What have I been doing!?!?!? And Almost Married

My friends, egagement is almost over. Finally. freaking Finally. Engagement has been fun, but every good thing comes to an end. Praise the Lord. However, we've done TONS of cool things this summer as an engaged couple. Here is a sprinkling of what we've been up to this summer:

-watched the tv show "Scrubs." Pretty hilarious

-read a book all about the history of the church as well as about Christianity in China

-met ALL of Alison's great friends and family all over michigan.

In fact, we are currently sitting at a coffee shop with some friends from college. "You are typing your blog while 'talking' to them?'" you might be asking. Why yes, yes I am. In fact, my best man, Ryan Lang is currently sitting next to me doing the exact same thing. Do I feel bad? A little bit.

Other things we've done:

-visited Alison's grandmothers cherry/pear/apple/plum/peach farm. We got this huge crate of cherries that we finished. Let me tell you - cherries directly from the tree are FLIPPING AMAZING.

-celebrated American Independence day on July 4th at a freaking packed boardwalk area. (see previous blog about my thoughts on celebrating American Independence)

-met my friend Katie half way between Alison's house and Chicago.

-started planning a wedding about 2 1/2 weeks before the wedding was actually to start. No problems (though mostly due to all the great people who've helped us out - like Alison's sister-in-law, her mother, my mother)

-met with a financial adviser who told us how we should spend our money.

-sitting with my best man - Ryan Lang - at a coffee shop, who is helping me ignore Alison's friends. Sorry to the two of you if you ever read this. I really am not as rude as I currently look.

-visited all of the churches that Alison has gone to

-went to Cedar Point theme park with Alison's brother's bachelor party. Fortunately, didn't get sick.

-played cards with my parents (in which my dad and I gloriously defeated my mom and alison)

-played scrabble with alison (in which I won)

I'm sure there's a myriad of other things, but I can't remember that now, and I feel like I should return to the conversation that I've never really been a part of.

For now, I'm just semi-enjoying my last few days of engagement.

Being married will be way better.