Gettin' married!

Okay. So, my lovely sister Lisa set up this blog for me, since she is many many miles away and still wants to be a part of my wedding planning process. Altogether now, "awww!" Isn't that super sweet? Seriously, I am crazy blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life! But anyhow, here goes with this blog, let's see how far I get before I screw it all up and have to have Lisa log in for me and do damage control. ;)
For those of you who don't know, I am getting married 10/10/2009 to the love of my life, Josh, my boyfriend of the last six years. He proposed at Disneyland in front of the Princess Castle.

Okay, so now we plan the wedding! Here's what I know so far. We are getting married locally, at a hotel in Phoenix, called the Crowne Plaza. We are having a garden ceremony ...

...And having the reception in the Phoenix room of the hotel. Our tentative menu options will be prime rib or asiago chicken, based on how the tasting goes :) We get to choose our cake from www.bamboobakery.com, I am having a heck of a time with that, so any suggestions are appreciated. Go look at that site, but not unless you have a piece of cake sitting next to you right now. Seriously.

Our main color is coral, and going to have accents of variations of orange and hot pink. Somewhere along this color scheme except with more pops of color with the accenting magenta:

I'm sure my mind will change a million times, but right now, I am really feeling this dress for my bridesmaids (who are my beautiful sister Jessica, Josh's adorable sister Jordan and my best freaking friend Caitlin) in a coral color:

In lieu of traditional favors, we're going to do a "candy bar", such as below, but in our colors

I really like these flowers, I want to do something simple with the flowers, I like the garden-y look of these but think I want to add a bit, either with some magenta gerbera daisies or some romantic looking two tone roses, depending how I feel closer to the date :)

I also want to add some flair to the simple chairs outside with some "kissing balls" (yeah, google that! Fun stuff!)

Bottom line, I could have none of these things, go to the courthouse with my lover, get hitched and be on my merry way. I know I would live a life that is just as happy. But I want to celebrate with everyone I love, to celebrate love, and have beautiful people surrounded by beautiful things. I can't wait to marry this man, and I wake up happy every day knowing I am one minute closer the big event!