Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the King. 1 Peter 2:17

I am overwhelmed with excitement about being married to Michaela!
I'm ready and waiting with eager anticipation for our wedding day!
I'm very tired and ready for a vacation.
Lately, I think our lives have revolved around that one monumental day...May the 3rd. Two weekends ago I had my bachelor party with the boys and we packed and moved a bunch of Michaela's stuff in preparation for moving.
Last weekend Michaela had a bachelorette party and we had a couples shower in Wellsville and we packed and moved the rest of Michaela's things.
And this next weekend we have another couples shower and I'm packing and moving some of my things while Michaela is at work.
And all the weekdays in between are filled with long, busy workdays and RSVP cards or lack thereof and thinking a lot about being married and searching for the perfect ties for me & my merry men and writing thank you notes for our awesome gifts and looking at potential decoration arrangements and thinking a lot about being married and packing suitcases for leaving town after the wedding and talking with Mr. DJ, Miss Florist, Mrs. Photography and more. I think Michaela and I both have blurry vision right now because, the earth may be spinning on it's axis as normal, but the world we live in is spinning on a different axis at a much faster pace.
Three things keep us steady and grounded and wild with excitement.
1) Our love for each other grows every single day and I heard a sweet sappy country song that told me our love will grow exponentially so that we'll look back on this time and think about how we thought we loved each other so much, but it's only a small hint at the greater love we will share years from now.
2) Friends and family have been such a blessing. We have been amazed by people we don't even know offering help or lending what they have. And I look at our families and even extended family when we are with them and I think, "They are not mine anymore, and they are not hers anymore, this is OUR family."
3) Prayer. When I pray about the wedding or for our marriage, I’m always encouraged. Even when I feel like I’m not doing the fiancé thing correctly and I don’t know how to be a husband and head of a family, I still feel a calming presence and I keep hearing a truth spoken that doesn’t come from within me: “you are about to open up a vast expanse of possibilities; the best is yet to come.”

You stay classy bloggers. And thanks for stopping by.
Evan

25 days

Good morning. I haven't updated in a while and thought I would check in. We are down to final dress fittings, putting programs together and deciding on vows! I cannot believe it. When Evan asked me to marry him in October I thought May seemed so far off...and now it seems so close. :) Soon I will be Evans' wife, and I will have a husband. What a fun time of life!

We're GETTING MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
42 days:)

Ready For Spring

Good morning! Today marks 62 days until the big day! Evan and I are getting so excited. Planning is coming along well and I just cannot believe that we only have two months left. We are still working on finding somewhere to live. Which is really exciting!
This month I have my first Bridal shower and I am really excited! I cannot wait to set up our house. And to live with Evan :)

Last weekend my Mom was hurt pretty badly and ended up with 54 stitches...so please pray for her. We are praying for no scarring!

Love you all. I better get back to work. The babies are hungry! :)

Weekends! I prefer the Weekends!

Ahoy bloggers! I think that mostly means Megan and Alli, but I'm sure there are other beautiful people that read our blog as well. This is Evan bringing some male persepctive to things so don't be surprised to hear things like "basektball" or "tron" or "transformers." Over the past several weeks I have had to work 6 days each week, but I believe today is my last day of working on the weekend so I am stoked about that idea and really hope that turns out to be the case. Especially since I really don't have enough to do to keep me busy on the weekend so I get bored and end up posting on our blog. Michaela has been super daughter this weekend helping her parents out all day yesterday and much of today also. How lucky do you have to be to have a girl like her as your only daughter. Come to think of it, how lucky can I be to have a girl like Michaela as my wife. But I'm here and Michaela is there and we're getting married. In 70 days!

I use Julian dates every day in my job, which means that I always know what day of the year it is (today is the 53rd day of the year). That comes in handy for pretending I'm smart (I can tell you in usually less than 10 seconds how many days until your birthday), pretending I'm obsessive compulsive (counting down every day until Christmas), or realizing how fast days go by sometimes. So now I'm realizing that it's nearly March and that is exciting for many reasons. Allow me to listophy them for you.
1) Conference tournaments are a couple weeks away
2) The dance is 3 1/2 weeks away
3) All our friends and family will be receiving invitations in their mailboxes soon
4) Soon it will be inside 2 months until being married to Michaela
5) I love vacations and the most exciting one I've ever dared to embark upon is 10 weeks away
6) I usually don't mind cold weather, but I am VERY ready for Spring
7) Yet to be determined, but I'm hopeful and I like a list of seven rather than 6

Mondays, oh I hate Mondays. They make me so steamed. Weekends! I prefer the weekends!
Make it a great day, Monday or weekend or some other day, regardless.

Valentines!

Hello blog world. I am still recovering from Jason sending the wrong girl home on the bachelor tonight...I know, I have very important things to be worried about.

Well tomorrow is our one year anniversary round two! Evan and I started dating again last year on Feb. 17! Who knew that one phone call, bo lings Sunday brunch and the nelson could lead us to where we are :) Well, I always hoped for it!

We have 76 days until the wedding and I am getting very excited!

Guess what today is? My first dress fitting! I am so excited. I have been wearing my shoes around the house to break them in and see if they make the cut. I can't wait to see my dress when it fits me perfectly!

Also, another reason why today is so great is that I am watching Gilmore Girls on the couch and knitting my scarf. I love the Gilmore Girls and I am on the last season getting ready to watch the final episode. A little emotional not gonna lie.

Everything is going so well....we are still working on perfecting our invitations and I am starting to think about cakes...

Yesterday was our three month mark! 88 days!

*These pictures are from last May when Evan and I went to visit Meg and Daniel in Boston. I had no idea that at this time next year we will be married!