Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day everyone! This is our first Valentines Day we have not been able to spend with each other. We never bother much to go out cause the restaurants are always so crowded. I got off work and was given instructions by David to be at my apartment around 7pm. There was a knock on my door and sure enough, he ordered me a heart shaped pizza and cinnamon sticks like we always do!

I signed my intent to vacate form last week and will officially be out of my apartment by March 28. My first wedding shower is this weekend too! I am getting excited! 

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day and have a good rest of the week!

Come Thou Fount

I loved the last song that I sent to you...but the Scriptures in this video will touch your heart... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG5ZhFN1DXk

This One Goes Out To You!

Our marriage counselor has reminded us that as we prepare for the big day and as us women "dream of that big day" our whole lives we often forget that we are preparing for marriage and not just that "one day"... our marriage counselor, Matt Stewart (of CrossChurch in Springdale) has been such a blessing to us. He has taught us so much about how our marriage is based on God rather than a 50/50 business deal "you do this, and I will do this" relationship. So as we prepare for the final details of this day I have dreamed as since I was a kid... let's remember God's role in our marriage and bring him as the center and ask Him to bless us and all of those around us. I want to thank all of my family and friends who have been such a great and supportive role in this engagement process and as the end is near I know now I could have never made it without your support. But most of all as we have learned to include God in our marriage as first, our spouse as second, our spouses feelings as third, and everything else will follow including fiances, the specific number of children we want, the house we have dreamed of (which may eventually become more realistic rather than materialistic) etc. I want to leave you all with a link to a song that is very special to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwZ_oFCqfG0

Have a wonderful week, may God bless until we meet again.

Kara

I know this is not wedding news but I want to take a moment to dedicate some love and comfort to Kara. She is my bridesmaid in Texas for those of you who are not familiar. Today it has been three years... the birthday of Tyler...the baby she lost at 18 weeks. She suffered such a loss but she has since then had another baby, Gunner. She is so blessed with a peace I could not imagine having when dealing with that kind of loss. I look up to her so much and she is so strong to carry on like she has and to not fall into the ways of our world and "blame God." she has taken her painful experience and grown closer to God and not turned against Him I am so proud of her and respect her so much for that. I love you so much Kara and Tyler... I'm so sorry for your loss. It hurts me so bad that you ever had to deal with that kind of pain. I hope this day was not too hard on you. I love you very much and you have many people praying that you have peace upon you today. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

Happy Birthday Tyler: Jeramiah 1:5 ""Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."

42 days left!

We have received two wedding gifts this past week. Our groomsman, Michael May gave us a clock that his grandfather hand crafted for us. A lady from church also mailed us a card and a cash gift. We are very grateful for both. We only have one session left of our marriage counseling, we are kinda sad about it. We have both really enjoyed it. Our last session will be Tuesday. Because of the weather, David has not yet been able to move to Fort Smith yet but he will probably after our last session if the weather does not get any worse (but according to the weather man today, it is supposed to). His truck handles the ice really well in town but I would be afraid for him to make it all the way to Fort Smith with all the hills, curves, and bridges without a constant guardrail on those curves and all the semi's on that road too. I'm not sure how the interstate looks honestly but the roads up here are mostly ice and and slush. There are only a couple roads that ever got completely cleared. I did manage to fall down the bottom flight of stairs Monday because of the ice...luckily the worst thing was just a bunch of bruises and no broken bones so I'm doing alright. I am going to fill out my intent to vacate my apartment form this week and I will be moving out at the latest March 28 but I may move right before the wedding since we don't get back from our honeymoon until March 25 but it will probably be the 26 before I could get back up to Fayeteville and that would only leave me two days to pack and I would still have to go to class and work on those days too. I'm not entirely sure about all that though we will probably just play it by ear.  There are still quite a few people who have not RSVP'd, dont forget you can do it online by clicking this link:  http://www.mywedding.com/apps/public/mysite/rsvp.php?s=kaladavid Well I hope you all stay safe in this crazy weather and stay warm too!

