our first Christmas

Was wonderful.

I am happily awaiting so many more.

He has been the best part of my whole year, and I am blessed to have someone so wonderful so crazy about me.

T-minus 3 months, some odd days. Looking so forward to sharing a life with this amazing man.

opening presents at Nana's. she loves him ;).

Flowers? Done :)

I picked out my flowers the other day. While they may not be exactly these options, these are the pictures and ides the florist is working on:

my bouquet:
My greenery will spread out like this, but not as far as the longest strands on this one. There will be no lavender, and my florist, Leonard, is going to attempt to put blue roses in mine~to match the bridesmaid's dresses.

My Bridesmaids' Bouquets:
i think theirs will be a bit smaller than this one, but this is the idea

The Men's Boutonniere's:
simple, understated, not frilly

Mother's and Grandmother's Corsages:
the picture wouldn't allow me to cut the single rose out. the one on the right is what I want

Cake Flowers:
To me a cake topper is a waste of money and is just something I have to put in a box somewhere; something I don't want to keep up with. My contract pays for my cake flowers, and this is what I want:
I'll have a white cake that is an offsquare shape and this is what I want to compliment it.

We don't need ceremony flowers because the place has 30,000 tulips in bloom in April and there's no need to decorate with what is already there.

I think with my contract I will only have to pay for 2 bridesmaid's bouquets, 1 minister's boutonniere, and 2 mother's corsages. Awesome.

Wedding Invites

I've had great success in planning most of the wedding.

The one thing I am having trouble on deciding is wedding invitations....

But these are some I really like:








Just a few that are my favorites. I love, love, love the photo invite, but I'll have to find some that fit my budget...

When we make a decision I'll post it.