what a day!

Well hello everyone.... (this is Jason). 

well i'm not going to write like Jen did i'm a guy and don't talk that much (lol no offence ladies). Well today Jen and I went and look at our first place to get married at. I had a great time with her, her mom and my mom. While we where there all i could think about was holy cow im about to get married to the best person ever. I was just imaging what that day was going to be like and i cant explain the excitement i was feeling it was awesome. 

I also want to thank everyone who is praying for us and our feature. I know God is going to provide for his children. I know its going to be hard and challenging but with God and support form our friends and family i know we will make it. 

With love and thanks, 

Jason 

wedding planning thus far and a little life mixed in

I really couldn't think of another time in my life where we've spent so much time making decisions and not getting anywhere. Today is roughly 460-something odd days away from our wedding day and we've got nothing. So really there are no new updates and nothing exciting to tell you but I just felt like blogging today. So I'm going to blog about something else that has been on my mind lately... how much I can't wait for that day, how special it will be, and seriously how I have the greatest guy around.

I cannot wait.. I keep thinking to myself hmm next year around this time I'll be counting down the days and i will be so so close. Then I start to think about the week of the wedding and get crazy excited.. but the fact is there is no words or thoughts that can sum up the feelings i'll be feeling those days. For those of you that will be around me at that time I'm sorry ahead of time. I know I'll probably be a little(ha I'm laughing to myself because I don't think a little is the right word to be used there... more like MORE THAN EVER BEFORE) crazy and moody but please I beg you.. do not let me turn into a Bridezilla.

Jason and I have had an amazing relationship and not once have I thought to myself why him? Because though we are TOTAL opposites he is everything and more than enough for me. I couldn't thank God enough for him. He has been so good to me.. I'm not even going to start listing the ways he has been because no one else wants to read about that. So I'll just leave it at that. I can't wait to marry him and there is no other guy on this earth I ever want by my side, NEVER! We were talking the other day about if we could would we change anything about our past.. and I said no because I LOVE where I am in life. But if we could change a few things and still end up where we are today we both agree we would never date other people.. but even though we did we are so so happy because we realize there is nothing in this world like TRUE love. Now, I'm getting all mushy gushy so I'll stop. But really it is amazing and I pray that everyone will find that one person in life.

I really have tons of other things to do.. like get showered, go to work, do hw.. so I should probably go. Maybe I'll finish this another day!

16 months to go.. I think

I'm blogging since I feel like I've let our blog readers down.. so here are some updates on the wedding.. we have 16 months and a few weeks/days to go before we get married. And though that continues to seem like forever to some.. I'm getting nervous. Our wedding plans are continuously changing.. and when I say continuously changing i mean like everyday. We have no idea where we want to get married though we (or should I say I) am leaning more towards one idea more than the other. We have yet to find the place to do the ceremony/reception just because I am so indecisive and don't know how to make set decisions. And of course my wonderful fiance has said from the beginning this is my day so he is just going with the flow. At this point I'd love for him to say you know what i really would rather do it here, or nope don't like that... just a little help would be great. But he is making it all about me which is wonderful yet so so hard to handle.

Months before we got engaged I was sure I knew exactly what I wanted and was going to get it...HA! I was in a dream world.. and reality set in and this was a harder task than thought.

So where are we now? We have nothing planned.. nothing set.. no ideas together.. no dresses that I love.. no idea which day we are doing it (we have two in mind and it's a toss up).. colors we have but they depend on our venue.. and it's a mad house.

I do most of my wedding planning when my brain is over flowing with nursing facts so I'm always stressed! But my family has stepped in and taken the reins. My mom has been calling places but her ideas are just not the same as mine. My aunt has been contacting people she knows and the two of them together think they pretty much know how to decorate.. that scares me! They do have great decorating sense(though Jason would disagree) but I think when the day comes they are going to ask themselves what they were thinking. And who knows if it will turn out how I planned..wait.. I don't even have a plan...

My plans were to do the whole wedding planning thing over the summer.. however that seems impossible. I'd have to know exactly what I wanted and make decisions on the spot and the Lord knows I'm not capable of that.

P.S- it is not fun living in Charleston when trying to find a wedding venue. Apparently Charleston is a nice place for destination weddings and they think every square inch of this state is worth millions..

Enjoy!

Day 498

I kept thinking about this verse throughout the week.. Genesis 2:24 For this reason man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

We have broken the 500 count, with only 498 days until we are married! It sounds like so long but it really isn't that long considering we have so much to do. The one thing I am sure of is that this is the greatest journey of my life. I am so excited! Every time I see Jas I get so excited because I know he is the one man created and made to be my lifetime partner. It is an awesome feeling and it makes me wonder what I did to deserve such an amazing guy.

