The Latest Happenings....

Now that we've survived the month of December, we're settling into a grove and getting back on track with our wedding planning. There hasn't been a whole lot of major developments, but some small things we've accomplished:

Miah designed our Save The Date cards! We found a cheaper way to do it ourselves and save a ton of money. We bought our own paper (Joann Fabrics), our own card stock (Joann's again), our own envelopes and labels (on sale at Office Max) and we used Kinko's to mass print in high quality color. The bulk of the cost will be with postage, but we have some ideas to save there as well. We'll post a pic of the card soon! It's not as fancy as the professional wedding graphics/invitation designers use, but we like it and we didn't feel like spending $300-$400 on save-the-date cards. We've been assembling them the last couple of weeks, which has been quite a fun experience. Miah has a cutting board, so we've been cutting and glueing in our "free" time. Ha, free time. Ang is a master with glue, Miah is the master of the cutting board. We are happy to report that he did not lose a finger in the process.

We were shopping at Target this week and came across some neat items in their clearance section, all of which were "fall themed." Among the cool little items were these glass pumpkin candle holders, so we bought a couple on the cheap to add a little flavor to the hall decor. We're keeping our eyes open at many places for little things like this.

We met with our first florist. We really like her. We're going to check out other florists, but we have a feeling this first florist might be the one. There will be more to report on the Flower aspect soon.....

There was some more good news (i.e. saving money). We contacted the hall about discounts for kids, and we found out the kids eat at half price! That's a huge cost saver. Not only that, kids who are younger than a determined age eat free! Even better! With the hall constituting the largest part of our budget, we have saved some nice coin. Good news!

That's pretty much it for now. We'll have more to report pretty soon....

Until next time, take care!

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR!

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas. With 2009 almost upon us, we would like to wish all of our friends and family a safe, happy and prosperous New Year!

We are about about 10 months away until "The Big Day." 2008 was a great year and it flew by fast. Thanks to all our friends and family who made 2008 such a memorable one.

Here's to a great, exciting year!!!

Love,

Miah & Ang

OUR ENGAGEMENT PICS HAVE ARRIVED

We have just received our engagement pics and are excited to share them with you! They were taken at the Henry Ford/Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI. We hope you like! Please let us know which ones you really like!

http://www.pictage.com/client/event.do?event=581806

Our photographer did a great job, we are tremendously pleased.

STRIKE A POSE: ENGAGEMENT PICS ARE DONE!

Wow, it's been a long time. We've neglected this thing, and now it's time for some updates.

The biggest update is that we met with our photographer and took our engagement pictures at Greenfield Village, in Dearborn, Michigan. The weather started out great, but turned cloudy and then began to rain a bit. Nothing major though, we survived and we took a ton of pictures.

Kris, our photographer, was amazing and just a great, great guy. He made the day fun and made us forget we were even taking pictures.

We hope to have them back in the next week or so. When we do, we will post them, WE PROMISE. No more neglecting our little blog.

What else has been keeping us busy?

-Ang has been going to nursing school full time and working still at APL
-Miah is working full time at AAA in Dearborn and picking up some shifts at Borders
-We've both been attending Member/Inquirer's Class at St. John's Lutheran Church (where we're getting married) so that we can become members there. We really love our church and the people we've met so far.

Next on the list is meeting with the florist. We are also tinkering with decoration ideas for the hall.

Other than that, there has not been a whole ton of planning that's been going on.

We will keep you posted when the next big thing comes our way!

Take care!

-Ang and Miah

Play That Funky Music....DJ

This is a bit late in reporting, but last month we found the man who will be spinning.....uh, CD's, for our guests! Erik Hodge, from Mike Staff Productions, is our choice! We interviewed a couple guys, watched some tape (wow, this sounds like a coaching search!), weighed the pro's and con's and came up with Mr. Hodge. He fits our personality perfectly and we'll think you guys will love him.

In other news, Ang has selected the dress for her bridesmaids. The girls all went out, tried on some dresses and came to a group consensus, WITHOUT FIGHTING! Apparently, everyone got a long, which made Ang's decision even easier! They found their dresses, and from the sound of it, they are quite beautiful.

The only big thing remaining on our list of things to book is the florist and the cake. For the cake, we have a connection that we plan on using, so we're not too concerned with that at all. The florist is the next big thing, but we're pretty pumped that we locked up the DJ, the dress, the bridesmaid's dresses, the photographer, the videographer, the church and the hall all over a year or more prior to the our date.

We've already begun looking around craft stores for ideas for decorations. Things are moving along at a rapid pace and the big day will be here before we know it!

Until next time....thanks for reading!

-Miah & Ang

And With The 4th Try, We Have 'The Dress'...

Good news! Ang has found her wedding dress. Great news....that is not Ang in the picture, nor is that her dress. Even greater news, she didn't have to try on 39 dresses.

Ang, with the help of Mrs. Sally Castle, found the perfect dress on the 4th try at Allesandra's in Warren.

That's one more big thing we can take off our list!

In the mean time, we've been research local DJ's, and have narrowed our search down to a couple of "lucky" guys--both from very reputable company's. We hope to have this wrapped up by the end of the week. Play that funky music...

In other news outside of the wedding, Ang successfully entered nursing school at Macomb (yay!) and is considering a student/co-op position with St. John's Hospital. Miah got a new job working for AAA at their headquarters and is still slaving away at good ol' Borders.

It was a fun weekend for us, for we literally got to witness true love at its different stages.

This weekend we celebrated Ang's grandparent's 50th anniversary. We pray that we will have 50 wonderful years together! That is truly special and an absolutely amazing accomplishment. The next day, we celebrated our friends wedding! They are just starting out their wedded journey, while Ang's grandparents have been together for 50 years. And with both couples, regardless of their stages in life, you could literally feel the presence of love...true love.

We Found Our Church!

Tonight, we found our church! We have chosen St. John's Lutheran Church in Fraser, MI. It's a nice sized church, very beautiful and the services have been enjoyable. We have been attending services for several weeks and finally met with the pastor to declare our intentions, discuss the marriage process at the church and all that exciting stuff.

We checked out many churches in the area, and feel the most comfortable at St. John's. Our intentions are to become members of this congregation!

So, we have met another goal early in the process and are well on our way. It has been five months---perhaps the fastest five months either of us has experienced. God has blessed us so far and we are truly excited for this process!

The journey continues......more updates to come!