First set of groomals

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/