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 

New Obsession...

Pinterest! If you haven't heard of it you must go check it out! I love looking at pictures and this is just the place.  Here is a cute photo I saw and want to take a similar picture with our flower girl and ring bearer on the wedding day :) Thanks Pinterest for the idea!

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!)

August = Productivity!

This month has been a productive month so far and it's not even over! With 2 weeks left until I am back at school working to get my classroom all set up I have been busy getting some wedding planning done. So far this month:

1. Research photographers
2. Meet with 3 photographers
3. Pick photographer and sign contract
4. Engagement shoot (to be done August 22nd or 23rd!)
5. Officially ask bridesmaids to be apart of the wedding
6. Bridesmaids order dresses and shoes
7. Start wedding website (to be released after engagement photos are added to it)
8. Look at wedding rings and order Will's
9. Begin to research DJs


I love checking things off the list! The biggest accomplishment was choosing our photographer! We are really excited to begin working with her and we are excited to say that she inspired us to have a "photo guest corner" where our guest can take pictures and download them at home after the wedding.  It is not like a regular photo booth where you go inside of a booth to take pictures.  Instead it is an area at the reception with props, frames, white boards and a 2nd photographer to take your picture.  We are excited about this because it is something we hadn't considered before.  It is going to be a lot of fun :) Check out this awesome photo booth!

After my wonderful bridesmaids ordered their dress this month so I could check it off the list and not have to worry about the dresses being discontinued, I took them for some wine tasting and we had a great time :)

Sharing some Sangria at Paradise Springs Winery in Clifton, VA 

Bridesmaids and their wine glasses I made :)

And last but not least, Will's wedding band has been ordered and is on its way! Here is the band he picked

www.tungstenworld.com

More updates to be added after we taking our engagement photos next week :) 

Hello Again!

I can't believe the last time I posted was May 1st! Life went crazy in May and June!  First, I finished my first year of teaching, YAY! :) It was a great year and I miss my kiddos but I sure am enjoying my time by the pool now.  Second, Will graduated from the academy and is back home after 4 months of training.  His parents, my parents, and I all went up to New Jersey for his graduation last week on June 24th.  We are all so proud of him!

Congrats Will :)

Now that Will is back home and school is done so I have finally gotten back to wedding planning. Next on my to do list is to find a photographer.  I have started the photographer hunt but it is very overwhelming.  There are millions of photographers and after about 30 minutes of looking at their websites they all begin to look the same.  Will and I have decided that we are going to take our engagement photos down in D.C. by the monuments so now we just have to find the right person to take the photos.  If anyone has any photographer suggestions or recommendations please feel free to leave us a comment.