Welcome to Our Wedding Blog!

Throughout our engagement, we will be posting several updates on this blog. With so many important people in our lives, this is the easiest and quickest way to distribute important news to everyone about our big day! Hopefully when that day comes, you will be able to celebrate the joy of starting our future together with us and throughtout our whole lives.

Saturday, February 9, 2008

The Honeymoon is in the Works!

Earlier this week, Jeremy and I paid a visit to The Travel Center in Taylorville and did some research on a honeymoon to the Bahamas! We are planning on staying on Paradise Island at the Atlantis hotel. The Atlantis has a 34-acre waterpark and many different aquariums. It also have a huge casino. There are tons of beautiful beaches and crystal clear water.

There are tons of things to do. So far, we have looked into going SCUBA diving, snorkeling, swimming with dolphins and deep sea fishing. If we go SCUBA diving, we have to take lessons first for about an hour and the tour will be guided. Which is fine with me because I don't want to get eaten by a Baracuda or something and Jeremy is scared of sharks. There is also main road that goes all the way around the island of New Providence. You can rent scooters and go all the way around the island in about half a day and visit all the beaches.

In addition to all of these things to do, there are also amazing restauraunts, golfing, spas and night clubs. It's going to be so much fun. I'm going to take so many pictures. I'm just not looking forward to the plane ride.

We are planning on leaving the day after out wedding, Nov. 23 around 9:30 a.m. and we will be gone for five nights and come back on Nov. 29 the day after Thanksgiving around 8:30 p.m. We will fly from St. Louis to Orlando and switch planes and head to Nassau International Airport (the oppsite on the way back). The weather during Novemeber is highs in the lower eighties and lows in the upper seventies. And they call that winter! It is still nice and maybe there won't be as many people there.

We are going to register with the Travel Center so guests can put money towards the honeymoon instead of getting gifts. The memories will mean so much more to us.


Sunday, February 3, 2008

The Ceremony Site

We are happy to announce the place in which our wedding ceremony will be. Our ceremony site is set and will be at the Edinburg Trinity Lutheran Church in Edinburg. The officiant will be Pastor Gaylord Spilker. This church is important to me because so many of my family have been married here. My Grandma and Grandpa Ostermeier were the first couple to be married when the church was rebuilt. My mom and dad were married here, along with my two brothers, Mark (and Tracy) and Scott (and Addrienne).