Where has the time gone????

Wow...the time is just flying by these days and it's getting closer and closer to our wedding day! We are still making progress in planning the details...going to taste some wedding cake samples this weekend, we just picked out Mark's ring last night, and the bridesmaids dresses are in and look great! I also finally went to try on my wedding dress that I ordered last August...and it fits...a bit snug, but it fits!! It seems like just yesterday when I was leafing through bridal magazines imagining what my wedding would look like, and now we are down to the point of actually getting things to come together. We met with a wonderful man who runs the campus ministry at Kent State University and he will be officiating our ceremony and we are delighted to have him. The first time Mark and I met him, he invited us to have dinner with his wife Emily and their two kids and we spent over two hours there just talking about our lives and how we met and how we knew we wanted to get married. Amidst all the planning of the details of colors and dresses and cakes and venues, it's sometimes easy to get caught up in all of it and lose the true meaning of a wedding, but that night with Greg and Emily reminded us that the thing we want more than anything for our wedding day is to be husband and wife. I feel so blessed that I have found my perfect match and so privileged that I get to spend my life with him. We are looking forward to getting to see all our friends and share our most special day with you. See you soon!!!! Jocelyn

It's been one year since we got engaged!

Hard to believe the time has flown by so fast. I remember thinking last summer that Fall of 2009 was never going to get here and now we are coming up on it faster than ever. The bridesmaids ordered their dresses last night so hopefully they will arrive before the end of July. When we were there, the sales clerk told us about a girl who was getting married TODAY, May 8th, and came in yesterday to buy a dress off the rack, because her custom designed wedding dress from Vera Wang was delievered to the wrong address and they can't find it, so she had nothing to wear for her wedding. The clerk said she was very calm about the whole thing and just tried on a few dressed and picked one in less than 30 minutes. I don't know about you, but I would be a little bit more freaked out if that was me. I am happy to know that my dress is safe and sound and just waiting for me to come try it on again. As for the rest of the details for the wedding...we are still working those out. I have a list now of all the little things I don't want to miss, so I need to going on those projects pretty soon here. We are very much looking forward to the summer to get out there and be in the sun again (althought I will be sure to wear plently of SPF per my dermatologist!) and I know that the next few months are just going to fly by. Can't wait to see all our friends on our special day. Thanks for being a part of it! Love Jos & Mark

Save The Dates

Well, hopefully you have received your "Save the Dates". They went out in the mail on March 26, 2009 which we thought was fitting since it was the 6 month mark until our wedding. We are both really excited about the next few months and finishing up the details for the wedding, but more than anything, we are excited to soon be Husband and Wife! See you in a few months!

Six Months and Counting!!!!

Today is offically 6 months until our wedding. I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. I finally got the "save the dates" in the mail today, so hopefully you will all be saving the date to join us for our special day. We are still working on the registry, and by we, I mean me...:) but Mark did offer an opinion on the dinnerware color and shape and said other than that, he was fine with what I picked out. That's been kinda fun working through the list of items to register for and picking out what I like. Just a note about the registry, it's with Bed Bath and Beyond and somehow I managed to get us in their system twice, so be sure you are looking at the registry # 4657473. The other one doesn't have anything listed, so if you end up on that one, just page back and select the other one. Well, back to work!

We've got Color! :)

Well, after a wonderful and fun filled day this past Saturday, Jen Palmer (my sister and matron of honor) and Jen Wetzel (my best friend and bridesmaid) and I spent a few hours at David's Bridal and finally found the right dress in the right color and the right combination. I am sooo excited because now I feel like I can fill in the rest of the color details for the wedding. I also secured a florist, one that I really connected with, and got some great ideas of how to use autumn colors and get just the look I am going for! I finally order the "Save the Date's" as well, so those should be going out in the mail some time in the next two weeks. Still have to fine a cake maker, but other than that, the major stuff is all taken care of, so I am pretty happy about that and looking forward to the fun little details. See you all soon!

Still can't decide on colors

It's been 9 months that I have been planning this wedding and I still can't decide on what colors to use for the wedding. The thing I love about fall is all the beautiful colors, and that's the problem...there are too many options. I want just the right fit of colors and I can't seem to make a decision. And from all the brides I have talked to, they say it's so insignificant in the long run, but somehow I can't just pick some and stick with them. Perhaps its the ADD I have had my whole life...:) Hopefully it will make more sense once I get Jen and Jen into the bridal shop and see what colors they look good in. OK...back to work now.

Can't believe it's already almost February!

It's my first time posting to our new website, but its been a long time in the making. I remember when Mark asked me to marry him in May of 2008 and I thought the fall of 2009 seemed like so far away, but now it's getting closer every day! I have gotten most of the major planning done and I am meeting with the florist today, so that is one more thing to cross off the list. For those of you who are interested in booking your hotel rooms, we do have a block of rooms at the Sheraton Four Points. Check the link at the top right of the web page to the link to the reservations. We are really looking forward to seeing everyone at our wedding. Keep checking the website for updates.