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The life of a Bride
I love him more and more everyday
Keith continues to surprise me. He continues to do little things that light me up and make me grow more and more in love with him. The wedding planning is stressful and it's starting to get more and more stressful as the days go by. When I start to break down, Keith puts me in his arms and builds me back up. He is my rock. He is my best friend and team mate. I wouldn't be able to handle this without his love and support that he gives to me so freely. Keith, you are my soldier! Thank you...
Back to the grind!
The holidays are now over and it's time to get back to planning the day I've been dreaming of my whole life. That's right- My wedding day! - This week alone I'm meeting up with Lauren, Jamie and a potential photographer. My poor wedding binder was gathering dust through the holidays but now it's time to get back to the grind. YEAH. This weeks task: Save the date cards and choosing our photographer. I LOVE BEING A BRIDE!!!!!
CHANGED OUR DATE!!!!!!!
After the fiasco with our reception site, Keith and I decided that there were a few possibilities.. Run away and have a desination wedding in Half Moon Bay, change our date, or find a reception hall that we didn't really care for... After a looooong talk and carful consideration Keith and I both decided on changing our date to 10-10-09. Here is what we came up with for objectives;
It's an easy anniversary to remember
October matches our wedding color scheme...
First wedding DRAMA!!!
SOMEONE GOT TO THE RECEPTION HALL THAT I WANTED AND BOOKED IT TWO DAYS AGO!!!!!!!!!! I lost the hall that I wanted. Now I have to find another one. I know there are things that I am not going to be able to have and I will have to deal with that, but I really wanted this reception hall and it was by FAR the least expensive in Redding... AUGH now I have to figure out someway to fix this fiasco... My first big wedding situation. Let's hope that I learn some good technique through this...
Marital Prep classes
Keith and I are both Catholics and are so happy and honored to be married in the Catholic Church. There are a lot of things we need to do as Catholics in order to be wed in the church. One of which is marital preparation courses. We are almost through the first half of the classes. 'The marital inventory'. They go over a series of questions Keith and I answer and then they determine if there are things we need to work on or communicate about. Then we'll get the fun of taking the 'planned...
Our engagement party
Our engagement party was great! It went by way too fast. Kathleen and Rod were just so wonderful for planning the whole party. Kathleen made her delicious fettuccini alfredo with chicken and Rod made his famous spaghetti and meat balls. There was pretty appitzers and an 'Aunty Pam' salad and even Suzanne yummy garlic bread. Aside from the amazing food, it was wonderful to have our families come togehter and celebrate our engagment with encouragement and blessings. So many of our friends...
The second meeting for St. Josephs
Kathleen, Lauren and I met with the coordinator for St. Joseph's church to talk about all the particulars regarding our wedding ceremony. Having the church wedding of my dreams has proven to be more difficult then I thought it was going to be. It turns out there will be a 5:30 vigil (confession) on Saturday and it is the same schedule in EVERY CHURCH IN REDDING. It's right smack dab in the middle of the time that I wanted to have our ceremony. It lasts for an hour which means we will either...
Church meeting cancelled!
I recieved a phone call from the woman at the Church who is also the 'wedding coordinator'. She re-scheduled my appointment a few times when I scheduled it and now has cancelled! It's a little bit frustrating ONLY because she is impossible to get a hold of to schedule anything. I've been told that I am starting to plan 'too early' but these types of situations are exactly why I'm trying to get everything handled ASAP. So I didn't get to go the the church. I didn't get any of my questions...
Engagement Photos!
Sunday evening Keith and I took our engagement photos with Kara Stewart. (Karastewartphotography.com check out her site!!) I couldn't believe how much fun we had! This was our first 'big step' towards the wedding planning and getting everything started. I was a nervous reck all day. I couldn't figure out what to wear, or make up or hair. First I tried to ask Keith.. "Honey, dangling earrings or studs? Should I wear pink eye shadow or gold?" That was a big mistake. He...
