Flowers

I went and applied for a summer job at a flower shop today. I love flowers! As I looked at all the different arrangements, I couldn't decide on what kind would be best for the wedding. I know I still want something yellow....but I'm not sure what kind of flowers. There's so many I like! If anyone has any ideas of what might be pretty, let me know.

~Sara~

Reception Music

Here's a link to sample some of Todd's music. They can play some songs Andy and I want at the reception too if we get sheet music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em_fpM_Hgfc

Observation

So I was looking back at the blog, and I came to the realization that most of the wedding posts are about the dog. Hahahaha! :-)

Random Wedding Thoughts

I do agree that 6:00 is too late for the wedding if we're going to have a dinner afterwards. I was thinking maybe when we book the church we could get "hitched" at 4:00, take pictures, then have dinner and dancing at 6. Does anyone have any suggestions about what we should do with our little flower girl after the pictures are over lol? I suppose one of my family members could run her home before dinner starts. College Church is only about 10-12 minutes away from my house. Also, during the ceremony do you think I should keep her on the alter with us? She might squirm and steal the show because she'll look so cute with her new do, the bows, and the flower band around her neck. Kylie might want to hold her....but I have visions of her jumping out of Kylie's arms and running down the aisle haha.

Additions to the Party

In my "Wedding List" post, I forgot to mention a couple of very important recent additions to the wedding party. Here they are:

Flower Girl: Cindy Lou Who-Hazelrigg

Ring Bearer: Carter Purrachio, age 4

College Church

Hooray! We have a church-almost lol. It turns out we would be able to get College Church for either June 20th or June 27th in 2009 (The guy on the phone said there may be another banquet the 20th-he's checking). Andy has all the details for what we need to do in a brochure. We're going to look the brochure over and make sure it's 100% what we are looking for. We aren't allowed to book the church until it's a year to the date. Hopefully we can have the reception at The Parlor. I think it's big enough for around 200 people. We both have big families. Todd's band is going to play, so it looks like the dessert reception idea might be turned into an actual buffet style dinner. We would still have the little dessert table with some of my ideas though. The band is big in the Kankakee area right now, and they're a regular at a couple of bars. They have some originals they're going to play, but they're also going to play some songs I give them. I need to get sheet music with guitar chords. Hopefully The Parlor allows dancing! If not, we might need to look for another place for the reception. Do you think that 6:00 would be a good time for the actual wedding ceremony? The reception could maybe start at 7:30.

~Sara~

The Flood!

This post has little to do with the wedding, but I was involved in a "flood" just 15 short minutes ago! I was in the kitchen deciding if I wanted carrots that were expired or fresh strawberries. As I chose the safe side..the berries..I noticed water with bubbles seeping out of the dishwasher. My first thought was that it was broken. However, it was not...I had somehow actually messed up doing dishes. I got the mixture ratio of soap to water wrong, and it is now confirmed I am horrible at domestic tasks. I was never very good at domesticated type work (other than baking chocolate chip cookies, of course), but I can't cook, I miss the corners when I clean, I shrink laundry, and apparently I can't wash dishes. Luckily, Andy is a good cook, he's good at cleaning, and he can do dishes. I have nearly a year until I am married. I need to work on my domestic side. For some reason seeing the bubbles foaming at the bottom of the dishwasher was kind of discouraging. I'm glad one of us is good at these types of things!

Cindy Lou Who

Cindy Lou Who's lack of opposable thumbs will indeed make it difficult for her to be flower girl, but I was thinking that she could walk on a pretty leash. Kylie could walk her. She would have a collar with flowers around it. Due to the umm..."disability" though...or just luck of the draw with the species, she won't be able to throw any flowers.

~Sara~

Auntie Sara's Answers

*Southern drawl kicks in* Hi y'all! I have some answers to tale you. Miranda, a jr. bridesmaid is someone under that-there ripe ole age of 16-gotta have the youngins be the junior bridesmaids. She's not walkin' alone, Cindy Lou (with a Who) is gonna be the flower girl! Gotta git the dog in the weddin'! Abby, as of now it's the 3rd Saturday in June in 2009. It'd be the 20th. We haven't been able to book a church yet though, so the date isn't 100%. It might have to be down by the river! lol. I'm workin' on gettin' email addresses for our weddin' party. I'm hoping I can get them all really soon. Well, I'll talk to y'all later! :-)

Wedding Lists

Wedding Expenses:

Dress
Shoes
Make up
Accessories
Flowers
Wedding Rings
Music for Ceremony
Place of Reception and Catering
Cake
Decorations
Invitations/Stamps
Photographer
Cake Server and Center Piece

Wedding Party:

Bridesmaids

Abby Bessman
Miranda Calhoon
Nicole Smith
Ellise Fallon
Kylie Smith (Jr. brides maid)

Groomsmen

Jon Nielsen
Doug Nielsen
Todd Hazelrigg
Josh Sabinas

Bridesmaids (another style of dress)

Hi girls! I was exploring the David's Bridal site, and I came across this http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_detail.jsp?stid=3327&prodgroup=110

What do you think of this dress?

Wedding Dresses

I was thinking of this style of dress http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridal_gowns_detail.jsp?stid=3201&prodgroup=210

I don't know if it's the right one for my body type, but I'm hoping that I can wear something along those lines. I especially like that dress. What do you think?

~Sara~

Bridesmaids

Sara's thought for dresses:

Link Here

With yellow flowers - very summery!