I hate addresses

Aaron and I have been busy collecting addresses for the past couple weeks. That part has not been to bad...however, every time we go to enter a new address for someone we realize that we forgot someone else. UGH! That is the part I hate! So then we sit and discuss whether or not we should invite some one. I finally decided that if I have not talked to you in the past year, there is really no reason I need to invite you (with the exception of family members).

I feel that if I am going to have people participate and witness our special day that we should have had a better friendship/relationship over time. There are people I went to college with that probably don't even know that I am getting married, or that I even have a fiance, so they probably wont miss anything by not being at the wedding right?

Oh, but now I feel bad even after typing that...but really, I cant afford to buy more invitations or to feed more people...

I just have to remind myself every time I get distracted by who I should or shouldn't invite, or by how much the decorations are going to cost or how much food people get to get, that the wedding day is meant for one thing: Aaron and I pledging our love for each other and that is all that really matters. No matter who is invited or how much shrimp one person eats, Aaron and
I will still be married.

Long and successful day

Today was a day set aside for making some wedding decisions. We had to go put deposits down on the bridesmaid dresses. However, I knew the one I had chosen back in December was not one I was extremely happy with. It was one I settled on, but it was not really what I wanted. That dress was a tea length dress and I wanted a full length dress. So I went in today to take one last look to see what I might find. I found a full length dress that is very elegant and I am much happier with it!

In addition to the bridesmaid dresses, I was also on a mission to find our flower girl dress. And let me tell you, I have the most adorable flower girl that exists on this earth! Her mom, Rosemond, was a good sport today as well. She was a model for the bridesmaid dresses that I was looking at; and I think her and her daughter Grace have a career in modeling ahead of them :-). Grace made every dress we put on her look absolutely adorable.

After playing dress up for a while I went out with Katy, who is singing at the wedding, to find the accompaniment track for the song she is going to sing. The first sample we listened to sounded like a cheesy 80's keyboard song. Fortunately there is a new version off the song and it sounds amazing! Katy has this angelic voice that is going to be perfect for our wedding :-)

Now, we have the big chore of typing in addresses for our save the dates and invitations. This is going to be one tedious task!

I'm Back

Ok, so I am apparently not very good at this blogging thing. I actually forgot had this thing.

The past few weeks have gone by so FAST! And I have a feeling the next 6 months are going to go by even faster. We are 179 days away from the big day...its a bitter sweet feeling. I cant wait for the day to be here, but then again I don't want the day to just fly by either.

We went to both Colorado and Nebraska for our Winter break. Colorado was cold and it would not stop snowing. It had to snow at least 4 feet while we were there. Then we flew off to Omaha (after spending 12 hours in the airport on Christmas day) and it was non-stop wedding planning for the next 7 days. We did take a break and got my dad to go see a movie for the first time since I was in grade school; but other than that it was wedding, wedding, wedding. There are just so many decisions to be made for weddings, many of which I just want some one else to make!

We finally have deposits down an all the major parts of the wedding; the location, the dress, the cake, the videographer and the DJ. Now we just have to figure out a way to pay off the balances! This wedding stuff is expensive...we have learned that we have to start cutting things so that we can make everything else happen. Our horse and carriage is one thing that we had to let go, which makes me VERY sad, but I guess there are just some sacrifices that I have to make if I am going to get everything else. :(