5 month countdown

EEK! Where did the past month go? I feel like I just wrote the six month countdown post yesterday. Yikes!

So, there is this website called www.TheKnot.com which has been helping me organize our wedding “to-do” list and currently it says we have a few things over due.

Oops.

* Announce engagement in newspaper
Do couples still do that in Cincinnati? I know they do in my hometown.

* Book ceremony musicians
I did meet with the church music director and we tentatively selected the songs/musicians for our ceremony. I would love to have a trumpet play “Trumpet Voluntary” as Dad escorts me down the aisle, just like all the weddings back in Minster (St. Augustine Church). We’ll see…

* Finalize invitations
Alex is working on the design and I am focused on the wording. Both are more difficult than one would think!

* Reserve Limo/Bus
Not all limousine companies have limos that seat 26 adults. Got any ideas? I heard A Savannah Nite limousine rentals might be able to help.

*Engagement photos
We are scheduling those for July, probably up in Mt. Adams or downtown, as both are locations that are extra special to us.

* Groom selects tuxedos
Finally, a task that doesn’t really involve me! :o)

So, that’s where we are this week. I have a few other “secret projects” that I am working on and we’ll share those with you on the big day! (I can’t reveal everything about the wedding online! What fun would that be?!)

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Meet Michelle’s Siblings

Then…

Now…

In age order: Brenda, David, Terry, Kevin, Michelle & John. We are not exactly in the same order from photo to photo, but more so reversed in order. I do find it amusing that Kevin is still holding “Johnny”. Yes, you may leave comments about everyone’s hairstyles circa 1981.  :o)

We’ll post Alex’s family soon!

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Daddy’s Little Girl

I received a heart filled call last week from my Dad, requesting that we get to spend some quality time together this Father’s Day. He sounded a little sad and mentioned how this would be his last father’s day with me “before I have a new husband and new family” and what he implied, someone else to take care of me and who I will turn to first in times of need. I was painfully amazed that he thought he is losing his little girl. See, in my mind, I’m 30 years old…not really going anywhere…and I feel like not too much is really go to change when I get married, but in his world, everything is changing.

I kindly reminded him that I’ll always be his daughter. It kind of choked me up. Still does as I write this.

Thank you Dad for caring and being so proud of us, and our life together. Happy Father’s Day.

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Call for prayers

I’ve been a little distracted from the wedding planning due to some family health concerns. In the past week, my brother David had neck surgery, my Mom had a chemically induced stress test and my brother-in-law Dale was diagnosed with two ruptured disks in his neck. Then I found out Stephanie, one of my best friends from high school, was in a serious car wreck along with her husband, one year old son and two dogs (car flipped multiple times).

I thought bad things come in 3’s, not fours. These recent events kind of helped put some reality back in my life about what is important…and what is not. I said from the beginning that this blog would be a diary of the “joys and challenges” along the course of our engagement, and I have been blessed to only report the “joys” until now…Please keep our loved ones in your prayers.

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Happy Home Recipe

In my last post, I mentioned my favorite gift from the bridal shower was a cookbook the Weber aunts created. Tonight,  I wanted to try out one of the recipes and this was the first one listed. Let me know what you think.

Happy Home Recipe:

4 cups love
2 cups loyalty
4 quarts faith
2 spoonfuls of tenderness
4 spoons kindness
4 spoons understanding
3 cups forgiveness
1 cup friendship
5 spoons of hope
1 barrel of laughter

Take love and loyalty and mix it thoroughly with faith.
Blend it with tenderness, kindness, and understanding and forgiveness.
Add friendship and hope.
Sprinkle abundantly with laughter.
Bake it with sunshine.
Serve daily with generous helpings.

I think this recipe might call for two cooks in the kitchen. :o)

Thanks everyone!

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