Time is really flying by!!

Hello all!

I thought it was about time for another update so I am typing this from my cousin's computer. I'm wrapped in a rather unattractive mass of clothing (thank goodness Grant can't see me now!) and the only part of my body not swathed (my fingers) are freezing but at least the house has warmed to a *comfortable* 61 degrees. Believe me when I say that is a vast improvement over the 52 it was when I came home and turned the heater on full blast!

Speaking of coming home, you may ask where I was coming from... well, I got a job! Woo! I was lucky enough to receive a temporary weekend position for a company shortly after my last post and they liked me so much they made me permanent! Hallelujah!!

Grant and I really haven't done much by the way of wedding stuff... unless you count both of us experiencing strange wedding-related dreams. I had a dream last night that I went to pick up my wedding dress and it was brown satin with a burgundy bodice! Quite flattering and beautiful but not quite what I was planning on for my Mrs. Paige debut. Fortunately that is the only dream I have had and I solved it in my dream by asking them to make a replica in white (Hooray for an extra dress! Haha!). Grant has had a couple more but I think it makes sense when you consider that we haven't even started looking at what he's going to wear! I think he said something about renting a tux at the last minute: 12 sizes too big and covered in polka dots. He's handsome enough to pull it off I think. :D

Exciting news: we received our first wedding gift! I was held in suspense for a few weeks as to who it could be from. A package arrived at my parents' house the day after Grant moved me up North so my dad took a picture of it to inform/taunt me. Beg as I would, he would divulge no details. Long story short: thank you Abuela Connie & Grandpa Griffin. We can't wait to open it and see what's inside in 5 months and 2 weeks!

We also received beautiful china and flatware sets that my Grandma Lee & Dave had thoughtfully been keeping for me for some time; a gift from my dear departed great-grandparents Earl & Freda. How truly blessed Grant and I are to have such an amazing and generous family. We owe so much of who we each are to our relatives -particularly our parents and grandparents. I hope that we'll make you as proud of us as we are of you (and maybe that someday we'll do as good a job!)

I also think I can speak for Grant as well as myself when I tell you how excited we get whenever we imagine celebrating our marriage with all of you. If it were up to the two of us, we'd have been married for some time now... but the thought of reveling in a day of such joy with God, one another and you is what we are most excited about!

We can't wait to see you!!

So much love!