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!

A Year From Today...

WE WILL BE ENJOYING OUR WEDDING DAY :) By this time next year our vows will be said, our cake will be cut and we will have spent one amazing evening with family and friends! I hope the day won't go by too fast!

Tomorrow my mom and I are taking a ride up to Myserville to check out some near by hotels, see what the fall foliage looks like, and possibly eat lunch at the place Mrs. Wheeler is thinking about having our rehearsal lunch/dinner at!  I just came across the cutest way to have our family and friends sign a "guess book" but instead it is a tree that we can hang in our house one day.  I really like the one with orange leaves :) Check out some examples I found online:

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 This month I have set some goals to keep me on track and to take my mind off school because I have been spending a lot more time at school this year than I did last school year! This month I am hoping to make appointments to pick out flowers for bouquets, go cake tasting (something I am looking forward), and get our save the dates out. Our save the dates should be coming in about two weeks.  I still need to get cracking on getting those address! We will see if I can get all of my goals accomplished this month.

Happy Birthday Will!

Today was Will's 24th birthday! This morning I was telling him how crazy it is going to be on his next birthday when we will be 5 days away from our big wedding day! Even though it was his birthday today we finally started to play with our engagement photos. First, we decided that we are going to turn them into a photo album so I spent 2 hours putting together an album on costco.com while he watched football with my Dad.  Then I decided we really needed to get our save the dates done so I started playing around on this website called wedding paper divas.  We found this save the date with a little calendar on it but then it bothered me because the photos were not symmetrical and I thought the calendar made it a little bit cluttered.  When I was just about to give up on playing with save the dates for the day I came across this one on the website that I feel in love with.  I spent 5 minutes inserting our photos and changing the date and that was that.  We bought them and they are going to be on their way in a few weeks!  Check out the proof, I even got to add the cute little picture of my shoes :) Now it is time to start collecting every ones address...I have been dreading this part of the process.

www.weddingpaperdivas.com

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.

More Engagement Pictures :)

Our wonderful photographer Jessica Schmitt has put some of our pictures on her blog, please feel free to check them out at Jessica Schmitt Photography. Leave us a comment on our blog and let us know which one is your favorite! We would love to hear your opinion.  I must add that when I first saw them I was running around the house and jumping with excitement, I had my mom and Joey laughing so hard they were almost crying because I was being so ridiculous.  Our favorite comment was when Will tuned in and said he looked like Huck Finn because we decided to roll up our jeans when we went into the fountain to take pictures. :) We are a little silly sometimes.  Hope you enjoy our photos!

Sneak Peak

Yesterday our photo session was perfect! The sky was a beautiful blue and we had a nice breeze too.  We took a ton of fun pictures at the Jefferson and we had a little fun when we went to the Roosevelt because we got into one of the fountain. We even got a beautiful sunset picture on our way back to the car. We had a great time with our photographer and her husband!  Thankfully we took our pictures yesterday because our back up date was today but with the 5.9 earthquake today they closed most of the monuments in D.C. along with the bridges into/out of D.C.  It would have been a nightmare if we were planning to go today.  Our photographer sent us a little sneak peak today. Hope you enjoy!

Jessica Schmitt Photography 

Jessica's husband took pictures of her taking pictures of us for her website :)

Engagement Shoot Today!

Will and I are taking our engagement photos today!  It has been a long month of picking out just the right outfit for the shoot but with the help of my brother I was able to find my dress at White House Black Market. I am excited about my cute shoes too!  The plan is to take our photos at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial and then head over to the Roosevelt Memorial to take some pictures by the waterfalls there.  Hopefully everything goes as planned.  Our photographer recommended using some props so Will and I went to Michael's this morning and bought a cute little chalk board to write messages on.  Here is a example of using a chalk board.

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On another note Will's Tungsten ring came in and we didn't like it.  It doesn't look like it did in the photo.  We wanted a brushed finish ring but the ring that came has a shinny polish finish.  Today we went to a jewelry store and found something closer to what he wants and ordered it.  Hopefully this time when we see the new ring it will be more what we were expecting.  Now we just have to return the old one.  We are still looking for a ring to match my engagement band exactly.  

Stay tuned for an update after our photos today!!!! :) Keeping my fingers crossed the sky stays bright blue!

(p.s. it's my last week of freedom/summer before I go back to school next week. I am secretly excited to get back to my classroom, I have lots of new plans for my room this year!)