Think I have figured out the flowers...

So I spent all day thinking about flowers while at work - typical of me. Then I found this picture and thought...PERFECT! I knew that my bouquet would have to be all white, just like me dress - no color whatsoever. But the bridal party bouquets were still tripping me up - until now:

Bridal Party:

Stephanotis with dyed blue bombay orchids (no calla lillies) and the stems will be tied with the same fabric as their dresses.

Bride & Groom Flowers:

Stephanotis - all white with no color or green leaves
The stem of bouquet will actually be fabric from my Mom's dress and/or veil

Bridesmaids & Flowers

So I officially have my bridesmaids picked out! Gina (MOH & BFF from College), Sara (BFF from Middle School), and Dawn (BFF from Middle School). Great buch of girls and some of the people who know way too much about me.

Any ways, I can not decide what time of flowers I want to use for the wedding. My color is dark blue and I really want my bouquet to be all white. But picking the flowers for the bridesmaids is very tough for me. I have some choices...

#1 - Stephanotis

#2 - Calla Lillies

#3 - Dark Blue Iris

#4 - White Peonies

#5 - Light Blue Hydrangeas

Let me know what you think. Or give me other flower suggestions or mix-and-match suggestions, please!

What a great day

So today, me and my fiance left early to head to Des Moines. He had a Dr.'s appointment, then we headed over to the best mall in Iowa where we went window shopping (but had certain stops for need). We started at Barnes N Noble - which can always be a dangerous store for me. Headed to the Mac store - Chris' favorite store, he was making a Genius Bar appointed. Then we wandered a bit before eating lunch at the Cheesecake Factory - YUMMY! Went by Zales to get him sized for his ring and for his to give me suggestions of what he would like [we did this for my rings, which were bought as a bridal set, so the table has turned and I am doing the same process for him-a surprise for him at the ceremony!] Some time during our trip to the mall we agreed we would come back and spend a whole day doing nothing but gift registries - which he was actually excited about doing! - even though most of it would be going towards the kitchen or the bathroom, lol. So I think we will have fun and I know he will actually get into doing the registry stuff. We finished the day by seeing the new Harry Potter movie, and an Auntie Anne's pretzle!!!

The drive back was nice and easy followed by pizza. such a great day to hang out with him all day and just act like it is a Saturday - but with less people in the mall.

My First Follower!

So I got my first follower today! She is my best friend and one of my bridesmaid for the wedding. She is such an awesome friend so it is no wonder that she would be my first blog-world follower!

First Bit of Stress

So I am starting to get stressed out over the Church and the reception hall. I really want a center aisle but my Fiancee's whole family got married at this one church that does not have a center aisle. Thats the first conflict. The second is comeing from the food and caterer. Most of the reception places around town do their own caterering, but everyone wants me to go with this outside caterer - meaning more money, in my opinion. I really just want to book the Church and reception place now, so we can officially have our date set. Everything else can wait a while more to figure out...

New Layout Please

Any ideas where I can go to get a better layout for my page?

Booking Sites

So we made it back to Iowa and the first thing I did on Monday morning was to call to all the Churches in the area and the reception halls. Churches are being slow to respond back, but I think we found the reception hall that we want!!! Now I'll we have to do is put a deposit on the place and pick a Church...

The Dress

So since I was home when I got engaged, I jumped on the opprotunity to go dress shopping with my mom, sister, niece (the flower girl), and my future mother-in-law. We went to David's Bridal and I tried on what seemed like 100 dress (I think it was actually 30) and found one that I really liked but had slight hesitation because of one thing on the dress. So we left, since the store was closing, and one the way back decided to look at the other bridal store that I went to to find my prom and dance dresses.

So the next morning we went in and started pulling dresses to try on. The 3rd dress - yes the 3rd - was it! We kept trying on others but kept coming back to #3!!! It was almost exactly like the one I liked at DB but slightly different and was perfect! My future mother-in-law actualy pulled it for me. So we are in the process of ordering it in Iowa to save money and so I can get the alterations done out here instead of Rhode Island. Can't wait to actually get in and start the alterations!

I'm not posting any pictures because I want to keep it a secret, don't want Chris to find out!!!

The Proposal!

Chris and Becca had been discussing getting married for a while and almost everyone knew it would happen at some point. There was occasional trips to the jewelry store to get sized and look at designs, and there were all the talks about the wedding and marriage prior to the engagement. So, when it came time for us to plan a family trip to RI with Chris' parents, the big questions began to get asked (e.g. "Will he or won't he talk to her dad in person?" "Will he or won't he propose while in RI?") So four days into the trip, day two in RI, we were sitting on the T heading into Boston for a tour with his parents and hers, Becca looked at Chris and stated, "Just so you know, I have given up on the thought that you would propose while we are in New England." Chris doing his best, kept cool and remained in focus. While touring Boston, everyone except Becca, wanted to go to Fenway Park (Home of the Boston Red Sox) and tour the ball park! Which baffled Becca because Chris, nor his parents, did not care for Baseball AT ALL. Only Becca's family cared about baseball, so she was really confused over all of it. So we went on a tour of the park and at the very end, we had a few moments to get some pictures taken.......

So Chris and Becca's parents finish snapping pictures, as I am about to turn and grab my purse Chris tells them to "keep their cameras ready and that he is about to do something." Becca looked at him and asked "what are you doing?" then realized what was about to happen!!! As Chris is getting to one knee, Becca called him a "jerk." However, Chris is unphased by this and ask in the most simplist, romantic four words "WILL YOU MARRY ME?" Becca immediately starts in on an emotion break down as she announces "YES"

Therefore, in short, Chris proposed to Becca near the third base line at Fenway Park on July 14, 2009.

Starting Off (& Background)

So I have never ever done a blog before, this will be a first and I am hoping that it will be a stress relief from my crazy life! I am a first year teaching getting ready to embark on teaching elementary students music and play piano for the high school choir. I have recently got engaged to my wonderful boyfriend of two years last TTuesday at Fenway Park (I'll post the whole proposal story later). I live half way across the country from my mom and dad spend a lot of time sitting in front of the TV with my cat.

Hopefully this blog will be helpful to me and to everyone else who might like wedding advice, new recipes, and just the randomness that will come with this upcoming year.