I just wanted everyone who read my last posting know this is my way of venting my intenstons were not to get anyone upset or annoyed by my stressful moments. I can't wait to see what everyone picks out. Plan on seeing me having alot of melt downs and seeing me stressed out.
I know all of you are wonderful caring people and you will be there for me and Josh. I am looking forward to more wedding planning no matter how stressful it may become.
Thanks Again for your understanding and Patience
Bride To Be
Christi
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Lesson 101
When planning a wedding set up a time to meet with the wedding party. It 's your day don't let anyone tell you any different. Controlling your day is not a bad thing. See what they all look like in different tops or dresses and tell them what you want. Don't ever tell them you want to be surprised. This will stress you out and cause you to have a melt down. You don't want to look back and regret those blasted words "SURPRISE ME". Once someone puts a deposite down on a dress there is no turning back. You just do alot of praying and have alot of faith that they all choose for the best. All I can do now is take a deep breath and say thank goodness for a personal attendent.
Bride to Be
Christi
Bride to Be
Christi
Thursday, March 15, 2007
TOP SECRET BRIDAL PARTY
The time has finally come. Picking out the bridal party dresses. When going to the bridal shop and picking out dresses I was clueless to what I was looking for or what I might like. Once I tried on all the tops. I ended up picked five or six tops. Believe me this was no easy task. Knowing each member of my wedding party has a different body type and wanting them to have the freedom to choose isn't as easy as I had thought. The Maid of Honor got to choose between two colors and the variety of tops I choose for her. Now comes the Brides Maids. They will get to choose from only the tops I choose for them. Not realizing that they might feel as worried about making a wrong choice as I was when I was trying to find my wedding gown. They want everything to be perfect for me on my big day as much as I do.
So here is what I came up with.
TOP SECRET BRIDAL PARTY: Here is what I want you to do. I want you to surprise me with what you choose as much as I want to surprise you with the wedding gown I picked for my big day. All of you know what color dress you are need to have. Feel free to look at the style top the Maid of Honor choose. Think about what looks great on you and what might look good with what the others have choosen. I plan on calling the Bridal Shop tomorrow to let them know the situation and letting them know about TOP SECRET BRIDAL PARTY PLAN. I will also call my mom to let her know the plan and so the only people who know about what you choose are my mom and the people at the wedding shop. From there we will make it work. I want all of you to have as much fun as I am planning the wedding. I WILL LOVE WHAT EVER YOU CHOOSE.
If any of you have any concerns about this plan feel free to let me know.
REMEMBER HAVE FUN!
THE BRIDE TO BE
CHRISTI
So here is what I came up with.
TOP SECRET BRIDAL PARTY: Here is what I want you to do. I want you to surprise me with what you choose as much as I want to surprise you with the wedding gown I picked for my big day. All of you know what color dress you are need to have. Feel free to look at the style top the Maid of Honor choose. Think about what looks great on you and what might look good with what the others have choosen. I plan on calling the Bridal Shop tomorrow to let them know the situation and letting them know about TOP SECRET BRIDAL PARTY PLAN. I will also call my mom to let her know the plan and so the only people who know about what you choose are my mom and the people at the wedding shop. From there we will make it work. I want all of you to have as much fun as I am planning the wedding. I WILL LOVE WHAT EVER YOU CHOOSE.
If any of you have any concerns about this plan feel free to let me know.
REMEMBER HAVE FUN!
THE BRIDE TO BE
CHRISTI
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
DJ Booked
Hi to all our blog friends again. Me and Christi are back to post a new blog spot.
We have booked our DJ! Now this has been a pretty long process it has taken a lot of research and calls to find the right guy for our Wedding. This guy is out of Grimes he is called Music To Go and he came highly recomended from my step sister Amanda.
The process began last September when we went to a bridal show and I stumbled apon a dj booth. Now I was excited to see something I could really get involved in these bridal shows are not really my thing to begin with. So I rushed over to this booth to see what options awaited us in the music realm.
This isn't the 1980's and we aren't having Adam Sadler do our wedding oh yeah no Wedding Singers. When I looked at the prices at some of these Music Booths my mind went ouch. I mean the prices on these were $800.00 and up. I must say our guy is much more reasonable. He didn't require a deposit and he charges only for the dance time. He doesn't charge for the dinner music he plays either which is a added bonus. We met with him last Tuesday and got things rolling. His name is Tim and he seemed pretty cool he likes to play music that involves everyone and we both liked that.
