Why Spring 2013?

A lot of friends are curious why we are waiting over a year to get married, but the answer is really pretty simple - we like to take our time and we have awesome friends.

Taking our Time

We waited until after the Holidays to really start looking at venues, and by then most everything was booked. We want a lot of time to plan everything because we get sidetracked easy and are doing most of the planning on our own. Plus indecisiveness runs in Dan's family....

Awesome Friends

We have a number of great friends getting married this year and will be traveling a lot to some kickass places, like Denver and Cabo San Lucas. These friends are obviously NOT lazy and have planned their weddings already. Instead of trying to sandwich our wedding in between others, we decided it would be best to take our time and enjoy the experience.

I Said Yes!

To kick things off, I will share the story of our proposal and a little bit about Dan and I.

We've been together for a little over 5 years. We met through a mutual friend (and future best man) and lived in Chicago for 3 years before deciding to move back to Southern California. With Dan from LA and me from San Diego, it just made sense to take the leap and move back to our homeland together. We moved in together and have been living in sin for 3 years...until we went to Paris on a family vacation!

My parents, brother, sister-in-law, Dan and myself headed off to Paris for a 10 day trip last October. It was the first time all of us have taken a trip together, and it turned out to be an amazing time with lots of walking, laughing, eating, drinking and occasional site seeing.

For some sanity, Dan and I planned a side trip to Champagne, France, a quick train ride away from Paris. We checked out a few different champagne houses and imbibed on some delightful champagnes.

After we had a long lunch (with more wine, obviously) we went to check out the Notre Dame de Reims. In my humble opinion, this fantastic old church is even more captivating then the one in Paris. It was here that Dan got down on one knee and did the dirty deed and asked me to marry him! It was really windy and tourists we asked to take our picture weren't exactly professionals..so this is our first official pic as an engaged couple!

Here's a closeup of the ring, since somehow Dan designed the PERFECT ring for me without any help! Go Dan! Excuse my freckled chubby fingers...

Meet Me...and Dan

Hellloo people. My name's Kate and I'm newly engaged to the love of my life Dan (see handsome pic below). We just started the process of planning our big day and we're a bit overwhelmed - after enjoying so many of our friends weddings, we really had no idea how much work went into planning one of our own. Apparently I should have paid more attention to the decorations and layout vs the music and bar...

Since Dan and I will be planning most everything on our own, we will be relying a lot on our amazing friends and family for their input, advice and help. I figured this blog would be a good way to let everyone know whats going on while documenting this exciting part of our lives.