Way behind on posts

• I realize that I am way behind on posts....so here is what has happened since the last one to get everything up to speed.
• Michael came back to New Jersey for his ASF class while I stayed back in Lexington to try and get some more wedding stuff done.
• While I was in Lexington I managed to find my wedding dress (which I think is absolutely gorgeous). I would go into details on what it looks like, but seeing as Michael reads these posts I am not going to....lol
• I figured out the dress I want for the bridesmaids and the color, which is called 'mermaid'. Kind of appropriate seeing as though I am aiming for an ocean theme! All there is left to do is get Michaels' sister, Holly's, measurements and get the order in we will be good to go on those.
• Still working on a place to hold the wedding ceremony and reception. My family and I are just having a hard time wrapping ourselves around paying $1500.00 for the church we are members of, when my parents I think payed maybe a grand total of $300.00 max. Seems a little more or less 'against the grain' of what a wedding held in the church is supposed to represent; a marriage on the foundations of Christianity; and to charge that much money, which in a lot of cases pushes the couple else where because they can't afford their own church is a little on the ridiculous side......but hopefully we will be able to figure something out here soon.
• My mom drove back up to New Jersey with me, and the weather was absolutely horrible!. We drove through rain and fog that was so thick you couldn't see your own hand even if you were touching your nose. I do however, find it rather funny that the only time it didn't rain on our trip back to New Jersey was when I was driving, because every time my mom was behind the wheel.....it poured.
• While my mom was in Jersey::
• We didn't get to do a whole lot, or take her to see very much due to the crappy weather conditions. We did take her on a tour of the Lakehurst....'scuse me....McGuire/Dix/Lakehurst base....then later on mom, michael and I played cards and ate some homemade chili (yum).
• Hopefully when it starts to get warmer we will get more visitors to New Jersey and be able to have a lot more fun :-)
• As it stands right now, I still have a lot of wedding planning to do.....but it will all work out.

Our trip to Lexington

• Came home to Lexington to visit with family and celebrate our engagement. During our trip we also went wedding dress and bridesmaids dress shopping
• Found a couple of wedding dresses that Iliked, but there was one specific one that I fell in love with. Still have yet to make a decisions
• Have narrowed the style of the bridesmaids dresses down to couple. But still have yet to make a final decision.
• Due to the fact that we are having to plan this wedding while traveling back and forth between Kentucky and New Jersey, and Michael only able to ask off for so many days at a time, as well as michael having to start class on monday, I decided to stay back for a few more days to make decisions on location of the ceremony and reception and a final decision on dresses and my mom offered to drive me back to New Jersey. So i finally get to show her around!!! That will be interesting.
• only thing is that..........I feel extreeeeeeeeeeeeemly guilty making michael drive back home alone.:-(  I love you Michael! :-)