*NWR* Halloween

*NWR*= Not Wedding Related

 

 

Josh and I are big fans of Halloween! We have dressed up every year, and there has actually only been 1 year he did not go out with me. We also dress up Whiskey (our dog) of course!!

We've gotten more creative as the years go on!

 

Starting at the top left (2008) Scotsman,, and "St Paulie's Girl", top right (2009) Spartan, and school girl, bottom left (2010) Link and Zelda [We had a whole group of us go out at the Super Mario Smash Bros-one of the best years yet], bottom right (2011) Alice, the Mad Hatter, and the White Rabbit.

 

(2012) Flynn Ryder and Rapunzel

 

 

This year was no different, I was so excited for this Halloween, I had my costume picked and planned a few days after Halloween 2012. Josh took a little long to decide on his, but it was EPIC!!!!

Obviously we are 90's kids, that's what we grew up in, so these costumes were a testament to that. Anyone older than the 90's didn't get it and anyone younger thought it was cool, but didn't understand.

May I present:

 

Carmen San Diego & Quialman!!!! 2013

 (This is the top contender for best Halloween yet!)

My co-maids of honor cam out with us, Stephanie (on the end) was a witch, and Aubrey was Robin Hood



 



*NWR* Hockey Home Season Opener

*NWR*= Not Wedding Related

 

 

We had the FL Panther season opener on Oct 11 against the penguins. It has also been 20 years of hockey for the Panthers. I could not have been more excited for this hockey opener.

 

For the first time in 6 years I got to go to the hockey season opener with the guy I met 6 years ago while working the season opener.

 

 

That's right, for the last 5 hockey seasons (that I did not work) I went to all the season openers and most of the games with friends. I always had to sit and look for Josh working, and settle for a quick walk by kiss as he was on his way to fix something.

This year Josh was an actual guest to the hockey game. We met up with some friends and "picnicked" in the parking lot.

This momentous occasion called for something special, and Josh pulled through and got me a corsage! <3 He said this was like our own little version of prom.

 

Here are the pictures from the day, and you can tell on both our faces, we could not have been happier!

See the pretty corsage?!

 

Our seats

And to top the night off, the Panther won!

 





5 Months to Go

We are down to just 1 hand in counting, 1 hand, can you believe it!?!?!

I feel like everything is going to snowball from this point on. I am literally going to trip and it's going to be wedding day!
The snow ball effect all starts with Josh's step-sister getting married this last Saturday, and it was wonderful.
This Friday is the start of hockey season (I know, not really wedding related, but it is where we met, and it was the opener game we met at too).

There isn't my usual check list for this month:

• The ceremony venue has completed its renovation/remodel and we are planning a walk through to decide final decorations.
• I did a trail for my hair, it did not come out exactly what I wanted, so I am moving to plan B and we will try again.
• Have a final settlement on the centerpieces and a firm plan on how to attack DYI them
• We have decided what the Mothers will be given to wear on the wedding day to replace a corsage.

To continue with the snowball effect: Halloween, we are seeing Michael Buble, then one of my best friends (who is 1 of my maids of honor) and I her bridesmaid bachelorette party, then Thanksgiving, then her wedding, off to TSO after that, then my wedding crafting and DIY party, the Christmas, my bridal shower, Valentine's day, my bachelorette party, Josh's bachelor party, rehearsal and WEDDING!!!!
See I trip and its wedding day! :)
I could not be more excited though and I keep having dreams and visions of me walking down the aisle to my hunny.

Also: I am behind on my Bride Box and Josh's Birchbox. For me, I wasn't overwhelmed with my Bride Box and kind of just let it pass, hopefully this month will be better, my last box it Nov from the 6 month subscription. I may/or may not depending on time, get Josh's up this month. It was more or less the same as the other boxes, same stuff, different brands, and the "big" item wasn't anything to write about.

