two months!

Holy cow, the big day is only 2 months away! I can't believe it! I had my bridal shower on Saturday and it was a great time!! Lots of family and friends! I feel incredibly lucky to be surrounded by so many wonderful people. Nick unpacked a bunch of our gifts last night, I've been busy working on a research paper and applying for jobs.



We've already put a few of our gifts to good use. We made waffles in our new waffle maker and then make bacon and eggs on our new griddle. We also made coffee in our new coffee maker! We've washed our new silverware and put a few of the new pyrex containers to good use. We are so blessed in so many different ways! Here are a few fun pictures from the day:







Lots of love!

Lots of Updates!

Hi!
Here is a quick list of updates related to the wedding plans:

1. a block of rooms has been booked at the hotel. book a room soon to lock in the awesome rate!
2. we booked a DJ!
3. we finished our pre-marital meetings with our Pastor.
4. we bought some of the glassware for candles and flower for the centerpieces. (we'll borrow the rest from friends)
5. we booked chairs for the ceremony site.
6. we booked a salon to style everyone's hair on the big day.
7. we have taken care of several other little details that will hopefully make the day just that more special.

I have been working hard to be a good deal finder! I called 20 dj's to find a good price and a good person. :) My mom and I called 15 salons and then visited 3 in person to find a good fit. We're working hard to save money, and I think we're succeeding!

OH yea! We also booked our flight for the honeymoon. London and the rest of Europe, here we come!!

Here is a picture of the Table Number and Letters that I have/will cover in yarn.

200 days! what what!

200 days my friends! Ahhh how wonderful!! I've been busy with school work for my kiddos. Grading papers and lesson planning has been taking up the bulk of my time. Hopefully we can find some time this weekend to get our DJ stuff taken care of. :)

With 6 months and a couple of weeks left we better get going on our "to - do" list. As for now....it's back to making a worksheet for my students.

206

Well, we have 206 days until our big day! We haven't done much planning for the wedding lately. Now that we live in Wisconsin many of our weekends are spent packing up the car for a road trip to visit our parents. We love the time together but the "to do" list seems to be much longer than ever before.

As we move closer to the wedding (yes it's 6 months away) I find myself having more wedding dreams where we are not prepared.....I also seem to have more nervous thoughts. I just want this occasion to be a really beautiful celebration! I find myself worrying about which flowers to pick, the reception site, the price for the block of rooms, the chairs, and every other stupid detail you can think of.

Yes, I know it will all work out and it's not all about the wedding. Duh, the marriage is way more important!!!!!!

Wanna see the flower girl dress pattern?? My cousin Jenny is making the dresses. It helps that her daughter, Ava, is one of the flower girls. I really love these dresses and feel confident that they will look great.





The dresses will be white satin, the style will be kind of like D, E, and F. No sleeves and the jade colored sash around the waste. They will look so cute!

Okay, talking about something that is already great about the wedding is making me feel much better!

Time to get back to grading papers!

Sending love to family and friends!!

Engagement Photos

10 months

Only a couple of wedding updates since my last post. We have officially decided on ceremony music: cello and violin. Also, my mom picked out her "mother of the bride" dress. Also, we're taking some summer engagement pictures with our photographer on Saturday. yay!

That's all for now. Lots of love! Only 10 months! Can you believe it?

311 days

Well, we have 311 days until the big day.

Here are a few updates to the wedding planning process (boy that's a mouth full!)

-I got my veil from my cousin Beth. I am very excited to wear this family heirloom in the making!

-We asked my cousin Beth's son, Joey, to be our ring bearer.

-We asked my cousin Jenny's daughter, Ava, and Nick's cousin, Korie, to be our flower girls.

-We are taking some summer engagement pictures with Nick's cousin, Kristin, in a couple of weekends! I can't wait!

That's all I've got for now. Sending lots of love!