On Saturday, Kevin came over to pick me up. We were going tubing with Grace and Allison, two 12 years olds I have been mentoring for the past two years or so.
With him, Kevin brought me a surprise!
It started with a note, from Kevin's Grandma Wendzel. She said that she wanted to throw me a bridal shower but being in Michigan made it a bit difficult. Instead, she threw me a card shower! She got in contact with several of Kevin's female relatives and they sent me cards!
It was so sweet of them and so very generous! I feel really loved and welcomed by Kevin's family!
Another cute story, because I always have a few to tell.
While we were on our second tow up the tubing hill, Kevin was sitting in the tube ahead of me, facing me. Here I was all bundled up, stomach down on a tube, wearing two sets of clothing. Kevin looked at me with a big smile and indicated that he couldn't wait to marry me in only 42 days!
He is such a catch. Such a great guy! I love him so much!!
Monday, February 11, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
Crazy Weekend, Part 1
So here we are! 9 weeks til the wedding! 61 days, by my count. EXCITING!
This weekend was a lot about the wedding and a lot of crazy goings on, so here comes my tale!
Saturday morning, I got up bright and early! I actually got up only one hour later than I normally would, so it wasn't exactly sleeping in. I had my very first dress fitting that day! I had to get everything together and get out of the house at a decent time. I picked up Caitlyn (best friend, maid of honor), and she and I made a road trip to Edina, Minnesota. My mom was supposed to come too, but wasn't feeling well.
We managed to make it MOST of the way to Edina without any problems. The biggest challenge was actually GETTING to Edina. We took a wrong fork somewhere, so we had to turn around. Then we were going the wrong way on the correct road, so we had to turn around. If we hadn't taken the wrong fork and then the wrong turn, we would have gotten there exactly on time. As it was, we were a half hour late.
FYI, big city driving is NOT my forte.
So we did the dress fitting and I got to wear my amazing dress! I love my dress and I totally made the right decision when picking it out. I squee'd so much, I thought Caitlyn might smack me. But being totally happy with my wedding dress is a good thing, so she didn't complain. The fitting went a bit long (ironically, because we need to lengthen the dress) but it went really well. Caitlyn took lots of pictures of the dress for reference, especially for my mom who couldn't be there.
After a phone call to my mom, we decided to join Kevin for dinner at one of our favorite places to eat, John Hardy's. However, if we left right from the fitting and went to Rochester, it would be a rather early meal. So instead, Caitlyn and I took a detour. We went to the Mall Of America.
Oh yes. Yes we did.
I successfully got us to the mall, but when we got there, police were detouring traffic. The parking lot directly in front of the mall was closed off, and also the route to one of the bigger parking garages. We followed the traffic and wound up on the first floor of another parking garage. I realize that I could see one of the skyways, so I went towards it and got us an AMAZING parking spot, less than 10 cars from the door.
Caitlyn had never been to the Mall of America before. I have been there many times, but it seems to change a lot. We happened to come in right above the Sea Life exhibit that Kevin and I have gone to a few times. So I was pretty familiar with that area. We didn't want to spend a lot of time at the mall, and I had in mind a few (3) stores to go to. I looked at the map, planned a route, and away we went to the first floor!
After a few minutes in the mall, Caitlyn remembered that MoA has Legoland. That immediately got her attention! I made a quick detour into The Disney Store, and she headed to Legoland, right near it. Disney Store was packed (as was the entire mall, I have never seen it so busy!), so I skimmed it and headed to Legoland to meet back up with Caitlyn. She had found a display of bunnies eating carrots made out of Legos. That was awesome. She loved the sculptures made of Legos and I promised her that we would head out via the second floor, so she could see them from a better vantage point.
Next stop was Brookstone. I have never been to The Sharper Image (that I recall) but Brookstone is basically that. Tons of electronic toys, goodies, and expensive things that are so fun to play with but no one actually needs. Who needs a fan that goes under your sheets to cool them? Or a keyboard made of rubber so you can roll it up? Or a massage chair...wait, no, I can see the point of that one. So we spent a little bit of time in Brookstone, playing with gadgets and gizmos that no one really needs, and then we headed on to my final surprise for Caitlyn.
