3 Amazing Years Together

Today is the three year anniversary of Matt and I being together. It seems like I've known him my whole life and yet all our memories seem like just yesterday. It feels so good to have found my soul mate, my best friend, and the man that will be by my side for a lifetime. It also is exciting that in exactly two years we will be waking up to get married. I can't imagine how amazing that feeling is going to be: to wake up knowing that in the evening your going to marry the man of your dreams, who makes all your dreams come true. I can't hardly wait! This week we are celebrating our anniversary, so I won't be working on too much wedding stuff. I can't really do too much until our meeting with Father John to make our date official anyways. I feel so blessed to be in a loving, caring relationship and also have so many family and friends around us to give us their love and support. I'm living the life I've always dreamed.

Gathering Ideas...And More Waiting

Well not much has progressed since last week. I didn't look at any reception sites because I think we might be changing the date to the Friday, September 30. I'm getting very anxious about getting the date officially set so we can tell everyone and start planning everything else. We won't know the date until our meeting with Father John on October 25...1 month! Geez. In my spare time I've been gathering pictures of dresses, flowers, cakes, decorations, etc. that I like and saving them to a file on my computer. This will give me ideas and pictures to take into the different vendors so they can have a starting point to go from. Not much else going on with wedding planning. Just enjoying being engaged and spending time together.

Week 2: Trying to Secure Our Wedding Date

It's week two and I've accomplished my first three missions. I showed the ring off to the remaining people who had not yet seen it, enjoyed a great weekend with my fiance, and I have contacted St. Joe church. We have a meeting set up on October 25 to talk with Father John about making our wedding date official. We have chosen the date of October 1, 2o11. This is a special date to us because our dating anniversary is on September 30. In 2011 we will have our 5 year dating anniversary and get married the next day. Hopefully everything will work to have the date we have picked and an evening wedding. The Catholic church doesn't seem to like having evening weddings on Saturday because of Saturday night mass, but I really want an evening wedding so that the reception can follow directly after and last into the night. My mission for this week: start looking at possible reception sites. St. Joe always has their Turkey Shoot on that weekend in October and Father John said it was likely we would not be able to use their facilities for the reception because of this event. I never thought trying to get the date we have chosen would be so difficult with the church, but it seems to be that way. Good thing I have two years to plan!

We're Engaged!

Matt and I are now engaged as of September 3!! I'm so happy to be the future Mrs. Clark! Although we are not planning to get married until fall 2011, I'm excited to start planning our wedding celebration. I am going to try to keep this blog updated with ideas and progress as a record of our wedding and to keep family and friends involved in the process. I look forward to sharing the details of the wedding as they come together and hopefully getting feedback from everyone. My missions for this week: Show the ring to remaining friends and family, contact the church about having a Saturday evening wedding, and enjoy being engaged to an amazing man!