Let me take your picture!

Yesterday after work, I headed to Caribou Coffee to meet with Erin our photographer. It was so good to see her again since I haven't seen her since our Engagement pictures last July. We planned a rough draft schedule for the afternoon - when we'll do family photos, bridal party photos, etc. I am so excited that she is excited for our wedding. It's so nice having someone you know and admire their work photographing one of the best days of your life! Thank You Jesus for talented friends:)

For those of you wondering about the bean bag toss game, I haven't forgotten about it! I just haven't had the time to sit down and finish painting. Joe and I have been so busy after work these past couple of weeks the game has had to sit on the bench for awhile. I do plan on getting to it, however, over the long 4th of July weekend! Will someone please tell me why it is not Friday yet?

One more thing, yesterday we received a RSVP that was a "yes" for two people and they forgot to put their names on it. Hmmm...wonder who it is?!

Halfway to Official!

With the possible government shutdown on July 1st looming over our heads, Joe and I went to Hennepin County this morning and applied for our marriage license! Our appointment was at 8am and because we arrived early (I always have to be on time especially if I have never been there before) we were walking back out at 7:55am! Joe didn't have to be to work until 9:30am and since I work five blocks away from the County, we walked around downtown and grabbed some breakfast. I have the copy, although unsigned, of our license in my purse and may have sneaked a few peaks at it throughout the day so far:)

Hennepin County Government Center

Our surroundings on one side!



I have also been dealing with Gander Mountain drama about our registry. I won't go into details because it would take forever and you'd probably get bored reading it but basically the store we registered at threw it away because they thought it was a copy and so some of the Gander Mountain locations never received the registry in the first place. Gander Mountain is not with the "technology times" like Target or even Menards for that matter. I had to call the Duluth store to get their copy, have them fax it to me at work so I could fax it back to the store we registered at. Not quite sure why the Duluth store didn't have a company directory with all that information but I ended up writing a letter to their corporate headquarters about our situation. Get this, the headquarters are in one of the buildings my boss owns. Small world. It wasn't a mean letter by any means, just a letter explaining my frustrations and what I think could be done to better improve the quality and service for their customers when it comes to registries. We'll see if they say anything!

Wedding Central

Our house is quickly filling up with all things wedding related and I'm running out of room!! Well, not really but it feels like it. I have named one of our spare rooms (we now have two with our last roommate moving out last week!!) "Wedding Central". Welcome.

This picture was taken awhile ago and to be honest, it looks even worse now! I couldn't get the whole room in one shot so use your imagination....boxes stacked on top of each other on the right side of this picture, photos for the slide show spewed across the floor and my veil now hanging in the closest. I should really have one of these signs on the door...

Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating but you can't really see the floor. It's a wedding war zone in there. Soon my "Wedding Central" room will be our office until we need more room for our future family:) But for now, I'll keep filling it up for 25 more days!

Cabin Fever along with Michael Buble!

What a great weekend and why did it have to end so quickly! Friday after work Joe and I headed up to his parent's cabin for a little R&R to kick start the weekend. We ended up hitting some detours so it took a little bit longer to get to our final destination but we finally pulled in around 9:30pm. Whoo:) Saturday was a full day out on the lake for us in the boat. I think we were out there for about four or five hours - Joe fished, I soaked up the sun for the first time this summer with sunscreen on of course! We found his Dad's fishing spot right under this big guy...

At one point there were two of them up there and we sat under him for a good hour and a half! It was so cool:)

Don't worry everyone, I have a swimsuit on! Joe also caught a 16 1/2in walleye but unfortunately it must be 17in in Wisconsin to keep it. Maybe next time...

I headed back home around 3pm while Joe stayed at the cabin until Sunday. I had to get back for the Michael Buble concert with my Mom and Sadie! It was such a good show and the opening act Naturally 7 was amazing! We had a great time and were up dancing for some of the show:) Here's a few pictures from the night!

Sunday was Sadie's 17th birthday! I can't believe my baby sister is 17!!! I still remember the day she was born and it has been so wonderful being a part of her life. She always makes me laugh and as she's been getting older, its been lovely having another person I can talk with about life and all that comes with it. A true friend and sister. Happy Birthday Sadie! Love you!!

Frame It, Curl It, Move it!

(Joe, don't read this unless we're married:) Last night I met with the gal, Jeni, who is going to be helping me out with framing the map for Joe! I picked out a rustic, brown frame and she'll mount it on a form board and laminate it so it doesn't bubble up or get warped someday down the road. I kept finding myself biting my tongue last night when I got home because I wanted to tell him about it so bad! I am excited to see the finished product up on our wall!!

After I met with Jeni, I headed off to my hair trial appointment for the wedding. My stylist, Ashley is awesome! She's young (probably around my age) and so much fun to talk to. We got a good idea of what she's going to do the morning of but I might go in for another run at it. Not because I didn't like how it looked but because I have so much hair she has to figure out a way to "hide" it. I really don't want a big lump of the back of my head and if she can practice again, then she'll be more comfortable and quicker putting the look together.

I finally made it home a little after 9pm and Joe was helping John pack up the last of his things. Our last and final roommate is officially on his own! John was a great roommate but I am so excited to have the house to ourselves, fill our kitchen with all the goodies we got at the showers and run around naked screaming at the top of my lungs!! Well, maybe not the last part but now if I ever get the urge, I could do it:) Haha. I'll spend the next few weeks before the wedding organizing, reorganizing and deep cleaning EVERYTHING!

Life is getting so good at the moment! Happy Friday:)

Uno Mas

I don't know how else I can say it...

ONE. MORE. MONTH!!!!!!

30 days.

Wow.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shelerud

Sarah Shelerud.

 Mrs. Shelerud

Joe's Wife

One happy, lucky, thankful, blessed, loved, proud, humbled, so excited I can't wait woman.

To Be Continued...

Well, the boards could have used a fourth coat but Joe and I decided against that and I wanted to get down to the fun stuff with the gray and navy paint. I started both of them, one I like more than the other, so I'm going to take a day or two off from working/blogging about these and let them sink in for a bit before I decide on the next step to take.

I've been busy making lists of all sorts for the big day. Lists on what needs to be set up, what needs to be taken down, what can be moved into the trailer when and all the little things in between. Hopefully that will make the day go by smoothly and when someone asks, "What can I do?" I can give them an area to be in charge of. You have all been warned...ask to help and I WILL put you to work!!