Florist, Honeymoon and Invitations!

I am so excited to finally annouce that we have decided to use The English Garden for our florals and wedding day decor.  Cydney was so amazing at the initial consultation and her proposals were very detailed that we couldn't have asked for more. We are thrilled to work with her for the big day as she has truly captured our vision and will work within our budget to make our day everything it can be :)

We have also booked our Honeymoon for the Riviera Maya, Mexico.  I love having a tropical vacation to look forward to and an excuse to shop for anything honeymoon-related.

Our invitation order is going in today and we expect a proof in the next couple of days.  Assuming everythings fits on our Response and Accommodations cards, we should be in business! 

Its crazy to think we have only 3 fulls months left before the big day. Its definitely crunch time now!

Under 200 Days!

Since my last post we've come to the conclusion that Costa Rica will no longer be on our list for possible Honeymoon locations.  We do want to go to Costa Rica one day, but we've realized that we do not have enough time to see all of the things that we want to see in such a diverse country, and we'd have to move around a lot, which would not be the relaxing trip that we want. 
So now we are targeting Caribbean locations with beautiful beaches and good dive locations nearby.  I haven't done a dive in some time, but since Jake has his advanced certification I'm totally comfortable diving with him.
Also, we are now under 200 days to the big day - 196 from today.  Its been a busy time - we had two engagement parties, Thanksgiving, and now we are coming up on the holiday season.  I have a huge project at work going on, so I've had to put wedding planning and also blogging to the side.
I do have a picture to share from our mini-engagment session at the State Fair with our photographer, April Sirit of Evoke Photography. We had an awesome time at this shoot and look forward to our full session in the spring.

Costa Rica

(Image from TripAdvisor)

My workload today is pretty much non-existant (knock on wood) so I'm doing some research on our potential Honeymoon destination today!  I'll post any must-sees or dos for us if I come across any :)

Good Intentions

I had very good intentions of doing some solid Honeymoon research over the weekend.  I did find some helpful articles and reviews that talked about what to see/do in Costa Rica, but I wasn't sold on any particular resort or area.  I did get a little side-tracked before the research began as Jake and I sat down to finalize our budget and look at our guest list again, which led to research on bulk florals, etc, so I digress.

I started a list of what we wanted to actually do on the Honeymoon (if we went to Costa Rica) and this is the list that I have so far (literally):
Costa Rica - zipline

I know that I can add to that from what we've discussed already - horseback riding, possibly scuba diving, touring local volcanoes, hitting up a spa, and I'd love to spend some time on a beach, weather permitting.  Costa Rica's "rainy" season starts in April/May, so we would expect some wet weather if we go in June, but I've read very different extremes on how rainy it actually can get during that time.  It shall be an adventure though!