Cloud 9

Yep, I am still floating in the clouds from the recent weekend events.

If you missed Monday's post, well let's just say I still can't stop looking at my left hand.

I can't even begin to express the amount of love I have felt through bloggy comments, phonecalls, text messages, emails, facebook and tweets.
It has been overwhelming.
So thank you thank you thank you!
You gals are the best and I am loving every single sweet word you send me.

 

My mind is running about a million miles an hour with wedding planning thoughts.

I am sooooo just enjoying this moment and enjoy being engaged, though

sometimes it is hard not to think about it every second of every hour.

There are no real plans yet.

This biggest hump is that I have always dreamed of a fall wedding.

Something small, back home, country and rustic.

Fall is my favorite time of the year. And fall in the Mountains is so darn pretty.

However, baby brother's football schedule throws a HUGE kink in that thought.

Story of my families life.

The one weekend the team has an open weekend is in the later part of November.

Arrgggh. I just think it will be too cold for something outdoors.

I was thinking Octoberish when the leaves are at their peak of changing colors.

But, it ain't happening.

Sure, we could possibly do it on a Sunday, but it would be so hard because of the football game that would occur on the day before. And this family does not miss football games. That's the facts and I love that about us.

I still love you baby bro.

Kev and I both like the idea of a destination wedding, but that's not realistic for my grandparents.

As hard as it is for me to admit it, they aren't spring chickens.

I honestly don't think it is even a viable option for my grandfather.

And that is ok too.

I have mentioned before, I am fortunate enough to have all my grandparents that were alive when I was born still living.

It is so important for me to cater to them in order to have them part of this special, special day.

So there is the idea of waiting till the winter this year and forgoing the outdoor fall country wedding....

We could wait till 2013 and do a spring wedding when the weather gets nice again....

We could pull something small off by August before football season starts in full force....
We could still opt for something small on a Sunday afternoon. ....

There's the idea of just doing it in Vegas in a couple of weeks...haha I kid I kid!

Bottom line I am not stressing about it...it will all work out.

If it is one thing I have learned, a marriage is about so much more than a wedding day.

Sure, it is a very special day, and i get that. But...it's not the foundation, it's a celebration.

The most important thing to Kevin and I is that this day be about US and our families.
Not showering our guests with the trendiest favors, loads of booze and out of this world food.

Sorry, I would rather spend thousands of dollars on me and kev then on hundreds of guests.

Ooopise...did i just write that?

Does that make me rude?? Maybe so.

There is nothing wrong with doing that. Just not our style.

And that my friends, is what makes the world go round.

So I don't care when this wedding goes down at the moment.

I just care about spending my life with an amazing man that makes me so happy.

I do know one thing is for sure and it is one thing we both agree on....Uggie and Bailey will be there in some form or fashion in a little tutu skirt and tuxedo. Possibly sedated, but still present.

Go ahead...judge me. ha!

We also agree the day will focus on the man upstairs, us, love, and family.

Sure, the planning will come.

And on that day, it will just be perfect :-)

 

I am still somewhere floating around up in the clouds at the moment.

Ain't nobody bringing me down right now.