Welcome Back!!

What a great wedding and fantastic honeymoon!! You will get to hear all about it in the coming days - so I don't have to write a really long post today.

Last weekend was magical. I have never felt that much love from Phillip and seeing him tear up at seeing me walk down the aisle was so moving.

The honeymoon was great too!! So many great memories and life experiences. The rundown of the ports will take an entire post on their own.

We also already got one great stand-out picture from our photographer. He is pretty much incredible.

More updates to come this week. Driving back from Galveston as we speak - we'll be back home between lunch and dinner.

Thank you everyone for blessing us with your support through the wedding experience and into our future. You are awesome.

Love,
Ashley Nicole Long :)

Twas the Night Before Wedding

And all through the house... Not a creature was stirring, not even the bride.

Bloggers, tomorrow is the day we have all been waiting for. It's six and a half years in the making.

I GET TO MARRY MY SOULMATE.

What God put together, let no man put asunder.

Good night everyone. See some of you tomorrow and I'll be back to blogging in a little over a week.

This is too exciting!!!

15 hours, 45 minutes!!!!

Ready for a Slow Down

Things are winding down here. Almost all of the to-dos have been completed and we’re just ready to relax the rest of the week and enjoy every second of the coming days. The suitcases are almost all packed. The apartment is pretty much cleaned. I am ready.

Today at work, my coworkers surprised me with a yummy lunch in my honor. They also gave me a gift card so Phillip and I can use it on anything we want. So thoughtful! My big boss and my mom’s coworkers (since my mom and I share our boss) all got us a gift card too!

I’m already feeling so blessed. The outpour of love, support, and gifts to start our married life together has been so incredible. People have surprised me and it makes me feel so unbelievably loved.

Tomorrow is more miscellaneous errands and waiting for the big sister to come in town tomorrow night! I will also be getting my bangs trimmed, eyebrows done, and go in for a wonderfully relaxing massage. I get my ring back too! (Though I can’t wear it until after the I-dos on Saturday.)

Time to relax with a glass of wine and sleeping in tomorrow.

3 days, 15 hours, 10 minutes CRAZY!

Last Day of Work Tomorrow

I get two weeks off from work and I am so ready for it. I am ready to have a few days off to relax before the wedding festivities, as well as a couple days after the honeymoon to unpack and recuperate. I am so fortunate to have a job that allows me to do this. I guess things do happen for a reason.

Things are getting so exciting and time is going by faster and faster. I want to hold on to these next two weeks for as long as I can and feel this way for the rest of my life. I am already on cloud nine.

4 days, 16 hours, 35 minutes

One Week

Well bloggers. The time is coming closer. One week from this very minute, I will be sleeping in a honeymoon suite with my new husband and anxiously awaiting the early departure for our honeymoon cruise the next morning.

Yes. In one week I will be Mrs. Ashley Nicole Long. And two weeks from tomorrow, we will return from our honeymoon to live our lives together forever.

I know it sounds sappy, but I can’t wait. The wedding emotions set in this week and I have a feeling I will be crying tears of joy – I mean I practically am already when thinking about it. And for those of you who really know me, you know I never cry. But it’s Phillip and he's always had that affect on me. I can’t help it.

Heather came in town tonight to help me this week, which will be nice when all of those little things pop up out of nowhere. All we have left to do is print/assemble the seating chart and finish tieing ribbons on the programs. Then we can call this wedding done after planning for 1.75 years.

I can’t wait to marry the love of my life!

6 days, 14 hours, 40 minutes