Always Changing

A little while ago, I posted about our wedding party.  However, it has changed since then.  Paul's friend Luis won't be able to make it (his fiancee is getting her degree that same weekend), so we made a substitution.  Although we are bummed Luis won't be there to celebrate with us, we are excited to have Kevin aka G-Man (Gorman) as one of the groomsmen.  He is one of the officers at Paul's department, and he is a lot of fun. 

27 days and counting...

Honeymoon!

You think that planning a wedding from start to finish would be the hardest part... Not so much.  

For us it was deciding if and where we would honeymoon.  

In fact, we didn't even BOOK our honeymoon until this week (keep in mind the wedding itself is now 29 days away!).  It was a process, especially since we had such a great relaxing vacation in August when we took a cruise to Alaska.  We had to look at everything from how long we wanted to be gone, how much we wanted to spend, and what we wanted to get for our money.

We had a BIG list of places we did not want to go (Paul had a lot to contribute, ha!).  It really narrowed our selection.  We first had decided to go to Kauai (by far the most amazing island I have ever visited) and stay on the north shore for 6 days.  Then we became undecided. Good thing we hadn't booked.  And then, mother nature decided to have a fit and there were several large earthquakes that affected Japan, also causing a tsunami.  Due to the nature of everything that has been going on in Japan, Paul thought it probably wasn't the safest time to visit Kauai, being that it is much closer to Japan.  I had to agree.  

A couple friends of ours had said that they had wanted to go to Cozumel and that it was a great deal and beautiful.  We checked it out and I would have to agree with our friends.  After looking at pictures and reading reviews online, it sounded amazing.  Considering we want to just relax on our honeymoon, but not get bored, this sounded like a great place.  Cozumel is part of Mexico, but is an island in the Caribbean.  I for one am excited to go and play in another ocean!!  We decided after much research and debate to stay at Cozumel Palace.  

I can not wait for 5 nights of all inclusive relaxation in such a beautiful place!!  

Love Session

So, a few weeks ago, Paul and I ventured to Monterey to do our engagement pictures.  After two previous attempts, the third time was the charm.  We had finally made it work between our crazy schedules and manages to cheat the weather and get a rain free day.  It may have been one of the few in March, since it seemed to pour non-stop.  It was super windy, and a bit on the cold side, but in the end we got some amazing pictures.  I couldn't be happier.  Even Paul, who is not a fan of having his pictures taken, had a good time.  

Thank you to our amazing photographer!  

You can check out the pictures on his blog (www.mikesteelman.com/blog), there are a couple postings there with pictures

OR 

You can go to the "official site" (www.pictage.com/1014323) to see all of the pictures.  Just go to the link then sign the guest book!

Can't wait for the wedding... 35 days and counting!