26 Days...

What a crazy, productive weekend!! I got to go up on Thursday afternoon. I met with a woman in Athens about an assistantship position and then drove up to our house (I like the sound of that) to start the cleaning! I ended up getting a lot done before John Hoyt got off work. We met for dinner and went to buy blinds for the house! Friday I didn't get to even go to the house because we were so busy all day. I did get to meet with our wedding photographer and I can't even begin to describe how excited I am about the pictures! She had some great ideas and I am really looking forward to working with her! We decided to do a bridal shoot before the wedding so that I could get some of the ones of me out of the way so she could do a lot of him on the day of the wedding. Sometimes, I think the guys get left out and I wanted to make sure I had a lot of good ones of him too. We're hoping to do the bridal session in a couple of weeks! We got to spend Friday night with our youth group for a cookout which was awesome! It was so good to spend some time relaxing with everyone.

Saturday we got up really early and went over to the house to start working again. John Hoyt's mom and two of his sisters came to help us and they were so great! We got almost completely finished with the whole house! The only thing I have left to do is clean the really high cabinets because I couldn't reach them and I didn't have anything to stand on. John Hoyt started hanging blinds. We got done around 4:30 and went back to his parent's to get ready for Easter choir rehearsal. After rehearsal we went to eat and then went back to the house to start unloading my car (I brought some things from Milledgeville) and to finish up hanging the blinds downstairs. Easter was great and we got to spend some time with his family. After all of the Easter festivities, we went over to the Butlers (the place I've been staying at when I visit him since I moved to college) and started getting all of our shower gifts and my stuff that we had stored there. It took 2 trips in 2 cars to get everything to the house. Right now it's all downstairs in the middle of the floor waiting to be organized. I ended up having to stay up there because I didn't feel well after we got done and drove back down to Millly this morning. We got so much done! Next weekend is going to be crazy too with moving furniture and more stuff and trying to knock a bunch of wedding stuff out!

31 Days...

The past few weeks have been so amazing and so productive! Katelyn threw a DIY night and so many girls showed up to help with the programs and favors! We knocked about half of them out that night and then several girls came the next week to help finish them. We got them done very quickly! That is such a huge load off of me and I am so grateful to those that came for all of their help! I'm actually glad that my original plan for the programs didn't work out, because I love the new design so much better! I've been able to get a few of the other small details done. I took my dress to have it altered about a week and a half ago, so I'm just waiting to hear back from the alterations lady to pick it up. The most exciting thing that has happened recently is that we closed on our house on Monday!!! We're officially homeowners!!! John Hoyt has been working so hard the past few days before and after work to get it ready for me to come clean and start moving in. After we got the keys, the first thing he wanted to do was mow the grass. It had gotten pretty tall and so he went out the next morning before work and mowed it. He also went to Lowe's and got new locks for the doors and installed them last night. He and two of his sisters (April & Jackie) and his brother-in-law were able to get the washer and dryer in! Jackie and April cleaned the laundry room and Jon and John Hoyt got the machines up the stairs. Everything is slowly coming together! I will be driving up to Athens for an interview for an assistantship tomorrow afternoon and then will be heading up to the house to start cleaning! I packed a bunch of stuff last night at my apartment. I got a lot of my little decorations all packed up and some of my picture frames in boxes as well as a bunch of my t-shirts and winter clothes. I'm planning on loading all of it into my car tonight so I can drive it up to the house this weekend. Next week I'll be doing a lot of packing and moving. This weekend I'm planning on doing most of the cleaning so that I'll feel comfortable moving all of my stuff in there and eventually moving in. I can't believe I have a little more than 2 weeks of school left! I'm getting excited about seeing everyone and about graduation! It's very bittersweet though because I'm really going to miss a lot of my friends that I've made here and my apartment that I've lived in for 3 years. It's been an emotional rollercoaster because one minute I can't wait and the next I'm sad. I am just so thankful for all of the blessings God has given us and I am really looking forward to our wedding! Oh, and for those that are interested, our wedding website is www.mywedding.com/evinjohnhoyt!

47 Days...

My stress level is pretty high this week. I'll be graduating with my bachelors in less than 5 weeks but before that I have 5 major projects due; one every week. My amazing friend/roomie, Katelyn is throwing a DIY night on Thursday and a lot of my friends are coming over to help do some DIY projects like the favors and programs. I'm trying to get all of that stuff together. We had an idea for the programs, but that isn't going to work anymore, so I'm scrambling to get something else together. I've got some ideas, but I need to run them by John Hoyt before I can change the design. It's just going to be a pretty crazy week with my project due this week and of course my weekly paper on the wonderful B.F. Skinner :). We should be closing on the house next week (hopefully)! We were supposed to close this past Wednesday but we had some problems with the water company. All of that is straightened out but it delayed the closing slightly. I'm disappointed but I'm also a little grateful because it's given me a chance to focus on the wedding a little more. I just can't believe we have less than 7 weeks to go! I am getting so excited about our wedding and FINALLY being married! John Hoyt and I had a really chill weekend and it was so nice to just spend time together. He took me on a shopping/minigolf/dinner date and we just relaxed and had a great time! The next 7 weeks are going to be slightly crazy so it was nice to take a breather. My MOH threw me a bridal shower on Sunday which was so much fun! A lot of my friends got to be there and I was so grateful for them! Please continue to pray for me and for us as we close on the house, finalize all the wedding details, and try to graduate!