Priorities

You might think that the first choices a newly engaged couple would make might be, where, and when. But for us, it was ....

Icon from one of our favorite video games

traditional wedding cake 

Oh yeah we are going to have a tri-force wedding cake. 

Trials and Tribulations of 'Being a Bride to Be'

As a well traveled young woman, who loves math, hates dresses, and excels at sports and video games,  Sarah was fairly use to having some people take on a patronizing air with her.  When she got a prestigious scholarship abroad, a surprising number of people she told about the achievement first asked "So are you going over there to get a husband?"

So when she got engaged, Sarah expected some people would have the gumption to tell her just how wrong her ideas about her wedding were, but she was still surprised at the extent that some people were willing to judge her decisions.

Not many details of the wedding have been decided yet, but the few that have are:

Sarah's taking Morgan's last name.
Sarah's walking down the isle by herself.
Every niece and nephew that wants to can be in the wedding.
We're hiring a wedding planner/coordinator for the day of the wedding.

And oh how contentious those choices could be. Sarah was really surprised at the number of people who gave her grief for choosing to take Morgan's last name. One person even went so far as exclaim "I can't believe you are going to take his last name when you are not even going to let your dad walk you down the isle!"

Well you don't know anything about me, or my decisions, and it's what I want. 

Sarah's starting to get use to some people continually countering every choice she and Morgan has decided on  for the wedding, but brides to be beware. Be prepared to stick to your convictions and just remember that it's all about you and the love of your life!

Newly Engaged

Being newly engaged is uniquely thrilling and intimidating in equal parts. For the person doing the proposing, the day(s) leading up to the proposal is terrifying. Morgan admits that the day he decided to propose he was nervous and sweating all day. During the dinner Sarah though he seemed more excited than usual, but later Morgan confessed that his heart was racing in his ears and his adrenalin made it hard for him to sit still. But once the proposal was done, Morgan felt exhilarated and relieved.

Being proposed to is exciting, surreal and terrifying. During the proposal time slowed as Sarah realized she could make or break or man with one word. Being handed that power, in public a setting no less, was frankly terrifying and Sarah didn't like it. But thankfully Morgan's proposal wasn't simply, "will you marry me" and his sweet anecdote gave Sarah time to snap to the important details, like do you love this man and do you want to spend the the rest of your life with him? The answer to which was a leaping "of course I'll marry you!" that knocked over a chair.

Settling in to being engaged

Morgan found being engaged to be, well, not much different than being not engaged for his everyday life.  Sarah, on the other hand, found being engaged to be overwhelming. Everyone was asking her questions. And not just the normal questions that'd you'd expect the day after getting engage ("Have you set a date?" Do you know where?") but some incredibly detailed questions like:

What flower bouquets are you going to have?
Have you picked out a dress ?
Have you written your vows yet?

O_O

No. No, Sarah doesn't have the answers to those questions ... she was engaged yesterday.

But hey, it's all worth it for the engagement party

Positive proof that we are in sync.