Saturday, July 3, 2010
The end of a chapter and beginning of a new one!
Well we are only ONE week away from getting married! It will be the end of our engagement and the beginning of a wonderful marriage and life together. I am so incredibly excited! My life has changed so drastically in the past year and I wouldn't change it for the world. I have a man who I love so incredibly much and who loves me so well and treats me with such respect each and every day. We have a beautiful home. Wonderful wonderful friends. AMAZING family. It has been so fun to become a part of another family. We have learned so much in our engagement about each other and about how God desires for us to live--it has been an amazing experience. We have done a lot in our engagement. We sold a house. We moved me twice. We moved him once. We totally remodeled the upstairs of our house. We have planned a beautiful wedding. We have gone through a budget reduction at his school and watched him lose his job and get it back due to God's faithfulness. We decided for Pat to take a coaching job elsewhere. We have coached between the two of us 4 sports during our engagement and directed a youth league. We have spent countless hours planning things just to realize that in the end it's not about our plans...it's about God's and His plan will always work itself out. We have watched our friends and family support us beyond belief. We have had four bridal/wedding showers. And so much more. We are ready...very ready to enter into this next chapter of life. We are beyond excited for the wedding and the reception to see almost 300 people supporting us and celebrating our love for each other. We are ecstatic about traveling to Hawaii and starting our lives together. But more than either of those things we are thrilled to just start this new chapter of life on a strong foundation and watch what the Lord teaches us and where He takes us in our life. We are a good team together and I'm so grateful that the Lord brought us together in His perfect timing. I had known of Pat and his family for years but had never met him and our paths have crossed so many times between high school and college but this was HIS perfect timing. I'm grateful.
Monday, June 21, 2010
19 days!
It's hard to believe but we are only 19 days away from our wedding!!! We are SOOO incredibly ready to enter into the next chapter of life!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Totally Random...
How long is/was your engagement? It will be a little over 7 months
How many bridal salons did you visit before purchasing “the one”? Three
White shoes or colored shoes? Ivory
Heels or flats? Heels! I wear heels almost every day. My shoes are super cool though because they are really cushiony....it seriously feels like I'm in athletic shoes!
Hometown wedding or destination? Hometown
How many venues did you visit until you found the perfect reception space? 3 but we went with the one that we went to first. Most places were already booked. It's beautiful--I love it!
Ceremony and reception at the same place? No--ceremony at Warsaw Community Church where we attend church and reception at The Feast in Lakeville
Walking alone, both parents, or dad giving you away? My dad:)
Taking/took professional pictures? Yep!!
More than 200 guests? Yea..... the guest list is at 339
Spring/summer/fall/winter wedding? Summer! On Pat's birthday!
What did you/are you going to DiY if anything? I did the invitations myself, am going to do the programs and escort cards
When was your first dance song first released? 2009
Are you having a cake or cupcakes? We debated on this one but we are having cake
One thing you loved at first, but now you think is kind of ugly? At first, I thought for sure that I would get a white dress but with my skin tone it doesn't look good on me at all so definitely got ivory and love it!Friday, April 30, 2010
Random Updates...
Here are a lot of random updates...Life has been one big whirlwind these past few weeks.
**ISTEP is OVER--praise the lord! I'm extremely proud of my kiddos for how hard they worked and they are glad to be done!!
**My track girls won their meet this past week--woohoo! :) They are awesome awesome runners and so much fun!
**I had my last dress fitting last week and it finally fits--yay! I will pick it up in June!
**My jewelry/veil came in last week and it's absolutely gorgeous!!! I love it!!!
**I have been attending bridal showers for lots of other people
**I have all the mailing labels for my wedding invitations done and will have them completely done by the end of the weekend--what a good feeling! They get mailed out at the end of next week!
**We just bought season football tickets for Notre Dame. We split them with a friend so we are getting half of them. We are super excited!
**I have been spending a lot of time with my parents lately
**My bridal showers start in two weeks from today--I have four of them! I'm super excited!
** I can't believe tomorrow is MAY! :)
**There have been serious serious budget cuts in the school corporation where Pat teaches. It's frustrating and lots of people are uncertain about their jobs for next year. Almost 300. We have been dealing with that daily but we are confident that it will all work out.
**We had marriage counseling session 2 last night. It was a lot more fun that session 1.
**The end of the school year is approaching--I have lotssss to do because we are completely leaving this building for a new one---let the packing begin!
**We have our last set of engagement photos on Sunday
**I bought new running shoes last week
**Pat bought me a beautiful necklace last week just because--he is pretty great!
**Next week is the Indianapolis half marathon--woohoo! Kari, Jill, Heather, Ashley, and me are running it! YAY! :)
**ISTEP is OVER--praise the lord! I'm extremely proud of my kiddos for how hard they worked and they are glad to be done!!
**My track girls won their meet this past week--woohoo! :) They are awesome awesome runners and so much fun!
**I had my last dress fitting last week and it finally fits--yay! I will pick it up in June!
**My jewelry/veil came in last week and it's absolutely gorgeous!!! I love it!!!
**I have been attending bridal showers for lots of other people
**I have all the mailing labels for my wedding invitations done and will have them completely done by the end of the weekend--what a good feeling! They get mailed out at the end of next week!
**We just bought season football tickets for Notre Dame. We split them with a friend so we are getting half of them. We are super excited!
**I have been spending a lot of time with my parents lately
**My bridal showers start in two weeks from today--I have four of them! I'm super excited!
** I can't believe tomorrow is MAY! :)
**There have been serious serious budget cuts in the school corporation where Pat teaches. It's frustrating and lots of people are uncertain about their jobs for next year. Almost 300. We have been dealing with that daily but we are confident that it will all work out.
