Halloween Candy

My favorite Halloween candy of all time are these super hero candy sticks. Yep, I am aware that most people find them disgusting. But its ok, I admit it- I LOVE them. Unfortunately, the wedding diet doesn't allow me to have them this year- sigh. What's your favorite Halloween candy??

Joe T's

I just have to say I LOVE Joe T's with my whole heart. Especially their pina coladas and nachos! YUM.

Engagement Pics

The wonderful Brandi Thompson has posted a few pics on her blog and myspace page from our engagement session with her yesterday.We had so much fun with her- she is great! Go check out all her work! The link to her blog is on the left of my page. Thanks Brandi!

Pumpkin Fun

We had a fun night of carving pumpkins. Danny made a Yoda- the only way I can get him to get into fun holiday traditions is to bribe him with Star Wars :) At Easter he made Star Wars eggs! I think mine turned out pretty good too!

Shoes!

I love these shoes! I really would like something like them to wear with my wedding dress- I just don't know where to find them!

Pumpkin Spice Time!

This has nothing to do with the wedding- I just really love this time of year. The time of year when Starbucks brings back good ol pumpkin spice :)

Cupcakes!

This is the cupcake that I think we are going to get for my wedding cake. Its from "The Cupcakery" in Frisco. It is raspberry cake with champagne icing. It is SO yummy!!

Kir Royale ™ from The Cupcakery

Some of my Bridal Party

Here are some of the wonderful people who will be in our wedding. I am also having honorary bridesmaids... I just don't have pictures of all of them all yet! I will post them soon!

Amber will be one of the bridesmaids. She is my roommate

and has helped more than she will ever know!

Stephanie will be a bridesmaid. She is not only one of my best friends, but she is also a good friend of Danny's. She has been there for every step of our LONG journey :)

Madison will be one of my flower girls. She is Stephanie's daughter and was also in my class a couple of years ago.

Kyrstin will be one of my flower girls. Her mom is Kari, one of my very best friends!

These two boys are going to be my ring bearers. Isaiah is Grace's son, and Jack belongs to Emily. I LOVE them both so much!

Megan will be my maid of honor. She is my wonderful sister and best friend!

Grace will be my Matron of Honor- we have been best friends for 25 years. I would be lost without her.

Emily will be one of my bridesmaids. We have been friends for about 6 years. She always makes me laugh- and I have never met anyone else who is so much like me or gets me the way she does!

Beth will be one of my bridesmaids. We met in college and became fast friends. She lives in Arkansas so we don't get to see each other very often, but we always pick up right where we left off!

Plans so far...

Our wedding is going to be on March 14th, 2009 at a family friend's house. We are going to have the ceremony outside in front of their beautiful pond and a tent reception. I have decided on the colors Aqua and Red. Here are a few pictures of some of our ideas...

Here is my trial centerpiece

Martha Stewart's Aqua and Red Wedding table setting

Decoration idea for the tent

I love cupcakes- so I really want a cupcake cake!

Wedding photobooth instead of a guest book

The Proposal

Danny proposed to me on July 25th and although we had been talking about getting married for a while- it was a complete surprise how and when he finally asked me. I was supposed to be going to a party with my mom and sister that night, but my mom called and cancelled at the last minute. So I called my sister to see if she wanted to hang out, and she blew me off. My roommate and her friend left for a movie without really asking me, so I felt like she blew me off too! I was kind of feeling sorry for myself all alone on a Friday night. Finally I talked Danny into going to see a movie. But he kept acting like he was busy, and kept changing what time we were leaving. So, by the time he actually got to my house to pick me up I was slightly irritated with everyone! We get in the car and he said that one of the coaches he works with had called to ask him to go to the football stadium to turn the lights out- which by the way would make us late for the movie. Pretty sure I started acting like a big brat right about then :) We got to the stadium and he asked me to get out with him-sigh- so I did and we started walking out on the field. It occured to me about the 50 yard line that the light switch was not on the field. Right about that time I saw my favorite picure of us flash up on the scoreboard and it said "Jessica Jones will you consider Jessica English?" He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! I was really shocked but of course I said yes. Right as I said yes I heard a bunch of people cheering- which surprised me because the stadium was all dark. I looked up and our families and friends were watching the whole thing from up in the press box! Danny did such a great job planning everything and making it such a special night not just for me but for our families too!

My sister had lots of fun goodies waiting for me after he proposed!

I'm Blogging!

I never really thought I would have enough to say to start blogging.... but now that I am getting married I thought this would be a good place to talk about wedding planning to save Danny from having to listen to me! I also thought it would be fun to look back on this time in my life (our engagement and wedding planning) because I am sure its going to be crazy :)