Dustin & Jessica's Journey

It’s craft week at the Sparkerman household! (Actually, as I found out at Michael’s, it’s national craft month….)

Since I’m on Spring Break and Dustin has some time to spend with me, we decided this week would be a good week to get some of our DIY projects for the wedding done. This includes lots of spray painting, drilling holes and tying knots. We had lots of great help from Delores (Dustin’s mom), Pam (my mom), Elliot (my dad) and Sam (the maid of honor/roommate). Today was a big day because everyone was here to help, but Mom and I have been working special items for a while.

When we got home from a long day of crafting, Dustin and I found a special package had arrived… OUR KETUBAH! It’s here and finished. It just needs to be signed and framed. It’s funny, just a year ago yesterday Dustin and I were at our house in Muncie when he popped the question. Today, we’re finishing up some big projects for the big day.

87 days and counting!

We’re rounding second base. We’re almost there… and the stress is ON.

In honor of the beginning of baseball season, I thought a sports metaphor might be appropriate for today’s post. We’ve got 95 days until our wedding. That’s three months… less than 100 days…We started this planning process in March last year- a year ago next week. Now, we’re entering into our last three months before I become Mrs. Dustin Sparks and we start the rest of our lives together.

Together with the beginning of baseball season and spring comes the long to-do lists that every couple has to wade through during their planning process. The invitations, my wedding dress fitting, setting a menu, many DIY projects- they are all on the list (most for this week). We’ll start meeting with the florist and the wedding cake baker to nail down details and we’ve started setting a day-of plan. What time should we report where? Will we see each other before? When are the bachelor/bachelorette parties? When is the bridal shower? What decorations do we need to purchase? What will the centerpieces look like?

As we enter into March, we enter to a month of answering questions like these. it will be stressful, but we both look forward to the exciting decisions that will become reality at our wedding in June!