Catch up, Post #1.

Ok, I am officially in the home stretch of wedding planning and I have to say that it is taking over like a bank robber and a hostage situation. It is all fun and exciting and good stuff, it is just all-consuming. My brain is a constant swarm of "I need to do this, and then this, and then after that I have to do those twelve things." So yeah, no blogging. Which, actually bums me out quite a bit. I miss a lot of the creative things I did B.E. (before engagement). But no complaints here. I actually thought we'd have this bust summer where we would decline out-of-town invitations left and right on account of needing to do a seating chart or design our invitations. But alas, I must say we have had a very enjoyable summer thus far and despite the culmination of planning at the current moment I would not have changed a thing.

Happy Birthday 'Merica: Three-day Fourth of July canoe trip with Lindsay and Matthew paddling along the Willamette River in Oregon. Sunshine, water, Tecate, camping and a whole lot of relaxing in the boat. Amazing trip.