Pink is the New Black, So Get off My Back, Jack!

Saturday was the big day! Sorry, I know we told all of you that June 7th was it, but we figured, "What's 2 months and 3 weeks anyhow?"

Just kidding, we didn't actually move up the ceremony, even though Ken Flower would have us move it to align properly with his birthday, so you can put down that phone, mom.

But what we did do was pretty cool in its own right: we busted out a trip to scenic downtown Riverside, which actually has a ton of nice spots to offer the newly engaged couple.

It wouldn't have been anything more than a trip for two downtown had it not been for our friends, the Blakeys--all three of them, including the camera. Billy and Cory took some amazing pictures, which you can check out the best of them at their blog.

Saturday was a pretty busy day all the way around. I finished a paper for school (about the Ephesians 5:24-33 analogy of Christ and the Church) at about 2 a.m. Friday night, and Janelle and I met for breakfast the next day a little before 9. From breakfast, we went by Bed Bath and Beyond and Target to register for the wedding, which took about 4 hours altogether.

I can't say that it was the greatest idea to register and take engagement photos on the same day, but we survived without really arguing about anything, although both of us were a little bit cranky in the middle of the day.

Another thing that's new in the life would be the free trip to the Bahamas that Janelle won for us at a bridal expo the other day. We had to cross a great wilderness called shameless sales pitch, but we made it across that burning wasteland with no monthly payments, no timeshares and no sheers that were so sharp they could cut a penny in half--although that was pretty tempting, I admit.

So, it's Banff for honeymoon, Bahamas for 1-year anniversary. Boy howdy, we're stinkin world travelers!

Finally, we're both super thankful to the Lord that he's teaching us to trust in him in an uncertain time, with trying to plan out our lives together, especially the next year. There's that big challenge in James 4, where he calls such talk as, "Tomorrow, we will go to such and such city..." "boasting" and all such "boasting" as "evil". In short, his will is going to be accomplished, and our attitude needs to be, "Your kingdom come" rather than, "Here's my plan, Lord, now stay outta my way while I do it."

Thanks again to the Blakeys for capturing the future Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hobbs' in action.