The Official Date

Finally! After being engaged for over two months Luke and I have officially, officially set our final wedding date! It feels like a huge weight has been lifted and that I can now go ahead and start planning all the details. As soon as we had set the new date I got a little carried away and immediately booked and paid for the Reception Hall and Wedding site. I was on cloud nine until my Mom asked me if I had first checked with Pastor Steve to make sure that date worked for him as well. I was so worried all last night that he would be on vacation and Luke had to keep reminding me that it would all work out. Thankfully it does work out and I feel so relived and blessed!

Now, let's start planning!

Dress Hunting

All seven bridesmaid dresses have been ordered and paid for! Ah, what a wonderful feeling that is! I'm sure you can imagine the ordeal it was to pick out a dress that everyone liked. There were at least four different times where I was positive that we had found the perfect dresses, but with each one we would find something wrong. My Mom, sisters, and I spent hours looking at websites and pouring through magazines. It was a very dejecting experience I must say. What kind of bride was I? I couldn't even pick out the bridesmaid dresses! I was about to give up and tell my bridesmaids that they would be wearing black skirts and white blouses to my wedding. (No kidding, I was seriously considering it.)

My Maid-of-Honor, Kati, realized what a hard time we were having so she came up to Bellingham for a day to deal with the situation. Kati walked into Belle Bridal full of determination and got right to business. Almost immediately she and my Mom had found 12 possible gown choices; she then proceeded to try all of them on for me. In less than a half hour, we had picked the dresses. It was that easy!

So, all of my bridesmaids can now thank Kati that they get to wear something beautiful and elegant instead of black and white!