365 Days!

In exactly one year today... I will be getting married! I got to have lunch with Jake in-between jobs, and we were just talking about how crazy it is that we will be married in one year! We are both extremely excited! We cannot wait to see where the future takes us! Here is to breaking the one year point! :-)

Wedding Dress Shopping

Another fun thing I did while my family was in town was go wedding dress shopping. On Thursday, we had an entourage of ELEVEN people that ventured to Rochester to go dress shopping and we had another two surprise visitors once we were at the dress shop. We had a lot of fun (I think) and I tried on WAY too many dresses...four hours worth of dresses. It got to the point where we had to just about leave and I blatantly said..."I have to be done, I can't do this anymore." It was SOOO tiring! I couldn't believe it. But I was so happy that I could share my experience with my whole family. Yesterday, my mom, Linda, and I went back to Rochester and made a purchase. I am more than happy with the dress I got, although it is going to remain a secret to the others up to the day of the wedding! Wish me luck on keeping quiet!  :-)

Next step is to get the DJ, bridesmaid dresses, and flowers! I can't believe it is only a year and two days away!!!

4th of July

Above: Some of the Fam in town from D.C.

The growing Rieber family...Bennett loved the fireworks!! (Kim I have some other really good pictures to give you!)

Some of the very large group we had down for the fireworks. Our numbers keep growing every year...what would they do if I wouldn't go out at wee hours of the morning to get the best spot in the park?!?

The 4th was very special this year. Bennett was able to come down for his first fireworks at Riverfest (third firework show ever). It was so much fun to watch him. He kept saying "WOW" and "Pretty". He is such a goofy little boy. It was awesome to get to spend the wonderful night with family from out of town and a lot of friends as well. The company of friends and family keeps getting better every year. Next year we will have another addition to the crew...little baby Rieber.  Kristin and I were also lucky enough to spot Kim's best friend earlier in the night and invited her and her husband and mother to come join us. It was a great night with great company. Can't wait for next year!!