you got what you always wanted
and for that, I am glad
but just take a look around you
the city has gone mad!
This lyric from Bride and Prejudice pretty much captures the atmosphere around here these days. My house has been turned into a floral shop, my church into a wedding fair, and my room into a luggage display. As for me, I don't really know what I am becoming. I feel surprisingly normal, like I've already accepted and gone through the motions of processing all of this. At the same time, I find myself in extremities from stress to excitement to nervousness and back again.
Sometimes it's tempting to think of marriage as more of a ending than a beginning. After all, I've never spent any real time imagining my life beyond this point. And all the movies end with a wedding. It's like a one-time Christmas, and in one week we have to take down the tree and pack up the ornaments forever. It can't get better than this, can it?
But as my love would be quick to point out, with that attitude, of course it won't!
So here's to this being the first of MANY days that we will always come back to remember in hard times. The least, not the most, amount of love we will ever feel for each other. The first of many times that we will have this much joy to share between us. The smallest store of memories to compile into a 10-minute slide show. The first, but not the last, time we will want to dance only with each other.
This will probably be my last post on this blog, as we have family in town now. It makes it all seem so much more real! I'd like to give a final thank you to all who have helped to make this day and our ensuring lives as newly weds so wonderful, particularly our parents, extended families, and church family.
So for one final time, this is Emily Watts, signing off!
Friday, August 19, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
4 Week Update
Yep, you read that right- we only have four more single Saturday mornings like this one to spend apart, me at my parents kitchen table trying to attack the wedding to-do list while Danny is hard at work on the renovation thirty miles away. Granted, there are many things I will miss about Single Saturdays- like hearing Ethan describe all the funny parts in last night's movie all over again and seeing Dad predictably walk in with his Saturday-only cup of store-bought coffee and sit down to observe his household and maybe read the paper. Sometimes it seems that leaving everything you've ever known is a high price to pay for a new life full of unseen bends in the road, but when I think about the man I love and the riches we will be gaining just in being together, I know it's totally worth it. Besides, Danny is a part of my family now and I a part of his, so there will never be an end of these kinds of mornings, though they may be fewer and further between.
God has been so, so good to us in recent days. First, through an unexpected turn of events, I ended up with the wedding dress I've been eyeing wistfully since I got engaged- possibe only due to my mom's willingness to spend hours working on alterations on top of everything else she's got going on. And this week our entire church family has come together to help clean up the building and grounds so everything will be in top shape for the wedding. It makes me wonder what we possibly did to deserve such incredible people in our lives when I look around me to see everyone chipping in so cheerfully and willingly. Obviously, we don't deserve it- and that's what makes it so incredible! Honestly, these people have taken the initiative to do things I never would have had the motivation to oversee myself.
And the renovation Danny is working on in the church nursery is going far better than expected, with inspections passing right and left and no shortage of help from friends and family. We're hoping to move in there for a while after the wedding, and so far it's looking like it may actually be done in time or shortly after- which is a blessing we didn't think we could count on.
I just found out where we're going on our honeymoon and have already begun packing. Needless to say, after how busy we've been lately, we could probably be in an igloo up in Antarctica and still be perfectly content just to have uninterrupted time together- but when instead we get fine dinning, dancing, cooking lessons, and a porch with spectacular views- well, I don't even know how to handle that much bliss. You'll have to guess where we're going because it's more fun not to tell you. :-P
As I said, God has been needlessly and extravagantly good to us. I know that even this time has it's dross mixed in, and I know that our life together will not always be so sun-kissed- but I think we will always remember and come back to the joy of these days and hopefully remember to be thankful.
Next week I head off to be a councilor at the summer camp I've been to almost every year since third grade. It's my first time doing this and I'm SO excited to escape wedding madness for a week and focus on my group of girls! When I come back, hopefully renewed and ready to face crunch time, we will have only a little over a week before out-of-town relatives start coming in. I can't wait!! Meanwhile, Danny will be working around the clock on the remodel and we would appreciate prayer for that. There won't be any getting away and resting up for him, and though he tends to be a lot like the energizer bunny this way, I'm sure he'd still appreciate it if things continued to go smoothly.
