HOTEL ROOM INFO

Wow! We really haven't updated this since January? So much is happening right now with the wedding plans. We're just trying to tie up all the loose ends and get things ready since we are only 81 days away! AHHHHH!!!!!!!! Ang had her bachelorette party a few weeks ago, the shower is coming up in about 2 weeks and we found a place to live! All good things with many, many more to come!

We have booked a block of hotel rooms for the night of the wedding at the Residence Inn for our out of town guests and anyone interested in staying the night. The hotel is an all suites hotel which full kitchens and seperate bedrooms from the living room. They are very nice rooms and we got an extremely great deal! Each room has 1 queen size bed and a pull out sofa. The hotel does have an outdoor pool but whether or not it will be in open in October is still unknown. We're hoping to reach our minimum of 15 rooms so that the hotel will provide a shuttle to and from the reception. Here is the information that is needed in order to make your reservations:

Residence Inn Warren
30120 Civic Center North
Warren, MI 48093
800-331-3131
****Mention the Mrowka/Hoehner wedding to get the discount!!!!!!
The reference # is 1-WHMAMH.

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dtwri-residence-inn-detroit-warren/

The cut-off date for the booking is September 18 so please start making your reservations soon in order to get a room before they are all booked up! If you do call for a room and they tell you that the block is completely booked let one of us know before making your reservations. We should be able to add rooms to the block for the discounted price. If you have any other questions please let us know.

Well stay tuned for lots of new things happening!!!!!!!! We'll see you all soon!

Love,

Ang and Miah

Rose Are Red, Violets Are Blue, We've Found Our Florist...

We booked our florist today! After meeting with different companies the last several weeks, we booked the first person we met with: Katie from Courtyard Flowers. That seems to be a trend so far...the first vendor is usually the one we like.

We knew that she was the one, but we did our due dillegence by interviewing other florists to compare prices and to gather more ideas. Eventually, none could compare with Katie.

We look forward to working with her. Her prices are the best we've seen in Metro-Detroit and she has a wonderful personality. Another big factor was that she is young, but experienced, and owns her own business.

With the all the economic problems we've had in this state, it was important for us to seek out small-business owners or family-owned vendors instead of the big corporate names. We are both big supporters of small-business owners and Katie's business will most definitely be booming in the near future. She is hip, young, personable and very creative.

Feel free to check out her site at: http://www.courtyardflowers.net/

That's one more thing to check off our list!

That's all for now!

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