Engagement…Preparation, Nervousness, Excitement, Planning, Reserva………..

So I’m engaged now… kind of weird to say that about myself.  I am taking one of the biggest steps in my life with the most beautiful and wonderful girl in the world.  There is a lot more planning that is involved in a wedding than what I suspected.  At the beginning the only things I could think of were tuxes, dresses, flowers, food, music, a pastor, and a church.  As it turns out, there is something new everyday to plan for, reserve, and buy.  Here are my reflections thus far.

Tuxes… the only time I have worn a tux (which is apparently not the same thing as a suit) was at prom, it was black, white, and blue.  This was a suitable color for me and I didn’t mind wearing it one bit although it did get a little hot, itchy, and tight as the night went on.  If any of you know my wonderful fiance, you will understand when I say (as a guy) I was scared to know what I would be wearing on her day.  I thought I would be in a black tux decorated only with her favorite color…pink.  Now this pink thing usually isn’t a problem, I actually think I own a pink shirt with the old Ignite logo on it but I don’t want to have pictures surrounding my house with me in a pink tux.  Luckily I talked her out of it.

Reception… this has been my area of least expertise.  I thought we could just go to a restaurant and get some food with everybody but it turns out you need as much room as the church did for everybody who MIGHT come to the wedding.  Now if you know my family, it quite large.  My mom has a sister and two brothers all of which have at least two kids who are either married, engaged, or have kids so this wasn’t going to be an easy task.  On top of that Jennifer’s mom has six siblings who all have grand-kids by now and that’s just family.  There are people who I won’t even remember that will probably show up so when I heard the lady at the Hyatt ask “how many are you expecting” I wasn’t sure what to say.  So we ended up reserving Keenland.  I figure if it can hold all those crazy horses and their drunk owners it should be able to handle it.

That’s all for now but there is much more to come.  There is still pictures, videos, the church, dresses, flowers, a car, gifts, and all kinds of craziness.

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~ by Nick on January 15, 2008.