Happy Wednesday everyone! The week is more than half way done! Today is actually my brother's 22nd birthday...I don't feel weird being 24 but I feel so weird the older he gets! He's supposed to be the baby! Today is also one more month of student teaching mark for me! My classes end on December 7th but I have to student teach until the 16th. There are no words to describe how ESTACTIC, THRILLED, HAPPY, ELATED, OVERJOYED (you get the hint) I am at the thought of being DONE with school. I will have my Master's degree and eventually will go back for more schooling but not for many years lol
Anyway, I told you all that last week Chris and I went to go register on our day off together which went well. We went to Target first and their registry system was down
So we went to Bed, Bath and Beyond and spent over two hours in there...and didn't even finish! I didn't know this was going to take so long! It was fun though and we picked out a lot of nice stuff, most of which we'd never buy for ourselves. I also ordered our Save the Date cards last Friday! I love them and can't wait to get them. When they come in I'll take a picture and post it. We used one of the pictures from our Poly engagement shoot.
As for the Disneymoon, I've been talking with a of my wonderful readers/friends as to what section of SSR to request. I'm fairly sure we're going to request the Congress Park section! I know it's not a guarantee but we've lucked out so far with requests. I want to be fairly close to the Carriage House. I would have requested The Springs but I like the Congress Park is the second to last stop on the buses. When we stayed at OKW in June, we were closest to the stop at the Hospitality House (main building) and we loved that after we got picked up, we went straight to the parks. We were the last stop off the bus on the way home from the parks though...so we just got off at another stop and walked. Anita and Sarah say the bus loop at SSR is only about 10 mins though, so I think we'll be ok. I'm so excited!!!!
Well, since this thread is all about our wedding and Disneymoon, I'll tell you a little story of how Chris and I got engaged since I told you how we met. We decided to take a trip to Philadelphia for our 4 year dating anniversary back in April. We had plans to just check out some sites the first day and then go to a Rangers v. Flyers game the next day (which the Rangers won, btw.) So we drove the 3 hours or so to Philly and headed towards the National Constitution Center. I'm going to school to be a history teacher and Chris just loves history so this was interesting stuff to us lol After the NCC we headed towards the Liberty Bell. Unfortunately, it was closed so we just started walking some more. Eventually, we got to this nice area behind Independence Hall (also closed!). I wanted to keep walking and Chris said "Babe, wait." I turned around because I had no idea why he would wanna stop there and I saw the box in his hand. He opened it up and said "Do you want me to get down on one knee?"
Of course I did! So he got down and asked me to marry him! When I said yes he told me to take the ring
I said "No you have to put it on me!!" He did and that was that! Apparently he wanted to propose at the Liberty Bell (I love history so this was perfect for me!) but the area was closed. He was bummed about that! I was so happy I couldn't sit still and was shaking like crazy. We sat on a bench and called home and texted some friends and, of course, changed our facebook relationship statuses to "Engaged"
Here's my beautiful ring, EXACTLY what I'd wanted...
There you have it! We have a few things picked out for the wedding already. For one, we have our cake topper that I'm sooooo in love with!
Then we have these napkins which we'll use for cocktail hour, website courtesy of
tinkgurl
I bought my dress as I've told you all but I don't want to post it! However, I did also buy shoes
I have a tiara too, just no picture of it. The place we are having our reception is amazing. We love it more and more each time we go there. I'd never been there and we went to a bridal showcase there...we left that night and I just knew that's where we'd be celebrating. Chris loved it so much too. We only checked out one other place but it didn't compare! Here are some pictures of the place. Our wedding will be at night even though most of these pictures I found are taken during the day!
Part of the main ballroom
Other side of the main ballroom with one of the bars in the background
View of part of the main ballroom and the dance floor
Bride and Groom table in the middle, I love how big it is! We'll have LED lights behind our table.
Cocktail hour room, set up for someone who loves pink lol the cocktail hour will also take place outside as long as the weather cooperates
Gardens...I can't wait to take pictures here!
Gorgeous fountain
Fireplace in the lobby
No picture of it but I also love the bridal suite here. We even have our own bathroom in it!
I hope you like the place as much as we do
I love being able to give you guys a little view inside a place we love so much. Enjoy the rest of the week everyone, and the weekend too!
). Are you more concerned about the buses being too full if you are one of the last stops or it taking too long to get through all the stops? In all honesty we have never had an issue with the buses. Yes, Congress Park is the 4th stop but it's never been all that crowded (or maybe we just leave super early, LOL!). I'd say the whole loop through the resort takes about 10 minutes. I hope I'm helping atleast a little!
Thank you! 
LOL, I told Brandon before we got engaged that I didn't want him to get down on one knee, so he just sat next to me instead! I'm weird, I wanted our engagement to be as engagement-like as possible! 
