Happy Birthday Matt!

Today is Matt's 25th Birthday! Happy Birthday to you! You're officially old! Haha! I can say that because I am officially old too. Yes, Matt is marrying an older woman... woo woo. I turned a quarter of a century about two months ago... Oct. 12th. Really 25 feels no different than 24 or 23 or 22. It feels a great deal different than 21 though. Matt and I talked about it this morning and we agree once you hit 21, birthdays are not that big of a deal.

So here are the latest with the wedding plans... Wedding colors could be changing. I had the most beautiful shade of mint green in my head for the wedding and that color does not exist. The only mint green that exists is the nasty split pea soup green that no one would ever want to wear! Gag! Stephanie is heading down to the bridal shop with me on Saturday to check out a pink dress with a platinum sash, it's hot. Lucky for me all my bridesmaids love pink and look good in pink and Matt is cool with pink for the color. It is a light pink, like cotton candy. So we will see what happens with that.

Matt wants me to write about him some more, he doesn't think that people care what color bridesmaids' dresses we are using. So let me tell you a little more about Matt... He is studying, like nobody's business. That's all I have to say about that. So there's a little tidbit about Matthew, he studies... a lot. There is a reason for all this studying though, he is flying to Minnesota for a week in February for a trail competition and he is preparing to argue against schools like Harvard. Glad it is Matt and not me, it would be like that scene from Legally Blonde, before Reece Weatherspoon became a law genius.

Come and Gone...

Christmas has come and gone, Matt and I enjoyed spending time with our families and friends. Thanks to everyone for the awesome presents and great company! We love you all! I also was very happy and surprised at all the faithful readers that mentioned the blog to me over the holidays. Rock on! You guys are the best and I will make a better effort to post more often!

So here are the latest wedding plans: we have picked out colors, mint green with pink accents. I know that Stephanie will love these colors! I just think that they are so pretty together, and the blog has had those colors the whole time! Did you get that hint? :)

We have also semi-decided what the cake will look like and we ordered a cake topper Christmas Eve night, that I am SO excited about! But that is going to have to be a surprise.

We have also picked out some places to register but we haven't set up our registry yet. We hope to do that sometime in January.

• Belk's - We love Fiestaware and they carry all the colors, plus there are Belk's everywhere.
• Target - Who doesn't love Target, great prices and great stuff. Plus, they offer 10% off whatever is left on your registry that you did not receive! You know how I love an extra added bonus.
• Added Accents -Thanks for that idea Grandma Quinn & Patti! We love the idea of supporting local business, they have awesome things, lots of polka dots and bright colors. Plus, their website says that they will dedicate a table to Matt and I! How cool is that?

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and we are looking forward to a super New Year!

Matt is either always studying or in the witness protection program...

Blast From Our Past

Our last poll question was how long Matt and I have been dating.
Answer: a little over 9 years. Here are a few pictures from way back when...


Freshman Year of High School- 1998


High School- 1999


The Old Mill- 2000


Senior Prom- 2001 (Funny side note, Matt froze my corsage)


Freshman Year of College- 2002


College- 2003


Atlanta- 2004


Graduation- 2005 (Dad in the background of this picture cracks me up)


Christmas- 2006 (After college we thought we were "pimptastic")


Amy's Graduation- Summer 2007 (We are shocked Amy got her diploma, just kidding Amy)

Whew, what a blast from the past!

3peat

This post has nothing to do with wedding plans, but is very important! Matt and I are proud Appalachian State Alumni and we are ecstatic about last nights win! Go App!

Front of the Appalachian State Homepage www.appstate.edu

Oh Captain, My Captain...

Matt and I had our engagement photos taken today. We love our photographer! Dana is the best! We did a "walking session" of downtown with lots of shots in old buildings with some cool architecture. I can't wait to see the proofs, she said it would take about 2 weeks. So I figure that the announcement will go in the paper around the middle of January... like 6 months before the wedding. We have some pictures from our trip to Charleston that we thought our loyal readers would like to see.

Why Matt would make a horrible captain...

You can't look one way and point another...

So I offered a suggestion to keep him in line...

Giant Cannon...

I'm Bad....

Matt is on break, it is the last week of school for me, and Christmas is closer than ever! I am sorry that I have not been a "super blogger" this week. Eek!!! 8 whole days without a post! Are you guys still out there? I should have more to post about later in the week, engagement pictures are this week and Matt and I also need to contact the church to set up some meetings. I will blog more when more is bloggable! Haha!

Busy!

I cannot believe it is December! There is nothing really new to report about wedding plans. Matt is studying very hard for exams. Thank goodness they end Friday! Woo Hoo! After Friday we have a lot to do involving the wedding. Engagement photos, meeting with Mary (she'll be the person performing the ceremony), picking out invitations/wedding colors and choosing wedding bands! What a list! I am very happy that Matt and I will have some time off together to get these things taken care of. Keep reading!

Dutchie is studying hard too...