ideas, tastings, and wedding planners...O MY!

My desk either consists of wedding stuff or homework...depending on the hour of the day

  A few weeks ago my mum, sis and i went to a bridal expo at the sheraton. here we met someone who is going to make our wedding seem like a piece of cake!

  kelly, a wedding coordinator from Country Garden Caterers here in orange county was sent from above! literally! (that morning at church i had prayed that i would find someone who could help me throughout the who wedding shin-dig.) at the start of our engagement i wanted to do everything myself, because i did not want the typical "cookie-cutter" type of wedding with the typical "chicken and vegetable" dinner and so on...i felt that if i used a wedding planner i would get exactly that! but NOPE! not with kelly! from the beginning we just "clicked" (as my mummy said) and she seemed to know exactly what i wanted!

  right after our first meeting at the expo, kelly sent me an email giving me ideas she had for the wedding...AMAZING! she knew exactly what i was going for! we set up a tasting to try her caterer's cuisine and boy was it yummy! we previously wanted Buca di Beppo to provide the food, but after trying her italian food it was a home run out of the park!

  on thursday matt, mrs. shondeff, my mum and i went for the tasting at the Country Garden's catering hall in old town santa ana. kelly had set up a table for us...IT WAS BEAUTIFUL and exactly what i visioned plus more! over dinner we talked about plans for tables, food, drinks, service and budget.

  i don't want to give too many details (a few: olives, burlap and long tables) away about our wedding...but just stay tuned to see all the wonderful ideas that kelly has in store :)

u.p.d.a.t.e

love him

wow! well it has been a while...almost 5 months! whoops sorry but i guess that is how life goes ;)

well there has been a lot of new adventures over the past few months...

- i began pursuing my graduate degree in coaching and administration from concordia university in irvine. yes, i said coaching and administration! who would have thought that you can get your master's in coaching?!?! but i guess you can! i am in my last week of my first semester and i have really enjoyed my classes! this program is perfect for me!

- matt graduated in may with his master's in public policy...we now call him master matt :) ha

- after working part time as a pe coach and a behavior interventionist for a year, i was offered a full time position (with benefits!) with the YMCA as a lead teacher. for about a week i was a little bit of an emotional wreck...i didn't want to leave all "my kids" but knew that this would be a great opportunity for my future. after a lot of thinking and consulting from family and friends i decided to take the "Y" job...and it has been almost a month since i started....and i love it! i am working with children during their summer program where everyday there is something to do! mondays are kona ice day, tuesdays are lunch day (either pizza, hot dogs, pasta), wednesdays are walking field trip day (dq, ihop), thursdays are water day (slip and slide) and fridays are bus field trip day (medieval times, knott's). yes i know...you are a little bit jealous ;)

vintage ymca

- we decided on a date! may 26th 2012 is the big day! though it is still pretty far away we have begun planning! today my mum, sis (aka moh) and i went to a bridal expo (i have found out that i do not need to worry, i have a lot figured out compared to other brides). matt and i have also started a wedding website and received our "save the dates!"

well there probably are more updates that i am missing but it is getting late and i have an 8 hour work day tomorrow ;) keep you posted and thanks for reading