An Abundance of Blessings



Being engaged is supposed to be one of the happiest times in your life right?  But not with out a little bit of stress...  SO I'm writing to remember the many blessings Cale and I have received while planning our wedding.  Because regardless of how much money you spend on your wedding, at the end of the day you're still going to be married and THAT'S WHAT SHOULD MATTER :)

Many of my friends know my mom and step-dad lost their jobs as part of the Continental/ United merger, and before Christmas, my dad faithfully quit his position at his church.  So when Cale and I got engaged, we knew that we would be fronting the cost for the wedding.  The GREAT parts about this are that we were forced to have those difficult money talks before we were married, and (Dave Ramsey would be so proud) we are paying for our wedding in cash so we won't be in debt as we start our marriage!

Now the best part has been watching God move and make things happen!  Here are just some of the ways Cale and I have been financially blessed!  I mean the whole wedding was planned in 10 days- how is that not a blessing right there?

- 3 days after our engagement, Cale and I went to lunch and ran into a family friend who used to work at The Woodlands Church (formerly Fellowship) and he was able to get us a discount at the chapel where I wanted to get married 
- our engagement pics are free
- my wedding dress was free (well of no cost to us thanks to the generous donation of what I'll call an angel on earth)
- all my reception decor was donated from a friend who just got married last September
- my wedding invitations are being done by my soon to be sister-in-law (seriously one of the nicest people ever)
- our DJ is a friend and our wedding present is his talents (and he IS talented- just wait)
- my photographers are friends that do AMAZING work at a fraction of the cost of most photogs Check them out here
- and a silver lining to my dad not having a steady income is he is moving and giving all his nice furniture to Cale and I for our new home*
I can't wait to decorate
- my girl friend is an amazing make-up artist who thought she was double booked, but it turns out she's able to do hair and make up the day of my wedding Check her out here
-  I feel like I'm missing so much more but that's a start for you!!!

I just want to say a big thank you to all the friends and family who have supported us in our wedding endeavors.  And there are no words to our friends and family who are helping us pull this off with in our budget.

*I just have to brag on God a little bit more here.  My dad's house sold with in 24 hours of him deciding he should sell it WITH OUT it EVEN being listed.  And we're talking about Arizona here, where the economy and number of foreclosures far out weight that of Texas.

GOD IS GOOD!!

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