Thanks for reading. See you all on the 26th!
~Emily
God has been so, so good to us in recent days. First, through an unexpected turn of events, I ended up with the wedding dress I've been eyeing wistfully since I got engaged- possibe only due to my mom's willingness to spend hours working on alterations on top of everything else she's got going on. And this week our entire church family has come together to help clean up the building and grounds so everything will be in top shape for the wedding. It makes me wonder what we possibly did to deserve such incredible people in our lives when I look around me to see everyone chipping in so cheerfully and willingly. Obviously, we don't deserve it- and that's what makes it so incredible! Honestly, these people have taken the initiative to do things I never would have had the motivation to oversee myself.
And the renovation Danny is working on in the church nursery is going far better than expected, with inspections passing right and left and no shortage of help from friends and family. We're hoping to move in there for a while after the wedding, and so far it's looking like it may actually be done in time or shortly after- which is a blessing we didn't think we could count on.
I just found out where we're going on our honeymoon and have already begun packing. Needless to say, after how busy we've been lately, we could probably be in an igloo up in Antarctica and still be perfectly content just to have uninterrupted time together- but when instead we get fine dinning, dancing, cooking lessons, and a porch with spectacular views- well, I don't even know how to handle that much bliss. You'll have to guess where we're going because it's more fun not to tell you. :-P
As I said, God has been needlessly and extravagantly good to us. I know that even this time has it's dross mixed in, and I know that our life together will not always be so sun-kissed- but I think we will always remember and come back to the joy of these days and hopefully remember to be thankful.
Next week I head off to be a councilor at the summer camp I've been to almost every year since third grade. It's my first time doing this and I'm SO excited to escape wedding madness for a week and focus on my group of girls! When I come back, hopefully renewed and ready to face crunch time, we will have only a little over a week before out-of-town relatives start coming in. I can't wait!! Meanwhile, Danny will be working around the clock on the remodel and we would appreciate prayer for that. There won't be any getting away and resting up for him, and though he tends to be a lot like the energizer bunny this way, I'm sure he'd still appreciate it if things continued to go smoothly.
Thanks for reading. See you all on the 26th!
~Emily
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Update
Hey everyone!
It has been a crazy couple of months beginning to plan for this wedding. I can hardly believe it's only eight weeks away now! Things are falling into place rapid-fire. We have a LOT of help, so that makes things easy. We've settled on the venue, the dress, wedding party attire, rental equipment, music, and even a great deal of the food.
It seems like now there's just the smaller details left to figure out, and other than those, all that's left to do is wait. The closer this wedding gets, the more we realize that this is not going to be just one day of celebrating, but the beginning of the rest of our lives! This wedding is going to be awesome no matter what, because it will be done in the presence of God and with the support of all of you.
Be sure to check out the new tabs recently added: Registry and Directions!
See you on the 26th!
-Emily
It has been a crazy couple of months beginning to plan for this wedding. I can hardly believe it's only eight weeks away now! Things are falling into place rapid-fire. We have a LOT of help, so that makes things easy. We've settled on the venue, the dress, wedding party attire, rental equipment, music, and even a great deal of the food.
It seems like now there's just the smaller details left to figure out, and other than those, all that's left to do is wait. The closer this wedding gets, the more we realize that this is not going to be just one day of celebrating, but the beginning of the rest of our lives! This wedding is going to be awesome no matter what, because it will be done in the presence of God and with the support of all of you.
Be sure to check out the new tabs recently added: Registry and Directions!
See you on the 26th!
-Emily
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
going to the chappel
Well, it's official- we're getting married! Last Saturday Danny asked me to be his wife, and now begins the hectic crazyness of planning a wedding. I am so excited and so overwhealmed at the thought of all that needs to be done! This will be our place to keep all of you updated on what's going on, post pictures, and fill you in on all the essential wedding details, like directions, wedding registry, and how to RSVP to invitations.
Soon to come will be a little background about Danny and I for those who don't know us as well, but for now- thanks for stopping by, and happy Wednesday!
-Emily
Soon to come will be a little background about Danny and I for those who don't know us as well, but for now- thanks for stopping by, and happy Wednesday!
-Emily
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