This last weekend, my mom was able to come out to Utah to visit and do a lot of wedding prep stuff. It was a lot of fun to have her around, especially when we got to go shopping for a wedding dress!
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Engagement Pics!
We got our engagement pics! Pretty cool, huh?
Ethan Watts (eWatts Photography), a friend of Michelle's from back home in Antioch, did the pictures for us, and they turned out gorgeous! We took a drive up to Sundance for some of the pictures, and the leaves were turning all sorts of wonderful fall colors. The view out across the canyon - I wish I had my own camera with me to capture the amazing, colorful view! I didn't, but Ethan got some great pictures of us, and you can see a glimpse of the wonderful fall foliage that was abundant in the canyon that day. After taking quite a few pictures (which didn't take nearly as long as we thought it would), we headed back down to Provo, please with how productive we'd been that afternoon.
However, there was a slight mishap with Ethan's memory card in his camera, and we had to re-shoot some of the pictures, so we went down to an orchard nearby in Provo. It was early-ish in the morning--and cold!--but it was worth it. The pictures turned out fantastic, and we got to see all the grazing deer that were wandering through the orchard. In the end, although it was a little stressful having to redo some of the pictures, we're glad we got the pictures in the orchard.
Ethan Watts (eWatts Photography), a friend of Michelle's from back home in Antioch, did the pictures for us, and they turned out gorgeous! We took a drive up to Sundance for some of the pictures, and the leaves were turning all sorts of wonderful fall colors. The view out across the canyon - I wish I had my own camera with me to capture the amazing, colorful view! I didn't, but Ethan got some great pictures of us, and you can see a glimpse of the wonderful fall foliage that was abundant in the canyon that day. After taking quite a few pictures (which didn't take nearly as long as we thought it would), we headed back down to Provo, please with how productive we'd been that afternoon.
However, there was a slight mishap with Ethan's memory card in his camera, and we had to re-shoot some of the pictures, so we went down to an orchard nearby in Provo. It was early-ish in the morning--and cold!--but it was worth it. The pictures turned out fantastic, and we got to see all the grazing deer that were wandering through the orchard. In the end, although it was a little stressful having to redo some of the pictures, we're glad we got the pictures in the orchard.
All the pictures turned out great. You can check out some of them here!
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Update - Date added!
The official marriage date has been set! We have been playing around with the idea for quite a while of doing it on this particular date, but now we've done it!
...meaning, we've got the actual date set with the temple.
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Where is it, you may ask?
Oakland, California!
When?
April 23rd, 2011
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I think that's all whoever may read this cares for, but it's for information's sake. We are planning on two reception-type deallies: one in Antioch, California that evening, and the other in Centerville, Utah the following week or two (not definite yet).
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
"The Story"
It's official - Darren and I are engaged!! We've been dating for a little over 9 months (way longer than the BYU norm, but we're okay with being slow like that) and, in all likelihood, we have another 8-9 months ahead of us before we'll actually get married. We've created this blog to tell our story, and to document what I'm sure will be a crazy time of planning, prepping, adjusting, and adventuring.
I think there are 3 questions that Darren and I have been asked more than any others, and as we are a newly-engaged couple, questions are to be expected.
1 - "Let me see the ring!" (Okay, not a 'question' exactly, but a request nonetheless)
2 - "When are you guys getting married?"
My answer: "We're not sure yet; we're still working on that, but probably March or April (2011)"
3 - "How did he propose??"
So here's the story:
August 28th was the last day of New Student Orientation (which I was working at). Darren was kind enough to come with me to the finale dance/"extravaganza" so I wouldn't be stuck there alone with a bunch of freshmen. I'd seen him for a little bit earlier in the day, but he seemed pretty stressed and like he had a lot to do. (When I ran into him, he said he was running late and that he was "supposed to be in Salt Lake right now and I haven't even left yet") - did I suspect anything? Nope. Not a thing.
So anyway. Back to that evening. Darren and I went out to dinner at California Pizza Kitchen, where he gave me a note, as he's done before. It wasn't anything out of the ordinary, really; just a note to tell me he loved me. Looking back, he seemed pretty antsy, but at the time I didn't really notice anything. After dinner we went to the NSO party, which really wasn't that entertaining after a short time. Darren mentioned he wanted to go dancing again, out at a place by Utah Lake that we'd gone to before a few times to dance or just to talk. So we ditched the NSO party and headed out towards Utah Lake. He parked the car and put in a Journey CD (really about the only dance-able music he had with him) and we danced (and sang along) for a few minutes before Darren asked me to get back in the car for a minute.
I was confused, but sat back down in the car. Darren went around to his side and sat in the driver's seat, and told me to open the center console compartment. Inside was a second note. It was shorter than the first, and started with a short message of how "this must mean something, right?" Then it said, "Guess who got a ring?" I had to read that a few times before it really sunk into my brain. Darren, thoughtful as always, had included instructions in this second note, including things like "stop shaking" and "breathe." As I finished reading his note (the instruction to 'breathe' was very helpful, by the way), Darren came around the car, opened my door, and helped me out. Then he got on one knee, told me that I was the one he loved, that he wanted to spend the rest of his life - the rest of eternity - with me, and then, visibly and audibly shaking, he looked up at me and said, "Michelle Rebecca Symmons, will you marry me?"
And, of course, through the tears, I said yes! And I've never been happier.
I think there are 3 questions that Darren and I have been asked more than any others, and as we are a newly-engaged couple, questions are to be expected.
1 - "Let me see the ring!" (Okay, not a 'question' exactly, but a request nonetheless)
2 - "When are you guys getting married?"
My answer: "We're not sure yet; we're still working on that, but probably March or April (2011)"
3 - "How did he propose??"
So here's the story:
August 28th was the last day of New Student Orientation (which I was working at). Darren was kind enough to come with me to the finale dance/"extravaganza" so I wouldn't be stuck there alone with a bunch of freshmen. I'd seen him for a little bit earlier in the day, but he seemed pretty stressed and like he had a lot to do. (When I ran into him, he said he was running late and that he was "supposed to be in Salt Lake right now and I haven't even left yet") - did I suspect anything? Nope. Not a thing.
So anyway. Back to that evening. Darren and I went out to dinner at California Pizza Kitchen, where he gave me a note, as he's done before. It wasn't anything out of the ordinary, really; just a note to tell me he loved me. Looking back, he seemed pretty antsy, but at the time I didn't really notice anything. After dinner we went to the NSO party, which really wasn't that entertaining after a short time. Darren mentioned he wanted to go dancing again, out at a place by Utah Lake that we'd gone to before a few times to dance or just to talk. So we ditched the NSO party and headed out towards Utah Lake. He parked the car and put in a Journey CD (really about the only dance-able music he had with him) and we danced (and sang along) for a few minutes before Darren asked me to get back in the car for a minute.
I was confused, but sat back down in the car. Darren went around to his side and sat in the driver's seat, and told me to open the center console compartment. Inside was a second note. It was shorter than the first, and started with a short message of how "this must mean something, right?" Then it said, "Guess who got a ring?" I had to read that a few times before it really sunk into my brain. Darren, thoughtful as always, had included instructions in this second note, including things like "stop shaking" and "breathe." As I finished reading his note (the instruction to 'breathe' was very helpful, by the way), Darren came around the car, opened my door, and helped me out. Then he got on one knee, told me that I was the one he loved, that he wanted to spend the rest of his life - the rest of eternity - with me, and then, visibly and audibly shaking, he looked up at me and said, "Michelle Rebecca Symmons, will you marry me?"
And, of course, through the tears, I said yes! And I've never been happier.
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