Day one of wedding planning

So today, Michael and I sat down with my mom and dad to begin planning an August wedding. The very first thing we did was had my dad pray for an enjoyable and stress free time while we plan and get ready to be married. Then my mom got her big box of wedding stuff out of the garage that she had saved from planning my oldest sister's wedding. Michael and I began writing down every person we could think of that we would want to invite to the wedding and this in itself was a huge task!

We were thinking that it would be so nice to get married on a yacht out of Newport, but after researching prices and amount of people that a boat will hold it started to seem a little impractical. It looks like we will be planning a church wedding which is exciting.

my sisters all made an agreement when my oldest sister got married about how we would work out the maid of honor situation without anyone's feelings getting hurt. We decided that the maid of honor would always be the sister right below the person getting married. This means that my maid of honor is my little sister Bradleigh! We already gave her a book about everything she needs to know and she seems excited and a little nervous. It's a good thing she has my mom and three older sisters to help her out.

Even today, on our first day of wedding planning, I began to feel the stress and pressure of planning the biggest event of our lives. This will be no easy task, but I can't wait to see the end result. Michael is being extremely supportive and positive and is really helping me to stay positive through out all of this.

Tomorrow we will go talk to a couple of churches in the area and hopefully nail down the venue for the ceremony and reception. I also want to try and call the pastor, the photographer, and the florist since these people are all family friends.

Now, I need to go clean my room :-)