Hello! I figured I would take a moment to post an update to where we are with the wedding planning. It’s been sort of a rough few weeks. Kelsie got sick a couple of weeks ago, and she still has some lingering sinus/ear issues going on. Then separately, I got strep throat this week and have been down for the count all week. This has caused us to have to reschedule a couple of meetings with potential photographers and cake bakers, but has not completely halted our progress!

We ordered wedding invitations, and those came in yesterday. They turned out great; simple and elegant. We plan to send those out sometime in June, which I think is a bit earlier than wedding invitations traditionally go out, but we are not doing “Save the Date” cards and many of our guests will be traveling a long way, so we want to make sure that everyone has plenty of time to make travel and work arrangements.

My youngest brother, Luke, flew in this week from Arizona. He had some downtime between school ending and football starting, and wanted to see some of his old friends and spend some time here. I took him, Brandon, and Zack to get fitted for tuxedo’s this morning. Adam wasn’t able to make it, but we’ll get him measured when we finalize everything. It feels good to get that out of the way. I know that Luke could have gotten measured in Arizona and sent his measurements to me, but I like the idea that the person ordering the tuxedo’s did the measuring so there is no confusion. All the groomsmen are coming up with funny ideas for things to do with the tuxes. Luke definitely wants to use a camouflage vest and tie, but I’ve overruled that idea.

As we move from May to June, we get one month closer to October. We have a lot of work to do between now and then, but we are definitely excited, and the excitement continues to grow as the date draws closer!

Also, one other note related to our honeymoon, Universal Studios will be releasing a brand new Transformers ride, as well as a large expansion to the Simpsons section of their theme park just in time for us to experience it while we’re there! Unfortunately, the Harry Potter expansion won’t be finished until next year, but the Transformers and Simpsons add-ons will be great fun!!