All in all things are going smoothly with the Wedding Planning. We need to start tasting cakes and choosing dinner menus. Oh yes let the fun begin of trying lots of food.
Till later friends...
Groom & Bride to be,
Josh & Christi
We have booked our DJ! Now this has been a pretty long process it has taken a lot of research and calls to find the right guy for our Wedding. This guy is out of Grimes he is called Music To Go and he came highly recomended from my step sister Amanda.
The process began last September when we went to a bridal show and I stumbled apon a dj booth. Now I was excited to see something I could really get involved in these bridal shows are not really my thing to begin with. So I rushed over to this booth to see what options awaited us in the music realm.
This isn't the 1980's and we aren't having Adam Sadler do our wedding oh yeah no Wedding Singers. When I looked at the prices at some of these Music Booths my mind went ouch. I mean the prices on these were $800.00 and up. I must say our guy is much more reasonable. He didn't require a deposit and he charges only for the dance time. He doesn't charge for the dinner music he plays either which is a added bonus. We met with him last Tuesday and got things rolling. His name is Tim and he seemed pretty cool he likes to play music that involves everyone and we both liked that.
All in all things are going smoothly with the Wedding Planning. We need to start tasting cakes and choosing dinner menus. Oh yes let the fun begin of trying lots of food.
Till later friends...
Groom & Bride to be,
Josh & Christi
Saturday, February 3, 2007
OPERATION WEDDING PARTY
I've all ways known who was going to be my Maid of Honor if I ever met Mr. Right. Picking my brides Maides is another story. That was a tough one for me. Since I really don't know that many people. Thank goodness when the time came where I met the right guy it wasn't that hard at all.
I have to admit though I did stress out a little though. I didn't want Josh or I to leave any one out. We desided at the beginning who we really wanted to be apart of our day. Since my brother Jon was coming home in October we desided to wait until then to ask everyone. When October came it was time to get the OPERATION WEDDING PARTY started. I wanted it to be memoriable and personal. A phone call wasn't what I wanted to do. I came up with the idea of filling little white boxes with M&M's with a a note saying " I am getting married on September 29, 2007 it would be an honor if you would be my Maid of Honor. The same was asked of the brides maids. Josh did shot glasses with M&M's with the same notes placed in silver bags asking his Best Man and grooms men to be apart of his special day.
The first two members of the wedding party we asked were the Best Man and Maid of honor. I took the box and silver bag to the Hy-vee Florist. There I had them tie a balloon to the box and bag to be delivered. Now the waiting game begins. I heard from My long time friend Alla first. She said yes. Alla and I have been friends since elementary school. She is like the sister I never had. Alla had faith in me when at times I didn't have faith in myself.
The next person Josh and I heard from is Damfino. That was quite a wait. Josh and I ended up driving to his now soon to be wife's house to scoop out her joint to see if he got his shot glass. Josh quitly walked up to the drive way to see if he could see the ballon that was tied up to his silver bag. It was still there. We had to come up with a plan B. Josh wanted to just call his brother and tell him to go to the front door. Instead I had him call his mom to call Damfino and say Hy-vee called saying they were at the house and no one answered so they called her to let her know where they put in delivery and placed it in the front door. Soon he called Josh and said yes.
The next group we asked were the brides maids and grooms men. Once again I went to the florist and had them deliver the boxes and silver bags. By now the florist new me very well. My brothers Jon and Tim were the next members of the wedding party we heard from.
Then we heard from my friend Caryn. Caryn is a friend from work. She is the type of person who would drop everything for you when you are going through difficult times. She has helped me alot this past year. Caryn will soon be getting married this year as well. Josh and I also asked his sister Holly and brother in-law Dan to be in the wedding along with his step sister Amanda. They all said yes.
Now that they all said yes I had one more person to ask to be apart of my wedding. Cara Josh's brother's fiance. I wanted her to be my personal Attendant. This time I had the florist deliver the box and balloon in the side door. She called and said yes as well. Once we ask the wedding party Josh asked his brother Caleb and step brother Matt to be Ushers at the wedding. Operation Wedding party was completed.
