Busy Time Has Begun!

Wow......is all I have to say to reflect the last month.  
When they said the last month of wedding planning is the craziest......they were right. 

Let me tell you...... I have lists upon lists (upon more lists) in my purse that I CANNOT WAIT to throw in the trash in 31 days!    Yes.....ONE MONTH from today is the wedding!  Can you believe that?!   
This time/ summer has just flown by....sometimes I get a little emotional on how fast life has gone by in these last 9 months of our engagement.  Whew, I am going to be a wife in 31 days..... which I am TOTALLY ready for, but I'm getting sad that- for instance, the bridal showers are over.   I had an AMAZING time at both of them..... both made me emotional due to all the wonderful support Jerad and I have in our lives....  But, I'm sad they are over with already!  That came too quick!

This weekend, I am headed to Lake of the Ozarks with a group of the best friends that I could ask for.....Bachelorette Party!  I cannot wait to spend 2 days with these wonderful girls....shopping, eating, laughing.....whatever we decide to do while we're there.  It is going to be a great time- cant wait!
Jerad and his "boys" will be staying here in Southern Illinois going out on the lake on Saturday and then Keith has arranged for a bus to pick them up at 7 for the evening activities....which are yet to be determined.  (ahem)  

Anyway, I know that I haven't posted in awhile.....but let me tell you....our house is a TRAIN WRECK!  There are gifts piled in the living room, our office is filled to the brim with wedding stuff, which has actually started flowing out into the hallway- yeah, its that bad.  There's just SOOO much!   But......................all good things   :)

Thankful, thankful.....thankful for the boxes of gifts stacked in our living room.  Thankful for my future husband who helps ANY WAY HE CAN with wedding projects. (He glued together paper flags with me the other night)  Thankful for the RSVP cards that we get in the mail everyday.... I LOVE getting mail- so everyday its a new excitement on who has RSVP'd!  :)   Thankful for my wonderful friends and family that have helped SO much in the last months with putting things together, helping me brainstorm ideas, or just given me an opinion on what I'm thinking.  I very, very, very much am thankful. 

Bear with me in the next 31 days..... I am going to try my HARDEST to keep you in the loop.   I am so grateful to be able to say that I am so stinkin' busy.....b/c that means that I get to marry Jerad Ryan Busch SOOOOOOON!  :)