48 Days Left!

Well only 48 days left! I am still working on the wedding music but thanks to Lacy I have a good part of it figured out and Brad (our old neighbor and friend) brought me a bunch of music the other day (126 songs actually!).
Due to some miscommunications, we are not renting the bridal suite for just 3/18, we are renting a smaller suite for two nights for the bridesmaids to sleep in on 3/18 and 3/19. Kathryn has also rented the groomsmen room for both 3/18 and 3/19 as well so the entire bridal party has a place to sleep the night before and the night of the wedding.
As of right now the plan is that we are moving back to Fort Smith. David will be moving within a week or so to work for his dad. I will stay up here in my apartment until March (after the honeymoon). I only have class on Monday and Wednesdays up here so after we get married I will move back to Fort Smith as well. David will be staying with his parents while he is down there and then once we get married we will stay with one of our parents after we have get married for a couple of months until we have enough money to possibly buy a house. We are thinking about possibly buying my Aunt Naomi's house in Fort Smith that she has spent a long time remodeling and fixing up. It is gorgeous. She used to live in that house several years ago and I have a lot of memories in that house so it would be really special to have that as our home if everything works out as we would like.
We are still doing our marriage counseling weekly and I really like it. I think we only have a couple weeks left of our counseling. We hated to do it, but we told him that we needed to try to reduce the amount of sessions since David would be moving but he said that wasn't a big deal. We are just going to cover the same amount of material as planned but just in a shorter time.
I am not sure what all I have told you but I wanted to remind you that the family wedding shower in Fort Smith is February 19, my friends wedding shower in Fayetteville is March 5, and my bachelorette party is March 11 (or maybe 12 whichever day is the Saturday).
Lacy is going to start working on making the place card holders for the tables. I think she is going to make them out of polymer clay and brush them with a metallic powder to give it a sterling silver look.
As of right now only 18 people have RSVP'd for the wedding. I am still working on making the menu decisions but it is important that you RSVP so that you have a plated dinner. I want to make sure that everyone who comes has a plate! As of right now the menu option is narrowed down to either chicken with season vegetables and salad or chicken fettuccine Alfredo with broccoli, and a salad which is cheaper and may work better with my budget but I have a feeling that the herbed chicken would better suit a general taste of everyone.  You can RSVP right here by clicking this link: http://www.mywedding.com/apps/public/mysite/rsvp.php?s=kaladavid .
I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Update

I don't have a whole lot of information to update yall with but I have a little. First Asa has confirmed the bachelorette party date for Saturday March 12. I have also passed along my wedding nightmares to Asa! She dreamed I was in my wedding dress in the kitchen doing dishes and everyone was waiting on me to walk down the aisle but I wouldn't stop cooking and doing dishes! haha Kara had a thought the other day, my mom reserved the bridal suite for Friday March 18 only. We didn't think about checkout time being at noon and the wedding is at 6pm so we would have no where to get ready. So I think we are going to get 1 smaller room for two nights instead. I want to encourage everyone to visit http://www.mywedding.com/kaladavid/ as a travel guide for the wedding guests. I have listed hotel information, shopping info, things to do, restaurants, all the specific wedding info (location, time, wedding events such as bridal showers, etc). Pretty much anything you need to know about the wedding is on that site. I also want to encourage guests to start thinking about carpooling. Ryan, our usher who lives in Fayetteville, is willing to drive and split gas. He can fit one more passenger in his car if anyone is interested let him know. If anyone else is willing to be a driver let me know. Asa and I are flying out Thursday night from Tulsa to Dallas so we won't have vehicles there. If we do for sure end up getting a hotel room for 2 nights, the bridesmaids are welcome to stay in that room on the night of wedding because David and I have a hotel reserved downtown Fort Worth at the Courtyard Marriot. I also want to remind everyone again to be sure to RSVP to the wedding if you are coming so you have a plated dinner. I think Brett and Lillie have set their date to January of 2012 so congratulations again to them! I hope you all have a great week.

Wedding Planning

I wanted to let those of you who will be at the hotel decorating for the wedding know something. I am creating a booklet in advance that is very detailed with pictures, diagrams, labels, etc. I do not want you to take offense to my big booklet but the wedding nightmares have started occurring more frequently. The other night I dreamed that because things were not prepared properly, the guests were seated for two hours before I even walked down the aisle, my dress was red instead of white, my photographer didn't show up, my florist got all the wrong flowers, and no one played the music I was supposed to walk down the aisle to and I was crying as I was walking down the aisle. This was all in one dream and I have dreams like this all the time! So for my own peace of mind I am creating this booklet but don't take offense by it! We had our first marriage counseling session last week and it went well and we have another one in the morning. I am still working on the menu right now, I am trying to match the survey answers and budget and everything. Everyone should have their invitations by now (except for those who experienced my number dyslexia firsthand and yours should arrive soon). Again, I want to stress the importance of your RSVP if you are coming so that you do for sure have a plate.You can RSVP here if you have received a wedding invitation: http://www.mywedding.com/apps/public/mysite/rsvp.php?s=kaladavid  I still have to get wedding music, punch recipes, get a fancy hanger for my dress to hang on that will look good in pictures, pay the photographer, pay the venue, pay the baker, pay the linen lady, finalize menu plan, figure out some issues with where to hide the cake during the ceremony, make wedding day appointments (makeup, nails, bridal lunch) decide on hair style and that's all I can currently think of at the moment. I hope you all have a great week!

RSVP

All wedding invitations have been sent out. Please be sure to RSVP. I have to have a for sure head count on how many will attend since we are having a dinner reception. If you do not RSVP there will not be a plate for you. We are still trying to decide what to do for the kids dinner. Either thinking that someone can run to McDonalds and get them all a happy meal or see if the chef can fix a chicken strip dinner and macaroni for the kids or something too. If you have any suggestions on that please let me know! I put the deposit down on my linen and chair rentals this week too. :)

Wedding Shower

Kim is throwing me a wedding shower for friends on March 5 in Fayetteville. The family wedding shower will be February 19 in Fort Smith.