“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Colors seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to the person you love. You think of them on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken but by opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and soul mate that will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life…..”

I can’t believe a love this beautiful truly exists, and I can’t believe how blessed I am to experience it. Every day I fall more in love and the gratitude because of that is unspeakable. It’s hard to believe that the best is yet to come.

We booked Las Vegas. We are so excited. I really hate to wish one second of this special time away but because we have so many exciting things to look forward to it makes it so hard to live in the NOW. However, I am reminding myself to slow down daily. Our wedding party and friends are amazing and we can’t believe how many of them were up for the weekend trip. It’s a trip that we know will go down in the books and to be honest I am a little scared because of that. Colt just keeps saying “it’s going to hurt” which makes me laugh uncontrollably. Every time any of the girls text me about it I just have a miniature freak out not only because we are going to Vegas but because we are going to Vegas to celebrate our bachelor and bachelorette. It doesn’t get more awesome than that (insert happy dance).

We haven’t really got a whole lot done this week because we have both been working 12 hour days. Leaving at 7am and getting home at 7pm. We also don’t get a day off together until next Saturday. I am going to try to order invitations this week and I can’t wait to get them out to all of you. Jen (Colt’s dad’s girlfriend) is actually buying our invitations for us as a present from her. It is such a helpful and thoughtful gift and we are so thankful.

We have the best family and friends in the world! The simplest of texts, phone calls, voicemails, or written message truly mean the world to us and keeps life beautiful. We feel so connected and we honestly can’t say thank you enough to all of you who continue to go above and beyond to make these months as special as possible for us. We can’t wait to celebrate, thank and hug each and every one of you, xo.