July 2010 Weddings
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What the heck! Another Survey =]
You guessed it another survey =] I like to keep you ladies not so bored for a short time period!
1. Do you have any siblings? Names?
2. Where did you go on your Honeymoon?
3. Any trips planned for the summer?
4. What was your first dance song at your wedding?
5. What is your favorite restaurant?
6. Do you have any baby names already picked out? If you already have children what are their names?
7. How is your home decorated, any particular theme/colors/etc?
8. Who is your celebrity and/or athlete crush?
9. What color were the bridesmaid dresses at your wedding?
10. What is your least favorite chore to do around the house?
-- Shane & Kristen <33 --<br>
Re: What the heck! Another Survey =]
Aw, heck. I'll play!
1. Do you have any siblings? Names? One little brother, Ian. He'll be 20 in July.
For a boy, we are almost positively choosing Jason Daniel.
2. Where did you go on your Honeymoon? We took a mini-moon to Devil's Lake St. Park in WI. We are planning to go to Aruba in October, but I will be 3rd tri by then, so I'm not sure anymore...
3. Any trips planned for the summer? Hopefully Chicago for our anniversary. Maybe Indiana to the lake house for my cousins wedding.
4. What was your first dance song at your wedding? History in the Making by Darius Rucker
5. What is your favorite restaurant? I love a couple family owned ones around here. Los Agaves mexican food and Tratoria Tiramasu italian. I want to go to Tratoria now!! Soooo yummy!
6. Do you have any baby names already picked out? If you already have children what are their names? We have a couple possibilities, but a lot of time to change our minds still
7. How is your home decorated, any particular theme/colors/etc? Uhhh... the living room has sort of an asian-flare. We are hopefully moving out of the apartment soon, then I can decorate for real!
8. Who is your celebrity and/or athlete crush? Honestly, I don't pay that much attention. Ryan Reynolds is pretty hot.
9. What color were the bridesmaid dresses at your wedding? Light pink
10. What is your least favorite chore to do around the house? Dishes. Yuck.
1. Do you have any siblings? Names? Mandie is 22, Ryan & Lindsay 18
2. Where did you go on your Honeymoon? Spent two days in Miami followed by a Carribean cruise to Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay and Nassau
3. Any trips planned for the summer? D.C. with B's family
4. What was your first dance song at your wedding? I Do by 98 Degrees
5. What is your favorite restaurant? A small Mexican restaurant in B's hometown
6. Do you have any baby names already picked out? If you already have children what are their names? Nope, though B likes to come up with some off the wall names and say that is what our future child will be named. But kids are at least 3 years off.
7. How is your home decorated, any particular theme/colors/etc? It's mostly mish-mash right now. All of our furniture has been either gifted used furniture, hand-me-downs or freecycled. As soon as I get a full time job we can then afford to upgrade, though we plan on starting with the floors.
8. Who is your celebrity and/or athlete crush? Jason Statham
9. What color were the bridesmaid dresses at your wedding? Purple
10. What is your least favorite chore to do around the house? The bathrooms
1. Do you have any siblings? Names? 2 each, Joe, Jim, Anne, Kathy
2. Where did you go on your Honeymoon? Hawaii!!
3. Any trips planned for the summer? We have quite a few weekend trips for weddings & family stuff- to Boston, Denver, Colorado Springs & Cleveland.
4. What was your first dance song at your wedding? A Rainy Night in Soho by the Pogues
5. What is your favorite restaurant? Gejas (a fondue place we are going to for our anniversary) & Emilio's (a tapas restaurant that I haven't been to in ages)
6. Do you have any baby names already picked out? If you already have children what are their names? We have some we've talked about, but nothing set in stone.
7. How is your home decorated, any particular theme/colors/etc? No theme per se- different rooms have different kinds of pictures though (Basement- one room is sports, one room is travel, one room is music). I tend to like cooler colors (blues, greens, grays).
8. Who is your celebrity and/or athlete crush? I don't really have one right now, but I love John Corbett (I even met him a few years ago, and have a picture with him!)
9. What color were the bridesmaid dresses at your wedding? Navy (marine from DB)
10. What is your least favorite chore to do around the house? wash floors, esp. bathroom floors. And cleaning toilets.
1. Do you have any siblings? I'm an only child
2. Where did you go on your Honeymoon? We took a road trip and went to the Pittsburg Zoo, then Stopped a few places in Virginia (Luray Caverns, Monticello, Colonial Williamsburg, VA Beach) then stopped at the Corning Museum of Glass on our way home.
