January 10 2011

David and I went to Men's Warehouse Friday and got his and Brett's tux ordered and any of the groomsmen can go order their tuxes and put a $20 deposit down. You can return your tuxes at any Men's Warehouse (They are due back Sunday March 20) so you may want to return them to one there in Texas. I also want to encourage everyone to visit our wedding website http://www.mywedding.com/kaladavid/  for hotels, things to do, restaurants, specific wedding related events (bridal showers, reception, rehearsal, etc) and start figuring out any travel plans and you might also want to try to start figuring out any carpool plans. I am flying out Thursday March 18 (I think Asa is going to as well) and I know Asa has Spring Break plans for that following week and will be going to Florida after the wedding. Last I heard, Michael was also planning on flying out of Dallas for a ski trip (I think) after the wedding as well. I don't know about anyone else though. All the wedding invitations have been mailed so be looking for those to arrive this week. :) I hope you all have a great week and stay safe in this weather!

Rehearsal

Rehearsal plans have officially been made.

Rehearsal - 6pm on March 18

Rehearsal dinner- 7:30pm March 18 at The Jalapeno Tree 
Wedding - 6pm on March 19.
          Wedding day for bridesmaids:

• Approx around 11am: After we get up and get ready we will go to brunch at Mimi's Cafe
• Approx around 12:30pm Go to the Hulen mall where I will get my makeup done at the Estee Lader makeup counter at Dillards. If you want to get your makeup done at Dillards be sure to call a different counter and get an appointment other wise there won't be enough time. These makeup sessions should be free but you might want to get a trial run done at your Dillards at home to make sure you like what you are getting
• Those who want to get their nails done, there is a salon in the mall as well that you can get your nails done while we are getting our makeup done. 
• Florist arrives at 3pm
• Start getting ready at 4pm
• Photographer arrives around 4 or 4:30pm
• Cake will arrive around 4 or 5pm

I would also like to thank Kim (our friend we met in Ireland) who wants to throw me a wedding shower up here in Fayetteville. Thanks Kim :-)

David went to Fort Smith earlier this week and met with our baker (Larry at Confectionately Yours in Fort Smith) and asked some questions for me. Our biggest concern was if Larry dropped the cake off the day before we had no way of storing the cake. But Larry told David that he has a very sturdy way of traveling with the cake that has a rod that goes in through the bottom of the cake to keep it from moving while traveling and his trailer is cold. He has transported a 5 tier cake from Fort Smith to Austin before over bumps, construction, etc and the cake didn't move. He said the way Ace of Cakes transports their cakes is nothing compared to the way he does. That made me feel a lot better because I was actually starting to worry about that because on that show they usually just throw the cakes in the back and hope it doesn't crash. But anyway, Larry is taking the cake to his sister's house in Keller and she has a fridge big enough for it and then he is will bring it to the hotel about an hour or two before the ceremony.

Food from The Jalapeno Tree

Food from The Jalapeno Tree

We've been engaged for a year!

Well it was a year ago today that David asked me to marry him! We had a great Christmas together and are having a lot of fun trying to figure out things for the wedding and after the wedding.

From my florist

I haven't even realized that I am on Christmas break. I have been going 100mph the entire break. I think I have actually been busier during the break than during the semester I'm just not doing "academic" work. I drove to Kara's the day after Christmas and we met with my photographer for the first time, finalized my flower plans and paid for the flowers, met with the linen lady, did a trial run of my makeup, and went back to the Hilton to figure out some decorating arrangements. Lacy came with us to the hotel and the two of us ended up staying after Kara left. We drug out all the chairs out of their event rooms into the foyer (Where the ceremony will take place) and set up the entire ceremony to make sure it would all work. We also figured out how to arrange the ceremony if the weather is nice and we can have it outside. I really like my photography she is really nice and has some amazing portfolios. She is actually taking Emmit Smith's baby's pictures and doing their baby announcement. Here is her website if you want to look at her work http://jennyleighphotography.com/   .  I dropped off all my vases to my florist (she has a storage rooms he said she would store them for me) and she set up a vase to show me how it will sorta look.  I am really excited to have the flowers done. She also gave me an aromatherapy "be calm" bridal kit with a dried hydrangea corsage to show me how I can dry my bouquet. I have also started a travel guide brochure for the guests who are not familiar with the area that includes restaurant stops along the way, emergency numbers, maps, clean restroom stops, etc that I will be handing out to the guests. I began writing down all the "instructions" for those who will be decorating the day of the wedding while I am getting ready. Lacy's mom, LouAnn, made my veil while we were down there and I brought that back home with me so Asa and I can start trying out my hair with my veil and see how we want to do it. We will be mailing the invitations this week so be looking for those to come. I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years.

