Niece

A mildly unrelated to wedding event happened yesterday. Jael Rose Marshall, my soon to be niece was born. She is as cute as can be. She'll now be present for all the family wedding photos!!!

Earings

I forgot to tell my ear piercing story.
Last Friday I went to Iris Piercing in Sugarhouse. They had quite the inviting atmosphere. When I was a kid (about 5 yrs old, if I recall correctly), I had my ears pierced, but I had a lot of trouble with them and they kept getting irritated so I quit wearing earings. Because I had them for several years I had small little scars that made it look like my ears were pierced, but they werent. Because of the scars and because of all the trouble I had with my last go round I thought I would check out the experts.
I thoroughly enjoyed my experience at Iris. I was a little thrown by the number of piercings that the peircer had, but he was very friendly and knowledgable. I was very comfortable with their sanitation techniques. They had way more precautions than I would have ever thought about. I think it was cleaner than my hospital room when I had foot surgery.
I paid a fair bit more for the whole thing because I got medical grade titanium posts for my earings along with a larger gem stone to cover my old holes.
The after care was stressed as LEAVE THEM ALONE. They say you just shouldn't touch them, get them wet, or play with them. There is no twisting involved either. They said it's because your body won't actually fuse with this metal. The only thing I'm supposed to put on them is Saline if they get touched. I've had to use it about once a day because I can't seem to not touch them, or they get wet in the shower.
All in all, a great experience. Now I'll be able to wear pretty earings to my wedding. (I want to note that I've been thinking about getting my ears pierced for at least the last year, but now I finally had an excuse to do it)

Brass Quintet

I "booked" the brass quintet last night. They are a little pricy, but I have always wanted a brass quintet at my wedding so it's worth it. I asked the trumpet player to send me some ideas for a processional and a recessional. She's going to tell me where I can find them online to listen too. I really want to hear what it sounds like so I know what to look for in ques etc.
I'm continuing to work on bridesmaid gifts. It's hard to know what everyone will like. I might have to get different things for different bridesmaids. Hmmm.... Still working on this one.
I chatted with Shekinah about my hair. We are going to do a test run some time soon.
I don't know when my bridal photos will be, but I guess it's good it's not this week since my dress isn't in yet.
FUN FUN FUN!!!

Wedding Cake

I talked with my mom extensively last night and it looks like we've finalized our cake plans. It's going to be 4 layers (well, 3 edible layers) with Fudge cake and sour cream white cake. We finally found a descent monogram for the top. Who would have thought that finding a descent 'M' would be so hard! I found several 'N's and other letters that were fantastic, but the 'M' was just ugly. The cake's decorations won't be too hard to do and I think it's going to be awesome! Simply Elegant!
Over the weekend I also found bridesmaid dresses and got at least 1 ordered. Josiah looked at Tux designs and worked out a color scheme. I am working on finalizing an address list. I have worked on who to send to each bridal shower (I'm having 2).
On Sunday, Melissa Whitman (Mary Kay Rep) did a test for my wedding makeup. It went quite well. We went with 2 different styles and I like the second one.
I started thinking about bridesmaid gifts and can't say much here about them other than I've got a couple of ideas.
An odd idea I had last night (which could be fantastic) was to have a friend (Erin Gentry) go to Wendy's about 11am on the wedding day and pick up a bunch of dollar menu items so that we all won't starve! I don't want to get weak in the knees due to hunger.
It's getting so much closer!!!!

this past week

So the last few days have been fun. We ordered some more stuff and got it monogrammed. My sister Jenni has been working hard on planning the wedding. And I am REALLY excited. Jenni said that she is going to use a lot of tall flowers to help the room feel full. She said that she was going to use a lot of greenery as well, such as moss, grass, etc. It’s going to be awesome! I’ll get my tulips and lilies J. We will also use a lot of candles and some light colors to brighten it up. I just can’t WAIT!
Instead of doing a unity candle, Josiah suggested we do communion. So that’s what we will do.
We are trying to contact the DJ and set up an appointment to meet with them. I’ve also been talking to the brass quintet people about orchestrating them. It’s coming together pretty quickly and I like that.

Sunday of fun

So I have the flower girl dresses now and also my jewelry for the wedding. We ran into some trouble with the bridesmaid dresses and I will have to find something else. Oh well.
We also decided to go a different direction than using Modern Display. They weren't treating us quite like we would prefer so my sister Jenni is going to do the wedding coordinating. I think this is FANTASTIC!
We also made some decisions on food and party favors. Things are coming along. We are using Sandy's Fine Foods and also a chocolate fountain. We're going to have dark chocolate and white chocolate fountains and have 3 types of fruit and 3 treats for the fountains. We're looking to have ham and cheese kabobs, stuffed brauts, and mini cordon blue bites.
We are working on finalizing our address list and also the people planning my 2 bridal showers are working on that. Sorry this is vague, but it's all exciting and I dont' want to give away all the details.

Breaking the silence

I apologize for not updating since Nov. 5th. The truth is, not a lot happened. In the last week, on the other hand, has been quite busy.
I'm working on setting up a walk through for my wedding cooridnator at my church. Once that is done, then she can give us a price estimate etc. Sadly, the church isn't open on Fridays, so this has been difficult.
Jenni McMillen-Ott designed my invitations. She did a fabulous job. I hope to be ordering them along with envelopes here in the next week or so. Then I will work on addressing and stamping them when I have the time. I'll probably put together some kind of "stuffing" party.
Josiah and I are going to try to find a time to meet with the DJ for a consult.
I still need to set up the brass quintet.
I think we've found our chocolate fountain people which is exciting. We also might have figured out what we are going to do for party favors.
It's all coming together.
According to my facebook countdown we are at exactly 2 months and 2 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!