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Since this is my first time planning a wedding of my own, I have looked up some wedding etiquette that might be of valuable use for everyone.

http://weddings.about.com

http://weddings.about.com/cs/weddingguests/a/GuestEtiquette.htm

http://weddings.about.com/cs/weddingguests/f/

I hope you have all had the opportunity to hear the Bill Cosby monologue about a father giving the kids cake for breakfast.

Schmidt’s Bakery & Delicatessen is the place we have decided we are going to get the cake from. Trust me, it is wonderful. And, more surprisingly, less expensive than Kings or Sunflower- two other places we looked.

The candles are smelling up my apartment wonderfully, and the other goodies should be here soon. That should about do it for table favors. We figured out what we want the center pieces to look like, and we figured out what flowers we like, and which ones we don’t. Now all we need to do is order them from Sue at Bouquet Boutique.

I have my hair and veil trial appointment set up with Pam at Sage Creek, and a gal named April is going to do the last little fittings for my dress.

Piece by piece…

Oh, to make paragraphs here, use the “less than” and “greater than” with the letters “br” in between the bracketed signs to make a paragraph break with no spaces.

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We started registering for gifts (when we are finished, I will tell you where, that way, there will be no doubles or mistakes) even though we value people over objects, but there are those that insist on getting something.

We also found the candlesticks for the unity candle. Now for the actual wax candles… Michaels!

I am still excited that we managed to find bridesmaids dresses that look so good with my dress (no, Doug hasn’t seen my dress) and the bridesmaid dresses were on sale at about $87 plus shipping and handling. Yea!

I hope these questions start a bit of a discussion…

In regards to getting married, what advice do you have for us?

What are some things that you have seen done, or traditions (new or old, rare or frequent) that you have seen at a wedding ceremony that you really liked? What things have you seen that you don’t like?

What are some Bible verses that have been read at weddings that you liked or disliked?

What does the term “wedding” mean to you?

What does the term “marriage” mean to you?

For those of you who are married, at what moment in your own ceremony did you feel was the changing moment from single to married?

If you are married, what was your song for the first dance? Is it still special to you when you hear it?

How/when/where did you meet the person you eventually married? How long until you figured out that you wanted to marry him/her?

In your opinion, what is the most stressful time for a new couple from the day they get engaged to the day after they are married?

What are some activities you would recommend to us to relax, not be stressed, and to not get overwhelmed with everything?

What is the silliest gift-thing you have ever seen a couple register for?

Just to let you know where we are at in the planning process…

We have found the dresses we want the four bridesmaids to wear, and two of them have already come in, and the third is on order. They will need minor adjustments so the sleeves fit better, but they are gorgeous lacy “French” blue dresses from Chadwicks. Josh is our ring bearer, and Aurora is our flower girl.

We have a meeting with a caterer next week, and will be working on cake-tasting soon too, which we will “suffer” through the best we can.

We will also be picking what we want for flowers, and after we know that, we will work on decorations for the reception.

We are currently working on invitations- those are still in the preliminary form, as is the guest list.

Scott is going to be our DJ for the reception, and Pam from Sage Creek is going to do my hair for me.

As you know, we found our photographer, Michele M. Barnett, and are very pleased with her.

We have one more official class with Father Don, and then we are done with the requirements from the church.

Also on the list of things to do is get the house in Fort Collins on the market- it is looking really good now that two messy roommates moved out. The putting flowers in the tree ring, and painting the exterior is all that is left to be done outside, and the inside needs the typical brush ups before it can go on the market.

But, not much will be done on the house this weekend. We are going to go camping, and spend a bit of time looking for a unity candle that fits us. And relaxing.

Oh yeah, and I am crazy enough to run the Bolder Boulder with a friend from high school. Which means I will be very sore and tired as I hasn’t done a lot of running. Doug is going to come and see me at the finish.

Well, that should be about it for now. Hope everyone is doing well.

Hello All!

I thought I would take another stab at this weblog, and tell you that we have just received our engagement pictures! Christy and I are very excited.

Check out the new album on the gallery page, and vote for/rate your favorites. We have our favorites, but are very curious to know what your opinions are.

Until next time…

We had engagement pictures taken over the weekend.

Our photographer, Michele M. Barnett (www.mmbphotography.com) , is a really nice lady and we feel really comfortable in front of her. We like her style of pictures she takes, and how she captures the motion and emotions of people. Doug, being a photographer himself, and my habit of taking pictures and bringing my camera nearly everywhere, makes it so we have an idea of what we like to see in pictures.

But it was weird being in front of the camera, instead of behind it, almost to the point of, “Uh, now what…?” and wanting to see each shot on her digital camera to know how it turned out.

We went to the CSU gardens for the pictures, as we both like being outside and doing things like going for walks and hikes. We all had fun- it was not the traditional sit-down-hold-still photo shoot.

We are really looking forward to seeing the pictures she took, but in the mean time, if you are interested in some of her other pieces of work, check out her website.
www.mmbphotography.com

So… What do you think of the website?

Suggestions welcome…

This is the website address to the Denver Archdiosis marriage prep page.

http://www.archden.org/marriage/marriageprep.htm

The classes we are taking in Fort Collins consist of…

-3 Saturday mornings with the priest in a class setting


-5 Evenings for the Engaged classes with a mentor couple


-4 classes of NFP


-as well as taking the interests test, and then meeting with someone to talk about the results on the test and the areas of things we need to focus on to improve our relationship.

Doug and I really like the class on Saturday morning with Father Don. They are the first Saturday of the month, and Father Don is fascinating to listen to, and I learn so much each time.

We also really enjoyed our class of the Evenings for the Engaged with one other couple at the mentoring couple’s house. I wished those could have been longer and/or more of them. It turns out, the guy of the other couple, is Episcopalian.

We both see the NFP as more good information to know (specific topic health class), rather than something we want to put into practice some day. I honestly have learned a few things that I never knew before, and the scientist part in me finds some of it a fascinating science experiment and project. But, not interested enough to keep a long-term experiment going. I have also learned a few things about a marriage relationship and the priorities that a person would have, and how love and sacrifice can be integrated into it.

We have not met with the person for the interest test results yet, and we have one more NFP class left, and one more class with Father Don.

But we are getting all this stuff done early, so we don’t have to worry about it later.