**We had marriage counseling session 2 last night. It was a lot more fun that session 1.
**The end of the school year is approaching--I have lotssss to do because we are completely leaving this building for a new one---let the packing begin!
**We have our last set of engagement photos on Sunday
**I bought new running shoes last week
**Pat bought me a beautiful necklace last week just because--he is pretty great!
**Next week is the Indianapolis half marathon--woohoo! Kari, Jill, Heather, Ashley, and me are running it! YAY! :)
Randomness...
My dear friend Rachelle did this so I thought it would be fun too. :)
The game of tag about your man:
How old is your man? 25
Who eats more? Him
Who said "I love you" first? He did
Who is taller? He is--which is perfect because I can still wear heels and be shorter than him! :)
Who sings better? I'm not sure if either of us is better
Who is smarter? It really depends on the subject. We are both smart and very educated but if the topic is sports or random historical information he wins hands down.
Whose temper is worse? Neither of us.
Who does the laundry? Um...definitely me.
Who takes out the garbage? Both of us. We share responsibilities really really well but that comes from the fact that we both were single homeowners before this.
Who pays the bills? We both do
Who is better with the computer? Me
Who mows the lawn? Both of us--it depends who is home to do it
Who cooks dinner? We both do...once again it depends who is able to get it done. We are both busy busy people.
Who drives when you are together? A lot of times me because I like driving but it depends how much driving I have already done that day because of my commute
Who pays when you go out? Him
Who is most stubborn? We're both pretty stubborn but not in a bad way
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Both of us!
Whose parents do you see the most? Lately that has been extremely equal. Even though his mom/stepdad live 3 miles away we see my parents just as much. His dad though we don't see very often because he lives in VA.
Who asked who out? It was a blind date from my sista. :)
Who proposed? He did.:)
Who wears the pants in the family? Both of us again....we are super big into having things be equal across the board and it works really really well. I love it. :)
The game of tag about your man:
Who is your man? Pat
How long have you been together? 10 months
How long did you date? Before we were engaged? 5 monthsHow old is your man? 25
Who eats more? Him
Who said "I love you" first? He did
Who is taller? He is--which is perfect because I can still wear heels and be shorter than him! :)
Who sings better? I'm not sure if either of us is better
Who is smarter? It really depends on the subject. We are both smart and very educated but if the topic is sports or random historical information he wins hands down.
Whose temper is worse? Neither of us.
Who does the laundry? Um...definitely me.
Who takes out the garbage? Both of us. We share responsibilities really really well but that comes from the fact that we both were single homeowners before this.
Who pays the bills? We both do
Who is better with the computer? Me
Who mows the lawn? Both of us--it depends who is home to do it
Who cooks dinner? We both do...once again it depends who is able to get it done. We are both busy busy people.
Who drives when you are together? A lot of times me because I like driving but it depends how much driving I have already done that day because of my commute
Who pays when you go out? Him
Who is most stubborn? We're both pretty stubborn but not in a bad way
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Both of us!
Whose parents do you see the most? Lately that has been extremely equal. Even though his mom/stepdad live 3 miles away we see my parents just as much. His dad though we don't see very often because he lives in VA.
Who asked who out? It was a blind date from my sista. :)
Who proposed? He did.:)
Who wears the pants in the family? Both of us again....we are super big into having things be equal across the board and it works really really well. I love it. :)
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Moving right along!
I have been accomplishing tons of stuff lately...I have been on a roll. As my friend Ashley would say, "I'm getting things out of my life!"
Here's some of the things that I have got done lately:
**I have all our wedding invitations printed and assembled! Whew! What a huge, huge job! They are gorgeous and I love them! I just have to finish typing everyone's address (almost done!) and print the labels and take them to the post office on May 7th. Yay!
**Bought my GORGEOUS rehearsal dress at White House Black Market when Ashley was here
**Have all our families wedding pictures for our reception
**Started collecting pictures for our slide show
**Took my flower girl dress shopping and had success!
**All the tuxes are picked out
**The hair schedules for all the girls/moms/grandmas is done
**My practice hair/makeup appointment has been set
**All the music is picked out for the ceremony and reception
**All the details of the decorations are figured out for ceremony and reception
**Schedules for the day before have been made
**Schedules for the day of have been made
**Talked again to the limo company, cake lady, photographer, and DJ
**Having our last set of engagement pictures at a state park in two weeks and making a picture schedule at that time
**Found what escort cards/ceremony programs we want
**Starting marriage counseling tonight--session # 1 of 4.
**Getting lots of other stuff accomplished at home with the house and at work (7 more weeks left till the end of the school year!)
Here's some of the things that I have got done lately:
**I have all our wedding invitations printed and assembled! Whew! What a huge, huge job! They are gorgeous and I love them! I just have to finish typing everyone's address (almost done!) and print the labels and take them to the post office on May 7th. Yay!
**Bought my GORGEOUS rehearsal dress at White House Black Market when Ashley was here
**Have all our families wedding pictures for our reception
**Started collecting pictures for our slide show
**Took my flower girl dress shopping and had success!
**All the tuxes are picked out
**The hair schedules for all the girls/moms/grandmas is done
**My practice hair/makeup appointment has been set
**All the music is picked out for the ceremony and reception
**All the details of the decorations are figured out for ceremony and reception
**Schedules for the day before have been made
**Schedules for the day of have been made
**Talked again to the limo company, cake lady, photographer, and DJ
**Having our last set of engagement pictures at a state park in two weeks and making a picture schedule at that time
**Found what escort cards/ceremony programs we want
**Starting marriage counseling tonight--session # 1 of 4.
**Getting lots of other stuff accomplished at home with the house and at work (7 more weeks left till the end of the school year!)
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