Getting Down to the Wire

"So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it." Willy Wonka

Willy can say that again. :)

Last Friday, Matt, my parents & I set off to IL for a shower his Aunt Carol hosted for us. The drive out was uneventful, which is always good. I got a lot of reading done (Undaunted Courage - Lewis & Clark's expedition story, for anyone who cares what I'm reading), & I enjoyed that very much since reading hasn't gotten to be very high on the priority list lately. :) We got to Hanna City around 4pm. That evening, Matt took my parents on a tour of his growing up places.

Saturday morning was the shower in Morton. I'm glad we got to have a shower in IL, as several of Matt's relatives can't make it to the wedding. It was nice to meet everyone. Matt actually got to attend the shower too, which was nice b/c he could help share the attention with me. As an introvert, it's challenging sometimes to be getting all the attention. :) It was good he was there b/c there we received several man gifts from his Sears registry, like the shop vac & socket type tools. I'm probably butchering the names, but oh well. Matt can leave a comment correcting me. :)

After the brunch, I got to run on a trail that Matt found for me last September. It was a lovely run, besides getting lost for a little while. :) That evening, Matt's siblings & their families came over for an Easter dinner a day early. Everything was delicious, mmm. My parents had fun meeting Matt's siblings & seeing their interactions. :)

Sunday, we went to church together & hit the road.

And b/c I don't have time to type everything, a bullet update of things accomplished this week:
- paid the remaining vendors & communicated "day of" details
- got the bridesmaids gifts
- got the musician's gift
- my dad figured out the day of transporation - my dad rocks!
- touched based with wedding coordinator on pertinent details

The big task this week is packing up my stuff to move to Matt's on Saturday. If anyone is free to help, WE WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP! It's more of the bigger (i.e. heavy) stuff, so the more muscles, the better. There will be PIZZA for lunch as a thank you.