Great News!!!

Renard and I are so excited to share that Jenny (my twin) and Will got engaged this past Saturday!!!! It was such a beautiful event. She was totally surprised and had no idea that he was going to propose. It was also exciting to see her face when she saw friends and family from far and wide surprise her at their engagement party Saturday night. Will did an awesome job putting it all together as everything worked out perfectly.

We love you guys and are so excited for what the future holds!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Quick Update

As Janelle and I carpooled to work this morning, she asked me "What can we blog about next?". My response, just sit at the keyboard and let your keystrokes do the work for you. That's when I sat back and said, mmmm, that can be one of the things I do today during one of my "smoke breaks" (I don't smoke of course but it's what I call my random breaks from work throughout the day). I was reminded of what I used to do in middle school where I had to keep a journal for a creative writing class I took. So this won't be anything formal, but just many of the things we have been doing as of late.

The first thing that comes to mind dates back to a few weeks ago when Janelle and I picked out our wedding bands. Now, I'm not into rings at all. Trying on different styles, metals and the whole nine is not my forte. But it's funny, because I feel like I'm a ringologist (I made that word up) when it comes to rings for women, based on all the information my jeweler gave me prior to getting Janelle's ring. So I know all the ends and outs for her rings, but when it comes to mine, I really don't care! The only prerequisite I have is no bling! Plain and simple will do just fine for me, but enough on that. I'm just really excited for Janelle's wedding band. It is exactly how I envisioned it to look. Can't wait for you guys to see it on 07/09/11.

Next...*pausing to think*...oh yes, Janelle and I have been in the lab as of late. We have spent probably about 2 days worth of cutting, gluing and printing designs for our invitations. Janelle is the visionary for this job, I'm just the peasant. I just shoot in my ideas from time to time but it's all in her hands with what she wants to do. I personally can't wait to see how it all turns out.

Wedding Cake story...you can see Janelle's illustration of what happened below. Envisioning how it will look on the day of our wedding seems pretty cool. I can't wait to see the final product!

Meeting with our Event Planner was pretty cool. Walking the site for our ceremony and reception was pretty cool as we saw the exact room we would be using. The next part for us to figure out is how we will use the room in terms of set-up and presentation. We haven't quite focused on that piece yet, but more thought will be given on that in the coming weeks.

Ohhh, how could I forget. Janelle and I actually picked up our Marriage License. All it needs is the signature from our officiant and a seal from the State of Maryland and we will be official. But of course the signature won't come until 7.9.11 so the documentation is just being stored in safekeeping for now (shhh, don't tell anyone but Janelle didn't trust me to hold onto it...the audacity! :-).

Ok, well that's all I can think of for now. Enjoy!

Lemon, Chocolate, Vanilla... Oh My!!!

Renard and I met with the Marriott wedding planner this past Friday and what a wonderful experience that was. She answered so many questions for us and gave us a lot of insight on things we needed to be doing within the next month or so. One of many things that we talked about was deciding on the wedding cake. I had no clue what kind/type of cake we were looking for. Several months prior I looked in a wedding cake magazine but hadn’t thought much about it as there were more important things to cover. With our wedding cake being included in our package she suggested we begin thinking about what we wanted. She casually mentioned that the company that would be providing our cake was having an open house on Sunday and if possible we should try and check it out. So I looked into it and decided to register for the Sunday open house.

On Saturday, I casually mentioned to Renard that I had registered us for the open house, to my surprise he agreed to go with me. Upon arriving at the open house it was a little hectic with various people browsing various cake options and taste testing several different flavors. I decided that I would browse the cakes that were on display while also looking in the catalogs that showed past cakes/events that they had done. There were several cakes that caught my eye, and one in particular that I kept going back to. Shortly after we browsed, we decided to taste the various flavors of cakes that they had to offer. WOW!!! They had about a dozen different flavors of cakes and all of them were amazing!

After our quest to try almost all of the flavors they had, Renard and I both decided on the 3 flavors we liked best. After that we decided we should probably set up an appointment for a consultation. We meet with one of the representatives and scheduled our appointment. She then explained the specifics of our package and walked us around to the various displays to show us what was included in our package. Of course I still had my eye on that one cake so of course I inquired about it. There were a few items on the cake that weren’t included in our package, so after a few modifications we were able to close on a deal (of course with Renard’s approval, but I could tell he could care less). I was so excited because we were able not only to taste the various flavors and decide which we liked best (as a matter of fact we could have up to four flavors in our wedding cake), but also decide on the cake design for our wedding. It’s always exciting to mark off items on the checklist!!!

110 days~ Almost There!!

Almost There

Today marks 4 more months until the big DAY!!!

~Almost there!
07.09.11