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Earning My Ears
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- Jan 21, 2011
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I debated whether or not to start one of these. I have enjoyed reading other peoples' for months now and with May around the corner Im late in the game. I figured I'll go ahead and start one though even if it's just for me in helping get my thoughts and 'to do's' straight.
I'm Rebecca and I'm marrying Wes on May 7th, 2011. We are both from Atlanta and have been together almost 4 years now. We met the end of our sophomore year in college through our younger brothers strangely enough. His brother and mine played on the same high school freshman baseball team and we met when he came to pick his brother up from my house one night. We ended up talking that summer at the games and started dating. With me at the University of Georgia and him playing college ball at Kennesaw State 2 hours away our relationship consisted of lots of driving on weekends. Mostly me anyway since he was at the mercy of a college baseball schedule. Finally we graduated and thought it meant all the time in the world together. As it would happen though, I took a job as a commercial lender that began with a ten month training program in North Carolina, and while it was a great opportunity it meant more weekend trips with him working as a financial analyst here in Atlanta.
In April last year, four months into the program, I came home one weekend and being completely blindsided when he proposed. Wes knows I am obsessed with watching home videos from growing up and he suggested we put one in that night. The home screen of this video was unfamiliar to me and suddenly it began playing one of 'our' songs and had a slideshow of pictures of us together from the past three years. Once it started I knew something was going on and saw out of the corner of my eyes two cameras on the book shelves as if I was being recorded. Well, he got the whole thing on video as he did his 'speech' and got down on one knee. Im the biggest baby ever and of course cried. I 100% had no idea since I thought he would do it over the summer during our upcoming trip to Mexico and since we had never gone ring shopping. I couldn't have loved it more though. Afterwards, both of our families were downstairs to celebrate with us.
We knew early that Disney was an option for the reception mainly because most of my family lives far away anyway and because the service at Disney cannot be beat! We had annual passes growing up when my family lived in Florida for two years and have kept coming back. In the end, it was between a vineyard here in metro Atlanta or Disney. Last May we took a trip down to Orlando to tour the facilities and when we stepped outside onto the Whitehall pavilion with the Magic Kingdom in the distance we knew we wanted it there.
Now, I'm back from NC and the planning is in full gear (as it has been the last 7 months I guess
Our ceremony is at 1pm with our cocktail hour beginning at 6pm. I am Catholic so we will be having the ceremony at a church in Orlando and the reception at Grand FLoridian following the cocktail hour at Whitehall. The space in time stinks but there was nothing we could do about it In the end, it will be nice to have plenty of time to take pictures in between the two and we will be able to enjoy the cocktail hour with all our family and friends which I've seen many couples not get to do. We are expecting about 130 people and are soooooo excited for the day!
The church
Our bridal party has 6 bridesmaids: My MOH and sister, Brittany. My cousin, Robin. My close friends since we were 6, Katie and Kristina. My newest best friend from my training program, Morgan. And my 13 year old cousin, Tiffany who is a junior bridesmaid. ... and 6 groomsmen: Wes' brother is is best man, one of his cousins is a groomsman, as well as two of his close friends and my two younger brothers. We have a flower girl and ring bearer, both cousins of mine.
That's it for now! Wow, I really dragged that out... I cannot believe how much I could write in one sitting so quickly! I look forward to posting updates with pictures, etc and joining in the fun with all the other brides!
I'm Rebecca and I'm marrying Wes on May 7th, 2011. We are both from Atlanta and have been together almost 4 years now. We met the end of our sophomore year in college through our younger brothers strangely enough. His brother and mine played on the same high school freshman baseball team and we met when he came to pick his brother up from my house one night. We ended up talking that summer at the games and started dating. With me at the University of Georgia and him playing college ball at Kennesaw State 2 hours away our relationship consisted of lots of driving on weekends. Mostly me anyway since he was at the mercy of a college baseball schedule. Finally we graduated and thought it meant all the time in the world together. As it would happen though, I took a job as a commercial lender that began with a ten month training program in North Carolina, and while it was a great opportunity it meant more weekend trips with him working as a financial analyst here in Atlanta.
In April last year, four months into the program, I came home one weekend and being completely blindsided when he proposed. Wes knows I am obsessed with watching home videos from growing up and he suggested we put one in that night. The home screen of this video was unfamiliar to me and suddenly it began playing one of 'our' songs and had a slideshow of pictures of us together from the past three years. Once it started I knew something was going on and saw out of the corner of my eyes two cameras on the book shelves as if I was being recorded. Well, he got the whole thing on video as he did his 'speech' and got down on one knee. Im the biggest baby ever and of course cried. I 100% had no idea since I thought he would do it over the summer during our upcoming trip to Mexico and since we had never gone ring shopping. I couldn't have loved it more though. Afterwards, both of our families were downstairs to celebrate with us.
We knew early that Disney was an option for the reception mainly because most of my family lives far away anyway and because the service at Disney cannot be beat! We had annual passes growing up when my family lived in Florida for two years and have kept coming back. In the end, it was between a vineyard here in metro Atlanta or Disney. Last May we took a trip down to Orlando to tour the facilities and when we stepped outside onto the Whitehall pavilion with the Magic Kingdom in the distance we knew we wanted it there.
Now, I'm back from NC and the planning is in full gear (as it has been the last 7 months I guess
Our ceremony is at 1pm with our cocktail hour beginning at 6pm. I am Catholic so we will be having the ceremony at a church in Orlando and the reception at Grand FLoridian following the cocktail hour at Whitehall. The space in time stinks but there was nothing we could do about it In the end, it will be nice to have plenty of time to take pictures in between the two and we will be able to enjoy the cocktail hour with all our family and friends which I've seen many couples not get to do. We are expecting about 130 people and are soooooo excited for the day!
Our bridal party has 6 bridesmaids: My MOH and sister, Brittany. My cousin, Robin. My close friends since we were 6, Katie and Kristina. My newest best friend from my training program, Morgan. And my 13 year old cousin, Tiffany who is a junior bridesmaid. ... and 6 groomsmen: Wes' brother is is best man, one of his cousins is a groomsman, as well as two of his close friends and my two younger brothers. We have a flower girl and ring bearer, both cousins of mine.
That's it for now! Wow, I really dragged that out... I cannot believe how much I could write in one sitting so quickly! I look forward to posting updates with pictures, etc and joining in the fun with all the other brides!
Welcome to the boards! Congratulations on your engagement, and on your wedding plans. I look forward to following along.
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