Never More Excited or Overjoyed!

I cannot consciously recall a time in my life when I have been more excited or overjoyed! Sure, I was excited to go to college, I was excited to graduate High School (I went to college at 16), I was excited to take my road trip from here to Oregon and back, I was excited to 21 and 25 and I was excited for all of mine & Colin's firts's--date, kiss, moving in, engagement, etc....but NOTHING in my life, thus far, even comes close to the pure excitement I'm feeling now! I CANNOT even begin to express my incredible JOY! I'm absolutely OVERJOYED!

Exactly one month from today, Colin & I will meeting our best friends and family for the start of our wedding weekend! And in just one month and two days, I'll be a newlywed! How cute is that?! Yep, him & I: newlyweds! How exciting!

I feel like although engagement has been a wonderful, amazing experience, and I've enjoyed it a lot! I feel like I'm ready to shift now....I'm ready to move on into that new phase of my life--newlywed! How cool!

The long and treacherous journey, and I say that because, well, mostly it was my of my own making! Holy crap, I've gone back and forth a lot! Not on marrying Colin, but just on...a lot of stuff. Being engaged is honestly the most emotional experience of my life! It's happy and sad and good and glad and up and down and over and out and whew....exhilarating and exhausting and time-consuming and breath-taking---all at the very same time! Colin has been such a big understanding blessing through all of this, that guy, seriously, God Bless him! He's stuck by me and held me when I've cried and forgiven me when I've wigged out, and just....he's the best! We are absolutely getting some terrific, all be it very human, spouses!

Don't get me wrong, planning this wedding hasn't been easy. It hasn't been without stress, fights, debates, and plenty of stuff. But I honestly feel like it's FINALLY all coming together! And all of the planning and arguing (not just with Colin--actually, usually not with Colin, but I digress!) has been worth it! (It was worth it all along!)

Yesterday, I found our flowers for $210.00, 200 cream & GREEN roses for $210!!! I'm so happy about that and proud of it! I got one heck of a deal and plus, I've wanted green roses from the start of this whole wedding thing, so to finally find them after almost a year of searching (literally) I was so happy! Yay!

Also, I just found out that my sisters--ALL three of them--are going to be in my wedding after all! My precious baby sisters--who are by no means babies anymore, and probably will be bigger than the Bride....my beloved, beautiful sisters will stand next to me as I marry my sweetheart! You know, I really didn't realize how important it was to have them ALL there with me until I realized that they were going to be there after all! I cried tears of joy over that because this wedding; despite the craziness and stress and hard times--it's just how I always pictured it! I'm truly amazed!

I keep thanking people over and over and over again and I think they're probably starting to tire me saying that. But my gosh, I really mean it! I am so touched and so humbled and so blessed! I just can't even begin to describe my gratitude! I am sincerely one of the luckiest women alive!

And my sweetheart, my fiancee'--this is all because of him! (Well, actually, it's all because of the good Lord who brought us together in the first place, made us smart enough to stick around and helped bring all of this wedding stuff together too!) But, still....my Colin! I am so beyond excited to marry you! Our wedding will be simply spectacular, and the most important part is that the reason for this all is that I get to marry YOU! You are my heart, my love, my friend, my partner, my all! And although I know marriage isn't always easy, darn it, I just KNOW we'll make it! It's been up and down and back again. We've laughed and cried and well, I've cried harder! We've argued and gone to bat with and for each other and...honestly, it's all been so totally worth it! This is exactly how I'd always pictured it! And I'm getting one heck of a husband! Thank you for choosing me, for sticking by me, for loving me through my faults and for realizing that true love and true commitment is totally worth fighting for!You know what I mean! Colin, I can't control everything, and I'm sure throughout the next month, there will be some wedding-related snags and something unexpected that pops up, but overall--truly, sweetheart,thank you for giving me the best and most beautiful EXPERIENCE of my life!

My dad, Joe, has also been an integral part of this wedding and its planning! And I want to thank him for his continued and unwavering love & support! It truly means the world to me and this wedding wouldn't have meant half as much without him!

I just cannot believe that my wedding (and Colin's too) is just over a month away! Literally, a month away! I'm astounded and overjoyed and thrilled! It's no longer weird, it's fitting! It's time!

Whew, thank you Lord for ALL of it! You know my heart, You know my heartfelt gratitude, you know the tremendous amount of people, acts of kindness and everything else that I'm eternally grateful for! Thank You for my sense of contentment, happiness and the abundance of blessings and joy that I have today! Thank You for it all! Please continue to bless my guests and us, and our marriage! Bless our guests plane and car rides to our wedding--watch over them and ensure their safe arrival(s) and departure(s)! Please let the sun smile on us on March 7th, literally, please, NO rain....and please always remind me to acknowledge You, and my Colin, first! Thank you, Lord, thank you, thank, thank you!

In Light N' Love,
-Sarah Liz :)