mixed emotions

so this weekend was filled with mixed emotions. we went out to visit andy's family (planned), but had to cut out early before their big fall festival/neighborhood pumpkin carving event to get back for my grandfather's wake and funeral. 

but backing up--we had plans to meet with my mom at our top wedding location choice on friday, for a 2nd meeting, and we booked the date! August 18, 2012 it is! (i'll post some pictures in the next post)


after having lunch with mom, andy and i headed off to his parents' house. we spent some time catching up with his fam, talking about the wedding planning, went apple picking on saturday, prepping for their big event, and unfortunately had to head out fairly early on sunday morning. 


we headed back across PA and into NJ, and met my family for the viewing. it was so weird to have everyone saying "i'm sorry for your loss, but congrats on getting engaged!" all at the same time. i was in a very weird place on sunday. monday for the funeral it really hit me, there was little happy talk, and just very sad.


these things are exhausting. i think i'm still recovering.


and i'm just trying to keep going, and i feel guilty for not really grieving aside from monday, but i know he's happy now, and he wasn't before. so i'm trying to be okay with it.

but on the happier side of things, wedding planning is moving right along. we've been engaged for less than 3 weeks, and we have:

ceremony/reception location
officiant
reception music
ceremony/cocktail hour music (i've put in that we're looking to book, just waiting for confirmation)


and we've been reaching out to a few photographers, and meeting with a handful this weekend/early next week... and hopefully we can get that figured out next week, because they'll probably get booked soon!


so, in my efforts to look my best in a wedding dress, i'm trying something new tomorrow... hot yoga. any tips, words of wisdom?


hope you're bundling up for the SNOW we're supposed to get tomorrow!