Centerpiece and aisle decor

Wedding day makeup

Ceremony if inside

Going to Texas

I am going to Texas December 26/27-30 to finalize all my plans, sign all my contracts, take all my vases to Kara's house and find a salon. It is actually starting to sink in that we're getting married now!  I had to share the text message I got from Kara today too" I am such a ditz. I forgot I got my dress and just called Davids Bridal and made them look and see if it had shipped. In the middle of the conversation I realized it was hanging in my closet." haha. I laughed so hard when she sent me that this morning.

90 days until we get married

The Christmas ornament Lillie got me!

Well a little bit has happened since the last update. :-)  I would like to congratulate our groomsman and bridesmaid Brett McMillan and Lillie Neal!!!!!! They have been engaged for 2 weeks! I would also like to congratulate one of the girls we went to Ireland with, Colby Baker, on her engagement as well! We had a Christmas party at my apartment this past weekend and Brett and Lillie got to come up. Brett and David went and got fitted for tuxes and I think they have decided on the one they want. While they were doing that, Lillie and I went finished up all my RSVP cards. Lillie also got me an "engagement" ornament. I passed this semester with all A's so hopefully I can get in to the nursing program. We gotta start getting my apartment all boxed up because it will be a little stressful trying to finish wedding planning,  the semester, getting married, and trying to pack and move on top of it all. I am going to try to get down to Texas while I am off work for a few days and sign all the paper work for the florist, linen rentals, preacher, etc. Things are slowly but surely getting done! I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Lillie's engagement ring!

Wedding Shower

Over Thanksgiving break, me, Lyndi, Lori, Kara and mom started discussing the wedding shower. We are going to have it on Saturday February 19 at Aunt Naomi's house. That's about as far as we got. I am still working with my florist to get everything finalized. I called my cake baker today  and touched base with them; The cake I chose is a 6X9X12 round white cake with lemon/raspberry filling.I just wanted to make sure everything was still going as planned since they are coming from Fort Smith. My dad used to work with the Co-owner so he agreed to drive it to Granbury since her husband, Larry, has family in Kerrville which is about a 4 hour drive from Granbury.

Katie and Jake's Wedding

I would like to congratulate a good friend and co-worker of mine, Katie Hardman (now Mittag!!). They got married tonight! I had the pleasure of making food for her reception. It was a beautiful wedding, and I only cried like three times! Despite all the mishaps she encountered during her engagement, her wedding was beautiful and so was she. I also learned a lot of great tips and stuff to do at my wedding. For one, bring floral bouquet bags (the clear plastic ones) to put flower in and send home with guests. Donna (my boss) and the whole team of decorating/setup/etc crew had some great decorating ideas I loved! And most of all, despite the people that don't share your enthusiasm or aren't as supportive as you hope them to be, share your enthusiasm and lean on your support from your best friends and those who love you most. Katie has been blessed with some wonderful friends. Her bridesmaids and maid of honor care a lot about her and helped her out so much, as did our boss, Donna. Congratulations Katie and Jake.

Wedding Punch

I know we went through this a long time ago but somewhere in the midst of the move I have lost the wedding punch recipe we were going to use. So if you have any recipes can you email them to me again please!! (Oh and I know this isn't wedding related but does anyone know where I can get a casserole carrier without having to order one online?)

Wedding Night Hotel Booked!

We have officially booked our first Wedding Night hotel to the Courtyard Marriott downtown Fort Worth! Kara has agreed to drive us to DFW that morning for our flight to Jamaica (thank you Kara, we love you!). I am probably going to book that $39 flight from Tulsa to Dallas for Thursday March 17 at 9:35pm so that I can be there Friday morning getting things done (trial run on makeup with the artist, hair stylist, etc, etc). We're still trying to figure out all the travel arrangements and stuff though.

137 days until the wedding!

I sign up for classes on November 8th for next semester. I should be able to work my schedule so that I have no classes on Friday. Ryan (our Usher), Jourdan (groomsman), Lacy (Bridesmaid), Brett (groomsman), and Kara (bridesmaid) will not have to worry about working around class schedules. I'm not sure about anyone elses schedules as of right now but hopefully it will be good for everyone else so that taking off on Friday or something may not be an issue. I may try to fly down there on that day so I can get some stuff done, I'm not sure yet. I am not sure how we are going to work the vehicles out and who drives our vehicles back or what. If anyone is interested in carpooling you might want to try to start figuring that out so we know who has reliable vehicles, etc. You can actually book flights now from Tulsa to Dallas Love for around $34 (non-refundable) but you would probably want to rent a car once you were down there. Does anyone else know about their schedule? I'm not sure when rehearsal or the rehearsal will be so I don't want to schedule or plan that until I know who can be here at what time. I know it's still early but as those of you who register for classes know you schedule, if you don't mind let me know what your Friday's look like so we can start planning the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.