Wedding Planning

Soon after Brett and Karen got engaged, the wedding planning began.  At first it revolved around finding a date that worked with the church and everyone's schedule.  Then it moved on to booking a venue for the reception and choosing the wedding party.  That was Brett's favorite part, but I believe that Karen enjoyed finding a wedding dress ever more.  It was fun, exciting and a little bit stressful, but over the past few months, the wedding planning has moved along well.  

With a lot of the big decisions made, the tedious part of planning the wedding started after Christmas.  Although very necessary, it was not quite as exciting as the beginning.  After talking to Brett, I decided to offer my organizational services.  I don't know a lot about today's weddings, but I do know how to organize.  I think it might be my best skill.  Brett talked to Karen, and they agreed that they would love to have some help, so I started to send out a weekly schedule of what needed done and who would do what.  

After a month or so of sending out the weekly plans, I was glad to hear from them that it had really helped.  Since that time period, they had gotten all of the names and addresses logged into their wedding website, solidified a plan for the rehearsal dinner, picked the honeymoon destination and this week came up with a few wedding invitation drafts.  I have been very careful not to be bossy or give too many opinions. Instead, I have kept track of what needs to be done and a timeline of when it needs to be completed.  I realize that working full time jobs in which Brett and Karen were both recently promoted plus planning a wedding and moving all at the same time would be extremely overwhelming.  I am glad that I have been able to help make this time period a little bit easier for the both of them.