Wedding plans are fun. Really. I'll be the first to admit I've been a little bit stressed at times and I will also admit that I've taken it out on my sweet fiance much more than he deserves. But from all the stories I've heard about the struggles of pulling everything together, I think Daniel and I have actually been doing really well! Probably because he spoils me and gives in to just about everything that I want! And he's a trooper when I force him to come with me to various appointments and look at pictures upon pictures with no end! But all the details are coming along great and I am so excited. It's going to be a blast! Just a few things to look forward to...
Famous Dave's Catering. Hello. Delicious.
Wedding Cake. Not just any wedding cake either. 3 different kinds of the best cake you'll ever eat to choose from. And red velvet might be one of those flavors....
A professional DJ. Dance party all night. Need I say more?!
Photo booth! What what?! And what's this? Unlimited pictures? Yeah. Fantastic I know.
That's just a few things I'm excited about. Not to mention my dress and the flowers and the guys' tuxes. They are sexy. Let me just say. No joke. It's been a lot of fun planning everything out I love looking at all the wedding stuff on theknot and pinterest. It's so fun to see all the different ideas and the way people show their personalities through the details... I love it. And the romantic inside me adores weddings because they're practically the happiest day (up to that point) in our life!
I've been pretty lucky with my bridesmaids as well. I had so much fun on my bachelorette weekend up to Jackson Hole and Amy (Maid of Honor) is planning my bridal shower which I know will be amazing! Considering that everything she does is over-the-top awesome and pretty much perfect! She's pretty dang great.
Moving along... Daniel and I just finished reading my favorite book in the world. The Princess Bride. If you haven't read it you've probably seen the movie. Brilliance.
Before Daniel left for his mission we were supposed to watch the movie together. But we never did. We watched movies ALL the time. Favorite thing, seriously! But for some reason it just slipped through... for 2 years until he left on his mission! So skipping ahead a couple months... I'm living in Hawaii for school but the semester is over so I'm all packed up and ready to go home. Well I was flying stand-by which means who knows how long I'll be in the airport. Plus it's a 6 hour flight. So I wanted a new book to read. So I ran over to the school bookstore before leaving for the airport and search for a book to read. And I see it! The Princess Bride! Naturally I had to get it.
In the 2 years that Daniel was on his mission, I read this book countless times. I would read it and then after a couple weeks I'd be thinking about it and forgetting small details, so I had to read it again! It's an amazing book. My all time favorite. Every time I read it I would think about Daniel and how much I would love to read him the book. It's not that Daniel doesn't like to read, it's just that he doesn't have all that much time to sit down and really enjoy a good book outside of the scriptures. So I didn't think it would really happen, not for a while anyway.
Skipping ahead again. Daniel is home off his mission in January and in April we're engaged and the book has gone untouched for a few months. So a couple nights ago I'm waiting for Daniel to get off work and I'm itching to read a good book. And The Princess Bride just happens to be in eyesight as I'm thinking this! So naturally I start to read it. So Daniel gets home from work and he gets all excited about the book and I suggest we read it together! I honestly thought it was going to take us months to get through it. Well that night we read for hours. Like 3 hours! And the next few nights went the same way. It happened at the perfect time because the second night it snowed like crazy so we didn't want to go out. So we snuggled up with hot apple cider and The Princess Bride by the fire and read all night (okay not all night, give me a break. but we read for a few hours again). GEEKS. I know. But come on. It was great!
So less than a week later we're already finished with the book and he loves it as much as I do! Well... Maybe not quite as much. But he definitely loves it! It's exciting to me because it's a classic. I want to read it to my kids and I them to love it too! And I want to go to Florin. Did you know they have a museum dedicated to Morgenstern (the original author. William Goldman did the abridgement)? And the Cliffs of Insanity is apparently always running rampant with tourists? Amazing. Take me take me take me PLEASE! And now Daniel is hooked. So basically my life is complete.
I'm getting married. I love my soon to be husband. I love his family. We're moving back to Colorado (yeah that detail got skipped... but we're moving back YAY). We get to start our own little family soon. And he loves The Princess Bride. *sigh* My life is a fairy tale right now okay?! Nothing can bring me down!
