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Update! Wedding Pants, Food, Photography, and More!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted because we’ve been busy, busy, busy! Joe got both pairs of his “wedding pants” last weekend and he’s lookin’ snazzy. He also got a bunch of nicer shirts for work and a few pairs of jeans. He basically has a whole new summer wardrobe for work. Lucky duck.

On the Arizona food front, the Greek place we were gonna have cater the festivities shut down their Arizona location and we are now looking for other options. It’s a slight speed bump, but we still promise delicious food!!!!

I’ve also ordered/bought all kinds of decorations for the Chicago festivities and for my DIY bouquet. Now I just need to figure out how I’m gonna make it all work together!

I also just made the last payment to our Arizona photographers- Simply Knot Photography. That is a HUGE weight off my shoulders. But I still have the Chicago photographers to pay now…. Whoever doesn’t admit that the money part of weddings is most of the stress involved is just kidding themselves…..lol

Next on the agenda is designing the invites. We are sending the official invitations out through email only to cut costs and save the environment (two of my favorite things to do). So keep your eyes peeled and if you haven’t already added our wedding email addresses to your address book, please do. We are also planning on sending the email invites a few times and from our different email addresses to minimize lost invites. We’ll see how it goes. Keep your fingers crossed that technology doesn’t fail us……

Arizona Photographer Chosen!!!

Today Joe & I meet with a great couple that we will be having photograph our wedding in Arizona. Denise and Ryan Gotcher of Simply Knot Photography were super nice and talented. They really understood what we were going for and seemed like a great fit. We couldn’t be more excited to work with them!!! Check out their website and their blog for a taste of what they do. Their blog contains the most up-to-date stuff they have done.

This is their main site:

http://simplyknotphotography.com/index2.php?v=v1

And this is their blog:

http://simplyknotphotography.com/blog/

I entered a contest!

So I entered a contest to win a free photo session!!! AE Photography is a husband/wife team that do some amazing work. The idea of the contest was to write a paragraph on something you are thankful for… my choice…. MUSIC!!! As anyone who knows Joe & I knows, music plays a huge part in our lives, our relationship, and our day to day plans. So read my submission and also check out AE Photography’s blog and website:

http://www.aephotographyblog.com/

http://www.photographyae.com/

I am always thankful for music. Music played a huge part in meeting my fiance. We had a mutual friend that DJ’d a punk rock show Friday nights on the local college radio station. One fateful Friday night, a friend and I went to visit our DJ buddy. As I stepped into the studio, I noticed the cutest boy I had ever seen. He was visiting the studio to promote his band. I knew I had to speak with him. I had never felt like this before and I’ve never been this forward when talking to the opposite sex. Joe & I talked for quite a while about music that night. We had exchanged numbers and later made plans to hang out. Most of our first date was spent reminiscing about bands that we’d seen and talking about our favorite albums. I knew this was the man I was going to be with for the rest of my life. Ten years later, we’re making plans to finally get married with music playing a huge part in it. I’m sure that in our old age we’ll be rocking out in our rockers to our favorite albums together. And that I am thankful for.

The great photographer search…..

Since photographs are such an important thing to me, I have been searching for photographers that will properly capture the moments. Joe & I are not “traditional” by any means, so we didn’t want the “traditional” wedding pictures. I’m also kinda picky when it comes to photography…. this is the one area of the wedding I really know what I want. Joe feels the same. We both have a definite idea of what we want from the photographers. In saying that, I have already made an appointment to meet with a couple to possibly shoot the Arizona ceremony and have made contact with another photography couple to shoot the Chicago ceremony. I’ll be sure to keep you guys posted…..