I also got my dress a couple weeks ago! I was so worried that it was going to be extremely close to the wedding day before I got it. I ordered it from Gateway Bridal in SLC and they said that the latest it would be in was October 27th. That would give me two weeks to pick it up, get it altered and fitted, and get our formal pictures taken. I was freaking out. But to my surprise it came in in early October! Yay! And let me tell you, I loved it even more when I tried it on again. I already got it altered and fitted and it is hanging in my closet. I was also worried about the bridesmaid dresses. We ordered them from a site that makes them in Hong Kong. That means they had to be shipped all the way from China. I was so nervous that they wouldn't fit right even though we gave them specific measurements for each dress. Those came in WAY early as well and I love them! We only have to do some slight altering for a couple of them.
A couple weekends ago, my parents were in Jackson with the Whitlocks so Jabin and I decided to head up there and spend Saturday night and Sunday with them. We got to Jackson and walked around town for a bit then went to dinner with the parentals and Brett and Cathy. They were camping at Teton Village so we headed up there and sat around the fire for a while just chatting and catching up. Sunday morning we got a nice little surprise....Jill was going into labor!! My parents hurried and packed up and headed out so they could be there when she had the baby. Jabin and I decided to enjoy the area for a little while before going back to Logan. We drove up into Teton National Park a little ways and enjoyed the sites.
On October 4th, we had quite the scare. Jabin had decided to take his motorcycle for one last ride before putting it away for the winter and before selling it in the Spring. While on his ride, a dog ran out and started chasing him. He hit the dog with his back tire and crashed his motorcycle. He said he woke up laying on the ground not remembering how he got there at all. The people who lived in that area all came out and helped him while the ambulance came. He didn't call me until he was in the ER and after they had checked him out and made sure he was ok. I had had a bad feeling all day and knew that I should call him, but I knew he was working and that he would call me when he was done. That was one of the scariest calls and the longest drive to the hospital ever. He didn't tell me what his injuries were so of course my mind was just going crazy thinking of all of the worst case scenarios. I was very happy that he was the one who called me instead of his dad or one of the hospital workers. I knew that was a good sign.
I got to the ER and walked into the room to find him laying on the bed with an IV, bloody face, bloody hands, and ripped up clothes. I had tried to keep it together up until that point, but I lost it after that. He told me that he broke his collarbone and just had some road rash. The thing that hurt the worst was his fingers. He had been wearing half-finger gloves so some of his finger nails had been dragged on the pavement when he went down. He had some roadrash on his knees and shoulder. He was wearing his helmet and it is definitely a good thing. It is all scraped up and I am sure he would have been missing half of his face if he wasn't wearing it. He was extremely lucky that it was not worse. We went and talked to some of the people who witnessed it and were there. One guy who was in a truck that coming the opposite direction on the road when he crashed said that they almost ran him over.
He ended up having surgery last Tuesday to fix his collarbone. They put a plate and screws in the collarbone and he was able to move it as much as he wanted to right after the surgery. He is only supposed to lift, push or pull 1 pound with that arm. His scar is pretty nasty and way bigger than the doctor said it would be. He is doing much better and has even been working this week. I am just so happy that is was not any worse than it was. It very easily could have been so much worse. We are so blessed that is doing well and healing quickly.
The next 3 weeks are going to be so great. We are doing our fomals next weekend, the weekend after that we are going to Billings for my endowment and then the next weekend is the wedding!! It is coming up so fast and we are so excited for all of it! 20 days!!! :)
