Maggie Turns 1!

 A lot of really wonderful things come along with being married! One of the great things is that I am now an aunt! Jacob's sister Shea and her husband David have a little girl named Maggie! Being Mags aunt has been a lot of fun! But I am really excited because Maggie is turning 1!! I get the privilege of making all the cute decorations for Maggie's Minnie Mouse Party.. I hope to post pictures of her little party soon! It will be cute! 

Single Digits

We are down to just 8 days! I am soo excited, but the reality of orchestrating all of the wedding day festivities has been a little overwhelming. My prayer for the next week is that their would be little stress, and that Jacob and I will have peace and not sweat the little details. As my dad keeps saying, "No matter what happens, at the end you will still be just as married!"  He is right! On August 25th at the end of the day Jacob will be my husband, and that is the ultimate blessing. 

Wedding

45 days until the wedding!! I am excited that it is coming quickly, but also a little overwhelmed by all that is left to be done. We have both loved watching God bless our engagement and wedding planning! So far it has been a lot of fun! 


My parents have been so very helpful with a lot of the planning, and organization. Since I live in Fayetteville (the wedding is in Branson),and I work full time it is hard for me to schedule and meet with vendors. While at times I struggle with not being in control I have learned a lot of patience and trust. Everything is really coming together, and I am getting very excited! Our venue is super cute, and I cannot wait for all our family and friends to be together. 


Most of all I cannot wait to be Mrs. Snelson. I love Jacob so much ,and I know that he is the one that God sat aside for me when I was created.My whole life my dad has prayed for my future husband, and I am so pumped he is finally here!! 

Photo by Jon Wahl Photography

  
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,and the two will become one flesh.So they are no longer two, but one flesh.Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”  Mark 10:7-9 

Our House!

We found a place to live! We cannot wait to start our life together here! Thank you Lord! 

Psalm 91

Friday June 1st I came home from work, and when I got to my apartment Jacob was there. He grabbed my face and said, "Everything is ok, your dad is fine... he was in an accident and we need to go to Little Rock he has been life-flighted there" I wish I could remember feeling an emotion, or I could say my heart sank. My mind switched to "business time" I knew my mom was in Houston with my sister, and my brothers were an hour further away than I was. My dad was there alone, and the hospital would not tell me anything.So in about 3 minutes I had a bag packed, and we were headed south. I bet you didn't know that you can get to Little Rock from Fayetteville in about 2 hours..On the way down I was calling people to try an figure out what happened? How bad was it? I know that any time a person is transported life-flight it's not good! I kept hearing different stories.. A tractor fell on him, something from a second story fell and hit him... All we terrifying.About an hour or so into the drive my daddy called me from the room in the ER! I absolutely remember that emotion. Relief! He sounded weak and confused, but he was talking and alive! So finally we got to the hospital, and I had mentally prepared myself for him to look bad! He looked great considering. My dad and a colleague were moving large exercise equipment on a fork-lift from a second story. They were on the fork lift to steady the equipment and the forks fell and dropped them and the equipment roughly 12'. My dad had no broken bones, and no internal injuries. It was a true miracle. My family is amazing, and I am so blessed to have Tim Teresa Corey Erin Bryce and now Jacob in my life. 

House Hunting

Jacob and I are heading out tonight to search for the place that will be our first home together! We are really excited to live together as man and wife, and as best friends! Jacob makes me laugh, makes me feel safe, is a great house keeper, and not to mention I think he is pretty cute ;)! This is our first picture taken just a year ago, I cant believe that now we are going to look for OUR home! 

Future Mrs. Snelson

So here is how it went down...

Jacob had told me for weeks that we were going to go home to his parents the weekend before Easter, and celebrate early. That way we could have Easter with my family on Easter. We were not leaving until Saturday the 31st because Jacob's sister and her husband were not going to be there until dinner time on Saturday so we were just going to wait until they got there. So with the time we had we went shopping to get Jacob's niece Maggie an Easter present. I have no problem killing time when shopping. I kept wanting to go earlier, saying that we could just go and hang out with your mom until Shae and David got there. He did a great job stalling!!

So we left for Neosho and arrived around 4:30. When we pulled up to his parent's house I saw mason jars hanging in the tree in the front yard. I just thought that Jacob's mom had decorated for Easter. Then I saw that there were mason jars with yellow flowers in them and the made an aisle that led down to an archway.

As he pulled the car to a stop I looked at him pretty confused I'm sure. When I looked at him he said to me, "Are you ready?" I could not respond. It was starting to become clear what was about to happen. So I sat there not having any words to say, and he came around and opened my door. He asked me again if I was ready. I think I did say yes at this point. So he grabbed my hand and led me half way down the path of mason jars. In one of the mason jars hanging in the tree there was a piece of paper that he instructed me to read. I read out loud a letter from my  mommy and daddy telling us how much they loved us, and how God lays out for us what Godly marriage is to look like. (I was weeping at this point)

After struggling reading that through tears of overwhelming blessing. Jacob then took my hand and we walked to the end of the aisle. Hanging in the archway there was another piece of paper, and a box!! Jacob then read a very precious letter to me. Explaining how my love was his life, and our lives were his love. After he read that to me we prayed. He prayed out loud such a sweet prayer. He requested blessing over our marriage, and for us to seek the Lord in all we do together. Then he said, "Now for the good stuff, and he grabbed the box out of the jar. He said, " I have not rehearsed this!" Jacob got down on one knee and he asked me to be his wife. He opened the box, and I said, "Its Prefect!" Whoops! But then I said of course  I will.

He grabbed my hand, and said now it is time to celebrate. So we walked into his basement. Both of our family's were there. I was so overwhelmed and happy I could not help but cry. Especially when I saw my mommy! It was an amazing day! I am so blessed to have Jacob! I cannot wait to be his wife.