Thursday, April 21, 2011

Wedding Planning Madness

Ahhh I have been such a bad blogger. But I am going to improve. Wedding planning has been fantastic .... crazy busy, but fun! I have been so lucky to have an awesome support system around me. My mom is like super woman. No Joke, she is amazing. So with less two months until the big day everything is coming together great. A few basics about the big day:

Where it will be: The chapel of CSPC (hints the name of the blog)
Bridesmaids Dresses and numbers: Jcrew short gray. There are 11 bridesmaids. I know that sounds like a lot but I could not have cut the numbers anymore! They are all so special, and have had such an impact on my life.
Flowers: Sunflowers mixed with other bright colors
Band: Soul Connection (Get ready to dance the night away!)
Our First Dance: This will be en Everlasting Love :)
Photographer: Anna Hedges. She's so great! She loves to laugh and she loves Jesus so I love her. www.annahedges.com
Something Unique: Instead of doing a guest book we are going to have a "photo booth" set up by Anna. There is going to be a large back drop and lots of props for people to use. This is perfect because I LOOOVE pictures and I know I am so much more likely to look back through pictures instead of a book of signatures.

58 days left,
(The future) Abby Fennell

Thursday, January 20, 2011

The Engagement

I decided to create a blog after having several people encourage me to do so. I think now is as good of a time as any since everything in my life is about to change. I'll start off with the details from by far the most exciting night of my life :)

January 13, 2011

Andy asked me to go to dinner. He said that he had made reservations at Macaroni Grill for 7:30. This is slightly out of the ordinary for him but I didn't think anything of it because I thought this was just a farewell dinner before he headed back to school. We arrived at Macaroni Grill and were seated in the back corner secluded from everyone else. There were flowers on table but I still just thought Andy was being super sweet. About half way through dinner Andy told me that he had something he wanted me to read. He pulled off the paper on the top of the table that the waitress had written on and underneath he had written a note to me. He wrote about our journey this far as a couple, and how excited he is for our future together. At the end of the note he wrote about how there was one question over the past 7 years of dating that he has never been able to ask. Then he got down on his knee and asked me to marry him.