Brushing off our shoulders

As it turns out, planning a wedding is stressful. You have to plan for every situation and have a back up plan for anything that may happen. After receiving some sage advice from an experienced husband-at-law, I began making a list of everything we will need to do between now and the day after the wedding. And I mean everything, from what sort of appetizers to have, to who's gonna wheel Grandpa into the ceremony.

I've planned parties in the past but the wedding is making those seem like a casual get together at your local Starbucks. Every party involved in the planning has their own vision of the perfect wedding thus making agreements few and far between.

What we have decided on is that we want a wedding our family and friends will have fun at and will walk away having thoroughly enjoyed themselves. That is what Emily and I strive to achieve at any gathering we have, from a game night to our annual Halloween bash.

People have told us not to take this wedding so seriously because it is just a party that you will stress over and regret throwing but I don't think these people realize that this is (hopefully) the only time in our lives where people will be getting dressed up to come celebrate the fact that Emily and I have found each other and are happy. I guess the only other time that can happen will be our 25th anniversary and who knows when that'll be...I guess in 25 years but you get the point.

So hopefully, as July 26th gets closer and closer, and the stress begins to build more and more, we won't lose sight of the reason for it all...to celebrate our happiness...and to eat cake!