We're Engaged

As most of you know by now, David and I are engaged (Jan 3 at 3am!). He wrote "Marry Me Kala" in the snow and took me outside with my eyes covered and when I opened them he was down on one knee! As of right now the plan is to get married next spring (possibly Spring Break). I went to TX a couple days later to begin looking at wedding venues. It was quite dissapointing to find out how expensive most venues are! The venue that I really liked started at $10,000! I later found a venue that was just $800 (The Ashton Hotel). I went and looked at it, loved it but when the lady sent us an email with a price quote after all the hidden fees it ended up being $2,800. Mom called and told them that they could remove the hidden fees and we'd think about but there was no way it was going to happen at $3,000. They were going to charge $75 alone just to cut our wedding cake! We decided that if they lied to us up front we didn't really want to deal with them for a long run. So as of right now we are looking at a house to rent for a couple nights that is about 30 miles north of Dallas on a ranch.http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p144889#photos-bar (that is a link to the house). We have our wedding party chosen. My bridesmaids will be Allyson, Lillie, and Kara and my maid of honor will be Asa. Davids groomsmen will be Brett, Jourdan and his former roommate Michael and best man will be Ray. I have chosen the colors to be black, white and bright pink. Asa has made me a wonderfully organized binder that has all the cut outs from magazines that I like and she has arranged them by the ceremony, reception with subdivision that include cake, reception decor, etc!She has done such an awesome job! We are still working on a guest list and all the other details. I know I like calla lilies so they will probably be used somehow. I will keep updates of how the wedding planning is going posted on this blog if you are interested and feel free to jump in and give me ideas and send me links!