So last Sunday I came home from church to an email from my photographer, stating she was clearing out her calendar because her father-in-law was diagnosed with brain cancer, and would therefore be unavailable to do our pictures that Wednesday. Needless to say I may or may not have had a meltdown. Yet another thing that seemed to be falling through last minute. My amazing roommates immediately went to work to search for a photographer in my price range that would be free that Wednesday--not an easy task! While they searched, Jeff and I went to our interview with my bishop. After he gave us some advice he had Jeff leave so we could do my temple recommend interview. Before he could even start I just started crying and asked him for a blessing because I had reached my limit. He gave me a beautiful blessing and immediately I felt so much calmer and knew things were going to work out.
And I'm happy to report they did! Holli got in contact with her freshman roommate who is a photographer and she was able to switch her schedule around to take our pictures Wednesday night. I was nervous about just going with a photographer who I hadn't really looked at their work, but Jeff and I were desperate. But I can't tell you how pleasantly surprised we were when she posted the first sneak peak to Facebook. It was EXACTLY what we had wanted and the picture looked flawless. And it just got better when she posted even more pictures later to her blog. We decided we liked her style so much better than our original photographer.
I was telling my dad about the chaos of trying to get our pictures done and how in the end it all worked out beautifully, and my dad just laughed and asked me when I would stop being so surprised when everything works out, since it always does in the end. How right he is. Time and time again Heavenly Father shows me who truly is in control, and I just need to learn to stop and remember that BEFORE I enter stress out mode.
Here's a sampling of our groomals from the amazing Lora Grady:
http://www.loragradyphotography.com/blog/2012/07/21/harmony-jeff-provo-wedding-photography/
Monday, July 23, 2012
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Stupid Murphy
Yesterday marked 4 weeks until the wedding....which of course means I am now in total freak out mode trying to get everything put together. And let's just say that murphy's law is in full force as it seems lately that EVERYTHING seems to be going wrong. I went to get my dress altered, only to find out that thanks to a lovely thing called birth control that the top part of my wedding dress no longer fit. The seamstress took it out, however she went a little crazy with it and now the top is too big. The worst part is when I tried it on again, I hated it, but she managed to convince me in the moment that it looked fine. But now I can't stop thinking about how horrible it looked and how unhappy I am with it. With only 4 weeks to go and bridal pictures coming up, the last thing I need is to be unhappy with my dress.
Another major stumbling block we have run into is my aunt volunteered to do our wedding announcements at cost. I was weery at first, but jumped at the chance to save some money. Now I'm regretting that decision. My aunt is very opinionated and knows what she likes and wants to do, which works well for the businesswoman she is, however it is a major challenge to deal with when working with her. Jeff and I went to her house last week, armed with a sample of EXACTLY what we wanted. Unfortunately, my aunt also had a sample of what she was envisioning, and it was far different. Before I knew it, she was drawing up an announcement based on her sample, not ours. I stressed to her the important things I wanted on the announcement and she said ok, but I had a sick feeling in my stomach when we left that the announcements would end up being nothing close to what we wanted. Unfortunately I found out today I was right. The announcement looked EXACTLY like the sample she had shown us, and NOTHING like the sample we had brought and left with her. With so little time left and wanting to get announcements out by the beginning of next week, I am beyond frustrated and stressed out right now. It just feels like control over the wedding planning has completely slipped out of my hands and there isn't anything I can do about it.
Jeff, seeing all my stress over the wedding planning, put together a whole day date for us yesterday since we both had the day off. We went swimming in the morning at his apartment. When Jeff came to pick me up after we both got ready, he surprised me with a dozen beautiful roses! We then hadbrunch at Einstein Bagels. After eating we drove over to Trafalga where we played some mini golf (I totally won...that is if highest score wins, which in my version of golf, it does) and won some tickets playing the games. After that we drove over to the movie theater to see "The Amazing Spiderman". And I must say, it is quite amazing, definitely better than the old ones. We finished the day off with Jeff cooking me dinner and then getting together with my roommates and other people in the ward to watch "Ferris Buellers Day Out" outside in our parking lot--very cool :)
I know I need to see the bigger picture now and not get so lost in the small wedding details, and instead of focus on what's most important. It's like Elder Mautz told me...no matter what, the important thing is we will be married. Less than four weeks from now, I get to marry my best friend for time and all eternity. What's there to be upset about?
Another major stumbling block we have run into is my aunt volunteered to do our wedding announcements at cost. I was weery at first, but jumped at the chance to save some money. Now I'm regretting that decision. My aunt is very opinionated and knows what she likes and wants to do, which works well for the businesswoman she is, however it is a major challenge to deal with when working with her. Jeff and I went to her house last week, armed with a sample of EXACTLY what we wanted. Unfortunately, my aunt also had a sample of what she was envisioning, and it was far different. Before I knew it, she was drawing up an announcement based on her sample, not ours. I stressed to her the important things I wanted on the announcement and she said ok, but I had a sick feeling in my stomach when we left that the announcements would end up being nothing close to what we wanted. Unfortunately I found out today I was right. The announcement looked EXACTLY like the sample she had shown us, and NOTHING like the sample we had brought and left with her. With so little time left and wanting to get announcements out by the beginning of next week, I am beyond frustrated and stressed out right now. It just feels like control over the wedding planning has completely slipped out of my hands and there isn't anything I can do about it.
Jeff, seeing all my stress over the wedding planning, put together a whole day date for us yesterday since we both had the day off. We went swimming in the morning at his apartment. When Jeff came to pick me up after we both got ready, he surprised me with a dozen beautiful roses! We then hadbrunch at Einstein Bagels. After eating we drove over to Trafalga where we played some mini golf (I totally won...that is if highest score wins, which in my version of golf, it does) and won some tickets playing the games. After that we drove over to the movie theater to see "The Amazing Spiderman". And I must say, it is quite amazing, definitely better than the old ones. We finished the day off with Jeff cooking me dinner and then getting together with my roommates and other people in the ward to watch "Ferris Buellers Day Out" outside in our parking lot--very cool :)
I know I need to see the bigger picture now and not get so lost in the small wedding details, and instead of focus on what's most important. It's like Elder Mautz told me...no matter what, the important thing is we will be married. Less than four weeks from now, I get to marry my best friend for time and all eternity. What's there to be upset about?
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