The invitations have gone out, the dress has been bought, and the important things have been booked.... except our flights. We should probably get on that but the whole "will the tickets get cheaper", "what are our actual plans" and what not have put a hitch in the purchasing. And of course the tickets we were looking at went up :( I highly recommend purchasing when you see good prices. They will not be around forever.
I had a great time shopping for my dress with some friends and family. I always thought I wouldn't be into it at all. But holy! Trying on dresses is fun!!! I liked so many that I finally just had to bite the bullet and make a decision (which we all know I am terrible at). I am super excited for the call that the dress is here so I can see if its as great as I remember.
Now we just have to bide our time until we know how many people are coming and we start making the more decisions about things. Time for flower decisions and color themes and all that jazz. Very important stuff. (Matt just fell asleep again).
I wonder if I should just leave it for the 10 days and call up Jane at Wedding SOS.
Hope you all had a fantastic Easter. Only 5 months to go!!!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
So. We have decided on the location and date. We have booked the wedding planner and have picked the beach. We originally thought it would be fun to get married on the same day that Matt proposed, but with our tight schedule we have decided to have the ceremony a little earlier so that we can have some time off together afterwards.
Due to Matt's schedule, we can't leave Vancouver until August 18. After some discussion with the wedding planner, we decided to have the wedding on a Friday. August 20, 2010 to be exact. Our planner recommended not having it on a Saturday because it would be especially busy. So we decided on a Friday so that people could either arrive the weekend before and chill out and then leave on the following weekend or arrive for a long weekend on the Thursday night preceding the ceremony.
I have been trying to decide where to have a dinner or get together after the ceremony. Its hard to make any decisions now because we don't really have any idea of how many people will actually make the trip. There are some really gorgeous places on Kauai to have dinners and parties so its been slightly hard to make a final decision.
We have however decided on the invitations and if we can figure out everything this week we can get start making the this weekend. Nothing like a little craft time for Matt and I to bond over. I will have to hide the computer so that he will not be distracted....
Thursday, October 29, 2009
So, the planning has begun. It is very hard to figure out what to do for a wedding! There are so many options and so many things to think about that its hard to make decisions. Who and when they can attend, how much to spend, etc., etc., etc. (When I talk about the plans, Matt usually tunes me out in about 5 seconds so if you continue to read I will be shocked)
I am not really sure why our blog is called wedding extravaganza because the last thing we want is a huge wedding (at least I don't). I always pictured something small and simple without all the craziness. Especially after delivering cakes to different weddings this year. I have seen all that goes on and the crazy people that the brides and mothers turn into.
I have always thought about a beach wedding and have pictured a ceremony in the sand. Now, I am no obsessive bridezilla who has had her wedding day planned out since childhood, but over the years I have always thought about it and known that a beach wedding was what I would like. Especially a destination beach wedding. Because then you get the holiday and wedding in one (easy way to justify the trip).
With Matt's tight schedule, we have decided that the wedding will have to be sometime in the last two weeks of August. I have contacted a bunch of places on Vancouver Island and most of them are already booked for Saturday receptions.
Luckily for Matt and I, I have also been doing research on different destinations and have contacted different places about prices. There are so many great wedding packages in different countries that it actually works out to be cheaper to have it somewhere other than BC!
So the planning continues (whenever I can get Matt's attention for more than 30 seconds), and we hope to have everything all figured out within the next month.
I seriously don't know how wedding planners can do it.
I am not really sure why our blog is called wedding extravaganza because the last thing we want is a huge wedding (at least I don't). I always pictured something small and simple without all the craziness. Especially after delivering cakes to different weddings this year. I have seen all that goes on and the crazy people that the brides and mothers turn into.
I have always thought about a beach wedding and have pictured a ceremony in the sand. Now, I am no obsessive bridezilla who has had her wedding day planned out since childhood, but over the years I have always thought about it and known that a beach wedding was what I would like. Especially a destination beach wedding. Because then you get the holiday and wedding in one (easy way to justify the trip).
With Matt's tight schedule, we have decided that the wedding will have to be sometime in the last two weeks of August. I have contacted a bunch of places on Vancouver Island and most of them are already booked for Saturday receptions.
Luckily for Matt and I, I have also been doing research on different destinations and have contacted different places about prices. There are so many great wedding packages in different countries that it actually works out to be cheaper to have it somewhere other than BC!
So the planning continues (whenever I can get Matt's attention for more than 30 seconds), and we hope to have everything all figured out within the next month.
I seriously don't know how wedding planners can do it.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
It finally happened...
After 10 3/4 years together, Matt gave me the shock of my life. After driving up from Vancouver to Fort St. John and spending 2 days visiting with Deanna, we moved on towards Liard Hot Springs. Along the way, Matt mentioned stopping for lunch at Muncho Lake. A place that he remembered from childhood as being a beautiful and stunning provincial park.
After spending over 5 hours in the car and playing our own version of 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon (with different actors) and listening to Matt's very large I-pod music collection, we neared Muncho Lake. It was almost 5pm at this point and we were only about 30 minutes from Liard Hotsprings. I was slightly curious as to why we needed to stop for lunch at 5pm when we were so close to our destination. However, I know how Matt gets when he needs food so I went with the flow.
We drove past a campground at the south end of Muncho Lake called Strawberry Flats Park and Matt said "I wonder if I should have stopped. I hope there is another stop". I assured him that there likely was since the lake looked huge and this couldn't be the only place to stop. (Secretly I was hoping that we would pass the lake and just drive all the way to Liard. My butt hurt and I was ready to soak up the hot springs).
