Wow! I have seriously been slacking on my posts. Things have definitely been busy and crazy lately, and I love it! In the world of wedding planning, things are well on their way. I still feel like I have so much to do, but I am trying to not get stressed. Even with all of this wedding stuff, we still find time to play!
In August, my mom and sister were down here for my cousins wedding so we took advantage of it and went dress shopping! Andy and Hillary joined us to the festivities and we all spent the weekend down in Salt Lake. We had tried on dresses at a store in Logan and I found a few there that I really liked. We went to two places in Salt Lake and I found a couple of dresses at each of those stores as well. It was a lot harder to decide than I thought it would be. I always thought that I would just find The One and I would know right away. Not true. Every dress I tried on, we liked. None of them were bad or looked terrible. I narrowed it down to 7 dresses, yeah that was the narrowed down number. Luckily we had taken pictures of all of the dresses so we were able to put the pictures on Hillary's TV and sort through them all. I then had it narrowed down to 3 dresses (one from each store, which was highly inconvenient).
After much deliberation and pondering, I finally made my decision. I think I knew the whole time that it was the dress I would end up with, but I just wanted to make sure. I honestly could have seen myself wearing any of the dresses on my wedding day, but this one was the best! A big factor in my decision was the atmosphere and personal feel at Gateway Bridal, which is where I got my dress. I would recommend that place to anyone looking for their wedding dress. I won't get my dress until the end of October (hopefully before though!) and then I still have to get it altered and fitted.
That was one of the biggest tasks that I needed to get done and I was so happy to get it ordered. After that, we started looking for venues for the Logan reception. We decided on Accolade at Hamilton's and I am so excited for it. I have picked out bridesmaid dresses and will be ordering them this weekend. We booked our honeymoon last week, too! I am working on figuring out flowers, cake, reception decoration, and all of that fun stuff!
While I have been trying to get as much wedding planning done as I can, we still have been having fun. We have gotten to go boating a few times this summer thanks to some great friends. We have been enjoying the pool and all of the summer activities. Jabin also managed to get one of his jet skis to start running so we have been out at the lake several times after work this week.
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| Going to have fun at Bear Lake |
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| Evans Family Reunion! |
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| Jamba Juice break while wedding dress shopping |
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| Boating at Willard Bay |
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| This tube was crazy! It spins...so scary! |
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| So much fun on this tube! |
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| If you look closely, you can see us after our major wipeout. Jabin hit the water and then cartwheeled over the water while I was catching about 8 feet of air! So awesome. |
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| Our beautiful Labor Day weather |
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| future sisters-in-law!! |
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| jet skiing at Benson Marina |
The past month has been absolutely wonderful. I have loved being engaged and could not ask for anything more. I hope to stay on top of my blogging, but no promises.