On another side note: When all is said and down with the wedding (and possibly honeymoon) I can turn this blog into a book as a forever keepsake!!
I believe I have mentioned this before, that this blog will not just stop after the wedding, I plan on keeping up with it through our time as newlyweds, and any adventures along the way.

Hotel Booking

A personalized Web site for Farrell/Hertel Wedding occurring March 8, 2014  has been created for guest.

Guests can access the site to learn more about the event and to book,
modify, or cancel a reservation from September 30, 2013 to February 8, 2014.
Please see the "Ceremony/Reception" page for the link to begin booking your room(s) for the wedding!

**Please remember you need a password for that page and to contact myself or Josh, via facebook, email, or comments below my email: ktef(at)yahoo(dot)com**

Map

I have now included a map and the ceremony venue address to the "Ceremony/Reception" page. :)
Please remember if you would like access to that page you need to contact myself or Josh for the password.  (Please reference the post below on how to obtain the password)
Thanks!

Password

Hello all, This blog is public, meaning anyone can view it. I don't care about most of the information random people looking at. The 1 thing I am worried about is the "Ceremony/Reception" page. That has all the information about the locations, times, directions. So to keep people from just coming across that information and showing up. I have password protected that page. If you want access to that page, please email me at ktef(at)yahoo(dot)com. [replace (at)=@ ; (dot)= . ] Thanks for your understanding!

Hello All

Hello,

If you are on the blog for the first time now, it's probably because you received your Save the Date info card. 

Welcome!

If you have been to the blog before, welcome back, and thanks for staying connected with us on my ongoing post.

Let me give you a little tour:

Check out the bar above this post title: There you will find all the information you need that pertains directly to the wedding ceremony and reception.

• Home: will take you back to the "home" page, which is all my post in date descending order
• About us: pretty self explanatory
• Ceremony/Reception: this will have all the information of the places where they are being held along with a map (coming soon)
• Meet the Wedding Party: pretty self explanatory also
• Photos: These are some little of this and little of that pictures. For a full view of pictures taken at Engagement Party, Engagement photos, and coming later photos please see the shutterfly picture sharing site
• Registry and other misc info: This will have the information you need for our registry, and anything else that may be important, but does not fit in any other categories.

On the right side bar:

• You have at the top, an option to sign up with your email and you will received an email anytime I post something new to the blog.
• Just below that is my archives. This allows you to look back at past post and see what was going on. It is sorted by month.
• Below that are some links and other options on how to stay connected with the blog for the blog savvy people, if you are, check out the options I have to add my blog to your regular news feed.
• Under that are Labels. I label every blog post with labels and it adds them up over there. For instance, say you just wanted to check out the month countdown post. Click on the word "countdown" and ALL the blog post with that label will pop up. The more post that have a particular label, the bigger the word.
• Then we have the Shutterfly logo, click that and you will be taken to our picture sharing site (also listed on the info card in the Save the Date)
• Lastly, we have my blog background provider.

Keep your eyes on anything in the blog or post that the font is colored yellow. That means that there is a link if you click the word, and will take you directly to a page I may be talking about.

You can scroll down while reading the older post in order and hit the "older post" link on the bottom to keep reading and catching up on everything that's been going on here on the blog. Also there is a cute little countdown to the wedding picture at the bottom.

You can also save this URL under you favorites, and always check back. Josh and I are planning on using this blog after we get married, to keep everyone updated on what's going on with our lives and the adventures of newly weds.

Also keep in mind, you can leave comments below on any blog post. I would love to hear from all of you!!

Another side note: **To all out of town guest with children: We have made the decision to have an adult only ceremony and reception. We love all the kids, but unfortunately we have too many to accommodate. For your convenience we will be hiring a few adult (school teacher) babysitters at Kathy Farrell's house with pizza, movies and games for the night. For any additional information you can email myself: ktef(at)yahoo(dot)com or my mom: kfarrell920(at)yahoo(dot)com
[REPLACE THE (at) with @ and (dot) with . I have written it that way to avoid spam mail]
Thank you for your understanding!