ITS WEDDING WEEEEK!!

ITS MY WEDDING WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am over the moon with excitement.

I have had NO time to even get on my computer this weekend.

Which was amazing.

Friday night Caleb and I spent relaxing, and grabbing some chick fil a (I think my wedding diet went out the window like 2 weeks ago, whoops!)

Saturday morning, I hung out with Caleb for a bit cleaning the apartment. Then Saturday afternoon was my BACHELORETTE party. I think I'm going to do a separate post on this entirely because there are too many funny moments to relive (half of which will not be shared), haha! 

But here are a few snippets from my weekend through the life of my iPhone...

Although, I won't dive into details just yet; my bridesmaids made this day PERFECT for me. Seriously. It was so fun, and all my best friends were with me to celebrate my "last fling before the ring" ;) I can't thank each of these girls enough for their roles in my life...my best friends, my sisters, my LADIIIESSS! Although many parts of this night were embarrassing, and I was mortified, I had the best time & if I could go back I'd do it all again... embarrassing stuff & all ;)

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Moving on to a more serious matter.

Guys.

My mom came home from Hawaii for my wedding. We weren't sure if she was going to be able to make it, and Thursday morning I got a text from her telling me she finally scored a plane ticket...and she will be here ALL! WEEK! If you didn't read this post, this will give you some background on this topic.

Long story short - my mom went on vacation to Hawaii in February of 2012, and decided not to come back. So, it had been nearly a year and 4 months since I'd seen her. Yesterday I pulled in my driveway after church, and she was knocking on the window from my bedroom...

My eyes welled up into tears and I couldn't hold it together. I had prayed every morning about how to handle this, but knew that everything would be fine. We hugged, jumped up and down, and cried some more. It was awesome. I've missed my momma.

We had my aunt and uncle over, and my little cousins, and my grandparents cooked on the grill. It was such an amazing day spent with family, especially since its my last weekend living at home. Ahh, bittersweet.

There are so many emotions I am feeling this week. All happy, of course. Still though, I know this week is going to FLY BY! 

Any of you who want to follow along on my wedding week can follow me on Instagraaaam, and be excited with me. All of your emails, tweets, snap chats, etc have made me SO happy and I can't thank you all enough for your encouragement and advice.

Friday? Yet again. HIGH FIVE!

So this was my last FULL week of work before the wedding. Holy cow. I mean, is this real life?

Somebody pinch me.

BUT... seriously?!? This week flew and so did this engagement. Thanks for all of you who poured out your heartfelt advice back on this post. I seriously had the best time reading every single one! 

This week was a great one.

1. top left -- My MOH graduated from college last weekend. SO stinking proud.

2. top right -- This girl. She is an amazing person, and one of the strongest friends I know. I spent my whole Tuesday evening with her, crafting for 3+ hours straight working on....

3. THIS! well...it wasn't complete in this picture. BUT it looks FREAKING AWESOME.

4. This delicious white chocolate covered strawberry.

I only had about 2 bites it was so rich. & I NEVER say that.

5. (on the bottom left) Guys... we saw DAVE RAMSEY last night. What?!? Two of our generous friends got us tickets last year and we are HUGE fans. Caleb and I have taken Financial Peace University twice now, and we are really excited to apply it to our married life once the honeymoon is over.

Okay, am I allowed to have SIX favorite things about this week? Ummm hello. My new blog design is ROCKIN' thanks to my soulmate, Erin!! Love her to pieces. Please, if you are looking for someone to design your blog/make you a button - look no further.

*linking up today with the gorgeous Lauren*

A few other random things about this week...

-Caleb and I met with our DJ on Wednesday. What was supposed to be a 30 minute meeting, turned into 2.5 hours of us bonding with him and his wife. Talking about church, volunteering, and he even introduced us to HUNDRED'S of new board games. It was just a cool experience.

-New Girl season finale. Woohoo!!!! Anyone else was excited as I was?!

-Birthday shoutout to my girl Robin on her birthday!!!!! :)

-Me, my Nanny, and Lyndsie worked on the centerpieces for the wedding on Monday. They are lookin CUTE. Can't wait to show you all pictures.

-My girl, Becca, found her wedding dress yesterday. I was very sad I couldn't be there... but she looked STUNNING in the pictures. 

-I will be a MRS. in 8 days!! WHAT?!??!

OH... I don't think I've mentioned this on the blog yet. Tomorrow is my bachelorette party. AAHHH! I am so happy I get to spend an entire afternoon/evening with my favorite ladies on this PLANET!!!!! :)

HAPPY FRIDAY!