one month

We are getting married in one month!  On June 28, 2011 my life changed forever when I said "Ohmy gosh, yes!" to the best question a guy can ever ask a girl...
When we st October 28, 2012 as the date we thought it would pass so slowly. At times it did (after all, 16 months is a long time!) but for the most part it's gone pretty quickly.  Especially now that there is more time behind us then ahead.

Just for fun, here are some of my favourite pictures of us from our engagement.


(from when David proposed and one of our engagement pictures)


(saturday at a cottage)


(lunch together at my work)


(engagement pictures!)


(together for 3 years on December 28, 2011)


(no words...)


(after a movie date)


(dressed fancy for a wedding)


This time next month we will be married:D
Continue to check back at the blog for updates in the meantime!

*christina

yay honeymoon!

Since Valentine's Day 2009 I've been dreaming about spending the night at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Niagara on the Lake.  David took me to NOTL for our first Valentine's Day and I thought the Hotel looked so pretty from the outside.

David proposed in the park across from the Hotel one year ago today♥ and we both agreed how awesome (and romantic!) it would be to come back to NOTL for our honeymoon.  We were in NOTL in March and booked a tour of the Hotel so we could decide which room we wanted.  Of course, we picked the biggest, most beautiful and the most expensive!  

Here is a picture of the outside:

(credit: httpwww.governorswalk.caneighbourhood.htm)

The room we want actually faces the park so we can sit on the balcony outside our room and see the spot where David proposed:)

It's such a gorgeous place to visit and I reeeeeally want to live there some day, but we need to be millionaires first!  We have decided to spend the first few days of our honeymoon at our house (which we have yet to find), then go to NOTL, then to another location and then return home before having to go back to work.

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 After we come home from NOTL, we are going to rest for a few days before heading to the GORGEOUS Bayview Wild Wood Resort!  David's parents  got us a gift certificate for a stay there and it looks so nice!  We thought there might not be much to do in the fall (we are going near the start of November) but we were wrong!  There are hiking trails, fishing spots, areas for boating, and more.  

I've never been to a place like this, much less in the fall.

This is a shot from the Resort (click the link above for credit):

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While most couples would pick somewhere hot and tropical, we opted for things closer to home, but still far enough away that it's fun.

We had talked about going to places out of country, but we didn't want to go anywhere that we would have to do touristy stuff or it would be  waste of a trip...does that make sense?  We want the freedom to just be able to stay in if we want, without missing anything, or to eat whenever we want, or go anywhere we want.  

It would be nice to go to a tropical resort or something, but maybe we will save that for an anniversary trip :)

Oh, BTW-any of the coloured and underlined  text (besides what I just typed) are clickable links to the websites for where we are staying.

-christina

my engagement ring

I absolutley looooove my engagement ring!  David did such a good job picking it out:)
Before he proposed I'd been telling him what kind of ring I liked and sending him pictures.  When he gave me my ring I was amazed because it was exactly what I had wanted, right down to the tapered gold at the base of the stone setting.  Here are some pictures because I love it, and David, so much!

I took this picture when I got home after he proposed.
The ring was a bit big but I wore it anyway until we had it resized
(those few days of not wearing it was TORTURE!)

This is a flower from the tulip tree near the spot David proposed.  

my promise ring (that David carved me) and my engagement ring

two months and one day

This update is probably long over due but there's not much to update about.  Here's the list!

*We set up a date/time to take another look at the venue we like
*The search for the perfect photographer continues
*The guest list is almost complete
*I've begun collecting brooches for my brooch bouquet
*David has been collecting seeds for something that can not be disclosed yet:)
*We bought a slow cooker with a gift card from David's grandma
*Etienne gave us a coupon for Home Sense which we used to buy an awesome clock and a neat tray

We've been engaged for about two months and it seems to have flown by. Hopefully the next year and 59 days will go by just as fast!

christina

The beginning...

Most of the people reading this blog will probably know David and I but I will give a brief recap of our story.
We met in 2008 at Fleming College where we were both taking Environmental Technology. We spent the first semester as friends but over Christmas break (December 28, to be exact!) we decided to become an official couple. We were inseperable for the rest of our first year. I mean literally always together! We had 5 days of class together, spent most Saturdays together and went to church together. We continued to spend abnormal amounts of time together over the summer and had people expecting us to be engaged by the following September (which was weird because we hadn't even been together for a year!).
On December 28, 2009 David made me a promise ring out of a rock we found the first day we met. It was so beautiful and I wore it every day for the next year and a half. I graduated from my two year program the following April and managed to find a job for most of the summer. Obviously this took a toll on our relationship because we weren't used to being seperated.
Once fall came around again David went to school for an additional third year and I continued to work full time.  Between school and work we found it hard to spend time together.  To celebrate two years together I invited him to my place to enjoy a home cooked meal of stuffed pasta shells:) It was really nice to spend time together, just the two of us, for a few hours. Over the next few months we continued to be seperately busy while missing each other like crazy. We spent a lot of time talking about how great it would be when we are married.  Neither of us was scared by the thought of marriage and we knew early on in our relationship that we were aiming towards that. My contract at work ended in February and David continued to be busy with school, work and his co-op placement. He did manage to find time to drive me to Toronto for my laser eye surgery appointment, though:)
Once he graduated in April the pressure was on to find a full time and permanent job in his field. The poor guy was constantly bombarded with job postings from both me and his mother, but he never freaked out.  I started another contract at work in May while David kept his part time job.  He sent his resume to a really good company in Peterborough and was asked to come in for an interview a few days later. This past Monday (June 27) was his interview date and I'm proud to say he was offered a job right on the spot!since I had the week off, on Tuesday we went to Niagara-on-the-Lake for the day to celebrate two and half years of being together. We had a great time and the weather was great right up until we decided to go bike riding. We couldn't find the rental store so decided to head back to a park where David insisted on collecting seeds and leaves. There was this really neat tree that had leaves shaped like a kitten face, so we went to pick one. After I picked the leaf and turned to face him he said "I know you said not to get you anything..." and got down on one knee. He followed with  "Christina, will you marry me?" and presented me with the most gorgeous ring (As soon as he lowered to the ground I yanked off my promise ring which was on my ring finger and jammed it in my pocket so he could put the engagment ring on). I was so surpised and obviously said yes!! After we hugged for a while I had to go sit down because my legs were shaking.  I then had to text my parents, best friends and co-worker to tell them the news! My parents knew it was going to happen but I text them anyways with pictures of the ring. 
We eventually headed home to show his family and then mine.  Everyone ooh-ed and ahh-ed over the ring and there was a lot of squealing. That was four days ago and I'm still on cloud nine! I wake up every morning smiling and filled with excitement at what's to come.  We're both looking forward to planning our wedding, but even more excited to actually be married!
As something new in our engagment happens (bridal party announced, dress found, date set, etc...) I'll make a new post to keep everyone updated. Thanks for wanting to be in the loop!

Christina