updates

woohoo! just got the shipping notice that the save-the-date cards we ordered through costco are on their way. in the meantime, i sent an email (using apple mail's stationery) requesting for our friends and family to save the date. so some people will get both an email and a notecard. we're trying to imprint the date in their heads so they won't forget! oooh i just realized that i forgot to put our website on the save-the-date cards. oh well!

as far as the "planning" meeting with the parents...it went really well. they really want this day to be what we want it to be and they really want to help us out with that (aka expenses). so we worked out what our package would be for the reception at embassy suites, and we will be signing the contract with the hotel tomorrow morning.

one requirement from the church is that we attend either a one day saturday experience or a weekend engagement encounter. considering we are not sure about our schedules (especially since francis is in the middle of transitioning to a new job), we're opting for the one day, which we have scheduled for early october. we may do the engagement encounter, but we'll see how our schedules develop over the next few weeks.

so what's next? francis wants to take a 3 month sabbatical from any planning. yeah right, like that's going to happen! we still need to review florists, djs, photographers, videographers, attire, transportation, etc. and we still need to finalize our bridal party! we've got plenty to do...so no vacation for him!