Joy in the Journey: Before We Said "I Do"

Alex and I have a few personality differences that are great for balancing the other person out. However, we mostly have a lot of similarities which are super compatible. One of those similarities is that we love to be busy! We love giving life our all...and most of the time saying "yes" to way too many things haha! When we set the date for our wedding, we knew it would be kinda crazy since we were getting married only a few weeks after we graduated from college. It was crazy, but it was also a blast! Here's a quick recap of what took place in just a few short weeks :)

Alex and I have had our fill of moving for a while I think :) At the beginning of May we moved out of our college dorms in Missouri and back into our parents' homes in Idaho. During the weeks before our wedding, we started moving our stuff into our temporary apartment on the side of his parents house. And two weeks after getting back from our honeymoon we moved all of our stuff from Idaho to our new home in Washington. Ok ok I'm getting ahead of my story. So after our 25 hour road trip from college to Idahome, we were busy with wedding dress fittings, graduation party, last minute wedding preparations, bridal shower, lantern lighters lunch, bachelorette/bachelor parties, spending time with our family before all of the big change, and hanging out with our friends and family as they began to arrive for our wedding. Plus Alex worked for my dad for the weeks leading up to the wedding. So fun and so busy! In these past few months I've felt that I've had to do exactly what was right in front of me (which is rather contrary to my nature of being a futuristic planner) whether it was focusing on graduating, a wedding, or moving. We were GREATLY blessed with awesome friends and family who helped us make everything happen! Not only am I super thankful for their all of their help, but I loved having my friends and cousins from out of town come early so we could enjoy time together!! Pictures are worth a thousand words so here's a glimpse at all the pre-wedding fun :)

Alex is a trooper! Our car overheated consistently during our 25 hour drive back from college so we had to fill it with coolant often. Upon arriving home, my car would randomly quit while I was driving. Praise God for providing two new-to-us vehicles to buy from our grandparents!

Aren't these ladies beautiful!?! Thank you, so much for throwing an incredible bridal shower for me!

The lovely ladies in my new family :) So sad Alicia and Sierra were sick that day :(

My wonderful lantern lighters at our special lunch the week of the wedding :)

LOL my dad came out of his room like this and said "My daughter is getting married this week?!?!" Don't worry he just likes to joke, of course he is thrilled :)

My beautiful friends at my bachelorette party! We had a grand time staying in a hotel, going to the cheesecake factory, chatting, and swimming. Thanks so much Ashley Joy!!