NOT Michael!!!!

Okay, I know this has nothing to do with Ken and me personally, but we are both just crushed about the death of Michael Jackson. I grew up listening to all the Michael Jackson songs even though I really couldn't listen to secular music. I love the Michael Jackson videos, the songs. The last two days I have been reliving my band days with friends from high school. Okay, I will keep it brief because I know most of you think I have gone crazy, but I have not. I just hope that he accepted Christ somewhere along his journey. Although his end has come, his legacy will live on in the countless millions who loved his music and the artists he inspired.

Courtesy Update

Hi everyone!!!

This post will not be very long at all. I wanted to update everyone on our search for a church. We still have not gotten a yes, but all things in due time. I am surprisingly not stressing about it ( I know that many of you can't believe it).

Sunday night, we had an engagement dinner with Ken's family. It was really nice. I will be marrying into a wonderful family, so hopefully all my family and friends can rest easy when I am fully entrusted into Ken's care. I'll add pics from Sunday night later.

Thanks for taking the time to read, and please keep us in your prayers.

Our First Huge Challenge---The Old Monkey Wrench

If you have been following, things have been progressing for Ken and me at lightning speed. Which is a good thing, until the old monkey wrench was thrown in the mix on yesterday. We had locked our venues in early May, or at least I thought. Ken and I knew that selecting New Year's Day would be a challenge here in Birmingham, but we thought we had beat the odds by selecting personally known vendors and getting venues to agree early.

I will not make this an incredibly long blog, but I wanted to let you know I am very annoyed with a certain church locally. I will not name names, but I will admit that some choice, less-than-holy words came to mind when I heard the news that our church had backed away from what was promised. I wouldn't be upset if I didn't ask the pastor over and over once I received the contract, but I did. And he agreed.

So here we are back at the drawing board. I am trying not to panic, but if you know me, you know that I stress. Ken and I prayed about it last night, so I will calm down and let God handle it for us. I really want another church, but I will be okay if we have to go to another venue, I will do so. But somebody is gonna let Ken and me get married on New Year's Day!!!

Keep praying for us.

Bling!!! Bling!!!

So everyone knows what this is about--- I gots my ring!!! I know that is bad grammar, but that is to let you know how serious I am about it. Let me say that I like the stand-in ring (notice "like" is present tense), but my ring is soooooooooo gorgeous. Ken gave it to me in the most precarious way. We had lunch today at one of our new spots Saigon. He played his usual jokes on me by giving a cd back stating that I had been waiting for it for a long time, blah, blah, blah, blah. Then he asked for my stand-in ring to wear. Have you ever seen Ken's pinkie finger? Well my ring didn't get past his first knuckle. Kinda funny but weird because Ken has never asked for my ring before. He asked me if I didn't get the ring until my wedding day would I be okay. I said that I would be okay... I couldn't imagine waiting that long, but if that is what I needed to do---I would. So any way long story short I asked for my stand-in back, and he pulled the old switcharoo on me. I got my bling!!! So here is the pic!!! Thanks Ken--- YOU ARE THE BEST and I LOVE YOU!!!

Dress Shopping :():

First I'd like to say that I have finally found a layout I can live with. So, I don't plan to change it again anytime soon.

Now, on to business... I went dress shopping on Saturday, May, 30. It has taken me a lot of time to build up the nerves to shop for a dress. I will admit this is the part I have least looked forward to. I think it is all the trying on, and these dresses are not that simple to get into. I never knew that you seriously have to have someone help you dress. If you know me, I am very body conscious person, so having someone help me dress up is definitely going to take some getting used to. I won't bore you with a lot of verbiage this time. I'll just add the pics from the day. Don't worry for all you who are nervous about Ken seeing the dress, I won't let the cat out of the bag. I haven't decided firmly on any dress yet ( I plan to make at least two more trips to bridal salons to check out the newest chic trends).Thanks Wykeenia for staying there with me and helping me with all the dresses. I have to admit towards the end, I started to have fun.