Is It True? Is It Really True?!

Is it really true? Do I have the photographer I really wanted? The photographer that I have followed for so long now?! Yay!! AND to make it even better, I have the Church too! And one of my choices for the reception is free!! Thank you to all my friends in Heaven, especially you Gram!! As of yesterday, nothing was going well in the planning, and I pushed on through (discouraged though) and fought through the frustration and today it all worked out for me. I am sooo excited to know that two of my biggest things on the list are set! I haven't signed the papers, but they will be on their way. This Church was important to me and I really wanted to try for it. As of this afternoon though, it wasn't looking good. I ended up hanging up being so upset, and I called her back and proposed another option to her...and she accepted!! And the photographer that I was dying to have is free too!! :) I can't wait to sign my name to the paperwork for both of these things.

It's been really hard not having my Mom nearby (and not available through a computer) during the planning these past weeks. I look forward to seeing her and sitting down in a couple of weeks. :) I am so thankful for our phone calls, even though some of them have been covered in such frustration. Can't wait to see you Mom! My Dad has been a wonderful help too! He has been helping me with calls and he is very excited about this process. :) Thank you both, Mom and Dad! I love you!

So, I can sleep well tonight knowing things ARE coming together. The ideal date, the Church, the photographer...THE photographer. ;) Thank you God, for all of Your help in this working out. I know You are helping me and hearing the many prayers I am sending up to You!

Good night all. I have my first 5k tomorrow - Gotta get in shape for this wedding of ours! ;) I have a goal now that there is a date set!

Frustration!

I'm overly frustrated right now. The Church is booked for the day we were hoping for, but the photographer is free. The Church is free for another day, but the photographer is booked. So far, NOTHING has gone well together. I am really not sure what to do and it is discouraging. I have an e-mail off to the photographer asking her openings around that time, and I am going to talk to the people at the Church again once I find her free dates. I really hope I can get these two things to work out TOGETHER!

I See Light!

Today was a good day. Most of the good news came from the afternoon on. It started out with a nice conversation with my best friend in Chicago, followed by another conversation with my best friend in New York...Yes, you are allowed two of them when they are as special as these ladies! Mono's sister-in-law, who is my soon-to-be sister-in-law (yay!!!!), sent me a whole list of possible reception venues in the area we are looking to have our wedding. I am so thankful for all of their help. They each live in a different state, very far away, but they all offer as much help as they are able to. I am so blessed. I also got word from the Church that we are allowed to have our wedding ceremony there. I will speak with someone tomorrow about more details. Praying that that all goes well. Then this evening I got another e-mail from a dear friend of our family's of a nice hotel within a short distance that she thought may be something I'd like. And it is! I have to show my Mom (which will be a task being that she is hundreds of miles away and does not know how to work a computer...hmmmmm.....) and see what she thinks and then I may call them to get some more info. :) That would be absolutely wonderful if a place so close worked out. :) Next on my list, after all this is settled, is needing to find a place for photographs. I would like somewhere scenic, not just generic. So we will see. I am asking for ideas from anyone that lives in that area, so hopefully I will get some good places. :) I am really excited that I am seeing some light in all this. I think once these big hurdles are over (ceremony, reception, date, etc) then the little details will be a lot more exciting! It will be nice to start all of this after Christmas when my Mom comes home. :) So that is my update for today. Hopefully these posts will get more exciting. And eventually they will come along with pictures, hopefully!