Headed Out

Troy and I leave around lunch today to head to Grand Rapids, MI. My brother and his family lives there. We will spend a few days with them before heading up to New Era, MI to spend a couple days with friends.

The weather is suppose to be nasty here, they are calling for ice. Please pray for safety as we have a 4 hour drive ahead of us...at least normally its 4 hours we will see how long it takes us today.

Have a Merry Christmas!!

Wedding Bliss

So the day finally came....this past Saturday November 14, 2009 i married my best friend!! It was a beautiful wedding. Our friend Lynn and my mom did a wonderful job decorating the auditorium and the chapel. What sweet memories we have!




It was fun to open all of our gifts but now where to put everything :-)

Troy is going hunting this weekend with the guys in his family so i am going to get started on putting things away and organizing the house! I love being married especially being able to spend every moment with the man i love! No more having to say good bye at night!



Once we have things organized I'll post some pictures of our little house!

signing off for now.....

Jessica Harkness :-D

The Count Down has begun

In 23 days i get to marry my best friend! God has truly blessed me. I can't wait to marry Troy and start are life together. I used to say that i couldn't wait to spend the rest of my life with him but have recently changed that. I have an old friend was a newly wed and a few months ago lost her husband. I can't imagine the pain and grieve. It reminds me that Troy and I will be together as long as God has us together on this earth. What a blessing to serve and Awesome God in whom we can trust and rely on.

We are renting a house in Sycamore, IL. Its a little 3 bedroom 1 bathhouse. It's perfect for us as we start this journey. I moved in on October 1st which has been great! I'm trying to get all my stuff settled before the wedding so I'm ready to share the house with Troy.

Only 23 more days, lots to do but oh so fun and exciting :-)

I'm Engaged!!!!

Yes in deed! My boyfriend and i are about to celebrate our One Year Anniversary of Dating tomorrow August 9th :-) We knew we would have a busy weekend so we planned to head to Maggiano's for lunch on Friday. I was all ready to head leave so when he rang the doorbell i opened the door and was about to step out when i realized he was holding a dozen roses!!!!!

I was in shock so i had to step back and put my stuff down that filled my hands. I took the roses from him and noticed a metal rose in the middle. As he began to reach for that rose i asked "whats that?" That's when he got down on one knee and opened the rose!!! Inside was a BEAUTIFUL SPARKLY RING!!! And He asked me to marry Him :-D I apparently said "Seriously" thru some tears and Said "YES"

We had talked already about some wedding ideas and had decided to make things simple and cheaper that we would have a family wedding and then later celebrate with an open house/reception with friends and family. So it was easy to pick a date.

Our Family wedding will be November 14, 2009. I am so excited but i have lots of planning to do!
We haven't picked a date for our Celebration with friends but we will let you know! I will have a much more relaxed time planning and working on that :-)

here are some pictures of the ring. I didn't know what he had picked out. He had showed me a ring online that he wanted to get but that was it. It was all him and no me....HE DID GREAT!!!
It's Amazing!

I can't wait to marry my Best Friend on November 14th :-)
Enjoy the Pictures.....