So I think I’ve found the dress.  My mom came up just to see it yesterday.  And then I e-mailed pictures to Monica, my seamstress childhood friend, who did a wonderful job of fixing my bridesmaid dress when I melted it with an iron last weekend.  That’s a whole other story.  But anyway, she might make my wedding dress because it’s way too expensive to just buy, and it would be way cooler to truly have a one-of-a-kind wedding dress as well as a one-of-a-kind ring.  So we’ve e-mailed, and depending on what date Kyle and I pick, hopefully she’ll be able to do it, once we actually talk.  Of course, I can’t describle what it looks like or anything because Kyle’s not allowed to know.  Or put up pictures either.  But if you want me to describe them to you in an e-mail or send some pictures (the only person I’m going to be secretive about this is Kyle, I think), let me know.  As long as you swear an oath to never show Kyle.

Also, on the bit about secrecy.  The two weddings I’ve been in, the brides have only had their moms see the dress before the day of the wedding.  Then the bridesmaids got to see it to help her get ready and stuff, but all before that, it was a secret.  Is that a thing to do?  I don’t know if I should be less sharing of the dress.  I know my bridesmaids will see it, as will Monica and my mom.  Holly and Rita were the first to go dress shopping with me.  And Rita came yesterday to the trunk show.  So anyway, if you have any comments on that or if you want to know details, post away.

One more decision might be made.  Kyle and I asked my Aunt Janet and my cousin Jerusha if their daughters could be our flower girls.  Juliana and Tori are both still quite young, so we’ll see how grown up and not shy they are when it gets closer to the day.  But hopefully they will be our adorable flower girls, whenever our wedding might be.  And hopefully we’ll be able to get back to you on that date once the holiday season is over.

The only wedding details we’ve decided on so far are that our colors are black and red.  And this was decided by Kyle and me before Mike Ford told us that’s what we should do on facebook.  So I just want to clarify why we decided on this.

First, red and black are Louisville colors.  While I sort of hate to admit this, this is probably the primary reason we chose them.  UofL is a big part of Kyle’s, and now my, life.  And he’s such a big fan.  And red and black just look cool together.

Second, red and black were our prom colors, our first big date together.  We didn’t realize this until later, but we liked how it went back to our history.

Third, though this isn’t completely definite, we think we want a winter wedding, and red and black seem good winter colors.

There are some other reasons, but these are the big ones.  And Mike Ford, I’m glad you agree with our decision.

🙂 Caitlan

Where do we begin? Well, we’re engaged.  We’ve created this blog to keep everyone updated on what we’re doing and how things are going during this important time in our lives.  In this entry we’ll give you a little bit of history.

We’ve been dating for over 5 years now. In those years, we have lived (at times) on three separate continents, communicated over 15 time zones, logged 218 hours in flight, and broken up 3 times.  Against our best efforts, we are still together and have resigned ourselves to that fact.  So now Caitlan has an awesome ring, and Kyle has an awesome girl.  If only Kyle had waited a bit longer to propose they would both have awesome iPhones (Caitlan was going to resort to bribery to move things along, justifying this by saying that a phone still rings).

Now we are making a website for everyone to join us in our celebration.  Kyle is designing it and Caitlan is offering helpful (read: constant and forceful) tips. In fact, she’s dictating this blog entry.  This is our first entry, more will come soon.  Caitlan will be regularly posting updates on searching for the right location/dress/flowers/band/invitations/decorations/etc.  Kyle will begin posting one week before the actual wedding when someone reminds him when he has to show up. Stay tuned!

Cheers,

Kyle and Caitlan