Quick, brief recap to bring everything up to date. Justin and I just decided that we would like to start keeping a blog of this experience...because well, it is an experience. Both the good, the bad, and the very very ugly. What continues to amaze both of us is how much time, money and emotions go into one day. Makes you wonder how a wedding ceremony came to this. The experience of getting married is one we both are excited about but having a party that puts this much pressure on you can get overwhelming.

We had been dating for around 2 years when Justin proposed. Justin and I got engaged on September 22, 2006 at a restaurant here in Falls Church. It was romantic and perfect. We met while in grad school at Virginia Tech and have already had a roller coaster of experience throughout our relationship, with unemployment, long distance, a death and just the realities of growing up and becoming an adult. Luckily we have chosen to stick together. We are thrilled to start our life together, it is simply the logistics behind the wedding that are making days tough. Justin handles it with a bit more grace than myself.