The Bridesmaids Dresses!

Robin and I orginally went shopping for the bridesmaids dresses at David's Bridal right after the Engagement Party two weeks ago. I wanted to have all the bridesmaids in the same color dress but I thought it would be better if they picked out whatever style they wanted. When we got to David's Bridal however the sales lady didn't really pay attention to us and really kind of ignored us, I think she wrote us off after she discover I wasn't buying my dress there.

So yesterday Robin, Tiffany, and I went to Bridals by Sandra to look for dresses. Tiffany was our model, I think she enjoyed have the sales lady undress her and then dress her again. We were there probably about an hour or two and Tiffany tried on about 7 or 8 dresses and we finally picked a dress, which also happened to be the first dress we saw.

Since both Robin and Tiffany liked the dress I thought it would look better if everyone wore the same one, instead of have two people wearing the same dress and everyone else in something completely different. The top part will be an Off White and the bottom part is going to be a Navy Blue.

For all the bridemaids- You need to go the Bridals by Sandra before the end of January to get fitted for the dress ( if you need directions just call). They are automatically ordered at the end of January and will take 6 months for the dress to come in, so everyone needs to go down there as soon as they can.

The Engagement Party (Part 1)

On November 12, 2005 my parents threw Ryan and I an engagement party (for anyone who wasn't there please don't be insulted, the party was with just with the immediate family). It went well, everyone had a good time I think. I had to break the pictures up into two different posts, here is the first group of pictures.

It says Congratulations, unforunately it's a little blurry, sorry :(

The Food!!

My mom made Baked Zita, Meatballs and Italian Chicken. My dad made the Bar-B-Que Chicken, and Matt made the Sausage and Peppers

My parents dancing in the kitchen before the party started.

Here is a picture of the dinner plates, my mom and I bought napkins to match as well.

Caity and Emmy at the beginning of the night, before everyone arrived. On Friday night Caity helped me make a cheesecake for the party. Unforunately, she fell asleep before she had a chance to eat it on Saturday.

My dad with Bobbi Jo, his little black poodle.

The Engagement Party (Part 2)

This is the second group of picures from the party on Saturday.

A picture of some of the family just chillin' on the couch and talking.

This is the cake Ryan's parents brought over for the party. There were blue and green flowers on it and had whipped cream icing with raspberry filling.

These are the cake napkins, the boy on his knee reminds my mom of Ryan.

Here we are cutting the cake. I hated cutting the cake, it looked so pretty. The two dads gave a short speech right before we cut it.

Ryan and I opening up some of the gifts and cards we received.

Matt with Missy (AKA Hannibal Lector) after the party

And the Reception Site is..........

After about two months of searching for a place and asking for help from anyone who would listen we finally decided on a reception hall.

Two weeks ago we checked out Mountaintop Lodge, and as much as I love the place and the owners, it would have been way to expensive to have the reception there. Not only do you pay per person, but you also have to pay for every room at the lodge. It just didn't seem feasible.

Then we checked out the Sterling Inn, I love this place too. However, they could only do an afternoon reception, and since we are getting married at 1 o'clock and we want to do the reception around 4 o'clock, this really wasn't feasible either.

Have you figured out where the reception is going to be yet?

So, last week Ryan called up the Water Gap Country Club, and said we were interested in having the reception there, we asked about the time, and they are able to do that, it’s in our price range, and I love it! So, I called and put a deposit down on the place and we meet with Carlton last Sunday to discuss the meals and exactly what we wanted, plus we had brunch!

We are having the reception from 4:30 to 9:30; I think that's plenty of time to get from the church to the reception.

The colors are going to be blue and white; but we have plenty of time to change our minds if the bridesmaid’s dresses don't end up matching for what every reason.

The meals are going to be Stuffed Chicken Breast with Wild Rice and Prime Rib. Plus, a whole bunch of hor’doeuvres, the salad, an appetizer, and cake with an ice cream station!

We were going to have the whole wedding party sit together, but I think since the wedding party is a little on the large side; Ryan and I will have our own table and there will be two separate tables for the wedding party and there significant others.

In case anyone is curious here is a picture of the reception hall from the inside. This is the upstairs, where the reception will be, but there is also a whole dining room area on the main level.