Bridesmaids

And so the process of asking my friends to be my bridesmaids begins. I asked my sisters on Wednesday. One sister was over at my house so I asked her then. My other sister lives in Killeen so I sent her a picture of what she would be receiving. Both of them said yes, of course!

Yesterday I took one of my friends out to dinner. She suspected something was up because I had just randomly asked if she wanted to go out for dinner. When I have her the box, she screamed and almost cried. Best reaction so far! Two more girls to ask though. I hope to videotape their reactions.

Proposal story

My boyfriend sent me a text saying he was coming over. About fifteen minutes later I hear him pull up in his truck. Right behind him I see his parents pull up in his dad's truck. I opened the door for them and I had a confused look on my face. I thought maybe his parents were coming over to talk to my parents about how it's OK for us to get married even though we hadn't been together for very long. Well, I was close. Apparently his family tradition is that the Groom's father asks the Bride's father for permission for his son to marry their daughter. Also, my family tradition is that the Groom gives the Bride's father a white rooster. All of this was happening right in front of me. Afterwards, Manny (My Fiancé) took me out to look at Christmas lights. Then we went to a park down by the water which was where he proposed. He told me that he didn't want to spend the rest of his life with anyone else and he knew he'd probably be gone for Christmas and he wanted to ask me before he left.

So we got engaged November 27, 2012. We initially set our wedding date for August 3, 2013, but Manny is supposed to be starting Fire Academy in July. We decided it would be best to get married before he starts the academy. We moved our date to June 22, but there was a conflict with the church so our official date is June 15, 2013.

And now the countdown begins...