Just when we were almost to my surprise store, Caitlyn saw these shirts and ties that light up when they hear noise, and got totally enthralled. I had to pull her away to get her to our main destination. We went to the Mike and Ike's store. Also known as...The Peeps Store.
Oh my word, this store had EVERYTHING peeps. Hats, shirts, socks, boxers, mugs, keychains and pens, plus stuffed peeps of varying sizes and shapes. Peep calendars, peep chocolate candy, and above all else, a wide assortment of sugar covered marshmallow fluff in the shape of little birds and bunnies.
On a side note, Caitlyn loves peeps. LOVES. They are her favorite candy by far. This was like her mecca. This was coming home to the mother ship. This was Peep Mania.
We took many amusing pictures of Caitlyn looking like she was nomming a $150 stuffed peep that would totally serve as a pillow. She geeked out in every corner of the store (as I knew she would) and when we finally left and went to the second floor, we discovered that the top of the store had a gigantic peep, which we then had to take more pictures of. We even took a picture that looked like Caitlyn was eating the gigantic peep.
Stay tuned for a major break-down, in part 2.
This weekend was a lot about the wedding and a lot of crazy goings on, so here comes my tale!
Saturday morning, I got up bright and early! I actually got up only one hour later than I normally would, so it wasn't exactly sleeping in. I had my very first dress fitting that day! I had to get everything together and get out of the house at a decent time. I picked up Caitlyn (best friend, maid of honor), and she and I made a road trip to Edina, Minnesota. My mom was supposed to come too, but wasn't feeling well.
We managed to make it MOST of the way to Edina without any problems. The biggest challenge was actually GETTING to Edina. We took a wrong fork somewhere, so we had to turn around. Then we were going the wrong way on the correct road, so we had to turn around. If we hadn't taken the wrong fork and then the wrong turn, we would have gotten there exactly on time. As it was, we were a half hour late.
FYI, big city driving is NOT my forte.
So we did the dress fitting and I got to wear my amazing dress! I love my dress and I totally made the right decision when picking it out. I squee'd so much, I thought Caitlyn might smack me. But being totally happy with my wedding dress is a good thing, so she didn't complain. The fitting went a bit long (ironically, because we need to lengthen the dress) but it went really well. Caitlyn took lots of pictures of the dress for reference, especially for my mom who couldn't be there.
After a phone call to my mom, we decided to join Kevin for dinner at one of our favorite places to eat, John Hardy's. However, if we left right from the fitting and went to Rochester, it would be a rather early meal. So instead, Caitlyn and I took a detour. We went to the Mall Of America.
Oh yes. Yes we did.
I successfully got us to the mall, but when we got there, police were detouring traffic. The parking lot directly in front of the mall was closed off, and also the route to one of the bigger parking garages. We followed the traffic and wound up on the first floor of another parking garage. I realize that I could see one of the skyways, so I went towards it and got us an AMAZING parking spot, less than 10 cars from the door.
Caitlyn had never been to the Mall of America before. I have been there many times, but it seems to change a lot. We happened to come in right above the Sea Life exhibit that Kevin and I have gone to a few times. So I was pretty familiar with that area. We didn't want to spend a lot of time at the mall, and I had in mind a few (3) stores to go to. I looked at the map, planned a route, and away we went to the first floor!
After a few minutes in the mall, Caitlyn remembered that MoA has Legoland. That immediately got her attention! I made a quick detour into The Disney Store, and she headed to Legoland, right near it. Disney Store was packed (as was the entire mall, I have never seen it so busy!), so I skimmed it and headed to Legoland to meet back up with Caitlyn. She had found a display of bunnies eating carrots made out of Legos. That was awesome. She loved the sculptures made of Legos and I promised her that we would head out via the second floor, so she could see them from a better vantage point.