We saw a lodge and Matt pulled over into the parking lot. All of the signs leading to the lake said "No Entrance - Registered Guest Only" so I again convinced Matt to keep driving. "There has to be another stop. Don't worry about it. The lake is huge".
We kept driving and shortly came upon the actual Muncho Lake Campground. It was practically deserted with only one camper that I could see. We pulled down to the picnic site and got out and started making sandwiches. The lake was beautiful and I understood why Matt liked it so much.
We ate our sandwiches and packed everything up. Then Matt asked me to walk out onto the dock to take some photos. We walked out and it was gorgeous. The lake had that bluey-green water that northern lakes are known for. He pointed out some hills behind us that he used to climb up when he was a kid. The lake was surrounded by trees and inbehind us were green reeds that added to the overall effect.
Matt asked me how the drive was going. I replied that it was going good. (He seemed to be acting a little funny. But I wasn't really sure why.) He then told me that he loved me. I told him that I loved him too. He said "well thats good". Then, to my great suprise, he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him and spend the rest of my life with him while pulling a box with a goergous ring in it.
Okay, kids, after 10 3/4 years, I had sort of accepted that Matt and I were never going to get married. I figured that if I wanted it to happen I was going to have to ask him myself which I was really keen on. So needless to say, when he got down on his knee, I was shocked. Especially when I realized the thought that had when into the planning of the day. I immediately started to cry and started to walk backwards in my disbelief.
The next thing I remember was Matt saying "don't fall off the dock". I turned and realized that in my state of shock I had almost walked backwards off the dock we were standing on. That would have been classic, and later Matt said he should have let me do it because then we would never have forgotten the day. I still hadn't said anything so Matt asked me "Well, what's your answer". Of course it was yes.
There was some teariness on both sides as Matt slid the ring on my finger as well as hugs and kisses. We took some photos and got in the car and continued the drive. It took a number of hours for what had happened to sink in. It was a wonderful day and the spot was perfect and a place that I will remember forever. Although, for anyone else who has gone through it, the shock was so great that I could barely remember what he said.
We drove on the hot springs and enjoyed the champagne (got drunk) that Matt had bought in secret, cooked and ate veggie hot dogs with 8 million bugs, as well as had a soak and swim. It was a wonderful day.
We had a great holiday and have now started into the whole wedding planning. We have always talked about a destination wedding and a beach scene has always been in my mind. So we will have to get cracking and make some decisions pretty quick. We will let everyone know whats up as we know what is going on.
After spending over 5 hours in the car and playing our own version of 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon (with different actors) and listening to Matt's very large I-pod music collection, we neared Muncho Lake. It was almost 5pm at this point and we were only about 30 minutes from Liard Hotsprings. I was slightly curious as to why we needed to stop for lunch at 5pm when we were so close to our destination. However, I know how Matt gets when he needs food so I went with the flow.
We drove past a campground at the south end of Muncho Lake called Strawberry Flats Park and Matt said "I wonder if I should have stopped. I hope there is another stop". I assured him that there likely was since the lake looked huge and this couldn't be the only place to stop. (Secretly I was hoping that we would pass the lake and just drive all the way to Liard. My butt hurt and I was ready to soak up the hot springs).
We saw a lodge and Matt pulled over into the parking lot. All of the signs leading to the lake said "No Entrance - Registered Guest Only" so I again convinced Matt to keep driving. "There has to be another stop. Don't worry about it. The lake is huge".
We kept driving and shortly came upon the actual Muncho Lake Campground. It was practically deserted with only one camper that I could see. We pulled down to the picnic site and got out and started making sandwiches. The lake was beautiful and I understood why Matt liked it so much.
We ate our sandwiches and packed everything up. Then Matt asked me to walk out onto the dock to take some photos. We walked out and it was gorgeous. The lake had that bluey-green water that northern lakes are known for. He pointed out some hills behind us that he used to climb up when he was a kid. The lake was surrounded by trees and inbehind us were green reeds that added to the overall effect.
Matt asked me how the drive was going. I replied that it was going good. (He seemed to be acting a little funny. But I wasn't really sure why.) He then told me that he loved me. I told him that I loved him too. He said "well thats good". Then, to my great suprise, he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him and spend the rest of my life with him while pulling a box with a goergous ring in it.
Okay, kids, after 10 3/4 years, I had sort of accepted that Matt and I were never going to get married. I figured that if I wanted it to happen I was going to have to ask him myself which I was really keen on. So needless to say, when he got down on his knee, I was shocked. Especially when I realized the thought that had when into the planning of the day. I immediately started to cry and started to walk backwards in my disbelief.
The next thing I remember was Matt saying "don't fall off the dock". I turned and realized that in my state of shock I had almost walked backwards off the dock we were standing on. That would have been classic, and later Matt said he should have let me do it because then we would never have forgotten the day. I still hadn't said anything so Matt asked me "Well, what's your answer". Of course it was yes.
There was some teariness on both sides as Matt slid the ring on my finger as well as hugs and kisses. We took some photos and got in the car and continued the drive. It took a number of hours for what had happened to sink in. It was a wonderful day and the spot was perfect and a place that I will remember forever. Although, for anyone else who has gone through it, the shock was so great that I could barely remember what he said.
We drove on the hot springs and enjoyed the champagne (got drunk) that Matt had bought in secret, cooked and ate veggie hot dogs with 8 million bugs, as well as had a soak and swim. It was a wonderful day.
We had a great holiday and have now started into the whole wedding planning. We have always talked about a destination wedding and a beach scene has always been in my mind. So we will have to get cracking and make some decisions pretty quick. We will let everyone know whats up as we know what is going on.
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