Savior Sister

When people here in Korea find out we're getting married in Maine during summer vacation, they always ask us "So, how is THAT going?". It's true, planning any wedding is hard enough, and living abroad while planning definitely has some of its challenges. We always respond with "Well, it's not as bad/hard as you would think", which is mostly true.

Email has revolutionized the way we do everything, and that's certainly no different with wedding planning. I am in close contact with the tent rental company, the farmer/florist, the caterer, photographer,DJ, and even the retired priest who is marrying us.

While contacting people is easy from Korea, ordering items for the various projects and getting organized is not. That's where our "savior sister" comes in. Heather, Matt's sister, has been our go-to girl on the ground in Maine. She has helped us in so many ways thus far.

She created a Google doc spreadsheet of all of the wedding projects so that we can update whenever things are purchased, to keep us on track and organized.

 She offered to store all of the items we'll be purchasing for the projects, including 18 (!) lbs of Chinese lanterns! Not only is she collecting, counting and storing, she but is taking pictures of each item as they come in so we can see what everything looks like.

120 Chinese lanterns! So pretty!

upside down picture, but you get the idea!

 She has volunteered to plant wildflowers for the ceremony. We will use them to decorate the pews at the church, which I think will be really beautiful.

 

   She is also making our guest book, which is going to look awesome! She's going to cut out cranes from a variety of different blues and natural tones and then guests will write well wishes on them. We will display them on twine with clothespins during the reception and then we will make a scrapbook out of them afterwards. (here are some inspiration photos)

 

 Oh, and did I mention that she works like 50 hours a week and is 4 months pregnant?! YEAH! She is wonder woman. We are so appreciative of everything she does. We're so happy that she offered to help so much with the wedding planning. It's a great way to bring us together despite being so far apart, and she is so organized and focused, which is exactly what we need when trying to get all of this stuff together.

So a big shout out to my future sis-in-law, Heather. Despite being so busy and getting ready for the baby, she is invested in our wedding day which makes us so happy and blessed. We're so excited for the new addition to the family.... I can't WAIT to be an aunt! While it's hard being away from home during these monumental events, I hope she realizes how happy we are for her and how much we're looking forward to not only sharing our wedding day with her, but of the baby that will arrive in October who we'll get to meet in March.

Yay to family :)