for the wedding. We recently decided on one, and we’re in the process of getting everything set up with him. We’re excited about the photojournalistic/artistic style he has and are looking forward to having him be a part of our wedding day.
Non-wedding related, I have been busy planning and leading a retreat for my church youth group this past weekend. I had a really great time up at a ranch/retreat center up near PA with 30 middle and high school students and adult chaperones. I was once again reminded that I have been so privileged to be able to work with such an incredible group of students. Everything went really well and we had a lot of fun. It took a lot of hard work and late night hours though, so I came home and crashed into bed early Sunday evening.
Andy is really enjoying his job with the American Red Cross and he likes being back in North Carolina with all the warm weather. But he’s not too fond of the deer down there, as he ran into one last week! Andy is fine and his truck didn’t suffer too much damage, but the deer on the other hand didn’t fare so well….
only 133 days until our wedding…. – abi
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