LynneeaAlicia's biography
We had a baby!!
We delivered Miss Adalyn May 30, 2010! here are some pictures!!
THE WEDDING!!
We got Married January 2nd 2010. Our original wedding day was set for May 15,2010 but we had to move our wedding up after we found out that we were expecting a little one! I'm due May 22nd. (yes I'm overdue :-( ) Hopefully we will here good news today from the doctor saying she can come out soon
I will upload more pictures later. On my way to the doctors now!
We ended up changing a great deal of our wedding because we had to change it from a spring outdoor wedding to a winter wedding. So our locations all changed. It was a crazy time, but it turned out perfect!!
The Bride: My Name is Lynneea. I am 23 years old! I am a senior at Western Michigan University majoring in Political Science with a Minor in Communication. I would like to graduate and go on to law school. I go to school full time, work full time and I am trying to plan a wedding. I am a very loud and outgoing person who loves to get to know people. I am constantly talking or coming up with ways to talk (email, text, phone calls, Im's anything lol) So now I'm enjoying the fun life of planning a wedding. Thank god I have an amazing mother!!!! I am the youngest of 6 children and I am the only girl!! So my mom has been waiting to help me plan my dream wedding for years!
The Groom: My amazing grooms name is Tyler and he is very sweet and quiet. So basically he is the exact opposite of me!! They say opposites attract and its true for us! Tyler is also 23 and he is attending Western Michigan University majoring in Marketing. When he is not going to school he works full time for a packaging company. He is a normal boy who loves his sports, video games and cars.
Tyler and I met 17 years ago. We didn't know that we met 17 years ago, but after becoming friends we realized we were in the same kinder-garden class (we actually went to the same school K-12). I was always the loud "class clown" and he was the quite shy kid in the back. Being the social person that I am always knew of Tyler throughout school, but just thought of him as another class mate. It wasn't until or senior year of high school that Tyler and I actually became friends.
He was dating a girl I had known and he was also in my English class. Being the social butterfly I am I had to get to know him. I asked him a million questions about his girlfriend and everything else I could come up with. After an entire year together in class we became friends. I invited over to my house for some parties (He had never been to a party in his life) and he would start to invite me out with his group of friends to movies. At the time I had a serious boyfriend and he had just ended a relationship. We remained friends for the next two years. We would go see movies together and hang out in groups.
It was the spring of 2007 that I realized I liked him. He was always a very sweet shy person so I didn't really know how he felt about me. At the time that I started to like him there was three other girls who would always come by his house. Somehow I was the one who won his heart!! Our first kiss was April 07 (after a movie) and he asked me out May 25, 2007 (after a movie) we now make jokes that he should have proposed to me after a movie because every major event in our relationship we can remember by what movie we saw!!
Our To Do List
- Determine potential dates and times for your wedding. Done May 15 2010
- Decide on the size, formality and setting of your wedding. Inviting about 250. We think 175 will show up.
- Create a wedding and engagement budget. Kinda done.
- Reserve the locations for your wedding and reception.
Done! Acorn Theater.
- Meet with and book your wedding officiant or clergy. Done Close family Friend who is a judge will do the ceremony/We have a friend who is a pastor who will bless the wedding.
- Choose your wedding party and confirm the participants. DONE
- Choose your wedding rings. They have been chosen, but
not paid for.
- Draw up an initial guest list. I have all of it, but my FI family.
- Organize your engagement party. My Family and his family through us a surprise Engagement party. It was amazing.
- Order your wedding dress and attendants’
attire.
- Book your photographer and videographer. AMAZING photographer from
Oregon. http://barrybrownphotography.com/
- Book your live entertainment or DJ.
- Reserve your florist.
- Order your wedding cake.
- Reserve any rental items from the rental company.
- Register your gift choices at your favourite stores.
- Research accommodation for out-of-town guests. We are looking at renting a huge lake house (or two) for our out of town guest. Its cheaper and fun because its right near lake michigan.
- Plan your honeymoon.
- Decide on your menu.
- Reserve the musicians and soloist for your ceremony.
- Reserve your limousine service.
- Order your invitations and any other stationery.
- Order wedding favours for your guests.
- Choose outfits for mother of the bride and mother of the groom.
- Check marriage licence requirement
- Finalize your guest list.
- Choose the reader for your ceremony.
- Finalize your order with the florist.
- Reserve the men’s wedding attire.
- Make an appointment with your hairdress
- Think about doing B-Pics. if I've lost enough weight.
- Mail the invitations.
- Decide on your wedding vows or compose your own.
- Finalize the reception menus.
- Confirm the wedding details with the musicians and clergy or officiant.
- Have the programs printed.
- Purchase gifts for parents and attendants.
- Make appointments for nails and make-up.
- Schedule final dress fitting.
- Apply for a marriage licence.
- Plan the rehearsal dinner.
- Meet with photographer and videographer.
- Have a party for the attendants.
- Draft the speeches.
- Finalize reception details.
- Call any guests who have not replied.
- Meet with your hairdresser and make-up artist for consultation.
- Deliver song lists to musicians or playlists to disc jockey.
- Confirm honeymoon reservations.
- Finalize seating plan.
- Determine the order for the procession.
- Have your rehearsal.
- Confirm accommodation reservations.
- Pick up the attire for the groomsmen.
- Confirm the final numbers with the caterer.
- Confirm details with the limousine company.
- Deliver your marriage licence to the officiant.
- Draw up a seating arrangement for the reception and write out the place cards.
- Choose someone to hand out the bombonieres or wedding favours.
- Choose someone to return any rented items after the wedding.
- Write any cheques required for the wedding day.
- Pack for your honeymoon
- Give the wedding bands to the best man.
- Give the best man any cheques that need to be given out that day.
- Present the attendants and parents with their gifts.
- Relax and enjoy your special day!
- Make a gift list and send out your thank-you notes.
- Send thank-you letters to suppliers and attendants.
- Arrange for cleaning and preservation of your gown.
Hair:
Make-up:
I like the dark/smokey look
Jewelry:
Grandma's Diamond Studs
Still trying to decide on Necklace and Bracelet.
Polka Dot Stuff
Flower Girl Pillow (I want mine to look similar to this-- I'm going to try to do it myself! Yeah DIY!!)
Leg Garter
Bridesmaids Totes
Gift for BP and Out of Town Guest
Here are cute pictures of us working on them
DIY:FLIP FLOPS
These are for our guest during the reception.