Next stop was Brookstone. I have never been to The Sharper Image (that I recall) but Brookstone is basically that. Tons of electronic toys, goodies, and expensive things that are so fun to play with but no one actually needs. Who needs a fan that goes under your sheets to cool them? Or a keyboard made of rubber so you can roll it up? Or a massage chair...wait, no, I can see the point of that one. So we spent a little bit of time in Brookstone, playing with gadgets and gizmos that no one really needs, and then we headed on to my final surprise for Caitlyn.
Just when we were almost to my surprise store, Caitlyn saw these shirts and ties that light up when they hear noise, and got totally enthralled. I had to pull her away to get her to our main destination. We went to the Mike and Ike's store. Also known as...The Peeps Store.
Oh my word, this store had EVERYTHING peeps. Hats, shirts, socks, boxers, mugs, keychains and pens, plus stuffed peeps of varying sizes and shapes. Peep calendars, peep chocolate candy, and above all else, a wide assortment of sugar covered marshmallow fluff in the shape of little birds and bunnies.
On a side note, Caitlyn loves peeps. LOVES. They are her favorite candy by far. This was like her mecca. This was coming home to the mother ship. This was Peep Mania.
We took many amusing pictures of Caitlyn looking like she was nomming a $150 stuffed peep that would totally serve as a pillow. She geeked out in every corner of the store (as I knew she would) and when we finally left and went to the second floor, we discovered that the top of the store had a gigantic peep, which we then had to take more pictures of. We even took a picture that looked like Caitlyn was eating the gigantic peep.
Stay tuned for a major break-down, in part 2.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Around the World in (less than) 80 days!
Well, we survived the Christmas season! We temporarily set aside wedding planning, and focused on Christmas. Kevin and I celebrated Christmas four times this year! First with his immediate family in Michigan, then Kevin's dad's family in Michigan, then MY immediate family in La Crescent, then in Milwaukee with MY dad's family. Plus I got to see my friend Ryan (an usher) and my friend Jessica (a bridesmaid), and Caitlyn, Lee, and Savannah (maid of honor, assistant to the flower girl, flower girl), AND I went to the movies and saw Les Miserables!
If you're tired after just reading that, try adding in Christmas shopping, two airplane rides, a couple of doctors visits for pleurisy, an oil change, and getting my passport.
Needless to say, it was QUITE interesting around here for a few weeks.
There were a million small things that just made me smile.
Christi and Mike's bunny Cricket stayed with my mom and dad while they (and we) were in Michigan. Clover and Cricket managed not to fight, due mostly to Cricket's new and improved bunny castle complete with babygate-like walls. Cricket the amazing 3-legged bunny is something like 13 years old now and still kicking (so to speak), as well as still a bit feisty. I don't know what 13 is in bunny years, but read that as a REALLY OLD BUNNY. Clover missed me while I was in Michigan and made sure to show me so when we got home, but after the obligatory ignoring me, she couldn't get enough attention from me! So sweet. I missed her too, but playing with Cindy's kitty and a couple dogs helped...
Mike and Kevin set up wireless for my parents. That's right, my parents finally have wifi. A secure network and everything. Somewhere, there's a joke. Something like "How long does it take two computer engineers to set up wifi?" And the answer is half the evening. In the end, something quite simple was not quite right and was seemingly easily fixed. It just needed to be thought of. I am quite proud of both of them for being very patient and working together well to set everything up. My parents have been considering wifi since...last Christmas, at least. Push came to shove, though. Push being a free wireless adapter, and shove being my mom getting her very first laptop. Yay!
Kevin surprised me (a tiny bit early) with diamond earrings for Christmas. He is such a sweetie! He also got me an external harddrive to back up my slightly old PC. It goes really well with my new monitor and ram from last year. :-D He manages to mix the easy stuff (anything electronic) with the romantic (DIAMOND EARRINGS!) very well. Double kudos to him!
Ok, ok, enough about Christmas (which was amazing). You're here to read about a wedding. There will be a wedding in LESS THAN 80 DAYS! 79, to be exact. According to the famous novel, you can go around the world in 80 days, so surely we can finish all the details for the wedding in that amount of time!
