It is an incredible understatement to say that A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST YEAR...but I'll say it anyway, 'a lot has changed in the past year.' The biggest/most important/most amazing/craziest thing going on in my life right now is that I am 29 days away from getting married to the LOVE of my life :) We are 5/6 of the way through our engagement and we only have 1/6 more until the happiest and most amazing day of our lives! Life has been crazy busy, with planning, working, moving, more planning, and more planning, but that has not made me lose focus of the most important thing...I'm going to be married to the most incredible man inthe whole entire universe for time and all eternity!! What an amazing thing. This has definitely been the most exciting time of my life, and it's not even close to being over! We have so much ahead of us - a lot of really great things ahead of us, and I am so excited! As far as the reception and wedding day festivities go, almost everything is planned. I will be a very happy girl indeed when the word "almost" can be taken out of that last sentence. We are very close. VERY close. That is a wonderful feeling.
The other countdown that I have been doing lately is for the number of days until I get to go through the temple to receive my endowments. Only 22 days to go!! I have been doing a lot of studying and preparing so that I can have the best experience possible when I go through the temple for the first time. I'm going through the Chicago temple exactly one week before we go to the Bountiful temple to get married. Matt and I have both been attending both the Temple Prep and the Marriage Prep classes at church for the past few months, and I am feeling very good about the whole thing. I'm actually getting quite anxious to go! It is such an exciting thing, with so much meaning. I am really looking forward to having the opportunity to participate in all of the temple ordinances. What an amazing blessing.
Life is good. Life is wonderful. I've been thinking about becoming a better cook lately. I want to do healthier meals and become more adventurous too. I'm looking into meat-less meals and low fat, salt, sugar, carb, cholesterol meals. What an endeavor! I want to do a lot more meal planning too. I think allrecipes.com may become a good friend of mine. I've also been thinking about buying a Bountiful Basket for Matt and I...but I'm not sure. I would love to use different fruits and vegetables, but I'm not sure that we could eat it all! We'll see. This should be fun.
Well, if you can't tell, I am very excited to be an Erickson! It's not too far away! What a great life I have :)
