Josh's Graduation

This past Saturday Josh graduated from Calvin College with a Bachelor's of Arts in Media Production. It was such a great weekend and I couldn't stop smiling because of how proud I was of him! It was great to spend time with Josh's parents, grandma, and brother as well as my mommy! Now, our next big event is the wedding!

Bridesmaid of the Week: Rebecca Sissom!

           Rebecca and I grew up in church together and have been friends for a long time. We have had a lot of fun times shopping, taking pictures, singing in church, watching movies, camping, and most frequently we can be found drinking slurpees :). After Josh proposed Rebecca brought me a slurpee and my favorite candy as my congratulations gift! We have tons of fun together and love to laugh! Rebecca has been in school in Massachusetts, and I have missed her tons, but I'm excited that we'll both be moving back home around the same time in June!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to the two best moms (and part time wedding planners) in the world! We love you!

~Josh & Katie

Priceless Pictures: January 2007

Bridesmaid of the Week: Katherine Wybo!

      Katherine and I tell everyone that we meet the story of how I inspired her birth. Katherine and I are a little over nine months apart and we have been friends since she was born! Our moms bought us matching Gymboree outfits... we had tons of barbies, including cars and houses... and our favorite, American Girl Dolls! Needless to say, that's not what we like to do now... We have also taken a few trips to Chicago and enjoyed a few years at Lake Ann Camp together. I feel so blessed that Katherine and I have been lifelong friends. She is my only lifelong friend (besides CC :) ).

My Ring!

    I had been looking at rings since my freshman year of college. I had been dropping hints at what kinds of rings I liked since my freshman year of college. Josh finally took me ring shopping shortly after the middle of my sophomore year so he could get a better idea of what I liked. I showed him a few rings that I liked but secretly fell in love with a certain one. After seeing that specific ring in the store, I visited the website often to drool over it again. One day, I returned back to the site and the ring was no longer available - I was SO sad. I remembered hearing it was an exclusive ring which meant it was only being sold for a certain amount of time and may or may not come back. I called Josh right away (even though he wasn't supposed to know I secretly loved that ring the most..) and told him. He seemed bummed but not nearly as upset as I was (which kind of annoyed me.. ;) ). Little did I know, he had already purchased THE ring and was just waiting to give it to me!!! When Josh proposed I was SO shocked that he had the ring.. I had NO idea that he had bought it before it was unavailable! Needless to say, I was exceedingly happy and felt so loved that Josh bought such an awesome, perfect ring for me. The ring has three stones in the middle which signifies past, present, and future. For Josh and I, this seems extremely appropriate! We have spent a good portion of our lives together already and that's something we never want to forget!

I'm excited that I get to wear this ring for the rest of my life :)

Our Wedding: The Table Numbers

Our table numbers are one thing I seemed to have tons of ideas for. I finally decided to use something that could incorporate the red bird. The table numbers are definitely a DIY project, but it's been fun experimenting and finding a way to make them perfect! I even got Josh to help me with the painting :).