10 days

The count down till the wedding day has begun! OK, well I've been counting down since Jan 30th...but counting down from 10 seems so much more official don't you think?
So today's countdown list is:

10 Things That Still Need to be Done

1. Finish Wedding Video
My Grandpa Saunders ("papa saun" this is only funny if you're Japanese) has crazy video making equipment like the PRO's and so Nick and I have been traipsing out to Chandler to scan picture after picture after picture. Our children are going to be so thankful that ALL of their pictures will be digital. Anyway, we're almost done! All we have to do is add music and make sure all the pictures are in order. Grandpa has done so much for us in this process. He even re-scanned some of our pictures that didn't work out. Love him



2. Finish Moving Into Our New Pad
Nick and I are renting the upstairs from my awesome Grandma the Crane. She's got a HUGE house and she's the only one there. We're pretty excited because rent at casa de la Crane is WAAAAAY cheaper than anything else we looked into. So I have packed up most of my stuff and shipped it off to our "new pad" but nick has yet to pack anything up yet. He says he doesn't have much to take, but he'll start packing and then wish he had two more days.
Funny Story:
My mom and I tried to explain to my twin brother, who is 3, that we were packing my stuff up to go and live at Grandma the Crane's house. He cried. The next day when I came out of my room he laughed out loud and with a big smile on his face exclaimed "Kristin! You already moved back!" he hugged me and then cried again when I told him I was still moving out. I'm going to miss him



3. Figure Out Nasty Things Like... insurance (gag)
Yuck, I really am gagging. I won't dwell on this for long. Let's just say insurance is LAME and we still have to figure it all out. Yuck. Did I say that already? No? Let me say it many more times for increased emphasis...yuck, yuck, YUCK, YUCK, YUCK!
(lol that word looks funny to me now. Is it even a word?)



4. Picking Our Wedding Pictures
We took our Pre-Wedding pictures a couple Saturdays ago and now we have to sift through all our amazing photos, 365, and pick only 40 to keep. It took us forever to choose our engagement pictures, which are rockin, but we don't have that much time until we're going to need all of those pictures for the wedding. There's only 10 days! (hence the list of 10)



5. Go to the Temple
This Saturday I get to go through the temple for the very first time! I'm so excited and can't believe this day is finally approaching! Everything is ready for that special day before the other super special day :) You know what else is great? Nick's Aunt is being sealed to her sweatheart a couple hours AFTER I go through the temple and so I'll be able to attend a sealing before I attend my own! I'm so excited and nervous, but mostly excited.



6. Dental Hygiene Orientation
SOOO because I got into dental hygiene school, I have to attend an "orientation" meeting. when is this meeting of horrid boredom to be held? Only the day before my wedding. That's right. But it's ok. At least it's not ON my wedding or on my HONEYMOON. THAT would NOT be good...



7. Background Music
My super awesome amazing friend Angela is putting together a playlist of the most romantic lovey dovey songs you can possibly imagine for our reception. She has some of the best music of anyone I know. My reception is almost literally in your hands Ang. I trust you though :)



8. School, SCHOOL, SCHOOL!
ok, well I guess this one isn't the HUGEST deal to me, since my semester has literally been a cake walk. Nevertheless, I Kristin, having taken many classes in all my days, still find it almost painstakingly necessary to do well on my whimpy finals. Nick has WAY harder finals than I do, and might even have a final on the night of our wedding dinner, which he can hopefully get out of. I'm so glad we won't have any school for the first little bit of our marriage. No studying will be nice. I can't WAIT for summer!



9. Start THANK YOU Letters
My mom thinks that I should already be writing up all of my thank you notes already. But what's the rush? I'm not even married yet. What's the opinion here? Would it be weird recieving a THANK YOU letter before someone was married? Maybe not. Maybe I'll start writing letters to people whose things I HAVE used.



10. Odds and Ends
All the BIG things were done and taken care of a month ago. Now it's all the little Nity Grity things that need to be taken care of. Like, making sure everything is lined up with the food, and the lights, and the cake, and the flowers. Making sure everyone knows what time to be where and how they're going to wear this or that or what hair style to have. Making sure the centerpieces are finished and that my dress is steamed. Getting the dads, brothers and groomsmen fitted for their tuxes. Making sure the brides maids and sisters have their hair pieces and dresses. And don't forget the wedding License. Weddings are crazy. But it all pulls together in the end. I can't wait!


So that about sums it up I think.
10 Things That Still Need to be Done
stay tuned as the countdown continues!

-K&N