Change of Plans...Honeymoon in Jamaica!

Due to increased warnings for travel in Mexico, Corey and I decided to travel to Jamaica instead! We found a great deal through Costco, and we'll be staying at the Hilton in Jamaica! It's an all-inclusive deal for 6 nights! We're excited! Neither of us have ever been to Jamaica! Praying for good weather and no storms. It should be a great time! :) At this time we already have our flight booked!

This past week I've spent some time looking into videographers. This was something I wasn't originally interested, then I stumble across a video by The Wedding Theater in December and it totally changed my mind. This is the video I saw: [VIDEO] Jenny+Tim’s Star Hill Ranch Austin TX Wedding. I totally fell in love and decided I should look into getting our wedding video taped. I talked with Jonathan of The Wedding Theater, which is based out of Texas, and he was very helpful. Unfortunately it was not in our budget to fly him up here, but he graciously offered to give any help he could by giving second opinions on videographers I found in Portland. I've been emailing with him more this week and he's given me some great feedback. I'm very appreciative of his willingness to help, I'd definitely recommend The Wedding Theater to anyone in Texas looking for a videographer or anyone with a little bit larger wedding budget.

Also leaning toward using Costco bulk flowers and doing our own. That would hopefully save us some money and allow us some leeway in the budget to help cover videography. Still thinking of using Famous Dave's for catering. Also looking for a DJ this week. So much to do! Only 162 days left! I'm getting so excited because it's finally coming more quickly. Corey's been looking for jobs as he's finishing up school and we're starting to look for places to live. I've just been praying a lot that God will provide and that we will trust in Him and do all we can to do our part. :)

Progress

Today was a productive day in a lot of ways, unfortunately I was not productive in studying and I have a big exam Monday. However, I've gotten some of the wedding things done/started.

Last night I went over to Corey's house and worked with his mom to address save the dates. Although I still don't have everyone's address, we mailed out about 60 save the dates this morning and I already have addressed 12 or so more. I'm hoping to get everyone's address in the next week. Hoping that I stay organized enough to not accidentally miss anyone! I got these Save the Dates from Vista Print, they had a special going and I paid about $11 (including shipping) for 100 Save the Dates! We got some other save the dates from wedding paper divas.

Corey and I also finally decided on a honeymoon destination! We plan to go to The Grand Mayan in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico. It's a beautiful place! I've never been to Mexico, I'm super excited.

Now we're just working on getting the hotel booked, flights booked, and my passport. :)

My mom and I also stopped in at Mr. Formal and Bridal Exclusives today and checked some stuff out. Found a dress I really like for the bridesmaids potentially. :) It's an Alfred Angelo and I'd have them wear navy. It's not too heavy so it would be fine for August and I think it's cute and a good length.

 

I also may have come to a decision about cake. Corey and I have talked about the cake earlier and we decided to supplement our cake with sheet cake to save money. I think we'll get the sheet cakes from Costco (they have delicious cakes!!) and get a 3-tiered cake from Lamb's Thrift-way. I'll have to double check with Corey when he gets home tomorrow, but I think he'll like it. That will help us save some money but still have delicious cake!

Today I emailed a florist and I'm going to try to set up an appointment with her. My family is going to try to go out to Famous Dave's sometime soon so they can try it, Corey and I are leaning toward having them do our catering. We're still looking for a DJ and someone to video tape. But slowly we're making progress!