We have our entire bridal party picked out now (ushers were the last bit), we have special music picked out, and we're ironing out the little details. Appetizers, for example. Also, food for the bridal party while getting ready. Hair appointments. The bridesmaids are getting their fittings done. Also, my dress came in.
My dress came in.
WOOOOT. I can't wait to put it on again. Exciting! Soon, soon, soon. I need to make appointments to get MY fittings done.
I need to figure out my jewelry for the wedding. I need to find a dress for Savannah. I'm sure there are a dozen more details that are slipping my mind right now. Soon soon soon, I get married!
If you're tired after just reading that, try adding in Christmas shopping, two airplane rides, a couple of doctors visits for pleurisy, an oil change, and getting my passport.
Needless to say, it was QUITE interesting around here for a few weeks.
There were a million small things that just made me smile.
Christi and Mike's bunny Cricket stayed with my mom and dad while they (and we) were in Michigan. Clover and Cricket managed not to fight, due mostly to Cricket's new and improved bunny castle complete with babygate-like walls. Cricket the amazing 3-legged bunny is something like 13 years old now and still kicking (so to speak), as well as still a bit feisty. I don't know what 13 is in bunny years, but read that as a REALLY OLD BUNNY. Clover missed me while I was in Michigan and made sure to show me so when we got home, but after the obligatory ignoring me, she couldn't get enough attention from me! So sweet. I missed her too, but playing with Cindy's kitty and a couple dogs helped...
Mike and Kevin set up wireless for my parents. That's right, my parents finally have wifi. A secure network and everything. Somewhere, there's a joke. Something like "How long does it take two computer engineers to set up wifi?" And the answer is half the evening. In the end, something quite simple was not quite right and was seemingly easily fixed. It just needed to be thought of. I am quite proud of both of them for being very patient and working together well to set everything up. My parents have been considering wifi since...last Christmas, at least. Push came to shove, though. Push being a free wireless adapter, and shove being my mom getting her very first laptop. Yay!
Kevin surprised me (a tiny bit early) with diamond earrings for Christmas. He is such a sweetie! He also got me an external harddrive to back up my slightly old PC. It goes really well with my new monitor and ram from last year. :-D He manages to mix the easy stuff (anything electronic) with the romantic (DIAMOND EARRINGS!) very well. Double kudos to him!
Ok, ok, enough about Christmas (which was amazing). You're here to read about a wedding. There will be a wedding in LESS THAN 80 DAYS! 79, to be exact. According to the famous novel, you can go around the world in 80 days, so surely we can finish all the details for the wedding in that amount of time!
We have our entire bridal party picked out now (ushers were the last bit), we have special music picked out, and we're ironing out the little details. Appetizers, for example. Also, food for the bridal party while getting ready. Hair appointments. The bridesmaids are getting their fittings done. Also, my dress came in.
My dress came in.
WOOOOT. I can't wait to put it on again. Exciting! Soon, soon, soon. I need to make appointments to get MY fittings done.
I need to figure out my jewelry for the wedding. I need to find a dress for Savannah. I'm sure there are a dozen more details that are slipping my mind right now. Soon soon soon, I get married!
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Too Good
Sometimes, I think that Kevin is too good for me. He's such a great catch and I adore him so much.
I mentioned this to him last night and he disagreed completely. He thinks that I am, in fact, way too good for him!
Teehee.
I mentioned this to him last night and he disagreed completely. He thinks that I am, in fact, way too good for him!
Teehee.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
It's like Christmas...
Ok, let's see if I can say this and have it make sense OUTSIDE of my head.
So, to me, this wedding is sort of like Christmas. I don't mean that I'll get a lot of gifts, or give a lot of gifts (though both are true...). I don't mean that there will be singing, rejoicing, and praising of the Lord (though, again, also true). It's also not that we're getting dressed up and going to church (yeah, still true, though a bit of a stretch here, since we tend to go to church most Sundays, though decidedly not usually as dressy as we will that day). For me, it's more of a time/distance thing. Ok, let me try and explain.