3. Any trips planned for the summer? We wanted to go camping with the kids but it doesn't look like it's gonna happen
4. What was your first dance song at your wedding? Then by Brad Paisley
5. What is your favorite restaurant? Do I have to choose just 1??? lol
6. Do you have any baby names already picked out? If you already have children what are their names? DH has 3 children already (Clayton,7, Amelia,6, and Brennan, 5) When we have a baby together and it's a girl her name will be Abbigaile Elizabeth Mae. If it's a boy either Benjamin Lee or Adam Lee (after my Husband and we'd call him A.J. b/c of him being a jr.)
7. How is your home decorated, any particular theme/colors/etc? It's a lot of hand me downs so there isn't any thing special... We do have a lot of pictures around.
8. Who is your celebrity and/or athlete crush? None
9. What color were the bridesmaid dresses at your wedding? Hot Pink and Black
10. What is your least favorite chore to do around the house? Dishes. Yuck!
You Grew in My Heart instead of My Tummy
Proud Step-Mama to Clayton- 11/8/03
Proud Step-Mama to Amelia- 11/16/04
Proud Step-Mama to Brennan- 6/10/06
TTC OUR first
BFP#1 10/8/11, Blightened Ovum 10/17/11, D&C 10/18/11 @ 7w4d
BFP#2 6/10/12, EDD 2/14/13 ~Team Green! Grow baby Grow! Stick baby Stick!! IT'S A GIRL!!! Abbigaile Mae 2/21/13 7lbs 6oz 21inches 4:15am
1. Do you have any siblings? Names? Twin sister named Erin
2. Where did you go on your Honeymoon? Cabo San Lucas!! Sigh. I miss it. It has been the background on my work computer since the honeymoon!
3. Any trips planned for the summer? DH has planned a surprise trip for my bday in 2 weeks. And we're starting to think about an anniversary trip
4. What was your first dance song at your wedding? Collide by Howie Day
5. What is your favorite restaurant? Umm...probably The 99, only because we go there a lot.
6. Do you have any baby names already picked out? If you already have children what are their names? Yes. Right now it's Casey for a boy and Callie for a girl
7. How is your home decorated, any particular theme/colors/etc? Since we live with MIL, it's all her decorations - which is country. NMS at all.
8. Who is your celebrity and/or athlete crush? Ryan Reynolds is yummy!
9. What color were the bridesmaid dresses at your wedding? black
10. What is your least favorite chore to do around the house? dusting
2. Where did you go on your Honeymoon? Disney World
3. Any trips planned for the summer? Orlando w/ my parents & siblings; spending time at their time share, going to Sea World, Disney (YAY), Universal and to visit my dad's cousins who live near Daytona.
4. What was your first dance song at your wedding? Keeper of the Stars by Tracy Byrd
5. What is your favorite restaurant? Right now, anywhere that makes a good steak: i.e. Logan's, Glory Days, or (for an expensive steak) the Palm
6. Do you have any baby names already picked out? If you already have children what are their names? Yes. This will be our first baby, so no other names. But I once had tequila fish named after various tequila drinks, and a water frog named Captain Morgan.
7. How is your home decorated, any particular theme/colors/etc? Not really decorated in any specific way, because we're in an apartment. Baby's room we will keep most of our Disney photos/prints up but that's the closest we have to a "theme".
8. Who is your celebrity and/or athlete crush? Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones.
9. What color were the bridesmaid dresses at your wedding? Cinderella blue
10. What is your least favorite chore to do around the house? DIshes & garbage. ew.
1. Do you have any siblings? Names? A little sister...Natalie
2. Where did you go on your Honeymoon? We ended up not taking a honeymoon. DH didn't have the leave accumulated and we moved to a different state the day after the wedding, so the entire year has kind of been like a honeymoon lol
3. Any trips planned for the summer? No trips, but we're moving across the state in June! Does that count? Haha I'm noticing a trend here
4. What was your first dance song at your wedding? "Then" ~Brad Paisley
5. What is your favorite restaurant? Hmmm this is difficult. So many favorites! Any type of Japanese Steakhouse or Irish Pub
6. Do you have any baby names already picked out? If you already have children what are their names? We do have his name picked out, but we're keeping it a secret
7. How is your home decorated, any particular theme/colors/etc? It varies room to room for the colors, but we love wrought iron embellishments and Celtic designs. DH also loves wolves and anything Viking/Norse mythology, so we have a lot of that going on too. It's sort of eclectic I suppose, but it works
8. Who is your celebrity and/or athlete crush? I don't actually have one...weird, right?
9. What color were the bridesmaid dresses at your wedding? a gorgeous claret red. I'm tempted to buy the dress from one of my BMs. I loved them!
