The story of a brother. And a really small world.

As if it wasnt strange enough to find out my father lives in my city...it gets stranger.

I have a half brother. From my father's side. I haven't seen him in about ten years since our father used to pick us up on the weekends.

My grandma informed me recently that he works at a grocery store about a mile from my house. My father ran into him one day there.

Coincidently, Melissa shops at that store all the time. I told her to be on the lookout for a kid with red hair and freckles named Stephen. I had even gone a couple times with no luck. I brought it up again yesterday to her and she says, "Well there's a guy who goes to my church named Stephen who works at that store." Um what?! Does he have red hair?..yes. And freckles?..yes. You know my brother?! And you've been holding out on me!! She totally never made the connection.

Troy also happens to be good friends with him and called him right away and he was super excited. We arranged to have dinner tonight and it was great! We relived old memories and caught up on the last ten-ish years. We had a really great time and it's so weird to be back in contact as adults with my BROTHER!

Do we look alike? :)



What a small world!

MRS.!

I'm MARRIED! Feel free to call me Mrs. H from now on :)

We are enjoying Maui, but here's a photo to hold you over until we get back.



It rained on our wedding day, but it was still more fabulous than I could have ever imagined. I'll tell you about it soon!! Love!!

Surprises!

I have to make this quick because my list of things to do is a MILE long. Okay, maybe just two pages typed, 10 point font, but it FEELS like a mile long. With only two weeks and one day left, I am a busy, busy girl. No one told me my list would grow instead of shrink so close to the wedding.

Anyway, yesterday at work my coworkers threw me a surprise party. I don't have the pictures uploaded yet (add that to the list..), but it was AMAZING. I can't believe all the love. I had no idea any of this was planned and when I walked in the door my cubicle was COVERED in balloons, streamers, congratulations banners, you name it. For lunch we had a Hawaiian themed shower and played a couple games. It was put together so well and I was completely surprised by it all. I feel so lucky to have such amazing coworkers. I'll definitely post photos as soon as I get them up, but I have one from my phone:



The next surprised happened at about 3:00 a.m. Earlier in September, I entered a contest to win a pair of Rainbow sandals. Rainbows are huge here and they are the most comfortable sandals I've ever worn. For my wedding, I'll be sporting a white pair with rhinestones that say "I Do" and "10.17". The contest was to submit your best Rainbow sandals story along with a photo, so of course I chose a photo of my wedding shoes. They started posting winners on Facebook at about 11:00 p.m. last night and by the 7th winner I could NOT keep my eyes open any longer. When Dex woke up itching like crazy at 3:00 a.m., I decided to check the last of the winners. I didn't really think I'd win, but there was always slight hope. Sure enough, I was winner #9!! I am so freaking excited! I never win anything, so this is huge! Not to mention, a pair of Rainbows costs $50! What a pleasant surprise! Here's the photo I posted:



Anywho, now I'm off to tackle that wedding list....

I'm getting MARRIED in two weeks!!!!!!!!! :)