Janurary 30th

We last updated the blog several weeks ago, and since then quite a bit has happened. For instance, we have a new president. More importantly however, things are starting to take form for our big day. There's a rumor going around that Jen has a dress. That's not a rumor, I actually got the call a couple of Saturdays ago. Jen's dad called me from the dress store to give me one last chance to "run." (I knew I should've let it go to voicemail.) We have also picked a florist and photographer. As soon as I find out who we chose I'll post their Web sites on our blog. We "officially" have our DJ. Evidently, the DJ was booked long before we were engaged. I also hear that Jen's dad has begun prelimanary planning for the reception. Jen and I have also started developing an idea of how things will work during our reception and fireworks extravaganza. Please stay tuned for updates. Also, we're going to post links to the hotel(s) that have agreed to block off some rooms for our out of town guests, make your reservations early. Lastly, GO STEELERS! WIN ONE FOR THE OTHER THUMB!!!!!

Yeah, Yeah, I'll update it....

So, Jen and I survived our first holiday season as an engaged couple. Santa came to visit and we both got to spend time with each other's family. I especially enjoyed the week after Christmas, (except the part where I lost my job)when my sister and her family visited from Pennsylvania.

The first month or so of being engaged is kind of intimidating. We were both so excited to start planning and preparing for our big day, except it took us about a month to figure out how and where to start. We couldn't figure out how to create a budget without knowing exactly how many guests we would have, also we couldn't determine how many guests to invite without knowing how much money we had. So we compromised....we decided to just put everything off until after Christmas!!

Now it's after Christmas, and while we are still ironing out the budget and cutting and dicing the guest list, we have made a few decisions and are making progress on a bunch more. Naturally I've already started focusing on the honeymoon! For several reasons of course. Looks like we're gonna go on a cruise. Neither one of us have ever been before, and we figure the more planning we can let other people do the better, especially after pulling off the wedding and reception. I'll let Jen get into more details about our plans for July 4th 2009....