More Than 2 Months After...

We have had a busy few months following the wedding. However, we are both enjoying a much needed day off work thanks to a giant snow storm.

So now a quick recap (in pictures) of the days leading up to our wedding...

1.

+Jacqueline Wheeler and +Esther Walker went on a hunt for baby white pumpkins for the table center pieces. We went to several pumpkin patches within a 10 mile radius and could only get our hands on one baby white pumpkin. When we were just about to give up hope, we stopped at a stand on the side of the road that we had passed in the beginning of our adventure. Lo and behold, it had the biggest selection of baby white pumpkins! Problem solved!

2.

Seating guests at tables is much harder than anyone of us had initially thought. We had all of our sticky notes, color coded, moving them from paper to paper trying to find just the right spot. Just about all of the sticky notes lost their stickiness.We couldn't have done it without the help of +Joey Walker, Gary Bashaw, and +Esther Walker.

3.

Picking up flower center pieces. When going to get flowers for a wedding make sure you have at least 2 SUV's, plastic drop cloths, and a spray bottle full of water. We couldn't have been more happy with the way the flowers turned out! Mom's friends did an AMAZING job! I don't think we have ever driven through Clifton that slow before. We all held our breath hoping not to much water would spill out.

4.

Packing up every little thing that we had put together over the past year and a half. Wow! We don't think we have ever seen the basement bedroom so messy. It was very hard for Mom to deal with the clutter. :-) Ella even assisted with packing up the room...can you spot her in the picture?

5.

Jackie had a slight meltdown leading up to the wedding. The day before our wedding rehearsal Jackie was getting her nails done with her Mom. I called and told her some news that started with "are you sitting down". This is never a good way to start a phone conversation... I told her that we needed a new officiant, because our original officiant was not able to do the ceremony because of a health related issue (Warren is now doing fine and has fully recovered from an emergency surgery). After lots of phone calls, Esther and Bonnie, the wedding coordinator, were able to find a new officiant, Norm. Norm was a great officiant, even though he showed up in scrubs for the rehearsal (he did let us know that he would be coming from work). Everything worked out really well and we were so happy with the ceremony.

In the end, the wedding was wonderful and everything was perfect! Even the little bit of rain waited until we were done with our pictures before it started to fall. 

Thanks to all of our family and friends for their support and love. We will always remember October 7, 2012 as a special day! 

Please enjoy the wedding videos below. 

Videos by: +Grant Bell and +Jessica Schmitt 

Flowers, Cake, Harpist...Oh My!

Well I first need to start off by saying I survived the 1st quarter! A lot of my parents asked about the wedding at parent/teacher conferences because apparently my kiddos are so excited that I am getting married that it has become the talk around a lot of families kitchen tables.  2nd graders are too cute!

So about a week ago we when to Twinbrook Florist to talk about flowers and my goodness were they great! Before even showing the women some example pictures I had found on the internet she pulled together all of the flowers I wanted in only a few seconds.  I told her I didn't want any roses or carnations and that I wanted a lot of texture to my bouquet.  She went off to the back and came back with this...

This is just a sample of the flowers that will be in my bouquet and it will have a green grass cage as you can see part of that to the top right of this sample.  So now flowers are said and done and Will made the deposit on one of this days off this week :) 

The next day, after our flower appointment, Will and I went to taste the cake at a place in Reston.  The cake was good and we defiantly liked the pumpkin cake! However, we had to listen to this man for an hour and half talk about how he was the best Willy Wonka.  With them being in Reston and our wedding being in Myersville, it was going to be quite the haul and a hefty charge.  We are still thinking about it because we did love the pumpkin but we are going to try other cake places, maybe a little closer Myersville, before making our decision.  

Finally, the harpist idea has become quiet the hassle.  Apparently a harpist will only play outside if there is perfect weather between 62 and 85 degrees.  With our ceremony being outside we are starting to wonder if we should take the risk on a harpist because if we do, we have to not only have the sun shining but also have just the right temperature.  So with that said...we aren't sure what to do.

The good thing is flowers have been picked! :) 

P.S. I have become obsessed with etsy.com because I have been looking for a hair piece, props for our photo booth, and other miscellaneous fall items.  If you have never visited etsy.com before you must give it a try! 

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! October has flown by and I can't believe November starts tomorrow! 

(Will and I carved our pumpkin last night before he traveled half way around the world for work)

Almost 11 months to go!  Wedding planning has been slow lately with school taking up most of my time.  However, this week is packed full of parent/teacher conferences + wedding planning.

On Wednesday my Mom and I are going to our second flower appointment to figure out what flowers to use in the bouquets and boutonnieres. I don't want any roses so I am ready to get creative.

Then on Thursday Will and I are going cake tasting! One of the appointment I have been looking forward too :)  We are going to try a pumpkin cake which I am super excited about since I have the whole pumpkin theme going on...why not continue the theme into the flavor of the cake? I hope it tastes as good as it sounds.  The cake place specializes in butter cream icing to look like fondant so I am also excited to see what is looks like.  A colleague of mine went to the same cake place and said you get to take home whatever you don't eat at the tasting so I can't wait for cake leftovers...I am starting to sound like a fatty.  I am just addicted to sugar.  Also, the cake place will bake you a complementary cake on your 1 year anniversary so Will and I can enjoy a fresh cake when we celebrate our first anniversary.

Then on Saturday my Mom and I are going to meet a harpist to listen to some of her music.  This week Will and I also signed our DJ contract another thing is checked off the list!

More to come after a busy week of planning.  We are still way ahead of schedule and I am liking it!

Wedding Expo

Today I went to the bridal expo at George Mason University with my Mom, Joey, and Pam.  We had a great time together people watching and tasting cakes!  We found a great cake place in Reston and a great place that makes wedding dress cookies for my bridal shower.  The best part was that Joey found an amazing harpist at the expo.  Since I am not the one with a music ear in the family my brother has been put in charge of all ceremony music.  While we were there he found this great girl and as I listened to her playing a few of her samples I decided Joey was right and a harpist would be a nice touch to our ceremony.  I think it is a great idea because with an outdoor wedding we aren't able to have a piano/organ.  Also, Joey's friend Stephanie is going to sing during the ceremony so the harp will be a good accompaniment with Stephanie's great voice.

 Waiting for the fashion show to begin

I've decided we are going to go with a plain cake with the ribbon around each tier. 

It keeps it classy and simple...a theme that is starting to unfold.

"Marry Me"

I love this song by Train! Ironically the first time I heard it I was driving home from school the day before Will proposed :)