three hundred ninty three

my first post in the three's! the newest update in wedding planning is the transportation for the wedding party! so this might not be as much fun for other people but i know that fourteen people will be very happy.

we have officially booked a stretch excursion limo that is absolutely gorgeous! this is the car that will take the wedding party away from the church and drive us around getting pictures, then it will drop us all off at quail ridge! It has two bars, tv's, lights...etc. definitely a perfect place to start the celebration!

four hundred

it's the last day in the four hundreds! yes yes yes!

so we have official been waiting for two hundred thirty two days, patience is a requirement at this time and it's not always easy to find it. however we are doing well and trusting in the Lord that this time is making us grow stronger and when the day comes we will treasure every minute.

"...waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be." - John Ortberg -willow creek community church

"Patience with others is Love, Patience with self is Hope, Patience with God is Faith." - Adel Bestavros

four hundred one

four hundred one days left to the wedding, unchecked items on my huge list include: florist, church (officially), videographer (if we need one), bridal party transportation, some cake items, engagement rings, all the stationary imaginable, guest list... and more things that i can't remember.

have i mentioned how wonderful my groom is? i can't tell you how much he has helped with all this stuff. this past weekend we worked together on one piece of our stationary, the program. i went through all of my old paper from school and found some amazing paper to use. it has a great texture and is a nice ivory/antique white. jordan is the one who came up with the idea to hold the four pages together. it looks superb! you will all have to see for yourself. he also had an amazing idea for our guest book... but i refuse to say more, again you'll have to see for yourself!

here is another photo dump of my favorites:

four hundred eight

yay for engagement photos! we have ours scheduled for the first week in October. this will be a fun step in our wedding process. it will seem more real when we can share our photos with everyone and prove that we are engaged. for most it's only official when they can put up the ultimate 'engagement photo' album on facebook. lol i such a sucker, and following suit. however i must admit that the photography is one of the most important things to me. it just makes the day live a bit longer than 24 hours.

the following weekend jordan and i get to go and visit a dear friend and see her beautiful wedding at Zion National Park in Utah! That is going to be so very exciting and i can't wait (i attached a picture of Zion, such amazing beauty)

four hundred fourteen

bridesmaids dresses are done and chosen! again, its super early, but it's done, one less thing to think about and it worked out so perfectly, my cousin bailey came in town and one of my bridesmaids megan was going to leave the following monday for kc. so everyone was in town for this friday.

we met up at the wedding gallery in st. charles which has the largest selection of bridesmaids dresses in the midwest. this is the shop where i got my beautiful and amazing dress (which has been out of my mind, well until now, and is carefully tucked away in my aunts gracious closet for safe keeping for another four hundred plus days) unfortunately my mom was out of town but my two aunts and cousin's grandma were wonderful step-ins. we arrived as soon as it opened and walked into a completely dark building...no power. ha well that didn't stop us! we were completely fine with using the light from the door to see these dresses! we would go to the men's dressing rooms in the front of the dark building, then race up to the door to take a look, quite the experience. after a few minutes of searching and trying in darkness the lights flickered to life and we continued without a hitch.

with four girls to try on dresses we basically took up their entire back room. we had about twenty different dresses that were swapped, switched and tossed between dressing rooms so everyone could try on each dress. i knew i was leaning towards chiffon fabric, and i loved empire waists but we tried on other options as well. however in the end whether from the general consensus or my slight nudges (i say slight nudges, but since we ended up with my original favorite dress i guess there were some definite shoves from me that helped in our "General Consensus") we ended up with a perfect dress. though i might be biased i think it looks wonderful on everyone. its elegant but simple and not over the top 'bridesmaid' ... well you'll have to be the true judge on that.

i won't show you a picture but i will tell you that it is the same color as that jeep in my previous post and it is chiffon fabric. i love it and hope my wonderful, beautiful, talented, amazing girls will like it too.

more wonderful pictures that inspire me daily:

four hundred eighteen

wow the days of four hundred are coming to a close.

the other day i saw the most wonderful, adorable, awesome, video for a couples wedding, click the link below to see it!
http://vimeo.com/12468079
this is just amazing, so much fun!