Enjoying Life

Well- we've been busy with regular life lately. Nick has started his new classes and began officially writing his thesis. I have had grades to enter for report cards, new classes, new students and just the day to day stuff to focus on. A reminder of why we are waiting until next year to get married. I am sure we will not regret taking this time to enjoy life.

We recently visited Wisconsin for a big Bridal Expo. During our visit we were able to tour the InnTowner where we are having our reception and visit Blue Mounds State Park where we are having the ceremony. Here are some pictures from our visit.


Blue Mounds State Park, where the ceremony will be held. We can remove the grills for the big day. And hopefully there won't be any snow in June. :)

Our parents on our trek to the ceremony site. The roads were snowed in, so we had to hike through the snow. (After we tried to drive through anyways and got stuck)


Nick, Me, Daniel, Kate, Judy and my mom at the InnTowner! We were able to walk through the area before the Bridal Expo. We feel so pumped to have already booked this spot. We LOVE it!

We are continuing to save money where we can! Our friend, Marc, is going to print our invitations for free for his Senior Print Project (he is a printing/telecommunications major...or something like that). We are so lucky to have him as a resource- all we need to do is pay for the paper!

Okay, I must refocus. Have a good day!

528 days!

Did we mention we're excited? Excited doesn't even do the big day justice! Nick and I are adjusting to referring to each other as fiances. After 7 years as boyfriend and girlfriend, it might take some time. I am excited for the weekend- the wedding expo and a walk through at our reception site. Is this a dream?

I am especially excited to share this weekend with our families. In both of our families we are the oldest children and the first to get married. I hope that this experience will be as enjoyable for our families as it has been for us.

Time to refocus on the here and now. Nick and I both have school work. Nick has homework for his Electrodynamics class and I have to organize some notes and grade some papers. I am so glad we are waiting until next summer! It allows us to enjoy ourselves, plan and refocus.

Colors

Nick and I love green! Green can come in many different shades and Nick and I like them all. ha ha. For the big day we're thinking several shades of greens and deep purples. Green and Purple were actually my Great Grandparent's (Grant & Grace) wedding colors, so there is some sentiment there. :)

Here is a picture of a wedding cake we kind of like...we especially like the colors. ha ha


There is a big wedding expo in Madison this weekend! Nick and I are excited to get together with our families and check out the expo! We also get to walk through our reception site at the InnTowner and Highland Club! And put a down payment down......

Alright- that's enough wedding stuff for one night. Gotta get back to work.

06/25/11

We set a date!

June 25, 2011

Very exciting!

Our First Post

We're Engaged!!!



We are so excited to begin planning and preparing for our big day and want to share the process with our family and friends.

So far, we don't have much planned. We know we'd like to have an outdoor ceremony and an indoor reception at a hotel. We also know that the big day will take place during the summer (June or July) of 2011. The rest of the details are in the works.

For now, I thought you might enjoy a couple more pictures from when Nick proposed and the story of how our relationship started....

The story so far...

It all began in Mr. Marx's Physics class back in the fall of 2002. After some encouragement from Nick's cousin, Kyle, Angie asked Nick to the Homecoming Dance. The pair went to the dance as "just friends" but by the end of the night something had changed. Angie and Nick enjoyed each others company throughout the school year and summer. In the fall of 2003, Angie left for Ball State University (seven hours away) and Nick began his senior year of high school. Love endured the distance and Nick found himself at Ball State the following year.

Nick and Angie's love continued to grow throughout the college years. They stood by each other during mononucleosis, hard times with volleyball, difficult Physics classes and much more. In the spring of 2008, they both graduated with their bachelor's degrees.

On December 23, 2009, Nick took the plunge and asked Angie to marry him on the steps of the Capitol Building in Madison. (Angie said yes)