T-3 weeks

Here's the latest on the soon-to-be Apple casa...

It's weird to look at all the mess around the house and think it will all be cleaned and ready for move in in just 3 weeks...

This white patch on the wall was due to some warping that we noticed...but they came in and fixed it right away, so we were thankful!

It's down to crunch time and we're excited!

Fifty-one days!

51 days and Seth and I will be....

Two apples joined as one:)

My mom went apple picking yesterday and found this one for us...how cute!

Just over one month....

September 19th = closing date:)

I just couldn't wait...

Yesterday I mentioned that the house was a lot more finished than it looked...well, here's the proof:) With the siding on it actually looks like a real house! This one caught me by surprise when we drove out to see it. I was not at all expecting to see this much completed!!
Someday in my scrapbook, this picture will look really good next to all the other pictures I have of our front door. The progression will be neat to see next to each other....

And now for the good stuff...

We have recently begun pre-marital counseling with some friends of ours who will be performing the ceremony at our wedding. Hands down, pre-marital counseling is by far my favorite part of planning a wedding. I guess it's because it's planning for our marriage - life after the Big Day. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to learn more about Seth and to grow in the knowledge of what marriage is really about. We've been privileged to be meeting with 2 sets of couples for counseling and both are very open and honest about their successes and failures in their own marriages. I don't pretend this will teach us everything we need to know about being married, but I do know God is using it already to help us in our communication with each other as well as teaching us wisdom for the future.

So far my favorite nugget of wisdom that I've learned is that the depth of relationship in your marriage is directly related to your ability to forgive. What a wonderful and freeing thought! It is only because of Christ that we can forgive and through trusting in Him we will be able to forgive one another in our marriage, and love each other as Chris loved the church.

I'll keep you posted on additional nuggets we receive in counseling, but until then...the soon-to-be Apple household is coming along beautifully!

I must say that I'm way behind in posting the production on the house...it actually looks completely different now than it does below. But for the sake of keeping things in order, we'll pretend this is the way things are right now...

I don't know the technical name for the black paper on the outside of the house, but it's there.

This is Seth's favorite part of the house...the master bathroom. He's quite the bath taker for those who don't know him:)
Man, he's a STUD!
It's coming along!
Me and KB...if you need a realtor, check out Kristen Bradham's webpage at http://www.allentate.com/KristenBradham/DesktopDefault.aspx. We love her:)