When I was a kid, and even now to some extent, the whole year Christmas seemed a million miles away. Like, it's so far away, it's never going to happen. Sort of like most people look at a meteor the size of Texas hitting the earth, or the NEXT millennium, or seeing Haley's comet, or moving to the moon. So far away, so almost unlikely that they barely register as real on our radar. Sure, they are real (well, maybe not living on the moon, and let's hope not on the meteor one) but they are so very far away in time that it almost becomes a distance. A distance that your feet could never walk.
And maybe we will be around to see Haley's Comet or people living on the moon, but there will be a lot of time and miles between here and there.
Whenever Christmas actually DID come around, I was always surprised and amazed. Because the rest of the year it felt so far off, it didn't seem like I had traveled enough time and distance for it to finally be firmly in my lap. Almost like in my head, Christmas was really every two years or every three, or maybe even every four like Leap Year. But there it popped up, every year, taking me by surprise by how quickly it had arrived once again.
So how does this relate to the wedding, you ask? If you're still with me, that is! I'll tell you how!
I am twenty-eight years old, soon to be twenty-nine. I have long waited for and yearned for a man like Kevin. When I first met him, I kept waiting for "the other shoe to drop". Everything was right, and that never happens. Something always goes wrong and you go back to the drawing board and ask God for patience and faith that He has a wonderful plan for your life. You keep putting together pieces of the puzzle, hoping to see a bigger picture if you squint and use your imagination. But it never seemed to me that it would actually happen. It seemed SO FAR AWAY, to meet a wonderful guy that would love me as much as I deserved to be loved. It seemed so very distant, to get proposed to. In fact, I was trying to explain this to Kevin right before he proposed.
Here is how distant this seemed to me: We had gone ring shopping. I had PICKED OUT A RING. (I didn't know he had gotten it, but all signs pointed towards yes) We were talking engagement, we were talking wedding, we were talking marriage. We spent the day at my cousin's wedding, discussing what we liked and might reproduce at our own wedding. He had me sitting there on his bed, he had a present to give to me, and I saw the ring box in the drawer. In the back of my mind, I registered that it MIGHT be a ring box, that he MIGHT be proposing. But it seemed so very distant, it seemed like walking to the moon away, that I brushed aside that thought.
When he actually proposed, I was totally shocked. It came out of no where. Boom. Like that meteor.
SO now there is a wedding. We're planning it. Planning is coming along quite nicely. I might even have some shoes! Signs point towards yes! There is a countdown on my phone, I can see how many days are left. How many weeks. How many months. I can see it ticking down. But still, sometimes I'm walking along, doing my thing, and it hits me. Boom. I'm getting married. Boom. I'm engaged. Boom. I get to spend the rest of my life with this amazing man.
It still baffles me. But it's a good sort of baffled. It's a "I'm really really blessed" sort of baffled. And I don't have to squint so much to see the picture in the puzzle. All the pieces aren't in yet, but it's looking like a beautiful, beautiful day. And I get to share it with the love of my life, a man whose hand I love to hold.
XOXOXO
So, to me, this wedding is sort of like Christmas. I don't mean that I'll get a lot of gifts, or give a lot of gifts (though both are true...). I don't mean that there will be singing, rejoicing, and praising of the Lord (though, again, also true). It's also not that we're getting dressed up and going to church (yeah, still true, though a bit of a stretch here, since we tend to go to church most Sundays, though decidedly not usually as dressy as we will that day). For me, it's more of a time/distance thing. Ok, let me try and explain.
When I was a kid, and even now to some extent, the whole year Christmas seemed a million miles away. Like, it's so far away, it's never going to happen. Sort of like most people look at a meteor the size of Texas hitting the earth, or the NEXT millennium, or seeing Haley's comet, or moving to the moon. So far away, so almost unlikely that they barely register as real on our radar. Sure, they are real (well, maybe not living on the moon, and let's hope not on the meteor one) but they are so very far away in time that it almost becomes a distance. A distance that your feet could never walk.
