What's Been Happening?!

Wow I've been away for awhile (except for my last post, which was done in like 2 minutes so doesn't count!).  I've been in wedding planning overdrive lately.  We are going home to Ontario for the holidays in less than 2 weeks and there is so much wedding stuff to be done.  We are home for 3 weeks and we basically have to get everything in gear in that time because we are getting married in Ontario and we won't be back until a month before the wedding so its better to get it all under control while we're there.

We are having an engagement party at my sisters house on the last weekend we're home.  It's been kind of stressful because we have to basically invite everyone who is invited to the wedding and that is a lot of people to fit into one house.  Thankfully a bunch of people won't be coming because I have family in British Columbia and Nova Scotia that won't make it out and Jeff has family in Ottawa that won't make it either.  It's not going to be a huge party, just an afternoon get together from 1-4pm to see us and congratulate us.

The first full day we are home for the holidays is already busy with wedding stuff.  We are having a food tasting at our reception site to see exactly what food we like and will be serving to our guests.  There is so much amazing food to taste, but I am most looking forward to the Belgium chocolate mousse cake and the creme brule!  The food is so fancy at this place, our guests are really going to be treated well!

We are also meeting with a photography company at some point to see their portfolio and book them in for our wedding day.  The price is steep, but it's worth it to have beautiful photos to remember your day.

The cake is probably the only thing we don't have a meeting booked for.  We are just going to look at different bakeries in the area and then choose one.  Price isn't really a problem here, I mean, we need a wedding cake!  I just want a plain vanilla cake with butter cream frosting and NO fondant.  I don't like crazy cake flavours, vanilla is my favourite so that's what I'm going to get.  As for fondant, it tastes and feels like sandpaper, so no thank-you.

All this PLUS Christmas and New Years!  It's a good thing we're going home for 3 weeks because we never could have fit all this in just 2.  Oh and I just remembered that my sisters and I are going bridesmaid dress shopping AND I have to go and find a dress for my Mom and Jeff's Mom!  Ugh, it's going to be my busiest holidays ever.  This is my wedding though, and as long as everything goes my way and people don't try to do other things behind my back or try to change my mind decisions I make (expect for Jeff), everything should go smoothly. 

Hopefully...

-Ashley

Holiday Survey!

Yes, I know it's been awhile.  Wedding planning and Christmas planning and everything else has really got me tied down right now.  I have a few extra minutes, so I decided to do this holiday survey thing that I found on YouTube.


Questions:
1) Which holiday do you celebrate in December?
Christmas of course!

2) What are you doing for the holidays this year?
We're going home to Ontario to spend the holidays with our family.

3) What's your favorite holiday drink?
Hot apple cider.

4) Candy cane or Gingerbread men?
Yikes, BOTH!  I can't choose, they both taste so yummy!

5) What's your favorite holiday/Christmas song?
The Christmas Song - but ONLY if it's sung by Nat King Cole

6) What's the weirdest gift you've ever received?
Some art that my youngest sister made in kindergarten.  I don't even know what it was supposed to be lol.

7) Have you ever made a snowman?
Yes and I used to love making snowmen, but I can't anymore because of my cold allergy :(

8) What is your favorite winter fragrance?
Cinnamon!

9) What is at the top of your list this Christmas? (or whichever holiday you celebrate!)
Just to go home and see my family, which we are doing.  I don't need anything else.

10) What is most important to you about the holidays?
Spending time with family.