Photographer

Saturday, my mom and I finally booked the photographer for the wedding!

This is such a relief for me because this has been on my list for a long time.

We went with the photographer that did my sisters wedding and my friends sister-in-law. I liked the pictures of my sisters wedding and I think they will do a great job for us. They've also been around a long time and have a lot of experience shooting weddings. I'm so excited!

Also, while we were there the photographer was showing us a sample of a preview album and just happened to pull out an example that was full of pictures from my sisters wedding. It was so cool to see their pictures randomly in this book.

The next big decision is which dj to go with. Any suggestions?

Finally

So, I started my final semester at Biola University on Monday and I am so grateful to be back.

Interterm was so crazy for me and I wasn't really able to do any wedding planning because of the other obligations that I was already committed to. Now that I'm back at school though, I feel like I can finally relax a little and really get some wedding stuff done.

This weekend I am going to reserve/schedule a photographer (hopefully, lol)

Bridesmaid dress shopping

So, last Saturday My three sisters, my mom, and two of my other bridesmaids went to David's Bridal and looked around at bridesmaid dresses. I had already decided that I was going to pick the color and the length and then let the girls pick their own style. I told the girls that the dresses were going to be Guava (tropical pink) and floor length and then sent them on their way to pick out the style that they wanted to wear.

Well, after trying on a bunch of different styles all five of the girls that were there decided on two styles, so I decided to have three girls in one style and three girls in the other style. It actually worked out pretty well. There will still be different styles, but also a sense of unity. I think they will all look amazing.

One of my bridesmaids wasn't able to make it that Saturday so I still need to go back with her to get her dress size and have her try the dress on and order it, but other than that I can check that off the list until we do a fitting sometime in May.

How quickly I forget...

So the same day as the honeymoon miracle, I sat down with my mom and dad to go over the reception hall packages.

The package that we wanted ended up being 3K more than what was originally estimated. This immediately made me tense and upset as we had to start thinking about not getting the things we wanted for the reception or to cut our numbers way back.

I knew God had just done an amazing thing for our honeymoon, but for some reason it was so hard for me to trust God with this hurdle.

so, I went over to Mike's mom's house to go over wedding invitation ideas and we ended up cutting our guest list down by a lot. I thought this was the answer to our reception hall dilemma. When I told my dad we had cut the numbers down he still said that he wanted to call and negotiate price with the country club. I was a little discouraged this morning, but Michael was going to take the contract and deposit over to country club in order to reserve our place.

At lunch I got a text saying that the guy who works at the country club as the reception coordinator knows my older sisters and went to school with them. When my dad called they were talking and he knows our whole family and is willing to let us customize our reception however we want it. Praise God!

Once again, God opened a huge door for us and is showing us over and over again that he approves of our marriage. I can't believe how quick I was to doubt the control He has over this entire wedding. He didn't get upset with me, he just showed Himself in a mighty way once again!

I can't even believe how blessed I am with a God who is sovereign in all things, a fiance who loves me and a family who is doing everything to make sure our wedding goes perfectly. I'm so grateful

Honeymoon Miracles

So, Sunday night I had a panic attack. Our wedding is in less than seven months and we had not booked our honeymoon yet. We are getting married in August and planned to use Michael's grandpa's time share in Kauai. We were so excited, but August books up very fast for Hawaii (naturally) so we were not even sure anything would be available for us. I panicked. I immediately started texting Michael's mom who was helping us book the time share and she started looking for available places in August.

As we were texting, it didn't look like there was anything available for Kauai except for two options. The only problem with these two places is that they weren't available until four days after our wedding. We considered this, but finally we decided that we wanted to be able to get away right after the wedding. We didn't want to stay in town and kill time before our honeymoon.

So, she started looking at the other islands in Hawaii. We found one available right after our wedding, but it was for the main island. Most people that I've talked to have said to avoid the main island because it's more like a city than a tropical relaxing getaway. We decided to take it, but we couldn't book it until the morning. Either way, this was Hawaii and we were going to have a blast.

The next morning I had to work really early so Michael went over to help his mom book our honeymoon. I got a text that morning saying that they had one option available for the day after our wedding on Kauai! I couldn't believe it. I don't even know how that happened, but I knew it was God. This is going to be our dream honeymoon and it's going to be perfect and it's only because God is opening doors for us.

I was in awe at how easy it was for God to take care of us and I am still so excited that I will be in Kauai on August 16th with my new husband!

Meeting the wedding coordinator

So Sunday, Mike and I met with our wedding coordinator. She is the same woman who coordinated Dani's wedding and I knew she was great right away. She is outgoing and bold and has a ton of great ideas which is good because I pretty much don't have any ideas.

Basically all we talked about is what needs to be done in the next month before we meet with her again. It was extremely helpful though. She brought up a lot of things that I had never thought about before like where I want to get dressed for the wedding, or what song we want to have for our recessional. There are so many decisions to be made and as Michael probably knows best, I am the most indecisive person on this Earth. These next seven months are going to be challenging.

Before we meet with her again, we have to pick and reserve a photographer, a DJ, ask all of our bridesmaids and groomsmen to be in the wedding, and get bridesmaid's dresses. Nothing like a little added stress, right?

I am very thankful for our wedding coordinator!

Mrs. Cameron

Someone called me Mrs. Cameron the other night and I didn't respond because I thought they were talking to someone else. I didn't even realize this person was talking to me. It's so weird to me that this will be my name in seven months and I'm sure this is not the last time I won't respond when someone calls me Mrs. Cameron. lol