Grateful

As I sit here in our house on a super quiet Sunday, thinking about all that needs to be done before Thursday, and Thursday itself; the emotions, the food, the dress, the pictures, everything, the one underlying emotion that I feel is gratitude. Me and Brad are so incredibly grateful to our loving parents, especially our mothers, who have sacrificed so much of their own time and energy to help us plan our wedding. Our wedding would not be half as successful if they had not helped us with the planning. And to our fathers, who work so hard to provide for their families. We love you. We are so grateful to our loving grandparents. We are grateful for the ones who are traveling to be with us for the wedding and the one that just lives down the street. We also remember the loving grandparents we lost last year, and know that they are with us in spirit. We are so grateful to our siblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins for their love and support. I have the world's most wonderful aunts and uncles and I love them so much! I especially feel so grateful to my family for welcoming Brad into our crazy family and making him feel like one of our own. We are so grateful to our wonderful friends who have loved us and supported us throughout our whole relationship. We would not be the same without you and we cannot wait to continue our friendship with you in the years to come. We are grateful for our wonderful bishop who will marry us. He has helped us in my more ways than we can count, and we number him among our closest friends.

But most of all, we are grateful that we have found each other and want to spend the rest of the eternities together. I am hoping Thursday will not be as emotional (crying emotional) as it is for me right now writing this blog post, but I know it is going to be a beautiful day with the celebration really centering on the joining of two lives. We cannot wait to start our life together!

We hope to see you all at the reception. It is going to be one fun party! Love you all!