The Countdown Begins!

It is crunch-time now until the big day. I will say it has been a little(possible very) stressful. With work, school, and planning the wedding, homework has been the hardest thing to find time for! That being said I am soooooo excited. I CANNOT WAIT for me and Ben to finally have our own place together. Speaking of Ben, he really is amazing and I love him so much. When I stop to think of all the little things he does for me I feel so lucky that he is mine :) He is so smart, creative(even more than me I hate to admit), makes me want to be the best person I can be, would help out anyone in need, and I have no doubt he will always treat me wonderful! There is so much more to him then meets the eye and I knew that from our very first date. He is my best friend and I'm so excited to start our life together and make it through all the ups and downs.

SO...we're getting married Saturday October 23rd and I drive out to California the Tuesday before. Ben will be flying out on Wednesday and stay at a hotel in San Diego with his family. Thursday night is my big wedding shower which will be so much fun. My mom has invited tons of people and all her sisters are coming as well so it'll be a party :)

Then on Friday all the family should be getting into town and we'll be staying in San Diego. I'm so excited to hang out with everyone that day. All of my family and Ben's will be getting together to eat at a park and then some of us are going to do a bonfire by the beach afterwards. It'll be so fun to hang out with everyone before the wedding.

And then Saturday! We will be Sealed in the Temple at 3pm and our reception is at 6 afterwards. Ben is still working out the details of where we're staying on our wedding night, but we do know that we're going to Maui on our Honeymoon...SO EXCITED! I went to Maui with my best friend Amanda for 3 weeks after I graduated Highschool and it was the best trip ever. Now I get to go again with my Best friend Ben! Haha. Maui is so pretty and I can't wait to dive into that warm crystal clear water...ahhh a vacation will be SO needed by that point.

As for now, we just finished getting invitations all put together and they should be going out shortly. My dress is in the process of being made and I can't wait to see it. We still need to find a place to live which is tough because we don't know exactly how long we'll be in Utah and most places are a year contract, so we'll see how that goes. I could add a lot more to this list but I'll stop. I would however, like to give a big shout out to my Mom who is so busy getting everything taken care of. She's the best and I'm so thankful to have her help and to have such an amazing mom! Love you!

My next blog post will be from the new and improved LaRee Renae Poole!!! Doesn't that look nice ;)