I am so excited to have my two close friends and soon to be family apart of our wedding party. They are all wonderful people. Having them all apart of the wedding will make it ten times more exciting and special.
Love All
Christi & Josh
I have to admit though I did stress out a little though. I didn't want Josh or I to leave any one out. We desided at the beginning who we really wanted to be apart of our day. Since my brother Jon was coming home in October we desided to wait until then to ask everyone. When October came it was time to get the OPERATION WEDDING PARTY started. I wanted it to be memoriable and personal. A phone call wasn't what I wanted to do. I came up with the idea of filling little white boxes with M&M's with a a note saying " I am getting married on September 29, 2007 it would be an honor if you would be my Maid of Honor. The same was asked of the brides maids. Josh did shot glasses with M&M's with the same notes placed in silver bags asking his Best Man and grooms men to be apart of his special day.
The first two members of the wedding party we asked were the Best Man and Maid of honor. I took the box and silver bag to the Hy-vee Florist. There I had them tie a balloon to the box and bag to be delivered. Now the waiting game begins. I heard from My long time friend Alla first. She said yes. Alla and I have been friends since elementary school. She is like the sister I never had. Alla had faith in me when at times I didn't have faith in myself.
The next person Josh and I heard from is Damfino. That was quite a wait. Josh and I ended up driving to his now soon to be wife's house to scoop out her joint to see if he got his shot glass. Josh quitly walked up to the drive way to see if he could see the ballon that was tied up to his silver bag. It was still there. We had to come up with a plan B. Josh wanted to just call his brother and tell him to go to the front door. Instead I had him call his mom to call Damfino and say Hy-vee called saying they were at the house and no one answered so they called her to let her know where they put in delivery and placed it in the front door. Soon he called Josh and said yes.
The next group we asked were the brides maids and grooms men. Once again I went to the florist and had them deliver the boxes and silver bags. By now the florist new me very well. My brothers Jon and Tim were the next members of the wedding party we heard from.
Then we heard from my friend Caryn. Caryn is a friend from work. She is the type of person who would drop everything for you when you are going through difficult times. She has helped me alot this past year. Caryn will soon be getting married this year as well. Josh and I also asked his sister Holly and brother in-law Dan to be in the wedding along with his step sister Amanda. They all said yes.
Now that they all said yes I had one more person to ask to be apart of my wedding. Cara Josh's brother's fiance. I wanted her to be my personal Attendant. This time I had the florist deliver the box and balloon in the side door. She called and said yes as well. Once we ask the wedding party Josh asked his brother Caleb and step brother Matt to be Ushers at the wedding. Operation Wedding party was completed.
I am so excited to have my two close friends and soon to be family apart of our wedding party. They are all wonderful people. Having them all apart of the wedding will make it ten times more exciting and special.
Love All
Christi & Josh
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Music For Wedding Reception
Hi to all of you out there in the blogger world. Christi and I are heading to our Big Day here on Sept 29th we are planning many things one of those things is music.
We meet with a D J in Feb to discuss details on what we want to do for music at our wedding reception dance. That being said, I want to start a request sheet for you all out there. Now I want to keep this clean and respectible, no songs containing explicit lyrics will be played at our wedding.
Of course, we have our sheet already started. Some songs off that are as follows.
80's
Nothing Going To Stop Us Now - Starship
Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles
More Than A Feeling - Boston
60's
Twist and Shout - Beatles
I Got You Babe - Sony & Cher
70's
YMCA - Village People I know it's a wedding you got to play this
Stayin Alive - Bee Gees
90's
Time Of Your Life - Green Day
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
So all you music lovers out there scroll through your Ipods and let us know what you might want to have played at our Wedding.
Talk to you all later...
Groom & Bride to be
Josh & Christi
We meet with a D J in Feb to discuss details on what we want to do for music at our wedding reception dance. That being said, I want to start a request sheet for you all out there. Now I want to keep this clean and respectible, no songs containing explicit lyrics will be played at our wedding.
Of course, we have our sheet already started. Some songs off that are as follows.
