No. 9: Accomplished.

Wedding plans are swiftly progressing. There is still much to do, however upon the completion of the Thanksgiving Holiday, I feel somewhat like I have finally accomplished some things! After the weekend, here is how my to-do list appears:

1. Pick out invitations
2. Buy invitations
3. Finalize Guest List
4. Decide on Ceremony Music
5. Print Engagement Photos
6. Use Engagement Photo Print Credit
7. Find & Book Cake Baker
8. Order Guest Book
9. Print Invitations
10. Purchase Veil
11. Finalize Bridesmaid Dresses
12. Pick out tuxes

Overall, we've made a dent. There are a few more things, as listed above that we'd like to get done before the end of year. Fingers crossed that these are easy tasks.

No. 8: Thankful

This Thanksgiving, I find myself more than ever realizing how much I truly have to be thankful for. Life is busy and often we forget all the little things we have to be grateful for. This year its even the simplest things that I am thankful for. For starters, family, especially my healthy, loving, always providing parents. Living at home with them for the stint of time that remains until marriage has reminded me once again, just how lucky I am to have such wonderful parents. They are a blessing and the best team to have on your side.

I am also thankful for love. Thankful to have Zach by my side. Thankful that in 5 months, we will begin building a home together and taking those first steps as husband and wife together. I cannot explain how thankful I am to have him and to know that I have him to share all those treasured future events with. I am thankful for 6 years of pure joy and can't wait for many more. I am also thankful for the wonderful family that I will be becoming apart of, well "officially" becoming apart of. Although I already consider them all mine, I am glad to be officially apart of the clan. (I even get my own stocking!)

I am thankful for warm loving friendships, new and old. I am glad that even with my closest friends 75+ miles away that I can still have weekly conversations that keep me in tact. I am thankful for the blessings in their lives and hope God continues to bless them with wonderful opportunities. I am thankful for new friends, for a work family I could have never imagined being so wonderful.

Simply put, I am thankful. I am thankful for all of the blessings that the Lord has so graciously given me. I am thankful for His continuous lessons. I am thankful for His grace. I am thankful for His enduring love. I am thankful.

Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Psalm 106:1