10. What is your least favorite chore to do around the house? making the beds...it's soooooo tedious
ETA: Realized I misread the last question
1. Do you have any siblings? Names? My brother passed away at a young age. This is always a super awkward question for me. I always feel like...yea, I am..but really I'm not.
2. Where did you go on your Honeymoon? Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora
3. Any trips planned for the summer? CA in June, Pacific NW in July, and Park City, Utah for a week in August...busy!
4. What was your first dance song at your wedding? "Then" by Brad Paisley
5. What is your favorite restaurant? Cascal is a tapas restaurant in CA..best Sangria EVER!
6. Do you have any baby names already picked out? If you already have children what are their names? nothing set in stone..no kids yet
7. How is your home decorated, any particular theme/colors/etc? We have a lot of pictures up, and a lot of neutrals w/ dark wood..no real theme
8. Who is your celebrity and/or athlete crush? David Beckham is good looking..but no real crushes
9. What color were the bridesmaid dresses at your wedding? purple/black
10. What is your least favorite chore to do around the house? laundry
2. Where did you go on your Honeymoon? Riviera Maya, Mexico. Stayed at the Secrets Capri
3. Any trips planned for the summer? A long weekend for a baseball game, but thats about it, right now anyway. We are kind of broke, and DH will be working a lot. We have like 7 weddings between now and Sept., so we will have a lot of weddings to go to that will be nights away as well.
4. What was your first dance song at your wedding? Then, Brad Paisley
5. What is your favorite restaurant? Depends on my mood. Buffalo Wild Wings and Papa Del's (local pizza joint) are my usual favs.
6. Do you have any baby names already picked out? If you already have children what are their names? No kids on they way. I like name Brayden for a boy. Definitely James for a middle name (it's DH's middle name.) I like Addison for a girl.
7. How is your home decorated, any particular theme/colors/etc? Nothing exciting, since we are renting. The walls are all white. Our bedroom stuff is brown and white. Our bathroom is green and blue.
8. Who is your celebrity and/or athlete crush? Hmmm....Blake Shelton is delicious.
9. What color were the bridesmaid dresses at your wedding? Clover Green
10. What is your least favorite chore to do around the house? Laundry - I dont' mind doing it, I hate putting it away.
1. Do you have any siblings? Names? Yes, Jessica and Corey
2. Where did you go on your Honeymoon? Cancun, Mexio
3. Any trips planned for the summer? Not this summer but thinking of heading back to Mexico in the fall
4. What was your first dance song at your wedding? At Last, Etta James
5. What is your favorite restaurant? Macaroni Grill
6. Do you have any baby names already picked out? If you already have children what are their names? My stepdaughter is Clara and as for names we have picked out we only have one we agreed on which is Isabella (not from Twilight).
7. How is your home decorated, any particular theme/colors/etc? Neutral colors (Tan, sand colors) on the walls with light blue bathrooms, natural wood cabinets and dark furniture in the living room. Our theme is natural, meaning we try to bring in the elements of nature.
8. Who is your celebrity and/or athlete crush? None
9. What color were the bridesmaid dresses at your wedding? Aqua
10. What is your least favorite chore to do around the house? Cleaning the washrooms
My Planning Bio
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1. Do you have any siblings? Names? One older brother named Josh, he's 33.
2. Where did you go on your Honeymoon? We went to Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Rented a cabin so we were far enough away from people but still close to everything =].
3. Any trips planned for the summer? Planning to go to a Braves baseball game, we usually catch one each season. We are hoping to get to go to Atlanta, I'm excited! & Maybe going to Tennessee for a weekend. & I'm trying to go to Cedar Point Amusement Park but the hubby doesn't like roller coasters so I'm trying to see if some other people want to go.
4. What was your first dance song at your wedding? Only You Can Love Me This Way - by Keith Urban.
5. What is your favorite restaurant? Olive Garden.
6. Do you have any baby names already picked out? If you already have children what are their names? No names set it stone but there are always some floating around that I like for now. I know it'll change by then lol. Boys I like Jackson, Madden, Liam. Girls I like Bailey, Avery, Addalyn, Berkley.
7. How is your home decorated, any particular theme/colors/etc? Our living room & kitchen are looking kind of primitive/country. Sooner or later I'm going to get the whole house looking like that. My grandma has always been into that & I just took after her =].
8. Who is your celebrity and/or athlete crush? Chipper Jones =] Everyone knows he is my second husband, haha!
9. What color were the bridesmaid dresses at your wedding? Navy Blue (Marine from David's Bridal).
10. What is your least favorite chore to do around the house? Cleaning the bathroom.