80's
Nothing Going To Stop Us Now - Starship
Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles
More Than A Feeling - Boston
60's
Twist and Shout - Beatles
I Got You Babe - Sony & Cher
70's
YMCA - Village People I know it's a wedding you got to play this
Stayin Alive - Bee Gees
90's
Time Of Your Life - Green Day
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
So all you music lovers out there scroll through your Ipods and let us know what you might want to have played at our Wedding.
Talk to you all later...
Groom & Bride to be
Josh & Christi
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Registry List
Ok folks I realize it's early but after hearing from family and friends how much fun it is to register we just couldn't wait any longer. The two of us sat down and made a list of items we knew the two of us would need after we got married. We kept telling each other stick to the list, let's not get crazy, stick to the list. Then it happened we heard the BEEP! It was over, the scanner went crazy. There was no stopping us now.
The first item we scanned was a smoke detector, then it was a co2 detector. Soon we were scanning items like chip warmers and choclote fountains. Now who's to say we will never use these items. we might. The list kept getting larger and we kept registring at more and more places. The two of us wanted to keep the list as small as possible in hopes we will recieve cash gift as well to start saving for a house but neither one of us could get the beep out of our heads. After registering at Target, we then registered at Younkers, Isabel Bloom, Menards and last but not least JCPennys.
Please keep in mind everyone when you visit these stores on line, both of us know there is no way we will recieve a snow blower or any items for that matter that are over $100.00 it's all about having fun and dreams. Starting a new life care about material things, they're just nice to have. However, both of us just want to celebrate our new life together with friends and family we love in hopes they are as happy as we are about starting our starting our new life together. We love you all.
Below is the reminder list of places mentioned above that the two of us have registered. A quick note, those of you who decide to purchase from Isabel bloom will need to contact the store to see what has been purchased. This store hasn't quite modernized there wedding registery. If you are out of towners who need the number to this store, feel free to e-mail us or contact our parents. I have also included items we put on our wish list from Isabel bloom along with prices.
Target
Younkers
Menards
JcPenny's
Isabel Bloom: Large Snowman (multi color) $189.00, Sharing $59.00, Isabel Rose $61.50, Tiny Treasures (with yellow flowers) $52.00, Large St. Nick $92.00, Short Stop $60.50, Dancers $40.50, Courage to soar $37.75, Small Emma $48.00, Eagle (light Green)$41.00, Angel with heart (Multi Color) $27.00, Small Peace Angel (light green)$38.00, Choclate Ribbon Egg (Light green with red ribbon) $19.25.
Till next time
Chisti & Josh
The first item we scanned was a smoke detector, then it was a co2 detector. Soon we were scanning items like chip warmers and choclote fountains. Now who's to say we will never use these items. we might. The list kept getting larger and we kept registring at more and more places. The two of us wanted to keep the list as small as possible in hopes we will recieve cash gift as well to start saving for a house but neither one of us could get the beep out of our heads. After registering at Target, we then registered at Younkers, Isabel Bloom, Menards and last but not least JCPennys.
Please keep in mind everyone when you visit these stores on line, both of us know there is no way we will recieve a snow blower or any items for that matter that are over $100.00 it's all about having fun and dreams. Starting a new life care about material things, they're just nice to have. However, both of us just want to celebrate our new life together with friends and family we love in hopes they are as happy as we are about starting our starting our new life together. We love you all.
Below is the reminder list of places mentioned above that the two of us have registered. A quick note, those of you who decide to purchase from Isabel bloom will need to contact the store to see what has been purchased. This store hasn't quite modernized there wedding registery. If you are out of towners who need the number to this store, feel free to e-mail us or contact our parents. I have also included items we put on our wish list from Isabel bloom along with prices.
Target
Younkers
Menards
JcPenny's
Isabel Bloom: Large Snowman (multi color) $189.00, Sharing $59.00, Isabel Rose $61.50, Tiny Treasures (with yellow flowers) $52.00, Large St. Nick $92.00, Short Stop $60.50, Dancers $40.50, Courage to soar $37.75, Small Emma $48.00, Eagle (light Green)$41.00, Angel with heart (Multi Color) $27.00, Small Peace Angel (light green)$38.00, Choclate Ribbon Egg (Light green with red ribbon) $19.25.
Till next time
Chisti & Josh
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