They are up!

Engagement pictures are up! Check it out here!

A few things...

Not much has changed since my last blog, but I do have a few pictures of what I have chosen for our table linens and suits for the guys! The tables will have the purple table cloth about with a white sheer fabric "clouded" in the center to give the table fullness. Our centerpieces will be pink and orange rose arrangements. The centerpieces are varying between square and tall vases. The table will also be filled with candles and small crystals to reflect the light. Our napkins will be white with ribbon decoratively tied around each one. I'm so glad I finally made this decision!

The suits the guys will be wearing are grey with a light grey collared shirt underneath and a purple stripe tie. There are some pictures above! (We will not have the vest or the white handkerchief).

I'm still waiting on the engagement pictures!

Playing the waiting game!

So I guess now is the time during the wedding planning process were there isn't too much for me to be doing! We did take our engagement pictures in Disneyland on December 8th. Thank goodness my photographer was willing to wait in the awful traffic over the grapevine due to the weather the night before. We had so much fun taking the pictures! I think they are going to turn out so great! I can't wait to see them!

I also am so grateful that Shannon, my cousin Scott's wife, is so willing to help me plan and organize the wedding! She has such a great eye for things and will be such a big help come the actual day of the wedding! We have been e-mailing back and forth about wedding colors, invitations, flowers, and looks for the church! Thank-you so much Shannon!

Hopefully my next post will be of a link to my engagement pictures!!!

Engagement Pics Coming Soon!

After working things out with our photographer, Patrick and I are scheduled to do our engagement shoot in Disneyland on December 8th! I can't wait! First, because it's Disneyland and that's my favorite place ever! Second, it's going to be so beautifully decorated for Christmas! I already have outfits picked out for Patrick and myself! I can't wait to take these pictures and post them! Hopefully it won't be too long!

Minor Setbacks

I haven't updated this thing in a while because there hasn't been much to talk about in the way of wedding planning for us. We have decided on a few things, and have reluctantly had to change our honeymoon destination no thanks to Starwood (it's my parent's time share company).

To make a long story short, we had been eagerly awaiting the 8 month mark to call and book our honeymoon at the Atlantis Resort only to find out that it was booked solid! Our second choice being St. Johns...booked as well! You can imagine my frustration as I decided to push our honeymoon back a week in high hopes that possibly changing our arrival by one week would allow for some opening...fat chance! It was completely full! Begrudgingly, we had to select another location. However, we did come across a little gem in a place called Cancun, Mexico. Have you heard of it? :) We were a bit leery of spending our honeymoon in spring break paradise, but we were reassured that spring breakers and those on their senior trips would have vamoosed by this point in time. After looking around on the website at the beautiful hotel we would be staying at and viewing the gorgeous pool pictures on the website, we decided this tropical location would be our best bet (and cheaper airfare). The only item on the agenda that I was hoping would not change would be my opportunity to swim with dolphins! And to my delight, this is in option in Cancun, along with horseback riding (I've never ridden a horse), a gigantic mall right across the street, beautiful beaches, and tours through the Mayan ruins! We are, to say the least, stoked! Who needs the Atlantis anyway! (Ummm, we do and if you know of anyone canceling, we would love to trade with them for a week in Maui!) There is a picture above of the hotel we will be staying in. I actually am loving the pink!

The other decision we delightfully agreed upon, just recently, was the location of our engagement pictures! Drum roll please....that's right, you guessed it....my favorite place in the entire world...DISNEYLAND! Patrick mentioned the idea to our photographer and she actually liked it! She said it gave her an excuse to go there! I'm super excited! I have been looking online at engagement pictures other couples have taken at Disneyland and they are adorable. We just feel like we enjoy and love Disneyland so much, it needed to be incorporated into our wedding somehow and this is the perfect way! I'm not sure as to when we want to take the pictures though. I was thinking maybe around Christmas because Disneyland is so gorgeously decorated around then, but that doesn't give me much time to loose the weight I want! I'm on track though, 10 pounds and counting!

Nancy, Patrick's mother and my future mother-in-law, also booked our rehearsal dinner setting. We will be enjoying a nice dinner at Woolgrower's. Hope everyone likes pickled tongue!

Oooo, I almost forgot the best part! I am going to try on my first wedding dresses on November 14th at the Little White Dress shop here in town! I'm actually a lot more excited than I thought I would be because I hate trying on dresses! They never fit the way I want them too. Hopefully this will be a different story. My mother, grandmother, maid of honor, and most of my bridesmaids will be in attendance! I'm very excited to get to experience this will all of my girls!

Well, that is all for now! Enjoy the holidays!

So proud!

For the last couple days I have had tons of free time on my hands, so I decided to begin work on my wedding slide show because I figured it would be a long process. I found a program on my Mac called iMovie and started messing around with it. It has worked out great for my wedding slide show! I'm so proud of what I have accomplished because it really looks like a professional did it! I'm not completely done with every aspect of the show, but I have gotten the majority of the work done! I even burned it onto a DVD and played it for my mom, Neeme, and Grandma and they loved it! I can't wait for you all to see it at my wedding!

Slideshow Possibilities

Today I actually took the time to short through pictures that Patrick and I found at his house that we could use in our wedding slideshow. I scanned all of the usable ones onto my computer and I plan to do the same with my pictures. I am actually going to attempt to makes the slide show! I just wanted to post a few because they are adorable!