phew

man, it has been crazy lately. but crazy in a good way.

I think planning a wedding and trying to make 8+ different people all on the same page and happy is why most people tend to stress/freak out and wish for elopement. Though there have been stressful moments or times when I longingly wished to not have to have an opinion or make a decision, it's really not as bad as some say. The trick is keeping the proper perspective and to really enjoy the fun and novelty of all these steps because you're only going to live through them once and let's face it, at the end of the day (that day being August 21st) it'll all be a blur and we can begin the rest of our lives.
One thing that I can't wait for is to really save and not have any HUGE payments all at once like with this wedding (yes, my parents are paying for pretty much everything, but still that doesn't make it any less stressful).

Another good tip:
do nice relaxing activities in your spare time-if you don't have spare time, then make spare time otherwise you're going to have a melt-down. Some of our favorite activities of late have been hiking. We've done battle creek canyon-previous post and recently stuart falls (pics below)-waaaay pretty and waaaay easy (unless you have to carry a 180 pound guy with a broken foot down the mountain-don't ask 8)