Old Soul, Young Heart

Last week's blog was supposed to be about the program and this week was supposed to be about the ceremony, but they are basically one in the same, so here goes. I made the programs. They took me a long time. This is the best picture I have of it, because the photographer forgot to get a photo of it. I was pretty proud of them. I thought they were cute. They fanned out with three pages. The front page was the ceremony program, the middle was the wedding party, and the last page was the "In Memory" page. They were held together with fancy pronged thingies--I had several different kinds, so each one was a little different. The corners were rounded and that took foreverrrrr. I kind of miss doing crafty things! From the picture, you can tell what the ceremony was like. I was lucky enough to basically wordsmith the entire thing myself, with Philip's go-ahead, of course. Our officiants (and my friends) were very gracious and just let me do what I wanted to do. ...

Missed last week's Marriage Monday... was partying it up in Vegas! Next week will sort of have two topics. Well, I'm annoyed because I can no longer figure out how to embed YouTube videos into my blog. So that's super frustrating. I wanted to have each video in this blog entry, but I guess that ain't happening. I pretty much knew what music I wanted for the ceremony for a long time. I am a lover of movie scores. I just generally love the music in films. It sets the tone, and so I knew that I wanted to include several songs from movies that I love. I didn't know it, but the musicians played one of my favorite songs from Legends of the Fall as part of the prelude, called "The Ludlows." I had also suggested "All You Need is Love" for the prelude because I love it in Love Actually . I didn't hear it get played, because I was downstairs hyperventilating. :) My brother lit the candles and the grandmas and Philip's parents walked into ...

No pictures this week, so kind of a boring post... sorry! Dad got his suit. He even got his tailoring done. He looks super cute! I met with the guy from Casey's on Friday about flowers. We've firmed up the details and I'm so excited! They will be very pretty. I picked up my wedding gown on Saturday! It's beautiful and fits me like a glove. I can't stop looking at the pictures of me in it that my aunt took. It is very me . I can't wait to wear it alllllllll day. I didn't want to take it off! Joy (Philip's mom) and my aunt Peggy picked up their dresses on Saturday too. It was fun to have a little trying-on party at the alterations place. I still need to get my dress steamed. There are a few tiny spots on it (it was a sample, so lots of other girls tried it on before me), so I need to get those cleaned too. I'm really scared to take it to the dry cleaner's, but I gotta have faith! I need to do this soon since I don't know how long it'l...

The ceremony service is nailed down. We met with Jim and Michele (co-officiants) on Monday and went over a lot of logistics. Michele and I also made a quick trip to Evelyn Chapel since she had never been there. I just love that place. I can really visualize now what everything's going to be like. It is both exciting and scary, because it's getting so close!  With the service fully figured out, I can start making programs now. I feel as though this part might be a larger undertaking than the invitations, because there will be double the amount! The actual construction should be easier, though. Menu card printing/construction will also start soon. We met with the travel agent to go over our honeymoon itinerary. I'm so excited to be on vacay with my new husband in just 5 weeks. (Husband! So weird!) I am disappointed that I've been unable to reach our musicians for the ceremony. I've emailed twice in the past 3 weeks... still nothing. Maybe they're on vacation? I ne...

Philip tried on his suit at Men's Wearhouse on Wednesday. The tailor wasn't in, so we need to go back for him to actually get fitted, but it was cute to see him in his full get-up! I took a picture of him, but I'm trying not to share too much so that some things are still a surprise at the wedding! The RSVPs are a-rollin' in! Coming home to see who has responded is kind of the highlight of my day! We had our food tasting at Eastland Suites on Friday. We got to try 2 salads, 4 dressings, 4 hor d'oeuvres, 4 entrees, 4 starches, and 4 vegetables. The food was delicious--even more so than we were expecting! It was fun to talk to the planner about all the logistics, too. It makes me so excited! On Monday we met with Jim, one of our officiants, to talk about the ceremony. Michele (the other officiant and my maid of honor) had sent me some ideas already and I had thrown it together before we met with Jim. He was open to what I had typed up; he even let me borrow his lit...

Wedding Wednesday Last Wednesday was the 4th of July, and then we went on a little vacay down to Six Flags and some caverns in Missouri this past weekend, and then I've had "homework" for work the past two nights, so I honestly haven't had the time to do much wedding stuff since last week. But here is the little news that I do have! Sash news: Done and done! The one from Amazon came and I liked it better than the one from ebay, so that's a wrap! (My dad liked the one from ebay better, but, sorry Pops!) I have only a bracelet to get and I know exactly which one it'll be--it's part of my late birthday present from Philip. I asked my friend, Sheila, to help do some logistical things at the ceremony. She'll be handing out programs and a few other minor things. I'm so grateful to have her help because I know she'll be good; she's an event coordinator for her job at UNLV! We ordered the suits for the guys from Men's Wearhouse. The guys...

Last week I had asked people to give me suggestions on facebook for other small places besides Evelyn Chapel that we can have a ceremony. I got some good ideas, but only two were feasible-- Centennial Christian Church and The Wittenberg Lutheran Center , which is where my parents got married. I emailed both places to ask if they allowed other pastors to officiate and what the capacity is. The pastor at Wittenberg wrote back yesterday, asking a lot of questions like if I'm still a member at the church I grew up at, if I attend, if Philip attends, etc. He also said that, although he was sure that Jim (the pastor that I want to conduct our ceremony) was a nice person and a strong Christian, that Missouri Synod Lutheran churches do not allow pastors of any other denomination to preside over services. Not having Jim do our service (or at least some other pastor that I know--since I know so many, it would feel silly to not have someone do it that I actually am friends with) is kind of...