And maybe we will be around to see Haley's Comet or people living on the moon, but there will be a lot of time and miles between here and there.
Whenever Christmas actually DID come around, I was always surprised and amazed. Because the rest of the year it felt so far off, it didn't seem like I had traveled enough time and distance for it to finally be firmly in my lap. Almost like in my head, Christmas was really every two years or every three, or maybe even every four like Leap Year. But there it popped up, every year, taking me by surprise by how quickly it had arrived once again.
So how does this relate to the wedding, you ask? If you're still with me, that is! I'll tell you how!
I am twenty-eight years old, soon to be twenty-nine. I have long waited for and yearned for a man like Kevin. When I first met him, I kept waiting for "the other shoe to drop". Everything was right, and that never happens. Something always goes wrong and you go back to the drawing board and ask God for patience and faith that He has a wonderful plan for your life. You keep putting together pieces of the puzzle, hoping to see a bigger picture if you squint and use your imagination. But it never seemed to me that it would actually happen. It seemed SO FAR AWAY, to meet a wonderful guy that would love me as much as I deserved to be loved. It seemed so very distant, to get proposed to. In fact, I was trying to explain this to Kevin right before he proposed.
Here is how distant this seemed to me: We had gone ring shopping. I had PICKED OUT A RING. (I didn't know he had gotten it, but all signs pointed towards yes) We were talking engagement, we were talking wedding, we were talking marriage. We spent the day at my cousin's wedding, discussing what we liked and might reproduce at our own wedding. He had me sitting there on his bed, he had a present to give to me, and I saw the ring box in the drawer. In the back of my mind, I registered that it MIGHT be a ring box, that he MIGHT be proposing. But it seemed so very distant, it seemed like walking to the moon away, that I brushed aside that thought.
When he actually proposed, I was totally shocked. It came out of no where. Boom. Like that meteor.
SO now there is a wedding. We're planning it. Planning is coming along quite nicely. I might even have some shoes! Signs point towards yes! There is a countdown on my phone, I can see how many days are left. How many weeks. How many months. I can see it ticking down. But still, sometimes I'm walking along, doing my thing, and it hits me. Boom. I'm getting married. Boom. I'm engaged. Boom. I get to spend the rest of my life with this amazing man.
It still baffles me. But it's a good sort of baffled. It's a "I'm really really blessed" sort of baffled. And I don't have to squint so much to see the picture in the puzzle. All the pieces aren't in yet, but it's looking like a beautiful, beautiful day. And I get to share it with the love of my life, a man whose hand I love to hold.
XOXOXO
Monday, November 5, 2012
Kismet!
Another very very exciting week (or two) with the wedding planning. What has been planned, you ask?
Gooooood question!
We're almost done with the invitation wording and I'm soon going to order a sample of it. Yay!
Also, we began premarital counseling yesterday with Pastor Nathan at Kevin's church. I have been a tiny bit nervous for that to begin, and now it has. So...now is the fun part?
I was sick a few days last week, so I don't have a ton to report actually. Kevin and I got to spend the weekend together, about a day and a half, which was really really nice. I also went to my first shower! They had a prayer shower at Kevin's church and I was one of the honoured guests! It was really nice to meet a lot of the ladies and spend time with them! The only downside was that I had to tell how Kevin and I met a bunch of times, plus we had already told Pastor Nathan earlier that day at counseling. So I felt like all I was doing was telling people how Kevin and I began.
We were kismet. Totally. Also the name of an AWESOME consignment shop that Melanie recommended to me in Rochester. It is my new favorite. I didn't buy anything, but it was great to look around.
So according to my count, the wedding is 20 weeks away. Or on my countdown, it says 4 months and 18 days. The website says 138 days. Are you sick of the countdown yet?
Here's another way to look at it! There are a lot of little events between then and now!
November 5th (TODAY) Lee's birthday (best friend's husband)
November 22nd, Thanksgiving.
December 25th, Christmas.
