| | Hey hey! Geepers it's been a while since I've blogged! I am trying to stay away from all this technology business after work hours, which means very few posts and a mind dedicated to things other than my next blog. :) That said, I do like to keep in touch and I'm not sure if anyone even still reads this but here's a wee update.
I was on that 2 week "all over Africa" trip that I already posted about back in May, then I was home for a week where I shot a friend's wedding, hosted a guest from the US for a few days, went on safari, and I came down with strep throat right after those events. It was the only week Craig and I had together that month and I was sick :(
I then jetted off to the US to continue working while doing a ton of wedding finalization and prep in Norfolk. I got to see Alli too and meet her precious little McKenzie! It's a blurry picture but her smile is just tooo sweet! Diane and Marci were with me to the end on wedding planning and it was priceless to have them there. My dress is beautiful!!
From there I went to San Jose, CA for a work conference where I met my colleagues for the first time! It was a fantastic, hectic, busy, exhausting trip! I stopped my last day in DC for a brief overnight where some of my bridesmaids threw me a bridal shower with my DC friends. It was beautiful and so sweet and I was overwhelmingly blessed with generous gifts! :)
Craig and I had been apart for the greater part of 2 months so it was disappointing news when I heard he would be in Sudan when I got back home. I took the opportunity to sleep for a few days as I was still feeling sick from the strep. We loved finally seeing each other again and have been enjoying each other's company a lot the past few weeks. :) In taking some down time, we've also kept up our social calendar with a friend's 30th birthday party, had another friend in from the US for a few days, babysat a 10 day old orphan for a weekend, had a karyoke night that was pure fun and craziness, went to a July 4th party hosted by some dear SA friends, oh and we went to the Confederation Cup Finals game with USA and Brazil! So, we are having fun and enjoying life.
(before the Confed Cup game)
(a pre-ceremony performance)
(the CUTE little guy we babysat for the weekend!!)
Oh, in all of this, my sweet and totally cute neice Priestly June Beiler was born on June 26th! She is so stinkin' cute and I am longing to meet her at the wedding! 2 more months...:)
We are starting to build our home and prep things for when Craig moves in to my unit (it's bigger than his) so we got a dresser and bedside tables. I'm also starting lots of creative projects to figure out how to maximize our tiny space for both of us. I'm getting creative with space saving storage ideas. And this weekend we are going to mosaic the patio table we got that will serve as our dinning room table...only it has to be outside because there isn't room inside. hehe. Craig is going to help me stain that and get the plan going for the design. Fun stuff!
Wedding plans are good and going strong. We just have little bitty things to take care of now like writing our vows and finalizing seating charts for the reception. We also have some fun things we are looking forward to in the months ahead. Here's a brief rundown:
-Craig heads off to Mozambique for a week near the end of July
-I head up to Zimbabwe for a few days that same week
-Craig's sister and brother in law come for a week in August!
-our SA bachlor and bachlorette parties
-and I know there are other things I'm missing too...
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