Nick and Jasmine
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Six years…
Hard to believe that 6 years have rolled on by already. It’s bittersweet: we will be celebrating our last anniversary as a dating couple come November 30th and enter into life as husband and wife on July 3rd. It is hard to imagine what life was like before Nick…
A big thanks goes out to Janet and Ken Ouellette for hosting an engagement dinner tonight. In the six years we’ve been together I have always felt so welcomed when visiting with Nick’s family. The homecooked meal was nothing short of absolute delicious-ness, the flower arrangements that Aunt Nancy so painstakingly put together were beautiful. It was nice to talk about the plans and have my parents get to know the very large Plante side! They were overwhelmed by the number of aunts and uncles, but I keep telling them that even after 6 years I still need help naming all 11 of them…
I feel so fortunate to be welcomed into such a large, wonderful family. And I can’t wait to get cooking lessons!!!
Silver Spoon Cakes
I had failed to mention in my previous posts that Deborah Thomson (owner and primary photographer of Figgie Photography – aka, lady doing our engagement pictures) also mentioned that her younger sister did wedding cakes! How convenient! I met with Naomi today, went through her portfolio and felt super confident in her work.
I wish I could post a picture of our cake – it is so fricking cute! We are going with a cupcake style wedding cake, which will be vanilla and raspberry swirl flavors. The top tier, or the piece we will be cutting, will be covered in a clovery-green fondant icing and filled with mint fudge cake (our fave!)
We may still go with some sort of cheesecake dessert, since I found out that Nick actually knows the owner of Bear’s Cheesecake Company! But at this point I don’t want to go nuts on the dessert table, and would much rather opt for a small scoop of French vanilla ice cream garnished with After Eight mints, or fresh strawberries.
Next on the list: Book our flighs to Hawaii!
All it takes is a little humility.
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” – Colossians 3:12-17
We were always encouraged in my Sunday school class to memorize verses so that later on we’d be able to recall them in times of need. I was never good at it and even as an adult the most I can ever recall are bits and pieces that I can enter into Google.com and search the entire verse for.
Despite the drawback, I still believe that God puts these little bits into my head when certain things occur in my life. Kind of like forcing me to search for His answers and not trick myself into believing my own flawed reasoning.
I can’t expand on this much more, at least not until the dust settles a bit. All I can say is that we are all at fault, and therefore obligated to not only forgive, but be forgiven.
Vendors section added.
Be sure to click on the blue “Vendors” tab at the top to check out the list of great businesses that are helping make our big day possible!
More progress.
It has been a hectic few days! My best friend Raechel welcomed her first child into the world on Halloween:
Welcome to the world, Samuel Joseph Bataller!!!
Today was a pretty busy, yet productive day for Nick and I. As previously mentioned in my last post, things have been pretty crazy so I have been scrambling to get things done ASAP. This morning we head over to the States to purchase our wedding bands. I had wanted to go a little more traditional and get matching bands, but the store didn’t have the width in the style I wanted, so I went with a smaller ring with diamonds through the middle. Nick went with a flat white gold band:
It’s a little hard to see the detail in mine, and to be honest I was initially a little disappointed they didn’t have anything that matched. I put it together and tried it on with my engagement ring and they’re both beveled and raised the exact same height, so they go perfect together.
Nick declared today that he’s “Never worn a ring a single day in his life”, and this was evident as he tried it on his right hand. After correcting him, he put the ring on his left hand and quickly realized it was too tight. He freaked out a little as he struggled to get it off, and once he did he described wearing the ring as “being shackled.” He then asked if he could instead tie a leather string on it and wear it around his neck, or if he could possibly just tie a shoestring around his ring finger. I was not very thrilled at these requests.
After all that mess, we got Nick’s ring sized, picked up my mother’s dress and later met with Deborah Thomson – the owner of Figgie Photography, and the lady who will be doing our engagement photos in May.
If anyone is interested, she’s got a special going on right now for engagement shoots! Our 2hr session was only $150 for 100+ pictures and full printing rights. You can contact her through her website at http://www.figgiephotography.com
Next things on the list:
- Book and confirm cake
- Book flights to Hawaii
