US WINS THE GOLD!!!!

This is for you Laura! Wahoo!! The US went to the finals at the Deaflympics and won against Germany 4-0 again! It was a frustrating morning because the livefeed kept switching back and forth between the soccer game and men's basketball however it showed basketball more. We missed 2 of the 4 goals but thankfully Anthony found a live blog so we followed that! It was an exciting game! Wahoo!!

Here's a picture of your adorable niece Laura! Thought you'd want to see one from this morning!

Here's a picture of Laura before the game started....pumped and ready to go!

Ryann was rocking her shirt for Laura the entire game!

After the US won the game! Such an awesome sight!

The final score! yeah! GO USA!

The victory ceremony! USA-Gold, Germany-Silver, Russia-Bronze

Laura after she received her medal....what a smile!

It was so awesome watching you play Laura! I thought it was cool that I knew someone who was playing and I'm so glad that I kept up with your games even though we didn't get to watch all of them. However, we watched two of the most important games! We're so proud of you Laura! love you! see you when you're back in the States!

Deaflympics

USA has beaten Germany 4-0, Denmark 7-0 and now Great Britain 2-1....and they are now going to the finals for the GOLD! Erin, Jenna, Aaron and I all watched the game together and we took some pics at the end. CONGRATS LAURA! We love you so much! go kick butt in the final! Looking forward to it! Good luck in the final!

So here's a little update on wedding plans.....first off Aaron and I have selected a place to have the ceremony and reception. It will be at the Manor House on the other campus in Black Mountain and we will have the ceremony outside in a little courtyard and then move inside in the gym and have the reception. Here's a picture of the house.

We have the wedding party all set now and everyone that we want in the wedding has accepted which is exciting! I've been having fun with my mom picking things out for the bridesmaid gifts and they're adorable! I can't wait to give it to the girls!

The last week of my summer I went home and spent the week with my mom and we went shopping for wedding stuff. The big thing was going shopping for my wedding dress. We went to Bridal Mart in Burlington and the 4th dress I tried on was "the one" and it was so exciting. However I felt that having 2 hours of shopping wasn't enough and I wanted to make sure that it was the dress I wanted. So the next day my mom and I went to another bridal store and I tried on dresses for fun. I tried on styles that I never thought I would wear but it was good because it gave me an idea of whether I wanted a different dress or not. I was lucky and I still want the other dress that was "the one". My parents went and bought it last weekend which is super exciting! I can't describe or post pictures cuz I don't want Aaron seeing or knowing anything about it.

My mom and I also went to craft stores to pick things up for our scrapbook table that we're going to have during the wedding and we got some stickers and other things for that. I'm looking forward to having a scrapbook table and have everyone make a page for us. It'll be a more personal type of guestbook.

My grandma had a lot of things for me when I went to visit her. I got all of her mason jars and took them home because we're going to use those as centerpieces at the reception. She had a bunch of those it was insane! She also had her mother's hanky that she had for her wedding and passed that down to me. I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to use that yet for the wedding. She also let me see the cake topper that she used and my mom used so who knows if we'll use that or not.

I believe that's all we have about the wedding for now.....however keep a look out for another post about Deaflympics!