Thankful Thursday

1. my mom <3
2. 4 weeks until the big day!
3. everything happening for a reason.

As some of you may know my mom was admitted into the hospital late Friday night after blood clots were discovered in her lungs. This was quite the scare to us, she has always been so healthy. I hated having her away from us. It just didn't feel right to be at home, sleeping in my own bed, eating food from our refrigerater, and knowing that my mom was all alone in a hospital bed. Luckily she only had to stay at the hospital until Sunday evening. The blood clots have not desolved, that will probably take months. She will likely have to be on medication for the rest of her life to prevent future clots. She has been able to stay home all week and just relax. I am so grateful to have such a strong mother. And so happy that our Father in Heaven has provided us with the capability to help her and spend some quality time with her this week.

4 weeks from right now Josh and I will be greeting our friends and family members at our reception. I can't believe time has gone by so fast! October 7th is right around the corner and we are almost ready for it. Josh will move into our apartment next Saturday. I am so excited to decorate and organize a place to call my own:) well technically I guess it would be 'our own' but you get the idea. We had our bridals/groomals taken over Labor day weekend, I can't wait to get them printed! They turned out so well. It was kind of fun posing for pictures in our wedding attire:) Its hard to believe that our wedding is almost here, but we still can hardly wait.

Everything happens for a reason. Travis decided to come up last weekend for a football game. When my mom was admitted into the hospital he decided that he wanted to stay for a while to help out and spend some time with her. I don't believe it was a coincedence that he came up that weekend, or that he was able to stay another week. I know that everything happens for a reason. I know that these are not the most ideal circumstances for a visit, but I really have enjoyed having Travis here. I have really missed him and its been nice to hang out, play nintendo, make jokes, and laugh together again.