Wedding Updates:
1. Sunday my mom, Jason's mom, 3 of my bridesmaids, and another family member went to start looking at wedding dresses. I learned some valuable lessons from that adventure to say the least. Size is just a number (and wedding dresses run extremely small), trying on all the dresses is very tiresome, I'm thankful I brought someone I've grown up my entire life with because to say the least i was very exposed, there is a style for everyone and not every style looks good on certain people (especially me), and last but not least just because the entire store is filled with dresses does not mean you will find the one...
2. We've picked colors.. and only a few people know just because I'm terrible with secrets!!
3. I'm planning on booking the photographer sometime this week. We've chosen Richard Bell Photography. If you've never seen them THEY ARE AMAZING! Their website is www.charlestonwedding.com check them out!
4. We still have not chosen where we are getting married.. it's so so hard!
5. Oh, we have a date! YES, we have set the date obviously since we are already counting down.

There are probably more updates but we're back at school and my brain is again filled to the rim with nursing information ... so I'll update as often as I can.

Hope you are enjoying our blog and please feel free to follow us even if we don't know you. As I've learned many who read our blog don't have blogs themselves :) Love y'all! Have a wonderful week.

Progress

Jason and I have started our planning, though we haven't gotten far. We attempted to make a guest list which worked out fine until we realized we already had 244 people not including any of my family! This has caused some troubles considering we were going to try and keep the guest list at 250, obviously our list is going to be edited but it's going to be so so hard to cut people that we'd really love to have.

I'd love any and all wedding advice because I've got no idea what I'm doing and no idea how i'm going to get it all done with so little time. I know 2010 seems far away but we are so busy and school is starting again.. oh I can't even bring myself to think about all the chaos this summer is going to bring as we try and plan some more. So far this wedding planning thing has been no fun. I mean don't get me wrong I enjoy it but there are certain experiences that come along with it that haven't turned out to be quite that enjoyable.

I don't want to share too much information but i'll give you a tad bit of insight! We are planning a summer wedding in 2010. We want an outside ceremony and reception. We want everything to be simple yet intimate, rustic, and southern.

We will continue to keep everyone updated about the progress of our wedding but in the mean time please continue to keep us in your prayers as our faith is continuously being put to the test.

hello everyone who wants to read. This is Jason.  

I first want to thank God for giving me someone so wonderful as Jen. He has blessed us so much and i'm glad this day finally got here. I know some people don't understand why we are doing this at such a young age and so on... All I know is that it just feels right for us. I feel that God is leading and guiding our relationship and thats how it will be. I know that God will provide and give us what we need. We might not have a lot but we will have what we need. 

I want to thank all those who have been apart of our life's. Each and everyone of you have been a blessing to us. All we ask of y'all is prayer and support. Pray that God will show us his will for our life's and that we will stay in his will. Again thanks to everyone. 

let the up hill battle begin

Christmas for me has always been wonderful! Though I must admit that I don't always remember that these are simply earthly gifts and that truly I have already recieved the best gift of all. That Jesus came to this unperfect earth as a human and died for me and ALL of my sins. Christmas day is all about Jesus and not about these earthly gifts I delight myself with. Just some food for thought.

Jason and I have been engaged less than a week and we are already faced with an up hill battle, BUT no suprise here. I have come to enjoy the challenges.. anyways let me regroup and get back to the uphill battle. Every Christmas we get together with our family. We eat and eat and eat some more.. then talk and hang out for a few more hours.. blah blah blah. Today is the first chance for some of my family to see the ring. They were all excited asking what our plans were and so on.. and then it came like a tidal wave from each and everyone one of them. I literally felt like I was getting tossed around for everyone to take a hit at. " You know it is impossible to get married while you are still in college. You won't be able to pay bills! You won't be able to have a house! How are you going to finish nursing school? How can you study, work, pay the bills, and be a wife?" And to the 15 people shouting their opinions at me, the only thing I could say was I have always been up for the challenge. [ ONE ] I felt like I wasted a perfectly good opportunity to show my faith to the many non-christians I was standing in front of. I could have said this is God's will for us, or God will provide.. something to show them that our faith is in Him and where we go from here is His will. [TWO] I just wanted to scream at the top of my lungs "really it's only been 5 days can't you just wait til we get a little closer to the wedding and then doubt everything that we can amount to be. [THREE] Jason's family is being very very supportive and it's hard to get our dreams shattered on one side and then go to his family and most of them be so encouraging.

So here the roller coaster rides begin! But I can say this.. my faith rests in the Lord and I know that we've gotten this far only because it is His will for our lives and not for one moment will I let anyone tell me any different. I believe that Jason and I will face struggles but there is a plan for everything and I know as long as we continue to rely on Him we will survive, even if we're just getting by.

Again, another mumble jumble blog but that's us!

Merry Christmas