My blog used to be called Joy On The Run and it was a place where I wrote random ramblings about my life, but it has a new name- "The Hervey Story" and a new address because this blog is no longer just about me and my life. It is now about us and our life. I am no longer just a "me," I am part of a "we." On May 31, 2014, I became a part of a dynamic duo better known as Mr. & Mrs. Hervey!
I will spare you all of the details (since most of you have heard the story a few dozen times) but Mike proposed in the most perfect way on October 26 at the top of Skyview Atlanta, the ferris wheel in downtown Atlanta. It was utterly magical! My engagement ring is pretty magical, too. For one, it is my engagement ring. But also because the center stone is from my Nannie. She passed away in December 2006 and she left her jewelry to my sister and I. The diamond was set in an old setting that needed a lot of repair. I knew I would most likely never wear that ring the way it was, so we decided to take the stone out and use it in the engagement ring. I had seen a setting that I loved at Barron's in Snellville and nothing could have prepared me for how gorgeous the diamond looks in the setting. I am pretty sure I stared at it for a solid half an hour after Mike slipped it on my finger!
Soon after we were engaged...like that week, we started planning and it was really pretty much planned within a couple of weeks. Everything just fell into place seamlessly. There was one MAJOR issue, but that is for another (l-o-n-g) post on another day! The date was set and the countdown was on. We spent our time still dating each other, going to church, spending time with our families, and gearing up for becoming husband and wife. Thanks to awesome technology, we did our premarital counseling over FaceTime, since our minister lived in Connecticut. I rearranged things in the house to make room for Mike and all his stuff (and he has a lot of stuff!) and spent my Saturdays and Sundays at fabulous wedding showers hosted by some of our amazing family and friends. Then on the last day of May, we woke up bright and early (like 3:30 am early) to get ready for our big day. The ceremony was at 10:30 at Loganville UMC and we had a fantastic brunch reception at The Georgia Club in Statham. I will be honest, I had never been to much less heard of a morning wedding and a brunch reception, but it sounded just perfect for us. And from what everyone has said, the entire day from beginning to end was very much perfect for us. And I agree! I won't bog down the blog with pictures, but if you want to see more, click here!
Since we got married and spent a glorious days in Saint Lucia, life has been great. Mike went back to work at UGA and is taking online classes at FSU (we will both be quite happy when December comes and he finishes his MLS!) Over the summer, I spent my days getting the house organized...redoing the linen closet to make room for the new towels, redoing the kitchen cabinets to make room for the new dishes, redoing the china cabinet to make room for the new fine china, and reorganizing the garage to make room for some new shelves and cabinets. Thankfully, everything (for the most part) has found a home...there are still a few random items living in random places. I will find new homes for them when I need their current random homes for something else!
So, here we were...the middle of September...school is back in full swing and married life is simply amazing. I recently started thinking about our lives as stories and since Mike and I are both librarians it is kind of fitting for our story to be told together. If you had told me when I was 24 or 25 that I would be 35 when I got married, I would have very quickly said "no, thank you....I'd rather it happen much, much sooner than that." But you know what? Now that I am on the flip side, I would not have it any other way. God knew what He was doing. I could not picture a better man for me than Michael and our story, written by God, is absolutely perfect! We are both excited to see where God takes us and what the future holds for our family and our story, but for now, we are basking in the wonderfulness of being Mr. & Mrs. Hervey!
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