Wedding Highlights Video!

Drew, just sent this video out to me yesterday - a reminder of how special our day was!

Honeymoon near over

Well, its our last day here in Myrtle Beach. Around 5 this evening we will be arriving in Detroit to journey back to Lansing.

I have to say, I do miss home every time I leave, but the more and more I come down here [Myrtle Beach], the more it becomes hard to go back. I'm sure that would be the case anywhere in actuality, but I think this place has a lot of familiarity to it. I learn every time I come down here. Learn the local roads, how to get to places, the local eats etc. My parents have really lucked out with their retirement and relocation. They are lucky to call this place home. Maybe some day I will be able to do the same...

So anyways, honeymoon has been great. We've explored new places and I took a TON of photos [near 500 I believe]. Highlights, well who I am kidding, the whole trip was a highlight, a start of our new life and journey together... we saw Brookgreen Gardens, explored the USS Yorktown and USS Laffey in Mt. Pleasant. Visited historic Charleston, saw bottlenose dolphins on our Fort Sumter tour, took a horse and carriage ride.... visited the beach and watched a few people catch some small sharks off of the pier. Went golfing [and putt putt]. Ate with the locals. This trip, was truly amazing and I can't wait to visit here again.

Now on to our not so relaxing weekend- tonight we arrive home and swing by our place, swap out some stuff and head to St. Johns for Relay for Life festivities. Tomorrow the plan is to finish Thank Yous from our wedding and get those out! And then back to the daily grind on Monday (boo).

Anyways, you should see some photos surfacing from our wedding (and our honeymoon) the next few days and weeks :) Wedding photos are waiting for us at home :D Cannot wait to see those, share them, print them and reminisce on the day :)

See you all soon :)

Wedding is over!

Thank you to everyone for sharing in our special day!! It was so sooo very perfect. We couldn't have ever imagined or dreamed it would turn out as well as it did (not to think it wouldn't be a good day, but rarely do weddings go perfectly as planned)

Married life is wonderful, btw! We've just reached the week + some days mark. We finalized our B&B reservations for our honeymoon, which we leave for next week :) I am very excited for that! Can't wait not only to vacation with my hubby, but just to relax and not be at work!

Photographer says photos will be done soon, so hopefully I will be posting some photos. There are lots on facebook though, if you haven't seen them - from our photographer, videographer, friends and family!

Post wedding news:
Rob's moving forward with his State Police Application, so send prayers and cross your fingers for him. Last week, trooper Herman did some home visits to get an idea of the person Rob was as part of his background check. I believe our place (to talk to me) was the last stop on his list of places... to my knowledge. The trooper said all was well and that he was typing up his list sending it on to Lansing so they could contact him for his hiring interview to the academy! Please please please keep him in your thoughts and prayers as he *hopefully* moves forward to his dream job!

Much Love

Single Digits!

Well we've reached the single digits - 9 more days. It is so hard to believe. Though Rob and I have been at each others throats during this stress, let me emphasize STRESSful time, we are so happy to finally be reaching our big day... It will be nice to have "free time" or "Non-wedding time"... I would love to do some more photography!

All that is left to be done is place cards, wrapping presents (plus buying a few more) and um... that's about it! My hair cut/color and test 'updo is tomorrow - Robbie is getting his chopped the day before...

Tee times are set up for the day of for the men to golf... We were able to gain access for the reception hall and chapel for night before (Yay, a lot less stressed because of this). Rehearsal is squared away + dinner following. If you aren't sure if you're invited check with me or Rob or Marian (we just emailed her yesterday with Rob's side of the family).

I can finally count down number of days till "Happy Ever After", new last name and less stress... oh yes, and a very loving husband! Can't wait! <3

Quick Reminder!

If you are planning on staying in the hotel for the wedding festivities - deadline to reserve a room (under the wedding party name)  is March 20!

Just a little over a month till the big day!

Bridal Showers + Bachelorette Party

This past weekend was so fun and so busy!

On Saturday, my aunt Shelley and cousin, Lisa and her daughter, Erin, hosted a fabulous bridal shower in my honor. There was a great showing of around 26 people, yummy brunch dishes, mamosas and a yummy cake! I got so many awesome shower gifts. My friend and bridesmaid, Maggie even flew in from California for the occasion (that meant A LOT).

Saturday night was my bachelorette party. We met at Town Place Suites near MSU at 5:30pm where I opened some fun lingerie and other "goodies". We then carpooled to one of my favorite Sushi restaurants, AI Fusion. It was the first time experiencing a private room with "low seating" which none of us knew what it meant. We thought we would be sitting on pillows or something and playing footsie with everyone all night, but rather we stepped up and into the room and then there was a "hole" under the table so it was as if we were sitting at an actual table, not on the floor. It was a great experience and there were 9 of us, including a few of my friends, my sister and my mom, and one of my future sis-in-laws. Yummy food was had.

After dinner, we headed back to the hotel for a few games and then we hit the bars. It happened to be one of the coldest days this winter, or so it seemed so we only made it to Ricks and then closed down the bar at Dublin square. It was truly a great night, and I had too much... and had a hangover...

...Which means Sunday started out a little rough. I had Rob's side of the family bridal shower. Fortunately, in my favor, it was later in the day and by the time it rolled around I was feeling near 100% again after a slow and painful recovery (lol). A completely different shower "theme" - the wine and Italian theme was amazing. Yummy fettuccine with Alfredo or marinara sauces with bread and salad. It was really good and was beyond what I could have thought. Ashley and Heather did an awesome job throwing an awesome shower for me (and Rob). I can't wait till I can officially call them sisters! Not too much longer now.

Now... It has been three days and every day for a few hours I am chipping away at the dwindling mountain of shower gifts. Unfortunately, it has come as easily as I would have wished. Our new dishes are larger than our current so they don't fit in the cupboard that our old dishes were stored in. So end result - we've had to overhaul and rearrange and move dishes from one to the other... it's been a pain, but I think everything should be taken care of within the next couple days... or so that is my hope.

Anyways, this weekend meant a lot to me (and Rob) and I am we are soo soo blessed to have such amazing friends and family. Thank you everyone for all the support with our big day. 6 1/2 weeks to go!

My Robbie!

There has been a lot happening in our household these past few day!

Rob's dad heard a rumor that a state police academy was possibly running this May. Rob was already in the process of filling out his application (all 19 pages!) which included lots of background information - all relatives, cohabitants, and financial history. He was taking his time on it, but honestly, wasn't completing it very quickly. Well this heads up made him jump on it and he successfully completed it and mailed it in a couple days ago. And that is only the start. Someone or somebodies are surely looking out for him, he got an email today stating he needs to take his agility test scheduled for March 9 - next friday! He has to talk to his supervisor tomorrow to get that day off, but he also needs to go to his doctor and get "approved" for the agility test! This is becoming a whirlwind as wedding plans are also coinciding with all of this. Funny how we haven't booked our honeymoon yet (we are going to Myrtle Beach), now we are waiting until we get confirmation of the academy, and now hopefully we will have some answers next week. If any of you get a chance - please send an email of encouragement to Rob. I do think it would mean something to him, to just wish him luck, as this has been a dream of his for a while. His email is robertledergerber@gmail.com

Thanks for the support!