Najem's Best Man

Well it is offical Najem has finally picked a best man. This was a great accomplishment, as he kept me waiting in the dark for weeks before finally telling me who he was going to pick. As for the other groomsmen, only time will tell. Chris agreed to be Najem's best man and we look forward to finding him a tuxedo that fits. This past weekend Chris was in his first bodybuilding competition and he won first place in the heavy weight class and second in the super heavy weight class (see pic, he is the tall muscular one). GO CHRIS!!! I asked him to do his flexing routine at the reception...still waiting to hear back on that one. Najem says that my blog is boring because I don't write about my stresses, but so far I haven't encountered any stresses. I am sure as the date gets closer and I realize the many details I didn't know I was supposed to do, I will start to freak out. But for now I have my organized tables and lists and things are going smoothly. Stay tuned to find out if I start to loose it...

Some Accomplished Details

This week has been a busy wedding week. My family was in town, so we had lots to talk about when it came to planning the details. So far I have confirmed a DJ, photographer, officiant, and flowers. My flowers are calla lilies (shown above) along with a few others. I decided on some fall type decorations for the chapel and wanted the calla lilies to also be festive for the season. I am excited that some of the big detail items are taken care of, but I just didn't realize how many details there were when it came to planning a wedding. One big piece of the wedding I still have not decided on is bridesmaids and junior bridesmaid dresses, but they do have beautiful flowers to carry. Next up is to get the dress situation taken care of, invitations, and maybe planning the honeymoon.

Check out the wedding website I made at www.ewedding.com/sites/najandmelissa

This site will come in handy for people to find directions, look at the wedding party and find links for accommodations and registries. It is still a work in progress, so check back soon.

Now for the details

Well, we have the dress, the chapel and now the reception hall all booked and they are all booked for November 22nd, so it is official. I am so excited that we are going to get married this year. It will be weird for my students. One day I will be Ms. Kern and the next Mrs. Agnew, but we will figure it out :). Now that all the big things are out of the way, we must plan the details. I believe things like invites, registries, wedding party, catering, rings, songs, etc. come next. However, this is were Naj's need to look at a task from every angle and price every option starts to run down our time clock. Me, I just want to make the decisions and have everything planned within a week. That way I can relax and think about how school will be starting back soon. However, I heard somewhere that planning the details is the fun part..I will let you know.

Finding A Place

So, we have the dress of my dreams ordered, found a chapel, but now we have to find a place to have the reception. This is much harder than finding a dress. I have found some beautiful places, that is not the problem. The problem is getting the date to work for our wedding date (November 22nd). I thought a November wedding would be easy since it didn't seem to me to be a popular month to get married..little did I know that late fall/winter weddings are becoming more and more popular. This leads us to little options..which stinks. Today I checked out two locations, a hotel and a knights of columbus. The Knights of Columbus really surprised me, it was a very nice room with chandeliers and a great dance floor..because us girls love to dance :). It is however a little more than I (Naj) would like to spend on a reception. He just keeps saying..."This is your day". The hotel was way expensive and just not fitting, it didn't even have a window and it just reminded me of where I would attend a teacher conference...not what I want to think about when I am celebrating my marriage. I am still waiting on one more place, hopefully I will hear from them tomorrow and then a decision will need to be made. I cringe at how much money I could spend on a wedding...I am hoping the big purchases will be over and the rest of the details will fall into place...somewhat inexpensively.

This is the link to the Diamond Room, this is the Knights of Columbus room that is the best so far. Check it out www.diamondroom.org