Wedding...Set...Go!

As most of you know, Nick and I haven't had a wedding ceremony.  I have the dress - fitted and all.  He has his dress blues - fitted and ironed.  The invitations are waiting to be printed with a date, the decorations are waiting to be put up, almost everything is done, just not a date set!  We were just waiting on when he could get enough leave time to have us fly back to Arkansas, set up, and have a real wedding!  Well, he explained to his commander today the situation, and immediately he granted us leave time for a week!!

The wedding date is set!

September 22, 2012!

Now of course, it's going to be a bit difficult planning the rest of our wedding from Alaska, and working out the details over 4,000 miles away and over phone; but we will make it work!!  I am beyond ecstatic and can hardly wait!! We wanted the ceremony to be outdoors, so therefore, we didn't want to make it too late into the fall or winter and have to deal with the chilly weather.  So it is going to be perfect at the end of September!!

I have got lots of planning left to do, such as calling venues, pricing food, making hair appointments, writing out the invitation wording, the wedding cake (that we will sadly not be able to taste test from states away!), the photography, the wedding party outfits, and the most important...our wedding vows!  We thought since we got married on March 26, 2012 in a courthouse with their scripted vows, that with the real ceremony, we could make it a little bit more special and meaningful if we wrote our own vows!  Now the tricky part for me, is to write something that I will be able to read/say without loosing it, choking up, or just simply passing out!  It will take the help from the Good Lord (and waterproof mascara!) to make that happen!

Well the countdown begins...

75 more days!!

Prayers are much appreciated.

God Bless!