premarital class #3

the topic of the night..."can you identify your love style?" i already know that my top two are words of affirmation and quality time and for eli, it's physical touch...but it's amazing how you still impart your own love style (language) on your significant other wanting that for yourself and vice versa...when they don't even respond to it that well...hmmm, something to think about....

premarital class #2

so we watched the first video today...the question being, "have you face the myths of marriage with honesty?" who knew that there are so many myths....the one that really stood out to me was that our spouse will make me whole." i guess i never really thought that us as individuals are not really half of something, we're already whole and we have to basically blend two wholes together. our first homework assignment is to read the chapter and complete the corresponding exercises in the workbook.

premarital class #1

tonight was our first premarital class. it was pretty awesome!! the other two couples are alexis & michael and corey & christina along with me & eli and nikki & anthony. i have a feeling that we're going to have a great eight weeks ahead of us. we talked about how we were proposed to, they asked all the guys if they knew their anniversary date (haha, poor eli...we have so many, but he knows them all...), why are we (individually) taking premarital classes, and what was the most embarrassing thing the other has done. we will be diving into the book, "saving your marriage before it starts." so we will be going through the book during the next several weeks. i am so excited to see how the Lord will strengthen our relationship during this time....eeeeeehhhhhh!!!!

premarital counseling orientation

so today is our premarital counseling orientation at the rock. we first had brunch at corvette diner after service before going back to the rock for orientation. we were able to meet our counselors, kyle & kristina utne. i introduced myself to kristina afterwards...she seems really nice. it is such a blessing that one of my thursday small group women is also doing premarital at the same time, in the same group! so it's awesome we're doing it together. i wonder who else is going to be in our group...i'll have to wait and see.

wedding dress - bought!

ok, the wedding is still over a year away, but it's better to be prepared, right?!? haha...well, i got my wedding dress today!!!! i went the next day w/ just my mom & my sister  to the same bridal shops (alfred angelo & here comes the bride) so even though my cousins and aunt saw my top choices, they don't really know which one i chose...and it'll be that way until the day of the wedding...all that eli knows is that it's white and it's long. haha. i was still a little iffy on getting "the dress" because of the price but after i started to tear up knowing that i might not get that dress...i said "yes to the dress" lol.

wedding dress shopping

it's several days after thanksgiving and i decide to go wedding dress shopping. (maybe i'll find a good deal). none of my bridesmaids could make it (even my sister...she went on a snowboarding trip w/ friends)..so i went with my mom, my aunt, and four of my cousins. it was fun getting their opinion, but of course...it made it super hard to decide. i went to alfred angelo first, then to here comes the dress. i couldn't pick one that day since my sister wasn't there to see it, but we did text her some pictures....of course, i can't show them here because i don't want eli to see...so it will be revealed on the day of the wedding....

photographer - booked!

eli & i only met up with 3 photographers before we chose ours...daniel galang...we totally love his style, but most of all, his personality (so easy to get along with..) and the fact that he also goes to our church (the rock) is totally awesome too. we can't wait until our engagement pictures (which will be sometime next year, of course) and having him photograph our special day. i would highly recommend him. thanks to ven for showing me his website :)

p.s. sorry daniel for taking your pic...hehehe...