Honeymoon

Andrew and I booked our honeymoon last night!!!

We are going on a 5 night cruise in the Bahamas. We are going with carnival cruise line and leave on Aug 16th from Jacksonville Florida. We stop in Key West Florida and Nassau Bahamas. Andrew also promised me an excursion where I can swim with the dolphins :)

We still need to get our plane tickets and such but the cruise is booked YAY!

Wedding Party Finalized

So Andrew and I finalized the wedding party:
Matron of Honor:
Kelly (sister of the bride)
Bridesmaids:
Britney Colton (sister-in-law of the bride)
Hayley Dulong (cousin of the bride)
Alyssa McKay (sister of the groom)
Nakalan Buzza (friend of the bride)
Seve Skreen (friend of the bride)
Maggie Saunders (friend of the bride)
Sarah Hutchings (friend of the bride)

Best Man:
Ben McKay (brother of the groom)
Groomsmen:
Tygh Colton (brother of the bride)
Travis Vlach (brother-in-law of the bride)
RJ Strength (friend of the groom)
John Rathjen (friend of the groom)
Josh Baretich (friend of the groom)
Andrew Vulgan (friend of the groom)
Michael Hartenstein (friend of the groom)

Nakalan took our engagement pictures today I am really excited to see how they turn out!!

Personality assessment and Sisters

Last week Andrew and I took the personality assessment for our premarital counseling. As I correctly predicted in the assessment I filled out about Andrew it took him twice as long as me to finish:) I am really anxious to see the results. I'm kind of nervous about what they will reveal. And excited to start this process

I had a dream that Andrew and i got married a year before we were supposed to and nothing was the way I wanted it. We hadn't done pre-marital counseling and we had to wait a year to go on our cruise. This is going to be a long 292 days.

This weekend I was over in bend so I got to hang out with my matron of honor:) We did lots of wedding brainstorming. We talked about what I want my cake to look like.We emailed DJs to get quotes. We also begun planning my bachelorette party, which I am super excited about.

I have not had my ring for the past week because it is getting sized and I want it back. I only wore it for a week and it's amazing how quickly you get used to it being on your finger:) But hopefully I will be getting that back this week and I also plan to buy Andrew's ring this week.

Father's are Funny

So Saturday was spent driving around with Andrew, his mom, and my mom. We started out by looking at the Abernathy center. It was really pretty and while we were standing in the gazebo a huge thunderstorm came through with torrential rain.

After the Abernathy center, we went to the Tumwater room, then the Oregon Golf Club, then Rolling Hills, and finally Langdon Farms.

Langdon Farms was the only place that we actually had an appointment at. We met with Mark Garcia and he showed us around and went over all that they do. It ended up being a total answer to prayer because not only was it the place that andrew and I wanted to most, it ended up being the cheapest place we looked at. We are going to have the ceremony in the orchard and the reception in the big red shed.

My mom and I then went home to tell my dad how excited we were and how we wanted to go back on sunday to put down a deposit. After he reenacted a scene from father of the bride, he came out of his room saying it was fine to put down the deposit only if they threw in two farm cards (a card giving you discounted golf for a year) on would be for him and the other for Bill Towne.

So mom and I went back on Sunday to talk to mark and he agreed to throw in the farm cards so we signed and payed and it's offcial! The wedding is on Aug 14th at Langdon Farms. Since the wedding will be outside at a golf course, there are so many flowers that we won't need to have a flowerst. My mom and grandma are going to plant the flowers that I want and we will make our own bouquets. Also andrew is going to build us a trellis for the alter. He's so great:)

It was really fun on sunday to go to church and see everyone and show off my fiance and my ring. I asked Bill Towne to do part of my ceremony and my dad will do the other part.

All in all a good planning weekend.

Fist Step: Venue

Our date is August 14, 2010. Giving us 304 days to pull everything together. Which seems long when i look at paper chain that stretches across three walls of my room. I am praying that the time passes quickly and that i am able to enjoy every min of this process.

We have Rolling Hills reserved as kind of a back up plan, but this weekend we are going to look at places. The front runner at the moment is Langdon Farms Golf Course.

Andrew likes the barn, i like everything. Another option is Abagail Garden at the Abernathy Center in Oregon City. My mom bought the Bravo wedding guide yesterday so i am sure she has a whole day of looking at places planned out.

My colors are orange and white with different birght colors mixed in... and let it be known i picked orange two years ago before it became the new craze:)

Yesterday the emails were flying between my sisters and me.

Andrew and I are also working on finalizing the wedding party. But obviously Kelly (my sister) is my matron of honor:)

The Proposal

So this last weekend we went camping with a bunch of friends for my birthday. We went to Beverly beach just outside of Newport. On Saturday we went into Newport to go to the Oregon coast aquarium because I had never been and really wanted to go. The last exhibit we went too was the underwater tunnel. It was really crowded so Andrew was trying to wait for the crowd to thin out a bit and it just wasn't happening. So at one point all of our friends just sat down along the walland by doing so kind of created a barrier and Andrew and I ended up by ourselves at one end and a crowd of about 20 or 30 were at the other end.
So he asked me what I was doing for the rest of my life and then got down on one knee and asked if i wouldn't mind marrying him:)

The ring that he gave me belonged to his grandmother.

The beginning

It was suggested to me to start this blog to keep everyone updated on the plans as they happen. Since I am not very good at journaling I thought this would be a good medium to write down my thoughts so I can look back and remember what was happening and what I was learning.


That said please comment on content only and not on any grammar or spelling mistakes because I really don't care and it just makes you sound snobby:)