New Look II

Matt vetoed the last background, he said is was too "wedding-y". I asked him what he thought the whole blog was about? Haha! No seriously, I could see what he meant. So we just went for something fun. There is no story behind it except that we both thought it looked neat.

New Look

Okay we have a new look for the blog. Send us a comment to tell us what you think! I have been wanting to spruce it up a bit and I really like this design. Matt and I finished our registry at Belks. We are hoping to get to Target very soon to do that part. We registered for our Fiestaware at Belks and that was pretty much all we decided on there. We want some funky items and well let's face it, Belks is not that funky. I took a few pictures of the Fiestaware that we have (thanks to Christmas and random shopping splurges) so you could see first hand how awesome it is!

Coffee mugs on a cute little mug tree

Our Cabinet Will Look Like A Rainbow... Can't Wait To Get The Plum too

First Gift Off Of The Registry... 5 Piece Fiestaware Serving Set~ Thanks Mom!

Oh Wow...

For Better or For Worse... We know which one this picture is! Haha

No seriously, put this one under "for better" because Matt is a good sport about funny pictures and always makes me smile! I only wish you could hear the geeky laugh that goes with it... priceless.

199

199 days until our wedding. Wow. I have a little countdown clock on my Facebook account and that is what it is reading. 199 days...

Our cake topper came in the mail today. I Love it! I literally squealed like a 13 year old girl when I opened it. It is perfect! I am not going to reveal it though, it is going to have to be a surprise!!!

So since we didn't get mint green for our wedding, we are choosing some bold lime green for our registry. I love it, I am thinking a blue kitchen with these lime colored accents will be awesome. Some friends of mine were laughing at me today because I was retelling the story of Matt and I looking for some brightly colored towels and fun sheets at Belk's. They didn't have any, it was all cream and white... blah. I want some bright bold colors, polka dots, or some funky geometric prints. I know Target won't let us down!

We've Decided!

Stephanie and I are still shocked about the upcoming tying of the knot...

So we've picked out wedding colors officially... Light pink and silver. So the girls dresses will be those colors and the tuxs that the guys wear will have the silver in them. I am really tickled pink (haha) to have found these dresses. They look great on Amy and Stephanie and I just know that when Kari tries hers on it will look awesome on her too! Yay!

So we can cross that off of the "to-do" list. Colors picked and dresses found. We also semi-started our registry at Belk's in Sanford. We were kinda sad that they did not have all the pieces that we wanted but the lady there told us that she would order them and have them in the store of "reserve" when someone brought in the registry. Who knew they did such a thing!? We are going with Fiestaware for our dishes. We picked all the bright colors, Sunflower, Tangerine, Scarlet, Shamrock, Peacock and Plum. Our cabinets will look like rainbows. We do believe that the dishes will be the only thing we register for at Belk's, nothing else really struck our fancy. We are also going to register at Target and at Added Accents sometime in the near future. So we can cross out like 1/8 of that part of the list...

We meet with Dana on the 14th to discuss the engagement pictures and get an order together. I am really excited to see her in person to tell her how happy we were with the pictures and how thrilled we are that she will be doing the wedding and bridal portrait. I will also go ahead and schedule my bridal portrait date then too, so I can count back and get my dress altered... wait I think the "to-do" list just got longer...

Oh, and by the way... the last poll was tied for me getting my law degree and Dutchie signing a commercial contract. I can promise all our loyal readers that I will not be getting a law degree anytime soon! Oh and one more thing... how come no one wanted Matt learn to cook!? I sure did!!! Haha!

Bridesmaids Dresses

Stephanie and I are going to look at bridesmaids dresses today. I think I have found the one that I want the girls to wear. Very cute and fun!

Also received a website to check out some invitations. But before we can really do that we need to officially decide on the colors and I think after today we should know.

We are waiting on the church to call us back to set up our first meeting. Hopefully that will be soon.

Other than that I just need to decide a place to look at shoes. I did not particularly care for the shoes at the bridal store and I just don't feel comfortable ordering shoes out of a catalog. Any ideas where I can go try on shoes?

1st Post of the New Year

Here it is, the first blog of the new year. Welcome 2008! This is our year, the year of Matt and Courtney. 6 months and some change until the wedding! Woo Hoo!

Our engagement photos are in and they are great! We love you Dana! You are the woman! We plan to go ahead and meet with her this week to place an order and to get a picture sent in to the Sanford Herald and to the Fayetteville Observer (for mom's work people). So we will keep you posted on when you can view our happy faces in the paper.

We hope that everyone had a safe, and happy new year! 2008 is going to be a rocking year!!!