January 1, New Years Day
January 9, My Dad's birthday
January 13th, My parents' anniversary and Caitlyn's birthday (best friend)
January 29th, My birthday (I turn 29!)
February 14th, Valentine's Day
March 17th (i think??), St. Patrick's Day
March 23rd, OUR WEDDING DAY!
March 24th, Palm Sunday
March 31st, Easter Sunday.
Lots and lots to keep us busy until the wedding day. It'll be here before you know it!
Gooooood question!
We're almost done with the invitation wording and I'm soon going to order a sample of it. Yay!
Also, we began premarital counseling yesterday with Pastor Nathan at Kevin's church. I have been a tiny bit nervous for that to begin, and now it has. So...now is the fun part?
I was sick a few days last week, so I don't have a ton to report actually. Kevin and I got to spend the weekend together, about a day and a half, which was really really nice. I also went to my first shower! They had a prayer shower at Kevin's church and I was one of the honoured guests! It was really nice to meet a lot of the ladies and spend time with them! The only downside was that I had to tell how Kevin and I met a bunch of times, plus we had already told Pastor Nathan earlier that day at counseling. So I felt like all I was doing was telling people how Kevin and I began.
We were kismet. Totally. Also the name of an AWESOME consignment shop that Melanie recommended to me in Rochester. It is my new favorite. I didn't buy anything, but it was great to look around.
So according to my count, the wedding is 20 weeks away. Or on my countdown, it says 4 months and 18 days. The website says 138 days. Are you sick of the countdown yet?
Here's another way to look at it! There are a lot of little events between then and now!
November 5th (TODAY) Lee's birthday (best friend's husband)
November 22nd, Thanksgiving.
December 25th, Christmas.
January 1, New Years Day
January 9, My Dad's birthday
January 13th, My parents' anniversary and Caitlyn's birthday (best friend)
January 29th, My birthday (I turn 29!)
February 14th, Valentine's Day
March 17th (i think??), St. Patrick's Day
March 23rd, OUR WEDDING DAY!
March 24th, Palm Sunday
March 31st, Easter Sunday.
Lots and lots to keep us busy until the wedding day. It'll be here before you know it!
Monday, October 29, 2012
21 Weeks! 145 days!!
Kevin and I had an amazing weekend this weekend. Why amazing, you ask? Because it was almost completely stress free! And light on wedding planning.
Kevin came over at lunch time on Saturday and we went and had lunch together, always nice. Then we ran over to Dollar Tree and Walmart, to purchase some vases for a craft I saw on Pinterest. The idea was that if this craft was successful, we could use it in our centerpieces. Let's just say that the results were...less than successful. Or laughably horrible. But, it was fun attempting and I might give it one more go before I totally give up on it.
The rest of our time together, we sat and talked. We held hands and kissed a bit. We watched the end of 50 First Dates with my parents and then watched a couple episodes of the West Wing. We played dominoes and then had a domino fight. Then we put all the dominoes away and then I dumped the entire box on him, so the fight started anew. We were laughing our butts off the whole time. The bunny looked on with disdain, as clearly we should be petting and scratching her, as well as stacking up her blocks for her to knock down.
I love seeing Kevin and Clover interact. She was especially playful on Saturday night and kept coming over to have Kevin scratch her. It was so cute and it warms my heart to see them liking each other. She is really starting to accept him as one of her humans. Yay! She just might keep him.
Actually, all that fun couple plus Clover time gave me a good idea for a photograph, so I might work on that later. Maybe.
As for wedding stuff! After giving my mom the information on florists that had been recommended to me, she found my perfect bouquet. Like it is so me, it should be called "Katie's bouquet". She also found boutonnieres that match. Basically, 2 hours after I gave her the information, she had most of the flowers picked out and within budget. Very efficient. She clearly is excited to help out with whatever task I give her next. She also wants us to start thinking about favors.
