*Update* Pics and Wedding Ideas...

[Kalei]

Hi all Pters!

For any of you who read my thread earlier, you know that recently in December I got engaged! Daniel and I were together for just about 2 years when he proposed. He proposed at night on a gazebo and it was very sweet. We decided on a date pretty quickly and are getting married October 2nd this year.

I though maybe some of you would like to see some pictures and I would love to get ideas on our wedding. Our wedding colors are going to be Pink and Brown, cause Pink is my favorite color and brown is his. So far we have pink and brown petals for our flower girl, we will have a pink and brown guestbook, flower basket, pin holder...we also have some pink and brown hearts to string across maybe the main table.

So if there are any ideas you may have definately post them. We are going to get married at our church, and then have a reception in probably a Hall. If any of you happen to go on ebay and ever see anything definatly remember me and let me know.

Well, here are some pictures of me and Daniel throughout the year.

This picture here was about 6 months into our relationship. I am about 2 and a half years older than Daniel, so when we got together he was finishing grade 12. I never went to my own prom due to my very first boyfriend of one year dumped me about a month or so before it, so I finally got to go to a prom.




We knew each other for almost 10 years cause we went to the same church...lol and back then we never would have imagined we would end up together lol.

This is us just being stupid:


This is a picture we got done at Wal-Mart for our one year anniversary of being together:


Here is a picture of the ring Daniel got me as a one year anniversary present. He knew I really liked that ring and I was so happy, he is the first guy to ever give me a ring.


This picture was not this Christmas that just passed but the Christmas before in 2008.




This is a more recent picture of us, was taken fall last year:




And here is my engagement ring! Daniel is now 20 and I am 22...soon to be 23. I was so surprised...he was in college working only part-time and managed to save up enough money to still get me a gorgeous ring. He is an amazing guy...not too many college guys can get engaged.


We haven't got any updated pictures yet, but we plan to get engagement pictures done this month or next month so I will post those pictures then.

Well I hope you enjoyed and let me know if you have any ideas.

Would any of you like to see the wedding dress I plan to buy???

[3Catcondo]

Congrats, and what a beautiful engagement ring!! Yes, we would love to see pics of the dress you want ....

[Husky_mom]

sure we wanna see!!..

now am getting many ideas.. based on the colors.. hehe

[Kalei]

Awesome! Thanks so much for replying

So, this is the wedding dress I am planning on getting...I know its from ebay, but hey my sister bought from this woman for her wedding. It's a chinese lady and she makes the dresses when you order them. My sisters dress came and looked just beautiful.

Here it is:



I plan to get it in white, but keep the little rose on the side pink. And I may get a material inside the chest just so the split doesn't show so far down the chest.

What do you think?

[Roxyluvsme13]

Awesome! Thanks so much for replying

So, this is the wedding dress I am planning on getting...I know its from ebay, but hey my sister bought from this woman for her wedding. It's a chinese lady and she makes the dresses when you order them. My sisters dress came and looked just beautiful.

Here it is:



I plan to get it in white, but keep the little rose on the side pink. And I may get a material inside the chest just so the split doesn't show so far down the chest.

What do you think?

That is one of the most beautiful dresses I have ever seen in my life, ahhh!!!

I'm so happy for you and Daniel .

[chocolatepuppy]

Congrats! Very nice pics of the two of you. I love the engagement ring and the dress!

[luvofallhorses]

Congratulations! You guys look so happy together. I love the dress.

[Suki Wingy]

Aw you're gonna look like a princess in that dress!

[Husky_mom]

OMG!! that dress is stunning.. makes me wanna marry again..lol

why can´t we dress in wedding dresses on a daily regular basis...(I´m not that girly girl but there are sooooo many awesome dresses)

[carole]

I have to agree with another Pter this is the most beautiful wedding dress i have ever seen and you obviously have the lovely figure to carry it off, you will look absolutely stunning, fantastic choice.

oops i had not seen the other dress when i first posted my reply, i have to say either of them are just gorgeous, and i think it depends what look you are going for ,i think i actually prefer the second one now,but both are stunning as you will be on the day.

Also i don't think it matters what you spend on a dress, as long as you are happy with your choice.

[Kalei]

Hey everyone,

My parents have offered us something different now. To make a long story short, it is very very VERY difficult living with my fiance's parents and it is a struggle almost every day for me. I have cried many times for almost a year now because it is so stressful on me.

So anyways, my parents said that instead of having a fancy reception (they booked it at the Days Inn and it will cost about 2500 dollars) we could have our wedding way earlier (like in the summer) and have it cheaper...like have a potluck. And they will give us the 3000 dollars to go to our future apartment. 3000 dollars is like 4 months rent So basically we would be able to be moved out on our own in July, instead of October.

We are having a really hard time deciding what we want to do. In many ways we still want to have our wedding in October like planned with the really nice reception, but in some ways (like another stressful incident that happened tonight with me) we really want to get out as soon as possible.

I don't know what to do, it is such a hard decision! Sigh....

lol...why does life have to be so hard with so many decisions? lol

[Catty1]

You could always have a big party on your first anniversary.

[Husky_mom]

a big nice reception is that.. nice.. but it only lasts one night.. and considering living with the IL´s.. well been there done that.. I´d rather have a smaller one but equally as great.. you really doný need to spend that much to have a great wedding.. and use the $$ for my own place... either way.. you can wait till oct.. but go to your folks till then so you don´t get as stressed

[Marigold2]

Great idea.

You could always have a big party on your first anniversary.

[Kalei]

Hey Everyone,

It's only 1 month and 2 days until my wedding! I can't believe the time has gone by that fast! And of course now that it's so close I'm starting to get a little stressed about things lol

I got my princess dress that I showed you all a picture of in the earlier posts and it fits me so good and it looks great!! I also have all my girls dresses. I got all of them on ebay..so my dress plus 3 bridesmaid dresses in total costed me 400...isn't that great! People always say they would never get a dress from ebay, but mine all look amazing and they all fit great!

I can't wait until the wedding, and I just can't wait to post the pictures of the wedding for all of you to see

I think it will be very nice. At this point I just can't wait to say "I do" enjoy my day and have money again lol

We have our home already, I now live in an apartment and not with parents anymore...thank goodness lol I can have all of my pets again

I'll keep you posted.