20 Days Later...

It was seriously the most perfect, most wonderful day of my life! That's not to say that everything went perfectly. I found the slideshow DVD in my DVD player when we got home from the honeymoon which means that it didn't leave my house to go to the wedding. The veil was no where to be found about 20 minutes before the ceremony, but luckily we found it. The music skipped during the duet and the music wasn't really played correctly. When it came time to throw the bouquet, I couldn't find my throwing bouquet. Even though there were some imperfections, the wedding was absolutely beautiful, if I can say that. It was so me and John Hoyt and I think that is why I was so in love with it! We had a fairytale kiss (available for viewing on YouTube thanks to JH's sister, April), a yummy cake, an amazing wedding party, and just a great day all around. I don't know if it would have been as perfect without my bridesmaids. They were absolutely wonderful to me and so helpful and sweet. They took care of everything and didn't let me worry about a single thing. From cooking me breakfast to waiting on me hand and foot, they were wonderful! Katelyn even took my phone away from me so that I wouldn't be stressed by the texts and calls. It was a day full of laughing a lot, crying some, and just having a great time with our friends and family. We took so many pictures (hopefully they'll be on Facebook soon) and I really love them! The kids in the wedding did such an amazing job too! We had so much help with everything! We couldn't have asked for a better wedding and I am so grateful!

3 Days...

I haven't been able to update this like I want to because 1) it has obviously been a very busy time for me and 2) we haven't gotten internet at the new house, but they are coming to install it tomorrow...yay!!!!! Mom got here on Sunday night and we have been running all over and working really hard at the house to get the house in order for all of my friends to come and getting all of the last minute details done. I am also in the process of laundry and starting to pack for our HONEYMOON!!! John Hoyt has been painting our bedroom for the last few days, and hopefully he will finish tonight. This morning, Aunt Donna got here to help us out and she has been amazing. I've been able to get internet here and there by going to John Hoyt's parent's house. We have gotten so much done in the last few days, but we only have tomorrow until 7 to finish everything up because that is when the girls get here! I am beyond excited about this weekend. I am so excited to see all of our friends and family and to FINALLY marry John Hoyt. It's been a long time coming :) We have been so blessed and I am so excited to start my life with him. Although it has been stressful at times, it has been a blast spending time with Mom, Aunt Donna, Jackie, Tori and all of the other people that have been here to help me! Tomorrow is the Bachelorette Party and the fun just continues after that with my family and friends coming into town!

6 Days...

I can't believe we're now less than a week away. It really doesn't seem real. John Hoyt and I talked the other day and we agreed that we've been in wait mode for so long that it doesn't seem like it's really here. My mom is on her way here as I type this an we're going to be working really hard this week to finish everything up before Thursday. I had my bridal shoot last Wednesday and had an amazing time! I can't wait to see the pictures!!! This is going to be a crazy week, but it's going to be so much fun!

18 Days...

We're at about 2 and a half weeks away from our big day! This is finals week and luckily, I'm blessed enough to not have any finals so I can focus on packing, moving, and spending time with friends. I have been working some too. Packing is so bittersweet. My room is extremely empty and it's really sad, but I'm excited to see all that stuff moved to my new house!

I got an e-mail about the assistantship I wanted and I got it!! It also might lead to a summer job, so I'm meeting with someone else next week about that! Next week I also have my bridal shoot which I am of course thrilled about! We did a practice run on my hair Saturday night and I loved it! I'm really excited about seeing how everything turns out! I also got the schedule for the wedding day from my photographer! That made everything so real. It's going to be a busy couple of days and I'm excited about spending time with my family and friends.

I talked to my dad last night and we came up with a plan for this weekend which is GRADUATION!!! They are going to be spending the night at my house for 2 nights so I'm going up Thursday to get things in order. With all of the moving, there are boxes everywhere. John Hoyt got me a surprise move-in present! While I was getting my hair done, he went to the store and then when we both got back to the house, he made me close my eyes and he took me outside to see a tomato plant that he planted for me! Tomatoes are my favorite food so it was soooo sweet and I've been telling him that I wanted to plant one for so long! This Friday is our 5-year anniversary! To celebrate, we are going to breakfast and then going to get our marriage license!!! With everything else going on, we don't really have time to do anything major, but I think that getting our marriage license will be the perfect way to celebrate!

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!