4 Months To Go!!!!

So last week was a huge success! Mother and I were able to pick out all the linens and decided on a date for our big food and drink tasting at the Depot. It will be a big event since my dad will be attending and he has not met John's family. John's dad talks quite a lot and my dad, not so much. Mix in the martinis we will be trying and it could get very exciting!
Mother and I were also able to get our florist. She was a suggestion from my future sis in law, thanks Heather! I have even managed to begin our registry. It started out as putting a few things online, and now we are pretty much registered. How did we do anything without the internet?
John is continuing his second career as a house painter, and I am continuing to be his little helper between naps and time on the computer! We are getting his house ready to put on the market. Then we can begin our search for our perfect house together in Dallas.
Last night we went to see The Phantom of the Opera. It was my Christmas gift from John, and I loved every minute of it. Thanks Baby!!!

What do I do Now?

We are about 4 months out till the wedding. The planning is pretty much done, and I'm antsy. I want July to be here now. My mom, Tamara's mom, Angie is coming in this weekend and we are picking out linens and florist. The next big thing will be the food and drink tasting at the Depot in April or May and that is us sitting down and saying what we like and don't like.
Of course my dress won't be here till April, but I did get my shoes in yesterday. I had to track those babies down all the way from California!
The planning of this wedding really has been a joy for me. Everything has fallen in place and John has been very involved with me doing everything, although I might have gotten a little annoyed with how many places he wanted to go to taste cakes. Other then that there has been very little to pretty much no stress on us or our families. As I told John's parents back in November, how hard could this be? They said they are going to stitch that one on a throw pillow for me:)
I am just so excited for the happy day and can't wait to share it with all of you.

Location, location, location

For those of you looking to book a room near the reception site for the days around the wedding, look no further! Here is the link to the Ft. Worth Sheraton, and this link will take you directly to the page that offers the discounted rate and puts you with the Pearson/Smith wedding block of rooms.

Notice the cool little countdown clock to the wedding date! I might have to research how to get a clock like that here on the site!

Snow day!

Today, we didn't have school due to the 3-12 inches (depends on who you talk to) of snow covering Dallas.


So we just had to take advantage of the Winter Wonderland!

Engaged Encounter

So this past weekend John and I attended our engaged encounter. I had really no idea what I was getting myself into and was not happy about going, just ask some of my co-workers! All I knew was we would be going away for the weekend, staying in a dorm like setting, and sharing feelings. For people who know me, I'm not a feelings sharer and I sure don't like dorms! You get the idea of how I felt going into the weekend.
The weekend was filled with feelings, but I actually had a good experience. I didn't like getting up at 7 am every morning. However, we did pick a great weekend to go since we had Monday off and were able to catch up on sleep. Overall it really was a great time for John and I! The relationship got stronger for me and I just can't wait for the wedding in July!!!!

We oughtta be in pictures

Another major milestone on the road to marriage down...

We have our photographer! We met with Jess over Christmas break and really liked her (it didn't hurt that she and Tamara both went to Baylor and formed an instant bond). Her pictures looked great, and she seems like she will be really fun to work with.

Here is her site:

Jess Graham Photography

Save the Date!

Though neither of us is particularly happy about going back to school tomorrow, we both feel that we DID get a lot accomplished over the Christmas break. Most notably, we got our save the dates made up and sent out!

We opted to go for a simple bookmark to represent marking a new chapter in our life. Thanks to my sister-in-law for designing the bookmarks and to the rest of my family for helping to put them together!