Wedding reception site

This afternoon, Sarah and I went hunting for a reception site, and we found it!!! One of the teachers at my school got married there recently, and she recommended it to us. The company is called Joseph's Catering, and they are located in Horsham, PA. They had about everything we wanted at a rock-bottom price. Horsham is a small suburb about 40 minutes outside of Philly.
Joseph's is located on the main street in town with a nice park (for outdoor wedding photos), eating options, hair salons, churches, grocery store, hotel, and other wedding necessities. We checked out a few places for rehearsal dinner and hotels for possible rates. Click here for the pictures we took today.

Ending break

Today is my last day of Christmas vacation. The past 2 1/2 weeks have gone by quickly, and they have been wonderful. I went to school this morning to start finishing up a few things before the kids come back tomorrow. Going into the building, unfortunately, wasn't the most energizing thing I've done this break.

Right now I'm watching Michigan play their final game of the season: the Capital One Bowl against Florida. Current Heisman Trophy winner and former homeschool Tim Tebow is the opposing quarterback, and Michigan doing an excellent job opposing them! Being able to take in a game like this with Sarah is pretty fun for me.

Sarah heard back from her professor today regarding our wedding date. We had hoped for her to get a day or two off...but she offered Sarah TWO WEEKS off--the week before and the week after!!! Praise God! So, now we'll just have to see how much time I can get off from Spruce Hill...

Wedding date

We've decided on a wedding date: April 12. Sarah's brother Jonathon is in the air force, and he will be deployed from the end of April until September in Qatar. After pestering his boss and his boss' boss, he learned that he cannot get leave for a summer wedding, so we had to bump up the date to April. Yes, that means we might be a little busier than normal, but it also means that the stress of wedding designing simply will not have time to set in. We'll just have to go with what we can do! While I return to school on Wednesday, Sarah still has the rest of the week off from rotations, which means she'll be scouting out reception and ceremony locations. Today she found her bridesmaid dresses online (still waiting on measurements before she orders them), and she ordered her wedding gown from eBay. I'm not allowed to see it, but I hear that it's beautiful. Praise God for His assistance in the process so far!

Busy, busy break

Sarah and I figured out last night that since her exam on Friday, December 21, we have been in a car for at least two hours every day except Christmas Eve. We drove for 6.5 hours to her home near Pittsburgh, visited Punxsutawney for the Living Christmas Tree and home of the famous groundhog, then to Holland, then Chicago, then Holland, then near Pittsburgh, then finally to Pittsburgh. The travels have been very pleasant and even productive for wedding plans. Monday we head back to Philly for New Year's and my lesson planning for this coming semester. I'll be sure to have pictures soon.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas break has been wonderful so far. I've been blessed with the opportunity to visit friends and family (including my future family!), and there still over a week of it left! Today, we're heading to Chicago to visit my extended family for our traditional Christmas celebration. Sarah's been a big hit with everyone, and I don't expect that to change with my cousins, grandparents, and aunts/uncles.

Praise God for His Gift to us that first Christmas! As my headmaster Seth said, Santa comes if we've been good...but Jesus came because we aren't. What a gift...

How to give a man-to-man hug

This is pretty funny.

Wedding website

It's official! Sarah and I have our wedding website up and running. Nope, we still don't know when or where we're getting married, but we're getting there. Visit http://sarahandericwedding.blogspot.com for updates (you can sign up for free e-mail updates, too). I'll try to keep most wedding info on that website...however, if I get super excited about something, I'll make sure to post it here too.