Kevin, Caitlyn (the matron of honour), and I have spent quite a bit of time lately on the MUSIC for the wedding. We seem to have the processional down, and we got the PERFECT song for the father/daughter dance. After that, we're still working on fitting the puzzle pieces together. Nothing is set in stone. I've been looking into bridesmaid's jewelry with my sister Christi. The jewelry will be the gift to the bridesmaids, in thanks for being a part of our special day.
After making a very important decision on cloth napkins (very. important.), we still need to work out appetizers. And favors. And maybe beverages. At least we don't have to worry about alcohol because there won't be any. :-D
I am still on the hunt for bridal shoes, but now I am also looking around for bridal jewelry. I need to start trying up-dos soon also. I need to get ahold of my lovely personal attendant Michelle, I'm sure she'd love to be a part of that!
I feel like I'm forgetting something big that we've either decided or are discussing. The biggest thing right now (and be praying for us!) is that we are starting Pre-Marital Counseling this weekend! That's right. Sunday afternoon at Kevin's church with Pastor Nathan. I'm a tiny bit nervous. We're supposed to do this test that kind of shows how compatible we are. I asked what would happen if it said we weren't very compatible and Kevin joked that Pastor Nathan would suggest we call off the wedding. Somehow, I didn't find that funny nor reassuring.
If I think of anything else, I'll post again.
Kevin came over at lunch time on Saturday and we went and had lunch together, always nice. Then we ran over to Dollar Tree and Walmart, to purchase some vases for a craft I saw on Pinterest. The idea was that if this craft was successful, we could use it in our centerpieces. Let's just say that the results were...less than successful. Or laughably horrible. But, it was fun attempting and I might give it one more go before I totally give up on it.
The rest of our time together, we sat and talked. We held hands and kissed a bit. We watched the end of 50 First Dates with my parents and then watched a couple episodes of the West Wing. We played dominoes and then had a domino fight. Then we put all the dominoes away and then I dumped the entire box on him, so the fight started anew. We were laughing our butts off the whole time. The bunny looked on with disdain, as clearly we should be petting and scratching her, as well as stacking up her blocks for her to knock down.
I love seeing Kevin and Clover interact. She was especially playful on Saturday night and kept coming over to have Kevin scratch her. It was so cute and it warms my heart to see them liking each other. She is really starting to accept him as one of her humans. Yay! She just might keep him.
Actually, all that fun couple plus Clover time gave me a good idea for a photograph, so I might work on that later. Maybe.
As for wedding stuff! After giving my mom the information on florists that had been recommended to me, she found my perfect bouquet. Like it is so me, it should be called "Katie's bouquet". She also found boutonnieres that match. Basically, 2 hours after I gave her the information, she had most of the flowers picked out and within budget. Very efficient. She clearly is excited to help out with whatever task I give her next. She also wants us to start thinking about favors.
Kevin, Caitlyn (the matron of honour), and I have spent quite a bit of time lately on the MUSIC for the wedding. We seem to have the processional down, and we got the PERFECT song for the father/daughter dance. After that, we're still working on fitting the puzzle pieces together. Nothing is set in stone. I've been looking into bridesmaid's jewelry with my sister Christi. The jewelry will be the gift to the bridesmaids, in thanks for being a part of our special day.
After making a very important decision on cloth napkins (very. important.), we still need to work out appetizers. And favors. And maybe beverages. At least we don't have to worry about alcohol because there won't be any. :-D
I am still on the hunt for bridal shoes, but now I am also looking around for bridal jewelry. I need to start trying up-dos soon also. I need to get ahold of my lovely personal attendant Michelle, I'm sure she'd love to be a part of that!
I feel like I'm forgetting something big that we've either decided or are discussing. The biggest thing right now (and be praying for us!) is that we are starting Pre-Marital Counseling this weekend! That's right. Sunday afternoon at Kevin's church with Pastor Nathan. I'm a tiny bit nervous. We're supposed to do this test that kind of shows how compatible we are. I asked what would happen if it said we weren't very compatible and Kevin joked that Pastor Nathan would suggest we call off the wedding. Somehow, I didn't find that funny nor reassuring.
If I think of anything else, I'll post again.
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