May was here, we think, and now June!

Today our wedding calendar says we're at 44 days until the wedding!

Some details of the wedding have changed, no worries nothing that would effect our guests :p but we're happy to be moving forward with things.

It's only been a little over three weeks since we attended Jerry's services. As Grandma Ozzie put it while visiting this past weekend...

"This too shall pass..."

A loss of a Grandparent is something I'm familiar with, but watching someone else especially your soon to be husband go through losing a loved one is just as hard. Mark could use some prayers for him right now to overcome the heartache he's been feeling. We acknowledge that right now we must try to overcome sad feelings and put forth a happy faces towards our wedding, but we will admit we have heartache and its not easy to do this but we will do our best :)

On a brighter note Mark and I both got to enjoy a little retreat away from our chaotic last few months over Memorial Day weekend. Mark went up to the cabin with his Mom and my parents. They all enjoyed a weekend of fishing, wedding planning, and relaxing :) they all sounded so refreshed after. Samantha, my friend Lindsay, and I enjoyed our vacation in Daytona Beach & Orlando, Florida. We soaked up the sun, enjoyed delicious meals, relaxed while indulging in mojitos poolside, enjoyed a spectacular view of the Daytona Beach coastline for dinner one evening, and played in the Disney Pleasure Island Market Place.

After returning from our retreats we learn that life still has those challenges awaiting us when we get home. Sometimes with facing our challenges we find ourselves growing more and feeling like we're headed towards a better place. Mark and I are a good team and always get reminded of that during a tough time, sometimes we just need to be reminded of that.

After we visited Ozzie this last weekend we accomplished our wedding ceremony details and got help from her on scriptures too :) thank you Ozzie! It was helpful to have her insight onto some details we hadn't finished. After our visit their we stopped in Hayward to visit my cousin, wife, and the newest member to our Johnson family...Lilja! Right way she took to Mark and loved his Twins sweatshirt and bright Twins hat! I've never seen anything like that from a baby and yes I have pictures!

This weekend were headed to the cabin together, FINALLY! We'll have a few friends and the DUKES with us this weekend for a much needed good time at Fairview! Not all of our pals that were invited could make it, but truthfully less chaos the better for us right now.

Last but not least, I'm excited to say all of my cousins with the exception of one from the Johnson side will be coming to the wedding! Two from Seattle (Ruth & John) and the other (Aran) from Colorado! I couldn't be more excited to have my family all be in one place!

Ah...June 2010 we'll never forget!

Hugs to you all and PS checkout our wedding website and send us a message, we'd love to hear from you!

Mark & Sara
aka
The Future Thompson's!