Wedding Officiant

After searching for a while and talking to several people, we finally chose our wedding officiant. She seems super sweet and we loved her sample ceremonies. She always e-mails me back immediately, which is really important to me. She has been a wedding planner for 6 years and just got ordained. We meet with her in the next couple weeks to go over everything. I am so excited! Another BIG thing checked off our list of things to do! =)

Seriously?!

As I contact a wedding officiant, I always ask how much they charge and if they could send me a sample of their ceremony. Everyone has always been willing to give me a price and send me samples almost immediately. I came across a gentleman a few months ago whose ceremony was OK but, we would want to tweak it a bit to meet our standards. He was very adament about NOT changing any part of his ceremony because "people ask me to marry them because my ceremony is so good." What a joke. I thought THAT was ridiculous until I contacted a gentleman yesterday.

I asked him how much he was and for him to send me a sample of his ceremony. He responded with:

"As far as letting you see or read my ceremony, I normally do not do that. Trust me....it is a very fine ceremony. I will also let someone in your wedding party or your Mom and Dad hear the ceremony prior. It is very rare that the bride does not have a tear roll down her cheek."

First off, I don't CARE if it makes brides cry. SECOND, it is about NATHAN and I. It's NOT about if my Mom and Dad like it. It's about what WE want it to say and WE have the right to review it before it is spoken at our wedding. Some people boggle my mind.

Oh, he also said he accepts tips up to 10 grand. Wow...what a winner!

220 days AND counting!

So, we have a little over 7 months to go until the big day! Where did the time go? Seriously?

We got our engagement photos done two weeks ago. It was a lot of fun. Can't wait to see how they turned out!

Save The Dates went out yesterday! That is a HUGE thing off my list. They have been sitting there staring at me for months. It was such a relief to finally get them out the door. I hope everyone loves them as much as we do. They are so cute!

We found a place for our rehearsal dinner. It's a nice, homey restaurant 3 miles from our hotel. I think it will work out great and the staff seemed really nice. That is a definite plus. We can choose whatever food we want and they will make sure to have it. That helps as well.

We went to yet ANOTHER place for flowers. I think we are going to go with The Flower Gallery. They were the best price, are a great company and a lot of people I know, love them. Nathan's parents are also fine with the quote they gave us and that is what was important. Another thing getting marked off the list and it feels GREAT.

I have been trying to find someone to marry us since the 'one year until the wedding mark'. Everyone told me it was too soon to book that far away. I started calling around yesterday and people were STILL telling me how far away it was to book. I like planning FAR in ahead - what is so wrong with that? I want to know everything is taken care of when the week before the wedding comes. Silly me for being a planner! But, I do have a few people e-mailing me sample ceremonies. Hopefully, we can book someone soon :)

Lots to do and the time keeps on passing us by. Now, we just need to pay everyone off!