But today, the topic at hand is that Bobby and I are officially ready to be married! We have now completed all Catholic church and legal requirements for marriage. The only thing left is the wedding itself :)
Our adventure this afternoon was to the Alachua County Courthouse for our marriage license. Here's us in the car all smiles and excited to get married:
Bobby was such a good sport, smiling for the camera. Even though he's not much of a picture person... guess it's good practice. But we'll have to work on that smile.....
Other marriage things we have done (a little recap)
1) Pre-cana (so named for the miracle of the wedding at Cana, which I didn't know). A full day of learning about marriage and God and being Catholic. Just kinda glad we got through it.
2) Marriage spirituality course. Luckily only a morning course, and that went by pretty fast.
3). FOCCUS. Bobby and I are on exact opposite ends of the personality quiz we took. But I knew that already.
4) Natural Family Planning course. Let's just say I learned more than I wanted to know about the signs of fertility.
Even though those courses wouldn't have been our first choice for weekend activities, I respect the reasoning behind them and I am glad Bobby and I had to go through them together. We certainly got to talking about a few things which might not have come up otherwise, and we have a new appreciation for all couples married Catholic.
I've even picked out the readings, and are asking people to play roles in the ceremony. Now we just need to wait to meet up with the music minister to plan out or ceremony (Mass) music. Yep, a complete Catholic Mass and the Sacrament of Marriage. No shortened stuff for us, with our Catholic families behind us. Although my non-Catholic friends might not know when to sit-stand-sit-kneel-stand-kneel-sit, hold hands, share a sign of peace, and say "Amen", they'll at least now be able to say they've been to a Catholic wedding. Doesn't everyone have to go to one once in their life?
